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8 him to King Pepin, who had the Wild Man baptised by the name of Orson, from his being taken in a wood.' Orson's actions, during their stay there, very much amused the whole court, so that at length the duke of Acquitain sent letters, importing, that whoever should overcome the Green Knight, a fierce Pagan champion, should have his Daughter Fazon in marriage. Upon which proposition, Valentine set out for that province, attended by his brother Orson, by which means he came to the knowledge of his parents, as we shall find hereafter.

III.

The Fight between Orson and the Green Knight.

FTER a long journey, Valentine and Orson arrived at Duke Savary's palace in Acquitain; and making known the reasons that they came there, were presented to Fazon, to whom Valentine thus addressed himself:

"Sweet creature! King Pepin has