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begging victuals at the gate of his own palace; and at length being sick, and about to die, he called for Clerimond, and made himself known to her, at which she was ready to give up the ghost.

At last, having recommended the care of her to his brother, and the Empress his dear mother, and blessing of them, he turned on one side, and breathed out his noble soul from his

illustrious body, to the great grief of all the valiant Knights of Christendom, to whom he had been a most noble example, and a generous reliever. But Clerimond never would espouse any one, but betook her to a single life,