Cligés · 1914
Lines 2361–2382
Translated by W. W. Comfort (Everyman's Library, 1914)
That day at Windsor Alexander had all the honour and happiness that he could desire. Three different joys and honours were his: one was the town which he captured; another was the present of the best kingdom in Wales, which King Arthur had promised to give him when the war was over; that very day he made him king in his hall. But the greatest joy of all was the third--that his sweetheart was queen of the chess-board where he was king. Before five months had passed, Soredamors found herself with child, and carried it until the time was fulfilled. The seed remained in germ until the fruit was fully matured. No more beautiful child was ever born before or since than he whom they now called Cligés.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Troyes, Chrétien de. Cligés, Lines 2361–2382. Translated by W. W. Comfort. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/cliges-comfort/33/.
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Troyes, Chrétien de. Cligés, Lines 2361–2382. Translated by W. W. Comfort. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/cliges-comfort/33/.