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1863
BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY:
LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE OR ROMANCE OF THE MIDDLE AGES
by Thomas Bulfinch
"How Agrican with all his northern powers
Besieged Albracca, as romances tell;
The city of Galaphron, from thence to win
The fairest of her sex, Angelica,
His daughter, loved of many prowest knights,
Both paynim, and the peers of Charlemain."
Paradise Regained.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.
THOSE who have investigated the origin of the romantic fables
relating to Charlemagne and his peers are of opinion that the deeds of
Charles Martel, and perhaps of other Charleses, have been blended in
popular tradition with those properly belonging to Charlemagne. It was
indeed a most momentous era; and if our readers will hav . . .
