Note 12 — Chapter VIII · TRACES OF POPULAR SONG IN THE POETRY OF THE TROUBADOURS.—THE PASTORELA.
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‘The other day by the roadside I heard a shepherd sing a song, which said: “False traitors have killed me.” And when he saw me approach, he jumped to his feet to do me honour and said, ‘God be with you, sir; for now I have found a friend, leal and discreet and without falsehood to whom I may complain of love.’