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"It will break mine; but better hearts should break than that civil war should desolate our country, or that you should be dethroned." "No more of this, Elgiva; you shall not go, I swear it! come weal or woe. Are we not man and wife? Have we not ever been faithful to each other?"
Well, only let him show his face in England again, and the devil may pinch my nose with his tongs if I leave him a head on his shoulders: he shall be a sacrifice to your outraged dignity, my Elgiva." "And yours, my Edwy." Husband and wife were quite agreed on this subject: they had never forgiven Dunstan in the least degree, and, identifying him with religion, had well-nigh abjured it altogether.
When Alfred rebuilt the city of Winchester, after it had been burned by the Danes, he erected a royal palace, which became a favourite retreat of his successors. Here the unhappy Edwy retired after his defeat, to find consolation in the company of Elgiva. Indeed he needed it.
It is agreed that this prince had a violent passion for his second or third cousin, Elgiva, whom he married, though within the degrees prohibited by the canons. It is also agreed, that he was dragged from a lady on the day of his coronation, and that the lady was afterwards treated with the singular barbarity above mentioned.
"I heard it at the frontier town of Mercia, Reading, last night, and took all my measures immediately." "Then, can we really depend upon Wessex?" "I treat so indeed, my lord, else we should be in a very bad way indeed." "Well, we must rest now. Elgiva, darling, this is a cold termination to our first anniversary, but your husband's love shall ever protect you until he be cold in death.
In her right hand she held a wand dipped in the poison of all things venomous. Whatsoever it touched died whatsoever it waved over was transformed. No human foot approached her cave no mortal dared. The warrior, who feared not a hundred foes, quailed at the sight of Elgiva, the enchantress, the worker of wonders.
I shall add, that the name of Erse or Irish given by the low-country Scotch to the language of the Scotch Highlanders, is a certain proof of the traditional opinion delivered from father to son, that the latter people came originally from Ireland. There is a seeming contradiction in ancient historians with regard to some circumstances in the story of Edwy and Elgiva.
Then did they practise their unclean spells, and perform their dark incantations to destroy her; but their spells and incantations prevailed not, for the spirit of Woden protected Agitha. Now, there resided at that time in a dark cave, in the heugh which is called Spindleston, an enchantress of great power, named Elgiva the worker of wonders.
"And become the scorn of Dunstan, and receive a retiring pension from Edgar, and put your hand between his, kneeling humbly and saying 'I am your man." "No, no. Anything rather than that. Death first." "All this may be averted with timely submission. Elgiva herself would not counsel you to sacrifice all for her."
They passed Kirtlington; rested at Oxenford, then rode through Dorchester and Bensington to Reading, whence they struck southward for Winchester, where Edwy rested from his fatigue in the society of Elgiva. So ended the ill-advised raid into Mercia.
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