The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche
1908
First Published
92
Number of Pages
[...] "Let them fetch me, a-horseback and fully armed, the best knight King Hugo hath. I will lift my sword and bring it down upon him in such wise it shall cleave helm and hauberk, saddle and steed, and the blade shall delve a foot deep underground." Guillaume d'Orange spake up after the Emperor and made the second brag. "I will take," said he, "a ball of iron sixty men can scarce lift, and hurl it so mightily against the Palace wall that it shall beat down sixty fathoms' length thereof." Ogier, the Dane, spake next.[...].
