"Seigneurs Barons," said to them Carle the King,

"Judge Ganelon according to the law.—

Among my host with me to Spain he came;

His craft lost twenty thousand of my Franks;

My nephew, whom ye nevermore shall see,

And Olivier, the brave and courteous Knight.

The traitor sold my brave twelve Peers for gain."

Then Ganelon:—"May I be cursed ere I

Deny. Of wealth and honors had [Rollánd]

Deprived me, and for this, his loss and death

I wrought, but treason none I will confess."

Respond the French:—"On this we counsel take."

Aoi.