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... seyd if I in strange ryme it turn , To here it many on suld skorne ; For in it ere names fulle selcouthe , That ere not used now in mouthe . And therefore , for the commonalté , That blythely wild listen to me , On light lange I it ...
... seyd if I in strange ryme it turn , To here it many on suld skorne ; For in it ere names fulle selcouthe , That ere not used now in mouthe . And therefore , for the commonalté , That blythely wild listen to me , On light lange I it ...
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... to frende , And Rouland Riis he hight ; To batayl gan he wende , Was wounded in that fight , Full felle : Blaunche Flour the bright , The tale than herd she telle . X. Sche seyd wayleway , When hye herd it was FYTTE FIRST . 15.
... to frende , And Rouland Riis he hight ; To batayl gan he wende , Was wounded in that fight , Full felle : Blaunche Flour the bright , The tale than herd she telle . X. Sche seyd wayleway , When hye herd it was FYTTE FIRST . 15.
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... seyd wayleway , When hye herd it was so ; To her , maistresse sche gan say , That hye was boun to go , To the knight ther he lay , Sche swouned and hir was wo ; So comfort he that may , A knave child got thai tvo , So dere ; And ...
... seyd wayleway , When hye herd it was so ; To her , maistresse sche gan say , That hye was boun to go , To the knight ther he lay , Sche swouned and hir was wo ; So comfort he that may , A knave child got thai tvo , So dere ; And ...
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... go , His owhen wiif al so tite ; And seyd he hadde children to , On hem was his delite , Bi crist . In court men cleped him so Tho tram bifor the trist . 6 XXIV . Douk Morgan was blithe , Tho Rouland Riis 22 SIR TRISTREM .
... go , His owhen wiif al so tite ; And seyd he hadde children to , On hem was his delite , Bi crist . In court men cleped him so Tho tram bifor the trist . 6 XXIV . Douk Morgan was blithe , Tho Rouland Riis 22 SIR TRISTREM .
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... seyd , Of gate nas ther no bade ; As thai best sat and pleyd , Out of haven thai rade ; Upon the se so gray Fram the brimes brade , Gun flete ; Of lod thai were wel glade , And Tristrem sore wepe . XXXIII . His maister than thai fand ...
... seyd , Of gate nas ther no bade ; As thai best sat and pleyd , Out of haven thai rade ; Upon the se so gray Fram the brimes brade , Gun flete ; Of lod thai were wel glade , And Tristrem sore wepe . XXXIII . His maister than thai fand ...
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adventure ancient Anglo-Norman Arthur bard bede Beliagog betwixt bidene bitvene blithe Brengwain called Canados castle chevrefoil chivalry Cornwall court Dairsie death dede dere Douk doun dragon fair forest fragments French FYTTE Ganhardin Gawain gode gret Guenever Gwalzmai harp hath heighe hert hight Hodain Kaherdin King Arthur King Mark knight Lancelot Lancelot du Lac land lede lete leuedi lond lord lover Meriadok metrical romance minstrels Moraunt Morgan never nought oway oyain poem Quath queen quen rede Rhymer Rohant romance of Sir Rouland schal sche schip schuld Scotland Scottish seems seighe seyd Sir Tristrem slain sone sorwe stanza swete Swiche swithe sword tale teld thai thare ther Thomas of Erceldoune Thomas the Rhymer thou thurch tion Tramtris trem trewe Trystan Urgan wald wele wene wife withouten wold wounded yede Ysolt Ysonde
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Page 249 - hunting and hawking, so that -we never read of no gentleman " more that so used himself therein. And as the book saith, " he began good measures of blowing of blasts of venery, and " of chace, and of all manner of vermeins; and all these terms " have we yet of hawking and hunting.
Page 347 - And thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.
Page 307 - and will boldly enter the lists with my accusers; but a layman, a sinner like myself, is not endowed with the gift of miracles. Your piety, most holy prelate, may deserve the interposition of Heaven, and from your hands I will receive the fiery globe, the pledge of my innocence.
Page 318 - Faith, husband, and Ralph says true; for they say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins will come and snatch it from him.
Page 311 - ... and wysely. And she consented to goo with hym to Rome to that serpent, and there to take hyr othe that she was not gylty of that, that he put apon hyr.
Page 260 - is to disembowel the animal, which must be done in a neat and cleanly manner. The dogs are then rewarded with such parts of the entrails as their two-legged associates do not think proper to reserve for their own use. The huntsman also receives his share of the spoil, according to the following rules: — " Whanne the hert is take, ye shal blowe four...
Page 342 - Then anon they heard cracking and crying of thunder, that them thought the place should all to-drive. In the midst of this blast entered a sunbeam more clearer by seven times than ever they saw day, and all they were alighted of the grace of the Holy Ghost. Then began every knight to behold other, and either saw other, by their seeming, fairer than ever they saw afore.
Page xxix - Saxon language was abandoned to the lowest of the people, and while the conquerors only deigned to employ their native French, the mixed language, now called English, only existed as a kind of lingua franca, to conduct the necessary intercourse between the victors and the vanquished. It was not till the reign of Henry III., that this dialect had assumed a shape fit for the purposes of the poet ;* and even then, it is most probable that English poetry, if any such existed, was abandoned to the peasants...
Page xxvii - Gotfried adds, that he sought Thomas's narrative diligently, both in French and Latin books, and at length fortunately discovered it. In another place he appeals to the authority of Thomas concerning the dominions of Raveline (the Roland of Thomas), which he says consisted of Parmenie (Armenie) and of a separate territory held of Duke Morgan, to whom the Scots were then subject.
Page 251 - That champion was entertained in the enchanted castle of a beautiful fairy, who engaged him in a party at chess in a large hall, where flags of black and white marble formed the chequer, and the pieces, consisting of massive statues of gold and silver, moved at the touch of the magic rod held by the player. Sir Gaheret, being defeated, was obliged to remain the fairy's prisoner, but was afterwards liberated by his cousin Gawin, who check-mated the mistress of the enchanted chess-board. A similar...