The tale of Queen Rosana : and of Rosana, her daughter and of the King's son Aulimento . m that Our Lord Christ and theVirgin Mary have wrought a mightyprodigy on my behalf. Upon the daywhen the Soldan caused me to enter here,yea ! upon that selfsame day,—he sickenedof a distemper, which hath kept him inhis chamber ever since. Night and dayhave I prayed the Lord and His blessedMother to keep and succour me thus far,and to the term of my duress. For myfaith in Them is unbounded. Caution my io6 $^e feegenb of (tiuun (Rosana sweet brother likewise against precipitancy,that he follow prudent couns
The tale of Queen Rosana : and of Rosana, her daughter and of the King's son Aulimento . m that Our Lord Christ and theVirgin Mary have wrought a mightyprodigy on my behalf. Upon the daywhen the Soldan caused me to enter here,yea ! upon that selfsame day,—he sickenedof a distemper, which hath kept him inhis chamber ever since. Night and dayhave I prayed the Lord and His blessedMother to keep and succour me thus far,and to the term of my duress. For myfaith in Them is unbounded. Caution my io6 $^e feegenb of (tiuun (Rosana sweet brother likewise against precipitancy,that he follow prudent counsel and permitnot valour to outrun discretion. Let himstep warily, determining his course withforethought to achieve his end success-fully, without peril to him or his com-pany. Tell him also that I have kept mysoul pure and without blemish to thisday, and so help me Christ and the VirginMary will I abide. Possess your soul in peace, madam,answered the good-wife; see, I go henceand will deliver your message, true andfaithfully. gon) (^ufitnenfo voon t^ei? carried off i^e fait(Roeana. chapter tnefve ^^^^ND the Hostess took herm\ y^v A* ^> il leave, commendingA^^/i^V^j\V/^ .^i RosanatotheLord. Nosooner had Aulimentoespied her coming, thanadvancing towards her : Mistress, cried he, what be your tidings ? Marry, sir, nonebetter, answered she.* In the first place am I the bearer of athousand greetings; ifaith when I ap-prised her of your coming, a sweet faint-ness swept over her, laying her senseless inmy arms, and awhile remained she thus,until recovering herself. * Tell my sweetbrother, quoth she, * the prodigy wroughtin my favour from on high; lo! thatvery day whereon the Soldan imprisonedme within these walls, was he strickenwith an infirmity whereof he is not and thanks therefore, to Our LordChrist and His blessed Mother. Indeed,I am chaste and undefiled. Forewarnhim, added she, that in this businesshe lend ear to counsels of wisdom, an his109 no ^^e feegenb o
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