The same reliance on its efficacy is shown in a little ballad by Audefroi-le-Bâtard, a renowned trouvère of the twelfth century:—
LA BELLE EREMBORS.[194]
“Quand vient en mai, que l’on dit as lons jors,” etc.
In the long bright days of spring-time,
In the month of blooming May,
The Franks from royal council field
All homeward wend their way.
Rinaldo leads them onward,
Past Erembors’ gray tower,
But turns away, nor deigns to look