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AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
Smooth and soft for his delight.
Then am I at such a school.
Ball nor dance not gay carole,
Harp nor viol nor cithole,
Not the pleasures of nimpole,[1]
Were ought beside it!"
Here they speak and tell the story.
Aucassin was at the Castle of Torelore, and Nicolette his love, in great content and in great delight, for he had with him Nicolette, his sweet friend whom he loved so well. While he was in such content and in such delight, a fleet of Saracens came by sea and attacked the castle and took it by storm. They took the stuff, and led away men-captives and women-captives. They took Nicolette and Aucassin, and bound Aucassin hand and foot and threw him into one
- ↑ It is unknown what the game of Nimpole or Nypollete was. But elsewhere it is coupled with games played on a board, jeux de tables, as if of the same nature as draughts or chess.
