His kinsman1 and cousin Kailet, and he followed with footsteps fleet
To Toledo, but thence had he ridden unto deeds of knighthood fair,
Where many a spear should be splintered, and men thought not their shields to spare.
Then he thought him to make him ready (so the venture doth tell I ween)5
With many a blazoned4 spear-shaft6, and many a sendal green;
For each spear it bare a pennon, with the anchor in ermine white,
And well was it wrought7, the symbol, and costly8 in all men’s sight.
And long and broad were the pennons, and e’en to the hand hung low
When men on the spear-blade bound them, a span-breadth the point below.10
And a hundred spears were ready for that true and gallant9 knight3,
And his cousin’s folk they bare them, and with him went forth10 to fight;
And honour and loyal service they showed him as fit and fair,
Nor I think had their lord been wrathful that his kinsman their love should share.
I know not how long he sought him, till shelter at length he found15
In the Waleis land: ‘fore12 Kanvoleis were pitched on the open ground
Many tents so fair and knightly13; (I speak not from fancy light
But sooth are the words I tell ye if the tale ye would hear aright)
Then he bade his folk to halt there, and he sent on before his face
The chief of his squires15, and he bade him to seek them a resting-place.20
He would fain do his master’s bidding, and swift to the town he sped,
And many a pack-horse laden16 his comrades behind him led.
And never a house he saw there but its roof was a shield I trow,
And the walls were hung and circled with spears in a goodly row,
For the queen of the Waleis country had ordered at Kanvoleis25
That a Tourney fair be holden, and they ordered it in such wise
That a coward had little liked it—for whoever would seek such strife17
At his will doth it chance but seldom! She was maiden18, not yet a wife,
And herself and two lands she offered to him who the prize should hold;
And many to earth had fallen in whose ear had this tale been told,30
And he who such fall must suffer he held that his chance was o’er.
And many a dauntless hero showed knighthood those walls before,
And many a horse rushed onward19 as the knight spurred to onslaught fierce,
And the sword-blades rang clear on each other, and spears did the shield rims20 pierce.
A bridge from the plain was builded that crossed o’er the river’s flow,35
And ’twas closed by a tower-portal; nor the squire14 at his task was slow,
But he opened the gates, unwearied, when one would an entrance win.
And above it there stood the palace, and the queen sat the hall within,
And she gazed from the high hall window with many a maiden fair,
And they looked on the squires beneath them to see what had brought them there.40
’Twixt themselves had they taken counsel, and a tent did they rear on high
For the winning of love ungranted a king wrought it in days gone by,
(’Twas in service of Queen Belakané). The squires laboured with might and main
Till the burden of thirty pack-steeds they raised on the grassy21 plain,
A pavilion rich to look on, and the meadow it was so wide45
That the silken ropes that held it might stretch forth on either side.
And Gamuret, their master, ate without in the open air—
And then for his courtly entrance with skill would the knight prepare,
Nor longer might be delaying—His squires take the spears straightway,
And they bind22 them fast together, and five in each band they lay,50
And the sixth in their hand they carry, with its pennon and anchor white;
So proudly into the city came riding this gallant knight.
Then the queen she heard the tidings that a noble guest was come
From a far-off land and distant, and in sooth was he known to none.
‘And courteous23 his folk in bearing; both heathen and French I trow,55
And Angevin, some among them if their speech I aright may know;
And their courage is high, and their raiment both rich and well shaped shall be.
But now was I with his people, and they seem me from falsehood free,
And they say, ‘Who hath lust24 for riches, if he to our lord shall seek
He will free him from fear of scarceness!’ The while I with them did speak,60
I asked them to tell of their master, and they thought not to hide the thing,
But spake of a true heart freely, ‘Of Zassamank is he king.’
’Twas a page who brought the tidings—‘Ah me! that pavilion fair!
Wouldst thou pledge thy crown and thy kingdom not half of its cost were there!’
‘Thou needst not to praise so highly, my mouth ne’er shall say thee nay25,65
A rich man shall be its owner, no lack doth he know alway.’
And in this wise she spake, the lady, the fair and gracious queen,
‘Why cometh he not to the castle? For fain I his face had seen.’
This she bade her page to ask him—Then the hero was fain to make
Brave entry into the city, and the sleepers26 must needs awake.70
Many shields he saw fair shining—The blast of the trumpets27 clear
Rang loud and long before him, and two drummers ye needs must hear
As they tossed and smote28 their tambours, and the walls echoed back the sound,
With the notes of the flutes29 ’twas mingled30 as the train through the city wound,
’Twas a march that they played so gaily—Nor forget we how he must ride75
Their master and lord, he followed with the fiddlers his rein32 beside.
Then he threw his leg o’er his charger, that hero so bold and fair,
And boots did he wear of leather, or else had his limbs been bare.
And his mouth it was e’en as a ruby33, and red, as a fire doth burn,
And full, not too thin; fair his body wherever the eye might turn;80
And fair was his hair and curling, and wherever one saw the skin
I ween ’twas as costly cover as ever a head might win.
And of samite green was his mantle34, and the sable35 shone dark thereon
Tho’ white was his vest, and the gazers they came in a goodly throng36.
And many must ask the question, ‘Who was he, the beardless knight85
Who rode with such pomp of riches?’ Then the tale it was spread aright,
For they spake it as truth who knew it—So they drew to the bridge anear
The folk of the town, and his people; and so bright was the radiance clear
That shone from the queen that it thrilled him thro’ his strong limbs, that goodly knight,
And he braced37 himself as a falcon38 that plumeth its wings for flight,90
And the lodging39 he deemed it goodly; so thought he that hero wise;
And his hostess with joy beheld40 him, the lady of fair Waleis!
Then the king of Spain he heard it, how there stood on the open plain
The tent that at Rassalig’s bidding Gamuret as his prize did gain
At Patelamunt, and the tidings a knight to his lord would bring—95
Then he sped as a deer, joy’s vassal41 I ween was the gallant king!
And thus spake the knight, ‘Thy kinsman, and the son of thine aunt I saw,
And with pomp and in state as aforetime, so to-day doth he hither draw;
There are floating a hundred pennons full fair by his knightly shield,
And around his high pavilion they stand on the grassy field,100
And green as the grass the pennons, and the hero bold doth bear
Three anchors of snow-white ermine on every sendal fair.’
‘Hath he come here arrayed for battle? Ah! then shall men see straightway
How he spurreth him swift to the onslaught, how he striveth in knightly fray42!
Long time hath the proud King Hardeiss his anger against me shown,105
Here in joust43 shall Gamuret fell him, and good fortune shall be mine own!’
Then straightway he sent a message to Gaschier, the Norman knight,
Where he lay with many a vassal; and Killirjacac the fair and bright,
For here had they come at his bidding—The twain at King Kailet’s side
Towards the fair pavilion with a goodly following hied.110
And Zassamank’s king was joyful44, for he held them dear at heart:
And the time over-long had seemed them since they must from each other part,
This they spake of a true heart truly—And the king he was fain to know
What knights45 should be here for the Tourney, who valour and skill should show.
Then spake unto him his kinsmen46, ‘From distant lands they came,115
The knights whom love’s power hath brought here, many heroes of dauntless fame.’
‘Here Uther Pendragon fighteth, and with him his Breton host;
One grief as a thorn doth vex47 him, his wife hath the hero lost,
The queen who was Arthur’s mother; a clerk who all magic knew
With him hath she fled, and Arthur doth after the twain pursue;120
’Tis now the third year since he lost them, his son alike and wife—
And here is his daughter’s husband, a hero well skilled in strife,
King Lot is his name, of Norway—swift seeketh he knighthood’s prize,
But slow are his feet to falsehood, the knight so bold and wise.
And here is his young son Gawain; as yet he too weak shall be125
For any deed of knighthood—but now was the boy with me,
And he spake, were he not too feeble a spear-shaft as yet to break
He were fain to do deeds of knighthood, in the Tourney his part would take!
His lust for strife waketh early! Here Patrigalt’s king hath brought
Of spears a goodly forest; yet their valour shall be as naught130
When weighed against the gallant doings of the men of Portugal,
Yea, bold we in truth may call them, and shields do they pierce right well.
And here are the men of Provence, with many a blazoned shield;
And here the Waleis, to their onslaught the foemen perforce must yield,
And they ride at their will thro’ the combat, for men of the land are they.135
Many fight here for love’s rewarding whose title I may not say,
But all whom I here have named thee now lie, and the truth I tell,
At great cost here within the city, for so the queen deemed it well.’
‘And without on the plain they hold them who deem their prize lightly won,
Proud Arragon’s haughty50 monarch51, and the brave king of Askalon.140
Eidegast, he is there from Logrois, and the King Brandelidelein
(The monarch is he of Punturtois), there too is bold L?helein.
And Morhold is there of Ireland, many pledges that knight hath ta’en;
And many a haughty German doth camp on that battle plain.
To this country the Duke of Brabant hath come thro’ the King Hardeiss;145
The king of Gascony gave him his sister the fair Aleiss,
(Yet his service ere that won payment) wrath11 against me those princes drew:
Now I trust thee to think of our kinship—For love’s sake do me service true!’
Quoth the king of Zassamank, ‘Cousin, no thanks would I have from thee
Whate’er I may do for thine honour, my will e’en as thine shall be.150
Doth thine ostrich52 yet stand un-nested? Thou shalt carry its serpent’s head
‘Gainst thy foeman’s demi-gryphon, my anchor shall swift be sped,
And find in his onslaught landing; himself shall a haven53 seek
Behind his steed on the gravel54! If our wrath we be fain to wreak55,
And ride one against the other, I fell him, or he felleth me—155
On my knightly faith as a kinsman this word do I swear to thee!’
Then Kailet he sought his lodging, and his heart it was gay and light.
Then arose on the plain a war-cry, ‘fore the face of two gallant knights,
They were Schyolarz of Poitou, and Gurnemanz of Graharz,
On the plain did they meet together; ere the eventide might pass160
The knights in their troops they rode forth, here by six and there by three,
And they did gallant deeds of knighthood—nor otherwise might it be.
And now it was fully56 noontide, and the knight in his tent abode57;
Then the king of Zassamank heard this, that o’er all the field they rode,
‘O’er the length and the breadth they gallop58, and in knightly order fight.’165
And thither59 he rode, the hero, with many a banner bright;
But he rode not in search of conflict, at his leisure he thought to see
What was done by one side and the other of fair deeds of chivalry60.
On the plain did they spread his carpet, where the knights in strife would close,
And the shriek61 of the wounded horses o’er all the tumult62 rose.170
The squires stood round in a circle mid63 the clash of the ringing steel,
And the heroes for fair fame battled, and the swords sang for woe64 or weal.
There was sound as of splintered spear-shafts, but none need to question, Where?
And his walls were of meeting foemen, by knightly hands builded fair.
And so near was I ween the jousting65 that the maids from the hall above175
Might look on the toil66 of the heroes—But sorrow the queen did move
Since the king of Zassamank did naught48, nor mingled him in the fight,
And she quoth, ‘Ah! why came he hither? I had deemed him a gallant knight!’
(Now the King of France, whose fair wife brought Gamuret sorrow sore
When he fought for her sake, lay lifeless, and the queen sought the wide world o’er180
To know if from heathen countries he had come to his land again.
’Twas love’s power to the search that drove her, for love did her heart constrain67.)
And many brave deeds were done there of many a poor man bold,
Who yet for the highest strove not, which the queen for their prize had told,
Herself and her two fair kingdoms,—they thought not such prize to gain,185
But they battled for other booty, tho’ their hearts were for payment fain.
Now clad was Gamuret’s body in the harness whereby his wife
Might bring to her mind forgiveness, and the ending of bitter strife.
The Scotch68 King Friedebrand sent it, as a gift, to repay the woe
That with conflict he heaped upon her, nor shall earth of its fellow know.190
Then he looked well upon the diamond—’twas a helmet, thereon they bound
An anchor, and jewels so precious were within its setting found;
Nor small were the stones, but costly, and the weight it was none too light
Of that helmet, and yet he bare it, and decked was the guest for fight
And what was his shield’s adorning69? of gold of Araby fair,195
And the boss it was rich and costly, and heavy the weight he bare.
And the red gold shone so brightly that mirrored the face therein,
And an anchor beneath of sable—I were fain to myself to win
That wherewith the knight was girded, full many a mark its worth.
And wide was the coat emblazoned, and it reached e’en unto the earth,200
And I ween that few in battle such raiment shall think to wear.
And if I have skill to praise it, or its value aright declare,
It shone e’en as when there burneth thro’ the night-time a living flame,
And never a tint70 was faded, and its shimmer71 as lightning came,
A feeble eye had feared it! And with gold was it all inwrought,205
That in Kaukasus’ distant mountains from out of the rock was brought
By gryphon claws, for they guarded, and shall guard it unto this day.
And from Araby came the people who stole it by craft away,—
Elsewhere shall be none so precious,—and they bare it to Araby
Where they weave Achmardi and Pfellel, and no vesture like that shall be!210
His shield, round his neck he hung it—There stood a charger proud,
Well-nigh to the hoof72 was it armed—and the squires cried the war-cry loud,
And he sprang on his steed as he found it; and many a spear of might
Did he break with strong hand in the Tourney, and where men did the closest fight
There he brake a way thro’ the mêlée, and came forth on the further side,215
And ever behind the Ostrich the Anchor did close abide73.
Gamuret smote from off his charger Poytewin of Prienlaskors
And many another hero, their pledge must they yield perforce.
But what knight bare the cross he rejoiced him in the hero’s valiant74 deeds,
And much did he win by his valour, since he gave him the captured steeds.220
Now four banners, with self-same bearing, were led ‘gainst that gallant knight,
(And bold riders they rode beneath them, and their lord was a man of might,)
And on each was the tail of a gryphon; and that hinder part I trow
Was e’en as a hailstorm smiting75, so rode they in goodly row.
And Gascony’s king before them the fore part of that gryphon bare225
On his shield; he was skilled in battle, and his body was armed full fair
As women alone might arm him; and he rode forth his knights before
Where he saw on a helm the Ostrich, but the Anchor towards him bore,
And he thrust him from off his charger, the brave king of Zassamank,
And made of him there his captive. Here close thronged76 the knightly ranks,230
And the furrows77 were trodden level, and their locks must the sword-blade know,
And many a wood was wasted, and many a knight laid low—
And they who thus fell, ’twas told me, they turned their chargers round
And hied to the back of the Tourney, where none but the cowards were found.
And so near was I ween the combat that the women might see aright235
Who there won the prize of valour; Rivalein that love-lorn knight
With his spear hewed78 afresh a token, of Loheneis was he king,
And the crash of the splintered spear-shaft did aye with his onslaught ring.
Of a knight did Morhold rob them, for he drew him from off his steed
And lifted him up before him (unseemly methinks such deed)240
And Killirjacac they called him,—and ere this King Lac had ta’en
Such payment from him as in falling a knight from the earth may gain—
So his deeds had been fair and knightly; then this valiant man he thought
He would take him with never a sword-thrust, and the knight in his arms he caught.
Then the hand of the valiant Kailet it smote from the saddle-bow245
The Duke of Brabant, Prince Lambekein, and the hero was laid alow.
And what think ye they did, his soldiers? Their swords into shields they turned,
And with them did they guard their monarch—And ever for strife they yearned80.
Then the King of Arragon smote him Uther Pendragon old,
From his charger adown on the meadow fell the king of the Bretons bold,250
And the flowers stood fair around him—Ah! I courteous am I, I trow,
Since the Breton before Kanvoleis I lay on such couch alow,
Where never the foot of a peasant hath trodden unto this day,
Nay, perchance they may never tread there—’tis the truth and no lie I say—
No more might he keep his saddle as he sat on his steed of yore,255
But his peril81 his friends forgat not, they fought fiercely the hero o’er.
And many a course was ridden; and the king of Punturtois
Fell prone82 in his horse’s hoof-tracks on the field before Kanvoleis,
And low did he lie behind it—’Twas Gamuret dealt the blow—
‘Ride on, on thy course, thou hero, and tread thy foemen low!’260
Strife giveth whereon to trample83! Then Kailet, his kinsman true,
Made the Punturtois his captive, tho’ he scarce pierced the mêlée thro’.
Brandelidelein was prisoner, and his folk they had lost their king,
In his stead another monarch to their host did they captive bring.
And hither and thither sped they, the heroes, in armour84 good,265
And by blows and by trampling85 kneaded, of alum I ween their food;
And dark on their skin the swellings, and many a gallant knight
Might speak, as he knew, of bruises86 he had won him in hard-fought fight.
Now as simple truth I say it, little rest was their portion here,
By love were they forced to conflict, many shields with their blazon5 clear,270
And many a goodly helmet whose covering the dust should be.
And the meadow with flowers was sprinkled, and green turf ye there might see,
And there fell on it many a hero, who of honour had won such meed—
More modest were my desiring! ’Twould content me to sit my steed.
Then the king of Zassamank rode forth a space from the knightly fray275
Where a rested steed did wait him, and the diamond he loosed alway,
With no thought of pride in the doing, but the breezes blew fresh and cool,
And the squires unbound his vizor, and his lips shone so red and full.
I have named unto ye a lady—Her chaplain did hither ride,
And with him three noble pages, and strong squires were there beside;280
And pack-horses twain they led there, and the will of their queen they’ld do,
She was Lady of France, Anflisé—Her chaplain was wise and true,
And straightway he knew the hero, and in French should his greeting be,
‘Soit le bien venu, mon beau sire’ to my lady as e’en to me,
As queen of France she reigneth whom the lance of thy love doth smite88,285
And he gave to his hand a letter, and therein read the gallant knight
A greeting fair, and a token it held of a finger-ring—
As pledge of the truth of his mission the chaplain the same must bring
His lady of old received it from the hand of the Angevin—
Then he bowed as he saw the letter. Would ye hear what was writ89 therein?290
‘Here biddeth thee love and greeting a heart that hath ne’er been free
From grief since it knew thy service—Thy love is both lock and key
To my heart, and my heart’s rejoicing! For thy love am I like to die,
If thy love afar abideth, then all love from my heart shall fly.
Come thou, and take from my true hand crown, sceptre, and kingdom fair,295
It falleth to me as heirdom, and thy love well may claim a share.
As payment for this thy service rich presents I send to thee,
Four pack-horses’ chests well laden—I would thou my knight shouldst be
In this the land of the Waleis, ‘fore the city of Kanvoleis.
I care not if the queen shall see it, small harm may therefrom arise,300
For fairer am I, and richer, and I think me shall better know
To take the love that is proffered90, and love in return bestow92.
Wilt93 thou live in true love as shall ‘seem thee? Then here do I bid thee take
My crown as thy love’s rewarding—This I pray for my true love’s sake.’
And no more did he find in the letter—Then his squires once more they drew305
O’er his head the under-helmet; from Gamuret sorrow flew,
And he bound on the helm of diamond, ’twas harder than blade might pierce,
For he thought again to prove him, and ride forth to conflict fierce.
And the messengers did he bid them to lead to the tent for rest:
And he cleared a space around him wherever the conflict pressed.310
This was vanquished94, and that one victor—Did a knight o’er-long delay
To win to him fame in battle, his chance might he find to-day.
Here twain would joust together; in troops would these others ride;
And the customs of friendly combat for a space did they lay aside,
And sworn brotherhood95 nothing counted ‘fore the strength of fierce anger’s might,315
And the crooked96 was seldom straightened; nor spake they of knightly right,
What they captured they kept, uncaring if another’s hate they won,
And from many lands had they ridden who with brave hands brave deeds had done,
And their hurts but little grieved them. Here Gamuret heard her prayer,
And e’en as Anflisé bade him, as her knight to the field would fare;320
’Twas a letter had brought the tidings—Ah! he giveth his courage rein,
Is it love or the lust of battle that driveth him on amain?
Great love and strong faith they quicken his strength into life anew.
Now see where his shield he beareth, King Lot, that hero true,
His foemen to flight had forced him save for Gamuret’s strong right hand,325
His charger in gallant onslaught brake its way thro’ the threatening band,
And Arragon’s king was smitten97 from his horse with a spear of reed,
‘Schaffilor was his name, and the spear-point which thrust him from off his steed
Bare never a waving pennon, from paynim lands ’twas brought,’
And the knight made the king his captive, tho’ his folk they had bravely fought.330
And the inner force drave the outer far back on the grassy plain.
’Twas a good vesper-play, yea, a Tourney; many spears did they smite in twain—
Then L?helein ‘gain wax wrathful, ‘Shall our honour be reft away?
’Tis the fault of him of the Anchor! Now one of us twain to-day
Shall lay in short space the other on a couch that he liketh ill,335
For here are they well-nigh victors!’ Then they cleared them a space at will,
And no child’s play it was that combat—In such wise with their hands they wrought
That a woodland was well-nigh wasted; and alike from their squires they sought
‘New spears! New spears! Bring them hither!’ Yet L?helein he must know
Sorrow and shame, for his foeman thrust him down from his horse alow,340
And he smote him the length of the spear-iron in a shaft of reed made fast,
And one read of itself his surety, for the knight to the earth was cast.
(Yet better I like to read them, sweet pears on the ground that lie
As thick as the knights lay round him! for his was the victory!)
And the cry arose from many who had fallen in joust before,345
‘Fly! Fly! For the Anchor cometh!’ Then a knight towards him bore,
(A prince of the Angevin country) and grief was his comrade true,
For he bare a shield inverted98, and sorrow it taught anew
To the King, for the badge he knew it—Ah! why did he turn aside?
If ye will, I the truth will tell ye, ’twas given in royal pride350
By Galoes the son of Gandein, Gamuret’s brother true,
Ere Love this guerdon gave him that the hero in joust she slew99.
Then he loosed from his head the helmet: nor thro’ grass, nor thro’ dust and sand
Did he make him a way to the conflict, but he yielded to grief’s command;
And his thoughts within him battled, that he sought not ere this to hear355
From Kailet, his friend and kinsman, how it fared with his brother dear
That he came not here to the Tourney—Alas100! tho’ he knew it not,
He had fallen before Monthorie—Sore sorrow was there his lot,
For to anguish101 did love constrain him, the love of a noble queen;
For his loss had she grieved so sorely that death had her portion been.360
And tho’ sorely Gamuret sorrowed, yet had he in half a day
So many spear-shafts broken, were it Tourney indeed this fray
Then had he a woodland wasted. Did I think me to count each spear
One hundred in fight had he shattered, each blazoned with colours clear—
But the heralds102, they won his pennons, in sooth were they theirs of right—365
Then toward the fair pavilion he turned him, the gallant knight.
And the Waleis squire rode after; and his was the coat so fair,
All pierced and hewn with sword-thrust, which he did to his lady bear;
And yet with gold was it precious, and it shone with a fiery103 glow,
And right well might ye see its richness. Then joy did the queen’s heart know,370
And she spake, ‘A fair woman sent thee, with this knight, to this distant land!
Now, courteous, I must bethink me lest these heroes ashamed shall stand
Who have risked their fate in this venture—goodwill unto all I bear,
For all do I count my kinsmen, since Adam’s flesh we share,
Yet Gamuret’s hand, I think me, the highest prize hath won.’375
But by wrath constrained104 they battled till the shadows of night drew on,
And the inner host the outer by force to their tents had brought,
Save for Askalon’s king and Morhold thro’ the camp they their way had fought.
Some were winners, and some were losers, and many sore shame had earned,
While others won praise and honour. Then the foe49 from each other turned,380
Here no man might see—He who holdeth the stakes, if no light he show,
Who would cast the dice105 in the darkness? To such sport were the weary slow!
Men well might forget the darkness where Gamuret did abide,
’Twas as day—That in sooth it was not, but light shone on every side
From many small tapers106 clustered. There, laid on the olive wood,385
Was many a costly cushion, and by each couch a carpet good.
Then the queen, she rode to the doorway107 with many a maid of rank,
For fain would they see, those ladies, the brave king of Zassamank.
Many wearied knights thronged after—The cloth had they borne away
Ere she came to the fair pavilion; then the host he uprose straightway,390
And the monarchs108 four his captives (and many a prince was there),
And she welcomed him with due honour, and she saw him, and deemed him fair.
Then glad spake the queen of the Waleis, ‘Thou art host where we twain do stand,
And I, even so I think me, am hostess o’er all this land,
If thou deem it well I should kiss thee, such kiss seemeth good to me!’395
‘Thy kiss shall be mine if these heroes, e’en as I, shall be kissed by thee,
But if princes and kings must forego it, ’twere unfit I such boon109 should crave110!’
‘Yea, e’en as thou wilt, so be it, tho’ ne’er saw I these heroes brave!’
Then she kissed, e’en as Gamuret prayed her, these princes of noble line,
And he prayed her to sit, and beside her sat the King Brandelidelein!400
Then lightly they strewed111, o’er the carpet, green rushes yet wet with dew,
And he sat him down upon them whose presence brought joy anew
To the gracious queen of the Waleis; and love did her soul constrain,
And as Gamuret sat before her his hand did she clasp again,
And she drew him once more towards her, and she set him her seat beside.405
No wife was she, but a maiden, from whose hand did such grace betide.
Would ye know the name they called her? Herzeleide the queen was she,
(And her cousin was hight Rischoydè, King Kailet should her husband be,
And he was Gamuret’s cousin), and so radiant the queen, and bright,
That e’en though they quenched112 the tapers, in her presence ’twould still be light!410
(Were it not that a mighty113 sorrow his joy which aloft would fly
Had beaten to earth, I think me he had wooed her right readily.)
And courteous they spake to each other: then cup-bearers drew anigh,
And from Assagog the vessels114, and their cost might no man deny;
And noble pages bare them, many costly bowls and fair,415
Of precious jewels wroughten, and wide, none too small, they were,
And none of them all were golden—’twas the tribute of that fair land,
Which Eisenhart oft had proffered, when love’s need nerved his knightly hand.
And the drink unto each they proffered in many a coloured stone,
And of emerald some, and of sardius, and of ruby some wrought alone.420
Then there drew near to his pavilion two knights who their word must swear,
(To the outer host were they captive and from thence to the town would fare.)
And one of them was King Kailet; and he looked upon Gamuret,
And he saw him sit heavy-hearted, and he spake, ‘Dost thou sorrow yet
For all men they own thy valour; Herzeleide and kingdoms twain425
Hast thou won, and all tongues have said it, to thy praises all men are fain,
Be they Britons or men of Ireland—Who speaketh with foreign tongue,
If France be their land, or Brabant, with one voice they thy praise have sung,
That none here both skill and wisdom in strife like to thine have shown.
True letter it is I read thee! No slumber115 thy strength hath known,430
When these knights thou hast put in peril who surety ne’er sware of old,
Brandelidelein the monarch, and L?helein, hero bold;
And Hardeiss and King Schaffilor; yea, and Rassalig the Moor116,
Whom thine hand before Patelamunt o’erthrew and he surety swore,
Such lesson thou there didst teach him—Yea, this doth thy fame desire435
That with every coming conflict it broader shall wax and higher.’
‘The queen sure will deem thou ravest, if in this wise thou praisest me,
Yet I think not that thou shalt sell me, since the buyer the flaw shall see;
Thy mouth is o’er-full of praises! Say, how hast thou come again?’
‘The worthy117 folk of Punturtois, this knight from fair Champagne440
And myself have loosed, and Morhold who this nephew hath stolen of mine
Will set him free, if on thy part thou wilt free Brandelidelein;
Otherwise are we captive to them, both I and my sister’s son,
But such grace thou wilt surely show us—Here such vesper-play was run
That it cometh not to a Tourney this while before Kanvoleis,445
And in sooth do I know how it standeth! Here sit they before mine eyes,
The strength of the outer army—now speak, tell me when and how
They could hold the field against us? Much fame hast thou won, I trow!’
Then the queen she spake to the hero from a true heart full tenderly,
‘Whate’er be my claim upon thee, I pray thee to let it be.450
I were fain of thy service worthy—If here I my right shall claim,
And thine honour thereby118 be tarnished119, I will leave thee nor mar31 thy fame!’
Then he sprang to his feet, the chaplain of Anflisé the wise and fair,
And he quoth, ‘Nay, my queen doth claim him, at her will to this land I fare.
For his love hath she sent me hither, for his love she afar doth pine,455
And her love layeth claim upon him and hers shall he be, not thine.
O’er all women I ween doth she love him: here as messengers hath she sent
Three princes, lads free from falsehood; and the one is hight Lazident
Of noble birth from Greenland, and in K?rlingen doth he dwell,
And his own hath he made the language; and the second his name I’ll tell,460
Liodarz he, a count his father, and Schyolarz was he hight.
And who was the third? Will ye hearken, his kinship I’ll tell aright:
Belleflur she hath been his mother, Pansamur was his father’s name,
Liahturteltart they called him, of the race of the fays he came.
Then they ran all three before him, and they spake, ‘Wouldst thy fortune prove?465
(The queen of France doth proffer91 the chance of a worthy love.)
Thou shalt play the game, and never a pledge shall be asked from thee,
Nor thy joy be to sorrow forfeit120, as it waxeth still fair and free!’
Then e’en while they spake their errand Kailet he had ta’en his seat
‘Neath a fold of the royal mantle, and she spake to him low and sweet,470
‘Now say, hath worse harm befallen? Methinks I the wounds have seen?’
In that same hour his wounds and bruises she sought out, the gracious queen,
With her white hands so small and shapely, which their wisdom from God must win,
And sore was he cut and wounded on nose and on cheek and chin.
He had won for his wife the cousin of the queen who such honour fair475
Would show him, herself would she tend him, and her hands for his hurts should care.
Then e’en as courtesy bade her she spake unto Gamuret,
‘The fair queen of France, it seemeth, her heart upon thee hath set;
Now honour in me all women, and give what I here may claim,
Go not till men judge betwixt us, else thou leavest me here to shame.’480
This he sware unto her, the hero, and leave she from him would crave,
And she passed thence, and then King Kailet, that monarch so true and brave,
He lifted her to her saddle; and he turned him about once more
And came into the pavilion, where his kinsman and friends he saw.
Then spake he unto King Hardeiss, ‘Aleiss thy sister fair485
She proffered her love, I took it—Now wedded121 is she elsewhere,
And a better than I is her husband! No longer thus wrathful frown,
Prince Lambekein, he hath won her—tho’ in sooth she shall wear no crown,
Yet honour enough is her portion—Brabant and Hennegau
Do her service, and many a brave knight doth unto her bidding bow.490
If thy mind it shall turn to greet me let thy favour be mine once more,
And take thou again my service of a true heart as aye of yore.’
Then the king of Gascony answered as befitted a hero brave,
‘Yea, soft is thy speech, yet if greeting I give thee as thou dost crave,
Who hath offered to me such insult, men will deem fear such grace hath won,495
For captive am I to thy cousin!’ ‘Yet ill shall he deal with none,
Gamuret, he shall grant thy freedom, that boon my first prayer shall be:
No man shall thereto constrain thee, yet my service the day shall see
When thou as thy friend shalt claim me. For the shame, ’tis enow I wot,
For whate’er thou mayst do against me, thy sister, she slayeth me not!’500
Then all at his words laughed loudly. But their mirth it was soon o’erpast
For his true heart the host constrainèd, and desire held him once more fast,
And a sharp goad123 I ween is sorrow—Then the heroes they saw right well
How he wrestled124 anew with sorrow and his joy in the conflict fell;
And his cousin he waxed right wrathful, and he spake, ‘Now thou doest ill.’505
‘Nay, nay, for I needs must sorrow, and naught may my yearning125 still
For the queen I have left behind me, afar on a heathen shore,
Pure wife and true is that lady, and my heart she hath wounded sore.’
‘And her purity doth constrain me to mourn for her love so sweet,
Vassals126 and lands she gave me; yet joy for a true knight meet510
Belakané of that hath robbed me! yet shame for a wavering mind
I think me is right and manly127—With such fetters128 her love did bind
That she held me afar from Tourney, nor in search of strife I went;
Then I thought me that deeds of knighthood should free me from ill-content,
And here have I somewhat striven—Now many a fool would say515
That I, for her colour, fled her, to my eyes was she light as day!
For her womanhood true I sorrow; o’er all others her worth stood high
As the boss from the shield outstandeth. And another grief have I,
And here make I my moan unto ye, my brother’s arms I saw,
But the shield on which they were blazoned, with point up-turned they bore.’520
(Ah! woe for the words that are spoken, and the tidings of grief they bring!)
His eyes they o’erflowed with water, that gallant Spanish king,
‘Alas! O queen for thy madness, thro’ thy love is Galoes slain129,
Whom every faithful woman from her heart shall mourn amain
If she would that her dealing130 win her true honour in true man’s thought.525
Ah! queen of Auvergne I think me, tho’ small grief it to thee hath brought,
Yet thro’ thee have I lost my kinsman, tho’ his ending was fit and fair,
For a knightly joust hath slain him who thy token in strife would bear!
And these princes here, his comrades, their heartfelt grief they show,
As in funeral train their shield’s-breadth do they turn to the earth below,530
For thus hath great sorrow taught them—In this guise131 do they knightly deeds,
Heavy-hearted that he, my cousin, serveth no more for true love’s meed!’
He hath won him another heart-grief as his brother’s death is told,
And he spake aloud in his sorrow, ‘Now mine anchor hath found its hold
And its haven in bitter rueing,’ and the badge did he lay aside,535
And his grief taught him bitter anguish, and aloud the hero cried,
‘Galoes of Anjou! henceforward shall never a man deny
That on earth ne’er was born thine equal for manhood and courtesy,
And the fruit of a free hand knightly from thine heart did it bloom amain.
Ah! woe is me for thy goodness!’ then to Kailet he spake again,540
‘How goeth it with Schoettè, my mother, of joy bereft132?’
‘So that God hath had pity on her! When Gandein this life had left,
And dead was Galoes thy brother, and thou wert not by her side,
And she saw thee no more, then death brake her heart, and she too hath died!’
Then out quoth the Gascon Hardeiss, ‘Turn thy will to a manly mien,545
Thou shalt mourn but in fitting measure if true manhood thine own hath been!’
But too great was the load of his sorrow, and the tears as a flood must flow
From his eyes—Then all things he ordered that the knights a fair rest might know,
And he went where he saw his chamber133, of samite the little tent,
And in grief and sore lamentation134 the hours of the night he spent.550
When there dawned another morning the knights together came,
The inner host and the outer, all who thought there to win them fame;
Were they young or old, were they cowardly or brave, they fought not that day.
And the light grew to middle morning: yet so worn were they with the fray,
And the horses so spent with spurring, that the knights in battle tried555
Were yet by weariness vanquished—Then the queen herself would ride,
And the valiant men from the open would she bring to the town again,
And the best of the knights within there she bade ride to the Leo-plain;
And straightway they did her bidding, and they rode in their knightly ranks,
And they came ere the Mass was ended to the sad king of Zassamank.560
Then the benediction135 spoken, Herzeleide the queen she came,
And e’en as the folk upheld her, so she laid to the knight her claim:
Then he spake, ‘A wife have I Lady, and than life shall she be more dear,
Yea, and e’en if I were without her thou another tale shouldst hear
That afar should drive me from thee, if men here shall list my right!’565
But the queen she looked upon him, and she spake to the gallant knight:
‘Thou shalt leave thy Moorish136 lady for my love; stronger far shall be
The blessing137 that baptism giveth! From heathendom set thee free,
And wed2 me in Christian138 marriage, since my heart for thy love doth yearn79.
Or say shall the French queen’s message to my shame and my sorrow turn?570
Sweet words did they speak her people, and thou heardest them to the end!’
‘Yea, she is in truth my lady. When I back to Anjou must wend,
Then fair counsels and courteous customs with me from her land I brought;
Yea, even to-day doth she help me whom from childhood to man she taught.
She hath fled all that mars a woman—We were children then, she and I,575
Yet gladly we saw each other in the days that are long gone by!
The noble queen Anflisé, in true womanhood hath she share,
From her lands a goodly income she gave me, that lady fair,
(In those days was I still a poor man), yet I took it right willingly,
As a poor man thou still shalt count me, and Lady, shalt pity me,580
He is dead, my gallant brother—Of thy courtesy press me not,
Turn thy love where thou findest gladness, for sorrow is aye my lot!’
‘Nay, let me not longer sorrow; how wilt thou deny my claim?’
‘Thy question I’ll gladly answer, here a Tourney thou didst proclaim,
That Tourney hath not been holden, as many shall witness bear’585
‘For the vesper-play hath marred139 it! The knights who had foughten there
So well have they tamed their ardour that the Tourney hath come to naught,’
‘I did but defend thy city with others that bravely fought;
Thou shouldst force me not to withstand thee, here have others done more than I,
Mine the greeting that all may claim here, other right would I still deny!’590
Then, so hath the venture told me, they chose them, both man and maid,
A judge o’er the claim of the lady, and their cause they before him laid,
And it drew near to middle morning, and thus did the verdict run,
‘What knight hath bound on his helmet, and hath hither for conflict come,
And hath fought, and the prize hath holden, then that knight he shall wed the queen.’595
And unto the judgment140 spoken the knights gave consent I ween.
Spake the queen, ‘Mine thou art, and I’ll yield thee fair service thy love to gain,
And will give thee of joy such portion that thy life shall be free of pain!’
And yet bare he grief and sorrow—Now the April sun was o’er,
And had left behind a token in the garment the meadow bore,600
With short green grass was it covered, so that coward hearts waxed bold,
And won afresh high courage; and the trees did their buds unfold
In the soft sweet air of the May-tide, and he came of the fairy race
That aye loveth, or sweet love seeketh, and his friend she would show him grace.
Then he looked on Queen Herzeleide, and he spake to her courteously,605
‘If in joy we would live, O Lady, then my warder thou shalt not be,
When loosed from the bonds of sorrow, for knighthood my heart is fain;
If thou holdest me back from Tourney I may practise such wiles141 again
As of old when I fled from the lady whom I won with mine own right hand;
When from strife she would fain have kept me I fled from her folk and land!’610
Then she spake, ‘Set what bonds thou willest, by thy word will I still abide.’
‘Many spears would I break asunder142, and each month would to Tourney ride,
Thou shalt murmur143 not O Lady when such knightly joust I’ld run!’
This she sware, so the tale was told me, and the maid and her lands he won.
The three pages of Queen Anflisé and her chaplain were nigh at hand,615
As the judgment was sealed and spoken they must hearken and understand,
And he spake to the knight in secret, ‘To my lady this tale was told
How at Patelamunt thy valour did the guerdon of victory hold,
And that there two kingdoms served thee—And she too hath lands I trow,
And she thinketh herself to give thee, and riches and gold enow!’620
‘As knighthood of old she taught me so must I hold fast alway
By the strength of the knightly order, and the rule of the shield obey.
Thro’ her my shield have I won me, else perchance I had worn it not,
Here doth knightly verdict bind me, be sorrow or joy my lot.
Go ye homeward, and bear my service, her knight will I ever be,625
And for her is my deepest sorrow tho’ all crowns were awaiting me!’
Then he proffered to them of his riches, but his gifts did they cast aside.
Yet was she not shamed their lady, tho’ homeward they needs must ride!
And they craved144 not leave, but they rode thence, as in anger ye oft shall find,
And the princes’ sons, her pages, well-nigh did they weep them blind.630
They who bare their shields inverted their friends spake to them this word,
‘The queen, fair Herzeleide, hath the Angevin for her lord.’
‘Say, who from Anjou hath fought here? Our lord is, alas, elsewhere;
He seeketh him fame ‘gainst the heathen, and grief for his sake we bear!’
‘He who shall be here the victor, who hath smitten full many a knight,635
He who smote and pierced so fiercely, he who bare on his helm of light
An anchor rare and costly, that knight is the knight we mean,
And King Kailet he spake his title, Gamuret Angevin—I ween
Good fortune doth here befall him!’ Then swift to their steeds they sprung,
And their raiment was wet with the tear-drops that grief from their eye-lids wrung,640
When they came where their lord was seated they gave him a welcome fair,
And he in his turn would greet them, and sorrow and joy were there.
Then he kissed his knights so faithful, and spake, ‘Ye no more shall make
Such measureless moan for my brother, his place I with ye will take.
Turn your shields again as befits them, and as men who would joyful fare;645
My anchor hath struck its haven; my father’s arms I’ll bear,
For the anchor it is a symbol that befitteth a wandering knight,
He who willeth may take and wear it. I must rule my life aright
As now shall become my station: I am rich now, when shall I be
The lord of this folk? For my sorrow it worketh but ill to me.650
Queen Herzeleide, help me that thou and I may pray
The kings that are here and princes for my service awhile to stay,
Till thou unto me hast yielded that which love from true love may crave!’
Thus both of them made petition, and the heroes their promise gave.
Then each one went to his chamber, and the queen to her knight spake low,655
‘Now yield thyself to my tending, and a hidden way I’ll show!’
For his guests did they care as fitting tho’ the host was no longer there,
The folk they were all together, but the knight he alone must fare
Save for two of his pages only—Then the queen and her maidens145 bright
They led him where gladness waited, and his sorrow was put to flight,660
And regret was o’erthrown and vanquished—And his heart it waxed high and brave
As is ever the lot of lovers! and her maidenhood146 she gave
The queen, fair Herzeleide: nor their lips did they think to spare,
But close did they cling in kisses; grief was conquered by joy so fair!
Then courteous deeds were begun there; for free were his captives set,665
And the Kings Hardeiss and Kailet were made friends by Gamuret.
And such marriage feast was holden that he who had proudly thought
Hereafter to hold such another much riches thereto had brought.
For this did Gamuret purpose, his wealth he would little spare,
But Arabian gold did he scatter147 mid the poor knights; and jewels rare670
Did he give to the kings and princes who were there with the host I ween;
And glad were the wandering players, for rich gifts had their portion been.
Let them ride whom he there had feasted, from the Angevin leave they prayed.
Then the panther the badge of his father on his shield they in sable laid;
And a small white silken garment, a shift that the queen did wear,675
That had touched her naked body who now was his wife so fair,
This should be his corslet’s cover. And of foemen it saw eighteen
Pierced thro’ and hewn with sword-blade ere he parted from her his queen,
And aye as her love came homeward on her body that shift she drew:
And many a shield had he shattered; and their love it waxed strong and true.680
And honour enow was his portion ere his manly courage bore
The knight o’er the seas to conflict, for his journey I sorrow sore.
For there came unto him true tidings, how the Baruch, his lord of old,
Was beset148 by mighty foemen, by Babylon’s princes bold:
And the one he was called Ipomidon, and Pompey his brother’s name685
(For so hath the venture told me), a proud man of warlike fame.
(’Twas not he whom Julius C?sar had driven from Rome of yore).
His uncle was Nebuchadnezzar, who in books found the lying lore149
That he himself should a god be, (o’er this would our folk make sport)
And of noble race these brothers, nor of strength nor of gold spared aught.690
From Ninus they came who was ruler ere ever Bagdad might be,
Nineveh did he found—Now an insult and a shame vexed150 them bitterly,
The Baruch as vassals claimed them—So the combat was won and lost,
And bravely the heroes battled, and on each side they paid the cost.
Thus Gamuret sailed the water, and aid to the Baruch brought,695
And gladly he bade him welcome; tho’ I weep that that land he sought!
How it chanced there, how went the conflict, gain or loss, how the thing might be
Naught of that knew Queen Herzeleide; and bright as the sun was she,
And her form it was fair to look on, and both riches had she and youth,
And more than too much her gladness! I think me in very truth700
She had sped past the goal of all wishes—And on wisdom her heart was set,
And she won from the whole world favour; her fair deeds with fair guerdon met,
And all men praised Herzeleide, the queen, as both fair and true,
And the queen of three kingdoms was she, of Waleis and fair Anjou,
Of these twain was she aye the ruler; and beside them in far Norgals705
Did she bear the crown and sceptre, in the city of Kingrivals.
And so dear did she hold her husband, if never a maid might win
So gallant a man, what recked she? She counted it not for sin.
As for half a year he was absent she looked for his coming sure,
For but in the thought of that meeting might the life of the queen endure.710
Then brake the sword of her gladness thro’ the midst of the hilt in twain,
Ah me! and alas! for her mourning, that goodness should bear such pain
And faith ever waken sorrow! Yea, so doth it run alway
With the life of men, and to-morrow must they mourn who rejoice to-day!
So it chanced that the queen one noontide in a restless slumber lay,715
’Twas as if with a start she wakened and by lightning was borne away,
And towards the clouds it bare her, and they smote her with mighty force,
The fiery bolts of Heaven, as they sped on their downward course,
And sparks sprang from her floating tresses mid the fire of the circling spheres,
And the thunder crashed loud around her, and the rain-drops were burning tears.720
For a little space was she conscious, then a grip on her right hand fell,
And, lo! it was changed, the vision, and wondrous151 things befell;
For then did she nurse a dragon, that forth from her body sprung,
And its dragon life to nourish awhile at her breast it hung,
Then it fled from her sight so swiftly she might look on it never more:725
And her heart it brake for the anguish, and the terror and grief she bore.
And never methinks a woman in slumber such woe hath seen,
But now had she been so joyful, alas! all was changed I ween,
And sorrow should be her portion, and her ill it waxed long and wide,
And the shadow of coming sorrow did still on her heart abide.730
Then she did what afore she could not, for the terror that on her lay,
She stretched her limbs in her slumber, and moaned in her grief alway,
And she cried aloud on her people; and many a maid sat by
And they sprang to her side at her summons, and wakened her speedily.
Then Tampaneis he came riding, of her husband’s squires the chief,735
And many a page was with him, and joy’s goal was o’erpassed in grief,
And they cried, ‘He was dead, their master!’ And her senses forsook152 the queen,
And she fell aback in her anguish—And the knights spake, ‘How hath this been?
Hath our lord been slain in his harness, who ever was armed so well?’
And tho’ sorely the squire must sorrow, to the heroes the tale he’ld tell:740
‘No long life should he have, my master! His helm he put off awhile,
The heat thereto constrained him—’twas accursed heathen guile153
That stole him from us, our hero—A knight took a he-goats blood,
And from a long glass he poured it on the helmet of diamond good,
And softer than sponge grew the diamond. May He Whom as Lamb they show745
With the Cross in His hold, have mercy on the deeds that are wrought below!’
‘Then when one host met the other: Ah! that was indeed a fight,
And the knights who were with the Baruch they fought all as men of might,
And there in the field by Bagdad full many a shield was pierced,
As they flew each one on the other, and they mingled in charges fierce,750
And banner was mixed with banner, many fell who had bravely fought,
And my lord’s hand it did such wonders that his foemen became as nought154,
But Ipomidon he came riding, and with death would reward the knight,
And he smote him down, and I think me many thousands they saw that sight.’
‘For my master, free from falsehood, rode against Alexandria’s king,755
But, alas! for the guile of the heathen, this joust but his death should bring,
For the spear cut sheer thro’ the helmet, and it pierced thro’ my master’s brain
(In his head did they find the splinters), yet the hero still held the rein,
And dying he rode from the combat, o’er a wide plain his way he’ld take,
And his chaplain he knelt above him, and in few words his shrift he spake.760
And he sent here the shift and the spear-blade that hath robbed us of our friend,
He died free from sin—us his servants he did to the queen commend!’
‘At Bagdad was the hero buried, and the Baruch the cost would pay,
With gold is it fair to look on, and rich is the tomb alway;
And many a costly jewel doth gleam where he lies at rest,765
And embalmed155 was the fair young body (sad was many a faithful breast);
And the grave-stone it is a ruby, and thro’ it he shineth clear,
And they granted us as with martyrs156, the cross o’er his tomb to rear,—
For as Christ by His death hath freed us, and to comfort that soul so brave,
And for shelter we raised the symbol—And the Baruch the cost he gave.770
For the cross was of emerald wroughten: heathen counsel we asked it not,
For they know not the Cross, nor the blessing that Christ’s death won for us I wot!
And the heathen they pray unto him as if he were a god in truth,
Nor they do it the Cross to honour, nor hath Baptism taught them ruth
(Tho’ it looseneth us from Hell’s fetters when the uttermost day shall dawn),775
But his knightly faith and honour, who leaveth us here forlorn,
Have wrought him a place in Heaven where he shineth with Heaven’s light,
And true penitence157 and confession—for falsehood e’er fled that knight.’
‘And there in his diamond helmet an epitaph did they grave,
And fast to the cross they fixed158 it o’er the tomb of that hero brave,780
And thus do they run the letters: ‘(Through this helmet a joust hath slain)
This hero who bare all manhood, and Gamuret was his name,
As king did he rule o’er three kingdoms, in each land the Crown he wore
Whom mighty princes followed—Anjou’s land this hero bore,
And he lost his life for the Baruch at the city of Bagdad fair.
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And so high did it soar, his honour, that no knight may with him compare,
Howe’er ye may test their dealings. Nor is he of woman born,
(I mean of the knightly order) to whose hand he his strength had sworn.
But help and true manly counsel to his friends did he steadfast159 give;
And thro’ women much grief he suffered, for he would in their favour live.
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Baptized was he as a Christian tho’ Saracens mourn him yet,
(This is truth and no lie)—All his lifetime since his years were on wisdom set
His strength strove for fame and honour, till he fell in his knightly pride,
Wish him bliss160 who here lieth buried! ’Twas by treason’s hand he died!‘
So spake the squire, and the Waleis who heard it must weep full sore,795
Cause hast they enow for sorrow! A living child she bore
Who of men was left unaided, Herzeleide the gracious queen,
With death the mother battled: her maidens were crazed I ween,
Since they thought not to help their lady, for within her womb she bare
Him who should be flower of all knighthood, if death did not claim him there.800
Then there came a wise man ancient to weep with his lady’s grief,
And he saw how with death she struggled, and he brought to her swift relief;
For he forced her teeth asunder, and betwixt her lips they pour
Water, and at their tending her senses they came once more.
Then she spake, and aloud she mourned him, ‘My heart’s dearest, Ah! where is he?805
For in sooth my heart’s deepest gladness was in Gamuret’s chivalry,
Yet his valour of this hath robbed me—Now his mother am I and wife,
Tho’ far younger was I, for within me do I carry his flesh and life;
The love that we bore to each other hath been of such flower the root,
And if God shall in truth be faithful, He withholdeth not here the fruit.810
Already too sore my sorrow for my husband so proud and brave,
What ill death hath wrought upon me! Her love never woman gave,
But his heart it rejoiced in her gladness, and sad for her grief was he,
Thus his true heart it gave him counsel who was aye from all falsehood free.’
Now hearken yet more the story how the noble queen must mourn,815
Within her arms would she hold him, her child who was yet unborn,
And she spake, ‘Now God send me safely the child of my hero fair,
For this is my heart’s petition; God keep me from dark despair,
’Twere Gamuret’s second slaying161 if I thought myself to slay122
While I bear of his love the token who was faithful to me alway!’820
Then careless of who might see her, the robe from her neck she tore,
And her fair white breasts she tended with the wisdom of mother-lore,
To her rosy162 lips she pressed them, ‘Ah, thou food that shall feed my son,
He hath sent thee before his coming who life from my life hath won!’
And the queen it nothing vexed her that above her heart it lay825
The milk that her child should nourish, and softly she spake alway,
’Twas true love that brought thee hither, if I yet unbaptized should be
From thee had I won my baptism, and the tears which shall flow so free,
And openly and in secret will I mourn for my husband dear!’
Then the shift with his life-blood crimsoned163 she bade them to bring anear,830
(Thus clad in the Baruch’s army had Gamuret lost his life,
For he chose him a gallant ending in the turmoil164 and stress of strife),
And then for the spear she prayed them wherewith was her husband slain,
From Nineveh’s Prince Ipomidon such guerdon he needs must gain.
And tho’ tattered165 and hewn to pieces yet the queen fain the shift would wear,835
As aforetime had been her custom when her lord did from Tourney fare,
But her maidens who stood around her they took it from out her hand,
And they carried them to the Minster, the highest from out her land,
And the spear and the blood they buried as men bury a hero dead,
And sorrow and bitter mourning thro’ Gamuret’s kingdom spread.840
And when fourteen days were ended a babe lay the queen beside,
’Twas a son, and so great and goodly that the mother had well-nigh died.
Now ’tis cast the die of the venture, and here doth my tale begin,
For now is he born who henceforward this song for his own shall win.
And now have ye heard the story of his father, his love and grief,845
Of his gallant life, and the treason that ended its span so brief;
And ye know whence he came, the hero of this tale, and how for long
He was hidden from deeds of knighthood, till his youth it waxed bold and strong.
When the queen found sight and hearing she was fain on her child to look,
And her maidens they bare him to her and the babe in her arms she took;850
And she saw his limbs soft rounded, and she knew she had born a son,
And her maidens with her were joyful that the earth had a man-child won.
(As he bare of a man the body, so manly was he of heart,
As a smith did he wield166 the sword-blade till fire from the helm would start)
And no joy did she know, the mother, save ever her babe to kiss,855
And with soft words she spake to him ever, ’Bon fils, Cher fils, Beau fils.‘
And e’en as herself she bare him, so herself she his nurse would be,
At his mother’s breast was he nourished who was ever from falsehood free.
And she thought she had won her husband by her prayers to her arms again,
She all folly167 forsook, and meekness168 and truth in her heart did reign87.860
And musing169 spake Herzeleide, ‘The queen of Heaven high
Gave her breast to the dear Lord Jesu Who a bitter death would die
As Man on the cross for man’s sake, for thus did His love begin:
Who thinketh light of His anger his soul’s peace shall hardly win,
Tho’ he else were brave man and worthy—and this tale do I know for true!’865
Then the queen of the land she bathed her in heart sorrow’s bitter dew,
And her eyes on the babe rained tear-drops as soft in her arms it lay,
For hers was the way of women, where a true heart holdeth sway;
She could laugh and weep together, her heart joyed for her baby’s birth,
Yet the ford170 of her bitter sorrow had drowned in short space her mirth.
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strife
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maiden
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onward
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courteous
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lust
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nay
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sleepers
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trumpets
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smote
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flutes
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rein
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ruby
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mantle
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sable
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throng
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braced
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falcon
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lodging
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beheld
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vassal
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fray
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joust
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joyful
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knights
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| 骑士； （中古时代的）武士( knight的名词复数 )； 骑士； 爵士； （国际象棋中）马 | |
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kinsmen
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naught
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foe
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haughty
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monarch
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ostrich
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haven
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gravel
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wreak
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fully
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abode
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gallop
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thither
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chivalry
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shriek
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woe
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jousting
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adorning
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tint
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dice
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doorway
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