i8. il piqua des deux : the word éperons is understood

, , 20. Montjoie et saint Denis ! the old French war-cry. Montjoie (Lat. Mo7item Jovis) was the name given first of ail to heaps of stones along the roads, and then to the banner which guided the army. The cry Montjoie saint Denis ! meant that everybody was to follow the banner of saint Denis, i.e. the oriflamme ; for, Hugh Capet being abbot of saint Denis, the oriflamme, which was the standard of his abbey, had become the standard of France after the accession of the Capetians.