The Song

Of
Roland
The llolljl ot Roland ioo 1he old t • t'M'l
II- or """""-'• ope.-,.... Wn u n in
1 M - , d h . : l f o l 1 h e lllhc,m rn ,y,il
_ . , . ; , . over fou, t .. ., ._ n d linN about
'"' •&ri•"' b e t - ! h I I " " ' t:mr-,,,
Charieffi0ll!"8 and the wily S.,':"C",.. in
llp,iin.·n.. maincha ...,tcr in th11 sa«• i•
llolanlt,Charlem aj!ne'•""l'""•·ltUla
olory whieh begiM • " " " Charletrioogne,

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 A TALE Of' BATTLES Of' LONG AGO

The Song
of
Rolana
n , ., mii!hty Emperor Charlemagne,-, d,e
900 .,._-.oldVN nch9p tllpoem ,T M& ,ng
o/R""'1td.relat-,haodriven1he8araceM
rrom - t lo af\er .,..1lo ...d ci1yaf\er ei11
inSpainwilhlhehelpofhi,anepl,ewRolo.nd
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Emperor inlo i..vi1111 Spain witho111 doi1111
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.....n1 linighl Bl"'1eadrin hve gone lo
Cha,lemagnea.ndpro,niotedlhlM•n1Hion
would t.om& • Chria1ian ;r 1h11 )'.....,h

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w0111d onl y leave S in. Thel'"'m;,,.ioa•
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O/Rolan
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Tho •:mperor Ch.arle""'l!Jle, IO tho IIOO-
yeu olsl FNnch ep;,,, poem. Th
& . . , r,JR OUl,wl, relau• , h.. driven the
s.n..,,,.,. from Spain, n ii onty in &...-
thuKingMal'lilionstm
rulel.HotllMlan.-plOChar-lm nagne,
fallely promiaing 1hat he will become a
Chrie!l&n if o,1Jy th o EmJ""'OI' will lN,·e
Spain. But CharJMnagne doe1 not 1... t
him anddecid• .,, envoy m,. t golo the kmg.
Hil v.ii.,,t nephew Roland n f l " " '
I O go, IO do. Roland'• friend Oliver.
Charl,,rnagne r_ef, oo Roland 1ugpata
hil ltep•f at l>er , Count G - l o n , who
b eo o ,._ ffira p d .,id a cc .- Ro lM d o f
Z,lli._tot:;"{m .:.-:ie :!..." ;j
l)N! togo.
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A TALE OF' BAT TLES LONG AGO

Of
Roland
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The Song
Of
Roland
Tlwb.ule-drinad own•theoutnumb end
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N o a , - . Coo.mi o.....1on had " " " " h i •
, , _ . _ w n r k w e H . 11 rg i 11 3 t h e 8 a t - . K i n g
:ll•ni liontn •n a,:,k theF Nn eh,...,,_,.i•it
wull,avin«8f l" 'inforl'rance.•nd-ingloit
thu{'ount lw,land, tl.em •n h1 ha1fld, ,....
t.11 1he..,.rguarrl.Holandkadit0undodhil
jl1"06t hon, to1ummonC'h.arlernagneand hia
..-...y1ohilM<land tM .....to,,llhMICNTMd,
( 'llar "" " -1 :ne• •pllo pin gt,,,.,k ,af ttt_.,.
" ' i t tMG t anelon - pll,(lfd uncle,- . , _ I , U11t
wo ul.l he .....,h Roland in t imel
The Song
Of
Roland
CO\lnt Roland was the last man left
a l l v e o f a l l t h e valiant F nm ch who had
held the pass against the Saracens. soo n
the Emperor Charlem ag ne and the res! of
the arm y would retu rn, summoned by a
mighty blast on Roland' s horn, but it would
be 100 \ate. All they could do would be to
bury the deadandmoumthem-
andseethat t h e traitor Ganelon was
punished, for it was he who had betrayed
Rol_and and his men to King Marsilion and
his Saracen hosu.

THEfND