{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/hbs/hbs24.htm","path":"neu/hbs/hbs24.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/hbs/hbs24.htm","text":"| Said his mother: | | \n| | \u201cMarko, my little son, old is thy mother grown; | \n| Marko answered: | | \n| | \u201cMy mother, I am come in peace through the land; | \n| His mother spake: | | \n| | \u201cSon Marko, be troubled not thereby. | \n| Lo, Stevan, the yellow ducats!\u201d | | \n| | But Stevan to him did cry: | \n| Lo, Stevan, the yellow ducats!\u201d | | \n| | Said Stevan thereupon: | \n| But answered the Bulgarian bride: | | \n| p. 140 | | \n| | \u201cA shameful groomsman art thou! | \n| The Doge of Venice answered: | | \n| | \u201cSpeak not like a fool confessed! | \n| But the bride said: | | \n| | \u201cDoge of Venice, my groomsman, harken this. | \n| Then answered the Bulgarian girl: | | \n| | \u201cWhen Marko of this shall hear, | \n| The doge said unto the sweet bride: | | \n| | \u201cSpeak not so foolishly! | \n| The bride said: | | \n| | \u201cWait in the tent a space, thou dearest groomsman of mine, |","title":"THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCE MARKO","type":"page"}