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Mediaeval Tales

Henry Morley

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. . .Their bridal-gifts were rich and rare, that hate might not be seen;
 They cut me garments broad and fair—none fairer hath the Queen."—
 Then out and spake the little boy—"Each night to God I call,
 And to his blessèd Mother, to make me strong and tall!"—

IV.

The Count he heard Gayferos, in the palace where he lay;—
"Now silence, silence, Countess! it is falsehood that you say;
I neither slew the man, nor hired another's sword to slay;—
But, for that the mother hath desired, be sure the son shall pay!"

V.

The Count called to his esquires, (old followers were they,
Whom the dead Lord had nurtured for many a merry day)—
He bade them take their old Lord's heir, and stop his tender breath—
Alas! 'twas piteous b. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Lots of interesting snippets of medieval literature.