. Tales from the old French. d when theysaw Melion come in amongst them. Then the king of Ireland led forth hisdaughter, and gave her over to Arthurthat he might do as he would with her,whether it were to slay or to burn Melion: I will touch her with the 91 (meciott ring, nor will I forbear. But Arthursaid to him: Do not so, rather let herbe, for the sake of thy fair children. Allthe barons likewise besought him, andMelion accorded it. Now King Arthur abode in Irelanduntil he had assuaged the war; then hewent again into his own land, and withhim took Melion; full glad and blithe wash
. Tales from the old French. d when theysaw Melion come in amongst them. Then the king of Ireland led forth hisdaughter, and gave her over to Arthurthat he might do as he would with her,whether it were to slay or to burn Melion: I will touch her with the 91 (meciott ring, nor will I forbear. But Arthursaid to him: Do not so, rather let herbe, for the sake of thy fair children. Allthe barons likewise besought him, andMelion accorded it. Now King Arthur abode in Irelanduntil he had assuaged the war; then hewent again into his own land, and withhim took Melion; full glad and blithe washe thereof. But his wife he left in Ireland,and commanded her to the devil; neveragain would he love her for that she haddone him such wrong; never would hetake her unto him again, rather would hehave let burn or hang her. And he said:Whoso believeth his wife in all thingscannot help but come into mischance atthe end, for it is not meet to set your trustin all her sayings. True is the lay of Melion, so all goodbarons NCE upon a time,^^^^^^King Arthur held ^ mighty feast at^Carlion. Our tale ^^^saith that the kinghath sent throughall his realm; andfrom Esparlot inBretagne into Ale-maigne, from the city of Boillande downeven into Ireland, the king, for fellowship,hath summoned his barons, that they beat Carlion at Ascension tide. On this dayall came, both high and low; twenty thou-sand knights sat at the board, and theretotwenty thousand damoiselles, maidensand dames. It was of great mark thateach man had his mate, for he who had nowife yet sat with a woman, whether sisteror friend: and herein lay great before they may eat one and all shallbe sore angered; for now, lo you, a youth,fair and pleasing and mounted upon aswift horse, who cometh riding into thepalace. In his hand he held a horn bandedabout four times with gold. Of ivory was 93 ^6^ &CiV *^^^ horn, and wrought with inlay whereinof tBt& amid the gold were set stones of beryl and^ sardonyx and ri
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