The Story of England by Robert Manning of Brunne, A.D. 1338. Edited from mss. at Lambeth Palace and the Inner Temple, by Frederick J. Furnivall |
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De secundo Lacu ibidem. |
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De secundo Lacu ibidem.
Þen seyde Arthur vnto Ohel,“Of þis ne merueilleþ me no del;
“But of an oþer ys selcouþ more,
“& so schaltow seye when þou comes þore:
“Þat lough ys here yn þys contre,
“Cornerd as a cheker quarre;
“Twenty fot of lengþe, as þe brede, es,
“& fyue fot hit haþ of depnes;
“In þe water, atte corners,
“Are fisches inne foure maners:
“Þo þat are y þat o corner,
“Neuer more come þat oþer ner;
“Ne þe fisches alle foure,
“Ne wyþ oþer menge ne voure;
“Ne no partyng ys þem bytwene
“Of erþe ne ston, but water clene,
“Ne oþer þyng þat may bywyte,
“Þat myghte þer mengyng wyþ-sitte;
“I ne wot ȝyf hit be þorow kynde,
“Or craft of clergie, as men may fynde.
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