dispute, and seeing them brave Knights, received them courteously. Valentine having presented tokens from the Green Knight, told her he came there for the love of her, and to discourse with the All-knowing Head, concerning their parents.
After dinner, the Lady Clerimond took them by the hand and led them to the chamber of varieties, where the Head was placed between four pillars of pure jasper, when as they entered, it made the following speech to Valentine:
"Thou famous Knight of Royal extract, are called Valentine the Valiant, who of right ought to marry the Lady Clerimond. Thou art son to the Emperor of Greece, and the Empress Bellisant, who is now in the castle of Feragus in Portugal, where she has resided for twenty years. King Pepin is thine uncle, and the Wild man thy brother; the Empress Bellisant brought you two forth in the forest of Orleans; he was taken away by a ravenous bear, and thou wast taken up by thine uncle Pepin, who brought thee up to man's estate.—Moreover, I likewise tell thee,
