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 and took with him only a single page; but, one day, being tired and hungry, he stopped to rest at a village near Vienna, and sent his page into that city to buy some provisions.

20. The youth, foolishly, hung a pair of handsome gloves in his belt, and as gloves were, in those days, only worn by persons of the highest rank, this circumstance excited suspicion, and he was arrested, and obliged to confess the truth.

21. The duke immediately sent a band of soldiers to seize the king, whom they found busy turning some meat that was roasting at the fire.

22. He started up, drew his sword, and fought valiantly, but was captured, and sent to a strong fortress, where he had remained a prisoner some months, when he was discovered, it has been stated, by a wandering minstrel, who heard him singing in his prison, and knew his voice. But this is a fabulous tale.

23. A large sum was raised in England, by taxes, for his ransom, and he came back; but he did not stay long at home; for he had quarrelled, while in the Holy Land, with the king of France, and went over to Normandy for the purpose of going to war with him, where he was killed by a poisoned arrow, aimed at him from