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Updated: June 7, 2025
There had been a grand tournament held near Shrewsbury Castle, in honour of the intended nuptials of the beautiful Lady Bertha de Cauci. She was the only daughter of the Earl de Cauci, a nobleman of some note; he was one of an ancient and unblemished name, and of great riches.
"Yes, my lady; he named you the Lady Bertha de Cauci." "Who and what is he?" she inquired, with something like trepidation, of the maiden. "I know not, my lady." "But gave he not some token by which I might know who I admit to my chamber?" "None," replied the maiden. "And what does he bear by way of distinguishing himself? What crest or device doth he bear?" "Merely a green shield."
Of this confederation the Cauci were the most powerful, living on the banks of the Elbe, and obtaining a precarious living. On the shores of the Baltic, between the Oder and the Vistula, were the Goths. Great feats were performed by this able step-son of Augustus, who advanced as far as the Elbe, but was mortally injured by a fall from his horse.
"Ah, well! he deserves a better fortune to-morrow. Who is to be the bridegroom of the beautiful Bertha, daughter of Lord de Cauci?" "That will have to be decided: but it is presumed that Sir Guthrie de Beaumont is the intended." "Ah! but should he not prove the victor?"
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