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 tolden the messengeris here tydyng,
how that jt was, jnto the endyng,
and of alle the Stryf that was there
of kyng Arthewr & þe Sevene kynges jn fere;
and of the merveillous Fyr also
that merlyne amonges hem wrowhte tho,
and ek of the grete chevalrye
that þe ȝonge kyng Arthewr dyde, Sykyrlye.
aftyr they tolden hem word and ende
how merlyn cownseyllede, for hem wende
that they scholden comen to kyng Arthewr
and not Jt to letten for non langowr;
where-offen Vlphyn preyde jn haste
answere to haven, er that they paste;
For here tyme was schort therto,
and here nede ful gret also.
thanne answeryd the kynges ageyn,
and seiden that—“gret werre we han, certein,
aȝens kyng clawdas jn this contre,
that mochel noysaunce doth to owre meyne.
and ȝyt emporysched he js jn partye,
But ȝyt we dreden vs now, Sekerlye,
that and we owt of this contre were,
lest he wolde don vs mochel dere.”
thanne seiden the messengeris to hem ageyn:
“That kepten we not, Syres, jn certeyn,
But merlyne sente ȝow forto say:
whiles that ȝe walkyn jn his jornay,
ȝe doren not of non damage drede,
For he wyl ȝow both wyssen and rede.”
how that jt was, jnto the endyng,
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of kyng Arthewr & þe Sevene kynges jn fere;
and of the merveillous Fyr also
that merlyne amonges hem wrowhte tho,
and ek of the grete chevalrye
that þe ȝonge kyng Arthewr dyde, Sykyrlye.
aftyr they tolden hem word and ende
how merlyn cownseyllede, for hem wende
that they scholden comen to kyng Arthewr
and not Jt to letten for non langowr;
where-offen Vlphyn preyde jn haste
answere to haven, er that they paste;
For here tyme was schort therto,
and here nede ful gret also.
thanne answeryd the kynges ageyn,
and seiden that—“gret werre we han, certein,
aȝens kyng clawdas jn this contre,
that mochel noysaunce doth to owre meyne.
and ȝyt emporysched he js jn partye,
But ȝyt we dreden vs now, Sekerlye,
that and we owt of this contre were,
lest he wolde don vs mochel dere.”
thanne seiden the messengeris to hem ageyn:
“That kepten we not, Syres, jn certeyn,
But merlyne sente ȝow forto say:
whiles that ȝe walkyn jn his jornay,
ȝe doren not of non damage drede,
For he wyl ȝow both wyssen and rede.”
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