The sorceress Queen gathered flowers and herbs and roots; she steeped them in wine and over that potion cast a magic spell, and this was its power: They who drink of it together shall love each other with their every single sense and every thought, but its power will wane after a span of three years. Then she gave it secretly to Iseult’s maid Brangien and charged her to offer it only to King Mark and Iseult on the night of their wedding, after they were alone.
