Excerpt from The Malediction: A Drama in Three Acts, Translated From the French, and Adapted for Male Characters Only, With Stage Directions, Cast of Characters, Relative Positions, EtcThen take thy bound, my gallant steed, In glorious fields of old Castile, From home and friends I soon must speed, The foeman's heart must take my steel. 'tis wish of God and father, land The martial war song we will sing, The clarion s note calls all to stand And fight for God and for our king.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.