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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How the Welshmen And seyþ (.) "taw or (.) peyd Sayson brou_n_t"[6]
call the English Whan he ys wroth (;) or ellys drou_n_ke; "stinking Hauyng Mynde of Engystis Men Saxons." Ãat w_y_t_h_ gyle sclow þeyre kyn: 528 At þe place of þe Stonehenge Èut þey þenkeþ for to venge: And þat hyt neuere be so, Seyþ a Pater noster more to. 532 Pater noster. Arthur is Now turne we to oure labo_ur_ preparing to And lat vs speke of Arthour: cross the He cast on herte sone mountains to After þat to go to Rome, 536 Rome, And spak of Passage & hys wey Forth ouer Mou_n_t Ioye. when he hears And sone after vpon an owr of Mordred's He horde of Mordred the treto_ur_ 540 treachery; That hadde all_e_ þis loud on warde-- [Of Mordred's Treachery and Arthur's Return.] Euyll_e_ moot such_e_ fare, and harde. Who may best bygyle a man But such_e_ as he tryst vpon? 544 Ãer ys no man wel nye, y tryste, Ãat can be waar of hadde wyste.-- Mordred þis falss Man Much_e_ sorw þo bygan; 548 |
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