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Title: The seven champions of Christendom; a legendary romance of chivalry
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Matthews, Agnes (Rounds), Mrs., 1860-
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Publisher: Boston, New York [etc.] : Ginn and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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blow on the head with his battle-ax that, with a [118] THE CHAMPIONS AT THE HOLY SEPULCHER roar of rage and pain, the giant fell to the ground just asthe other champions came up, full of praise for St. Georgesgreat valor. When they saw that the giant was dead and could givethem no more trouble, they all went into his cave to lookfor food. They found there a caldron as big as a brewerscopper, standing upon a frame of steel that was supportedby iron pillars, and boiling over a great fire. In this hugecaldron the flesh of two fat bullocks was cooking. The sight of food gave the half-starved champions newstrength and they all fell to work. Some turned the beefin the caldron, others mended the fire, while others lookedabout for bread and wine, which they found in great quan-tity hidden away in a secret place. Their feast was soonready, so they ate and drank merrily ; and when their hun-ger was satisfied, they mounted their horses and set forthagain gayly, in search of knightly adventures.
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V f THE SHEPHERD AND THE CRYSTAL IMAGE The champions, after they left the giants cave, crossedover the mountains, from which they could see great plainswhere there were fair cities and prosperous towns. Butas they descended, they came presently into a fertile valleywhich lay between two rivers. Numerous flocks of sheepwere feeding there, and flowers bloomed everywhere. As they rode happily along, they saw by the way a greatarbor of purple roses ; and in it lay, upon a couch drapedwith white cloth, a crystal image in the form of a beautifulmaiden. Beside the couch sat an old man in a cypress-wood chair, mourning. He was dressed like an Arcadianshepherd ; but his face was wrinkled and worn, and hiseyes were almost blind with weeping. At this woeful sight the champions dismounted to in-quire the meaning of the mystery, and then they saw thatthe cunning artist had made the crystal image to look asif the lady had suffered torments. She had, apparently,been lashed with whips and bound with
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