diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | .gitattributes | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 26802-0.txt | 956 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 26802-0.zip | bin | 0 -> 13440 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 26802-h.zip | bin | 0 -> 14908 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 26802-h/26802-h.htm | 908 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | LICENSE.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 2 |
7 files changed, 1880 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/26802-0.txt b/26802-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e15da7 --- /dev/null +++ b/26802-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,956 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook, King Diderik, by George Borrow, Edited by +Thomas J. Wise + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: King Diderik + and the fight between the Lion and Dragon and other ballads + + +Translator: George Borrow + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: October 7, 2008 [eBook #26802] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK KING DIDERIK*** + + +Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet, email ccx074@pglaf.org + + + + + + KING DIDERIK + AND THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE + LION AND DRAGON + + + AND OTHER BALLADS + + BY + GEORGE BORROW + + LONDON: + PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION + + 1913 + + _Copyright in the United States of America_ + _by Houghton_, _Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter_. + + + + +KING DIDERIK AND THE LION’S FIGHT WITH THE DRAGON + + +From Bern rode forth King Diderik, + A stately warrior form; +Engaged in fray he found in the way + A lion and laidly worm. {5} + +They fought for a day, they fought for two, + But ere the third was flown, +The worm outfought the beast, and brought + To earth the lion down. + +Then cried the lion in his need + When he the warrior saw: +“O aid me quick, King Diderik, + To ’scape the Dragon’s claw. + +“O aid me quick, King Diderik, + For the mighty God thou fearest; +A lion save for the lion brave, + Which on thy shield thou bearest. + +“Come to my rescue, thou noble King, + Help, help me for thy name; +Upon thy targe I stand at large, + Glittering like a flame.” + +Long, long stood he, King Diderik, + Deep musing thereupon; +At length he cried: “Whate’er betide + I’ll help thee, noble one.” + +It was Sir King Diderik, + His good sword bare he made: +With courage fraught, the worm he fought, + Till blood tinged all the blade. + +The gallant lord would not delay + So fast his blows he dealt; +He hacked and gored until his sword + Was sundered at the hilt. + +The Lindworm took him upon her back, + The horse beneath her tongue; +To her mountain den she hurried then + To her eleven young. + +The horse she cast before her young, + The man in a nook she throws: +“Assuage your greed upon the steed, + But I will to repose. + +“I pray ye feed upon the steed, + At present no more I can; +When I upleap, refreshed, from sleep, + We’ll feast upon the man.” + +It was Sir King Diderik, + In the hill he searched around; +Then, helped by the Lord, the famous sword + Called Adelring he found. + +Aye there he found so sharp a sword, + And a knife with a golden heft: +“King Sigfred be God’s grace with thee, + For here thy life was reft! + +“I’ve been with thee in many a fight, + In many an inroad too, +But that thy doom had been in this tomb + I never, never knew.” + +It was Sir King Diderik, + Would prove the faulchion’s might; +He hewed upon the flinty stone + ’Till all around was light. + +It was the youngest Lindworm saw + The sparks the hill illume: +“Who dares awake the fiery snake + In her own sleeping room?” + +The Lindworm gnashed its teeth with rage, + Its grinning fangs it show’d: +“Who dares awake the mother snake + Within her own abode?” + +Then spake the other little ones, + From the dark nooks of the hill: +“If from her sleep the old one leap, + ’Twill fare with thee but ill.” + +Then answered Sir King Diderik, + His eyes with fury gleam: +“I will awake your mother snake + With chilly, chilly dream. + +“Your mother she King Sigfred slew, + A man of noble line; +I’ll on ye all avenge his fall + With this good hand of mine.” + +And then awaked the Lindworm old, + And on her fell such fear: +“Who thus with riot disturbs my quiet? + What noise is this I hear?” + +Then said King Diderik: “’Tis I, + And this have I to say: +O’er hill and dale, ’neath thy crooked tail, + Thou brought’st me yesterday.” + +“O hew me not, King Diderik, + I’ll give thee all my hoard; +’Twere best that we good friends should be, + So cast away thy sword.” + +“I pay no trust to thy false device, + Befool me thou wouldst fain; +Full many hast thou destroyed ere now, + Thou never shalt again.” + +“Hear me, Sir King Diderik, + Forbear to do me ill, +And thee I’ll guide to thy plighted bride, + She’s hidden in the hill. + +“Above by my head, King Diderik, + Is hung the little key; +Below by my feet to the maiden sweet + Descend thou fearlessly.” + +“Above by thy head, thou serpent curst, + To begin I now intend; +Below by thy feet, as is full meet, + I soon shall make an end.” + +Then first the laidly worm he slew, + And then her young he smote; +But in vain did he try from the mountain to fly, + For tongues of snakes thrust out. + +So then with toil in the rocky soil + He dug a trench profound, +That in the flood of serpent blood + And bane he might not be drowned. + +Then bann’d the good King Diderik, + On the lion he wroth became: +“Bann’d, bann’d,” said he, “may the lion be, + Confusion be his and shame.” + +“With subtle thought the brute has brought + On me this grievous risk; +Which I ne’er had seen had he not been + Graved on my buckler’s disc.” + +And when the gallant lion heard + The King bewail his hap: +“Stand fast, good lord,” the lion roared, + “While with my claws I scrap.” + +The lion scrapp’d, King Diderik hewed, + Bright sparks the gloom relieved; +Unless the beast had the knight released + He’d soon to death have grieved. + +So when he had slain the laidly worm, + And her offspring all had kill’d; +Escaped the knight to the morning light, + With heavy cuirass and shield. + +And when he had now come out of the hill + For his gallant courser he sighed; +With reason good he trust him could, + For they had each other tried. + +“O there’s no need to bewail the steed, + Which thou, Sir King, hast miss’d; +I am thy friend, my back ascend, + And ride where’er thou list.” + +So he rode o’er the deepest dales, + And o’er the verdant meads; +The knight he rode, the lion strode, + Through the dim forest glades. + +The lion and King Diderik + Together thenceforth remain; +Each death had braved, and the other saved + From peril sore and pain. + +Where’er King Diderik rode in the fields + The lion beside him sped; +When on the ground the knight sat down + In his bosom he laid his head. + +Wherefore they call him the lion knight + With fame that name he bore; +Their love so great did ne’er abate + Until their dying hour. + + + + +DIDERIK AND OLGER THE DANE + + +With his eighteen brothers Diderik stark + Dwells in the hills of Bern; +And each I wot twelve sons has got, + For manly feats they yearn. + +He has twelve sisters, each of them + A dozen sons can show; +Thirteen the youngest, gallant lads, + Of fear who nothing know. + +To stand before the King a crowd + Of giant bodies move; +I say to ye forsooth their heads + O’ertopped the beechen grove. + +“With knights of pride we war have plied + For many, many a year; +Of Olger, who in Denmark reigns, + Such mighty things we hear. + +“Men talk so fain of Olger Dane + Who dwells in Jutland’s fields; +Crowned is his head with gold so red, + No tribute us he yields.” + +Then Swerting took a mace, and shook + That mace right furiously: +“From ten times ten of Olger’s men + I would not look to flee!” + +“Hark, Swerting, hark, of visage dark, + Esteem them not so little; +I’d have thee ken that Olger’s men + Are knights of gallant mettle. + +“They feel no fright for faulchions, + For arrows no dismay; +The desperate fight is their delight, + They deem it children’s play.” + +Then cried the mighty man of Bern, + When pondered long had he: +“To Denmark we will wend, and learn + At home if Olger be.” + +They took their route from Berner land, + They eighteen thousand were; +King Olger good they visit would, + And to Denmark all repair. + +A messenger by Diderik sent + To Danish Olger goes: +“Say, will ye tribute pay to us, + Or with us bandy blows?” + +Then full of wrath King Olger grew, + Such speech he could not bear: +“Let Diderik meet us on the wold, + We’ll battle with him there. + +“Tribute to pay each Dane would scorn, + He’s wont himself to take it; +Our tribute ye will like but ill, + If ye come here to seek it.” + +His kemps then gathering in a ring + The news to them he told: +“Bern’s haughty lord has sent us word + That he’ll have tribute-gold. + +“He’ll either tribute have, or hold + With us a bloody feud; +But the first King he will not be + We have this year subdued.” + +Then cried in scorn a kempion good, + King Diderik’s envoy to: +“To waste our home if Berners come + They all hence out won’t go.” + +Soon as the news he heard, full glad + Was Ulf Van Yern, and gay; +Then laughed outright bold Hogen knight: + “Too long do they delay.” + +It was Vidrik Verlandson, + High beat with joy his heart; +Then said amain Orm Ungerswayne: + “To meet them let us start.” + +“The first man I’ll be in the van,” + Sir Ivor Blue he cried: +“Nor shall ye say that I was last,” + Sir Kulden Gray replied. + +King Olger on the verdant wold + With Diderik battle join’d; +To fight they went, no jest they meant, + So wroth were they in mind. + +Endured for three long days the fray, + And flinch would neither side; +To help his lord each Dane his sword + In desperation plied. + +Down ran the blood, like raging flood + Which ’neath steep hills doth pour; +Then tribute they were forced to pay + Who tribute asked before. + +Rose in the sky the blood-reek high, + And dimmed the lustrous sun; +’Twas sad to spy the brave men lie + So thick the earth upon. + +In gore lay thick both men and steeds, + Dear friends were parted there; +All did not laugh the feast who sought, + Too hot they found the fare. + +Now tamer grown, the Berner Jutt + Thought thus himself within: +“Of us a hundred scarce remain, + We cannot hope to win.” + +Then took he to his heels and ran, + Not often back looked he; +To say good night forgot Swerting quite, + For Bern, for Bern they flee. + +Then Diderik turned him with a shout + That shook the vaulted skies: +“Bern, Bern’s the place for us, I guess, + For here no refuge lies!” + +Then answered ’neath the green hill’s side + The son of Verland keen: +“Ye and your host will little boast + Ye have in Denmark been.” + +Full eighteen thousand knights were they + When out they marched from Bern; +Wounded and worn but seventy-five + With drooping crests, return. + + + + +OLGER THE DANE AND BURMAN + + +Burman in the mountain holds, + Makes his shield shine brightly there; +A message he sends to Iceland’s King, + For he has a daughter fair. + +“Hear, good King of Iceland, hear, + Hear what now I say to thee: +Give to me thy daughter fair, + And divide thy land with me. + +“Either yield thy daughter fair, + And divide with me thy land, +Or the warrior good prepare + Who in fight can me withstand.” + +“I have daughter none but one, + Damsel Gloriant her they call; +To King Carvel she’s betrothed, + And in him my trust is all. + +“I have given her to a King + And King Carvel hight is he; +If he fail to defend the maid, + Then thy booty she shall be.” + +’Twas the King of Iceland good, + To his daughter’s bower he goes; +And the Damsel Gloriant + To receive him gently rose. + +“Hear, all dearest daughter mine, + For I bring thee tidings new; +Burman in the mountain holds, + He would win thee and doth woo. + +“Burman is a kempion dour, + And of jesting nought he knows; +He will surely have thee soon, + If no warrior him oppose.” + +It was Damsel Gloriant, + Silent would no longer stand: +“In our tower a prisoner is + Who will Burman take in hand.” + +It was Damsel Gloriant, + Her blue mantle o’er her threw; +Swiftly to the prison tower, + Where the prisoners lay she flew. + +It was Damsel Gloriant, + ’Bove the prisoners all she cried: +“Hear thou, Olger good, the Dane, + Have thy legs yet power to stride? + +“Art thou living, Olger Dane? + I have something to impart; +There is a trold for me that lusts, + And that trold is Burman swart. + +“I’ll not wed the filthy guest, + I’m betrothed to Christian knight; +I to thee will subject be + If thou conquer him in fight.” + +“Here I’ve lain for fifteen years, + All in chains and bondage hard; +Blessings on thee, Gloriant, + That to me thou hast repaired. + +“Here for fifteen years I’ve lain, + Borne fierce hunger-pangs, and thirst; +I’m not able now to wage + Fight as I was able erst.” + +“Hear thou me, good Olger Dane, + Save me from my peril, save; +Ere I take the ugly trold + I would fling me in my grave. + +“Burman is fierce, his horse is wild + I to thee will tell forsooth, +I have heard and been assured + That he bites with wolfish tooth. + +“Nothing, nothing will he eat + But the flesh of Christian men; +And nothing, nothing, will he drink + But human blood mixt up with bane.” + +“Thy father means a gallant man, + King Carvel to share thy bed; +Can he not hold thee from the trold, + That thou unto me hast sped? + +“Blessings on thee, Gloriant, + That thou didst upon me think, +With Burman I will break a lance + If thou give me good meat and drink. + +“Canst thou procure my horse again, + My good sword and hauberk tried? +Then for thy sake it will be, + I a course with him will ride. + +“Carvel is my stall-brother true, + To his ears ’twill doubtless come; +Rather would I lose my life + Than the fiend should bear thee home.” + +“The best food which thou shalt choose + I for thee will straight provide; +And I will give thee thy steed again, + Which thou lovest best to ride. + +“I will give thee the strongest sword + E’er that armed a warrior’s side; +Give thee too a faulchion hard, + Well thereon thou may’st confide.” + +Olger from the tower they took, + Garments for him have they wrought; +They sat him highest at the board, + And rich meats for him they brought. + +Burman riding came to court, + Thought to bear the maid away; +Olger the Dane against him rode, + And soon found him rougher play. + +For two days they stoutly fought, + As the third towards evening drew +Down upon a stone they sat, + They their strength would there renew. + +Then the valiant Burman kemp, + To the Danish Olger said: +“Quarter I will grant, if thou + Wilt believe in Mahommed.” + +Little could brook that, Olger the Dane, + On his foe fierce looks he bent: +“When thou dwell in blackest hell + Say by Olger thou wast sent.” + +Up then leapt the kempions twain, + ’Gainst each other rode anew; +Then asunder went their helms, + And afar their faulchions flew. + +They fought so long, they fought so hard, + That their strength was well-nigh flown; +Slain at length was Burman Kemp, + Dead to earth fell Burman down. + +Olger to the Damsel rode: + “Thou mayst take thy plighted knight, +For I have with my good sword + Slain the foul and poisonous sprite.” + + * * * * * + + LONDON: + Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W. + + _Edition limited to Thirty Copies_ + + + + +Footnotes: + + +{5} Dragon. + + + + +***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK KING DIDERIK*** + + +******* This file should be named 26802-0.txt or 26802-0.zip ******* + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/6/8/0/26802 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, +set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to +copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to +protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project +Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you +charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you +do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the +rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose +such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and +research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do +practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is +subject to the trademark license, especially commercial +redistribution. + + + +*** START: FULL LICENSE *** + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project +Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at +http://www.gutenberg.org/license). + + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy +all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. +If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the +terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or +entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement +and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" +or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the +collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an +individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are +located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from +copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative +works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg +are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project +Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by +freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of +this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with +the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by +keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project +Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in +a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check +the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement +before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or +creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project +Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning +the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United +States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate +access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently +whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, +copied or distributed: + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived +from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is +posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied +and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees +or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work +with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the +work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 +through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the +Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or +1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional +terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked +to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the +permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any +word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or +distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than +"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version +posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org), +you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a +copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon +request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other +form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided +that + +- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is + owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he + has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the + Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments + must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you + prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax + returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and + sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the + address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to + the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." + +- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or + destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium + and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of + Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any + money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days + of receipt of the work. + +- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set +forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from +both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael +Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the +Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm +collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain +"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual +property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a +computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by +your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with +your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with +the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a +refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity +providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to +receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy +is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further +opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS', WITH NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. +If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the +law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be +interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by +the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any +provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance +with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, +promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, +harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, +that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do +or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm +work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any +Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. + + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers +including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists +because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from +people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. +To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 +and the Foundation web page at http://www.gutenberg.org/fundraising/pglaf. + + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive +Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent +permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. +Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered +throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at +809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email +business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact +information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official +page at http://www.gutenberg.org/about/contact + +For additional contact information: + Dr. Gregory B. Newby + Chief Executive and Director + gbnewby@pglaf.org + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide +spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To +SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any +particular state visit http://www.gutenberg.org/fundraising/donate + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including checks, online payments and credit card donations. +To donate, please visit: +http://www.gutenberg.org/fundraising/donate + + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. + +Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm +concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared +with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project +Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. + +Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: + + http://www.gutenberg.org + +This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. + diff --git a/26802-0.zip b/26802-0.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..dcab414 --- /dev/null +++ b/26802-0.zip diff --git a/26802-h.zip b/26802-h.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..01be78f --- /dev/null +++ b/26802-h.zip diff --git a/26802-h/26802-h.htm b/26802-h/26802-h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5cec009 --- /dev/null +++ b/26802-h/26802-h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,908 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html + PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" /> +<title>King Diderik</title> + <style type="text/css"> +/*<![CDATA[ XML blockout */ +<!-- + P { margin-top: .75em; + margin-bottom: .75em; + } + P.headingsummary { margin-left: 5%;} + H1, H2 { + text-align: center; + margin-top: 2em; + margin-bottom: 2em; + } + H3, H4, H5 { + text-align: left; + margin-top: 1em; + margin-bottom: 1em; + } + BODY{margin-left: 10%; + margin-right: 10%; + } + table { border-collapse: collapse; } +table {margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;} + td { vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid black;} + td p { margin: 0.2em; } + .blkquot {margin-left: 4em; margin-right: 4em;} /* block indent */ + + .smcap {font-variant: small-caps;} + + .pagenum {position: absolute; + left: 92%; + font-size: smaller; + text-align: right; + color: gray;} + + .citation {vertical-align: super; + font-size: .8em; + text-decoration: none;} + // --> + /* XML end ]]>*/ + </style> +</head> +<body> +<h2> +<a href="#startoftext">King Diderik, by George Borrow</a> +</h2> +<pre> +The Project Gutenberg eBook, King Diderik, by George Borrow, Edited by +Thomas J. Wise + + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + + + + +Title: King Diderik + and the fight between the Lion and Dragon and other ballads + + +Translator: George Borrow + +Editor: Thomas J. Wise + +Release Date: October 7, 2008 [eBook #26802] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + + +***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK KING DIDERIK*** +</pre> +<p><a name="startoftext"></a></p> +<p>Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet, email +ccx074@pglaf.org</p> +<h1>KING DIDERIK<br /> +<span class="smcap">and the fight between the</span><br /> +<span class="smcap">lion and dragon</span></h1> +<p style="text-align: center">AND OTHER BALLADS</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">by</span><br /> +GEORGE BORROW</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><span +class="smcap">London</span>:<br /> +<span class="smcap">printed for private circulation</span></p> +<p style="text-align: center">1913</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><!-- page 4--><a +name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 4</span><i>Copyright in +the United States of America</i><br /> +<i>by Houghton</i>, <i>Mifflin & Co. for Clement +Shorter</i>.</p> +<h2><!-- page 5--><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +5</span>KING DIDERIK AND THE LION’S FIGHT WITH THE +DRAGON</h2> +<p>From Bern rode forth King Diderik,<br /> + A stately warrior form;<br /> +Engaged in fray he found in the way<br /> + A lion and laidly worm. <a name="citation5"></a><a +href="#footnote5" class="citation">[5]</a></p> +<p>They fought for a day, they fought for two,<br /> + But ere the third was flown,<br /> +The worm outfought the beast, and brought<br /> + To earth the lion down.</p> +<p>Then cried the lion in his need<br /> + When he the warrior saw:<br /> +“O aid me quick, King Diderik,<br /> + To ’scape the Dragon’s claw.</p> +<p><!-- page 6--><a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +6</span>“O aid me quick, King Diderik,<br /> + For the mighty God thou fearest;<br /> +A lion save for the lion brave,<br /> + Which on thy shield thou bearest.</p> +<p>“Come to my rescue, thou noble King,<br /> + Help, help me for thy name;<br /> +Upon thy targe I stand at large,<br /> + Glittering like a flame.”</p> +<p>Long, long stood he, King Diderik,<br /> + Deep musing thereupon;<br /> +At length he cried: “Whate’er betide<br /> + I’ll help thee, noble one.”</p> +<p>It was Sir King Diderik,<br /> + His good sword bare he made:<br /> +With courage fraught, the worm he fought,<br /> + Till blood tinged all the blade.</p> +<p>The gallant lord would not delay<br /> + So fast his blows he dealt;<br /> +He hacked and gored until his sword<br /> + Was sundered at the hilt.</p> +<p><!-- page 7--><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +7</span>The Lindworm took him upon her back,<br /> + The horse beneath her tongue;<br /> +To her mountain den she hurried then<br /> + To her eleven young.</p> +<p>The horse she cast before her young,<br /> + The man in a nook she throws:<br /> +“Assuage your greed upon the steed,<br /> + But I will to repose.</p> +<p>“I pray ye feed upon the steed,<br /> + At present no more I can;<br /> +When I upleap, refreshed, from sleep,<br /> + We’ll feast upon the man.”</p> +<p>It was Sir King Diderik,<br /> + In the hill he searched around;<br /> +Then, helped by the Lord, the famous sword<br /> + Called Adelring he found.</p> +<p>Aye there he found so sharp a sword,<br /> + And a knife with a golden heft:<br /> +“King Sigfred be God’s grace with thee,<br /> + For here thy life was reft!</p> +<p><!-- page 8--><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +8</span>“I’ve been with thee in many a fight,<br /> + In many an inroad too,<br /> +But that thy doom had been in this tomb<br /> + I never, never knew.”</p> +<p>It was Sir King Diderik,<br /> + Would prove the faulchion’s might;<br /> +He hewed upon the flinty stone<br /> + ’Till all around was light.</p> +<p>It was the youngest Lindworm saw<br /> + The sparks the hill illume:<br /> +“Who dares awake the fiery snake<br /> + In her own sleeping room?”</p> +<p>The Lindworm gnashed its teeth with rage,<br /> + Its grinning fangs it show’d:<br /> +“Who dares awake the mother snake<br /> + Within her own abode?”</p> +<p>Then spake the other little ones,<br /> + From the dark nooks of the hill:<br /> +“If from her sleep the old one leap,<br /> + ’Twill fare with thee but ill.”</p> +<p><!-- page 9--><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +9</span>Then answered Sir King Diderik,<br /> + His eyes with fury gleam:<br /> +“I will awake your mother snake<br /> + With chilly, chilly dream.</p> +<p>“Your mother she King Sigfred slew,<br /> + A man of noble line;<br /> +I’ll on ye all avenge his fall<br /> + With this good hand of mine.”</p> +<p>And then awaked the Lindworm old,<br /> + And on her fell such fear:<br /> +“Who thus with riot disturbs my quiet?<br /> + What noise is this I hear?”</p> +<p>Then said King Diderik: “’Tis I,<br /> + And this have I to say:<br /> +O’er hill and dale, ’neath thy crooked tail,<br /> + Thou brought’st me yesterday.”</p> +<p>“O hew me not, King Diderik,<br /> + I’ll give thee all my hoard;<br /> +’Twere best that we good friends should be,<br /> + So cast away thy sword.”</p> +<p><!-- page 10--><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +10</span>“I pay no trust to thy false device,<br /> + Befool me thou wouldst fain;<br /> +Full many hast thou destroyed ere now,<br /> + Thou never shalt again.”</p> +<p>“Hear me, Sir King Diderik,<br /> + Forbear to do me ill,<br /> +And thee I’ll guide to thy plighted bride,<br /> + She’s hidden in the hill.</p> +<p>“Above by my head, King Diderik,<br /> + Is hung the little key;<br /> +Below by my feet to the maiden sweet<br /> + Descend thou fearlessly.”</p> +<p>“Above by thy head, thou serpent curst,<br /> + To begin I now intend;<br /> +Below by thy feet, as is full meet,<br /> + I soon shall make an end.”</p> +<p>Then first the laidly worm he slew,<br /> + And then her young he smote;<br /> +But in vain did he try from the mountain to fly,<br /> + For tongues of snakes thrust out.</p> +<p><!-- page 11--><a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +11</span>So then with toil in the rocky soil<br /> + He dug a trench profound,<br /> +That in the flood of serpent blood<br /> + And bane he might not be drowned.</p> +<p>Then bann’d the good King Diderik,<br /> + On the lion he wroth became:<br /> +“Bann’d, bann’d,” said he, “may the +lion be,<br /> + Confusion be his and shame.”</p> +<p>“With subtle thought the brute has brought<br /> + On me this grievous risk;<br /> +Which I ne’er had seen had he not been<br /> + Graved on my buckler’s disc.”</p> +<p>And when the gallant lion heard<br /> + The King bewail his hap:<br /> +“Stand fast, good lord,” the lion roared,<br /> + “While with my claws I scrap.”</p> +<p>The lion scrapp’d, King Diderik hewed,<br /> + Bright sparks the gloom relieved;<br /> +Unless the beast had the knight released<br /> + He’d soon to death have grieved.</p> +<p><!-- page 12--><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +12</span>So when he had slain the laidly worm,<br /> + And her offspring all had kill’d;<br /> +Escaped the knight to the morning light,<br /> + With heavy cuirass and shield.</p> +<p>And when he had now come out of the hill<br /> + For his gallant courser he sighed;<br /> +With reason good he trust him could,<br /> + For they had each other tried.</p> +<p>“O there’s no need to bewail the steed,<br /> + Which thou, Sir King, hast miss’d;<br /> +I am thy friend, my back ascend,<br /> + And ride where’er thou list.”</p> +<p>So he rode o’er the deepest dales,<br /> + And o’er the verdant meads;<br /> +The knight he rode, the lion strode,<br /> + Through the dim forest glades.</p> +<p>The lion and King Diderik<br /> + Together thenceforth remain;<br /> +Each death had braved, and the other saved<br /> + From peril sore and pain.</p> +<p><!-- page 13--><a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +13</span>Where’er King Diderik rode in the fields<br /> + The lion beside him sped;<br /> +When on the ground the knight sat down<br /> + In his bosom he laid his head.</p> +<p>Wherefore they call him the lion knight<br /> + With fame that name he bore;<br /> +Their love so great did ne’er abate<br /> + Until their dying hour.</p> +<h2><!-- page 14--><a name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +14</span>DIDERIK AND OLGER THE DANE</h2> +<p>With his eighteen brothers Diderik stark<br /> + Dwells in the hills of Bern;<br /> +And each I wot twelve sons has got,<br /> + For manly feats they yearn.</p> +<p>He has twelve sisters, each of them<br /> + A dozen sons can show;<br /> +Thirteen the youngest, gallant lads,<br /> + Of fear who nothing know.</p> +<p>To stand before the King a crowd<br /> + Of giant bodies move;<br /> +I say to ye forsooth their heads<br /> + O’ertopped the beechen grove.</p> +<p><!-- page 15--><a name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +15</span>“With knights of pride we war have plied<br /> + For many, many a year;<br /> +Of Olger, who in Denmark reigns,<br /> + Such mighty things we hear.</p> +<p>“Men talk so fain of Olger Dane<br /> + Who dwells in Jutland’s fields;<br /> +Crowned is his head with gold so red,<br /> + No tribute us he yields.”</p> +<p>Then Swerting took a mace, and shook<br /> + That mace right furiously:<br /> +“From ten times ten of Olger’s men<br /> + I would not look to flee!”</p> +<p>“Hark, Swerting, hark, of visage dark,<br /> + Esteem them not so little;<br /> +I’d have thee ken that Olger’s men<br /> + Are knights of gallant mettle.</p> +<p>“They feel no fright for faulchions,<br /> + For arrows no dismay;<br /> +The desperate fight is their delight,<br /> + They deem it children’s play.”</p> +<p><!-- page 16--><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +16</span>Then cried the mighty man of Bern,<br /> + When pondered long had he:<br /> +“To Denmark we will wend, and learn<br /> + At home if Olger be.”</p> +<p>They took their route from Berner land,<br /> + They eighteen thousand were;<br /> +King Olger good they visit would,<br /> + And to Denmark all repair.</p> +<p>A messenger by Diderik sent<br /> + To Danish Olger goes:<br /> +“Say, will ye tribute pay to us,<br /> + Or with us bandy blows?”</p> +<p>Then full of wrath King Olger grew,<br /> + Such speech he could not bear:<br /> +“Let Diderik meet us on the wold,<br /> + We’ll battle with him there.</p> +<p>“Tribute to pay each Dane would scorn,<br /> + He’s wont himself to take it;<br /> +Our tribute ye will like but ill,<br /> + If ye come here to seek it.”</p> +<p><!-- page 17--><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +17</span>His kemps then gathering in a ring<br /> + The news to them he told:<br /> +“Bern’s haughty lord has sent us word<br /> + That he’ll have tribute-gold.</p> +<p>“He’ll either tribute have, or hold<br /> + With us a bloody feud;<br /> +But the first King he will not be<br /> + We have this year subdued.”</p> +<p>Then cried in scorn a kempion good,<br /> + King Diderik’s envoy to:<br /> +“To waste our home if Berners come<br /> + They all hence out won’t go.”</p> +<p>Soon as the news he heard, full glad<br /> + Was Ulf Van Yern, and gay;<br /> +Then laughed outright bold Hogen knight:<br /> + “Too long do they delay.”</p> +<p>It was Vidrik Verlandson,<br /> + High beat with joy his heart;<br /> +Then said amain Orm Ungerswayne:<br /> + “To meet them let us start.”</p> +<p><!-- page 18--><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +18</span>“The first man I’ll be in the van,”<br +/> + Sir Ivor Blue he cried:<br /> +“Nor shall ye say that I was last,”<br /> + Sir Kulden Gray replied.</p> +<p>King Olger on the verdant wold<br /> + With Diderik battle join’d;<br /> +To fight they went, no jest they meant,<br /> + So wroth were they in mind.</p> +<p>Endured for three long days the fray,<br /> + And flinch would neither side;<br /> +To help his lord each Dane his sword<br /> + In desperation plied.</p> +<p>Down ran the blood, like raging flood<br /> + Which ’neath steep hills doth pour;<br /> +Then tribute they were forced to pay<br /> + Who tribute asked before.</p> +<p>Rose in the sky the blood-reek high,<br /> + And dimmed the lustrous sun;<br /> +’Twas sad to spy the brave men lie<br /> + So thick the earth upon.</p> +<p><!-- page 19--><a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +19</span>In gore lay thick both men and steeds,<br /> + Dear friends were parted there;<br /> +All did not laugh the feast who sought,<br /> + Too hot they found the fare.</p> +<p>Now tamer grown, the Berner Jutt<br /> + Thought thus himself within:<br /> +“Of us a hundred scarce remain,<br /> + We cannot hope to win.”</p> +<p>Then took he to his heels and ran,<br /> + Not often back looked he;<br /> +To say good night forgot Swerting quite,<br /> + For Bern, for Bern they flee.</p> +<p>Then Diderik turned him with a shout<br /> + That shook the vaulted skies:<br /> +“Bern, Bern’s the place for us, I guess,<br /> + For here no refuge lies!”</p> +<p>Then answered ’neath the green hill’s side<br /> + The son of Verland keen:<br /> +“Ye and your host will little boast<br /> + Ye have in Denmark been.”</p> +<p><!-- page 20--><a name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +20</span>Full eighteen thousand knights were they<br /> + When out they marched from Bern;<br /> +Wounded and worn but seventy-five<br /> + With drooping crests, return.</p> +<h2><!-- page 21--><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +21</span>OLGER THE DANE AND BURMAN</h2> +<p>Burman in the mountain holds,<br /> + Makes his shield shine brightly there;<br /> +A message he sends to Iceland’s King,<br /> + For he has a daughter fair.</p> +<p>“Hear, good King of Iceland, hear,<br /> + Hear what now I say to thee:<br /> +Give to me thy daughter fair,<br /> + And divide thy land with me.</p> +<p>“Either yield thy daughter fair,<br /> + And divide with me thy land,<br /> +Or the warrior good prepare<br /> + Who in fight can me withstand.”</p> +<p><!-- page 22--><a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +22</span>“I have daughter none but one,<br /> + Damsel Gloriant her they call;<br /> +To King Carvel she’s betrothed,<br /> + And in him my trust is all.</p> +<p>“I have given her to a King<br /> + And King Carvel hight is he;<br /> +If he fail to defend the maid,<br /> + Then thy booty she shall be.”</p> +<p>’Twas the King of Iceland good,<br /> + To his daughter’s bower he goes;<br /> +And the Damsel Gloriant<br /> + To receive him gently rose.</p> +<p>“Hear, all dearest daughter mine,<br /> + For I bring thee tidings new;<br /> +Burman in the mountain holds,<br /> + He would win thee and doth woo.</p> +<p>“Burman is a kempion dour,<br /> + And of jesting nought he knows;<br /> +He will surely have thee soon,<br /> + If no warrior him oppose.”</p> +<p><!-- page 23--><a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +23</span>It was Damsel Gloriant,<br /> + Silent would no longer stand:<br /> +“In our tower a prisoner is<br /> + Who will Burman take in hand.”</p> +<p>It was Damsel Gloriant,<br /> + Her blue mantle o’er her threw;<br /> +Swiftly to the prison tower,<br /> + Where the prisoners lay she flew.</p> +<p>It was Damsel Gloriant,<br /> + ’Bove the prisoners all she cried:<br /> +“Hear thou, Olger good, the Dane,<br /> + Have thy legs yet power to stride?</p> +<p>“Art thou living, Olger Dane?<br /> + I have something to impart;<br /> +There is a trold for me that lusts,<br /> + And that trold is Burman swart.</p> +<p>“I’ll not wed the filthy guest,<br /> + I’m betrothed to Christian knight;<br /> +I to thee will subject be<br /> + If thou conquer him in fight.”</p> +<p><!-- page 24--><a name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +24</span>“Here I’ve lain for fifteen years,<br /> + All in chains and bondage hard;<br /> +Blessings on thee, Gloriant,<br /> + That to me thou hast repaired.</p> +<p>“Here for fifteen years I’ve lain,<br /> + Borne fierce hunger-pangs, and thirst;<br /> +I’m not able now to wage<br /> + Fight as I was able erst.”</p> +<p>“Hear thou me, good Olger Dane,<br /> + Save me from my peril, save;<br /> +Ere I take the ugly trold<br /> + I would fling me in my grave.</p> +<p>“Burman is fierce, his horse is wild<br /> + I to thee will tell forsooth,<br /> +I have heard and been assured<br /> + That he bites with wolfish tooth.</p> +<p>“Nothing, nothing will he eat<br /> + But the flesh of Christian men;<br /> +And nothing, nothing, will he drink<br /> + But human blood mixt up with bane.”</p> +<p><!-- page 25--><a name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +25</span>“Thy father means a gallant man,<br /> + King Carvel to share thy bed;<br /> +Can he not hold thee from the trold,<br /> + That thou unto me hast sped?</p> +<p>“Blessings on thee, Gloriant,<br /> + That thou didst upon me think,<br /> +With Burman I will break a lance<br /> + If thou give me good meat and drink.</p> +<p>“Canst thou procure my horse again,<br /> + My good sword and hauberk tried?<br /> +Then for thy sake it will be,<br /> + I a course with him will ride.</p> +<p>“Carvel is my stall-brother true,<br /> + To his ears ’twill doubtless come;<br /> +Rather would I lose my life<br /> + Than the fiend should bear thee home.”</p> +<p>“The best food which thou shalt choose<br /> + I for thee will straight provide;<br /> +And I will give thee thy steed again,<br /> + Which thou lovest best to ride.</p> +<p><!-- page 26--><a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +26</span>“I will give thee the strongest sword<br /> + E’er that armed a warrior’s side;<br /> +Give thee too a faulchion hard,<br /> + Well thereon thou may’st confide.”</p> +<p>Olger from the tower they took,<br /> + Garments for him have they wrought;<br /> +They sat him highest at the board,<br /> + And rich meats for him they brought.</p> +<p>Burman riding came to court,<br /> + Thought to bear the maid away;<br /> +Olger the Dane against him rode,<br /> + And soon found him rougher play.</p> +<p>For two days they stoutly fought,<br /> + As the third towards evening drew<br /> +Down upon a stone they sat,<br /> + They their strength would there renew.</p> +<p>Then the valiant Burman kemp,<br /> + To the Danish Olger said:<br /> +“Quarter I will grant, if thou<br /> + Wilt believe in Mahommed.”</p> +<p><!-- page 27--><a name="page27"></a><span class="pagenum">p. +27</span>Little could brook that, Olger the Dane,<br /> + On his foe fierce looks he bent:<br /> +“When thou dwell in blackest hell<br /> + Say by Olger thou wast sent.”</p> +<p>Up then leapt the kempions twain,<br /> + ’Gainst each other rode anew;<br /> +Then asunder went their helms,<br /> + And afar their faulchions flew.</p> +<p>They fought so long, they fought so hard,<br /> + That their strength was well-nigh flown;<br /> +Slain at length was Burman Kemp,<br /> + Dead to earth fell Burman down.</p> +<p>Olger to the Damsel rode:<br /> + “Thou mayst take thy plighted knight,<br /> +For I have with my good sword<br /> + Slain the foul and poisonous sprite.”</p> +<p style="text-align: center">* * * * *</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><!-- page 28--><a +name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 28</span><span +class="smcap">London</span>:<br /> +Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W.</p> +<p style="text-align: center"><i>Edition limited to Thirty +Copies</i></p> +<h2>Footnotes:</h2> +<p><a name="footnote5"></a><a href="#citation5" +class="footnote">[5]</a> Dragon.</p> +<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK KING DIDERIK***</p> +<pre> + + +***** This file should be named 26802-h.htm or 26802-h.zip****** + + +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: +http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/6/8/0/26802 + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, +set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to +copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to +protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project +Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you +charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you +do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the +rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose +such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and +research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do +practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is +subject to the trademark license, especially commercial +redistribution. + + + +*** START: FULL LICENSE *** + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project +Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at +http://www.gutenberg.org/license). + + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy +all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. +If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the +terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or +entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement +and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" +or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the +collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an +individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are +located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from +copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative +works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg +are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project +Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by +freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of +this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with +the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by +keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project +Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in +a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check +the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement +before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or +creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project +Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning +the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United +States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate +access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently +whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, +copied or distributed: + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived +from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is +posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied +and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees +or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work +with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the +work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 +through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the +Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or +1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional +terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked +to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the +permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any +word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or +distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than +"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version +posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org), +you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a +copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon +request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other +form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided +that + +- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is + owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he + has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the + Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments + must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you + prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax + returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and + sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the + address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to + the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." + +- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or + destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium + and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of + Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any + money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days + of receipt of the work. + +- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set +forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from +both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael +Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the +Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm +collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain +"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual +property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a +computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by +your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with +your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with +the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a +refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity +providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to +receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy +is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further +opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS', WITH NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. +If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the +law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be +interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by +the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any +provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance +with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, +promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, +harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, +that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do +or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm +work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any +Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. + + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers +including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists +because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from +people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. +To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 +and the Foundation web page at http://www.gutenberg.org/fundraising/pglaf. + + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive +Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent +permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. +Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered +throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at +809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email +business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact +information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official +page at http://www.gutenberg.org/about/contact + +For additional contact information: + Dr. Gregory B. Newby + Chief Executive and Director + gbnewby@pglaf.org + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide +spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To +SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any +particular state visit http://www.gutenberg.org/fundraising/donate + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including checks, online payments and credit card donations. +To donate, please visit: +http://www.gutenberg.org/fundraising/donate + + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. + +Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm +concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared +with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project +Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. + +Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: + + http://www.gutenberg.org + +This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. + +</pre></body> +</html> diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6312041 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This eBook, including all associated images, markup, improvements, +metadata, and any other content or labor, has been confirmed to be +in the PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. + +Procedures for determining public domain status are described in +the "Copyright How-To" at https://www.gutenberg.org. + +No investigation has been made concerning possible copyrights in +jurisdictions other than the United States. Anyone seeking to utilize +this eBook outside of the United States should confirm copyright +status under the laws that apply to them. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4eb3f34 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org) public repository for +eBook #26802 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26802) |