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The maidens sing and dance, and outdo each other in the merry making. At the wedding that day everything was done which can give joy and incline man's heart to gladness. Drums are beaten, large and small, and there is playing of pipes, fifes, horns, trumpets, and bagpipes. What more shall I say? THE MAIDENS SING AND DANCE AND OUTDO EACH OTHER IN THE MERRYMAKING AT THE WEDDING THAT DAY EVERYTHING WAS DONE WHICH CAN GIVE JOY AND INCLINE MAN'S HEART TO GLADNESS DRUMS ARE BEATEN LARGE AND SMALL AND THERE IS PLAIN OF PIPES FIFES HORNS TRUMPETS AND BAGPIPES WHAT MORE SHALL I SAY
obe of rich brocade of Alexandria, each one choosing such as pleased his fancy. All had arms of a uniform pattern, and horses swift and full of mettle, of which the worst was worth a hundred livres. (Vv. 2025-2068.) When Erec received his wife, he must needs call her by her right name. For a wife is not espoused unless she is called by her proper name. As yet no one knew her name, but now for the first time it was made known: Enide was her baptismal name. [122] The Archbishop of Canterbury, who had come to the court, blessed them, as is his right. When the court was all assembled, there was not a minstrel in the countryside who possessed any pleasing accomplishment that did not come to the court. In the great hall there was much merry-making, each one contributing what he could to the entertainment: one jumps, another tumbles, another does magic; there is story-telling, singing, whistling, playing from notes; they play on the harp, the rote, the fiddle, the violin, the flute, and pipe. KNIGHTS THERE WAS NONE OF THEM BUT HAD A PARTI COLORED ROBE OF RICH BROCADE OF ALEXANDRIA EACH ONE CHOOSING SUCH AS PLEASED HIS FANCY ALL HAD ARMS OF A UNIFORM PATTERN AND HORSES SWIFT AND FULL OF METAL OF WHICH THE WORSE WAS WORTH A HUNDRED LIVRES WHEN EIREK RECEIVED HIS WIFE HE MUST NEEDS CALL HER BY HER RIGHT NAME FOR A WIFE IS NOT ESPOUSED UNLESS SHE IS CALLED BY HER PROPER NAME AS YET NO ONE KNEW HER NAME BUT NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IT WAS MADE KNOWN AND NEED WAS HER BAPTISMAL NAME THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WHO HAD COME TO THE COURT BLESSED THEM AS IS HIS RIGHT WHEN THE COURT WAS ALL ASSEMBLED THERE WAS NOT A MINSTREL IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WHO POSSESSED ANY PLEASING ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT DID NOT COME TO THE COURT IN THE GREAT HALL THERE WAS MUCH MERRYMAKING EACH ONE CONTRIBUTING WHAT HE COULD TO THE ENTERTAINMENT ONEMPS ANOTHER TUMBLES ANOTHER DOES MAGIC THERE IS STORY TELLING SINGING WHISTLING PLAYING FROM NOTES THEY PLAY ON THE HARP THE ROTE THE FIDDLE THE VIOLIN THE FLUTE AND PIPE
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