The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . ered: Not yet, not yet. Then Desideiius began to ])e troubled, and said:What shall we do if still iiioic come with him ? Otkeranswered: You will soon see how he will come; butwhat will become of us, I know not. And, behold,while they were speaking, appeared the servants ofCharless household, a never-resting multitude. Thatis Charles, said the terrified Desiderius. But Otkersaid: Not yet, not yet. Then appeared the bishopsand tlie ab])ots, and the chaplains with their com-panions. AYhen he beheld these the Lombar
The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . ered: Not yet, not yet. Then Desideiius began to ])e troubled, and said:What shall we do if still iiioic come with him ? Otkeranswered: You will soon see how he will come; butwhat will become of us, I know not. And, behold,while they were speaking, appeared the servants ofCharless household, a never-resting multitude. Thatis Charles, said the terrified Desiderius. But Otkersaid: Not yet, not yet. Then appeared the bishopsand tlie ab])ots, and the chaplains with their com-panions. AYhen he beheld these the Lombard prince,dazed witli fear and longing for death, stammered outthese words: Lc^t us go down and hide in the earth 94 TEE SrORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES before the wrath of so terril)le an enemy! But Otker,who in better times had known well the power and thearms of the great Charles, answered: When yoa seea harvest of steel Avaving in the fields, and the riversdashing steel-blaek waves against the city walls, thenyou may believe Charles is coming. -v/^V^-ir^^—V^^ ??--, rx.!^— —. R(fYAL •)!• TIME Seareely had he spoken Avhen there appeared in thenorth and west a dark cloud, as it were, which wrapped the clear day in most dreadful shadow,^fch^i^ ^^t as it grew nearer, there flashed upon the besieged from the gleaming weaponsa day that was more terrible for them than any they saw him,—Charles,—the man of steel; hisarms covered with plates of steel, his iron breast andhis broad shoulders protected by steel armor. His lefthand carried aloft the iron lance, for his right was CHAELEMAGNE 95 always ready for the victorious sword. His thighs,which others leave uncovered iu order more easily tomount their horses, were covered on the outside withiron scales. The leg-pieces of steel were common tothe whole army. His shield was all of steel, and hishorse was iron in color and in spirit. This armor all who rode before him, by his side,or who followed h
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