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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Ãeir Crowne of frau_n_ce þere þey loste.
Arthur takes Than wente Arthour in-to paryse Paris. And toke þe castell_e_ & þe town at hys avyse. 104 Worschuped be god of hys grete grace Glory to God. Ã_a_t þus Èeueþ fortune(:) and worschup to þe Reme; Thanke Èe hym all_e_ þ_a_t beþ on þis place, Say ye a Pater And seyeþ a Pater noster w_y_t_h_out any Beeme. 108 Noster therefore. Pater noster. Artho_ur_ fram paryse went w_y_t_h_ hys Rowte, Arthur conquers And co_n_quered þe Cou_n_tre on euery syde aboute; the countries Angeoy[2] , Peytow, Berry, & Gaskoyne, around, Nauerne, Burgon_e_ | Loreyn & Toreyne; 112 He dau_n_ted þe proude | & hawted þe poure; He dwelt long in Paryss after in honoure; He was drad and loued in cou_n_treis abowte; Heyest & lowest hym Loved & alowte; 116 And vpon an Esto_ur_ tyme sone afterward He fested hys knyght_is_ & Èaf ham gret reward; distributes To hys styward he Èaf Angers & Au_n_geye; them among his To Bedewer hys botyler he Èaf Norma_n_dye; 120 knights, He Èaf to Holdyne flau_n_drys parde; To Borel hys Cosyn, Boloyne þe cyte; And eche man, after þe astat þat he was, He rewarded hem alle, boþe More & lasse, 124 and returns to And Èaf hem reward, boþe lond and Fee, Britain. And turned to Breteyn, to Carlyo_n_e ayhe. [And then Holds a Great Feast.] |
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