This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. A Vein by Chrétienne de Troyes, translated by W. W. Comfort. Section 8 After the mass, my Lord of Ayes heard bad news when he thought the time had come for him to leave and that nothing would stand in his way, but it could not be in accordance with his wish. When he said, Sire, if it be your will and with your permission, I am going now. The master of the house replied, Friend, I will not grant your permission yet. There is a reason why I cannot do so, for there is established in this castle a very terrible practice which I am bound to observe. Sire, I shall now cause to approach two great, strong fellows of mine against whom, whether right or wrong, you must take arms. If you can defend yourself against them and conquer and slay them both, my daughter desires you as her Lord. And all the suzerainty of this town and all its dependencies await you. Sire, said he, for all this I have no desire. So may God never bestow your daughter upon me, but may she remain with you, for she is so fair and so elegant that the Emperor of Germany would be fortunate to win her as his wife. No more fair guest, the Lord replied. There is no need of mine listening to your refusal, for you cannot escape. He who can defeat the two who are about to attack you must by right receive my castle and all my land and my daughter as his wife. There is no way of avoiding or renouncing the battle, but I feel sure that your refusal of my daughter is due to cowardice, for you think that in this manner you can completely avoid the battle. Know, however, without fail, that you must surely fight. No knight who lodges here can possibly escape. This is a settled custom and statute which will endure yet for many a year, for my daughter will never be married until I see them dead or defeated. Then I must fight them in spite of myself, but I assure you that I should very gladly give it up. In spite of my reluctance, however, I shall accept the battle, since it is inevitable. Thereupon the two hideous black sons of the devil come in, both armed with a crooked club of the chameleon cherry-tree, which they had covered with copper and wound with brass.  Thus armed they advanced, bearing in their hands round shields, stout and light for fighting. The lion begins to quiver as soon as he sees them, for he sees the arms they have and perceives that they come to fight his master. He is aroused and bristled up at once, and, trembling with rage and bold impulse, he thrashes the earth with his tail, desiring to rescue his master before they kill him. And when they see him they say, Vassal, remove the lion from here that he may not do us harm. Either surrender to us at once or else we injure you. That lion must be put, or he can take no part in aiding you or in harming us. You must come alone to enjoy our sport, for the lion would gladly help you if he could. My lord of vain then replies to them, take him away yourselves if you are afraid of him, for I shall be well pleased and satisfied if he can contrive to injure you, and I shall be grateful for his aid. The answer, upon my word, that will not do. You shall never receive any help from him. Do the best you can alone, without the help of anyone. You must fight single-handed against us too. If you were not alone, it would be two against two. So you must follow our orders and remove your lion from here at once. However much you may dislike to do so. Where do you wish him to be? he asks. Or where do you wish me to put him?  It shall be done since it is your will. Then he takes him and shuts him up. And now they bring him arms for his body, and lead out his horse, which they give to him, and he mounts. The two champions, being now assured about the lion, which is shut up in the room, come at him to injure him and do him harm. They give him such blows with the maces that his shield and helmet are of little use, for when they hit him on the helmet, they batter it in and break it, and the shield is broken and dissolved like ice, and they make such holes in it that one could thrust his fists through it. Their onslaught is truly terrible. And he, what does he do against these two devils? Urged on by shame and fear, he defends himself with all his strength. He strains every nerve and exerts himself to deal heavy and telling blows. They lost nothing by his gifts, for he returned their attention with double measure. In his room, the lion's heart is heavy and sad, for he remembers the kind deed done for him by this noble man, who now must stand in great need of his service and aid. If now he could escape from there, he would return him the kindness with full measure and full bushel, without any discount whatsoever. He looks about in all directions, but sees no way of escape. He hears the blows of the dangerous and desperate fight, and in his grief he rages in his beside himself. He investigates until he comes to the threshold, which was beginning to grow rotten, and he scratches at it until he can squeeze himself in as far as his haunches, when he sticks fast. Meanwhile, my lord of veins was hard-pressed and sweating freely, for he found that the two fellows were very strong, fierce and persistent. He had received many a blow and executed as best he could, but without doing them any harm, for they were well-skilled and fencing, and their shields were not of a kind to be hacked by any sword, however sharp and well-tempered it might be. So my lord of veins had good reason to fear his death, yet he managed to hold his own until the lion extricated himself by continued scratching beneath the threshold. If the rascals are not killed now, surely they will never be, for so long as the lion knows them to be alive, they can never obtain truths or peace with him. He seizes one of them and pulls them down to earth like a tree trunk. The wretches are terrified, and there is not a man present who does not rejoice, for he whom the lion has dragged down will never be able to rise again unless the other suckers him. He runs up to bring him aid, and at the same time to protect himself, less the lion should attack him as soon as he had dispatched the one whom he had thrown down. He was more afraid of the lion than of his master. But my lord of veins will be foolish now if he allows him longer life. When he sees him turn his back and sees his neck bare and exposed, this chance turned out well for him.  Then he dismounts, wishing to help and save the other one from the lion who holds him fast. But it is of no use for already he is in such straits that a physician can never arrive in time. For the lion, coming at him furiously, so wounded him at the first attack that he was in a dreadful state. Nevertheless, he drags the lion back and sees that he has torn his shoulder from its place. He is in no fear of the fellow now for his club has fallen from his hand and he lies like a dead man without action or movement. Still he has enough strength to speak and he said as clearly as he could, please take your lion away fair sire that he may not do me further harm. Henceforth you may do with me whatever may be your desire. Whatever begs and prays for mercy ought not to have his prayer refused unless he addresses a heartless man. I will no longer defend myself nor will I ever get up from here with my own strength so I put myself in your hands. Speak out then, he says, if thou dost admit that thou art conquered and defeated. Sire, he says, it is evident I am defeated in spite of myself and as a render I promise you the manly this have no further fear of me and my lion will leave thee alone.  In my part, he says, I restore her to you. Let him who has her keep her. I have no concern with her though I say it not in disparagement. Take it not amiss if I do not accept her for I cannot and must not do so. But deliver to me now, if you will, the wretched maidens in your possession. The agreement, as you well know, is that they shall all go free. What you say is true, he says and I resign and deliver them freely to you. There will be no dispute on that score but you will be wise to take my daughter with all my wealth for she is fair and charming and sensible. You will never find again such a rich marriage as this. Sire, he replies, you do not know of my engagements and my affairs and I do not dare to explain them to you but you may be sure when I refuse what would never be refused by anyone who is free to devote his heart and intentions to such a fair and charming girl that I too would willingly accept her hand if I could or if I were free to accept her or any other maid but I assure you that I cannot do it so let me depart in peace for the damsel who escorted me hither is awaiting me. She has kept me company and I would not willingly desert her whatever the future may have in store. You wish to go, fair Sire, but how? My gate will never be open for you unless my judgment bids me give the command. Rather shall you remain here as my prisoner. You are acting haughtily and making a mistake when you disdain to take my daughter at my request. Distain, my lord, upon my soul I do not disdain her. Whatever the penalty may be I cannot marry a wife or tarry here. I shall follow the damsel who is my guide for otherwise it cannot be. But with your consent I will pledge you my right hand and you may take my word that just as you see me now I will return if possible and then will accept your daughter's hand whenever it may seem good to you. Confound anyone, he says, who asks you for your word or promise or pledge. If my daughter pleases you you will return quickly enough. You will not return any sooner, I think, for having given your word or sworn a note. Be gone now. I release you from all oaths and promises. If you are detained by rain or wind or by nothing at all it is of no consequence to me. I do not hold my daughter so cheap as to bestow her upon you forcibly.  Thereupon my Lord of Vain turns away and delays no longer in the castle. He escorted the poor and ill-clad wretches who were now released from captivity and whom the Lord committed to his care. These maidens feel that now they are rich as they file out in pairs before him from the castle. I do not believe that they would rejoice so much as they do now for he who created the whole world to descend to earth from heaven. Now all those people who had insulted him in every possible way come to beseech him for mercy and peace and escort him on his way.  I do not understand what you mean, he says, but I have nothing against you. I do not remember that you ever said anything that harmed me. They are very glad for what they hear and loudly praise his courtesy, and after escorting him along distance, they all commend him to God. Then the damsels, after asking his permission, separated from him. When they left him, they all bowed to him and prayed and expressed the wish that God might grant him joy and health and the accomplishment of his desire, wherever in the future he should go. Then he, who is anxious to be gone, says that he hopes God will save them all. Go, he says, and may God conduct you into your countries safe and happy. Then they continue their way joyfully, and my Lord of veins departs in the other direction. All the days of that week, he never ceases to hurry on under the escort of the maid, who is well acquainted with the road and with the retired place where she had left the unhappy and disconsolement damsel and deprived of her inheritance. But when she heard news of the arrival of the maiden and of the night with the lion, there never was such joy as she felt within her heart. For now she thinks that, if she insists, her sister will see her a part of her inheritance. The damsel has long lain sick and had just recovered from her malady. It had seriously affected her, as was apparent from her face. Straight away she went forth to meet them, greeting them, and honoring them in every way she could. There is no need to speak of the happiness that prevailed that night in the house. No mention will be made of it, for the story would be too long to tell. I pass over all that until they mounted next morning and went away. They rode until they saw the town where King Arthur had been staying for a fortnight or more, as the damsel who had deprived her sister of her heritage, for she had kept close to the court, waiting for the arrival of her sister, who now draws near. But she does not worry much, for she does not think that her sister can find any night that can withstand my Lord Buane's attack and only one day of the fortnight yet remains. If this single day had passed, she would have had the reasonable and legal right to claim the heritage of her sister herself alone, but more stands in the way than she thinks or believes. That night they spent outside the town in a small and humble house where, in accordance with their desire, they were not recognized. At the first sign of dawn the next morning, they necessarily issued forth within sconce themselves in hiding until broad daylight. I know not how many days had passed since my Lord Buane so completely disappeared that no one at court knew anything about him, except only the damsel in whose cause he was to fight. He had concealed himself three or four leads from the court, and when he returned he was so equipped that even those who knew him perfectly could not recognize him by the arms he bore. The damsel, whose injustice towards her sister was evident, presented him at court from the sight of all, for she intended with his help to triumph in the dispute where she had no rights. So she said to the king, my Lord, time passes. The noon hour will soon be gone and this is the last day. As you see, I am prepared to defend my claim. If my sister were going to return there would be nothing to do but await her arrival. But I may praise God that she is not coming back again. But she cannot better her affairs and that her trouble has been for naught. For my part I have been ready all the time up to this last day to prove my claim to what is mine. I have proved my coin entirely without a fight, and now I may rightfully go to accept my heritage in peace, for I shall render no accounting for it to my sister as long as I live, and she will lead a wretched and miserable existence. Then the king, who well knew that the damsel was disloyaly unjust towards her sister, said to her, my dear, upon my word in a royal court one must wait as long as the king's justice sits and deliberates upon the verdict. It is not yet time to pack up for it is my belief that your sister will yet arrive in time. Before the king had finished he saw the knight with a lion and the damsel with him. These two were advancing alone, having slipped away from the lion who had stayed where they spent the night. The king saw the damsel who he did not fail to recognize and he was greatly pleased and delighted to see her, for he was on her side of the quarrel because he had regard for what was right. Joyfully he cried out to her as soon as he could, come forward, fair one, may God save you. When the other sister hears these words trembling and sees her with the knight whom she had brought to defend in her claim then she turns blacker than the earth. The damsel, after being kindly welcomed by all, went to where the king was sitting. When she had come before him she spoke to him thus, God save the king and his household. If my rights in this dispute can be settled by a champion then it will be done by this knight who has followed me hither. This frank and courteous knight had many other things to do elsewhere, but he felt such pity for me that he cast aside all his other affairs for the sake of mine. Now, madam, my very dear sister whom I love as much as my own heart would do the right and courteous thing if she would let me have so much of what is mine by right that there might be peace between me and her, for I ask nothing that is hers. Nor do I ask for anything that is thine, the other replied, for thou hast nothing and nothing shalt thou have. Thou canst never talk so much as to gain anything by thy words. Thou mayest dry up with grief. Then the other, who was very polite and sensible and courteous, replied with the words, certainly I am sorry that two such gentlemen as these should fight on our behalf in all a disagreement, but I cannot disregard my claim for I am in too great need of it. So I should be much obliged to you if you would give me what is rightly mine. Surely, the other said, anyone would be a fool to consider thy demands.  The banks of the sand will meet and the hour of prime will be called noon to carry out the fight. May God in the right which I have in this cause and in which I trust and have trusted till the present time aid him who in charity and courtesy has offered himself in my service, though he knows not who I am and though we are ignorant of each other's identity. So they talked until their conversation ceased and then produced the knights in the middle of the court. They were proud about as people are want to do when they wish to witness blows in battle or in joust. But those who were about to fight did not recognize each other though their relations were want to be very affectionate. Then do they not love each other now? I would answer you both yes and no and I shall prove that each answer is correct. In truth, my Lord Gawain loves a vain and regards him and so does a vain regard him wherever he may be. Even here if he knew who he was he would make much of him and either one of them would lay down his head for the other before he would allow any harm to come to him. Is not that a perfect and lofty love? Yes, surely. But on the other hand is not their hate equally manifest? Yes, for it is a certain thing that doubtless each would be glad to have broken the other's head and so do have injured him as to cause him humiliation. Upon my word it is a wondrous thing that love and mortal hate should dwell together. God, how can two things so oppose by lodging in the same dwelling place? It seems to me they cannot live together for one could not dwell with the other without giving rise to noise and attention as soon as each new of the other's presence. But upon the ground floor there may be several apartments for there are halls and sleeping rooms. It may be the same in this case. I think love has enscoffed himself in some hidden room while hate has butaken herself to the balconies looking on the high road because she wishes to be seen. Just now hate is in the saddle and spurs and pricks forward as she can to get ahead of love who is indisposed to move. Ah, love, what has become of thee come out now and thou shalt see what a host has been brought up and opposed to thee by the enemies of thy friends. The enemies are these very men who love each other with such a holy love. For love which is neither false nor fain is a precious and a holy thing. In this case love is completely blind and hate too is deprived of sight. For if love had recognized these two men he must have forbidden each to attack the other or to do anything to cause him harm. In this respect then love is blind and discomforted and beguiled for though he sees them he fails to recognize those who rightly belong to him and though hate is unable to tell and hate the other yet she tries to engage them wrongfully so that each hates the other mortally. You know of course that he could not be said to love a man who would wish to harm him and see him dead. How then does Avain wish to kill his friend my lord Gawain? Yes, and the desire is mutual. Would then my lord Gawain desire to kill Avain when I have said nay not really, I swear in protest one would not wish to injure or harm the other in return for all that God has done for the man or for all the empire of Rome but this in turn is a lie of mine for it is plainly to be seen that with lamps raised high and rest each is ready to attack the other and there will be no restraint of the desire of each to wound the other with intent to injure him and work him well. Now tell me when one will have defeated the other of whom can he complain who has the worst of it for if they go so far as to come to blows I am very much afraid that they will continue the battle and the strike until victory be definitely decided. If he is defeated will Avain be justified in saying that he has been harmed and wronged and who counts him among his friends and who has never mentioned him but by the name of friend or companion or if it comes about perchance that Avain should hurt him in turn or defeat him in any way will Gawain have the right to complain? Nay for he will not know who's fault it is in ignorance of each other's identity they both drew off and took their distance at this first shock their lances break though they were stout and made of ash not a word to they exchange for if they had stopped to converse their meeting would have been different in that case no blow would have been dealt with lance or sword they would have kissed and embraced each other rather than sought each other's harm for now they attack each other with injurious intent the condition of the swords is not improved there are elements and shields which are dented and split and the edges of the swords are nicked and dull for they strike each other violently not with the flat of the swords but with the edge and they deal such blows with the pommels upon the nose guards and upon the neck forehead and cheeks that they are all marked black and blue where the blood collects beneath the skin and their halberts are so torn and their shields so broken in pieces that neither one escaped without wounds their breath is almost exhausted with the labor of the strike they hammer away at each other so lustily that every highest synth and emerald set in their helmets is crushed and smashed for they give each other such a battering with their pommels upon the helmets that they are quite stunned as they almost beat out each other's brains the eyes in their heads gleam like sparks as they try to square fists and strong nerves and hard bones they strike each other upon the mouth as long as they can grip their swords which are of great service to them in dealing their heavy blows when they had for a long time strain themselves until the helmets were crushed and the halberts meshes were torn apart with the hammering of the swords and the shields were split and cracked they drew apart a little to give their pulse a rest and to catch their breath again however they do not long delay but run at each other again more fiercely than before and all declare that they never saw two more courageous knights this fight between them is no jest but they are in grim earnest they will never be repaid for their merits and desserts the two friends in their bitter struggle heard these words and heard how the people were talking and siling the two sisters but they had no success in placating the elder one and the younger one said she would leave it to the king and would not gainsay him in anything but the elder one was so obstinate that even the queen Guinevere and the knights and the king and the ladies and the townspeople sighed with the younger sister and all joined in beseeching the king to give her a third or fourth part of the land in spite of the elder sister and to separate the two knights who had displayed such bravery for it would be too bad if one should injure the other or deprive him of any honor and the king replied that he would take no hand in making peace for the elder sister is so cruel that she has no desire for it all these words were heard by the two who were attacking each other so bitterly that all were astonished there at for the battle is waged so evenly that it is impossible to judge which has the better and which the worse even the two men themselves who fight and who are purchasing honor with agony are filled with amazement and stand aghast for they are so well matched in their attack that each wonders who it can be that withstands him such bravery they fight so long that the day draws on tonight while their arms grow weary and their bodies soar the hot boiling blood flows from many a spot and trickles down beneath their halberds they are in such distress that it is no wonder they wish to rest they both withdraw to rest themselves each thinking within himself that however long he has had to wait he now at last has met his match for sometime they thus seek repose without daring to resume the fight they feel no further desire to fight because of the night which is growing dark and because of the respect they feel for each other's might these two considerations keep them apart and urge them to keep the peace but before they leave the field they will discover each other's identity and joy and mercy will be established between them End of section 8 This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org A Vain by Chrétienne de Troyes Translated by W.W. Comfort Section 9 My brave and courteous Lord of Vain was the first to speak but his good friend was unable to recognize him by his utterance for he was prevented by his low tone and by his voice which was hoarse, weak and broken for his blood was all stirred up by the blows he had received My Lord, he says the night comes on I think no blame or reproach will attach to us if the night comes between us but I am willing to admit for my own part that I feel great respect and admiration for you and never in my life have I engaged in a battle which has made me smart so much nor did I ever expect to see a knight whose acquaintance I should so yearn to make You know well how to land your blows and how to make good use of them I have never known a knight who was so skilled in dealing blows who was against my will that I have received all the blows you have bestowed upon me today I am stunned by the blows you have struck upon my head Upon my word my Lord Gawain replies you are not so stunned and faint that I am as much so or more and if I should tell you the simple truth I think you would not be loath to hear it for if I have lent you anything of mine you have fully paid me back principle and interest for you are more ready to pay back than I was to accept the payments but however that may be since you wish me to inform you of my name it shall not be kept from you my name is Gawain the son of King Lot as soon as my Lord Gawain heard that he was amazed and sorely troubled angry and grief-stricken he cast upon the ground his bloody sword and broken shield then dismounted from his horse and cried alas what mischance is this through what unhappy ignorance in not recognizing each other have we waged this battle for if I had known who you were I should never have fought with you but upon my word I should have surrendered without a blow how is that my Lord Gawain inquires who are you then I am a vain who love you more than any man in the whole wide world for you have always been fond of me and shown me honor in every court but I wish to make you such amends and do you such honor in this affair that I will confess myself to have been defeated will you do so much for my sake my gentle Lord Gawain asks him surely I should be presumptuous to accept any such amends from you this honor shall never be claimed as mine but it shall be yours to whom I resign it ah fair Sire do not speak so for that could never be I am so wounded and exhausted that I cannot endure more surely you have no cause to be concerned his friendly companion replies but for my part I am defeated and overcome may it not as a compliment for there is no stranger in the world whom I would not say as much rather than receive any more blows thus saying he got down from his horse and they threw their arms about each other's neck kissing each other and each continuing to assert that it is he who is meant to defeat the argument is still in progress when the king and the knights come running up from every side at the sight of their reconciliation they desire to hear how this can be and who these men are who manifest such happiness the king says gentlemen tell us now who it is that is so suddenly brought about this friendship and harmony between you two after the hatred and strife there has been this day then his nephew my lord Gawain thus answers him my lord you shall be informed of the misfortune and mischance which have been the cause of our strife since you have tarried and ordered hear and learn the cause of it it is right to let you know the truth I Gawain who am your nephew did not recognize this companion of mine my lord of Aime until he fortunately by the will of God asked me my name after each had informed the other of his name we recognized each other but not until we had fought it out our struggle already has been long and if we fought yet a little longer it would have fared ill with me for by my head he would have killed me what with his prowess and the evil cause of her who chose me as her champion but I would rather be defeated than killed by a friend in battle then my lord of Aime's blood was stirred as he said to him in reply fair dear Sire so help me God you have no right to say so much but when my lord the king well know in this battle I am surely the one who has been defeated and overcome I am the one no I am thus each cries out and both are so honest and courteous that each allows the victory in the crown to be the other's prize while neither one of them will accept it thus each strives to convince the king and all the people that he has been defeated but when he had listened to them for a while the king terminated the dispute he was well pleased with what he heard and with the sight of them in each other's arms though they had wounded and injured each other in several places my lords he says there is deep affection between you two you give clear evidence of that when each insists there is he who has been defeated now leave it all to me for I think I can arrange it in such a way that it will redound to your honor and everyone will give consent then they both promised him that they would do his will in every particular and the king says that he will decide the quarrel fairly and faithfully where is the damsel he inquires who has ejected her sister from her land and has forcibly and cruelly disinherited her my lord she answers here I am are you there you are on the air to me I saw plainly some time ago that you were disinheriting her but her right shall no longer be denied for you yourself have avowed the truth to me you must now resign her share to her sire she says if I uttered a foolish and thoughtless word you ought not to take me up in it for God's sake sire do not be hard on me you are a king and you ought to guard against wrong and error the king replies that is precisely why I wish to give your sister her rights for I have never defended what is wrong and you have surely heard how your knights and hers have left the matter in my hands I shall not say what is altogether pleasing to you for your injustice is well known in his desire to honor the other each one says that he has been defeated but there is no need to delay further since the matter has been left to me either you will do in all respects what I say without resistance for I shall announce that my nephew has been defeated in the fight that would be the worst thing that could happen to your cause and I shall be sorry to make such a declaration in reality he would not have said it for anything but he spoke thus in order to see if he could frighten her into restoring the heritage to her sister he clearly saw that she never would surrender anything to her for any words of his unless she was influenced by force or fear in fear and apprehension she replied to him fair lord I must now respect your desire though my heart is very loath to yield yet however hard it may go with me I shall do it and my sister shall have what belongs to her I give her your own person as a pledge of her share in my inheritance in order that she may be more assured of it endow her with it then at once the king replies let her receive it from your hands and let her vow fidelity to you do you love her as your vassal and let her love you as her sovereign lady and as her sister thus the king conducts the affair until the damsel takes possession of her land and offers her thanks to him for it then the king asks the valiant and brave knight who was his nephew to allow himself to be disarmed and he requested my lord of aim to lay aside his arms also for now they may well dispense with them then the two vassals lay aside their arms and separate unequal terms and while they are taking off their armor they see the lion running up in search of his master as soon as he catches sight of him he begins to show his joy then you would have seen people draw aside and the boldest among them takes to flight my lord of aim cries out stand still all why do you flee no one is chasing you have no fear that younger lion will do you harm believe me please when I say that he is mine and I am his and we are both companions then it was known of a truth who had heard tell of the adventures of the lion and of his companion that this must be the very man who had killed the wicked giant and my lord Gawain said to him sir companion so help me god you have overwhelmed me with shame this day I did not deserve the service that you did me in killing the giant to save my nephews and my niece I have been thinking about you for some time and I was troubled because it was said that we were acquainted as loving friends I have surely thought much upon the subject but I could not hit upon the truth and had never heard of any night that I had known in any land where I had been who was called the night with the lion while they chatted thus they took their armor off and the lion came with no slow step to the place where his master sat and showed such joy as a dumb beast could then the two knights had to be removed to a sick room in infirmary for they needed a doctor and plaster to cure their wounds King Arthur who loved them well had them both brought before him and summoned the surgeon whose knowledge of surgery was supreme he exercised his art in curing them until he had healed their wounds as well and as quickly as possible when he had cured them both King Arthur who had his heart set fast on love saw clearly that he could not live but that he finally would die unless his lady took pity on him for he was dying for love of her so he thought he would go away from the court alone and would go to fight at the spring that belonged to her where he would cause such a storm of wind and rain that she would be compelled for force to make peace with him otherwise there would be no end and to the rain and wind as soon as my lord of vain felt that he was cured and sound again he departed without the knowledge of anyone but he had with him his lion who never in his life wished to desert him they traveled until they saw the spring and made the rain descend think not that this is a lie of mine when I tell you that the disturbance was so violent that no one could tell the tenth part of it for it seemed as if the whole forest must surely be engulfed the lady fears for her town lest it too will crumble away the walls totter and the tower rocks so that it is on the verge of falling down the bravest church would rather be a captive in Persia than be shut up within those walls the people are so stricken with terror that they curse all their ancestors saying confounded be the man who first constructed a house in this neighborhood that he could not live and first constructed a house in this neighborhood and all those who built this town for in the wide world they could not have found so detestable a spot for a single man is able here to invade and worry and harry us you must take counsel on this matter my lady says lunette you will find no one who will undertake to age you in this time of need unless you seek for him afar in the future we shall never be secure in this town nor dare to pass beyond the walls and gate you know full well that we're summoned to summon together all your knights for this cause the best of them will not dare to step forward if it is true that you have no one to defend your spring you will appear ridiculous and humiliated that we'll redown greatly to your honor if he who has attacked you shall retire without a fight surely you're in a bad predicament and may not devise some other plan to benefit yourself the lady replies do thou who art so wise tell me what plan I can devise and I will follow thy advice indeed lady if I had any plan I should gladly propose it to you for you have great need of a wiser counselor so I shall certainly not dare to intrude and in common with the others I shall endure the rain and wind until the please god I shall see some worthy man appear here in your court will assume the responsibility and burden of the battle but I do not believe that that will happen today and we have not yet seen the worst of your urgent need then the lady replies at once damn so speak now of something else say no more of the people of my household for I cherish no further expectation that the spring and its marvel brim will ever be defended by any of them but if it please god let us hear now what is your opinion and plan for people always say that in time of need one can test his friend my lady if there is anyone who thinks he could find him who slew the giant and defeated the three knights he would do well to go to search for him but so long as he shall incur the enmity, wrath his pleasure of his lady I fancy there is not under heaven any man or woman whom he would follow until he had been assured upon oath that everything possible would be done to appease the hostility which his lady feels for him and which is so bitter that he is dying of the grief and anxiety it causes him and the lady said before you enter upon the quest I am prepared to promise you upon my word and to swear that if you will return to me I will openly and frankly do all I can to bring about his peace of mind then lunette replies to her lady have no fear that you cannot easily affect his reconciliation when once it is your desire to do so but if you do not object I will take your oath before I start I have no objection the lady says like it courtesy lunette procured it once for her a very precious relic and the lady fell upon her knees thus lunette very courteously accepted her upon her oath in administering the oath she forgot nothing which it might be an advantage to insert lady she says now raise your hands I do not wish that the day after tomorrow you should lay any charge upon me for you are not doing anything for me you are acting for your own good if you please now you shall swear that you will exert yourself in the interests of the night with the lion until he recovers his lady's love as completely as he ever possessed it the lady then raised her right hand and said I swear to all that thou has said so help me God and his holy saint that my heart may never fail to do all within my power if I have the strength and ability I will restore to him the love and favor which with his lady he once enjoyed lunette has now done well her work there was nothing which she had desired so much as the object which she has now attained they had already got out for her palfry with an easy pace gladly and in a happy frame of mind lunette mounts and rides away until she finds beneath the pine tree him who she did not expect to find some near at hand indeed she had thought that she would have to seek afar before discovering him as soon as she saw him she recognized him by the lion and coming towards him rapidly she dismounted upon the solid earth and my lord of vain recognized her as soon as he saw her and greeted her as she saluted him with the words sire I am very happy to have found you so near at hand my lord of vain said in reply how is that were you looking for me then yes sire and in all my life I have never felt so glad for I have made my mistress promise if she does not go back upon her word that she will be again your lady as was once the case and that you shall be her lord this truth I make bold to tell my lord of vain was greatly elated at the news he hears and which he had never expected to hear again he could not sufficiently show his gratitude to her who had accomplished this for him he kisses her eyes and then her face saying surely my sweet friend I can never repay you for this service I fear that ability and time will fail me to do you the honor and service which is your doom sire she replies have no concern and let not that thought worry you for you will have an abundance of strength and time to show me and others your good will if I have paid this debt I owed I am entitled to only so much gratitude as the man who borrows another's goods and then discharges the obligation even now I do not consider that I have paid you the debt I owed indeed you have as God sees me more than 500,000 times now when you are ready let us go but have you told her who I am no I have not upon my word she knows you only by the name of the night with the lion thus conversing they went along with the lion following after them until they all three came to the town they said not a word to any man or woman there until they arrived where the lady was and the lady was greatly pleased as soon as she heard that the damsel was ready and that she was bringing with her the lion and the night whom she was very anxious to meet and know and see all clad in his arms my lord of aim fell at her feet upon his knees while lunette who was standing by said to her raise him up lady and apply all your efforts and strength and skill in procuring that peace and pardon which no one in the world except you can secure for him then the lady made him rise and said he may dispose of all my power I shall be very happy if possible to accomplish his wish and his desire surely my lady lunette replied I would not say it if it were not true but all this is even more possible for you than I have said but now I will tell you the whole truth and you shall see you never had and you never will have such a good friend as this gentleman God whose will it is that there should be unending peace and love between you and him has caused me to find him this day so near at hand in order to test the truth of this I have only one thing to say lady dismiss the grudge you bear him for he has no other mistress than you this is your husband my lord of aim the lady trembling at these words replied God save me you have caught me neatly in the trap you will make me love in spite of myself a man who neither loves nor esteems me this is a fine piece of work and a charming way of serving me I would rather endure the winds and the tempests all my life and if it were not a mean and ugly thing to break one's word he would never make his peace reconciled with me this purpose would have always lurked within me as a fire smolders in the ashes but I do not wish to renew it now nor do I care to refer to it since I must be reconciled with him my lord of aim hears and understands that his cause is going well and that he will be peacefully reconciled with her so he says lady one ought to have mercy on the sinner I have had to pay and dearly to pay for my mad act it was madness that made me stay away and I now admit my guilt and sin I have been bold indeed and daring to present myself to you but if you will deign to keep me now I never again shall do you any wrong she replied I will surely consent to that for if I did not do all I could to establish peace between you and me I should be guilty of perjury so if you please I grant your request lady says he so truly as god in this mortal life could not otherwise restore me to happiness so may the holy spirit bless me five hundred times now my lord of aim is reconciled and you may believe that in spite of the trouble he has endured he was never so happy for anything all has turned out well at last for he is beloved and treasured by his lady and she by him his troubles no longer in his mind for he forgets them all and the joy he feels with his precious wife and lunette for her part is happy too all her desires are satisfied when once she had made an enduring peace between my life lord of aim and his sweetheart so dear and elegant thus Kretien concludes his romance of the night with the lion for I never heard any more told of it nor will you ever hear any further particulars unless someone wishes to add some lies end of the vain by Kretien Detroit


I had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since I was very little and what happened to you during prayer? Well, I felt that God removed this disease from my life and that I no longer have pain in my knees and Right now.  Yep. I'm Dana and I'm from Burbank from Burbank I was a problem you were having I just did my knee the other day and I started having pain and Hurt to move in so what happened in prayer? Sorry game really hot and it went away after a few moments. I'm Camille and I'm from Battlegrounds and what was the problem you're having? a couple years ago, I had back surgery for scoliosis and what happened today doing prayer During prayer nothing happened, but then afterwards Like I started moving my lower back because that's where a lot of the pain is and there was nothing right now Just show us with something you couldn't do before I still can't bend very much, but the pain isn't Come on, let us put our hands together for Jesus. She says that there's no more pain My name is Elijah and I'm from Vancouver and what was the problem you're having my back I woke up this morning and it really did hurt and after the prayer pain was gone I'm Zach and Before lately I've been having like a stiff back and During that prayer I feel like God relieved it Yeah, Mike. I'm from Shehalis, Washington under my part of mountain ministries in Kelso, Washington And what did God do for you today? I had pain in the base of my neck and my shoulder and it turns into debilitating headaches, so I mean that's what would have happened next and it was Like there was a heating pad on my neck. It got really warm. It's gone And everything's gone. No more pain. Yeah, it's gone gone Come on. Let us put our hands together for Jesus. My name is Mike. I'm from Hillsborough, Oregon I'm also part of the mountain ministries program. What did God do for you today? So I hurt my back really bad working in a warehouse Fractured and tore a bunch of my muscles and it's constantly has pain Sometimes my wife will have to help me sit up in the morning and stuff out of bed And it's just something I constantly deal with and Stand in there. It's the same thing. It was like a heating pad was put on my back and it's Limber and it's usually so now you're moving your back and there's no more pain No, no more Evelyn from Walla Walla and what did God do for you today? Um, I've been having I used to have kind of problems with my shoulder But lately I had been for some reason waking up the last few mornings feeling just kind of pain in my shoulder and like my elbow My arm just overall felt kind of like just in pain and what did God do for you today? Um, I wasn't even specifically praying for my arm I didn't like think about that but when possible I said to test the area that was hurting I decided to try out my arm and I didn't feel any pain turn Yeah, I'm not from on ministry Sandra stands. I wasn't able to move my foot. It was like really stiff And now I don't know. I'm able to move it Can you move it for us, please? Come on, let us put our hands together for Jesus Christ and tell us what did God do for you Um, my stomach has been hurting for some reason and we went to like the doctors and no one can find anything What was wrong, but we were praying and afterwards. I didn't feel anything. Well, let us put our hands together for Jesus Christ Slavic from Oregon and Had shoulder pain last summer. I popped out my shoulder and Ever since just test problem sleeping shoulder would just randomly pop out and During prayer. I just felt like a tingling and strength in my shoulder and I can move it with no pain My name is Stan. I'm from Clackamas, Oregon So I've been having like weird problems with my knees like when I move them side to side They would crack and it doesn't feel normal and lately has been causing pain But after like the prayer and stuff, I just decided to try to crack them again And they felt normal again.  Let us put our hands together for Jesus Christ My name is Montana Padilla and I'm from Silverton, Oregon, and I had a foot problem I don't know what I did to it, but it hurt really bad, but it doesn't anymore. Thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ My name is Johnny and I'm from Denver and He called out left side the pain on the left side of the head and I had occipital tendonitis and I felt like warmth and it's I'm healed So Alina and I'm from Camus and what God do for you today? I've been struggling with for two years back problems from lifting heavy things and I felt this like heating pad as well on my back and it's still warm So I feel everything like coming together in my back right now. Wow. Let us put our hands together for Jesus Christ I'm Andre from Auburn, Washington. What did God do for you today? I've had lower back pain for many years and I felt God heal me today Come on. Let us put our hands together for Jesus Christ watching this content I hope this was a blessing to you if you're like me and you like to click on things Click on this Subscribe to our channel and the content will come to you every time we post it and remember the best is yet to come


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Member of the European Parliament and member of its ITRE committee. I would also like to thank the chair of ECON Commission, our colleague Jaroslava Pokorna Yermanova, for being with us. The EER awards honors regions and cities with the most convincing, forward-looking entrepreneurial visions and strategies. So Ms. Kutajar, you have the floor for three minutes. Thank you very much, Mr. President, members of the Committee of the Regions, award winners and distinguished guests, it's an honor to be with you here today and it's an honor to be addressing the 156th plenary of the Committee of the Regions, remembering also what the first president of this institution, Jacques Blanc, said in 1994, that a new Europe of the Regions can arise to complement your well-established Europe of States. Having been elected myself at a very young age of 22 in my village's local council of Nadur and Gozo, I realize and appreciate firsthand the importance of not only keeping regions and local communities afloat, but fostering the entrepreneurship necessary to keep them alive and well on the economic but also the social scale. This could not be more relevant than for my own island that I come from, Gozo, which itself is an island of the EU's smallest member state, Malta, and is an island facing double insularity. It draws its economic fabric from the entrepreneurship of SMEs, which face in here and challenges, but also opportunities if properly assisted. This is a reality shared with other disadvantaged regions. A point highlighted in the European Parliament's report on islands and cohesion policy, which I had the pleasure to work upon in the Committee on Regional Development, and if properly assisted, along with our entrepreneurs, we could do and go miles, and therefore that's why these awards are of much importance. Economic dynamism, especially in regions further away from the traditional economic hubs, rely not only on the resilience of firms of all sizes to run their business successfully, but also the drive of regional and local governments to attract, incubate, and retain these firms within the regions. Entrepreneurial regions, like those who have won today's award, work with a positive mindset, not just for survival, but with one that actively seeks to have the region thrive, making the best use of any funds allocated to them. Entrepreneurial regions are indeed creativity regions, which see the knowledge, green and digital economy not as a mere challenge, but also as an opportunity to double down on commitments and make hay while the sun shines. What should set apart any entrepreneurial region, however, should be the creative and effective management of the fruits of their success? It is essential to remember that no race is won until you cross the finish line. And in this case, the finish line must not only be about economic sustainability, but also about the positive spillover or effects on the communities, but also the environmental and social sustainability. These are key principles which I emphasize as negotiator of European Parliament's SME strategy report. After all, Europe's entrepreneurial regions must recognize how supporting municipal services, especially when it comes in fields like education and upskilling, remains the surest long-term investment for any of our unions' regions to prosper. And definitely for our companies and self-entrepreneurs also. My warmest congratulations to the winning regions. And I look forward for further collaboration with all of you. And may I close my remarks in Maltese? My mother tongue. And I am looking forward to collaborate together in our regions and to ensure that we can assist them in the necessary way to reach their fullest potential hand in hand with our entrepreneurs as well. Thank you. Member Jermanova, the floor is yours for two minutes. Thank you very much for giving me the floor, Chair. I don't think I am going to need these two minutes. I will try to be brief. Dear colleagues, dear guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me on behalf of the commission icon to attend this award-giving ceremony. And I'm really happy that one of the awarded regions is a region of my own country, the Czech Republic, namely the South Moravian region. Now, the presence of people who have received awards for these regions shows that this is a great success and it's a great tribute to national and over-national cooperation. And now I would like to send a short message to these regions. This award is going to be a key tool for you at the European level to promote your implementation of your entrepreneurial strategies. I, thereby, congratulate all the regions who have received awards and you can count on us, you can count on support of ECON. Thank you so much. I would now like to invite the four award winners to join us on the podium. Masimiliano Fedriga, Jan Grolisz, Mario Tsozapas, Witold Kozlowski. While they're taking their seats, let me invite you to watch a video. It's my pleasure to introduce the first winner of this year's EER Award, Friuli, Vanessa Giulia region, represented by Mr. Masimiliano Fedriga. The EER Award for its commitment to transform its industrial and productive system centered on human progress and well-being. Congratulations. You have the floor for three minutes. Thank you very much indeed, President. And I'd like to thank the Committee of the Region for, really, have been part of my candidacy and alongside the Italian colleagues. So for a number of years, this is the assembly in which it's not just the state being represented, but the interests of Europe itself. So I'd like to begin with this round of thanks. Underlining the fact that the Friuli, Vanessa Giulia region has invested a great deal in the entrepreneurial infrastructure of our region, but also the European context in which region rests. We are in an area with the port of Trieste, which is very, very important in terms of trade. We are very sustainable. And of course, we look to the south of Europe to us as we look north. Now, we have an agreement with Slovenia and Croatia for the first to Transnational Hydrogen Valley in Europe to foster the transition, the energy transition in a sustainable way. But really, this is a sustainability which must be environmental, social, economic and also technological. We as territories have a great responsibility to work together between European regions and municipalities so that the productive sectors and technological know-how can be shared and guided by Western democracies can indeed be protected from third countries that are not democratic. As we look at the Russian aggression in Ukraine, we see that we need to be able to choose our industrial developments, and that is a responsibility to our citizens in terms of well-being. So today, development of companies and the economy across the territory as part of this unfortunate international situation is not just economic and job opportunities, but also represents a guarantee of freedom which the European institutions and we as representatives of our regions must guarantee to our citizens. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Now I give the floor to Jan Groles, Governor of South Moravia region. It's awarded for their efforts to develop tailored activities supporting entrepreneurs. You have the floor for three minutes. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Chairman, dear guests, dear colleagues. It is a great honor for us, and I think I can say it is no coincidence that we received this award because this is a long journey which started 20 years ago. It was at the time when the Czech Republic was about to join the European Union and we were supported also financially to implement all kinds of projects. And our South Moravian region together with the city of Brno decided to support innovative companies and innovative projects because we had really very good conditions for that. After all, in Brno we have three universities and we also established the Brno Innovation Center, which was also important, which was not only important for our region and for our city, but for all the companies working in this region. The Brno Innovation Center gained a great respect and all big players, all big businesses see this as a very important entity in the region and they enjoy cooperating with it. So it is thanks to this that we also develop all kind of strategies for the future and we try to do as much as possible to ensure people living in our region have good jobs, they can have good living conditions and we can improve not only the business environment in the region, in South Moravia, but also the living conditions in general and I believe we've been quite successful in that and I hope we will continue to do so in the future. So now we can be proud to say we are the only region from the Czech Republic to have been awarded to that, but I hope we are not the last region because I know there are other regions in our country doing a really good job as well. So I hope they can go in our footsteps, they can follow us and I will be very happy to see their success in the future. So once again, thank you all for your support. It is a great honor, it is a great motivation for other activities in the future and I hope that other regions in the Czech Republic and elsewhere who really need this support, both financially and in other ways, will receive it from the European Union and we will try to do our best to inspire them. So thank you very much for your support. It's a great source of positive energy for our future work. And now it's a great pleasure for me to give the floor to my fellow Portuguese-Mario Souza Passage from Villenau de Femalicão, a Minasutra de Inspirality of Femalicão won the award because of its new strategy for promoting entrepreneurship called Femalicão Made In. So dear President, you have the floor for three minutes. Thank you very much. Allow me to thank you very especially Mr. Cordero. I know him well and also compliment the other members of the committee and the representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament, my fellow mares and representatives of European Entrepreneurial Regions 2024. Congratulations to you all for also achieving this award. I'd also of course like to greet all the rest of you, ladies and gentlemen, Villa Nova de Femalicão, receiving the Institution of Entrepreneurial European Region 2024 is the best testament to the economic vitality of our territory and recognition of the merit of our public policies, essentially fostering entrepreneurship. This award honors everybody and the municipality feels bound to praise with the first territory in the northern region of Portugal to be part of the group of European citizens and regions receiving this award. But this prize now awarded is the corollary of decades of work, dedication and perseverance and which has involved several key players, entrepreneurs, workers, local authorities, schools, technology and research centres. This is a great opportunity for us to thank on behalf of our municipality all of the economic agents of our council for helping push forward. It's not a coincidence that we are one of the most exporting regions with third largest exporter region and we also contribute a great deal. In fact, we are the second largest, most of the national trade balance, the second place national level with a surplus of almost one billion euros. We've always been under the national unemployment averages and we really are helping to create jobs, but no programme, however good it may be, can resist stagnation. The world is evolving and territorial dynamics have to keep up with that reality. However, a territory must be ambitious and constantly evolved to help to meet the needs of our entrepreneurs and the territory. The municipal strategy of created in the transition from value production to value creation, which we have been developing, is driving the reconfiguration of familiquant's economic profile and recognises companies that stand out in the areas of sustainability, innovation, social responsibility and by so doing they contribute to competitiveness, wealth generation and the creation of qualified jobs. Thank you very much. Thank you very much indeed to you. It gives me great pleasure to give a special mention to a region for their specific commitment towards Ukraine. The special mention of the EER award goes to Malopolosky region represented by Marshall Witold Koslowski and the reason for the award is its commitment to become a regional hub and centre for fax expertise for Ukrainian businesses and citizens. You have the floor for three minutes. Thank you, President, ladies and gentlemen. It's a huge honour to receive special award for the Malopolosky region. I'd like to thank you on behalf of the authorities of the region and all of its residents. Since 2016, the Malopolosky avoidorship has been included in the elite group of European entrepreneurial regions and in recent years Malopolosky has been developing very quickly. Today it's a strong and modern region. The third Krakow-Malopolosky European Games ended a few days ago and this brought together around 7,000 athletes from all over Europe and they were competing with one another and they will, I'm sure, lead to future developments. These games involved in four Polish regions in the total of 15 cities in 29 disciplines there were no Russian or Belarusian athletes in protest against the war in Ukraine where innocent people are dying. Thanks to the huge help of many countries, many sports federations and associations, athletes from Ukraine who were present and achieved great results were able to prepare for these games. Seventh place in the medals, with a total of 41 medals, they deserve a round of applause. Thank you so much. I'm back to the definition of our strategy and our strategy is guided by this slogan, Responsible Future, which is why we invest in activities to help sustainable development thanks to the strong position of our region that's been built up over the years. We have coped very well with the challenges that Europe has had to face. We have reacted to threats straight after the outbreak of the pandemic. In March 2019, we launched an anti-crisis shield and allocated huge amounts of money to fight COVID-19, mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the regional economy. Since February 2022, we have been in solidarity with the Ukrainian citizens who have come to our region in huge numbers. We have allocated more than 22 million euros to support Ukrainian citizens in various areas, including education and the labour market. The title of the European Entrepreneurial Region, which was obtained by the Moposka Region seven years ago, motivated us a great deal. It's also inspired us and facilitated the exchange of practice and experience. We have a lot of knowledge and experience in implementing EU funds and finding partners for cooperation. We want to share this knowledge and experience with Ukraine and we are ready to be a centre of entrepreneurship for Ukrainian business. There aren't many companies with Ukrainian capital operating in Moposka today. After the outbreak of the war, the number of companies established by Ukrainian citizens since then has increased significantly. This is why we want to create the best conditions for these companies. I'd like to thank all the regions. Thank you very much. Dear colleagues, to conclude our session, we'll have the delivery of the awards right in front of the... Here. And after that, we may consider that the session of this meeting is closed. Let me take this opportunity before the... Go and deliver the awards to thank everybody, the General Secretary at our services staff, your presence here. The special thank to the interpreters for their generosity with the time. And to all of you, and congratulations once more to the winners of EEAWAR. We all proceed now to deliver of the awards and after that the session is closed. Thank you.


انسانوں کی جوتی کامیاب کی ا چaked ساری حدار ہے جو ایک جاننے کی ایک حوالی میں بڑا رہا ہوں ہے کہ انہیں ہم کو سب سے بہت اگر ہم چاہتا ہے کہ انہیں ہمارے میں مجھے دائموں میں جانتا ہے اور انہوں میں اہم ادونوں کے خود مرشت ہوتا ہوں ہوں بہت پر عقبہ ہموں میں اس دیتا ہوں about the regrets of those who chose bad company those who could not save themselves from bad company you know what that means when you identify that the guys you mixing with are not right the battle to stay away from them is so great at times that subhanallah if you were to succeed the reward of it is very high it's not easy your friends call you know where are you come on stop being this stop being that come on we're just going out we're going to enjoy you know that they're doing drugs you know that they're doing alcohol you know that they're clubbing and so on to stay away is not a joke you deserve a medal may Allah سبحانہ و تعالیٰ make it easy for us all and our offspring and every one of the umma of rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم my brothers my sisters imagine Allah says اِن تَخَضْتُ مَعْرُ رَسُولِ سَبِلٰٰٰٰٰٰ on that day the day of judgment when the oppressor would see that he actually became a sinful person because of his companionship and because he moved away from the path of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم he will be chewing his hands he will be chewing his hands in regret saying i should have chosen the path of the messenger اِن تَخیفُ لَا نَنْ خَلِلٰٰٰٰٰ و تِنِلَمْا اَتْتَخِضْفُ لَانا نْخَلِلٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰ۰ٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰٰ ٹوڑیڈوڑیڈ اُپن مِسمِ اُس گا یہاں سے曾 محرز اور اسی درمان نہیں ہم گا اسی درمان نہیں ہم، today is the day of judgement and look at me i am on the wrong side i am with the wrong people because i did not detach myself from this particular guy سبحان اللہ what he did was he drew me towards that which was wrong he stopped me from obeying the commands of allah سبحانہ و تعالہ he never reminded me whenever i was going wrong this is why never feel bad when someone corrects you never someone corrects you listen brother you're not supposed to be doing this sister you're supposed to be doing this and you're not supposed to be doing that don't feel bad that particular statement will come on the day of judgement to bear witness for you or against you you were told allah will say we created a person who walked up to you and who gave you our message and walked away and you reacted by feeling bad سپتنگ at them or speaking harshly to them and so on but that was allah's messenger came to you in the form of a person and the message came to you from that particular person so don't take it lightly if it's a good message listen to it سبحان اللہ we will conclude with number six advocate number six lawyer number six it is the taking of the good people as friends it is to take the righteous people the people of goodness as friends يوم القیامة دیر براثرز and sisters in islam the believers after allah has saved them from the fire and allah allows them to enter جنہ they will realize that some of their friends are missing some of the friends whom they سمجھتے ہوئے maybe they prayed with they fasted with they engaged in Hajj with they did отправa with and in جنہ they are missing and this is a narration at ایمامَ البوخاریom مسلم رہتا أن احمل în his musnad on the authority of حبي صلاح لی بی ساعیل ڈل قدری so they will complain to allah the believers will complaint your up عباداً من عباد نےک rethink ،كانو يصلون معنا و یحضون معنا و یوزکون معنا و فی روائعن ویغزونہ غزوانہ لن را ہم ها ہونہ.


In this video I'm going to show you another workaround to solve this issue with the new dependencies of Saga to use the upslope tool which we need for catchment delineation. In the description of this video you find a link to the GitHub issue which also explains this solution. So we need to find the folder where the Saga descriptive files are stored. So look for the shortcut to the LTR version and open the file location. Then we find this folder with start menu shortcuts and we click right on the one with the LTR version and go to properties to find there the path to executable. Browse to that path, it's in the apps folder and then QGIS LTR, Python, plugins, processing, alks, Saga, description and there you find all the descriptor files. And then it's under TA hydrology, so TA terrain analysis hydrology and then we have the upslope area tool there. And what you need to add there is the pipe symbol and the four. What it does it will point to the correct tool to your hydrology four instead of another version of the two. Save it and open QGIS. Now you'll see you can use the upslope area tool. So let's pick a coordinate of an outlet for which we want to calculate the catchment. Zoom in, click right, copy the coordinate. And then in the upslope tool we add the coordinates and choose the filled DEM and change the method to deterministic D8. And then I can run it, there is the result, if we zoom out we can see the catchment. And the big difference also with the other older version is that we only have the pixels with hundreds, not with zero. So that makes it a little bit easier to create the catchment polygon.


Welcome to all my God ministries. I am your host Anita Morris, and I'm just gonna go into prayer and we are going to talk about Evils that our neighbor or our relatives put upon us and sometimes it can also bring What do you call it judgment upon ourselves? by God when we see our neighbor or we see our Relatives suffering, and then we laugh and mock them. So we're gonna look at the Old Testament of Obadiah And so let's go into prayer Heavenly Father, we thank you We thank you father for the joy of the Lord being our strength. We thank you Lord God that we don't have to gloat or Either celebrate people's misery. That's not what you declare for us. That's not what you desire for us But Lord God we pray for our enemies.  Thank God. Amen I'm gonna read the background of Obadiah and Obadiah It's It's called Historically the background to the book of old Obadiah is the second force migration of Exile from Judah in 587 BC during this time never could desert the commander of charge of Babylonian army had a tap seized and Burned the palace the temple and all major edifices in Jerusalem Judah had been annexed 10 years earlier and 597 BC When Joachim relinquished his throne and was taken to Babylon along with a first wave of Judean royal officials elites priests and other noble skilled workers for Babylonian economic gain So they were farced forced into exile For to enhance the gain of the Babylonian Empire The second displacement of Judeans to Babylon was a further Devastation of a blow to the Basel nation that was already broken. So It devastated them again So a second blow to add it to that painful fracture the Edomites Geographical neighbor and related by blood as the sentence of Esau if you're familiar with Jacob and Esau they were twin brothers one came out Before the other okay, which was Esau the hearing one and Jacob came out second But they were twins at birth and one was favored Above the other line, which was Jacob was favored by his mother the matriarch, but Esau was favored by the father By of course Isaac Okay, so Esau sold his birthrights his lifeline for a morsel of bread and stew for provision for food Okay, and lo and behold that devastated how he would encounter His his way of life Okay, some decisions are consequential sends and which devastates his harmony in his life to sell his birthright for something that's temporary To fulfill a quick hunger instead of having patience in the end So his relative in the book of Obadiah. It's talking about that same nation of descendants of Esau Esau who is showing disdain and striking a really bad blow at their relatives Judah and the Israelites because of Their destruction their exile To the Babylonian so when people are mocking you your relatives are mocking you because you are already Showing some kind of suffering, but they are taking joy in celebrating your suffering During that time that you're suffering that is a evil in God's eyes Okay, and that's what Obadiah is exclaiming and the book of Obadiah of the Old Testament. Okay, so Esau Okay, and the that they cut off the men and women and children fleeing from their lives by handing them over to the Babylonians so the Esau the descendants of Esau, which is the end of idiomites not only Celebrate it their doom and destruction of the Babylonians, but they also Lended and gave out and Cut the men and women and their children who were fleeing for their lives that were seeking refuge and they gave them up just like some people Would attack people trying to cross the borders, but they gave them up to the Babylonians and did not seek to provide Relief and This book of Obadiah the shortest book in the Old Testament speaks volumes about betrayal and the desire for revenge against a neighbor One's own brother Okay, a relative a Neighbor or relatives ill action Becomes a source for a curse According to the psalm 137 7 through 9 the motive of Maldiction against the Edomites has a unique role in the Hebrew Bible and limitations in Ezekiel Joel or Joel Amos Malachi all share this same exact unique role how the Edomites celebrated the suffering of their relatives Okay, instead of praying for them instead of providing relief They harmed them and salted them in and that took another devastating blow It says the atrocious atrocious or atrocious atrocity Actions of one's enemy is understood. However being trapped deceived and plundered by a neighbor or relative is a very different situation it hurts even more the Fact that one neighbor has turned away from another neighbor relative Has turned against relative is seen as something that requires more than the standard reprimand Throughout the 21 verses of Obadiah has 21 verses Issues of betrayal and desire for vengeance cut across the text So do you see where we're at in the context of our society if you see betrayals distrust you're working with somebody or you're a part of our organization and they're just cutthroat You know it's supposed to be uniformity or some kind of cohesive teams and there are Seeking vengeance seeking their doom or Committing malice or just betraying one another and it just cut at the heart and God does not like that It says we know that families and Religious communities Should be amongst the last place that exhibit this betrayal of vengeance patterns Okay, but ironically where neighbors and sisters and brothers gather We witness these traits. It's holiday season. Sometimes you might be among family siblings who? Have this trait of animosity jealousy strife Confusion wickedness going on. Okay, and God is angered by it. Okay, and it says the breeder or who authored this particular Article his name is John J. Han. He is a Korean native. Okay, and he shows that He is of a Korean American descent and a third generation Christian He tells his story his maternal grandmother was one of the first women To be educated by missionaries from the United States For her generation Education was generally only for men and boys She once noted that she was both grateful and embarrassed by To be literate Okay, she grew up in what we now call North Korea After hearing and embracing the gospel. She was baptized Trained and became an itinerant preacher. She went on From village to village sharing the gospel But for her in-laws and others in her immediate community She was betraying the tradition or traditional religions of ancient Korea She was ostracized Ostracized by her own family when her husband died She was seen as the source of his death She was left with nothing except her two children Her escape to the South Korea is A modern-day tale like that of Harriet Tubman The Underground Railroad who was an abolitionist to the Underground Railroad refugees seeking To be freed from slavery She and her children escape by hiding by day and Traveling on foot at night similar stories and African-American tradition native American tradition Korean tradition and even probably you can see in the Jew tradition as well as we read in the Old Testament And also when you see people who are trying to leave atrocities or genocide of such or or Places even now who are seeking refuge in the United States but being blocked and Some people who are relatives such as Mexican to our American Mexican American who have Native land or have family in native Mexico They might be You know mocking each other. I don't know their intimate family or their Situation at home, but God is not pleased when we start mocking that we have the upper hand and they don't but we need to pray and seek out the The benefit for the whole and seek out their best interest Which the Edomites did not do for the Israelites and Furthermore, he continues. He says North Koreans and South Koreans are brothers and sisters however Betrayal in the persistent desire for revenge or the threat of judgment and war is Constantly at bay Both North and South Koreans see themselves as victim and the other as aggressor like Edom Sometimes we see that on the world news North Korea South Korea we just saw recently in a couple of months back that It was a landmark of our historic moment when President and Trump and Was available to see the deep militarized zone comes together North Korea South Korea who Came and brought unit here at that moment and But however, we do know like he mentioned there's always a possible threat of the two Related nations at war with each other with warriors on each side and North ready to Begin pillage and it reads as far as The Obadiah is concerned. He was so much concerned with their relevancy how the Edomites treated Their relatives and neighbor. Okay, so going on to reading and verse one The vision of Obadiah, this is not my vision But this is a vision of the minor prophet Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God Concerning Edom We have heard a report from the the Lord Do you ever receive a report card as children when we receive the report card? We wanted to have all A's all approvals all excellence all A's and B's and we didn't want C's and D's but Imagine this as a report God report card. God is given a nation and God is given a report card For Obadiah to proclaim to the Edomites So here's your report card nation of Edom or say here's your report card nation of such-and-such Okay, it can be whoever to be United States. It can be North Korea could be South Korea could be any nation that's seeking out harm to exploit and to bring harm to another nation for their own benefit and use and to not help and seek out their welfare of Their allies and friends or relatives. Okay, and that's exploitation. Okay, it Says this says the Lord God concerning Edom. We have heard a report from the Lord and a messenger has been sent among the nations Rise up Let us rise against it for battle.  Oh nation though your nest is set among the stars From there I will bring you down says the Lord if thieves came to you if plunder is by night How You have been destroyed. So if they come to you by night, would you not be destroyed? Would they not still only what they wanted? It's a rhetoric. Yes, they will If great gathers came to you would they not leave gleaning?  Oh Timon so that everyone from Mount Esau Will be cut off for the slaughter and Violence done to your brother Jacob So this is why there's the reason reasoning of God. There's the motive for the slaughter And violence done to your brother your relative Jacob You remember Jacob, right?  They take joy as an expression Oh, that's what hit he needs to go through or that's what she needs to go through to humble herself God doesn't need to destroy somebody's goods or take everything they have to humble somebody Okay, that is also to testify of your faith and your actions to show compassion as well It says on the day that you stood aside on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and Foreigners entered his gates and cast locks for Jerusalem you too Were like one of them you were a mocker like the enemies of Jacob But you should not have bloated over your brother on the day of his misfortune You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah of the south on the day of their ruin You should not have boasted on the day of distress You should not have entered the gate of my people as to give them away Okay, on the day of the calamity. You should not have joined and gloating over Judas disaster Okay, and joining forces with gloating over people's disasters You should not have looted his goods as What he said as an enemy come in at the night and you still in all their Spoils or their gleaning's You should not have done that on the day of their calamity of their storm Just like some preachers say weep and may endure for a night for a moment But joy comes in the morning Buy and buy but in the morning and sometimes people think it's a literal sense But sometimes it might be not next week. It might be six years from now But when God has restored you God is also looking at the ones who We're declaring your doom who were inciting your pain who also offered up negative Thoughts and actions and words and heat climate calamity added to your Situation and God said you should not have done that You should not have stood at the crossings to cut off his wreck his his fugitives Who were seeking relief? You should not have handed over his survivors on the day of distress For the day of the Lord is near against all the nations as you have done. It shall be done to you Isn't that something give as You should good measures pressed down shaking over running over shall people give unto your measures It says with the same measure you give That shall be returned to you with the same measures you meet it shall be returned to you So some people say you read what you saw if you're given in a good spirit in of good Compassionate and also are showing out for showing up for justice and to speak truth and to continue to show forth in action Love and grace and providing for the poor and in doing what you need to do and And showing examples how to help and not hinder You're doing the work of a soldier and God's army it says For the day of the Lord is near against all the nations as you have done It shall be done to you your deeds shall return on your own head So you don't have to seek revenge is sometimes people dig a pit for you to fall in and saying well They're gonna just you know, let them phosphor on and but they don't know the faith And you'll walk with God They don't know your fruit and your character that is with God that you're operating in integrity And have an upright spirit to do what is right all the time as a lifestyle and so those persons who are envy and jealousies and Don't want you to get ahead and and seeking in and setting rule blocks in front of you God is declaring said don't worry about that the deeds that they're shown will fall on their own head But as you have drunk on my holy mountain, this is what God is saying to iso The descendants of iso the edomites But as the edomites drunk drunk on my holy mountain all the nations around you Shall drink their shade they shall drink and gulp down It's just like gulping down bitterness and shall be as though they had never been But on mount Zion there shall be those that escape And it shall be holy And the house of jaco Shall take possession of those who dispose them those who dispose them who took them out who who showed Calamity that to them okay Jacob shall possess their land the house of Jacob shall be a fire Okay, amen and the house of joseph a flame that is shining brightly okay And the house of iso a stubble meaning to ruin it is not Driven it is not prevailing but it's to its ruin as a stubble They shall burn them and consume them and there shall be no survivor of the house of iso That's the judgment that god declared in the old testament Of the edomites in the old testament of obadiah For the lord has spoken Those of the negab shall possess mount isa and those of Shepullah the land of phyllis signs And they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of samaria As they started dividing or conquested the land you can see the divisions of land Benjamin shall possess galeag or galeag the exiles of israelites who are in heila shall possess Phoenicia as far as zaraphath And the exiles of jerusalem who are in and seprar Shall possess the towns of nebgat Those who have been saved shall go up to mount zion That means god's holy city All those who are of the faith shall go up to mount zion To rule mount isa So we shall the house of faith shall take possession and to rule the edomites Even in and it says in the kingdom shall be the lords It doesn't belong to anyone the earth is the lords and the fullness thereof and they that dwell therein and that ends obadiah from 1 to verse 21 and god mentions mount zion Those who are saved shall rule Mount isa and the kingdom Shall be the lords so in the end it's the lords and the beginning is the lords Because god is from the beginning from the end from the end from the beginning He declared us to create and bring him praise for his create created Praise so he created us to give him glory Amen and show what the works of the lord. Amen And this verse in obadiah 11 through 14 That brief moment when you should not have done this you should not have entered the gate of my people You should not have gloated over their calamity. You should not have looted their goods From the 11 through 14 of that brief prophecy of obadiah Our powerful evocative of a firsthand account of tragedy 10 times and four verses 10 times 10 times And four verses edam is castigated for their role in the fall of juda and jerusalem Although they didn't bring calamity because it was the Babylonians But they incited they continued to mock them and they continued to gloat over them They continued to to show and loot over their goods and they continued to To stand in the crossing of their fugitive and did not allow their survivors to go free They said It reads tiny edam Does not compare and military might to the Great amount of army of Babylon yet. They are equally culpable responsible Edam is guilty for celebrating the demise of their relative jerusalem or jacob participating in looting the city And preventing judean fugitives from escapement carnage Verse 14 also evokes memories of the immediate aftermath of hurricane katrina When those fleeing from the carnage of the storm were turned back from safety at gunpoint This happened to a united states history Where people were fleeing and they were held Against their own will at gunpoint Someone was blocking for them to go to safety And says you shouldn't have stood at the crossing to cut the fugitives So you know where we are as a nation, you know where we are as people You know where you are in your walk with god to show Mercy to do good And to show justice. That's what god requires of all of us and our individual lives And our corporate lives and our community lives and our nation and throughout the world And may you be a safe haven may i be a safe haven For those who need comfort those who need a word of the lord those who need understanding May you continue to be a blessing And during the season May the meditation of our hearts and the words of our mouth be acceptable and god's sight May we use our hands and our feet Not to prevent people For seeking liberty for seeking advancement to go higher and to get educated and to go further in their holistic lives And let us not be envy And let us not grow weary and doing well this holiday season Bless you and god keep you and be faithful to him because he is faithful to us Because he first loved us we didn't love god first, but he first loved us And that's why we love him To god be all the glory bless you and god's peace be with you Shalom peace be with you. Amen


What's going on guys it's your boy DPJ here today with another destiny video in today's video I'll be showing you guys what's needed in order to obtain the touch of malice this incredible locking scout rifle now the quest for this weapon starts when you find your first calcified fragment on that dreadnought once you have Aries Morn will have a quest for you where you have to find five more of these fragments which are hidden around on that dreadnought this quest I believe triggers the quest for the swords with Lord Shaxx now after finding five fragments I do believe nothing happens with the continuation of the touch of malice quest I think this quest triggers once you have found 15 fragments now these calcified fragments are a major part of this quest to find out which ones you have and don't have I'd suggest using the playlist linked in that video description as the dude these videos in his playlist belong to basically runs through every location of these calcified fragments and I'll also link a reddit post I found which notes all individual fragments and information on them it was these two things I used to help find the ones I had missing now once 15 fragments have been obtained Aries Morn will have a quest for you called hunga pangs this quest requires you to defeat the Taken Centurion at the bottom of the salt mine in the bonkat war 14 once you have done this the next step in this quest involves a raid the quest is called the old hunger which only triggers with Aries Morn once you have loaded into the raid so I suggest you load into the raid back out go see Aries Morn pick up the quest and load back into the raid to continue the quest also fragments needed for the quest are located in the raid so use the links in the video description to locate them otherwise you'll have to run half the raid again just to find these fragments so you have the next quest line when you loaded out of the raid and back in so what's next you have to obtain three different items from the raid the first is called the blade of famine which drops from the war priest you then need the shroud of Ea and Nook which drops from the Death Singers and then you need the ravenous heart which drops from Oryx after acquiring each item Aries Morn then asks you to collect 25 worms for 50 Hadean Flakes and 50 weapon parts now I have a great Hadean Flake farming spot which I'll link in the video description if you guys do need them Hadean Flakes what's not stated in this part of the quest though is you'll need to collect or have collected 30 fragments for this quest to continue once you have done this head back to Aries Morn and the quest continues next you have to do the undying mine strike now what happens here is in the main fight against undying mine once his health is at a certain percentage Morgath the lawkeeper which is a target you need to destroy spawns to the right of the room destroy him to continue the quest you don't have to complete the strike so you can back out after this point another thing you'll have to do which isn't stated in this part of the quest you'll have to find 45 fragments for this quest to continue which is pretty time-consuming trying to figure out which ones you have missing now you can see when you're in orbit on that dreadnought you can see how many fragments out of 50 you have once you have 45 fragments head back to Aries Morn for the final part of this quest here you have to turn to the base on full boss and kill the wizard which will spawn after getting an echo of Oryx's health down to a certain amount I'll suggest getting a few friends to help you here as this can be pretty hard but once you have killed the wizard you can back out and head back to Aries Morn what you have waiting for you is the touch of malice which is this insane looking exotic scout rifle probably the most unique looking weapon in the game to date you can see it offers 310 attack it requires you to be a level 30 to wield it and it has some pretty insane perks the first perk is called the touch of malice the final round of the magazine regenerates and deals bonus damage at the cost of the wielders life force which is a really interesting perk it has eye of the storm the weapon becomes more accurate as your health gets lower and then it has touch of mercy three rapid kills with this weapon will return a portion of the wielders health now looking further into that touch of malice perk basically the last bullet goes on forever but each shot takes down a portion of your health how much you'll see here now in PvE the last bullet deals double the damage but in PvP it deals like more of a 50% increase now with the touch of malice's last bullet on full health you can fire it 32 times before you die on the 33rd but obviously an increase in armor may give you an extra few shots the eye of the storm perk works reasonably well but in my opinion not as great as it should do now the touch of mercy perk is great when you're letting rip on a group of enemies and although it says you need to then three rapid kills it ain't as rapid as you may think now after using the touch of malice for about five hours I think it's a great all-round weapon I'm curious to see how this thing works against Oryx when you're in that aura of immortality and I'm sure to find out next week also as well this weapon is full auto which it doesn't state secret perk confirmed you heard it here first another thing I thought drop in the three items obtained from the raid the blade of famine the shroud of a nook and the ravenous heart if you look closely each is a piece of the touch of malice pretty obvious when you look at it but guys that is it that is how you get the touch of malice if you enjoyed the video if you could leave a like I would appreciate the support subscribe for daily destiny and I'll catch you guys on the next one peace out until next time POST!


They covered all the spectrum of what could have been asked regarding banking supervision, the European supervision, the financial word, what they should do to improve the trust of the citizens in the banks after the crisis. She was really clear and I think it was really enriching and positive, really positive experience. It was really interesting to hear her views, of course her experience and her track record is very, very impressive and to have the first hand view of her views on the very important topics that affect banking throughout Europe is certainly a privilege. I think this is a wonderful manner to exchange views with young people working in banks. Yes, I enjoy a lot. It's very interesting to see these young people entering into a financial career and asking a lot of questions, a lot of very good questions.