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He was attired as a minstrel, his viol slung across his breast, a garb which obtained for its possessor free entrance alike into camp and castle, hall and bower, to all parties, to all lands, friendly or hostile, as it might be.— The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History
For the minstrel was singing a sweet and solemn strain, which told of the home-coming of the Greeks from Troy, and of all the disasters which befell them on the way.— Stories from the Odyssey
"Within, a warrior fighteth / like to wild forest boar; Hight the same is Volker, / and a minstrel is also; To pass the demon scatheless / I to fortune's favor owe 2002 Evil sound his melodies, / his strokes of bow are red, Yea, beneath his music / full many a knight lies dead.— The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
This dash of the monk and the minstrel is a sure sign.— Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
However fond my lord and lady were of the ballad, the place of the minstrel was at the lower end of the hall.— The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner

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