. Tales from the old French. ion. But now speak we again of the was she so woful as now in losingher love. She lleth down beside him, andtaketh him in her arms and straineth himclose, and many a time she kisseth him on 33 ^Sit ^y^^ ^^^ mouth, till her grief for him ^- pierceth her heart. There died the maid ^ who had been so valiant, wise and fair. iAOVeXtf Now when the king and those that wereawaiting them saw that the twain camenot again, they followed after and foundthem. And there the king fell to theground in a swoon; and when he recoveredhis speech he made great lament, and
. Tales from the old French. ion. But now speak we again of the was she so woful as now in losingher love. She lleth down beside him, andtaketh him in her arms and straineth himclose, and many a time she kisseth him on 33 ^Sit ^y^^ ^^^ mouth, till her grief for him ^- pierceth her heart. There died the maid ^ who had been so valiant, wise and fair. iAOVeXtf Now when the king and those that wereawaiting them saw that the twain camenot again, they followed after and foundthem. And there the king fell to theground in a swoon; and when he recoveredhis speech he made great lament, and sodid all the stranger folk. Three days theykept the twain above earth; and causedtwo coffins of marble to be brought,and in them they laid the two lovers, andby the counsel of all, buried them uponthe top of the mountain; and then theyall went their ways. Because of the adventure of these twainthe mountain is still called by the nameof Les Deux Amants. So it fell, even as Ihave told you, and the Bretons turned itinto a OW will I tell you 0^|^^^^all the matter andstory of a most an-cient Breton lay,even as I have heardit, and hold it fortrue. In Bretaigne dwelta knight, brave andcourteous, hardy and bold; Eliduc was hisname, methinketh, and in all the land wasno other man so valiant. And he had forwife a woman wise and honourable, ofhigh parentry and goodly lineage. Longthey lived together, and loyally they lovedone another; but at length it fell that byreason of strife the knight went to seekservice abroad, and there he grew to lovea maid, daughter to a king and queen;Guilliadun was the name of the damsel,and she was the fairest of that Eliducs wife was called among herown folk Guildeluec, and from these twainthe lay hath taken the name of Guildeluecand Guilliadun; of old it was called Eliduc,but now is its title changed, in that theadventure from which the lay is drawn 35 ^fibuC turneth upon the two dames. Now evenas it befell so will I recite it, and tell you
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