Cligés · 1914
Lines 2669–2680
Translated by W. W. Comfort (Everyman's Library, 1914)
The emperor was pleased with this request, and gladly gave them his daughter; for in doing so, he does not debase himself, nor diminish his honour in any way. But he says that he had promised her to the Duke of Saxony, and that they would not be able to lead her away unless the emperor should come with a great army, so that the duke would be unable to do him any harm or injury while homeward bound.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Troyes, Chrétien de. Cligés, Lines 2669–2680. Translated by W. W. Comfort. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/cliges-comfort/40/.
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Troyes, Chrétien de. Cligés, Lines 2669–2680. Translated by W. W. Comfort. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/cliges-comfort/40/.