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 desponsauit Igerniam. |
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Rex desponsauit Igerniam.
“Y am,” he seide, “wyþouten wyf,“& þou art a sengle woman of lyf;
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Dame Igerne consented þer-to:
“Of no deseite nere wist y;
“Bot of þy weddyng, sire, graunt mersy.”
Þe child scheo conseyued byforn,
When tyme fel, hit was born:
Arthur was þe childes name,
A noble man, of ful gret fame.
A doughter þey hadde,—Anne sche hight,—
Þat gyuen was til a doughti knyght,
Vntil sire Loth of Lonneys;
Hys sone was Wawayn þe Curteys.
Syþen regned Vter ful longe,
& þan fel hym an yuel stronge;
Bedrede doun ful longe he lay,
& languissed so forþ fro day to day.
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