Elie de Saint Gille

[4] Elie's father, Julien, reproaches him for not having left him to enter the service of Louis the Pious.

Elie promises to avenge him and to go to the aid of the Christian knights (one of whom is William of Orange).

Macabré received Lubien, an elderly Saracen king, who challenges him to a duel for his kingdom and his daughter's hand.

After killing Macabré's son, Elie is forced to take refuge in a tower until king Louis and his company arrive.

They return to France where Elie wishes to marry Rosamund (who has been baptized) but the arch-bishop refuses.

A plot summary, in French, was first given by Paulin Paris in 1852,[5] followed by a shorter one by Gaston Raynaud in 1879.