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| | Junior Classics, The, V4 by Editor Patten, William eBook by BookRags |
 | | And Roland, when he found death coming on him, took his sword Durendal in one hand, and his horn in the other, and crawled away about a bowshot to a green hillock whereupon four diverse marble steps were built beneath the trees. |
 | | Then he took Durendal into his hands, and prayed that it might not fall into the power of his enemies. |
 | | O Durendal, though it grieves me sore, I had rather break thee than that pagan hands should wield thee against France.” Then he besought that God would now eke out his strength to break the sword; and lifting it in his hands he smote mightily upon the topmost marble step. |
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