--- Bindy Snyder <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > How was Solangia
martyred?
I drew a veil over the dreadful episode, but since it appears to be of
interest:
"Her beauty attracted the attention of Bernard, son of the Count of
Poitiers, and he sought opportunity to deceive her. One day he found
her on a moor pasturing her sheep quite alone. He dismounted from his
horse, and attempted to dazzle her by flattery and specious promises.
But when Solangia found what his designs were, she started from the
stone on which she had been sitting, and ran away. He pursued her, and
mounting his horse, threw her over the saddle in front of him, and
attempted to carry her off to his castle. The girl struggled
desperately, and managed to fall from the horse, and was injured.
Bernard leaped down, and his love having given way to violent anger, or
fearing that the attempt at abduction would arouse the country, he
being then in the territories of his uncle, he despatched her with his
hunting knife."
Oriens.
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