Verse romance · c. 1300 (this translation 1914)

Amis and Amiloun

A verse rendering

by Anonymous (Middle English)

Translated by Jessie L. Weston (1914)

Two Lombard knights, born on the same night and alike as twins, swear brotherhood. When Amis is accused by a treacherous steward and must face trial by combat, Amiloun takes his place, and pays for it with leprosy; years later Amis, in turn, must sacrifice his own children to cure his friend.

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