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Calligraphy and illumination by the Honourable Lady Jane Cadwell
Trimaris Triumphant by Lady Osc of the Harbours, Greyfells, Skraeling Althing, Ealdormere Chorus: March--on--Trimaris triumphant March--on--there's nothing to fear No battle, no war, no foe can compare To the beasts that are trying to murder us here! Our fencers have battled the ticks to a standstill And conquered the chiggers on river and beach But the bloody mosquitoes have studied Agrippa We've got the weapons, but they've got the reach! So march on, etc... A brave noble fighter once wrestled a gator To add to his outfit with shoes from its skin But his hands were slippy, all covered with sunscreen So instead the green beastie made shoes out of him! So march on, etc... The rest of the kingdoms have heard of our gators, Our falling iguanas, our birds and our bugs But one thing that nobody ever discusses Is the smothering danger of manatee hugs So march on, etc... Ceph'lapods cluster in warm southern waters And form up in legions with halberd and pike How many swords can an octopus handle? The only good answer is "more than you'd like!" So march on, etc... Triptych by Sir Aelfwyn Langawuda, calligraphy by Mistress Alais de Poitiers, illumination by Alais and Baroness Lucia de Enzinas, with words by Lady Dubhease ingen Laoidheach
All here have known this gentle brow
Inspired with Crown’s golden glow: A toybox for the children’s mirth, The beasts of war all prove her worth; In lands of boar in Ben Dunfirth, A Countess, her new station. The seed was sown, fair Marioun Golightly thrived in winter’s snow. Now Roak King, Hyrrokin Queen, Glad tidings bring and wish it seen, In Northern spring, a Rose serene Blooms at Our Coronation. On Trillium throne Our Will is done; We here proclaim for all to know, This day in A.S. Fifty-Four, The Fourth of May, she stands before Us, thus We say let wolf-kin roar This virtuous declaration. Leatherwork by Mjoll Ulfsdottir with wording by Marie l’Englois, About your scroll... For your scroll, we (Marie and Mjoll) took inspiration from the Mary of Hapsburg gown you wore to several events during your reign. You had specifically requested a shorter text, so the verse format selected was a “Leid”, which was popular in Germany, Austria, and environs during the 12th-16th centuries, appeared in varying forms, and was sometimes also set to music. The Leid for your scroll was specifically modelled on a 15thC Leid by Oswald von Wolkenstein called “Wach auf myn Hort” or “Awake my darling”. The Wolkenstein Leid contains three six-line verses, so your text does as well. Your text also follows the rhyme and meter of the original, both within each individual stanza and also where the original rhyme pattern spans across multiple stanzas. To honour the request for brevity, I (Marie) wanted to ensure all required scroll elements were present within the poem itself, so that there would not be a need for an additional “Done this day” line at the end. |
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