Chapter XXI

Thus spoke the King:--"Sire Ganelon, draw near:
Receive the glove and staff--you heard the Franks
Pass judgment, and on you their choice has fallen."
Said Ganelon:--"All this Rolland has done!
My life-long, never will I love him more,
Nor Olivier, his comrade and his friend,
Nor the twelve Peers, for that they love him well.
Here in your presence, I defy them all!"
The King replied:--"Too wroth you are. At once
You shall depart.--I spoke it."--"Sire, I go,
Although for me there is nor shield nor guard:
Basile had none, Bazan, his brother, none!
Aoi.