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The
Seigneur de Hambye in Normandy heard of this dragon, and set off
to fight him.
Not much is known about the battle, except that the knight attacked
and killed the dragon single-handedly, and cut off its head.
Exhausted and wounded, he lay down to rest,
whilst his squire guarded him. But his squire was disloyal, and
wanted the glory for himself.
He
killed his master and buried the body, before returning to Hambye.
Once there, he told his master's wife that the dragon had killed
the Seigneur, but that he, the squire, had avenged his death and
killed the dragon.
As
well as this, he added that the Seigneur's dying wish was that the
squire should marry his wife.
But
one night, while they lay in bed, the squire cried out in his sleep,
and admitted to killing his master. The lady immediately had him
brought to trial, the squire confessed, and he was sentenced to
death.
The
lady then travelled to Jersey, and in St. Saviour a mound was raised
in memory of the Seigneur - La Hougue de Hambye (Hougue Bie).
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