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Feudal Tmes. Brenhilda, Countess of Paris, was one of those stal- wart dames who willingly hazarded themselves in the front of battle, which, during the first crusade, was as common as it was possible for a very unnatural custom to be, and, in fact, gave the real instances of the Marphisas and Bradamantes, whom the writers of romance delighted to paint, assigning them sometimes the advantage of invul- nerable armour, or a spear whose thrust did not admit of being resisted, in order to soften th...e improbability of the weaker sex being frequently victorious over the male part of the creation. But the spell of Brenhilda was of a more simple nature, and rested chiefly in her great beauty. From a girl she despised the pursuits of her sex ; and they who ventured to become suitors for the hand of the young Lady of Aspramonte, to which warlike lief she had succeeded, and which perhaps encouraged her in her fancy, received for answer, that they must first merit it by their 218 w avi;i;i, i:y novels.
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