Copy 1, Volume 2

Popular tales and romances of the Northern nations.

Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Popular tales and romances of the Northern nations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    perfectly safe.” Philip instantly assisted Ma¬ tilda to get into the loft, and the hermit hid the knight’s armour under his couch. Hardly had they got out of sight, when they heard some one at the door ask for a night’s lodging. The voice seemed familiar to Sir Philip, and, climbing up the oak tree, he perceived the abbot and warden. “ We shall spend the night here, and return at day-break,” said the warden to their followers. “ Go, therefore, to the hostelrie near the chapel of St. Erick, and return here at sun-rise.” The horsemen de¬ parted accordingly, and took the two mules with them on which the abbot and warden had ridden. Sir Philip then descended and told Matilda what he had heard, yet concealed from her, that the two persons were the abbot and warden. He did all he could to console and persuade her to partake of the dry fruit which the hermit had collected for the winter; and at length conquered her fear of being dis¬ covered even there. Matilda gave full credit to his assertions ; it is so natural to believe what we wish, especially, when asserted by those we