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.Faramir met Aragorn in the midst of those there assembled, and he knelt, andsaid: 'The last Steward of Gondor begs leave to surrender his office.' And heheld out a white rod; but Aragorn took the rod and gave it back, saying: 'Thatoffice is not ended, and it shall be thine and thy heirs' as long as my lineshall last.Do now thy office!'Then Faramir stood up and spoke in a clear voice: 'Men of Gondor hear now theSteward of this Realm! Behold! one has come to claim the kingship again atlast.Here is Aragorn son of Arathorn, chieftain of the Dúnedain of Arnor,Captain of the Host of the West, bearer of the Star of the North, wielder ofthe Sword Reforged, victorious in battle, whose hands bring healing, theElfstone, Elessar of the line of Valandil, Isildur's son, Elendil's son ofNúmenor.Shall he be king and enter into the City and dwell there?'And all the host and all the people cried _yea_ with one voice.And Ioreth said to her kinswoman: 'This is just a ceremony such as we have inthe City, cousin; for he has already entered, as I was telling you; and he saidto me-' And then again she was obliged to silence, for Faramir spoke again.'Men of Gondor, the loremasters tell that it was the custom of old that theking should receive the crown from his father ere he died; or if that might notbe, that he should go alone and take it from the hands of his father in thetomb where he was laid.But since things must now be done otherwise, using theauthority of the Steward, I have today brought hither from Rath Dínen the crownof Eärnur the last king, whose days passed in the time of our longfathers ofold.'Then the guards stepped forward, and Faramir opened the casket, and he held upan ancient crown.It was shaped like the helms of the Guards of the Citadel,save that it was loftier, and it was all white, and the wings at either sidewere wrought of pearl and silver in the likeness of the wings of a sea-bird,for it was the emblem of kings who came over the Sea; and seven gems of adamantwere set in the circlet, and upon its summit was set a single jewel the lightof which went up like a flame.Then Aragorn took the crown and held it up and said:_Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien.Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!_And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea onthe wings of the wind: 'Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come.In thisplace will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.'Then to the wonder of many Aragorn did not put the crown upon his head, butgave it back to Faramir, and said: 'By the labour and valour of many I havecome into my inheritance.In token of this I would have the Ring-bearer bringthe crown to me, and let Mithrandir set it upon my head, if he will; for he hasbeen the mover of all that has been accomplished, and this is his victory.'Then Frodo came forward and took the crown from Faramir and bore it to Gandalf;and Aragorn knelt, and Gandalf set the White Crown upon his head, and said:'Now come the days of the King, and may they be blessed while the thrones ofthe Valar endure!'But when Aragorn arose all that beheld him gazed in silence, for it seemed tothem that he was revealed to them now for the first time.Tall as the sea-kingsof old, he stood above all that were near; ancient of days he seemed and yet inthe flower of manhood; and wisdom sat upon his brow, and strength and healingwere in his hands, and a light was about him.And then Faramir cried:'Behold the King!'And in that moment all the trumpets were blown, and the King Elessar went forthand came to the barrier, and Húrin of the Keys thrust it back; and amid themusic of harp and of viol and of flute and the singing of clear voices the Kingpassed through the flower-laden streets, and came to the Citadel, and enteredin; and the banner of the Tree and the Stars was unfurled upon the topmosttower, and the reign of King Elessar began, of which many songs have told.In his time the City was made more fair than it had ever been, even in the daysof its first glory; and it was filled with trees and with fountains, and itsgates were wrought of mithril and steel, and its streets were paved with whitemarble; and the Folk of the Mountain laboured in it, and the Folk of the Woodrejoiced to come there; and all was healed and made good, and the houses werefilled with men and women and the laughter of children, and no window was blindnor any courtyard empty; and after the ending of the Third Age of the worldinto the new age it preserved the memory and the glory of the years that weregone.In the days that followed his crowning the King sat on his throne in the Hallof the Kings and pronounced his judgements.And embassies came from many landsand peoples, from the East and the South, and from the borders of Mirkwood, andfrom Dunland in the west.And the King pardoned the Easterlings that had giventhemselves up, and sent them away free, and he made peace with the peoples ofHarad; and the slaves of Mordor he released and gave to them all the landsabout Lake Núrnen to be their own.And there were brought before him many toreceive his praise and reward for their valour; and last the captain of theGuard brought to him Beregond to be judged.And the King said to Beregond: 'Beregond, by your sword blood was spilled inthe Hallows, where that is forbidden.Also you left your post without leave ofLord or of Captain.For these things, of old, death was the penalty.Nowtherefore I must pronounce your doom.'All penalty is remitted for your valour in battle, and still more because allthat you did was for the love of the Lord Faramir.Nonetheless you must leavethe Guard of the Citadel, and you must go forth from the City of MinasTirith.'Then the blood left Beregond's face, and he was stricken to the heart and bowedhis head.But the King said [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]

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