The weekly union record., 1864-05-21
IFrom the Atlantic Mourhly.I
The Queen Of California.
iCoNcLUDED.

those OF ratl0ES, are u Inc LaDQs AID VIII OF
/ God. whence 10 one can escape but IS He wills,
if We should il any way Hi,hdraw from his
demand, il I'D give great courage 10 cur
+ enemies, and, mere iba8 this. great injury 10
our bonor, especially so 10 this country, where
We are strangers and 10 enc has Sc what our
power Is. which in our own land Is notorious,
so that. while there We nav be esteemed for
courage, here we should be judged the greatest
of cowards. Thus placil = confidence in the
mercy Of the Lord, determine thai the battle
shall take place without delay
"'If this is your Wish said King Lsuare
and King Perion, so may ii be, and may God
help you with His gracer
Then the King Amadis said 10 the damsel
"Friend, tell your lord aud the Queen
Calafa that we desire the battle with those
arms that are the most agreeable To them; that
the feld shall be this field, divided in the mid
die, / giving my word that for nothing which
NAV happen will we be succored by our own.
And let them give the same order to their own;
and if they wis'i the battle now, now il shall be-
THE damsel departed with this reply, which
she repeated to these two princes. And the
Queen Calafa asked her how the Christians
appeared.
livery nobly.' replied She for they are all
handsome and well armed. Yet | tell you,
Queen, that among them this knight Of the
Serpent Esplandan, sou~oi Amadis, is such
as neither the past nor the present, nor, be-
lieve any who are TO come, have ever seen one
so handsome and so elegant. nor will see in the
days which are to~be O. Queen, vhat shall
say TO you but that, il be were Of cur faith. we
might believe that our gods had made him with
their own hands, with all their power and wis
dom, so that he lacks in nohiugg
The Queen, who heard her, said:
"'Damsel, my friend. your words are too great.
"'It is not So said she; for, excepting The
sight of him, there is nothing else which can
give account Of bis great excellence.
"'Tben say to you, said the Queen. that
| will not fight with sUea a man uu1il | have
first seen and talked with him ; and make this
request to the Sultan, that be will crafty me 10
this thing, aud arrange tbat may see him.
The Sultan said, i viii do everything, O
Queen, agreeably to your wish
Then. said the damsel q will 90 ard
obtain that which you ask for, according to
your desire
And turning her horse, she approached the
camp again, SO that all thought that she brought
the agreement for the battle. But as she ap-
preached she called the Kings to the door of
the tent, and said: King Amadis, the Queen
Calaia demands of you that you give order for
her safe conduct that she may come to morrow
morning and see your son.
"Amadis began to laugh and said to the
Kings, How does this demand seem to you p
al say, let her come SAID King Lisuarte !;
it is very good thing TO see the most distin-
guished woman in The world
Take this for your reply said Amadis to
the damsel; aud say that she shall be treated
with all truth and honor
"The dansel. having received this message.
returned with great pleasure to he Queen. aud
tod what il was. The Queen said to the Sultan,
Wait and prosper, then. till have seen him;
and charge your people that in be meantime
there NAV be no outbreak
of that be said. you may be secure
"At once She returned to her ships; and she
spent the whole night thinking whether she
would 60 with arms OF fhoui them. But at
last she determined that 1t would be more dig
nifed to 90 in the dress Of q woman. And
when morning came, she rose and directed them
TO bring one Cf her dresses. all Of gold. with
many precious stones, and a tul ban wrought
with great art. 1t had volume of many folds.
in the manner Of toca, and she placed it upon
her head as if il had been Il hood Icapdinal:
great valne They br.ueht out an animal
which she rode the strar ge>t that ever was seen.
Il had ears as large a. two shields: broad
forehead, which had Int one eye. iile mirror;
the openings of lis rosfriis were vefv large. bui
lis nose was short aud blunt. From its mouth
turned up two tusks. each Of them two palms
long. lis color was yellow, and ii had many
violet spots upon lis skin. Ike au ouuce Il was
larger than a dromedary, had its feet cleft ike
those of an OK and ran as swiftly as the wind.
and skipped over tie rocks as lightly, and held
itself erect on ary part Of them as DO the
mountain goats. lis food was dates and figs
and peas, and nothing else. It's flank aud
launches ard breas were very beautiful On
this animal. Of which you have hus heard.
morrfed this beautiful Queen and there rode
behind her two thousand women Of her train.
dressed in the very richest clothes There
brought up the rear twenty damseis clothed in
uuif rm, he trains OF whose dresses extended
so far, that falling from each beast. thew
dragged foar ia'homs on the ground.
With this equipment and ornament. the
Queen proceeded TO The Emperor camp, where
she saw all the kings, who had come out upon
the plain They had seated themselves on very
rich chairs upon 9th of gold, and they them.
confidence in the promises OF the Pagans So
they sailed ont to receive her at the door Of the
tent. where She was dismouuted into the arms
OF Don Quadtaeante X and the two Kings
Lsuarte aud Periou, took her by the hands
and placed her between hem in a chair. When
she was seated. looking from one side to the
other, she saw Esplandiou next to King Iisu-
arte who held him 10y the band and from the
superiority of his beauty to that Of all Others
she knew at once who be was, and said to her
self: On. my Gods what IS this | declare to
you, have never seen any one Who can be
compared to him, nor shall | ever see any one
Aud he, turning h~ beautiful eyes upon her
beautiful face. she perceived that the rays which
leaped out from his re>plsudeut beauty. entering
il al her ewes. penetrated TO her heart ID such
a way. that, II She we're not conquered yet by
the great force of arms, or by the great attack
of her enemies. she was soitened and broken b7
that sight and By her amorous passion, as if
she had passed between malets OF ison. And
as she saw this she reflected lhat ii she STAYED
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