The tale of Queen Rosana : and of Rosana, her daughter and of the King's son Aulimento . nd her de-termination growing steadily to live hence-forward in His service. Scarce had theperiod of five days gone by, when the prieststanding once more in her presence, sheaddressed him from the fulness of herheart : Verily, my father, said she, theseHoly Scriptures teach that without bap-tism I may not save my soul, nor enterParadise. Prithee! baptize me, myfather. Whereat he lifted up his eyes and heartin thanksgiving to the Lord for the mercyvouchsafed to him, saying : Right gladly, madam, since it be
The tale of Queen Rosana : and of Rosana, her daughter and of the King's son Aulimento . nd her de-termination growing steadily to live hence-forward in His service. Scarce had theperiod of five days gone by, when the prieststanding once more in her presence, sheaddressed him from the fulness of herheart : Verily, my father, said she, theseHoly Scriptures teach that without bap-tism I may not save my soul, nor enterParadise. Prithee! baptize me, myfather. Whereat he lifted up his eyes and heartin thanksgiving to the Lord for the mercyvouchsafed to him, saying : Right gladly, madam, since it be thywish. And taking Water, he blessed it, adminis-tering the holy rite in the Name of theFather, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Henceforward, madam, quoth he, mayest thou be of good cheer, for to-daythou hast given up thy soul to His safekeeping, and I hold a certain hope that Hewill grant thy hearts desire. With these words, and his benison in thesign of the cross, the priest went his wayrejoicing. 5on> (tineen (go&ana njon upon (]Kmg (^uefero 60 i^ai 9e foo Became a C^rieftan. chapter tw^o iT came to pass after a time,so runs the Tale, thatdwelling with her hus-band but a little while,as it pleased the Lord,the Queen was pregnant;and no words can de-scribe the rejoicings,revelry and merry-mak-ing that ensued in theCourt at the some days thereafter, when theKing and Queen were closeted together,she addressed him in these terms : A boon I would crave of thee, mylord. Sweetheart and helpmeet mine,give ear to my request. To which the King, with gesture ofassent, replied : Never, thou knowest, would I gainsaythee in aught that be thy wish. Thus emboldened she proceeded totell her story, omitting nothing of herdiscourse with the Christian priest. How Through the Divine interven-tion, said she, no sooner had I been 39 4° €H feegenb of iluten (gosana baptized, lo ! I became with child ; where-fore, my consort and fair lord ! do thoulikewise, I pray thee. And she open
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