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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Jn this castel qwene eleyne was,
kyng bannes wyf jn that plas,
and therto the Fairest Lady was sche
that owher was jn ony contre,
and but of ȝong age, the sothe to say,
but xvj ȝer ȝit be that day,
and but lytel whyle wedded was sche
kyng Boors hire soster wedded, sykerle,
a worthy lady jn alle wyse,
as ony man on erthe cowde devyse.
whanne Vlphyn and Bretel comen to trebes,
aftyr kyng Ban they axeden, with-owten les.
they seyden, he was gon to parlement
to his brothyr, kyng Boors, verament.
and whanne they wysten he was not there,
of qwene eleyne they token here leve in fere.
So armed Ryden they forth anon,
For the contre that they scholde by gon
was perylows forto passen by,
as j ȝow Seye, sires, certeynly,
For mysdoeris jn that contre.
and many mo Scholden there be,
nere drede of þe two kynges so ryhte
that on hem don reddure anon with myhte.
For ȝif ony man that they cowden aspye,
And he were taken with felonye,
anon to jewyse he Scholde be do
and ben distroyed for evere mo.
kyng bannes wyf jn that plas,
and therto the Fairest Lady was sche
that owher was jn ony contre,
and but of ȝong age, the sothe to say,
but xvj ȝer ȝit be that day,
and but lytel whyle wedded was sche
kyng Boors hire soster wedded, sykerle,
a worthy lady jn alle wyse,
as ony man on erthe cowde devyse.
whanne Vlphyn and Bretel comen to trebes,
aftyr kyng Ban they axeden, with-owten les.
they seyden, he was gon to parlement
to his brothyr, kyng Boors, verament.
and whanne they wysten he was not there,
of qwene eleyne they token here leve in fere.
So armed Ryden they forth anon,
For the contre that they scholde by gon
was perylows forto passen by,
as j ȝow Seye, sires, certeynly,
For mysdoeris jn that contre.
and many mo Scholden there be,
nere drede of þe two kynges so ryhte
that on hem don reddure anon with myhte.
For ȝif ony man that they cowden aspye,
And he were taken with felonye,
anon to jewyse he Scholde be do
and ben distroyed for evere mo.
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