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e de bones costumes be habundos, hauie contractat matrimoni, de
hac manades corts: e per fer cridar cort general afi que
la gran fama qui fon per la terra si fes gran exercici darmes. La
de sa cort, hun assaut scuder fama fon divulgada per tots los
tot sol, en son palaffre caualcant, regnes de cristians, de la grandissima
anava a la cort per esser adobat festa que lo famos Rey
a noueyl cauayler: on per lo preparaua. Seguis que un gentilom
trebayl que hac sostengut d'son de linatge antich e natural
caualcar, dementre que anaua de Bretanya, anant en companyia
en son palaffre adormis. E en de molts altres gentils
aquella hora lo cauayler qui en homens qui a la gran festa
la forest fahia sa penitencia ffon anauen aturas mes darrer de
vengut a la ffont contemplar tots e adormis sobrel roci fatigat
Deu e menysprear la vanitat de del treball del gran cami que
aquest mon, seguns que cascun fet hauia. Son cauall lexa lo
jorn hauia acustumat. cami e pres per una senda qui
                                       dreçava ala delitosa font hon
Dementre que lescuder caualcaua lermita staua qui en aquell cas
en axi, son palaffre exi d'l se delitaua legir un libre qui es
cami e mes se per lo boscatge,

king, who was most noble and absolute idleness and languor,
of many excellent habits, ordered determined, since he had contracted
an assembly of his court. marriage, to proclaim a
On account of the great fame meeting of the General Court
which his court enjoyed all over where great exercises of arms
the earth, a doughty squire, all should take place. The news of
alone and riding on his palfrey, the wonderful festival which the
went thither in order that he famous king was planning was
might be made a knight; when, spread throughout all the Christian
on account of the fatigue that he realms. It happened that
underwent from his riding, he a nobleman of ancient lineage
fell asleep while going along on and a native of Brittany, traveling
his steed. And at that moment in the company of many
the knight who was doing penance other noblemen who were going
in the forest had come to to the great festival, fell behind
the spring to contemplate and all the rest, and, overcome by
to despise the vanity of this the fatigue of the long journey
world just as he was accustomed that he had made, dropped
to do every day. asleep. His steed left the road
                                       and followed a path which led
While the squire was riding to the delightful spring where
along in this manner, his steed the hermit was, who at that
left the road and entered the