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The Three Kings' Sons (Englisht from the French), Vol. 1 Early English Text Society

Excerpt from The Three Kings' Sons (Englisht From the French), Vol. 1: The d104 What a blessing it was, in old Days of Romance, for a Christian King, beset by Turks, to have a beautiful daughter! Of course all the young Princes and knights of Christendom pictured to themselves the lovely girl in distress, about to be sacrificed to a Heathen brute, and they at once resolvd to go and fight for her father, and marry her. They thus kild two - nay, three - birds with one stone: first, they fought for the Faith, and saved their souls next, they got a chance of the girl 3 and last, of her father's Kingdom. War, Love, and Sovereignty, - what could a man want more? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.