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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Now Scheweth Forthere this Storye
that from Arthewr the messengeris gonnen hye,
and stuffeden thanne every garnesown,
every good cyte, and every town,
with arblasteris and seriawntis also;
thus merlynes comandement dyde they tho.
For he knew alle tho that trewe were,
lik as this Storye Reporteth here,
For merlyne knew ful wel that compeyne,
that be hem Treson scholde neuere non be.
and whanne they hadden thus j-don,
thanne to hem cam merlyne anon,
and seide they hadden ryht wel j-do.
thanne tolden they to merlyne vnto
how that be the weye assaylled they were,
and hou of vij knyhtes they deliuered hem there,
ek with the two kynges j-spoken also,
and how here londys they hadde deliuered tho
To tweyne barouns of that contre,
and the tokene of the ryng also tolden hee.
that from Arthewr the messengeris gonnen hye,
and stuffeden thanne every garnesown,
every good cyte, and every town,
with arblasteris and seriawntis also;
thus merlynes comandement dyde they tho.
For he knew alle tho that trewe were,
lik as this Storye Reporteth here,
For merlyne knew ful wel that compeyne,
that be hem Treson scholde neuere non be.
and whanne they hadden thus j-don,
thanne to hem cam merlyne anon,
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thanne tolden they to merlyne vnto
how that be the weye assaylled they were,
and hou of vij knyhtes they deliuered hem there,
ek with the two kynges j-spoken also,
and how here londys they hadde deliuered tho
To tweyne barouns of that contre,
and the tokene of the ryng also tolden hee.
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