Marie’s lays are stories of deep meaning, which each reader must interpret for himself. Warnke. Die lais der Marie de France, p. lxiii. It is impossible to do more here than just touch upon Marie’s ideal conception of love, for to realise it fully it is necessary to read the stories themselves.

The knight weds her with great joy, and to complete this happy picture we read that the other lady returned with her parents to her own domain, and was there well bestowed in marriage. Marie de France, Seven of her Lays, trans. E. Rickert, 1901; Warnke, Die lais der Marie de France, Halle, 1885; Hertz, Spielmannsbuch, 1905.

This it laid on the mouth of the dead serpent, which immediately came to life again. Polyeidos seized the herb and placed it on the mouth of the dead boy, who was thereupon restored to life. Warnke, op. cit. civ.; Hertz, op. cit. p. 409. Macbeth. Greek Vase, Brit. Mus.