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Then said the Emperor:--"Chevaliers of France, Choose ye for me a baron of my realm, One who can bear my words to King Marsile!" Rollánd rejoins:--"Let my step-father go; If he remain, no wiser man is found." The French say:---"Well can he fulfill the task: [If the King wills, 'tis right he should be sent."] Aoi.