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    The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur A Mediæval Legend Translated from the French
    The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur A Mediæval Legend Translated from the French
    The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur A Mediæval Legend Translated from the French
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    The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur A Mediæval Legend Translated from the French

    By Mrs. Leighton and Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

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    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur A Mediæval Legend Translated from the French - Mrs. Leighton

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      Title: Fleur and Blanchefleur

      Author: Mrs. Leighton

      Release Date: January 7, 2005 [EBook #14628]

      Language: English

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      The Sweet and Touching Tale of

      FLEUR & BLANCHEFLEUR

      The Sweet and Touching Tale of

      FLEUR & BLANCHEFLEUR

      A Mediæval Legend Translated from the French by Mrs. Leighton, with Thirty-seven Coloured Illustrations by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale

      PUBLISHED IN LONDON BY DANIEL O'CONNOR, AT 90 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, W.C.1. 1922

      Chapter I

      Chapter II

      Chapter III

      Chapter IV

      Chapter V

      Chapter VI

      Chapter VII

      Chapter VIII

      Chapter IX

      The Sweet and Touching Tale of

      FLEUR & BLANCHEFLEUR

      Chapter I

      It is recorded by ancient chronicles that in the year of grace 624 a certain heathen King of Spain, Fenis by name, whose Queen was also a heathen, crossed over the sea with a mighty host into Christendom, and there, in the space of three days, made such havoc of the land, with destruction of towns, churches, and cloisters, that for full thirty miles from the shore where he had landed, not a human being or habitation was left to show where happy homes had been. Moreover, this King Fenis, while lading his ships with the booty thus ill-got, posted forty of his men in ambush over against the highway, there to lie in wait for any pilgrims who might pass by; and when presently a weary pilgrim band was seen toiling down the steep slope of a mountain nigh at hand, the forty thieves rushed out upon the pilgrims and threatened them with death, to escape which they readily parted with their goods; one only of the band showed fight, and he was a Count of France, conducting his daughter, a new-made widow, to the shrine of St. James at Compostella, where she had vowed to offer up prayer for her lord, lately slain in battle.

      Bravely this Count fought, but all in vain, for, overborne by numbers, he was killed, and his daughter carried a captive to the heathen King Fenis, who, straightway taking ship, sailed back to Spain, and, when King Fenis was come home again, he divided the spoil among his soldiery, giving a portion to each man according to his rank; but the Christian lady he bestowed upon his Queen, who, long desirous of such an attendant, received her gladly into the royal apartments, suffering her to retain her Christian creed: in return for this kindness, the captive lady did good service, waiting faithfully both late and early on the Queen, and giving her instruction in the French tongue. Moreover, by her gentleness, wisdom, and discretion, this Christian captive won all hearts in the heathen court.

      Now it happened that on Palm Sunday after these things the Queen gave birth to a lovely boy, whom the learned heathen masters, because he was born in the season of flowers, named Fleur; [more correctly 'Floire.'] and on that same Palm Sunday the Christian captive lady bore a daughter, whom with her own hands she baptized, giving her the name of Blanchefleur.

      At the birth of his son, King Fenis rejoiced, and made great festivities; also he commanded that the infant should be nursed by a heathen, but brought up by the Christian captive, who,

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