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"The Marriage Combat"

from Lovers and Fighters by Jessica Law & Marion Leeper

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It could all have been so simple. Ruggiero was rescued from the shipwreck. He’d resolved to give up his lands and position for Bradamante’s sake, and he was on his way back to her: only to be kidnapped and imprisoned in the deepest dungeon of the Emperor of Greece.

Meanwhile, Bradamante returned to her family home to find that her father had arranged her marriage with that same Emperor of Greece’s son, prince Leo – no penniless Saracen for their family! Bradamante, however, was not so easily silenced. She went to see her liege lord, Charlemagne.

‘I have done you good service,’ she said. ‘Grant me this favour: that the man I marry must meet me in battle and prove himself my equal before we wed.’

She knew that Leo, the prince with the soul of a poet, would never manage to defeat her. But she didn’t know that Ruggiero, rescued by kind-hearted Leo from his chains, was bound by gratitude to put on Leo’s armour and face her instead of him in the tournament. She entered the combat ground dancing with excitement, like a Barbary steed waiting the signal to charge, her sword cutting sparks from the air as she swung it.

Meanwhile Ruggiero had stayed up all night blunting his sword so it would do his beloved no harm. He walked to the centre of the field. Bradamante circled round him, then hurtled towards him, her sword held high, while he stood braced to endure her every blow. These two, perfectly matched, at the peak of their powers: who will win?

But that’s where we must leave them. They still have to face more dangers and desperate adventures than we have time to tell: and who knows whether they will ever end up together. But that’s a story for another night. Let’s leave the last word with Bradamante.

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from Lovers and Fighters, released April 29, 2020

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Jessica Law Cambridge, UK

"Packed with emotion, surprise and wit." - The Daily Album
“Someone… who’d probably get laughed off the X-Factor for not being exactly the same as everyone else.” – Nightshift Magazine
"A collection of intriguing folk songs, packed with expressive lyrics, strange rhythms and creative instrumentation." - Ocelot Magazine
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