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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    life, I Iiave still a daughter, once more I must see her. Cot. Sir Knight, you are ill; I’il go to the monastery for a leech. Diet. Monastery ? no ! no 1 here is the gold, keep it, but betray me not! He took his poniard and the bread which the peasant had set before him, and hurried from the hut. His astonished host called after him in vain. Refreshed by what he had eaten, the knight walked on with long strides, till the day dawned, then laid down in a cavern, and after a few hours sleep, awoke much recov¬ ered. He thought himself now far enough from his home to continue his journey by day with¬ out danger, and to seek shelter by night in places built for the reception of pilgrims and other travellers. He wandered on a lonjr time without meeting any such place, and towards nightfall sat down near a spring weary and ex¬ hausted, where he soon fell asleep. A little while after him, a monk came to the same spot, who, seeing the wretchedness of Sir Dietrick’s