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mies, but rather let them go home in peace.” They an- a1
swered: “Gladly, lord, as you wish.” That was the talk of
6 all the kings, that that one could well be emperor of Con-
stantinople who was sitting on that black horse. There was
a great deal of talk by people about his knighthood, and all
9 said that Marmoria should marry him, whether she wanted
to or not.
Partalopi rode now to that castle which Gram had owned,
12 and no one paid attention to that except Urækia. She ob-
served it, and as soon as evening came she rode out of the
city with thirty knights. She rode to the castle which Parta-
15 lopi was in, but that no one knew who was with her—that
there was a castle there. They came into the castle and got
off their horses before the hall doors. When Partalopi knew
18 that Urækia had come, he went out to meet her and lifted
her himself from the horse. They went after that to the
wish] And thus they did A3. 6 kings] + counsellors and knights
A3. 7 horse] +which G. had owned A8. 7-8 There—knight-
hood] -í- A3. 14 knights] men A3. 16-17 there—doors] P.
was in that castle, or those valiant knights who were with him.
When she came to the castle, she got off her horse—and her
companions A3. 18-19 and—horse] with friendliness A3. 19-20
great grief which she bore then in her breast. The kings b1
and all other great men who had come there to Constanti-
nople praised very much this praiseworthy knight and said
that he alone was deserving to be the emperor of all Con-
stantinople and to marry Marmoria, the daughter of the king
of Constantinople. Now all those men—kings earls, and
dukes, and many other great men—who there had then
come together in Constantinople judged that all this should
thus happen concerning this marriage as was discussed
before.
CHAPTER XI.
Here It Tells about the Wedding of Prince
Partalopi and Princess Marmoria.
Now Prince Partalopi rode with all his knights into the
city to the quarters of Princess Urækia. She welcomed him
with much friendliness and great love, because no one knew