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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    rage, yet noble and proud in bis walk and manner. The greater part of the warriors looked at him, rather with admiration and fear than hatred. He was followed by his ruffianly crew with terrific looks, and eyes inflamed with rage; they mingled praises of their master, with the victorious shouts of their enemies. The men at arms, and esquires of the knights, closed the train. As they approached, they were wel¬ comed by the joyous exclamations of the in¬ mates of the castle. Sir Rudolphus and the strange knight, sprung from their horses, and received from the hands of their wives, the crowns of victory, heard the congratulations of the children and full of delight, embraced their beloved partners. The voice of the miller, crying, “ Matilda, my own Matilda 1” suddenly made the strange knight start back from his wife’s arms. Matilda looked up, for she was the wife of the stranger. Sir Philip the Lion. The old mad man,formerly SirFrancisofEglofF, had sent through the hands of Sir G. Walram of Horne, a deed of gift to Sir Philip, of all his 1