 | The Romance of William of Palerne |  |
But þanne tidde on a time titly þer-after,
þemperour erded stille in rome at þe ester tide,
& for þat solempne sesoun dede somoun alle þe grete,
of lordes & ladies þat to þat lond partened.
and alle to his comandement comen ful sone,
& derly at þat day wiþ deynteyes were þei serued.
as þei were meriest at mete to menge al þe soþe,
xxx busy burnes barounes ful bolde,
comen in manly message fro þemperour of grece,
& bi kinde of kostant-noble keper was þanne.
þe messageres riȝt realy were arayde, for soþe,
al in glimerand gold greþand to riȝtes,
It were tor for to telle al here atyr riche.
but euer to þemperour alle þei ȝede in-fere,
& kurtesliche vpon here knes þei komsed him grete
Godli fro þemperour of grece & fro his gode sone.
& þemperour ful semly seide to hem þanne,
“he þat made man mest ȝour liues mot saue,
& alle ȝoure clene companie crist ȝif hem ioye
for þe menskfulles[t] messageres þat euer to me come!”
þemperour erded stille in rome at þe ester tide,
& for þat solempne sesoun dede somoun alle þe grete,
of lordes & ladies þat to þat lond partened.
and alle to his comandement comen ful sone,
& derly at þat day wiþ deynteyes were þei serued.
as þei were meriest at mete to menge al þe soþe,
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comen in manly message fro þemperour of grece,
& bi kinde of kostant-noble keper was þanne.
þe messageres riȝt realy were arayde, for soþe,
al in glimerand gold greþand to riȝtes,
It were tor for to telle al here atyr riche.
but euer to þemperour alle þei ȝede in-fere,
& kurtesliche vpon here knes þei komsed him grete
Godli fro þemperour of grece & fro his gode sone.
& þemperour ful semly seide to hem þanne,
“he þat made man mest ȝour liues mot saue,
& alle ȝoure clene companie crist ȝif hem ioye
for þe menskfulles[t] messageres þat euer to me come!”
| The Romance of William of Palerne | |