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Excerpt from The Song of Roland Aft tbe (ewetve bdeers, togetber witb twenty 50w faub armeb knigbts of france. Kins bib tbem Battte tike a true Baron, anb in ibe fietb Be anb irotanb fougbt togetber man to man, alkotanb gave Bim fo migbty a Btow witb fdurenbat tbat Bis rigbt Baab was fmitten from off Bis Boby; a Bis f on wbom Be fo toveb was ftain, anb tikewif e ibe Barons Be Bab in Bis company. Bye fteb, for Be coutb no tonger make fianb, anb ibe emperor purfueb Bim fuitbotty. (ifbe king Bibs you come to Bis fuccour, a gives over into your Banbs ibe kingbom of epain.' flnb jbatigant faits attbinking; f o great bote Be Bas tbereoftbat Be weitnigb goes out of Bis fenfes. (i: 'cflytorb flmirat, ' tben faitb ittarien, 'yefterbay a Battte was fougb tat 1koncevats.fl)eab are motanb anb mount Gtiver, (c tbe (cwetve peers wbom [bartes Bets fo bear, to; getberwitb twenty tboufanb of tbe knigbts offrante. (bibere king warfitie toft Bis rigb t Banb, anb fiercety bib ttbartes purfue after Bim; anb no knigbts are teft ative in tbis tanb, ab' are eitber f tain or browneb in tbe gbro. Ga its Banks ibe franks Bave now tbeir camp, f 0 near Bave ibey come to us in our maces, Butifyou fo wia'it, tbeirretreataitbe fore.'flnb now qbatigant is proub of took, anb is gtab anb joyous of Beari; Be rifes from Bis greatcbair, anb cries atoub: 'lfiarons, tarry not; teave ibe f Bips, mount anb ribe! 31f[bartes tbe t ftee notbefore us king warfitie fbaitberevengeb upon Bim;in return for Bis rigb tbanb ewittbring Bim a offlrabia Bave come fortb from ibeir f bips, tbey Bave mounteb tbeir Borfes anb mutes, anb tbereafter tbey robe for; warb, - Bow effe fboutb tbey bot wben Be Bab fet tbem on ibe mac, tbe flmiratcaiteb fiematfinfiis bear frienb, f aying: 'flteab tbou ait my Bofi, 31 com; manb tbee.'rbzben Be mounteb Bis Brown war Borf e, anb Bib four bukes foitow Bim, (t togetber tbey robe on tib'tbey cameuntoearagoffafiy tbemarbteftairt way Be Bas tigbteb bown from Bis Borf e, anb four counts Botb Bis ftirrup.fls Be mounts tbe ftair of ibe patace, )bramimonbe runs fortb to meet Bim, (t faitb 'fl tas, faireir, 37 Bave toft my torb; ibe nepbew of ebartes batb vanquifbeb anb ftain bimffibe faits at ibe feet of tbeflmirat, But Be raifes Ber up, (i for; rowfuity ibey went up into ibe cbamber. Cwben king (flarfitie f aw fiatigant Be catteb to B iin two 5aracens of epain, fayingz'mut your arms aboutme tbat] may fit up.' ttben Be'took one of Bis gtoves in Bis teft Banb, anb f torb anb fl miratji Beret By give over'attmy tunb unto you, botb earagoffa a diff bepenbencies. Hbave tofi boib my tife anb my fotk.'flnb tbeflmiratanfwereb Bim 'for tbis am 3! Tit forry. Qbut Elmay not now Botb more fpeecb witb tbee, for futtwett?! Know itbarteswifi'notftay for us; yet none tbe tef s 3! Witt accept tby gtove of tbee;'flnb for pity Be weeps as Be turns awayjbzben Be Bail 50w tbe finir of ibe patace, mountetb Bis Borfe (t fpurretb Back to Bis own fafi Be robe tbat Be outftrips tbe foremoft; anb ever anb again Be cries atoub: 'byafte ye, paynims, foreven now tbe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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