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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Thanne of th[e] iiij knyhtes jsswed owt tweyne,
here felawes to avengen þere, jn certeyne,
and maden there a ful gret scry,
and seiden that they wolden deyen, trewly,
but that here Felawes avenged were,
er that they pasten ony forthere there.
thanne anon the messengeris tweyne
aȝens hem here hors hedis tornede ageyne.
anon Sire Vlphyn dressid hym ful faste
aȝens his adversarye, er he forthere paste;
and Bretel aȝens the tothyr gan ryde,
So that al fowre metten jn that tyde.
Sire Bretel his felawe th[er]e so smot,
that thorugh the Body the spere hit glot.
and Vlphin his felawe there so mette,
and swich a strok on him he sette,
that hors & man to grownde he bar,
So that his nekke asondir barst ryht thar.
thanne spak Bretel to his felawe:
“Syre, of this Jorne ȝe mown Ben Fawe!
and here to manacen whom that ȝe wylle,
and this passe to kepen, and here lyn stylle,
Therto good leve, Syre, scholen ȝe have,
thys weye to kepen from knyht oþer knaue.”
And at this lowgh Vlphyn welfaste;
thanne forth jn here weye to-gederis they paste.
here felawes to avengen þere, jn certeyne,
and maden there a ful gret scry,
and seiden that they wolden deyen, trewly,
but that here Felawes avenged were,
er that they pasten ony forthere there.
thanne anon the messengeris tweyne
aȝens hem here hors hedis tornede ageyne.
anon Sire Vlphyn dressid hym ful faste
aȝens his adversarye, er he forthere paste;
and Bretel aȝens the tothyr gan ryde,
So that al fowre metten jn that tyde.
Sire Bretel his felawe th[er]e so smot,
that thorugh the Body the spere hit glot.
and Vlphin his felawe there so mette,
and swich a strok on him he sette,
that hors & man to grownde he bar,
So that his nekke asondir barst ryht thar.
thanne spak Bretel to his felawe:
“Syre, of this Jorne ȝe mown Ben Fawe!
and here to manacen whom that ȝe wylle,
and this passe to kepen, and here lyn stylle,
Therto good leve, Syre, scholen ȝe have,
thys weye to kepen from knyht oþer knaue.”
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thanne forth jn here weye to-gederis they paste.
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