"With knightly joy, as you will note,
The art of fighting I did promote
With axe and halberd, staff and sword,
as it did please my royal lord;
all done by rule and properly
so the true basis you may see.

Much of his time was nobly spent
in the true knightly tournament,
a source of valor and elation;
Therefore, upon his instigation
with knightly spirit and bold heart
I have improved this fighting art.

Always promoting new advances
In jousting with hooked and pointed lances,
Thanks to his highness, I unfurled
skills never seen in all the world.
These jousts in novel styles and ways
have earned for me great fame and praise.

The Emperor;s bold heart at all times
toward heights of knightly virtue climbs,
and so with all this will and might
he cherishes each worthy knight
who fearlessly his life will yield
 to serve him in the battlefield.

The worthy soldiers in every war
with knightly spirit hunger for
fame everlasting and honors grand
through the Emperor's counsel and command
and so his praise is justly sung
by rich and poor, by old and young.

With skill this wagon barricade
formed in the field, as here displayed
circling and closing in the swiftest way
so none of the men would go astray.
Inside now are erected tents
and other martial monuments.

Now lutes and viols harmonize
in elegant and courtly wise;
Thus bade by his Imperial might
have I produced this fair delight,
Blending these tuneful instruments,
as well befits such great events."

-The Triumphs of Maximilian I

Well the bad news is I won't be jousting the final 2 weeks of Bristol in Wisconsin. Instead I will be heading to  King Richard's Faire in Carver, Massachussets. The good news is, I will be jousting the whole time I am in Carver, and will be jousting the whole run of Texas Renfest, which also means I will get a raise and will be working nonstop until the end of TRF. The even better news is, my trip from Kenosha to Carver and from Carver back to Texas will be paid for.