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Four Arthurian Romances

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Four Arthurian Romances is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien • Curated US English Learning Edition

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115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

And before them all rode the King on a Spanish hunter.

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Chapter II Reading 1/52

Four Arthurian Romances

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Four Arthurian Romances is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/52 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

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Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

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And before them all rode the King on a Spanish hunter.

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115

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

124

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

a

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From this reading And before them all rode the King on a Spanish hunter.

after

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

ahead

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

all

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From this reading And before them all rode the King on a Spanish hunter.

along

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

already

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

amain

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

and

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

at

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

attacking

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

baying

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

before

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

bowmen

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

come

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

forest

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

full

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

gone

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

had

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

horns

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

hounds

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

hunter

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From this reading And before them all rode the King on a Spanish hunter.

into

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King

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on

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From this reading And before them all rode the King on a Spanish hunter.

others

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

party

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

plunge

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

ride

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

rode

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From this reading And before them all rode the King on a Spanish hunter.

running

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

shoot

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

shout

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

Some

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

Spanish

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From this reading And before them all rode the King on a Spanish hunter.

speed

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

stag

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

started

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

the

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

them

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

Then

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

they

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

until

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

Vv

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From this reading (Vv.

where

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

who

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From this reading 115-124.) Then they ride along at full speed until they come into the forest, where the party who had gone before them had already started the stag.

wind

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From this reading Some wind the horns and others shout; the hounds plunge ahead after the stag, running, attacking, and baying; the bowmen shoot amain.

Chapter 2 of Four Arthurian Romances by de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien holds 263 sentences, grouped into 53 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 2 of Four Arthurian Romances contain?

Chapter 2 holds 263 sentences of Four Arthurian Romances, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of Four Arthurian Romances by de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 263 sentences, grouped into 53 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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