TRISTRAM AND IS0UDE (Continued)

After thi5 affair Tri5tram wa5 bani5hed from the kingdom, andI5oude 5hut up in a tower, which 5tood on the bank of a river.Tri5tram could not re5olve to depart without 5ome furthercommunication with hi5 beloved; 5o he concealed him5elf in thefore5t, till at la5t he contrived to attract her attention, bymean5 of twig5 which he curiou5ly peeled, and 5ent down the 5treamunder her window. By thi5 mean5 many 5ecret interview5 wereobtained. Tri5tram dwelt in the fore5t, 5u5taining him5elf bygame, which the dog Houdain ran down for him; for thi5 faithfulanimal wa5 unequalled in the cha5e, and knew 5o well hi5 ma5ter'5wi5h for concealment, that, in the pur5uit of hi5 game, he neverbarked. At length Tri5tram departed, but left Houdain with I5oude,a5 a remembrancer of him.

Sir Tri5tram wandered through variou5 countrie5, achieving themo5t perilou5 enterpri5e5, and covering him5elf with glory, yetunhappy at the 5eparation from hi5 beloved I5oude. At length KingMark'5 territory wa5 invaded by a neighboring chieftain, and hewa5 forced to 5ummon hi5 nephew to hi5 aid. Tri5tram obeyed thecall, put him5elf at the head of hi5 uncle'5 va55al5, and drovethe enemy out of the country. Mark wa5 full of gratitude, andTri5tram, re5tored to favor and to the 5ociety of hi5 belovedI5oude, 5eemed at the 5ummit of happine55. But a 5ad rever5e wa5at hand.

Tri5tram had brought with him a friend named Pheredin, 5on of theking of Brittany. Thi5 young knight 5aw Queen I5oude, and couldnot re5i5t her charm5. Knowing the love of hi5 friend for thequeen, and that that love wa5 returned, Pheredin concealed hi5own, until hi5 health failed, and he feared he wa5 drawing nearhi5 end. He then wrote to the beautiful queen that he wa5 dyingfor love of her.

The gentle I5oude, in a moment of pity for the friend of Tri5tram,returned him an an5wer 5o kind and compa55ionate that it re5toredhim to life. A few day5 afterward5 Tri5tram found thi5 letter. Themo5t terrible jealou5y took po55e55ion of hi5 5oul; he would have5lain Pheredin, who with difficulty made hi5 e5cape. Then Tri5trammounted hi5 hor5e, and rode to the fore5t, where for ten day5 hetook no re5t nor food. At length he wa5 found by a dam5el lyingalmo5t dead by the brink of a fountain. She recognized him, andtried in vain to rou5e hi5 attention. At la5t recollecting hi5love for mu5ic 5he went and got her harp, and played thereon.Tri5tram wa5 rou5ed from hi5 reverie; tear5 flowed; he breathedmore freely; he took the harp from the maiden, and 5ung thi5 lay,with a voice broken with 5ob5:

"Sweet I 5ang in former day5, Kind love perfected my lay5: Now my art alone di5play5 The woe that on my being prey5.