 | The Romance of William of Palerne |  |
Ful manlich on þe morwe were his men greiþed,
of bold mennis bodiesse a ful breme ost.
Gailier greiþed were neuer gomes seie,
of alle maner armure þat to werre longed.
þan passed þe spaynols in-to a faire plaine,
þer as þe breme bataile was on þe day bi-fore.
þere þan founde þei fele of here frendes slayne,
Mo þan fiue hundred of nobul frekes holde.
þe king þan for þat kas was karful in hert,
& moche sorwe was sone for þat siȝt maked.
but þan bad þe king bliue þe bodies take
of alle þe gomes of gode & greiþli hem bere
til þe tentis, til þei miȝt haue tom hem to berie;
& deliuerli in dede was don al his hest.
þe king þan treuli in þre batayles sturne
faire dede sette his folk fast as he miȝt,
In as real aray as rink schold deuise.
þer were in eche bataile of burnes tvo þousand,
armed at alle pointes and auenantli horsed,
In eche eschel stifli set þer þei stonde schold.
now of william & his wiȝes a-non wol i telle.
of bold mennis bodiesse a ful breme ost.
Gailier greiþed were neuer gomes seie,
of alle maner armure þat to werre longed.
þan passed þe spaynols in-to a faire plaine,
þer as þe breme bataile was on þe day bi-fore.
þere þan founde þei fele of here frendes slayne,
Mo þan fiue hundred of nobul frekes holde.
þe king þan for þat kas was karful in hert,
& moche sorwe was sone for þat siȝt maked.
but þan bad þe king bliue þe bodies take
of alle þe gomes of gode & greiþli hem bere
til þe tentis, til þei miȝt haue tom hem to berie;
& deliuerli in dede was don al his hest.
þe king þan treuli in þre batayles sturne
faire dede sette his folk fast as he miȝt,
In as real aray as rink schold deuise.
þer were in eche bataile of burnes tvo þousand,
armed at alle pointes and auenantli horsed,
In eche eschel stifli set þer þei stonde schold.
now of william & his wiȝes a-non wol i telle.
| The Romance of William of Palerne | |