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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Whanne kyng Ban & kyng Boors
herden of merlyne so gret a los,
and merveyllede mochel of his werkyng,
that he knew thinges þat weren comeng,
thanne seyden they to þe messengeris anon,
that syker thens Scholden they not gon,
but hol thre dayes there to abyde;
the messengeris hym thankyd þat tyde.
the kyng comanded disarme hem anon
(For furthere, certeyn, scholden they not gon,
but jn his owne place abyden þere stylle),
and hem vnarmed and esed at wylle.
herden of merlyne so gret a los,
and merveyllede mochel of his werkyng,
that he knew thinges þat weren comeng,
thanne seyden they to þe messengeris anon,
that syker thens Scholden they not gon,
but hol thre dayes there to abyde;
the messengeris hym thankyd þat tyde.
the kyng comanded disarme hem anon
(For furthere, certeyn, scholden they not gon,
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and hem vnarmed and esed at wylle.
whanne that these knyhtes vnarmed were,
thussone there comen the two knyhtes there,
and beheldyn here harneys and here armure,
Where-offen they merveylleden, j ȝow ensure,
how that here scheldis so to-broken were,
and here harneys so forbled was there.
they preyden hem, of gentrye, the sothe to seyne,
that al the trowthe to tellen hem, pleyne.
thanne begonnen they anon, ful vttyrlye,
alle the trowthe to seyn, ful pleynlye,
Of the vij knyhtes, þat weren so bolde,
And How that Hem Asayllen they Wolde.
“But thankyd be god and owre Ladye,
we ben now here jn ȝowre compenye!”
and whanne the tweyne knyhtes herden this,
That of tho Sevene they weren delyuered, j-wys,
thanne of hem maden they gret preysynge,
For they hem knew, with-owten lesynge,
that they weren bothe knyhtes worthy,
and for goode men and trewe, certeynly.
thussone there comen the two knyhtes there,
and beheldyn here harneys and here armure,
Where-offen they merveylleden, j ȝow ensure,
how that here scheldis so to-broken were,
and here harneys so forbled was there.
they preyden hem, of gentrye, the sothe to seyne,
that al the trowthe to tellen hem, pleyne.
thanne begonnen they anon, ful vttyrlye,
alle the trowthe to seyn, ful pleynlye,
Of the vij knyhtes, þat weren so bolde,
And How that Hem Asayllen they Wolde.
“But thankyd be god and owre Ladye,
we ben now here jn ȝowre compenye!”
and whanne the tweyne knyhtes herden this,
That of tho Sevene they weren delyuered, j-wys,
thanne of hem maden they gret preysynge,
For they hem knew, with-owten lesynge,
that they weren bothe knyhtes worthy,
and for goode men and trewe, certeynly.
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