P0PSIS PRINCE VALIANT PERFORMS
MANy FEATS OF MYSTERY AND
WONDER WHILE HE MUTTERS A
PRAYER OF THANKS THAT HE
LEARNED SO WELL THE MAGIC OF
MERLIN AND THE TRICKERY OF HIS
FRIEND SLITH, THE JUGGLER.
EVEN AS VAL PLAYS HIS ROLE OF
WANDERING MINSTREL, THE KING
PLOTS TREACHERY WITH THE SAXON
INVADER. THEN AN INSPIRATION
COMES AND VAL SINGS A VIKING
BALLAD
IT IS A FUNNY SONG THAT ALWAYS
BROUGHT ROARS OF LAUGHTER FROM
THE MEN OF THULE, BUT NOW ONLY
THE SAXON LAUGHS. SO, HE IS THE
ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE
VIKING LANGUAGE !
VAI ;iN(; ANOTHFP ("MODI IC Pi it TL1C
WORDS ARE CHANGED. . . .."TRUST NOT THE
CORNISH KINGS. THEy PLAN TREACHERY
fUlHt SAXON f
NIGHT FALLS AND THE SAXON SENDS FOR THE
Ml NSTREL : "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOUR
WORDS?" HE DEMANDS. "A WARNING." AN
SWERS VAL. "KING ARTHUR IS AT TNTAGEL THS
VERY MINUTE WITH ONE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. DO
YOU THINK HE WOULD BRING SO SMALL A FORCE
TO FACE THE SAXONS IF HE WERE NOT SURE OF
rfcLH f-KVIVl rHE KINGS OF CORNWALL ?
FOR. THREE DAYS VAL LIES HIDDEN
TN THE BRACKEN. HE SEES THE
SAXON SCOUTS RETURN FROM SPY
ING ON TINTAGEL, SEES THE SAXON
ARMY COME SWARMING UP THE
VALLEY AND THE FIERCE ATTACK ON
THE HILL-FORT OF RESTORMAL.
9 t M
THE SAXONS PAY A GHASTLY PRICE FOR VENGEANCE ERE THE
CASTLE FALLS. VAL HAS ACHIEVED TWO THINGS: NOT ONLY
HAS HE CREATED DEADLY ENMITY BETWEEN THE INVADERS
AND THEIR ALLIES. BUT HE KNOWS THEIR STRENGTH, AND THAT
THEIR FLEET LIES IN FOWEY BAY.
THEN' HE MOUNTS AND SETS OFF ACROSS THE WILD MOORS
TO HIS NEXT CALL next week:' LfiWlCCStOn.-
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