On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:33:33 -0400, "Jack Painter"
wrote:

We can
find a lot of things to disagree with President Bush's policies about, but
one thing he is not, is a phony.

Hi Jack,

Now there's a forced presumption. :-)

Then says Rollanz: "Wherefore so wroth with me?" He answers him:
"Comrade, it was your deed: Vassalage comes by sense, and not folly;
Prudence more worth is than stupidity. Here are Franks dead, all for
your trickery; No more service to Carlun may we yield. My lord were
here now, had you trusted me, And fought and won this battle then had
we, Taken or slain were the king Marsilie. In your prowess, Rollanz,
no good we've seen! Charles the great in vain your aid will seek --
None such as he till God His Judgement speak; -- Here must you die,
and France in shame be steeped; Here perishes our loyal company,
Before this night great severance and grief." AOI.

A pretty rough translation, no doubt about it, but from another:

"Then Roland says: 'Why are you angry with me?'
And he answers: 'Companion, it is your own doing, for knightly
courage used with prudence is one thing and folly is another, and
tempered judgment is more to be valued than the rashness of
arrogance. Those French are dead because of your heedlessness,
and we will never act again in Charles' service. If you had listened
to me, my lord would have returned and we would have won this
battle and King Marsiliun would have been captured or killed.
Woe to us, Roland, that we ever saw your bravery! Charles the
Great, a man whose like will never be see again until God judges
the world, will no longer be able to rely on our help, and you will
die, and shame will come to France. Today our faithful friendship
will end, and before evening we will have parted in sorrow."

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC