Chivalry -- Fiction; Knights and knighthood -- Fiction; Romances, Spanish -- Translations into English
On the morrow Amadis assembled all the Knights, and said to them, good
Sirs, reasonable it is, that after the great perils you have undergone,
and the great renown which ye have won, ye should now take your rest;
it hath pleased God that by your help I have obtained what I most
desired in this world, and so I would that ye should obtain what ye
desire, if it be any way in my power. Therefore, Sirs, do not hesitate
to tell me your loves and wishes, if there be any of these Ladies here
whom you would have to wife, for as for their cause ye have endured so
many wounds and dangers, it is reasonable now that ye should enjoy the
Lordships which they possess. For this they all thanked Amadis, and
without delay Agrayes said, he would take his Lady Olinda. Don Bruneo
of Bonamar said, Amadis knew all his hopes were in Melicia. Grasandor
said, that he had never surrendered his heart to any woman except the
Princess Mabilia, and that he loved her, and desired her for his wife.
Good Sir, quoth Don Quadragante, time and youth have hitherto prevented
me from repose, and from any other care than for my horse and arms, but
now reason and age invite me to another manner of life; if it please
Grasinda to marry in this land, I will take her to wife. Then Florestan
spake, it was my desire, quoth he, when these wars were over, to go
into Germany, whereof on my mother's side I am a native, and see all my
kinsmen there, whom I should now scarcely know; yet if I can win the
good will of Queen Sardamira I may change my purpose. The other Knights
replied, that their hearts were free, and that being young men they had
not yet acquired enow honour, they therefore besought Amadis to divide
the conquests among the good Knights who were now about to enjoy a life
of more repose, and let them go seek adventures.
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