Merlin, a Middle-English metrical version of a French romance by Herry Lovelich ... (AB. 1450 A.D.), edited from the unique ms. 80 in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, with an introduction, notes, and glossaries by Dr. Ernst A. Kock |
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Thus the covenaunt was fenyssched there,
be-twene the kyng and merlyn jn fere.
gret joye maden they jn that cyte
of here kyng so ȝong jn his degre,
that so worthy a man of armes he was,
and therto so hardy jn eche a plas.
so that for joye of that solempnite
the worthy Burgeys of that cyte
a qwyntyn they reryd there besyde
jn a fayr medewe that jlke tyde,
the ȝonge knyhtes to bowrdeyen there
with scheldes hangeng abowten here swere.
this revel lasted Fully viij dayes
with grete feste, as this storye sayes.
be-twene the kyng and merlyn jn fere.
gret joye maden they jn that cyte
of here kyng so ȝong jn his degre,
that so worthy a man of armes he was,
and therto so hardy jn eche a plas.
so that for joye of that solempnite
the worthy Burgeys of that cyte
a qwyntyn they reryd there besyde
jn a fayr medewe that jlke tyde,
the ȝonge knyhtes to bowrdeyen there
with scheldes hangeng abowten here swere.
this revel lasted Fully viij dayes
with grete feste, as this storye sayes.
and whanne the feste was al j-do,
To londone ward the kyng gan go,
there to abyden his parlement,
at halwenmasse to ben holden present.
thanne weren they sent fore everychon
that homage and fewte scholden don.
So þat som partye comen at his sonde,
and som partye hit dyde with-stonde.
thanne sente the kyng to hem ageyn
that they scholden hit amenden, certeyn,
oþer ellis he wolde hym-self ful blyve,
ȝif god þerto hym Sente his lyve.
To londone ward the kyng gan go,
there to abyden his parlement,
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thanne weren they sent fore everychon
that homage and fewte scholden don.
So þat som partye comen at his sonde,
and som partye hit dyde with-stonde.
thanne sente the kyng to hem ageyn
that they scholden hit amenden, certeyn,
oþer ellis he wolde hym-self ful blyve,
ȝif god þerto hym Sente his lyve.
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