![]() He went off to hunt, but violated a prohibition she laid on him, either not to hunt a milk-white hind, or to come running when called, and she and his son died. They headed to his mother's house, but she went into labour on the way. An eleven-year-old girl fell in love with him, but nine months later, called on him to saddle horses, take her dowry, and flee with her. Leesome Brand went to court when ten years old. The attacker then realizes the girls are his sisters and kills himself. After he kills two of the maids, the youngest reveals she has a brother who is an outlaw who will surely retaliate. Three sisters encounter a robber who threatens to murder each if they refuse to become his wife. Despondent, he promises his wife grief and sorrow, his son a weary world and his mother the fires of hell. She then asks what he will leave his family. After several evasions, he admits to murdering his brother or father. In making his final bequests, he reveals his lover is the murderer.Įdward's mother questions him about the blood on his coat or knife. Finally, his mother fears he has been poisoned, and Lord Randal admits that he has been. He gives accurate but short answers, each time begging for rest. ![]() Lord Randal's mother asks him a series of questions about his day. When asked what she would will to her brother, she replies, "The gallows-tree to hang him on." She lives long enough to make bequests to members of her family. As the knight and older sister are about to wed, the instrument sings out the truth.Ī knight and lady are to marry, but they fail to ask her brother John's consent. The girl's body is recovered and made into an instrument. When the two sisters go down by the water, the older drowns the younger. After begging the knight to take her as a servant or kill her, the fair flower returns home to face disgrace.Ī knight courts an older sister while favoring a younger one. When they reach his home, he tells her to go back, that he already has a wife and children. The knight persuades the Earl's daughter to free him, promising to marry her as soon as they get to Scotland. Willie slays all but one of his attackers, and the couple escapes.Ī Scottish knight is captured by the Earl of Northumberland. Her true love Willie comes in the night and spirits the daughter away. The lovers continue their flight until the Earl's condition worsens and he dies.Įrlinton locks his daughter in her bower to keep her from sin. The Earl slays most of their pursuers but is severely wounded. Her father disapproves, and when the couple runs off, he sends his sons after them. The Earl falls in love with a lady of high nobility. Willie tricks his mother with a fake baby made of wax, and in a rage his mother blurts out the secret to breaking the spell. She casts a spell to prevent her from bearing a child. Willie weds a lady, but his mother, who is a witch, disapproves of the bride. When the truth finally comes out, it is revealed the lord in question was Gil Brenton. Not only had she slept with someone before, a lord she met in the wood, but she is now pregnant. Gil Brenton brings his bride home, but she learns he will cut off her breasts if he finds she is not a virgin. Using her wits, Lady Isabel tricks the knight and slays him. When they reach the forest (or seashore), he prepares to murder her, as he did seven others. The boy survives by matching wits with the false knight, finding a suitable comeback to each of his remarks.Ī knight courts Lady Isabel, promising to marry her if she rides away with him. While traveling, a schoolboy meets the devil disguised as a knight. ![]() She replies to the requests with her own challenges, equally impossible. When she does, he either marries her, or in an early variation, reveals he is the Devil.ĭepending on the variation, a man, king or "elfin" knight offers to marry a woman if she completes his preposterous tasks. He promises to marry the youngest if she can answer his riddles.
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