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| | Bulfinch's Mythology, Legends of Charlemagne, Chapter 1, Part 2: Charlemagne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | The historical representation is doubtless the true one, for it is handed down in trustworthy records, and is confirmed by the events of the age. |
 | | Thus the historical foundation for the stories of the romancers is but scanty, unless we suppose the events of an earlier and of a later age to be incorporated with those of Charlemagne's own time. |
 | | The motion of the clock was caused by water, and the striking was effected by balls of brass equal to the number of the hours, which fell upon a cymbal of the same metal, the number falling being determined by the discharge of the water, which, as it sunk in the vessel, allowed their escape. |
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