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Arthur - A Short Sketch of His Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century by Unknown
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All_e_ þis mayne were nat al-oone;
W_y_t_h_ ham com many a Goome. 184
Þis feste dured dayes þre
In reuell_e_ & sole_m_pnite.
and many from Of by ȝonde þe See also
beyond the sea. Many lordez[?] were þere þo. 188
Now resteþ alle wyþ Me,
And say a Pater & Ave.

Pater noster.

The þrydde day folowyng
The_n_ coom nywe tydynge, 192
Þe whyle þey sete at þe Mete
To the feasters Messagers were In ylete;
came messengers Well_e_ arayd forsoþe þey come,
from the & send fram cite of Rome 196

[Lucius's Message to Arthur.]

Roman Emperor, Wyþ l_ett_res of þe Emp_er_oures
_luci_us. Whas name was Lucies.
Þes l_ett_res were opened & vnfold,
And þe tydyng_e_ to alle men told, 200
Whas sentence, yf y ne lye,
Was after þ_a_t y can aspye:
L_ite_ra Lucii ¶ Luci_u_s þe grete Emp_er_our
i_m_p_er_at_oris_. To hys Enemy Arthour:-- 204
We woundereþ of þi wodeness
And also of þy Madnesse!
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