. The sweet and touching tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur; a mediaeval legend. f torn fromhim, find life endurable. H 58 THE SWEET AND TOUCHING TALE OF Then the Admiral took Fleur by the hand, and kissing himbade him sit by his side as beseemed the son of a king, and takingBlanchefleur also by the hand His Highness said to Fleur: Friend, herewith I give and grant to you the maiden Blanche-fleur, together with pardon full and free of all offence committedby you against my kingly power and majesty. Overcome with joy and gratitude, those lovers sank at the feetof their benefactor, who raised and kiss
. The sweet and touching tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur; a mediaeval legend. f torn fromhim, find life endurable. H 58 THE SWEET AND TOUCHING TALE OF Then the Admiral took Fleur by the hand, and kissing himbade him sit by his side as beseemed the son of a king, and takingBlanchefleur also by the hand His Highness said to Fleur: Friend, herewith I give and grant to you the maiden Blanche-fleur, together with pardon full and free of all offence committedby you against my kingly power and majesty. Overcome with joy and gratitude, those lovers sank at the feetof their benefactor, who raised and kissed them, and after thathe made Fleur a knight according to the fashion of the land. FLEUR AND BLANCHEFLEUR 59 Chapter IX NOW when all had turned out thus happily for Fleur andBlanchefleur, the Admiral proclaimed a great festival, andin pomp and splendour led to church Clarissa, daughter of theDuke of Alemannia, and there took her as his one and onlywedded wife, to have and to hold, for better for worse, to hislifes end : in the same church also and at the same time were. Fleur and Blanchefleur united in holy wedlock. Then came thefeast, at which the Admiral sat enthroned with his bride Clarissaon one side, and Fleur and Blanchefleur on the other, and afterthem all the lords of the realm, placed in order according to theirrank. When the banquet was over the wedding guests diverted 6o THE SWEET AND TOUCHING TALE OF themselves with jousting, tilting, wrestling, and jumping matches,not forgetting music and song, that lasted for days together, andwhile the merry-making was at its height, behold! there cameambassadors bearing tidings from Spain that King Fenis and hisQueen were dead, and the mourning country stood in sore needof the absent Fleur, heir and successor to the King deceased :and at these heavy tidings the joy of Fleur was turned to sorrow,and, seeking the Admiral, he prayed His Highness for permissionto depart to his own country, which so sorely needed its Kingand ruler;
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