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FARNOL, JEFFERY. Geste of Duke Jocelyn. il *$2.50 Little
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In this merry jest is romance and knight errantry of old. The tale tells of one Duke Jocelyn of Brocelaunde, a puissant knight, but marred of face so that he despairs of winning the love of the beautiful lady Yolande. He dons his fool’s motley garb with cap and bells and sets out with one lonely, poorly garbed knight to act the part of the Duke’s envoy and press his suit. They meet with many adventures in the forest, fall in with Robin Hood, make friends and fight many a brave fight with and for him. Even the Lady Yolande is intrigued by the fool’s merry songs and after he has rescued her from a hated suitor, she yields to his love and openly declares it before the assembled knights of the Duke of Brocelaunde. Songs and rhymes, blank verse and prose mingle in the telling of the tale.