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Then Stobart told Coiloo to join the marauding-party and to see that the boys came to no harm. The result of the native's faithfulness is already known. When Coiloo had gone, Stobart frequently went out alone. He was such a successful hunter, and was so willing to add the result of his prowess to the general food-supply of the camp, that nobody objected to his solitary expeditions.
But of the linden leaf and of the tiny spot between the hero's shoulders where he could be smitten as easily as any other knight, of these things Hagen, knowing nothing, did not speak. 'Let us hasten to receive this young Prince, said the counsellor, 'as befits his fame. Let us hasten to gain his good-will lest our country suffer from his prowess.
I am in fault for my hurt, and he has saved my life by his skill and care." "Will you tell me what knight you are?" asked the lady. "Fair lady," he replied, "my name is Lancelot du Lake." "So your face and voice told me," she replied, "for I have seen you often, and know you better than you deem. This I can say for him, that he is a man of warlike prowess, and the lord of many islands."
She spake, and gave him not yet clear victory in full, but still for a while made trial of the might and prowess of Odysseus and his renowned son. As for her she flew up to the roof timber of the murky hall, in such fashion as a swallow flies, and there sat down.
And, in truth, the day was not one for cunning manoeuvres, directed, at a distance, by a skillful tactician. It was a brisk close contest, hand to hand and eye to eye a Homeric encounter, in which the chieftains were to prove a right to command by their personal prowess.
Astyages agreed to this, and Cyrus divided his booty among his companions, the boys, who had before hunted with him in the park. They, of course, took their several portions home, each one carrying with his share of the gift a glowing account of the valor and prowess of the giver.
"Max, I am surprised at your dulness," I said. "Do you not see her manner is assumed, though her fear is small because of her great faith in your prowess?" "I'll try to deserve her faith," answered Max. When at last the day arrived, Max was in prime condition. At the inn we carefully adjusted the armor and fitted it on him.
The necessity for enforcing the penalty rarely occurred, not only because of its severity, but because it involved loss of honour. A disagreement as to valour and prowess and seamanship had arisen between some sailor lads who belonged to the two different sections. They decided that their differences could only be settled by being fought out on neutral ground.
At the death of Jacob the seventy persons he had brought down with him bad grown to the number of six hundred thousand, and their physical strength and heroism were extraordinary and therefore alarming to the Egyptians. There were many occasions at that time for the display of prowess.
Diderot liked to dwell on the historic prowess of his town, from the days of Julius Cæsar and the old Lingones and Sabinus, down to the time of the Great Monarch.
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