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(1881) [MARC] Author: Concordia Löfving
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Läsebok. N:o 62—63.

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war was quite ended, that it became necessary for king
l\i-chard to return to England; so he left his army in the Holy
Land, and began his journey back to England with only a
few servants and followers. But as he was passing through
Austria, the duke of that country seized upon king Richard
and put him into prison, in hopes that the people of
England would give a great sum of money for his release.

It is said that this duke at first hid the king in a dark
dungeon in a castle which was built in the midst of a
great forest, and that no one knew what was become of
him. But Richard had a faithful page, named Blondel, who
loved him exceedingly, and this page wandered through all
Germany to find out the place where his master was confined,
and whenever he came to a castle where he thought the king
might be, he began to sing a song, under the windows of the
castle. And he always sang the same song, which was one
that the king himself used to sing, and the page knew that,
if the king should hear this song, he would know who sang
it and would, perhaps, make himself known by singing the
same song in return. Many was the castle, and many the
tower, under the walls of which the faithful page sang his
song; but he never heard any voice in answer, till, at last,
by good fortune, he arrived at the very castle where the
king was confined. Then he had no sooner sung the first

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verse of his song, but Richard heard him, and, just as the
page expected, answered by singing the second verse, and so
the page knew that he had at last found where his master
was confined. When the people of England heard that the
duke would not give him his liberty without a large ransom,
they immediately collected their jewels and money and made
up the great sum which the duke demanded, and sent it
over to him, so that he had no longer any excuse for keeping
Richard; he accordingly let him go.

The moment the king was at liberty, he, with his
faithful page and other attendants, mounted their horses and
galloped away and travelled day and night without stopping
on the road to England. He landed safely in England and
was received by ail the people with the greatest joy, and
they seemed to love him the better for all the toils and
misfortunes he had suffered.

40. My Mother’s Bible.

This book is all that’s left me now !

Tears will unbidden start,
With faltering lip and throbbing brow,
I press it to my heart.

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