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'Is not Charles, asked Didier of Ogger, 'with this great army? But the other answered, 'No. The Lombard, seeing afterwards an immense body of soldiery gathered from all quarters of the vast empire, said to Ogger, 'Certes, Charles advanceth in triumph in the midst of this throng. 'No, not yet; he will not appear so soon, was the answer.
That which I, poor tale-teller, mumbling and toothless, have attempted to depict in a long description, Ogger perceived at one rapid glance, and said to Didier, 'Here is what ye have so anxiously sought: and whilst uttering these words he fell down almost lifeless." The monk of St. Gall does King Didier and his people wrong.
'Is not Charles, asked Didier of Ogger, 'with his great army? But the other answered, 'No. The Lombard, seeing afterward an immense body of soldiery gathered from all quarters of the vast empire, said to Ogger, 'Certes, Charles advanceth in triumph in the midst of this throng. 'No, not yet; he will not appear so soon, was the answer.
'What should we do, then, rejoined Didier, who began to be perturbed, 'should he come accompanied by a larger band of warriors? 'You will see what he is when he comes, replied Ogger, 'but as to what will become of us I know nothing. As they were thus parleying appeared the body of guards that knew no repose; and at this sight the Lombard, overcome with dread, cried, 'This time 'tis surely Charles. 'No, answered Ogger, 'not yet. In their wake came the bishops, the abbots, the ordinaries of the chapels royal, and the counts; and then Didier, no longer able to bear the light of day or to face death, cried out with groans, 'Let us descend and hide ourselves in the bowels of the earth, far from the face and the fury of so terrible a foe.
That which I, poor tale-teller, mumbling and toothless, have attempted to depict in a long description, Ogger perceived at one rapid glance, and said to Didier, 'Here is what ye have so anxiously sought': and while uttering these words he fell down almost lifeless." The monk of St. Gall does King Didier and his people wrong.
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