crown of France.
Hugh Capet, also, who usurped the
crown of Charles, the duke of Lorraine,
sole heir male of the true line
and stock of Charles the great,
could not keep quiet in his conscience
wearing the crown of France...
until satisfied that fair queen
Isabel, his grandmother,
was lineal
of the Lady Ermengare,
daughter to Charles,
the aforesaid duke of Lorraine,
by the which marriage the line
crown perched on a head of tight curls. WE ARE LOOKING
THROUGH the crown at the girl as she rises slowly, then looks boldly
at the PRINCE.
GIRL: Do not be swayed by my pleasure at the sight of you, my lord.
For though my father, the Duke, has promised you my hand, I cannot
consent to be yours until the evil that stalks our land from highest
hill to deepest dale is ...
Suddenly the GIRL stops spea
bronze shields, claymores flashing in the sun.
Hatchet-faced FATHER RAINEY chants prayers.
FATHER RAINEY
God bless our brave heroes. May
this year of Our Lord 1536 bring
victory to the Clan Macleod.
VILLAGERS
(cheering)
Death and damnation to the
Fraziers! Long live the Clan
MacLeod!
Riding in the column:
CONNER MACLEOD
The ice hockey spectator, 466 years earlier. The same age
but rough-hewn, not
crown.
You will do all this without fear,
because Zeus commands it.
If I am protected by Zeus,
I will have no need of this.
I will offer it to the gods.
It is also foretold that although
you will win the throne of Aristo, -
- you will, when Zeus ordains,
lose it to one of Aristos children.
- Then Aristo will have no children.
- He has three.
Two daughters, Philomela and
Briseis, and a son, Jason.