While the unhappy lover of the daughter of Hunniades breathed his last
words to the solitary elements, his more fortunate friend received, in
the centre of his scene of triumph, the glorious congratulations of his
emancipated country. The discomfiture of the Turks was complete, and
this overthrow, coupled with their recent defeat in Bulgaria, secured
Christendom from their assaults during the remainder of the reign
of Amurath the Second. Surrounded by his princely allies, and the
chieftains of Epirus, the victorious standards of Christendom, and the
triumphant trophies of the Moslemin, Iskander received from the great
Hunniades the hand of his beautiful daughter. “Thanks to these brave
warriors,” said the hero, “I can now offer to your daughter a safe, an
honourable, and a Christian home.”
“It is to thee, great sir, that Epirus owes its security,” said an
ancient chieftain, addressing Iskander, “its national existence, and
its holy religion. All that we have to do now is to preserve them; nor
indeed do I see that we can more effectually obtain these great objects
than by entreating thee to mount the redeemed throne of thy ancestors.
Therefore I say GOD SAVE ISKANDER, KING OF EPIRUS!”
And all the people shouted and said, “GOD SAVE THE KING! GOD SAVE
ISKANDER, KING OF EPIRUS!”
End of Project Gutenberg’s The Rise of Iskander, by Benjamin Disraeli