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... mayden meke . The forest fast than wald he seke , And als the karl of Kaymes kyn , And the wilde bestes with him ; 560 . The tre with briddes thare - opon ; The chapel , the bacyn , and the stone . His thoght wald he tel to no frende ...
... mayden meke . The forest fast than wald he seke , And als the karl of Kaymes kyn , And the wilde bestes with him ; 560 . The tre with briddes thare - opon ; The chapel , the bacyn , and the stone . His thoght wald he tel to no frende ...
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... mayden come to him with that : Sho sayd , How has to farn this day , Sen that i went fro the oway ? Sone sho saw him pale and wan , Sho wist wele what him ayled than ; Sho said , I wote thi hert es set , And sertes i ne sal noght it let ...
... mayden come to him with that : Sho sayd , How has to farn this day , Sen that i went fro the oway ? Sone sho saw him pale and wan , Sho wist wele what him ayled than ; Sho said , I wote thi hert es set , And sertes i ne sal noght it let ...
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... mayden come ogayn with that : Madame , sho said , ye er a barn , Thus may ye sone yowr self forfarn . Sho sayd , chastise thy hert madame , To swilk a lady it es grete shame Thus to wepe , and make slike cry , Think upon thi grete ...
... mayden come ogayn with that : Madame , sho said , ye er a barn , Thus may ye sone yowr self forfarn . Sho sayd , chastise thy hert madame , To swilk a lady it es grete shame Thus to wepe , and make slike cry , Think upon thi grete ...
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... mayden rase , And unto chamber sone sho gase ; Thar sho fyndes the faire lady Hingand hir hevyd ful drerily , In the place whar sho hir left , And ilka dele sho talde hir eft , Als sho had said to hir bifor . 1030 Than said the lady ...
... mayden rase , And unto chamber sone sho gase ; Thar sho fyndes the faire lady Hingand hir hevyd ful drerily , In the place whar sho hir left , And ilka dele sho talde hir eft , Als sho had said to hir bifor . 1030 Than said the lady ...
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... mayden bad , Efter hir cownsail sho sent onane , 1090 And bad thai sold cum sone ilkane . 1100 The maiden redies hyr ful rath , Bilive sho gert syr Ywaine bath , And cled him sethin in gude scarlet , Forord wele and with gold fret , A ...
... mayden bad , Efter hir cownsail sho sent onane , 1090 And bad thai sold cum sone ilkane . 1100 The maiden redies hyr ful rath , Bilive sho gert syr Ywaine bath , And cled him sethin in gude scarlet , Forord wele and with gold fret , A ...
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aither ancient answerd batayl broght century Charlemagne cumand damysel dede English Poetry extant fand fast fayn fayr forto French ful sone ful wele Gawayn geant Geoffrey of Monmouth grete gude hald harp harper hende hert historian ilka juglers kastel King Arthur knight kyng lady ladye language Latin leve lioun lord Lunet lyoun Madame mayden mekil mekyl metrical romances minstrels myght myne nane Nennius never noght Norman obout ogayn opon oway poem poet pray Provençal rede Reliques rhyme Robert of Brunne sal thou Saxon says sene sertayn sertes shelde Sir Gawaine sir Kay sir Ywaine sir Ywayn sister smertly soght sold sone song sorow stede strake sung swilk talde tane thai thair tham thar Tharfor thoght thou ert toke translation unto verse wald Warton wate wele wend Whar wist word yowr
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Page 75 - Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp, When Agrican with all his northern powers Besieged Albracca, as romances tell, The city of Gallaphrone, from thence to win The fairest of her sex Angelica, His daughter, sought by many prowest knights, Both Paynim, and the peers of Charlemain.
Page 74 - I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.
Page 6 - A fable related by a poet, to excite admiration, and inspire virtue, by representing the action of some one hero, favoured by Heaven, who executes a great design, in spite of all the obstacles that oppose him...
Page 74 - Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son, Begirt with British and Armoric knights...
Page 75 - Pleased me, long choosing and beginning late ; Not sedulous by nature to indite Wars, hitherto the only argument Heroic deem'd, chief mastery to dissect With long and tedious havoc...
Page 108 - Cantabanqui upon benches and barrels heads, where they have none other audience then boys or countrey fellowes that passe by them in the streete, or else by blind harpers or such like taverne minstrels that give a fit of mirth for a groat...
Page 108 - ... blind harpers, or such like taverne minstrels that give a fit of mirth for a groat ; and their matter being for the most part stories of old time, as the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of...
Page 62 - Now yielde thee unto mee : Or fighte with mee, or lose thy lande, Noe better termes maye bee, Unlesse thou sweare upon the rood, And promise on thy faye, Here to returne to Tearne-Wadling, Upon the new-yeare's daye : And bringe me worde what thing it is All women moste desyre : This is thy ransome, Arthur, he sayes, He have noe other hyre.
Page 61 - And knelt upon the ground. A boone, a boone, O kinge Arthure, I beg a boone of thee ; Avenge me of a carlish knighte, Who hath shent my love and mee.
Page 4 - ... careful to grub up every petty fragment of the most dull and insipid rhymist, whose merit it was to deform morality, or obscure true history. Should the public encourage the revival of some of those ancient Epic Songs of Chivalry, they would frequently see the rich ore of an Ariosto or a Tasso, though buried it may be among the rubbish and dross of barbarous times.