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nice to you?” Partalopi answered: “You have nothing to Al
accúse her of. But know that for certain, that I will die
o some time, and yet many a one dies for a lesser reason and
yet not for a more honorable one.” They answered: “That
you shall also achieve—to die, and by such a death that
9 no one in France shall have found one as shameful.” When
they were thinking about how they should torture him the
most shamefully, then there came riding Marmoria’s sister,
12 by the same mother as she. Her name was Urækia. She
asked them to give this troublesome person into her hands—
“who has done us such great dishonor, because no one shall
15 provide for him a more shameful death than I, and I will
not grant him that—to die here in the city.” Now this was
the agreement of all of them, that she should have him tor-
18 tured as she wished.
She beheld Partalopi’s horse and chose her best friends
to follow her. Now Partalopi went with her until he came
21 to the sea with them, and they got on board ship there
die now so shamefully that no one before had died thus A3.
10 torture] +and kill A3. 11 most shamefully] -^A3. 12 she]
+ but not by the same father A3. 13 troublesome] evil A3.
16 that—die] such a good thing that he die A2>3. 19 She—horse]
Then (Now A2) she had P.’s horse and dogs taken A2>3. 20-21
her—there] them. Then they all together got on board ship A3.
them such dishonor. He answered that he would have to Bl
die some time and said now that many a man who was
undeserving would lose his life because of him. Now that
was the judgement of all men that he should lose his life,
and yet each death seemed to them all too good for him.
Then there came travelling there a woman who was the sister
of Princess Marmoria, who had the same mother as she,
whose name was Urækia3. She spoke harshly to Partalopi,
and she asked the townsmen to place him in her power
subject to that death which she wished to provide for him
as the most shameful one. She said that it was now most
fitting that she took vengeance on him for the disgrace of
her sister. To this all the townspeople now agreed.
She took Partalopi then and had him carried onto a ship,
3 the nnme is written with initial U, Ú, V, W or Ó.
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