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The Shining Sword and the Knowledge of the Cause of the one Story about Women (Author: Unknown)
section 18
He then told him the knowledge and cause of his journey, that he came in search of the Shining Sword and of the knowledge and cause of the one story about women. ‘A son of mine has these things. There is not in his garden a spike on which there is not the skull of
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a king's son begotten by a queen, except one spike only, and I am certain it is for your head. But it can't be helped. Take with you to-night the black slender horse, and go to the door and bid the whoreson bring out the sword. Dont spare whip and spur until you are back here again with me.’