_Tabard_, description of, I. 85.
_Templars_, Knights, extravagance of their ascetism, I. 324. note.
Errors of the author of Waverley regarding, 337. note.
The valiancy of the, 338.
Succession of Grand Masters from the persecution to the present time,
340, &c.
Present state of, 342.
Their importance in Spain, 241.
_Thistle_, order of the, I. 363.
Its absurd pretensions to antiquity, ib.
_Thomson_, Anthony Todd, value of his botanical lectures, I. 315. note.
_Tournaments_, superiority of, to Grecian games, I. 259.
Origin of, 260.
Objects, 261., and notes.
Qualifications for tourneying, 263. 265. 272.
Who tourneyed, 264.
Ceremonies of the, ib.
Procession to the, 268.
Nature of tourneying weapons, 270.
The preparation, 273.
The encounter, 274.
English regulations concerning, 279. note.
Opposed by the Popes, 286. note.
Their frequency in the reign of Edward III., II. 2.
Time of their death in England, 137.
Female tournament in Germany, 314.
_Tristrem_, Romance of, I. 26.