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 |
Rex mysit hic pro Merlyno. |
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Rex mysit hic pro Merlyno.
Þen seyde þe kyng, “hit scholde so be;“Mikel y desire Merlyn to se;
“Of his wysdam woldy here,
“He telleþ wondres on many manere.”
At a welles fer in Walys—
‘Baynes’ hit highte by olde tales—
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“Cum, spek wyþ þe kyng! he sent his sond.”
When he com byfore þe kyng,
He made ioye for his comyng,
& honured hym, for he was wys,
& cherisched him ouer alle oþere of pris;
He praaied hym wel wyþ louely speche,
What scholde bytide, he wolde hym teche.
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