"Trothless" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... lion fawned before his feet and let him grasp its mane; He thrust it back into its cage; he turned to us again: His trusty vassals to a man he saw around him there; Where were his sons-in-law? he asked, and none could tell him where. Now take thou my defiance as a traitor, trothless knight: Upon this plea before our King Alfonso will I fight; The daughters of my lord are wronged, their wrong is mine to right. That ye those ladies did desert, the baser are ye then; For what are they?—weak women; and what are ye?—strong men. On every count ...
— National Epics • Kate Milner Rabb |
