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Maidens is a village in the Kirkoswald parish of Ayrshire , Scotland . Situated on the coast of the Firth of Clyde at the southern end of Maidenhead Bay, a series of rocks known as the "Maidens of Turnberry" form a natural harbour. The village lies two ...
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n. (plural of maiden English)
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When the countess learned that the king was coming she went out to welcome him with all the ladies and maidens of the city, since not one man had stayed there except the sick and wounded.
When the countess learned that her husband had gone, she left the castle without saying a word to the king or to anyone, and went with her ladies and maidens to be with her husband.
Then the king sat on one side, and the queen on the other, and all the maidens and knights sat around them, below.
The next day all the maidens came for him and took him to the list, fully dressed in his armor.
The maidens tended to Tirant very well because they were very happy that the first knight to joust for a maiden had been the victor.
When they saw the king, they knelt to the ground on one knee, paying deep reverence to the king and queen, which showed plainly that they were very worthy knights, and all the maidens knelt on the ground and begged our Lord to give victory to their knight.
Then she begged many of her maidens to take off their clothes and lay them over Tirant.
The infanta ordered the maidens to go, and they were very surprised to see the infanta speaking so docilely to Tirant.
When all the maidens were gone, Tirant opened the door to the chamber and had Philippe enter.
In the back of the room he saw one hundred seventy women and maidens, all with the empress and the infanta Carmesina.
While they were engaged in this delightful conversation, the other maidens came in, along with Widow Repose, who was very concerned with Carmesina since she had suckled her.
The princess ordered Stephanie to bring other maidens to keep Diafebus company, and many young ladies quickly appeared.
When he was in the great hall he found his cousin Diafebus there, surrounded by many maidens, and telling them about the love between Philippe and the daughter of the King of Sicily.
Diafebus was so accustomed to being in the company of maidens, that it seemed as though he had been raised with them from birth.
He said mass on his knees, and when the princess saw him kneeling on the ground, she took one of the brocade pillows that had been placed there for her, and gave it to one of the maidens to give to Tirant.