“Mistress Love, you have one merit and no others: Mistress Affection keeps you company. Else would your rule be sadly wanting!”

— Wolfram von Eschenbach, book Parzival

Frou minne, ir habt ein êre,
und wênc decheine mêre.
frou liebe iu gît geselleschaft:
anders wær vil dürkel iwer kraft.
Bk. 6, st. 291, line 15; p. 152.
Parzival

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German knight and poet 1170–1220

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