Capitolo 30
heroism as to take nourishment himself/herself/themselves without a heroin. Dante also tried
such any action of value.
Duke the party of William, will be considered then as assembled to
he/she dines in the old refectory, of year 1058, while the triumphal one
benches of the church above of you/he/she is rising. The abbot, Ralph of Beaumont,
it is innkeeper; Duke that William sits with him on a dais; Harold is from his/her side
"an enor" of the concession; the brother of the Duke, Hears Episcopalian of Bayeux, with the
other principal vassals, are present; and Duke Taillefer's jongleur
it is to his/her elbow. The room has crowded with soldiers and monks, but
all are equally anxious to feel Taillefer sing. Hardly supper is
to a sign from the Duke, Taillefer starts on,:--
Carles them reis our empereres magnes
Anz tuz pleins I announce estet fixed en Espaigne
Cunquist the teras tresque en the mer altaigne
Ni I announce castel ki devant him remaigne
Murs of it citez east ni remes a fraindre.
Charles the king, our emperor, the great one,
Seven years complete you/he/she has been in Spain,
Conquered as far as the tall seas the earth,
Neither it is castle that contains there against him,
Wall or city went away to capture.
The "Chanson" it opened with these lines that had such forehand and
being born personal every one who felt them whether to play as
prophecy. Inside the ten year-old William to be standing in England was where
Charlemagne was standing in Spain. His/her mind it was full of it, and of the
he/she means to reach him/it; and Harold was also absorbed more than him from the
the anxiety of the position. Harold had been forced for swearing that
he would sustain the application of William to the throne English, but he was
still undecided, and William knew too well men to feel a lot
the trust in an oath. How Taillefer sang on, he reached the part of
Ganelon, the typical traitor, the invariable figure of mediaeval
society. Any feudal gentleman was without a Ganelon. Duke William saw them
all around him.
It is probable that he would have felt that Harold would play the part, but if Harold