| My master, who was the most prominent courtier to his most gracious Majesty, the Emperor Kao, may he live ten thousand years. |
| The courtier sat in the corner cowering in fear as a hooded figure with an axe stepped closer. |
| Knollys was a prominent courtier and parliamentarian during Elizabeth I's reign. |
| He said this gallantly, with the practiced manners of a courtier. |
| In front of the two male imperial figures a diminutive courtier or herald holds open the scroll, presumably reading aloud the announcement of the betrothal. |
| The courtier had, in essence, brought his own demise the moment he drew his sword on his own brother. |
