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The English Charlemagne Romances | ||
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Roulond þat douȝti kniȝt,Was fol hasteliche idiȝt,
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& no lengere he ne abood,
Er þe dai i-don it were,
Þer þei sschollen fiȝten ifere.
Anon als roulond be-heeld,
Otuwel houede in þe feel[d],
Roulond was so egre to fiȝte,
Þat for al þe world he ne miȝte
Abide to riden in at þe ȝate,
Þere otuwel rod in ate,
He þoute þe nekste weie to ride,
& no lengere he nolde a-bide,
He smot his stede wiþ spores briȝte,
& wiþ help of godes miȝte,
Ouer þe water þe stede swam,
& to londe saf he cam.
The English Charlemagne Romances | ||