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Updated: May 2, 2025
They had planned that a crossbow-man should shoot the duke as he rode into Sinigaglia, in consequence of which the duke took great care of himself and never put off his armour until the affair was over.
"Shoot him dead!" said Gaston to an English crossbow-man who stood beside him; "it is the villain Tristan, on poor Ferragus." The arblast twanged, and Tristan fell, while poor Ferragus, after starting violently, trotted round to the well-known gate, and stood there neighing. "Poor fellow!" said Gaston, "art calling Brigliador? I would I knew he had sped well."
Often enough in life help comes to us from the most unexpected quarter. The young man, thus encouraged, began his tale. 'I am, said he, 'a crossbow-man in the service of a noble count, in whose castle I was brought up.
The helplessness, the distress, together with the uncommon beauty of the child, moved the heart of a peasant near him, to compassion. "Who is your father, my fair boy?" said he. "Point him out, and I will lead you to him." "My father is William Tell, the crossbow-man of Burglen," said the child. "There he is close to the cap on the pole yonder." "Is he your father, poor babe?" said the peasant.
While her attention was thus painfully excited she heard some of the people round her saying, "Who is it that has ventured to resist the governor's decree?" "It is William Tell, the crossbow-man of Burglen," replied many voices. "William Tell!" said one of the soldiers; "why it was his kinsman who raised a rabble to insult the ducal bonnet the other night."
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