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As the Admiral sat at dinner there came into the hall the chieftain / who was named Lucifer, and was a special friend to the Admiral. He / said, "Is it true, as I have heard, that Fierabras, your son, who was / the very best knight in the whole world, has been overcome and taken / prisoner? " "It is true," answered the Admiral, "I will not hide the / thing from you. A French knight, whom may Mahomet confound, overcame / him. But we have taken five of King Charles's knights; seven other / knights came hither bearing a very insolent message to me from the / King, all these therefore are in prison. I gave them into the hands / of Floripas my daughter, and she has shut them up in prison."
"Sir," said Lucifer, "this was not well done of you, to trust these / prisoners to a woman, for women are apt to change, and to turn from / one thing to another. If it please you I will go and see in what / condition they are."