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Jeffery Farnol. Beltane the Smith
Beltane the Smith
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I HOW BELTANE LIVED WITHIN THE GREENWOOD. II HOW BELTANE HAD WORD WITH THE DUKE, BLACK IVO. III HOW LOVE CAME TO BELTANE IN THE GREENWOOD. IV OF THE LOVE AND THE GRIEF OF HELEN THE PROUD. V WHICH TELLS OF THE STORY OF AMBROSE THE HERMIT. VI HOW BELTANE FARED FORTH OF THE GREEN. VII HOW BELTANE TALKED WITH ONE HIGHT GILES BRABBLECOMBE, WHO WAS A NOTABLE AND LEARNED ARCHER. VIII HOW BELTANE HELD DISCOURSE WITH A BLACK FRIAR. IX WHEREIN IS SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOLLY AND THE WISDOM OF A FOOL. X HOW BELTANE MADE COMRADE ONE BLACK ROGER THAT WAS A HANGMAN. XI WHICH TELLS HOW THREE MIGHTY MEN SWARE FEALTY TO BELTANE: AND HOW GOOD FRIAR MARTIN DIGGED A GRAVE IN THE WILD. XII WHICH TELLS HOW DUKE IVO'S GREAT GALLOWS CEASED TO BE. XIII HOW THEY BRAKE OPE THE DUNGEON OF BELSAYE. XIV HOW BELTANE CAME NIGH TO DEATH. XV HOW BELTANE HAD WORD WITH PERTOLEPE THE RED, AND HOW THEY LEFT HIM IN THE FOREST. XVI OF THE RUEFUL KNIGHT OF THE BURNING HEART. XVII OF THE AMBUSHMENT NEAR THORNABY MILL. XVIII HOW BELTANE MET SIR GILLES OF BRANDONMERE. XIX CONCERNING THE EYES OF A NUN. XX HOW BELTANE PLIGHTED HIS TROTH IN THE GREEN. XXI OF THE TALE OF GODRIC THE HUNTSMAN. XXII CONCERNING THE WILES OF WINFRIDA THE FAIR. XXIII OF THE HUMILITY OF HELEN THE PROUD. XXIV OF WHAT BEFELL AT BLAEN. XXV HOW BELTANE BECAME CAPTIVE TO SIR PERTOLEPE. XXVI OF THE HORRORS OF GARTHLAXTON KEEP, AND HOW A DEVIL ENTERED INTO BELTANE. XXVII HOW BELTANE TOOK TO THE WILD-WOOD. XXVIII OF THE PLACE OF REFUGE WITHIN THE GREEN. XXIX HOW BELTANE SLEW TOSTIG AND SPAKE WITH THE WILD MEN. XXX HOW THEY SMOTE GARTHLAXTON. XXXI HOW GILES MADE A MERRY SONG. XXXII HOW BELTANE MET WITH A YOUTHFUL KNIGHT. XXXIII HOW BELTANE HAD NEWS OF ONE THAT WAS A NOTABLE PARDONER. XXXIV HOW THEY CAME TO BELSAYE. XXXV HOW GUI OF ALLERDALE CEASED FROM EVIL. XXXVI HOW THE FOLK OF BELSAYE TOWN MADE THEM AN END OF TYRANNY. XXXVII HOW THEY LEFT BELSAYE. XXXVIII OF BELTANE'S BLACK AND EVIL MOOD, AND HOW HE FELL IN WITH THE WITCH OF HANGSTONE WASTE. XXXIX HOW BELTANE FOUGHT FOR ONE MELLENT THAT WAS A WITCH. XL FURTHER CONCERNING THE MAID MELLENT; AND OF THE HUE AND CRY. XLI HOW THEY RODE INTO THE WILDERNESS. XLII HOW BELTANE DREAMED IN THE WILD-WOOD. XLIII HOW BELTANE KNEW GREAT HUMILITY. XLIV HOW A MADNESS CAME UPON BELTANE IN THE WILD-WOOD. XLV HOW BLACK ROGER TAUGHT BELTANE GREAT WISDOM. XLVI HOW BLACK ROGER PRAYED IN THE DAWN: AND HOW HIS PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED. XLVII HOW BELTANE SWARE AN OATH. XLVIII HOW BELTANE SET OUT FOR HANGSTONE WASTE. XLIX HOW BELTANE FOUND PEACE AND A GREAT SORROW. L TELLETH HOW BELTANE WENT FORTH TO HIS DUTY. LI HOW BLACK ROGER WON TO FULLER MANHOOD. LII HOW THEY HAD NEWS OF WALKYN. LIII OF JOLETTE, THAT WAS A WITCH. LIV HOW BELTANE FOUGHT WITH A DOUGHTY STRANGER. LV HOW THEY MARCHED FOR WINISFARNE. LVI WHAT THEY FOUND AT WINISFARNE. LVII TELLETH OF THE ONFALL AT BRAND. LVIII HOW BELTANE HAD SPEECH WITH THE ABBESS. LIX TELLETH HOW SIR BENEDICT WENT A-FISHING. LX TELLETH HOW THEY MARCHED FROM THE VALLEY OF BRAND. LXI HOW THE FOREST FOUGHT FOR THEM. LXII HOW THEY CAME TO BELSAYE FOR THE THIRD TIME. LXIII TELLETH SOMEWHAT OF THE WOES OF GILES O' THE BOW. LXIV HOW GILES CURSED BELSAYE OUR OF HER FEAR. LXV TELLETH OF ROSES. LXVI CONCERNING A BLUE CAMLET CLOAK. LXVII TELLETH WHAT BEFELL IN THE REEVE'S GARDEN. LXVIII FRIAR MARTIN'S DYING PROPHECY. LXIX HOW AT LAST THEY CAME TO PENTAVALON CITY. LXX WHICH SPEAKETH FOR ITSELF. BELTANE THE SMITH
CHAPTER I
HOW BELTANE LIVED WITHIN THE GREENWOOD
RESURGAM
RESURGAM
CHAPTER II
HOW BELTANE HAD WORD WITH THE DUKE, BLACK IVO
CHAPTER III
HOW LOVE CAME TO BELTANE IN THE GREENWOOD
CHAPTER IV
OF THE LOVE AND THE GRIEF OF HELEN THE PROUD
CHAPTER V
WHICH TELLS OF THE STORY OF AMBROSE THE HERMIT
CHAPTER VI
HOW BELTANE FARED FORTH OF THE GREEN
CHAPTER VII
HOW BELTANE TALKED WITH ONE HIGHT GILES BRABBLECOMBE, WHO WAS A NOTABLE AND LEARNED ARCHER
HE KILLED A DEER
CHAPTER VIII
HOW BELTANE HELD DISCOURSE WITH A BLACK FRIAR
CHAPTER IX
WHEREIN IS SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOLLY AND THE WISDOM OF A FOOL
CHAPTER X
HOW BELTANE MADE COMRADE ONE BLACK ROGER THAT WAS A HANGMAN
CHAPTER XI
WHICH TELLS HOW THREE MIGHTY MEN SWARE FEALTY TO BELTANE: AND HOW GOOD FRIAR MARTIN DIGGED A GRAVE IN THE WILD
CHAPTER XII
WHICH TELLS HOW DUKE IVO'S GREAT GALLOWS CEASED TO BE
CHAPTER XIII
HOW THEY BRAKE OPE THE DUNGEON OF BELSAYE
CHAPTER XIV
HOW BELTANE CAME NIGH TO DEATH
CHAPTER XV
HOW BELTANE HAD WORD WITH PERTOLEPE THE RED, AND HOW THEY LEFT HIM IN THE FOREST
CHAPTER XVI
OF THE RUEFUL KNIGHT OF THE BURNING HEART
CHAPTER XVII
OF THE AMBUSHMENT NEAR THORNABY MILL
CHAPTER XVIII
HOW BELTANE MET SIR GILLES OF BRANDONMERE
CHAPTER XIX
CONCERNING THE EYES OF A NUN
CHAPTER XX
HOW BELTANE PLIGHTED HIS TROTH IN THE GREEN
CHAPTER XXI
OF THE TALE OF GODRIC THE HUNTSMAN
CHAPTER XXII
CONCERNING THE WILES OF WINFRIDA THE FAIR
CHAPTER XXIII
OF THE HUMILITY OF HELEN THE PROUD
CHAPTER XXIV
OF WHAT BEFELL AT BLAEN
CHAPTER XXV
HOW BELTANE BECAME CAPTIVE TO SIR PERTOLEPE
CHAPTER XXVI
OF THE HORRORS OF GARTHLAXTON KEEP, AND HOW A DEVIL ENTERED INTO BELTANE
CHAPTER XXVII
HOW BELTANE TOOK TO THE WILD-WOOD
CHAPTER XXVIII
OF THE PLACE OF REFUGE WITHIN THE GREEN
CHAPTER XXIX
HOW BELTANE SLEW TOSTIG AND SPAKE WITH THE WILD MEN
CHAPTER XXX
HOW THEY SMOTE GARTHLAXTON
CHAPTER XXXI
HOW GILES MADE A MERRY SONG
CHAPTER XXXII
HOW BELTANE MET WITH A YOUTHFUL KNIGHT
CHAPTER XXXIII
HOW BELTANE HAD NEWS OF ONE THAT WAS A NOTABLE PARDONER
CHAPTER XXXIV
HOW THEY CAME TO BELSAYE
CHAPTER XXXV
HOW GUI OF ALLERDALE CEASED FROM EVIL
CHAPTER XXXVI
HOW THE FOLK OF BELSAYE TOWN MADE THEM AN END OF TYRANNY
CHAPTER XXXVII
HOW THEY LEFT BELSAYE
CHAPTER XXXVIII
OF BELTANE'S BLACK AND EVIL MOOD, AND HOW HE FELL IN WITH THE WITCH OF HANGSTONE WASTE
CHAPTER XXXIX
HOW BELTANE FOUGHT FOR ONE MELLENT THAT WAS A WITCH
CHAPTER XL
FURTHER CONCERNING THE MAID MELLENT; AND OF THE HUE AND CRY
CHAPTER XLI
HOW THEY RODE INTO THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XLII
HOW BELTANE DREAMED IN THE WILD-WOOD
CHAPTER XLIII
HOW BELTANE KNEW GREAT HUMILITY
CHAPTER XLIV
HOW A MADNESS CAME UPON BELTANE IN THE WILD-WOOD
CHAPTER XLV
HOW BLACK ROGER TAUGHT BELTANE GREAT WISDOM
CHAPTER XLVI
HOW BLACK ROGER PRAYED IN THE DAWN: AND HOW HIS PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED
CHAPTER XLVII
HOW BELTANE SWARE AN OATH
CHAPTER XLVIII
HOW BELTANE SET OUT FOR HANGSTONE WASTE
CHAPTER XLIX
HOW BELTANE FOUND PEACE AND A GREAT SORROW
CHAPTER L
TELLETH HOW BELTANE WENT FORTH TO HIS DUTY
CHAPTER LI
HOW BLACK ROGER WON TO FULLER MANHOOD
CHAPTER LII
HOW THEY HAD NEWS OF WALKYN
CHAPTER LIII
OF JOLETTE, THAT WAS A WITCH
CHAPTER LIV
HOW BELTANE FOUGHT WITH A DOUGHTY STRANGER
CHAPTER LV
HOW THEY MARCHED FOR WINISFARNE
CHAPTER LVI
WHAT THEY FOUND AT WINISFARNE
CHAPTER LVII
TELLETH OF THE ONFALL AT BRAND
CHAPTER LVIII
HOW BELTANE HAD SPEECH WITH THE ABBESS
CHAPTER LIX
TELLETH HOW SIR BENEDICT WENT A-FISHING
CHAPTER LX
TELLETH HOW THEY MARCHED FROM THE VALLEY OF BRAND
CHAPTER LXI
HOW THE FOREST FOUGHT FOR THEM
CHAPTER LXII
HOW THEY CAME TO BELSAYE FOR THE THIRD TIME
CHAPTER LXIII
TELLETH SOMEWHAT OF THE WOES OF GILES O' THE BOW
RESURGAM
CHAPTER LXIV
HOW GILES CURSED BELSAYE OUT OF HER FEAR
CHAPTER LXV
TELLETH OF ROSES
CHAPTER LXVI
CONCERNING A BLUE CAMLET CLOAK
CHAPTER LXVII
TELLETH WHAT BEFELL IN THE REEVE'S GARDEN
CHAPTER LXVIII
FRIAR MARTIN'S DYING PROPHECY
CHAPTER LXIX
HOW AT LAST THEY CAME TO PENTAVALON CITY
CHAPTER LXX
WHICH SPEAKETH FOR ITSELF
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Jeffery Farnol
Published by Good Press, 2019
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To and fro the wrestlers swayed, knee to knee and breast to breast, fierce and silent and grim. As hath been said, this Gefroi was a very cunning fellow, and once and twice, he put forth all his strength seeking to use a certain cruel trick whereby many a goodly man had died ere now; but once, and twice, the hold was foiled, yet feebly and as though by chance, and Gefroi wondered; a third time he essayed it therefore, but, in that moment, sudden and fierce and strong, Beltane twisted in his loosened grasp, found at last the deadly hold he sought, and Gefroi wondered no more, for about him was a painful grip that grew ever tighter and more relentless. Now Gefroi's breath grew short and laboured, the muscles stood out on his writhing body in knotted cords, but ever that cruel grip grew more deadly, crushing his spirit and robbing him of his wonted strength. And those about them watched that mighty struggle, hushed for wonder of it; even Sir Jocelyn had forgot his lock of hair, and hummed no more.
For, desperately though he fought and struggled, they saw Gefroi's great body was bending slowly backward; his eyes stared up, wild and bloodshot, into the fierce, set face above him; swaying now, he saw the wide ring of faces, the quiver of leaves and the blue beyond, all a-swim through the mist of Beltane's yellow hair, and then, writhing in his anguish, he turned and buried his teeth in Beltane's naked arm, and with a cunning twist, broke from that deadly grip and staggered free.
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