I shall
promote, by the only means in my power, that happiness to which I have
hitherto been the unintentional obstacle." Guilliadun consented, with
silent gratitude, to accept the sacrifice so generously offered, and was
united to her lover as soon as the solemn ceremony had taken place, by
which Guildeluec consecrated the remainder of her days to heaven, in a
nunnery erected and endowed by her husband, on the site of the ancient
hermitage. Their union was followed by many years of happiness; and they
closed a life of charity and benevolence by following the pious example
of Guildeluec, who received Guilliadun into her order, while Eliduc took
the cowl in a monastery, to the endowment of which he dedicated the
remainder of his worldly possessions. From the adventure of these three,
"the olde gentil Bretons" (_li auncien Bretun curteis_) formed a lay to
transmit to future ages.

FOOTNOTES:

[83]

La bele chambre encurtinee
Li ad li ostes deliveree.

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