Arthurian Romances (2010)
Arthurian Romances
“On the shore she found a boat chained to a stone mooring and locked with a key. In the boat was an oar and upon the mooring was the key that locked the boat. The damsel, who had an evil heart within her breast, boarded the boat, followed by her palfrey which had done this many times before.
‘Vassal,’ she said, ‘dismount and come aboard after me with your nag that’s thinner than a chick; then pull up the ship’s anchor, for you’ll soon be in a real dilemma if you don’t cross over this water quick...ly, or get away at once.’ ‘Tell me, damsel, why is that?’ ‘Don’t you see what I see, sir knight? If you saw it, you’d flee at once.’ My lord Gawain immediately turned his head, saw a knight coming across the clearing in full armour, and asked the maiden: ‘Now, if you don’t mind, tell me who that is, seated upon my own horse that was stolen from me by the traitor whose wounds I healed this morning?’ ‘By Saint Martin, I’ll tell you,’ said the maiden gaily, ‘but you can be sure that nothing would make me tell you if I saw it could help you at all.MoreLess
‘Vassal,’ she said, ‘dismount and come aboard after me with your nag that’s thinner than a chick; then pull up the ship’s anchor, for you’ll soon be in a real dilemma if you don’t cross over this water quick...ly, or get away at once.’ ‘Tell me, damsel, why is that?’ ‘Don’t you see what I see, sir knight? If you saw it, you’d flee at once.’ My lord Gawain immediately turned his head, saw a knight coming across the clearing in full armour, and asked the maiden: ‘Now, if you don’t mind, tell me who that is, seated upon my own horse that was stolen from me by the traitor whose wounds I healed this morning?’ ‘By Saint Martin, I’ll tell you,’ said the maiden gaily, ‘but you can be sure that nothing would make me tell you if I saw it could help you at all.MoreLess
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