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... King Arthur , marries Galiene , and is crowned king of Lodien . All memories of the Scottish farm and the vilain father have been erased ; it is as if Fergus were an orphan , now adopted by Arthur's courtly " family . " Can we know how ...
... King Arthur , marries Galiene , and is crowned king of Lodien . All memories of the Scottish farm and the vilain father have been erased ; it is as if Fergus were an orphan , now adopted by Arthur's courtly " family . " Can we know how ...
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... king hunt down a heifer . At the king's command , Ysengrimus is about to divide the game - into three equal parts . Seeing this , the king grows furious and slashes the wolf with his claws . The king orders Reynardus to divide the food ...
... king hunt down a heifer . At the king's command , Ysengrimus is about to divide the game - into three equal parts . Seeing this , the king grows furious and slashes the wolf with his claws . The king orders Reynardus to divide the food ...
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... king's bedroom , Douin heaps up still more trickery . After the mock deflowering , and having convinced the king that she is a vir- gin , Couillebaude tricks him into believing that she must leave the bed : " Sire , je me vueil relever ...
... king's bedroom , Douin heaps up still more trickery . After the mock deflowering , and having convinced the king that she is a vir- gin , Couillebaude tricks him into believing that she must leave the bed : " Sire , je me vueil relever ...
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