This early version of
Sleeping Beauty opens with the death of Sor de Plaser, the
daughter of the emperor of Gint-Senay. She is mourned throughout the empire and entombed in
an impenetrable moated tower. With the help of magic skills learned from Virgil, the enamored
young prince Frayre de Joy manages to reach her, and once inside, the youth exchanges rings
with her, rapes her body, and impregnates her. Through prayer and the help of a parrot, the
girl is magically brought back to life only to discover she has not only lost her virginity,
but she now has an illegitimate son.
— based on a Rachel D. Gibson synopsis
Car una dona ab cors gen
M’a fayt de prets un mandamen,
Qu’una faula tot
prim li rim,
Sens cara rima e mot prim
A lady of noble body
gave me a valuable commission
to rhyme for her a neat fable
without rich rhymes nor subtle words
English