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Efclarmonde vifits him in prifon. XXXIX. 
She repeats her attention. XL. Gerofme 
and his companions arrive at Babylon. 
XLI. They plot with Efclarmonde in be- 
half of Huon. XLII. The giant Agrap- 
part comes to afk tribute at Babylon. 
LITE, Huon offers to fight the giant. 
XLIV. Huon takes the giant prifoner. 
KLV. The giant fubmits. to baptifn. 
XLVI. Huen founds his horn, and by 
Oberon’s afliftance maffacres all the Baby- 
Jonians who will not turn Chriftians, cuts 
off the fultan’s head, then his beard, and 
at laft draws his teeth. Oberon conceals 
the hair and teeth, in poor Gerofme’s fide. 
Oberon forbids Huon to have carnal com- 
merce with Efclarmonde before they arrive 
at Rome and are regularly married: pre- 
fents him with a yacht, and leaves him 
with ominous tears. Huon marries his 
fair coufin Sebille toan emir. He fets fail, 
ard is tempted to mfringe the chafte in- 
qunction of Oberon. XLVI. A tempett 
wrecks them on adefert ifland. Pirates 
carry off Efclarmondee Huon is left 
bound toatree. XLVIIT. Admiral Ga- 
‘Jaffre, of Anfalerme, takes the fhip of 
the pirates. XLIX. One of the pirates 
prevails on King Yvoirin to order Ga- 
faffre to give up his prize. L, At the re- 
queft of Glorian, Oberon fends Malebron 
to deliver Huon: in the form of a triton 
this fpirit {wims with him acrofs the fea. 
LI. A minftrel informs Huon of the for-_ 
tunes of Efclarmonde. LILI. Huon offers 
his fervices to King Yvoirin. LIL. Huon 
wins a game at chefs of King Yvoirin’s 
daughter, but declines, from fidelity to- 
ward Efclarmonde, to avail himfelf of the 
conditions of viiory. LIV. Huon joins 
the expedition againft Anfalerme. LV. 
Huon kills Sobrin the nephew of Galaffre. 
LVI. Huon receives-great honours from 
Yvoirin. LVII. Gerofme arrives at An- 
falerme and enters the fervice of Galaffre. 
LYV1lil. Huon and Gerofme fight, and dif- 
cover each other on the field of battle. 
LIX. Efclarmonde is recovered by Huon. 
LX. Huon and his company arrive at 
Rome, and he is married by the pope. 
The fecond part proceeds to narrate 
how’ the younger brother or Huon, Girard, 
endeavoured, after his return, to ouft him 
of his heritage, to pillage his property, 
and to prejudice Charlemagne againit him. 
By the interference of Oberon, the empe- 
ror is reconciled ; but Raul of Auftria 
falls_in love with Efclarmonde: Huon 
‘purfues him to Mayence, and kills him, is 
waylaid at Cologne, fights a battle with 
the Emperor of Almaigne, and at length 
Origin of the Fable of Oberon. 
[ March r. 
returns to his wife, who is brought to bed 
of a girl called Clairette. This Emperor 
Thierry leads an army againft Bordeaux : 
Huon, defirous of affikance, fwims out to 
fea in fearch of it.. He arrives at an ifland 
of load{tone, where he kills a ferpent. - 
Meanwhile the emperor takes Bordeaux, 
kilfs old Gerofme, and carries into capti- 
vity Eiclarmonde. This news Huon 
learns from the bifhop of Lifbon, who 
lands with fome pirates on the ifland, 
Huon is carried away through the air by 
a griflin, which he kills: he then meets 
ina garden an angel who gathers three 
apples reftorative of youth. He enters a, 
random boat which floats him to Tauris, 
in Perfia, where his Gafcon coufin Ber- 
nard, who had been in fearch of him, 
meets him very luckily. Bernard produces 
five jewels. One is an antidote againft 
poifon, burning, and drowning ; a fecond 
againft hunger, thirft, and age ; a third 
againft wounds, it alfo blinds an enemy, 
sand reftores eyefight to a blind relation; a 
fourth annihilates fetters and prifon-bolts ; 
a fifth confers invifibility. Huon takes 
thefe ftones; and having given one of 
them and an aprle of youth to the emir, 
he is handfomely received, and fupplied 
with an army to make war on the Emperor 
Thierry. On the road they take the town 
Angora and arrive at Colandres, which 
Oger le Danois afterwards deftroyed. Hav- 
ing taken this town, they vifit the holy 
fepulchie at Jerufalem, and the emir with 
many promifes of aid, quits Huon who 
returns fafely to France, and lands at Mar- 
feilles. Meanwhile the Abbé of Clugny 
had been, waging unequal war with the 
emperor for the captive lady Elclarmonde, 
which fo irritates Thierry that he determines 
to burn Efclarmonde alive. The day on 
which Efclarmonde was to burned, ‘* King’ 
Oberon was holding court in his palace of 
Mommur; his mother, the lady of the 
hidden ifle, was there: and queen Mor- 
gana, the fairy, and Tranfelina her neice, 
and many other fairies.” The two fairy 
knights, Glorian and Malebron, obtain 
permiffion to go to the relief of Efclar- 
monde: they appear together to the em- 
peror, and command him in Oberon’s name 
to releafe the beautiful prifoner: the em- 
peror promifes, and they vanifh. The 
emperor repents and imprifons Efclar- 
monde again. Huon finds up the Abbé 
de Clugny and his daughter Clairette ; and 
gives the old man dn apple of youth. Huon 
next appears at Mayence, makes peace with 
the emperor, and carries back E{clarmonde, 
Huon and Efclarmonde then fet off to vifit 
Oberon 
