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The Bachelor Knight
Milun is a Welsh knight who’s renowned throughout Europe for his skill. He and the damsel fall in love and begin meeting in secret. After the damsel becomes pregnant with their child, he helps smuggle the baby to Northumbria to be raised by the damsel’s sister. After the damsel is forced to marry another man, Milun communicates with her by sending her a swan with a letter tied to its neck; they maintain this correspondence for 20 years. When Milun is an old man, he hears about a famous young knight and travels to Brittany to joust with the youngster and prove he’s still the most praiseworthy knight. At a tournament at Mont St. Michel, the two meet and fight, and though Milun breaks the other knight’s lance, he is knocked off his horse. He and the young knight start talking, and Milun realizes his opponent is his long-lost son. The two joyfully travel to Wales together, and after learning that the damsel’s husband is dead, Milun finally marries his beloved.
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But hear now what happened next. Using her ingenuity she got hold of ink and parchment. She was able to write whatever she pleased, and seal the letter with a ring. Having let the swan go without food, she hung the letter round its neck and released it. The bird was famished and eager for food: swiftly it returned home. In Milun’s town and in his dwelling it alighted before him. When he saw it, he was full of joy.
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When Milun heard the news, it seemed quite wonderful to him. He explained this to his son. There was nothing to hinder or delay them. They travelled until they reached the castle where the lady was. She was delighted by her son who was so valiant and noble. They summoned no kinsmen and without the advice of anyone else their son united them and gave his mother to his father. Thereafter they lived night and day in happiness and tenderness.
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IX. Milun
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But hear now what happened next. Using her ingenuity she got hold of ink and parchment. She was able to write whatever she pleased, and seal the letter with a ring. Having let the swan go without food, she hung the letter round its neck and released it. The bird was famished and eager for food: swiftly it returned home. In Milun’s town and in his dwelling it alighted before him. When he saw it, he was full of joy.
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When Milun heard the news, it seemed quite wonderful to him. He explained this to his son. There was nothing to hinder or delay them. They travelled until they reached the castle where the lady was. She was delighted by her son who was so valiant and noble. They summoned no kinsmen and without the advice of anyone else their son united them and gave his mother to his father. Thereafter they lived night and day in happiness and tenderness.
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