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Guigemar
The young lady is married to the elderly lord and lives a closely guarded, secluded life in the ancient city the lord rules; she can only escape by boat. When Guigemar arrives, she and her maiden companion agree to shelter and tend him until he heals from his hunting injury. She and Guigemar then fall passionately and tormentingly in love. After many happy months together, the couple is found out and forced apart by the elderly lord, and the lady falls into despair. Finally she resolves to drown herself, but before she can do so, Guigemar’s magical ship whisks her away to Brittany, leaving her at Meriaduc’s castle. Though Meriaduc falls in love with her, she repeatedly turns him down. Eventually, Guigemar finds her at the castle, the two open each other’s love tokens (a knotted shirt and a belt) and decide to flee together. After Guigemar lays siege to Meriaduc’s castle and kills him, the couple is reunited for good.
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But love had now pierced him to the quick and his heart was greatly disturbed. For the lady had wounded him so deeply that he had completely forgotten his homeland. He felt no pain from the wound in his thigh, yet he sighed in great anguish and asked the maiden serving him to let him sleep. As he had dismissed her, she returned to her mistress, who was, like Guigemar, affected by the ardour which had kindled within her heart.
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Guigemar besieged the town and would not leave until it was captured. His friends and followers increased in number so much that he starved all those inside. He captured and destroyed the castle and killed the lord within. With great joy he took away his beloved. Now his tribulations were over.
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I. Guigemar
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But love had now pierced him to the quick and his heart was greatly disturbed. For the lady had wounded him so deeply that he had completely forgotten his homeland. He felt no pain from the wound in his thigh, yet he sighed in great anguish and asked the maiden serving him to let him sleep. As he had dismissed her, she returned to her mistress, who was, like Guigemar, affected by the ardour which had kindled within her heart.
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Guigemar besieged the town and would not leave until it was captured. His friends and followers increased in number so much that he starved all those inside. He captured and destroyed the castle and killed the lord within. With great joy he took away his beloved. Now his tribulations were over.
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