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

                                
                                  Leue at hire he nom
                                
                                  And in to halle com
                                
                                  Þe knictes ȝyede to table
                                
                                  And horn in to stable
                                  Line 600 
                                
                                  He tok forþ his gode fole [folio 223a:1] 
                                
                                  So blac so eny cole
                                
                                  In armes he him schredde
                                
                                  And hys fole he fedde
                                  Line 604 
                                
                                  Hys fole schok hys brenye
                                
                                  Þat al þe court gan denye
                                
                                  Hys fole gan forþ springe [sc̣þ i nge MS.] 
                                
                                  And horn merie to synge [After horn ị MS.] 
                                  Line 608 
                                
                                  He rod one wile
                                
                                  Wel more þan a mile
                                
                                  He sey a schip rowe
                                
                                  Mid water alby flowe [sarazine] sararine MS.] 
                                  Line 612 
                                
                                  Of out londisse manne
                                
                                  Of sarazine kenne [water] wat MS.] 
                                
                                  Hem askede qwat he hadde
                                
                                  Oþer to londe ladde
                                  Line 616 
                                
                                  A geant him gan by holde
                                
                                  And spek wordes bolde
                                
                                  Þis lond we wile winne
                                
                                  And slen al þat þer ben hinne
                                  Line 620 
                                
                                  Horn gan hys swerd gripe
                                
                                  And on his arm hyt wipe
                                
                                  Þe sarazin so he smot
                                
                                  Þat al hys blod was hot
                                  Line 624 
                                
                                  At þe furste dunte
                                
                                  Hys heued of gan wente
                                
                                  Þo gonnen þo hundes gon
                                
                                  Aȝenes horn alon
                                  Line 628 
                                
                                  He lokede on hys gode ringe
                                
                                  And þoute on reymild þe yenge
                                
                                  He slow þer on haste
                                
                                  An hundred at þe leste
                                  Line 632 
                                
                                  Of þat þer were aryue [þer] þe MS.] 
                                
                                  Fewe he leuede on liue

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Title: King Horn; a Middle-English romance, edited from the manuscripts by Joseph Hall.
Canvas: Page 34
Publication: Oxford,: Clarendon press,; 1901.

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