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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and whanne that this water owt was past,
thanne bothe tho stones Syen they jn hast,
whiche vppon the dragowns weren there
as that they lyen bothe Jn fere.
thanne axede Fortager of merlyne anon
how thyke stones a-wey myhte ben don.
“ȝis, ȝis,” quod merlyne, “that Schal be do,
and non man to harmen the worth of a slo.
For they scholen meven nevere a del,
Tyl that ech other may Felen Ryht wel;
and thanne to-gederis Scholen they fyhte,
Til the ton moste deyen be Ryhte.”
thanne bothe tho stones Syen they jn hast,
whiche vppon the dragowns weren there
as that they lyen bothe Jn fere.
thanne axede Fortager of merlyne anon
how thyke stones a-wey myhte ben don.
“ȝis, ȝis,” quod merlyne, “that Schal be do,
and non man to harmen the worth of a slo.
For they scholen meven nevere a del,
Tyl that ech other may Felen Ryht wel;
and thanne to-gederis Scholen they fyhte,
Til the ton moste deyen be Ryhte.”
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