Title Page : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], THE WORM OUROBOROS BY E. R. EDDISON Illustrations By Keith Henderson London; Jonathan Cope [1922] Scanned , November 2003. J. B. Hare, Redactor. The Text Is In The Public Domain In The United States Because It Was First Published Prior To 1923...
Iv. Conjuring In The Iron Tower : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 58 IV CONJURING IN THE IRON TOWER OF THE HOLD OF CARC, AND OF THE MIDNIGHT PRACTICES OF KING GORICE XII. IN THE ANCIENT CHAMBER, PREPARING DOLE AND DOOM FOR THE LORDS OF DEMONLAND. WHEN the Witches were come aboard of their ship and all stowed...
Dedication : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], To W. G. E. "and to my friends" K. H. "and" G. C. L. M. "I dedicate this book " It is neither allegory nor fable but a Story to be read for its own sake. The proper names I have tried to spell simply. The "e" in Carc is long, like that in Phryne...
Xxvii. The Second Expedition To Impland : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 399 XXVII THE SECOND EXPEDITION TO IMPLAND HOW THE LORD JUSS, NOT TO BE PERSUADED FROM HIS SET PURPOSE, FOUND, WHERE LEAST IT WAS TO BE LOOKED FOR, UPHOLDING IN THAT RESOLVE; AND OF THE SAILING OF THE ARMAMENT TO MUELVA BY WAY OF THE STRAITS...
Xx. King Corinius : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 315 XX KING CORINIUS OF THE ENTRY OF THE LORD CORINIUS INTO OWLSWICK AND HOW HE WAS CROWNED IN SPITFIRE'S SAPPHIRE CHAIR AS VICEROY OF GORICE THE KING AND KING IN DEMONLAND: AND HOW ALL THAT WERE IN OWLSWICK CASTLE DID SO RECEIVE AND ACKNOWLEDGE...
Xxvi. The Battle Of Krothering Side : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 378 XXVI THE BATTLE OF KROTHERING SIDE HOW WORD WAS BROUGHT UNTO THE LORD CORINIUS THAT THE LORDS JUSS AND BRANDOCH DAHA WERE COME AGAIN INTO THE LAND, AND HOW HE RESOLVED TO GIVE THEM BATTLE ON THE SIDE, UNDER ERNGATE END; AND OF THE GRE...
Xxxiii. Queen Sophonisba In Galing : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 493 XXXIII QUEEN SOPHONISBA IN GALING OF THE ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY LORD JUSS IN DEMONLAND TO QUEEN SOPHONISBA, FOSTERLING OF THE GODS, AND OF THAT CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH, BEYOND ALL THE WONDERS FAIR AND LOVELY TO BEHOLD SHOWN HER IN THAT COUNTRY...
Xxx. Tidings Of Melikaphkhaz : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 436 XXX TIDINGS OF MELIKAPHKHAZ OF NEWS BROUGHT UNTO GORICE THE KING IN CARC OUT OF THE SOUTH, WHERE THE LORD LAXUS LYING IN THE STRAITS WITH HIS ARMADA HELD THE FLEET OF DEMONLAND PRISONED IN THE MIDLAND SEA. ON a night of late summer leaning...
Xvi. The Lady Sriva's Embassage : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 259 XVI THE LADY SRIVA'S EMBASSAGE HOW THE DUKE CORSUS THOUGHT IT PROPER TO COMMIT AN ERRAND OF STATE UNTO HIS DAUGHTER: AND HOW SHE PROSPERED THEREIN. SRIVA fared swiftly to her father's closet, and finding her lady mother sewing in her chair...
Xxiii. The Weird Begun Of Ishnain Nemartra : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 342 XXIII THE WEIRD BEGUN OF ISHNAIN NEMARTRA OF THE COUNSEL TAKEN BY THE WITCHES TOUCHING THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR: WHEREAFTER IN THE FIFTH ASSAULT THE CASTLE OF LORD BRANDOCH DAHA WAS MADE A PREY UNTO CORINIUS. Now was little time for debate...
Xviii. The Murther Of Gallandus : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 288 XVIII THE MURTHER OF GALLANDUS BY CORSUS OF THE UPRISING OF THE WARS OF KING GORICE XII. IN DEMONLAND; WHEREIN IS SEEN HOW IN AN OLD MAN OF WAR STIFFNECKEDNESS AND TYRANNY MAY OVERLIVE GOOD GENERALSHIP, AND HOW A GREAT KINGS DISPLEASURE...
Iii. The Red Foliot : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 39 III THE RED FOLIOT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE WITCHES IN THE PALACE OF THE RED FOLIOT; AND OF THE WILES AND SUBTLETIES OF LORD GRO; AND HOW THE WITCHES DEPARTED BY NIGHT OUT OF THE FOLIOT ISLES. THE Red Foliot gat him back into his palace...
Xix. Thremnir's Heugh : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 302 XIX THREMNIR'S HEUGH OF THE LORD SPITFIRE'S BESIEGING OF THE WITCHES IN HIS OWN CASTLE OF OWLSWICK; AND HOW HE DID BATTLE AGAINST CORINIUS UNDER THREMNIR'S HEUGH, AND THE MEN OF WITCHLAND WON THE DAY. Lord Spitfire sat in his pavilion before...
Illustrations : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], ILLUSTRATIONS GORICE XII. IN CARC Frontispiece THE LORDS JUSS, GOLDRY BLUSZCO, SPITFIRE, AND BRANDOCH DAHA 16 IN KOSHTRA BELORN 229 SOLDIERS OF DEMONLAND 393 HIPPOGRIFF IN FLIGHT 421 THE LAST CONJURING IN CARC 484
Xxxi. The Demons Before Carce : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 450 XXXI THE DEMONS BEFORE CARC HOW GORICE THE KING, ALBEIT SO STRONG A SORCERER, ELECTED THAT BY THE SWORD, AND CHIEFLY BY THE LORD CORUND HIS CAPTAIN GENERAL, SHOULD BE DETERMINED AS FOR THIS TIME THE EVENT OF THESE HIGH MATTERS; AND HOW THOSE...
Xxii. Aurwath And The Switchwater : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 329 XXII AURWATH AND THE SWITCHWATER HOW THE LADY MEVRIAN BEHELD FROM KROTHERING WALLS THE WITCHLAND ARMY AND THE CAPTAINS THER: AND OF THE TIDINGS BROUGHT HER THERE OF THE WAR IN THE WEST COUNTRY, OF AURWATH FIELD AND THE GREAT SLAUGHTER...
Xii. Koshtra Pivrarcha : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 191 XII KOSHTRA PIVRARCHA OF THE COMING OF THE LORDS OF DEMONLAND TO MORNA MORUNA, WHENCE THEY BEHELD THE ZIMIAMVIAN MOUNTAINS, SEEN ALSO BY GRO IN YEARS GONE BY; AND OF THE WONDERS SEEN BY THEM AND PERILS UNDERGONE AND DEEDS DONE IN THEIR...
Xi. The Burg Of Eshgrar Ogo : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 172 XI THE BURG OF ESHGRAR OGO OF THE LORD CORUND'S BESIEGING OF THE BURG ABOVE THE LAKES OF OGO MORVEO, AND WHAT BEFELL THERE BETWIXT HIM AND THE DEMONS; WHEREIN IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE HOW THE SUBTLE OF HEART STANDETH AT WHILES IN GREAT DANGER...
Xxi. The Parley Before Krothering : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 322 XXI THE PARLEY BEFORE KROTHERING WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW WARLIKE POLICY AND A PICTURE PAINTED DREW THE WAR WESTWARD: AND HOW THE LORD GRO WENT ON AN EMBASSAGE TO KROTHERING GATES, AND OF THE ANSWER HE GAT THERE. Now it is to be said of Zigg...
Xxix. The Fleet At Muelva : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 432 XXIX THE FLEET AT MUELVA HOW THE LORDS OF DEMONLAND CAME AGAIN TO THEIR SHIPS AT MUELVA, AND THE TIDINGS THEY LEARNED THERE FOR nine days' space the lords of Demonland abode with Queen Sophonisba in Koshtra Belorn and beside the Lake...
Ii. The Wrastling For Demonland : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 24 II THE WRASTLING FOR DEMONLAND OF THE PROGNOSTICKS WHICH TROUBLED LORD GRO CONCERNING THE MEETING BETWEEN THE KING OF WITCHLAND AND THE LORD GOLDRY BLUSZCO; AND HOW THEY MET, AND OF THE ISSUE OF THAT WRASTLING. "How could I have fallen...
Thomas The Rhymer : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], GORICE XII. IN CARC TRUE Thomas lay on Huntlie bank, A ferlie he spied wi his ee; And there he saw a Lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her skirt was o the grass-green silk, Her mantle o the velvet fyne, At ilka tett of her horse's...
Argument. With Dates : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 513 ARGUMENT: WITH DATES [Dates "Anno Carces Conditae". The action of the story covers exactly four years; from the 22nd April 399 to 22nd April 403 A.C.C.] Year A.C.C. 171. Queen Sophonisba born in Morna Moruna. 187. Gorice III. eat up with...
Xv. Queen Prezmyra : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 247 XV QUEEN PREZMYRA HOW THE LADY PREZMYRA DISCOVERED TO LORD GRO WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT FOR DEMONLAND, IN WHICH SHOULD ALSO APPEAR HER LORD'S YET MORE GREATNESS AND ADVANCEMENT: AND HOW HER TOO LOUD SPEAKING OF HER PURPOSE W...
Viii. The First Expedition To Impland : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 125 VIII THE FIRST EXPEDITION TO IMPLAND OF THE HOME-COMING OF THE DEMONS, AND HOW LORD JUSS WAS TAUGHT IN A DREAM WHITHER HE MUST SEEK FOR TIDINGS OF HIS DEAR BROTHER. AND HOW THEY TOOK COUNSEL AT KROTHERING, AND DETERMINED OF THEIR EXPEDITI...
Xxxii. The Latter End Of All The Lords : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 474 XXXII THE LATTER END OF ALL THE LORDS OF WITCHLAND OF THE COUNCIL OF WAR; AND HOW THE LORD CORSUS, BEING REJECTED OF THE KING, TURNED HIS THOUGHTS TO OTHER THINGS; AND OF THE LAST CONJURING THAT WAS IN CARC AND THE LAST WINE-BIBBING; AND HOW...
Xvii. The King Flies His Haggard : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 274 XVII THE KING FLIES HIS HAGGARD HOW THE LADY PREZMYRA CAME TO THE KING ON AN ERRAND OF STATE, AND HOW SHE PROSPERED THEREIN: WHEREIN IS ALSO SEEN WHY THE KING WOULD SEND THE DUKE CORSUS INTO DEMONLAND; AND HOW ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY...
Xxiv. A King In Krothering : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 349 XXIV A KING IN KROTHERING HOW THE LORD CORINIUS WOULD TAKE UNTO HIMSELF A QUEEN IN DEMONLAND, AND MADE HIM A BRIDAL FEAST THERETO: WHEREIN IS A NOTABLE INSTANCE HOW UNTO THEM WHICH THE GODS DO LOVE HELPERS ARE RAISED UP AND COMFORTERS EVEN...
The Induction : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 1 THE INDUCTION THERE was a man named Lessingham dwelt in an old low house in Wastdale, set in a gray old garden where yew-trees flourished that had seen Vikings in Copeland in their seedling time. Lily and rose and larkspur bloomed...
Vii. Guests Of The King In Carce : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 94 VII GUESTS OF THE KING IN CARC OF THE TWO BANQUET HALLS THAT WERE IN CARC, THE OLD AND THE NEW, AND OF THE ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY KING GORICE XII. IN THE ONE HALL TO LORD JUSS AND LORD BRANDOCH DAHA AND IN THE OTHER TO THE PRINCE LA FIREEZ;...
Xxv. Lord Gro And The Lady Mevrian : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 364 XXV LORD GRO AND THE LADY MEVRIAN HOW THE LORD GRO, CONDUCTED BY A STRANGE ENAMOURMENT WITH LOST CAUSES, FARED WITH NONE SAVE THIS TO BE HIS GUIDE INTO THE REGIONS OF NEVERDALE, AND THERE BEHELD WONDERS, AND TASTED AGAIN FOR A SE...
Ix. Salapanta Hills : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 143 IX SALAPANTA HILLS OF THE LANDING OF LORD JUSS AND HIS COMPANIONS IN OUTER IMPLAND AND THEIR MEETING WITH ZELDORNIUS, HELTERANIUS, AND JALCANAIUS FOSTUS; AND OF THE TIDINGS TOLD BY MIVARSH, AND THE DEALINGS OF THE THREE GREAT CAPTAINS...
I. The Castle Of Lord Juss : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 7 I. THE CASTLE OF LORD JUSS OF THE RARITIES THAT WERE IN THE LOFTY PRESENCE CHAMBER FAIR AND LOVELY TO BEHOLD, AND OF THE QUALITIES AND CONDITIONS OF THE LORDS OF DEMONLAND: AND OF THE EMBASSY SENT UNTO THEM BY KING GORICE XI., ...
Xiv. The Lake Of Ravary : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 237 XIV THE LAKE OF RAVARY OF THE FURTHERANCE GIVEN BY QUEEN SOPHONISBA, FOSTERLING OF THE GODS, TO LORD JUSS AND LORD BRANDOCH DAHA; WITH HOW THE HIPPOGRIFF'S EGG WAS HATCHED BESIDE THE ENCHANTED LAKE, AND WHAT ENSUED THEREFROM. Next day...
Bibliographical Note On The Verses : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 519 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE VERSES CHAP. III. The Funeral dirge on King Gorice XI. William Dunbar (late 15th century) "Lament for the Makaris: quhen he wes seik." " Lampoon on Gro Epigram in memory of William Parrie, "a capital traitor,"...
Xxviii. Zora Rach Nam Psarrion : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 417 XXVIII ZORA RACH NAM PSARRION OF THE LORD JUSS'S RIDING OF THE HIPPOGRIFF TO ZORA RACH, AND OF THE ILLS ENCOUNTERED BY HIM IN THAT ACCURSED PLACE, AND THE MANNER OF HIS PERFORMING HIS GREAT ENTERPRISE TO DELIVER HIS BROTHER OUT OF BONDAGE...
X. The Marchlands Of The Moruna : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 163 X THE MARCHLANDS OF THE MORUNA OF THE JOURNEY OF THE DEMONS FROM SALAPANTA TO ESHGRAR OGO: WHEREIN IS SET DOWN CONCERNING THE LADY OF ISHNAIN NEMARTRA, AND OTHER NOTABLE MATTERS. Mivarsh Faz came betimes on the morrow to the lords...
Vi. The Claws Of Witchland : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 86 VI THE CLAWS OF WITCHLAND OF KING GASLARK'S LEADING IN THE ATTEMPT ON CARC IN THE DARK, AND HOW HE PROSPERED THEREIN, AND OF THE GREAT STAND OF LORD JUSS AND LORD BRANDOCH DAHA. ON the evening of the third day, whenas they drew near to with...
Xiii. Koshtra Belorn : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 221 XIII KOSHTRA BELORN HOW THE LORD JUSS ACCOMPLISHED AT LENGTH HIS DREAM'S BEHEST, TO INQUIRE IN KOSHTRA BELORN; AND WHAT MANNER OF ANSWER HE RECEIVED. THAT night they spent safely, by favour of the Gods, under the highest crags of Koshtr...
V. King Gorice's Sending : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. 77 V KING GORICE'S SENDING OF KING GASLARK, AND OF THE COMING OF THE SENDING UPON THE DEMONS ON THE HIGH SEAS; WITH HOW THE LORD JUSS BY THE EGGING ON OF HIS COMPANIONS WAS PERSUADED TO AN UNADVISED RASHNESS. THE next morning following th...
Introduction : * "The Worm Ouroboros", by E. R. Eddison, [1922], p. xix INTRODUCTION THE Worm Ouroboros, no worm, but the Serpent itself, is a wonderful book. As a story or as prose it is wonderful, and, there being a cause for every effect, the reason for writing it should be as marvellous again. Shelley had...
