Next, he amazed me still further in Italy when he saved a fatherless beauty from the would-be ravishing of her dreadful Turkish uncle.Ĭhaucer: In Greece he spent a year in silence just to better understand the sound of a whisper. I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, praying to God, asking his forgiveness for the Saracen blood spilt by his sword.
A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne. For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure of introducing to you to a knight, sired by knights. today, you find yourselves equals.Ĭhaucer: For you are all equally blessed.
My lords, my ladies, and everybody else here not sitting on a cushion!Ĭhaucer: Today.
