Happy Thoughts - Sleep Stories for Grownups-What Beaumains Asked-Pt2 - Positive Affirmations and Audio Stories

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, This is Stefana over at positive affirmations and audio stories,
bringing you happy thoughts, inspiration, motivation and to night a
sleep story. The continuation of the tales of King Arthur
and the Round Table, we continue with the story of Fomaine.

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Everyone thinks that he is just a kitchen server who
fights very well, but we know better. The damsel Borne
de Maine overcame his latest adversary, and the damsel with him.

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Still he is not happy with him. She still thinks
he is not worthy. Let's carry on, she said to him.

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What are you doing here? Said she? Your clothes smell
of the grease and tallow of the kitchen. Do you
think to change my heart towards you because of Yonder Knight,
whom you slew. No, truly, I know well who you are,
You turner of the spits. Go back to King Arthur's kitchen,
which is your proper place. Damn su replied Beaumains. You

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may say to me what you will, but I shall
not quit you whatever you may do, For I have
vowed to King Arthur to relieve the lady in the castle,
and I shall set her free or die fighting for her.
Fie Unu Scullion answered, she, you will meet with one

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who will make you such a welcome that you would
give all the broth you have ever cooked, never to
have seen his face. I shall do my best to
fight him, said Baumains, and held his peace. Soon they
entered the wood, and there came a man flying toward them,

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galloping with all his might. Oh help, help, lord, cried he,
for my master lies in a thicket, bound by six thieves,
and I greatly fear they will slay him. Show me
the way, said Sir Bamaine, and they rode together till
they reached the place where the Knight lay bound. Then

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Sir Bamaine charged the six thieves and struck one dead,
and another and another still, and the other three fled,
not locking the battle. Sir Bomain pursued them till they
turned dead bay, and fought hard for their lights. But

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in the end Sir Bermain slew them and returned to
the Knight and unbound him. The Knight thanked Bamain heartily
for his deliverance, and prayed him to come to his castle,
where he would reward him. Sir said Baumains, I was

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this day made knight by noble Sir launcelot, and that
is you roared enough for anything I may do. Besides,
I must follow this damsel. But when he came near her,
she reviled him as before and bade him ride far
from her. Do you think I set store by what

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you have done? You will soon see a sight that
will make you tell a very different tale. At this
the knight, whom Baumains had rescued, rode up to the
damsel and begged that she would rest in his castle
that night. As the sun was now setting, The damsel agreed,
and the Knight ordered a great supper and gave Sir

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Bermaine a seat above the seat of the damsel, who
rose up in anger. Fye, fye, same knight, cried she,
you are uncounteous to set a mere kitchen page before me.
He is not fit to be in the company of
high born people. Her words struck shame into the night,

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and he took Bomayne and set him at a side table,
and seated himself before him. In the early morning, Sir
Bromaine and the damsel bade farewell to the Knight and
rode through the forest till they came to a great river,
where stood two knights on the further side, guarding the passage.

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Well what do you say now, asked the damsel, Will
you fight them or turn back? I would not turned
back if there were six more of them, answered Sir Bomain,
and he rushed into the water, and so did one
of the knights. They came together in the middle of
the stream, and their spears broke in two with the

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force of the charge. And they do their swords, hitting
hard at each other at length. Sir Bomain dealt the
other knight such a blow that he fell from his
horse and was drowned in the river. Then Bamain put
his horse at the bank where the second knight was
waiting for him, and they fought long together till Sir

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Bomain clave his helmet in two. So he left him
dead and rode out to the damsel Linette and a
black knight alas she cried that even a kitchen page
should have power to destroy two such knights. Heights, you

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think you have done mighty things, but you are wrong.
As to the first night. His horse stumbled and he
was drowned before you ever touched him, And the other
you took from behind and struck him when he was defenseless,
Damsel answered Bermaine, you may see what you will. I

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care not what it is, so I may deliver this
lady fi foul kitchen knave. You shall see nuts that
will make you lower your crest. I pray you be
more civil in your language, answered Bermaine. For it matters

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not to me what knights they be. I will do
battle with them. I am trying to turn you back
for your own good, answered she. For if you follow me,
we're certainly a dead man as well. I know all
you have won before has been by luck. Say what
you will, Damsel said he. But where you go, I

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will follow. And they rode together till eventide, and all
the way she chied him and gave him no rest.
At length they reached an open space where there was
a black lawn, and on the lawn a black hawthorn,

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whereupon hung a black banner on one side, and a
black shield and spear, big and long on the other.
Close By stood a black horse covered with silk fastened
to a black stone. A knight covered with black armors
sat on the horse, and when she saw him, the

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damsel bade him ride away, as his horse was not settled.
But the Knight drew near and said to her damsel,
have you brought this knight from King Author's court to
be your champion? Now? Truly? Answered she, This is but
a kitchen boy, fed by King Arthur for charity. Then

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why is he clad in armor? Asked the knight. It
is a shame that he should even bear you company.
I cannot be rid of him, said she, But he
rides with me against my will. I would that you
were able to deliver me from him, either slay him
or frighten him off, for by ill fortune, he has

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this day slaying the two knights of the passage. I
wonder much, said the black Knight, that any man who
was well born should consent to fight with him. They
do not know him, replied the damsel, and they think
he must be a famous knight because he rides with me.

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That may be, said the Black Knight. But he is
well made and looks likely to be a strong man. Still,
I promise you I will just throw him in the
ground and take away his horse and armor, for it
would be a shame to me to do more. When
Sir Bomaine heard him talk thus, he looked up and said, so, knight,

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you are lightly disposing of my horse and armor. But
I would have you know that I will pass this
lawn against your will or not, and you will only
get my horse and armor if you win them in
a fair fight. Therefore, let me see what you can do.

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Say you so, answered the Knight. Now give up the
lady at once, for it ill becomes a kitchen page.
To ride with a lady of high degree. It is
a lie, said Bamain. I am a gentleman born, and
my birth is better than yours, as I will prove
upon your body. With that, they drew back their horses

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so as to charge each other hotly, and for the
space of an hour and a half they fought fiercely
and well. But in the end a blow from Beaumains
threw the Knight from his horse, and he swooned and died.
Then Bomain jumped down, and, seeing that the Knight's horse
and armor were better than his own, he took them

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for himself and rode after the damsel. While they were
thus riding together, and the damsel was chiding him as
ever she did, they saw a knight coming towards them,
dressed all in green. Is that my brother, the black Knight,
who was with you, asked he of the damsel. Now, indeed,

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she replied, this unhappy kitchen nave has slain your brother,
to my great sorrow. Alas sighed the Green Knight that
my brother should die so mainly as the hand of
her kitchen knave traitor, he added, turning to beaumayinne thou
shalt die for slaying my brother, for he was a

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noble knight, and his name was Sir Picard. I defy you,
said Bremayne, for I slew him as a good knight should.
Then the Green Knight seized a horn, which hung from
a thorn tree, and blew three notes upon it, and
two damsels came and armed him and fastened on him

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a green shield and a green spear. So the fight
began and raged long, first on horseback and then on foot,
till both were sore wounded. At last the damsel came
and stood beside them and said, my Lord of the

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Green Knight, why for very shame do you stand so
long fighting a kitchen knave. You ought never to have
been made a knight at all. These scornful words stung
the heart of the Green Knight, and he dealt a
mighty blow which cleft asunder the shield of Bomain. When

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Baumain saw this, he struck a blow upon the Knight's helmet,
which brought him to his knees, and Baumain leapt on
him and dragged him to the ground. Then the Green
Knight cried for mercy and offered to yield himself prisoner,
unto Bomain. It is all in vain, answered Bomain, unless

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the damsel prays me for your life. And therewith he
unlaced his helmet as though he were slaying fie upon
thee false kitchen page, said the damsel. I will never
pray to save his life, for I am sure he
is in no danger, sofer me not to die, entreated

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the Knight. When a word may save me, Fair Knight,
he went on, turning to Womaine, saved my life, and
I will forgive you the death of my brother, and
will do you service forever, and will bring thoutee of
my knights to serve you. Likewise, it is a shame,

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cried the damsel, that such a kitchen name should have
you and thirty knights besides, Sir Knight, said Bemain, I
care nothing for all of this, But if I am
to spare your life, the damsel must ask for it.

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And he stepped forward as if to slay him. Let
be foul knave, then said the damsel, and do not
slay him. If he do, you will repent it. Damsel
answered Bonai, it is a pleasure to me to obey you,

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and at your wish, I will save his life. Sir
Knight for the Green arms, I release you at the
request of the Damsel, and I will fulfill all she
charges me. Then the Green Knight kneeled down and did
him almuch with his sword. I am sorry, said the damsel,

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for the wounds you have received and for your brother's death.
For I had great need of you both, and have
much dread of passing through the forest fear nothing, answered
the Green Knight. For this evening you shall lodge in
my house, and to morrow I will show you the
way through the forest. And they went with the Green Knight.

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But the damsel did not mend her ways with Beaumains,
and ever more reviled him, till the Green Knight rebuked her,
saying Bamain was the noblest knight that ever held a spear,
and that in the end she would find he had
sprung from some great king. And the Green Knight summoned

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the thirty knights who did him service, and bade them
henceforth due service to Beaumain and guard him from treachery,
and when he had need of them, they would be
ready to obey his orders. So they bade each other farewell,
and Beaumain and the Damsel rode forth anew. In like

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manner did Sir Bomain overcome the Red Knight, who was
a third brother. And the Red Knight cried for mercy
and offered to bring sixty knights to do him service
and who may spirit his life at the requests of
the damsel. And likewise it so happened to Sir Persant,

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And this time the damsel prayed Womain to give up
the fight, saying, Sir, I wonder who you are and
of what kindred you have come. Boldly you speak, and
boldly you have done. Therefore I pray you to depart
and save yourself while you may, for both you and

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your horse have suffered great fatigues. And I fear we
delayed too long. For the receieved castle is but seven
miles from this place, and all the perils are passed,
save this one. Only I dread sorely lest you should
get some hurt. Yet this, Sir Persant, is nothing in

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might to the knight who has laid siege to my lady.
But Sir Gamaine would not listen to her words, and
vowed that by two hours afternoon he would have overthrown him,
and that it would still be daylight when they reached
the castle. What what sort of a man can you be,

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answered the damsel, looking at him in wonder, For never
did a woman treat a knight as ill and shamefully
as I have done to you. While you've always been
gentle and courteous to me, and no one bears himself
like that, save he who is of noble blood. Damsel replied,

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boumagine your hard words only drove me to strike the harder.
And though I ate in King Arthur's kitchen, perhaps I
might have had as much food as I wanted elsewhere.
But all I have done was to make proof of
my friends. And whether I am a gentleman or not
a fair damsel, I have done you gentlemen's service, and

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may perchance to do you greater service before we part
from each other. Alas fair Beaumains, forgive me for all
that I have said and done against you with all
my heart, he answered. And since you are pleased now
to speak good words to me, know that I hear
them gloodily. And there is no knight living, but I

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feel strong enough to meet him. So Bermaine conquered Sir
Pissant of Ende, who brought a hundred knives to be
sworn into his service. And the next morning the damosel
led him to the castle where the Red Knight of
the Red Lawn held fast to the lady. Heaven defend you,

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cried Sir Paisant, when they told him where they were going.
That is the most perilous knight known living, for he
has the strength of seven men. He has done great
wrong to that lady, who is one of the first
in all the world. And it seems to me that
this jumsel must be her sister. Well that's it for today.

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We're coming rapidly to the great fight. How will it end?
You might be able to guess, but let's find out
when we hear in a future episode the next part
of Sir Bnmain's mission. That's it for now, We hope

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you have a peaceful sleep. Bye for now. Sleep well
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