CODPIECE SWEEPSTAKES

Enter the Seltzerwater464 Sweepstakes to win any codpiece of your choice on ebay.com (costing under $20 including taxes/shipping).

Here is the challenge: name the literary work from which this text was excerpted (from spam):

face and shoulders, and a fierce light was in his eyes. Bard is not lost! he cried. He dived from Esgaroth, when the enemy was slain. I am Bard, of the line of Girion; I am the slayer of the dragon! King Bard! King Bard! they shouted; but the Master ground his chattering teeth. Girion was lord of Dale, not king of Esgaroth, he said. In the

Then send an email to seltzerwater464 at hotmail dot com with your answer, spam-nom de plume, homepage or blog, name and address. The first contestant who answers the question correctly wins.