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_THE STORY OF THE SESTINA_
"Armatz de fust e de fer e d'acier, Mos ostal seran bosc, fregz, e semdier, E mas cansos sestinas e descortz, E mantenrai los frevols contra 'ls fortz."
THE FIRST NOVEL.--ALIANORA OF PROVENCE, COMING IN DISGUISE AND INADVERSITY TO A CERTAIN CLERK, IS BY HIM CONDUCTED ACROSS A HOSTILECOUNTRY; AND IN THAT TROUBLED JOURNEY ARE MADE MANIFEST TO EACH THESNARES WHICH HAD BEGUILED THEM AFORETIME.