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"In comparison," I answered, "the grave is garrulous, and a death's-head a chattering magpie; yet I think that your maid, madonna,—" "Beatris is sworn to silence."

From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by Cabell, James Branch

Berte is the legendary mother of Charlemagne in the Epics; Beatris is any Beatrice you choose, for they have all died.

From Avril Being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by Belloc, Hilaire