* The count de Faix, ou hearing tbi£ a»6tf#y -was eaceedii^iy wroth, and feid, a§;hedf#w hii dagger, c Ho, bo! dolt them then say ne ? Bjf this head, thou haft noC laid it for *iot&b*g/ A»4» as he uttered thefe words, he ûruckhim foully wirti the dagger^ fo that he wounded him fo* terdy in fire places, and'wane erf. tie bairous m • knights dared to interfere. The knight replied, c Ha,-ha, my lord, this in not gentle tifcfttrtienjt ; you have fent for me hither, a&d art lawderipg _ me/ Having received theffe five ftrokes &dm the d&gger, the count ordered him to .be catft into- • the dungeon, tvhich was cfone; and thm he died, for he was iU cured of has wouiid*/ * Ha, holy Mary/ laid I to tine knight, ' was not this a great act of croe&y ?' c Whatefw it was/ replied he, c fo it happened, and iU betide him who angers the count, for then he pardons none. He kept h&jcoufin german the vifeount de Châteaubon, even though he is his heir, eight months pfkowqpr.'itt the tower of the castle of Orthès, and then ranfomed him for forty thoEÉifrf franco/' 4 Whâfl* fir/, laid 1, has not the count de ¥xux any ahildbe&i' c *h, fc€M'ft-nioM not-in bMrftiï rtnnrhjgs; bât he îms two jmWg^ hiiightiy-bttAafdS^ fir Jetfuain amïfiv Gracient wloiriyou willlfefe, aad whom he loves a» weB a* himself. ' ç A&à he never married ?' c Yes,.and is fo ftill, but", ma-dame de Foix does not live with him/ c Where does (lie refidfe?1 * She. lives in Navarre, .for thp king of Navarre 13 her brother : fhe was daughter Vou Vit . ' N ' of 171