Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . ing to reach the monastery in the early light. Latecomers knocking at the gates were not popular in thosedays.* His slumbers were interrupted by voices outsidethe shrine. One in pain and fear, that of a woman. Theothers harsh and confused, belonging to a band of close to the shrine, Shinbutsu rose to peer throughthe lattice which encloses the top of these wayside band of a dozen men or m
Saito Musashi-bo Benkei : tales of the wars of the Gempei, being the story of the lives and adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kuro Yoshitsune and Saito Musashi-bo Benkei the warrior monk . ing to reach the monastery in the early light. Latecomers knocking at the gates were not popular in thosedays.* His slumbers were interrupted by voices outsidethe shrine. One in pain and fear, that of a woman. Theothers harsh and confused, belonging to a band of close to the shrine, Shinbutsu rose to peer throughthe lattice which encloses the top of these wayside band of a dozen men or more had kidnapped a younggirl from one of the neighbouring villages, one of someposition and consideration as was evidenced by her silkengarments. Peace is better than war, strategy goes fartherthan violence in love; and they sought to accomplish theirevil object by cajolement before using force. Their victimsteadily refused any such proposals, pleading with them andoffering the only jewel she had with her, a golden brooch, forthey had carried her off, when taking the evening air in her * The shrine is long gone. Jt was a little below the image ofDengyo-Daibhi on the SHIMBUTSU RESCUES TAMAMUSH1-HIME. SHINBUTSTJ-MAEU, THE YOUTH: 201 fathers garden, and she had neither purse nor other valu-able to offer them. This however was not their aim,which was confined to her person. Standing aside fortheir chief they cast lots, and seeing that the girlremained obstinate they proposed to proceed to had already cast her on the ground, when—crash !bang ! and the front of the shrine, close to which they werestanding, flew in fragments around them. Ya ! Ya !, they backed off, first in terror and then in astonishment,for the giant form of Shinbutsu made them think thatHachiman himself had appeared. As it did the girl, whosought refuge behind her unexpected protector. They were not left long in doubt. This time the deepvoice of Shinbutsu broke the silence, to t
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