King Horn; a Middle-English romance, edited from the manuscripts by Joseph Hall.

                                
                                  He his fayror of liue
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                                  Wend out henne bilyue
                                
                                  Þo aylbrous a stounde
                                
                                  On kneus fel to grunde
                                
                                  A leuedy min howe
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                                  Lyþe a litel þrowe
                                
                                  To bringe þe horn to honde
                                
                                  Horn hys fayr and riche
                                
                                  His no man hys liche
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                                  And aylmer þe gode king
                                
                                  Dede him in Mi loking
                                
                                  Ȝyf horn þe were aboute
                                
                                  Wel fore ich me doute
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                                  Þat ye schulden pleye
                                
                                  Bitwen hou one tweye
                                
                                  Þan scholde wit outen oþe
                                
                                  Þe king hus maken wroþe
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                                  For ȝyf me þi tene
                                
                                  My leuedi and my quene
                                
                                  And horn ich wolle feche
                                
                                  Wam so hit euere reche
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                                  Reymyld ȝyf hye cowþe
                                
                                  Gan leyhe wyt hire mouþe
                                
                                  Hye lowe and makede blyþe
                                
                                  Wel was hire swiþe
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                                  Go hye seyde sone
                                
                                  And bring him after none
                                
                                  In a squieres wise
                                
                                  Wan þe king aryse
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                                  He wende forþ to horne [Hẹ ẉẹṇḍẹ fọṛþ MS.] 
                                
                                  Ne wolde sche him werne
                                
                                  He schal mid me bi leue
                                
                                  Til hyt be ner heue [folio 221b:2] 
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                                  Had ich of hym my wille
                                
                                  Ne reche y wat men telle
                                
                                  Aylbrous fram boure wende
                                
                                  Horn in halle he fonde

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Title: King Horn; a Middle-English romance, edited from the manuscripts by Joseph Hall.
Canvas: Page 20
Publication: Oxford,: Clarendon press,; 1901.

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