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 Blayse anon, so god me save,
dide ordeynen alle thinges him Nedid to have;
and whanne that al thing redy was,
thanne cam merlyn jnto that plas,
and anon be-gan him telle
of cristes deth, how it befelle,
also of Josepe of armathye,
how of hym it happede, trewelye,
and of Aleyn, and of Perown also,
& of his compenye, how they departid tho.
and thus endyd he of josepe there
& of al his Feleschepe also jn fere,
and gan to tellen hym furthere more
of þe parlement of þe develis thore,
and how thei conseylled hem be-twen
that a child jn the erthe jbore schold ben
that here wyt scholde haue & ek memorye,
the peple to deceyven ful falslye.
“and be my modir thou hast herd telle
how hire deceyveden the fendis so felle,
but be here owne fals folye
They han me lost, As J the seye.”
dide ordeynen alle thinges him Nedid to have;
and whanne that al thing redy was,
thanne cam merlyn jnto that plas,
and anon be-gan him telle
of cristes deth, how it befelle,
also of Josepe of armathye,
how of hym it happede, trewelye,
and of Aleyn, and of Perown also,
& of his compenye, how they departid tho.
and thus endyd he of josepe there
& of al his Feleschepe also jn fere,
and gan to tellen hym furthere more
of þe parlement of þe develis thore,
and how thei conseylled hem be-twen
that a child jn the erthe jbore schold ben
that here wyt scholde haue & ek memorye,
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“and be my modir thou hast herd telle
how hire deceyveden the fendis so felle,
but be here owne fals folye
They han me lost, As J the seye.”
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