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He had his room in dot house not a cage, but a room mit a bed und sheets, und he would go to bed und get up in der morning und smoke his cigar und eat his dinner mit Bertran, und walk mit him hand in hand, which was most horrible. Herr Gott! I haf seen dot beast throw himself back in his chair und laugh when Bertran haf made fun of me.
But is it for this, pray, that you propose to light candles of war in Navarre? 'Ah, said Bertran, with his hand scratching in his vest, 'I light no candles, my lord; but I counsel you to light them. 'Phew! said King Sancho, and stuck his arms out; 'on whose account, Bertran, on whose account? 'Deus!
This is the only notice of the poet's death. Dante perhaps exaggerated the part he played in stirring up strife between Henry II. and his sons; modern writers go to the other extreme. Bertran is especially famous for his political sirventes and for the martial note which rings through much of his poetry.
'By the torch of the Gospel, Count Richard, what I sang is true, said Bertran, still tensely grinning, and now also wringing at his hang-nails. Richard, checked by the voice, turned blazing upon him. 'Why, thou school-boy rhymester, that is the only merit thou hast, and that not thine own!
There followed the quarrels between Richard and the French king, the return to France of the latter, and finally Richard's capture on the Illyrian coast and his imprisonment by Henry VI. of Austria, which terminated in 1194. Richard then came into Aquitaine, his return being celebrated by two poems from Bertran.
Gaston came delicately last, drawing his beard through his fist, to see Bertran de Born lie helpless in a lemon-bush hard by the wall. Richard, quite beyond himself, exploded with his story, and so was sobered. While Gaston made his comments, he, instead of listening, made comments of his own.
Now, it fretted Bertran to white heat that he should be despised by a great man. It seemed that at last he could do him considerable harm. He could embroil him with two kings, France and England, and induce a third to harass him from the South. So he crossed the mountains and went into Navarre.
We could hear the great beast quaking in his cage. 'But why in the world didn't you help Bertran instead of letting him be killed? I asked. 'My friend, said Hans, composedly stretching himself to slumber, 'it was not nice even to mineself dot I should live after I haf seen dot room mit der hole in der thatch. Und Bertran, he was her husband. Goot- night, und sleep well.
Have you dared bring here Bertran de Born? He was on his feet again for the reply, and the two men faced each other. Everybody knew how serious the question was. It sobered the Count, but drove the pity out of him. 'Dare is not a word for Anjou, sire, he replied, picking his phrases; 'but Bertran is not with me. Before the old man could break again into savagery he went on to his main purpose.
So now, or almost so, he saw her new come from her father's side a little flushed, but very much the great small lady, ma dame Berengère of Navarre. 'The sun shines upon my Frozen Heart, said Bertran. She gave him her hand to kiss. 'No heart of yours am I, Bertran, she said; 'but chosen for a king. 'A king, lady! Whom then? She answered, 'A king to be. My lord Richard of Poictou.
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