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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    love. She placed her confidence in God, and her good cause, and, resting her head on a bundle of dry rushes, fell into a sound sleep. Her faithful Philip sat with his sword drawn, ready to defend his sleeping mistress. The abbot fatigued by his journey, stretched him¬ self out on a bench, and, for a considerable time, the silence in the hermitage was un¬ broken. Sir Philip, through a hole in the floor, then saw the hermit light his lamp, and heard the abbot, somewhat refreshed, order the warden to prepare supper. The latter drew quickly from his wallet, a wheaten loaf, and an immense flagon; desired the hermit to bring fruit and honey, and then sat down to partici¬ pate in the meal. “ A pilgrim’s repast!” grumbled the abbot. “ Did I not tell you, warden, that the night would overtake us. 1 wish I were in the monastery.” Ward. You will relish good fare so much the better to-morrow. Here we drink wine and eat bread in safety, but, if we had con¬ tinued our journey, we should have run the risk of being caught on the road by Sir Diet-