Aucassin and Nicolette
An Old-French Song-Tale (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Aucassin and Nicolette: An Old-French Song-Tale<br><br>This is of Aucassin and Nicolette<br><br>Who lists a goodly tale to hear,<br>That was an aged captive's cheer,<br>Of youth and maiden fair and sweet,<br>Aucassin and Nicolette,<br>Of what great pains he had despite,<br>And of his prowess in the fight<br>For his true-love of visage bright<br>The song is sweet, the story fair,<br>Seemly, courtly, debonair;<br>No man there is so sore aghast,<br>By pain so wearily held fast,<br>By might of sorrow laid so low,<br>But if he hear it straight he'll go<br>Made brave by joy and healed complete,<br>It is so sweet.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.