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 these tweyne goode men vndirstood this,
that Fortager scholde ben kyng, j-wys,
Thanne knewen they that mater ful Wel,
that be hym this thyng was don echedel.
Anon token they cownceyl betwixen hem two
what with theke chyldren myhten they do.
“Sethen that Fortager oure lord hath do slayn,
So wele he these two children, jn certayn.
For anon as that he kyng Js,
Ful mochel sorwen he wyle werkyn, j-wis.
and we loveden here Fadyr ful wel,
For be hym oure goodes we hadden moche del;
and therfore worthy j-blamed weren we
deseysse to sen be hem Jn ony degre.”
thanne thus token they here cownseyl,
that they thennes wolde flen saunȝ fayl,
and that the children scholde with hem go,
lest that Fortager hem wolde don slo.
“So þat therfore, Siker, avised we be
Forto Fleen jnto a straunge contre,
and towardes wales welen we go,
and ek the children with vs bothe two.”
So that they wenten forth here weye,
thike worthy goode men bothe tweye;
So that jn a cyte dweldyn they thanne
that Boorges was clepid of many a manne;
and there longe j-norsched weren they bothe,
with these goode men, j sey ȝow forsothe.
that Fortager scholde ben kyng, j-wys,
Thanne knewen they that mater ful Wel,
that be hym this thyng was don echedel.
Anon token they cownceyl betwixen hem two
what with theke chyldren myhten they do.
“Sethen that Fortager oure lord hath do slayn,
So wele he these two children, jn certayn.
For anon as that he kyng Js,
Ful mochel sorwen he wyle werkyn, j-wis.
and we loveden here Fadyr ful wel,
For be hym oure goodes we hadden moche del;
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deseysse to sen be hem Jn ony degre.”
thanne thus token they here cownseyl,
that they thennes wolde flen saunȝ fayl,
and that the children scholde with hem go,
lest that Fortager hem wolde don slo.
“So þat therfore, Siker, avised we be
Forto Fleen jnto a straunge contre,
and towardes wales welen we go,
and ek the children with vs bothe two.”
So that they wenten forth here weye,
thike worthy goode men bothe tweye;
So that jn a cyte dweldyn they thanne
that Boorges was clepid of many a manne;
and there longe j-norsched weren they bothe,
with these goode men, j sey ȝow forsothe.
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