He strikes ten blows with it on a stone, fearing that it will be taken for spoils and given to a less worthy man. However, the sword will neither notch nor break, and the knight's anxiety mounts. He appeals to Saint Mary, saying "May you never be owned by a man who flees in battle!" (Roland, line 2,309) He is justified in his anxiety, as just two stanzas prior the sword was nearly looted from him while he was in a faint, presumed dead by a straggling Saracen...
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In stanza 174, after realizing that he is unable to shatter the sword, he lies down on his stomach beneath a pine tree, placing Durendal and his oliphant horn beneath his body, turning his head towards the Saracen host. He feels his death upon him and repents his sins. Memories of Charlemagne and France pass through his mind, and he weeps...
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