Who are you, and where
do you come from?" "I am a knight, as you may see, and I was
born in the kingdom of Logre. After so much information, I
should prefer to be excused. Now please tell me, for your part,
who is to lie within this tomb." "Sire, he who shall deliver all
those who are held captive in the kingdom whence none escapes."
And when he had told him all this, the knight commended him to
God and all His saints. And then, for the first time, he felt
free to return to the damsel. The old white-haired monk escorts
him out of the church, and they resume their way. While the
damsel is mounting, however, the hermit relates to her all that
the knight had done inside, and then he begged her to tell him.
if she knew, what his name was; but she assured him that she did
not know, but that there was one sure thing she could say,
namely, that there was not such a knight alive where the four
winds of heaven blow.
(Vv. 1967-2022.) Then the damsel takes leave of him, and rides
swiftly after the knight. Then those who were following them
come up and see the hermit standing alone before the church. The
old knight in his shirt sleeves said: "Sire, tell us, have you
seen a knight with a damsel in his company?" And he replies: "I
shall not be loath to tell you all I know, for they have just
passed on from here.
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