Ipomedon in drei englischen bearbeitungen / hrsg. von Eugen Kölbing.

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Hue, de Rotelande, active 1170-1190.

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Breslau,: W. Koebner,

1889.

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Page [unnumbered]

THE LYFE OF IPOMYDON, [f. 54a.]

Mekely, lordyngis gentyll and fre,Line B-1 
Lystene a while and herken to me:Line B-2 
I shall you telle of a kynge,Line B-3 
A dowghty man, with owte lesynge;Line B-4 
In his tyme he was full bolde, Line B-5 
A worthy man and wele of tolde;Line B-6 
Feyre he was on fote and handLine B-7 
And wele belouyd in all that lande;Line B-8 
Off body he was styffe & stronge,Line B-9 
And to no man he wold do wronge. Line B-10 
Of Poyle-lond lord was he,Line B-11 
Gold and syluer he had plente,Line B-12 
Hye and low louyd hym alle,Line B-13 
Moche honoure to hym was falle.Line B-14 
Hys name was kynge Ermones, Line B-15 
He hated wronge & louyd pees.Line B-16 
His quene was bothe bryght and shene;Line B-17 
Moche goodnesse was hem bytwene.Line B-18 
To god they preyd after an eyre:Line B-19 
He sent theym one, bothe good & feyre; Line B-20 
Feyre he was of flesshe and blode,Line B-21 
They thangkyd god with myld mode;Line B-22 
 [23 thanne ms.] To chyrche they bare the chyld thonne Line B-23 
Line B-24 

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And crystenyd hym Ipomydon;Line B-24 
Till a noryce they dyd hym take Line B-25 
And for þat chyld grete joy they make;Line B-26 
 [27 toke they] om. ms. to] danach ȝme ȝm, durchgestr. ] Many ladyes toke they, hym to ȝeme,Line B-27 
That serued all þat chyld to queme.Line B-28 
The childe was feyre and waxe with allLine B-29 
And playd in chamber & in halle; Line B-30 
The kynge of hym had joy plente:Line B-31 
A feyrer child myght no man see.Line B-32 
He lette calle a knyght full trew,Line B-33 
That namyd was syr Tholomew;  [f. 54b.]  Line B-34 
He was a knyght of grete pouste Line B-35 
And well bylouyd in that contreLine B-36 
 [37 &] danach eke, mit dunklerer tinte ü. d. z. nachgetr. ] Bothe of more & of lesse,Line B-37 
 [38 fol.] danach no, ausgestr. ] For hym folowyd all goodnesse;Line B-38 
Curteyse he was and hend of mouthe,Line B-39 
Of norture, iwys, myche he couthe, Line B-40 
That lordys vsyd in there halleLine B-41 
And ladyes in chamber, grete & smalle.Line B-42 
 [43 kynge mit d. t. am vorderen rande angefügt. ] Hermones sayd in his manere:Line B-43 
"I haue a sonne, þat me ys dere,Line B-44 
That shall be eyre of all my lande: Line B-45 
I wille, ye haue hym to vndyrstandLine B-46 
And to teche hym in all manere,Line B-47 
Lyke as he thyne owne were!"Line B-48 
"Sir," quod þis knyght myld of speche,Line B-49 
"Wold god, I cowthe your sonne teche Line B-50 
Thyng, that myght torne hym to prow!"Line B-51 
Ipomydon resseyueth he now;Line B-52 
Tholomew, a clerke he toke,Line B-53 
That taught the child vppon þe bokeLine B-54 
Bothe to synge and to rede, Line B-55 
And after he taught hym other dede,Line B-56 
Aftirward to serve in halleLine B-57 
Bothe to grete and to smalle,Line B-58 
Before the kyng mete to kerve,Line B-59 
 [60 feyre] danach a, ausgestr. ] Hye and low feyre to serve, Line B-60 
 [61 haukis] u mit d. t. in w verwandelt.] Bothe of howndis & haukis game; Line B-61 
Line B-62 

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Aftir he taught hym all & sameLine B-62 
In se, in feld and eke in ryuere,Line B-63 
In wodde to chase the wild dereLine B-64 
And in the feld to ryde a stede, Line B-65 
That all men had joy of his dede.Line B-66 
All þat lond of hym spake good,Line B-67 
For he was so myld of mode,Line B-68 
Hende he was, curteyse & fre,Line B-69 
A godelyer man myght no man see;  [f. 55a.]  Line B-70 
They preysed hym, bothe more & lesse,Line B-71 
Bothe man & woman, as I gesse;Line B-72 
All lovyd hym, þat were hym by,Line B-73 
For he bare hym so curtessely.Line B-74 
Now is he waxen a goodly man, Line B-75 
To all godnesse he yaff hym than;Line B-76 
He ys a myghty man for the nonysLine B-77 
And wele ishape with grete bonys.Line B-78 
In all that contre was there none,Line B-79 
To hym myght cast þe tre ne stone. Line B-80 
The kyng of hym grete joy had,Line B-81 
For all folke of hym were glad.Line B-82 
Every yere the kyng woldLine B-83 
At whytsontyde a fest hold;Line B-84 
 [85 barons ms. ] Off dukis, erlis and barouns Line B-85 
Many there come frome dyuers townes;Line B-86 
Ladyes, maydens, gentill & fre,Line B-87 
Come thedyr frome ferre contre,Line B-88 
And grete lordis of ferre londLine B-89 
Thedyr were prayd byfore the hand. Line B-90 
When all were come to gedyr than,Line B-91 
There was joy of many a man;Line B-92 
 [93 hyr] mit d. t. ausgestr. und theyr übergeschr.] Full riche, I wote, were hyr seruice,Line B-93 
For better myght no man devyse.Line B-94 
Ipomydon þat day servyd in halle, Line B-95 
All spake of hym, bothe grete & smalle,Line B-96 
Ladies & maydens byheld hym on:Line B-97 
So godely a man they had sene none;Line B-98 
His feyre chere in halle theym smert, Line B-99 
Line B-100 

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That many a lady smote throw the hert, Line B-100 
And in there hertis they made mone,Line B-101 
That there lordis ne were suche one.Line B-102 
Aftyr mete they went to pley,Line B-103 
All the peple, as I you sey,Line B-104 
Somme to chambre and som to boure  [f. 55b.]  Line B-105 
And somme to the hye towre,Line B-106 
And somme in the halle stodeLine B-107 
And spake, what hem thought gode.Line B-108 
Men, that were of that cyte,Line B-109 
Enquered of men of other contre, Line B-110 
Of Calabre-lond who was kynge,Line B-111 
 [112 som] danach asked, unterpunktet. his ms. ] And som answerd to this askynge:Line B-112 
"He ys dede sythe many a day,Line B-113 
 [114 hynde] y corr. aus e.] And by hynde he lefte a feyre may,Line B-114 
That ys his doughter & his eyre: Line B-115 
In all þat lond is non so feyre,Line B-116 
And so sayne all, þat hyr do see,Line B-117 
She is þe feyreste, þat may bee:Line B-118 
For, thoughe a man wold all þis dayLine B-119 
Hyr beaute discryve, he coude not sey Line B-120 
All hyr worshyp ne hyr porture;Line B-121 
She is a lady of grete honoure;Line B-122 
In all þis world is non so wyse,Line B-123 
That hir goodnesse kan devyse;Line B-124 
Kynges and dukes comethe, hyr to seke, Line B-125 
And so done emperoures ekeLine B-126 
And wold haue þat mayde to wyfe,Line B-127 
But she will non, þat is on lyffe,Line B-128 
But he doughtyeste be of hande,Line B-129 
That suche on is non lyvande." Line B-130 
This word sprange wyde with allLine B-131 
Bothe in chambre & in halleLine B-132 
Of the eyre of Calabre, þat feyre may.Line B-133 
Ipomydon, he herkenyd ay:Line B-134 
Bothe in chambre and in boure Line B-135 
Men spake þat lady grete honowre;Line B-136 
There was none, þat speke couthe,Line B-137 
But they the lady had in mouthe. Line B-138 

B-139

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 [139 Ip.] Der für die grosse initiale freigelassene raum ist nicht ausgefüllt, I später klein hinzugefügt.] Ipomydon drew hym nye thoLine B-139 
And ofte he herkenyd to & fro; Line B-140 
When he herd of hir so speke,Line B-141 
Hym thought, his herte wold tobreke,  [fo. 56a.]  Line B-142 
But if he myght se þat mayde,Line B-143 
To wete, if she were, as they seyde;Line B-144 
Off hyr he had suche a thoght, Line B-145 
That in mornyng he was broght,Line B-146 
And so he mornythe nyght & day,Line B-147 
But yit to no man wold he sey.Line B-148 
By than come forthe syr Tholomew,Line B-149 
That was hys master good and trewe: Line B-150 
"Gode syr," he sayd, "for charyte,Line B-151 
Telle me, who hathe grevyd the,Line B-152 
And why thou makyst þis mornynge:Line B-153 
I swere by Jesu, heuyn kynge,Line B-154 
He shall abye on somme manere, Line B-155 
But if it be thy fader dere!"Line B-156 
"Nay, master," he sayd, "not soo!Line B-157 
I shalle you telle, or that I go;Line B-158 
But if I haue the helpe of the,Line B-159 
Joye thou getest neuyr of me, Line B-160 
For now to you, syr, I will sey:Line B-161 
Myne hert ys sette vppon a may,Line B-162 
That she may nevir oute of my thoght,Line B-163 
But I hyr se, I worthe to noght:Line B-164 
The eyre of Calabre, for sothe, it is, Line B-165 
That men speke of so myche blysse;Line B-166 
But if I may þat lady serve,Line B-167 
For care & sorow my hert wille sterve!"Line B-168 
Tholomew sayd: "Lette be this wille!Line B-169 
Thynke ye now youre selfe to spille? Line B-170 
Ye ar the kynges son and hys eyreLine B-171 
And may haue maryages gode & feyre;Line B-172 
There ys no man in crystente,Line B-173 
Þat richer maryages may haue, þan ye!"Line B-174 
"Master, these wordis avaylethe noght; Line B-175 
But if I do, as I haue thoght, Line B-176 
Line B-177 

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And to hyr go, as I you saye,Line B-177 
I dye for hyr, with oute deley!"  [f. 56b.]  Line B-178 
Sir Tholomew sayd: "Sythe it is so,Line B-179 
That ye may not hyr forgo, Line B-180 
I shall go vnto the kyngeLine B-181 
And gete you leve, with oute lettynge,Line B-182 
That ye may go, sir, at your willeLine B-183 
And se the mayden all youre fille!"Line B-184 
Sir Tholomew forthe gan goo, Line B-185 
And to þe kynge he went tho;Line B-186 
Vppon his knees he hym setteLine B-187 
And the kyng full feyre he grette:Line B-188 
"Sir, of one thyng I you prey,Line B-189 
Besechyng you, to sey not nay, Line B-190 
Off your sonne Ipomydon,Line B-191 
 [192 man ms.] For he thynkith to be a mon:Line B-192 
Off youre courte and youre nortureLine B-193 
He hathe wele lernyd, I you ensure;Line B-194 
He wold wend in to strange contre, Line B-195 
More in service for to bee;Line B-196 
So that ye take it not at greffe,Line B-197 
Full feyne he wolde prey you of leffe,Line B-198 
And I shall make me redy,Line B-199 
To wend with hym in companye Line B-200 
And serve hym as his owne knyghtLine B-201 
And honoure hym with all my myght!"Line B-202 
Than seyd Hermones, the kynge:Line B-203 
"Iff this be his owne desyrynge,Line B-204 
I am well payed of his wille, Line B-205 
For his askyng I hold skille,Line B-206 
And now I wote, thou arte my frend,Line B-207 
Sithe þat thow wilt with hym wend,Line B-208 
Take you inough of all thyngeLine B-209 
And loke, ye wante no spendynge!" Line B-210 
Sir Tholomew forthe gan goo,Line B-211 
And to Ipomydon come he thoLine B-212 
And sayd: "Syr, with oute lesynge,Line B-213 
Your fadir hathe grantid youre askynge; Line B-214 
Line B-215 

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He bad, þat ye no thyng shuld spare, Line B-215 
And my self shall with you fare!"Line B-216 
"I pray god thanke you, master dere!  [f. 57a.]  Line B-217 
That ye me love, I may se here."Line B-218 
Than they busked theym to goo,Line B-219 
Horse they toke and harnesse also; Line B-220 
Off all thynge they wantid none.Line B-221 
Now to his fader the child is gone;Line B-222 
On knees he felle byfore the kyngeLine B-223 
And prayd hym of his dere blissynge:Line B-224 
"That blissyng haue þou, my sonne trew, Line B-225 
That Marye gaff hyr sonne Jesu!"Line B-226 

Now they go forthe on hir way;Line B-227 
Ipomydon to hys men gan sey,Line B-228 
That ther be none of hem alleLine B-229 
So hardy, by hys name hym calle, Line B-230 
Where so they wend, ferre or nereLine B-231 
Or ouer the strange ryuere:Line B-232 
 [233 Ne] danach no, mit d. t. ü. d. z. nachgetr. ] "Ne man telle, what I am,Line B-233 
 [234 Where] What, ausgestr. und Where mit d. t. ü. d. z. hinzugef. go] be, ausgestr. und go m. d. t. ü. d. z. hinzugef. ] Where I shall go ne whens I cam!"Line B-234 
All they granted his comandement, Line B-235 
And forthe they went with one assent.Line B-236 
Ipomydon and TholomewLine B-237 
Robys had on and mantillis newLine B-238 
Off the richest, þat myght bee,Line B-239 
 [240 none] om. ms.; schon von Weber hinzugef.] There was none suche in that contre, Line B-240 
For many was the ryche stone,Line B-241 
That the mantillis were vppon.Line B-242 
So longe there weys they haue nome,Line B-243 
That to Calabre they ar come;Line B-244 
They come to the castelle yate, Line B-245 
Þe porter was redy there at;Line B-246 
The porter to theyme they gan calleLine B-247 
And prayd hym go in to þe halle:Line B-248 
"And say thy lady gent and fre,Line B-249 
That comen ar men of ferre contre, Line B-250 
Line B-251 

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And if it plese hyr, we wold hyr prey,Line B-251 
That we myght ete with hyr to day!"Line B-252 
The porter sayd full cortessly:  [f. 57b.]  Line B-253 
"Your erand to do, I am redy!"Line B-254 
The lady to hyr mete was sette, Line B-255 
The porter come and feyre hyr grette:Line B-256 
"Madame," he sayd, "god you saue!Line B-257 
Atte your gate gestis ye haue,Line B-258 
Strange men, as for to see;Line B-259 
They aske mete for charyte!" Line B-260 
 [261 anone soone W. ] The lady comaundith sone anon,Line B-261 
Þat the gates were vndone:Line B-262 
"And bryng theym all byfore me,Line B-263 
For wele at ese shall they bee!"Line B-264 
 [265 hir] theyr W. ] They toke hir pagis, hors & alle. Line B-265 
Þese two men went in to þe halle;Line B-266 
Ipomydon on knees hym setteLine B-267 
And the lady feyre he grette:Line B-268 
"I am a man of strange contreLine B-269 
 [270 yff] it add. W. wille] danach to, unr. ] And pray you, yff your wille be, Line B-270 
 [271 to] this W. ] That I myght dwelle with you to yere,Line B-271 
Of your norture for to lere!Line B-272 
 [273 frome] out of W. ] I am come frome ferre lond,Line B-273 
 [274 sp.] om. W. here ms.; tell add. W. ] For speche I herde byfore the hand,Line B-274 
That your norture and your servise Line B-275 
Ys holden of so grete empryse.Line B-276 
I pray you, þat I may dwelle here,Line B-277 
Somme of your seruyse for to lere!"Line B-278 
The lady byheld Ipomydon,Line B-279 
 [280 Hym] and W. gentilman ms. ] Hym semyd wele a gentilmon; Line B-280 
 [281 in] all add. W. ] She knew non suche in hyr londe,Line B-281 
So goodly a man & wele farand;Line B-282 
She saw also by his norture,Line B-283 
He was a man of grete valure.Line B-284 
She cast full sone in hyr thoght, Line B-285 
That for no seruyce come he noght,Line B-286 
But it was worship hyr vnto,Line B-287 
 [288 feyre] her W.] In feyre seruyce hym to do; Line B-288 
Line B-289 

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She sayd "Syr, welcome ye be  [f. 58a.]  Line B-289 
And all, þat comyn be with the! Line B-290 
Sithe ye haue had so grete travayle,Line B-291 
Of a service ye shall not fayle:Line B-292 
In thys contre ye may dwelle hereLine B-293 
 [294 wyll ü. d. z. nachgetr. ] And at youre wyll for to lere;Line B-294 
Of þe cuppe ye shall serue me, Line B-295 
And all your men with you shal be;Line B-296 
Ye may dwelle here at youre wille,Line B-297 
But your beryng be full ylle!"Line B-298 
"Madame," he sayd, "grantmercy!"Line B-299 
He thankid the lady cortesly; Line B-300 
 [301 commaunded W. ] She comandyth hym to þe mete,Line B-301 
But, or he satte in any sete,Line B-302 
 [303 salewed them bothe W. ] He saluted theym, grete & smalle,Line B-303 
As a gentillman shuld in halle;Line B-304 
All they sayd sone anone, Line B-305 
 [306 man] persone W. ] They saw neuyr so goodly a manLine B-306 
Ne so light ne so gladLine B-307 
 [308 araye W.] Ne none, þat so ryche atyre had.Line B-308 
There was non, þat sat nor yede,Line B-309 
But they had mervelle of hys dede Line B-310 
And sayd, he was no lytell syre,Line B-311 
That myght shew suche atyre.Line B-312 
Whan they had ete and grace saydLine B-313 
And þe tabyll away was leyd,Line B-314 
Vpp þan aroos Ipomydon, Line B-315 
And to þe botery he went anonLine B-316 
And his mantille hym aboute;Line B-317 
On hym lokyd all the routeLine B-318 
And euery man sayd to other there:Line B-319 
"Will ye se þe proude squeer, Line B-320 
Shall serue my lady of þe wyneLine B-321 
In his mantell, þat is so fyne!"Line B-322 
That they hym scornyd, wist he noght,Line B-323 
On othyr thyng he had his thoght:Line B-324 
He toke þe cuppe of þe botelere Line B-325 
And drew a lace of sylke full clere,  [f. 58b.]  Line B-326 
Line B-327 

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Adowne than felle hys mantylle by;Line B-327 
He prayd hym for his curtessy,Line B-328 
That lytelle yifte þat he wold nome,Line B-329 
Tille efte sone a better come. Line B-330 
Vp it toke the botelere,Line B-331 
Byfore the lady he gan it bereLine B-332 
And prayd the lady hertely,Line B-333 
To thanke hym of his cortessye.Line B-334 
All, that was tho in the halle, Line B-335 
Grete honowre they spake hym alleLine B-336 
And sayd, he was no lytelle man,Line B-337 
That suche yiftys yiffe kan.Line B-338 
There he dwellyd many a dayLine B-339 
And servid the lady wele to pay; Line B-340 
He bare hym on so feyre manereLine B-341 
To knyghtis, ladyes and squyere,Line B-342 
All louyd hym, þat were hym by,Line B-343 
For he bare hym so cortesly.Line B-344 
The lady had a cosyne, þat hight Jason, Line B-345 
Full wele he louyd Ipomydon;Line B-346 
Where þat he yede in or oute,Line B-347 
Jason went with hym aboute.Line B-348 
The lady lay, but she slept noght,Line B-349 
For of the squyere she had grete thoght, Line B-350 
How he was feyre and shape wele,Line B-351 
Body and armes and euery dele;Line B-352 
Ther was non in all hir landLine B-353 
So wele besemyd, doughty of hand;Line B-354 
But she kowde wete for no case, Line B-355 
Whens he come ne what he was,Line B-356 
Ne of no man cowde enquereLine B-357 
 [358 he het] om. ms.] Other, than he het the strange squyere.Line B-358 
She hyr bythought on a queyntyse,Line B-359 
If she myght know in ony wyse, Line B-360 
To wete, where of he were come;Line B-361 
Thys was hyr thoght all & somme;Line B-362 
She thought to wode hyr men to tame,  [f. 59a.]  Line B-363 
That she myght know hym by his game. Line B-364 
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On the morow, whan it is was day, Line B-365 
To hyr men than gan she say:Line B-366 
 [367 is] was, unterpunktet und is übergeschr. ] "To morow, whan it is daylyght,Line B-367 
Loke ye be all redy dightLine B-368 
 [369 handis ms., verbessert von Weber. ] With youre houndis more and lesse,Line B-369 
In the forest to take my grese, Line B-370 
And there I will my selfe be,Line B-371 
Youre game to byhold and see!"Line B-372 
Ipomydon had houndis thre,Line B-373 
That he broght frome his contre;Line B-374 
When they were to þe wodde gone, Line B-375 
This lady and hyr men ichone,Line B-376 
And with hem hyr howndis ladde,Line B-377 
All, that euyr any howndis had,Line B-378 
Sir Tholomew, foryate he noght,Line B-379 
His mastres howndis thedyr he broght, Line B-380 
That many a day ne had ronne ere;Line B-381 
Full wele he thoght to note hem there.Line B-382 
Whan they come to þe laund on hight,Line B-383 
The quenys pavylon there was pight,Line B-384 
That she myght se of the best Line B-385 
All þe game of þe forest.Line B-386 
The wandlessours went þrow þe forestLine B-387 
And to þe lady brought many a best,Line B-388 
Herte and hynde, buk and dooLine B-389 
And othir bestis many moo. Line B-390 
The howndis, þat were of grete prise,Line B-391 
Pluckid downe dere all at a tryse,Line B-392 
 [393 Ip.] danach h, ausgestr.] Ipomydon with his houndis thooLine B-393 
Drew downe bothe buk and doo;Line B-394 
More he toke with howndis thre, Line B-395 
Than all þat othyr compaigne.Line B-396 
There squyers vndyd hyr dere,Line B-397 
Iche man on his owne manere;  [f. 59b.]  Line B-398 
Ipomydon a dere yede vnto,Line B-399 
Full konnyngly gan he it vndo, Line B-400 
So feyre þat veneson he gan to dight,Line B-401 
That bothe hym byheld squyere and knyght; Line B-402 
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The lady lokyd oute of hyr pavylounLine B-403 
And saw hym dight the venyson;Line B-404 
There she had grete deynte, Line B-405 
And so had all, þat dyd hym see.Line B-406 
She sawe all þat he downe droughe,Line B-407 
Of huntyng, she wist, he cowde inoughe,Line B-408 
And thoght in hyr herte than,Line B-409 
That he was come of gentill men. Line B-410 
She bad Jason, hyr men to calle;Line B-411 
Home þay passyd, grete & smalle;Line B-412 
Home they come sone anone.Line B-413 
This lady to hyr mete gan goneLine B-414 
And of venery had hyr fille, Line B-415 
For they had take game at wille.Line B-416 
Ipomydon serued, as I vndirstand,Line B-417 
As he was wonte done byfore hand.Line B-418 
 [419 she] s corr. aus? ] "Sir," she sayd, "sanz fayle,Line B-419 
Ye haue bene in grete travayle: Line B-420 
Anothyr man, as I you say,Line B-421 
Shall serue me at mete þis day;Line B-422 
Go to ȝoure mete sone on hye,Line B-423 
My cosyn Jason shall sytte you by!"Line B-424 
The ladyes hert was on hym cast Line B-425 
And she byheld hym wondir-fast,Line B-426 
Euer on hym she kest hyr eye,Line B-427 
Ipomydon full wele it sye,Line B-428 
Anone it gaff hym in his thoght,Line B-429 
To loke ageyne, lette wold he noght, Line B-430 
 [431 no] o corr. aus e.] Nor no more coward thoght he to beLine B-431 
Off his lokyng, than was she.  [f. 60a.]  Line B-432 
The lady parseyued it full wele,Line B-433 
Of all his lokyng euery dele,Line B-434 
And there with bygan to shame, Line B-435 
For she myght lightly falle in blame;Line B-436 
If men parseyued it ony thyng,Line B-437 
Bytwyxe hem two suche lokynge,Line B-438 
Than wold they sey all bydene,Line B-439 
That somme loue were hem bytwene, Line B-440 
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 [441 desh.] sclandre ms. ] Þan shuld she falle in deshonoureLine B-441 
And lese myche of hyr honoure.Line B-442 
She thoght, to werne hym preuelyLine B-443 
By hyr cosyn, þat sat hym by:Line B-444 

 [445 she] danach she, ausgestr. ] "Jason," she sayd, "þou art to blame, Line B-445 
And ther with the ought to shame,Line B-446 
 [447 Im.] in vayne ms. ] To byhold my mayd ImayneLine B-447 
Euery man to othyr wille seyne,Line B-448 
That bytwyx you ys somme synne:Line B-449 
Of thy lokyng, I rede, þou blynne!" Line B-450 
Ipomydon hym bythoght anone,Line B-451 
How þat she blamyd JasonLine B-452 
With oute deservyng euerydele,Line B-453 
But the encheson he parseyued wele;Line B-454 
Downe he lokyd and thoght grete shame, Line B-455 
That Jason bare for hym þat blame;Line B-456 
Stille he satte and sayd no more,Line B-457 
 [458 thore] könnte auch there gelesen werden. ] He thoght to dwelle no lenger thore.Line B-458 
 [459 tane ms.] As the lady hyr chambre had tone,Line B-459 
Byfore hyr come Ipomydon Line B-460 
And sayd: "Madame, god yeld it the,Line B-461 
The grete honoure, þou haste done me!Line B-462 
Haue good day, now wille I fareLine B-463 
In to þe contre, that I was are!"Line B-464 
"Felaw," she sayd, "chese at þi wille, Line B-465 
Whether þou wilt wend or abyde stille!"Line B-466 
He went anone in to the halle  [f. 60b.]  Line B-467 
And toke his leue of grete and smalle,Line B-468 
Bothe at lesse and at more,Line B-469 
And they thoght there of ryght sore. Line B-470 
To Jason he wendith anone ryghtLine B-471 
And takith hys leve with hert vnlyght;Line B-472 
Than sayd Jason on hye:Line B-473 
"Leve syr, leve this folyeLine B-474 
And with my lady þou dwelle here, Line B-475 
She louythe the in all manere: Line B-476 
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Iff thow wende forth in this wille,Line B-477 
For sorow she wille hyr self spylle!"Line B-478 
"Jason, felow, lett be thy thoght:Line B-479 
Lenger dwelle here ne wille I noght, Line B-480 
For I shall wende home to my kyngeLine B-481 
And leye you here with all joyinge!"Line B-482 
 [483 odere ms. ] "My dere frend, sythe it is so,Line B-483 
That thou wilt algatis goo,Line B-484 
Yeve me leve, with the to wend, Line B-485 
Into what contre þat þou wilt lend,Line B-486 
I wold full fayne do it, in dede!"Line B-487 
"Grantmercy, syr, god yif the mede!Line B-488 
With me hedyr come ye noght:Line B-489 
Ne shall with me but that I broght!" Line B-490 
He toke hys leve at Jason thereLine B-491 
And went forthe ellys where.Line B-492 
Whan the lady wist, þat he was gone,Line B-493 
A sory woman þan was she oon;Line B-494 
Vppon hyr bedde she gan hyr ley Line B-495 
And to hyrself than gan she say:Line B-496 
"There is not suche a man in lande,Line B-497 
If he be doughty of his hand,Line B-498 
As he is of body to see,Line B-499 
Of what lond that euyr he bee! Line B-500 
"Allas," she sayd, "and welle away,Line B-501 
That for a word he went away!Line B-502 
Had men sought all mankynde.Line B-503 
A feyrer body shuld no man fynde!"  [f. 61a.]  Line B-504 
This lady, þat was of ryche blode, Line B-505 
That nyght she cowde but lytell gode,Line B-506 
That she shuld suche mone makeLine B-507 
For a strange mannys sake,Line B-508 
That no man wist, what he was,Line B-509 
But yit she sayd ofte: "Allas, Line B-510 
 [511 none] danach y, ausgestr.] For suche ys none in crystente,Line B-511 
Full wele hym semeth, a knyght to be!"Line B-512 
Thus she comforted hyr amongeLine B-513 
And ofte she felle in mornyng stronge. Line B-514 
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Ipomydon went, as ye may here, Line B-515 
By hynde he lefte a messyngere,Line B-516 
For to brynge hym tythyngis newe,Line B-517 
Iff there were any, that he knewe;Line B-518 
What they were, he shuld hym brynge,Line B-519 
And that anon, with oute lettynge. Line B-520 
The land of Poyle he hathe nomeLine B-521 
And to þe kyng, his fader, ys comeLine B-522 
And to þe quene, his modyr dere,Line B-523 
For hym they made ryght glad chere.Line B-524 
Curteyse he was, bothe stoute and bolde, Line B-525 
And myche in land he was of tolde;Line B-526 
All men hym louyd, suche was his grace.Line B-527 
Of chyld Ipomydon here is a space.Line B-528 

They were to gedyr many yereLine B-529 
With myche myrth & game in fere; Line B-530 
The kyng his sonne knyght gan makeLine B-531 
 [532 another] n corr. aus? ] And many another for his sake.Line B-532 
 [533 cryed] y corr. aus? ] Justes were cryed, ladyes to see,Line B-533 
Thedyr come lordys grete plente,Line B-534 
Turnementis atyred in the felde, Line B-535 
A Ml. armed with spere and shelde.Line B-536 
Knyghtis bygan to gedir to ryde,Line B-537 
Somme were vnhorsyd on euery syde.Line B-538 
Ipomydon þat day was victoryusLine B-539 
And there he gaff many a cours, Line B-540 
For there was non, that he mette  [f. 61b.]  Line B-541 
And his spere on hym wold sette,Line B-542 
 [543 not] om. ms. ] That not aftir with in a lytell stoundeLine B-543 
Hors and man bothe went to ground.Line B-544 
The heraudes gaff þe child þe gree, Line B-545 
A Ml. pownd he had to fee.Line B-546 
Mynstrellys had yiftes of golde,Line B-547 
And fourty dayes þys fest was holde.Line B-548 
Off the eyre of Calabre here will I telleLine B-549 
 [550 fayre & w.] I wille telle, unterpunktet und mit d. t. fayre & well übergeschr.] And of hyr baronage fayre & well, Line B-550 
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How that they had at counselle beneLine B-551 
And of assent was theym bytwene,Line B-552 
Þat here lady shuld take an husband,Line B-553 
To gouerne theyme and all there land,Line B-554 
By cause she was of yong age. Line B-555 
To hyr come all hyr baronageLine B-556 
 [557 Mad.] danach I, ausgestr. ] And sayd: "Madame, we wille you pray,Line B-557 
That we myght oure will sey!Line B-558 
Youre lond thynkyth, ye do theyme wronge,Line B-559 
With owte kyng to dwelle so longe, Line B-560 
That myght gouerne þis land so feyre,Line B-561 
And bytwyxe you gete an eyreLine B-562 
And hold þis land in right blode!"Line B-563 
The lady answerd with myld mode:Line B-564 
"Your counseyle ys gode euerychone, Line B-565 
But husband yit will I haue none!"Line B-566 
They toke leve and wente here wayLine B-567 
And bytaught the lady gode day.Line B-568 
To counselle new than gon they goneLine B-569 
And full sone they were at one, Line B-570 
To kyng Melliager, hyr eme, they wentLine B-571 
And told hym of the ladyes entent:Line B-572 
 [573 hyrre ms.] For an husband þey had bene at herre,Line B-573 
And she yaff theym lyght answere.Line B-574 
Furthe they went with oute lettyng, Line B-575 
To the land, there he was kynge.Line B-576 
Kynge Melliagere sone they foundLine B-577 
And anone they knelyd to ground,  [f. 62a.]  Line B-578 
Praying hym, as lord dere,Line B-579 
That he wold here prayere here; Line B-580 
They told hym all to gedyr nowe,Line B-581 
What þat they had done and howe,Line B-582 
And suche answere she yaffe theyme tylle,Line B-583 
Husband to haue she had no wille:Line B-584 
"Where fore, lord, we wold you prey, Line B-585 
For we wote wele, þat ye best may,Line B-586 
Councelle wele oure lady nowe,Line B-587 
As best may be the remes prowe!"Line B-588 
"Lordyngis," he sayd, "with outyn fayle, Line B-589 
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 [590 concêlle ms. ] I assent vnto your concaylle, Line B-590 
For to my cosyn will I gooLine B-591 
And make hyr, or I wend hyr fro,Line B-592 
Me to graunt, husband to take,Line B-593 
Or clene my love she shall forsake!"Line B-594 
Than they thankyd the kynge so free Line B-595 
And went home to theyre contre.Line B-596 
Kyng Mellyager to his cosyn ys gone,Line B-597 
And she hym welcomyd feyre anon,Line B-598 
And of his comyng she was glad,Line B-599 
 [600 joye] om. ms. ] And moche joye of hym she made. Line B-600 
Whan they had take hyr sporte in halle,Line B-601 
The kynge to counselle gan hyr calleLine B-602 
And sayd: "Dere cosyn, here my wille:Line B-603 
 [604 An] danach d, ausgestr. ] An husband must ye take you tylle,Line B-604 
The whiche may of þis land by kynge Line B-605 
And gouerne it in all thynge;Line B-606 
For no woman may take on hand,Line B-607 
Wele to gouerne suche a land!"Line B-608 
"Sir," she sayd, "ye be of my blode,Line B-609 
I hold your counselle feyre & good Line B-610 
And aftir it feyne wold I doo,Line B-611 
As most worship may be me to:Line B-612 
But, sythe þat I haue husband shalle,Line B-613 
Do make crye vndir þis castell walleLine B-614 
Justes, there thre dayes to laste, Line B-615 
And who þat there may bere hym bestLine B-616 
And that doughtyest ys of hande,  [f. 62b.]  Line B-617 
 [618 wedde ms.] Shall welde me and all this lande!Line B-618 
Syr, loke, ye crye, with oute delaye,Line B-619 
By halfe yere afore the day, Line B-620 
That it be know ferre and nere,Line B-621 
On what day it shall be here!"Line B-622 
Now thynkith this feyre mayLine B-623 
On the strange squyere nyght & day:Line B-624 
"If he be suche, as I hym holde, Line B-625 
Also doughty and so bolde,Line B-626 
For me than he wille be here Line B-627 
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And wynne me in all manere!"Line B-628 
Heraudes were callyd in hye,Line B-629 
Thrughe the land to make the crye; Line B-630 
This crye was knowen ouer all,Line B-631 
In all the land grete and smalle.Line B-632 
Ipomydons messyngere, anoneLine B-633 
Home to Poyle gan he gone;Line B-634 
The crye he vndyrstode wele Line B-635 
And told his maister euery dele.Line B-636 
Ipomydon in hert was full glad,Line B-637 
 [638 had] herd, unterpunktet und had mit d. t. übergeschr. ] Whan that he the tythyngis had;Line B-638 
He callyd his maister Tholomewe,Line B-639 
That euer was full gode and trewe, Line B-640 
And sayd: "Syr, make vs redy,Line B-641 
For in to Calabre now will I!"Line B-642 
He purveyd hym III noble stedisLine B-643 
And also thre noble wedys;Line B-644 
That one was white as any mylke, Line B-645 
The trappure of hym was white sylke;Line B-646 
Þat other was rede, bothe styffe and stoure,Line B-647 
The trappure was of þe same coloure;Line B-648 
Blake þan was þat othir stede,Line B-649 
The same coloure was his wede; Line B-650 
Thre greyhondis with hym he ladde,Line B-651 
The best, þat his fader had,Line B-652 
Rede and whyte and blake they were.  [f. 63a.]  Line B-653 
Whan he was dight in this manere,Line B-654 
With hym he toke a feyre may Line B-655 
And went forthe on his jorney;Line B-656 
 [657 Seseney] das dritte e ü. d. z. geschr.; y corr. aus? ] Into Seseney the wey they nome.Line B-657 
 [658 lond] l. land? ] With in the lond whan þat he come,Line B-658 
He bad Tholomew take his stedys,Line B-659 
All his men and all his wedys: Line B-660 
"And take your inne in the cyteLine B-661 
 [662 see] s corr. aus? ] By nyght, þat no man you see!Line B-662 
Lette no man se theyme nyght ne day,Line B-663 
 [664 here] unterpunktet und theyr mit d. t. übergeschr. ley] ausgestr. und mit d. t. pouruay daneben geschr.] But them, þat shall here mete ley!" Line B-664 
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Hys owne wey forthe he nome, Line B-665 
Vnto a forest tyll þat he come;Line B-666 
There huntyd kyng Mellyager in þat forestLine B-667 
Atte hert & hynd and wyld beste;Line B-668 
Ipomydon mette with a knyghtLine B-669 
And askyd hym anone right, Line B-670 
Who that grete lord was,Line B-671 
That in the forest made þe chase;Line B-672 
The knyght sayd: "Yff ye will here,Line B-673 
It ys the kynge Mellyagere,Line B-674 
That thus huntithe here be syde!" Line B-675 
Ipomydon vnto þe kynge gan rydeLine B-676 
And saluted hym as a kynge dere,Line B-677 
He welcomyd hym on feyre manere;Line B-678 
He prayd the kynge, if it were his wille,Line B-679 
A lytelle stounde to stonde stille Line B-680 
And here the speche of a knyght;Line B-681 
The kynge hym grauntid anone right.Line B-682 
"I am a knyght, as ye may see,Line B-683 
And come I am frome ferre contre;Line B-684 
For nobley of you I haue herd telle, Line B-685 
 [686 to] mit d. t. ü. d. z. hinzugefügt.] All my desyre ys, with you to dwelle,Line B-686 
In youre contre to be here,Line B-687 
The manere of þis land to lere!"Line B-688 
The kynge byheld þe knyght than,  [f. 63b.]  Line B-689 
Hym thoght, he was a godely man: Line B-690 
'In all this land, bothe ferre & nere,Line B-691 
Ys none so feyre a bachelere!"Line B-692 
"Sir knyght," he sayd in feyre manere,Line B-693 
"Gladly shall ye dwellyn here!"Line B-694 
Ipomydon sayd: "I shall you telle, Line B-695 
At this couenant wold I dwelle:Line B-696 
Full fayne I wold be redy bowne,Line B-697 
To lede your quene bothe vp & downe,Line B-698 
Fro hyr chambre to hyr halle,Line B-699 
& my lemman I wold hyr calle; Line B-700 
My mayden, þat is of honoure,Line B-701 
Shall dwelle in þe quenys boure; Line B-702 
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At euery terme, þat I hyr lede,Line B-703 
A kusse of þe quene shall be my mede:Line B-704 
I will no more for my servyse!" Line B-705 
The kyng anone, with oute avyse,Line B-706 
Thoght, he come for othyr thynge,Line B-707 
And grantyd hym his askynge.Line B-708 
Anone the kyng lefte his game,Line B-709 
Home they rode bothe in same Line B-710 
And to þe quene þe covenantys seyd.Line B-711 
"As ye haue done, I hold me payd!"Line B-712 
There he dwellyd many a dayLine B-713 
With myche myrthe, game & play;Line B-714 
Full feyre he dyd his servyse Line B-715 
And servyd þe quene at hyr devyse;Line B-716 
Where þat she went, in boure or halle,Line B-717 
 [718 lemman] e mit d. t. geschr. ] The quene his lemman dyd he calle.Line B-718 
So it befelle vppon a day,Line B-719 
That to þe justes men dyd them araye; Line B-720 
Thedyr wold kyng MellyagereLine B-721 
With all the knyghtis, þat with hym were:Line B-722 
Sir Campanyus, þat good knyght,  [f. 64a.]  Line B-723 
In all þat lond was none so wight,Line B-724 
And sir Caymys, þe kyngis steward, Line B-725 
A doughty knyght and no coward.Line B-726 
The kynge sayd to sir Ipomydon,Line B-727 
 [728 lemman ms. ] That callyd was the quenys lemmon,Line B-728 
 [729 hym] mit d. t. ü. d. z. nachgetr. ] As he mette hym in the halle:Line B-729 
 [730 we] danach le, ausgelöscht.] "The tyme ys come, þat juste we shalle: Line B-730 
Dight you now, go we oure way,Line B-731 
I wote, ye thynke, to wynne þe may!"Line B-732 
And he answerd with myld chere:Line B-733 
"Who shuld þan serve my lady dere?Line B-734 
For, certis, of justes can I noght, Line B-735 
To serve my lady is all my thoght;Line B-736 
If I hyr lefte for other dede,Line B-737 
I were not worthy, to haue my mede!"Line B-738 
The kynge hym turnyd þan awayLine B-739 
And to his knyghtis gan he say: Line B-740 
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 [741 So] danach a, unr. ] "So feyre a body, as bereth hee,Line B-741 
Allas, a coward þat he shuld be!"Line B-742 
Campanyus and all, þat stode hym by,Line B-743 
Bymenyd that knyght curtesly;Line B-744 
They toke there leve at þe quene Line B-745 
And wente forthe all bydene;Line B-746 
Vnto Calabre they toke þe way,Line B-747 
There they shuld just þat other day.Line B-748 

 [749 Leve] grosse initiale gegen das ms. ] Leve me theyme at þe justyngeLine B-749 
And talke we now of other thynge, Line B-750 
 [751 Off] grosse initiale, unr., ms. ] Off Ipomydon & þe lady shene,Line B-751 
That was at home with þe quene.Line B-752 
Whan tyme come, þey shuld to mete,Line B-753 
Ipomydon brought hir to hyr sete;Line B-754 
In to the halle whan he hyr broght, Line B-755 
To take hys cusse forgate he noght.Line B-756 
Whan she had etyn, to chambre she wente,  [f. 64b.]  Line B-757 
 [758 wente ms. ] Ipomydon, to the quene he mente:Line B-758 
"To morow, madame, I wold you pray,Line B-759 
With leve of you, whan yt is day, Line B-760 
Go to þe forest, to take a dere:Line B-761 
My greyhondes ranne not þis quartere;Line B-762 
Whyle my lord ys at þe justynge,Line B-763 
My greyhoundis I wold feyne se rennynge.Line B-764 
O thyng, madame, I wold you pray: Line B-765 
If I come not be tyme of day,Line B-766 
Whan ye se tyme, to mete ye wend,Line B-767 
For I wote neuyr, how long I lend!"Line B-768 
"Sir," she sayd, "god you spede!"Line B-769 
He kyssyd hyr and forthe he yede. Line B-770 
Ipomydon callyd his master than,Line B-771 
Sir Tholomew, that noble man:Line B-772 
 [773 ye] danach b, ausgestr.] "To my hostage ye go by nyght,Line B-773 
My white stede, loke, he be dight,Line B-774 
And with the armure hedyr ye brynge Line B-775 
To morow, or the day sprynge! Line B-776 
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Hye you oute at þe castelle yateLine B-777 
And frome all syght kepe you all gate!"Line B-778 
 [779 portere] daneben portere, mit d. t. geschr. ] Ipomydon went to þe portereLine B-779 
And prayd hym, if his wille were, Line B-780 
The yate myght by opyn or day;Line B-781 
Þe porter grantyd hym & toke hym þe key,Line B-782 
And at þe fryst cokke roose hee;Line B-783 
Furthe he went with greyhondis thre,Line B-784 
 [785 hem] davor mit d. tinte t hinzugefügt.] In a lesshe he dyd hem do Line B-785 
And blew a grete horne also;Line B-786 
He blew lowde and shoke it wele,Line B-787 
That it ronge, all þe castelle.Line B-788 
The maydenys to þe quene gan say:Line B-789 
"Youre lemman gothe, to wynne þe may!" Line B-790 
The quene answerd with oute lettynge:  [f. 65a.]  Line B-791 
"All men konne not of justynge:Line B-792 
Thoughe he kanne not of suche dedys,Line B-793 
He may be gode at other nedis!"Line B-794 
Ipomydon is to Tholomew gone Line B-795 
And toke hym hys houndis euerychon,Line B-796 
He prayd hym, as his maister dere,Line B-797 
To note theyme wele in all manereLine B-798 
And with the flesshe kepe theym in place,Line B-799 
There þat theyre stevyn sette was. Line B-800 
He sayd: "God spede þe, lord dere!Line B-801 
There to I shall do my deuere."Line B-802 
Ipomydon went forthe and his page,Line B-803 
Till he came to an ermytage;Line B-804 
He lokyd forthe and byheld, Line B-805 
Many a knyght he saw in feld;Line B-806 
Iche to other fast gan rydeLine B-807 
With grete sperys on iche syde.Line B-808 
He toke his spere anone ryghtLine B-809 
And lepte on his stede so light; Line B-810 
In he come amonge hem alle,Line B-811 
Throw the clowdis as he had falle;Line B-812 
The fryst knyght he gan to rydeLine B-813 
With a spere, þat wold abyde, Line B-814 
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In myddis the sheld he sette his spere, Line B-815 
That hors and man he gan downe bere.Line B-816 
Anothir knyght he mette also,Line B-817 
That his bakke tobrast in two;Line B-818 
The thryd he sloughe, with oute lettynge,Line B-819 
The fourthe wente in to þe same rynge. Line B-820 
There was no knyght, þat he mette,Line B-821 
Þat wold hys spere on hym sette,Line B-822 
But if his spere all tobrakke,Line B-823 
He wold hym to þe ground shake.Line B-824 
The lady lay ouer þe castell walle Line B-825 
And byheld þe justis alle;Line B-826 
She sent speres white and blakeLine B-827 
To all men, þat wold hem take;  [f. 65b.]  Line B-828 
Jason she sent vnto þe knyght,Line B-829 
That in white harneise was dight, Line B-830 
To bere hym sperys at his nede;Line B-831 
She thoght hym worthiest of dede,Line B-832 
And every man till othir gan saye,Line B-833 
He was þe manlyest there þat day.Line B-834 
Than all þe peple homeward went Line B-835 
 [836 knyght] n ü. d. z. nachgetr. ] And Jason to þe knyght hym bente,Line B-836 
Praying hym: "As lord dereLine B-837 
 [838 here] unterpunktet und mit d. t. now übergeschr. manere] e ü. d. z. nachgetr.] Come home here to thyne owne manere,Line B-838 
For wele I wote, thou shalt be kynge,Line B-839 
The whiche is gretly to my lykynge!" Line B-840 
"Jason," he sayd, "god þe foryeldeLine B-841 
Thy grete servyce to day in þe felde,Line B-842 
That þou hast done me in þis place!"Line B-843 
Jason merveyled of þat case:Line B-844 
"Sir," he sayd, "for charyte, Line B-845 
What man be ye, þat knoweth me?"Line B-846 
"It were merveile, but I þe knew:Line B-847 
Somme tyme þou were my felow trewe!Line B-848 
I am," he sayd, "þe strange squyere,Line B-849 
That servyd my lady þis endris yere; Line B-850 
Grete hyr wele on all manere:Line B-851 
This day for hyr I haue bene here, Line B-852 
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But lenger dwelle here may I noght,Line B-853 
Suche tithyngis to me is broghtLine B-854 
 [855 frome] danach r, durchgestr.. ] Home frome myne owne contre, Line B-855 
And forth I most, as I telle the!"Line B-856 
"A, sir," he sayd, "art thou he?Line B-857 
For god, þat dyed vppon a tree,Line B-858 
Come now & with my lady speke,Line B-859 
Or ellis I wote, hyr herte will breke, Line B-860 
For, and she knew, þou went away,Line B-861 
She lyveth nevir to morow day!"Line B-862 
"Thou shalt, Jason, vndirstond:Line B-863 
I wold not tarye for all þis land!"Line B-864 
He toke his leve and went his way. Line B-865 
Jason to þe quene gan sayLine B-866 
Word for word euery dele:Line B-867 
"The strange squyer grette you wele:  [f. 66a.]  Line B-868 
He was þat ylke whyte knyght,Line B-869 
That in þe feld so richely was dight!" Line B-870 
This lady to hyr chambre ys gone;Line B-871 
A sory woman was she one,Line B-872 
Vppon hyr bedde she gan downe falleLine B-873 
On swoune afore hyr maydens alle,Line B-874 
And whan she roos of swounynge, Line B-875 
Hir handis fast gan she wrynge:Line B-876 
"Allas," she sayd, "what I was wode,Line B-877 
A witteles thyng, and cowde no goode:Line B-878 
My witte myght haue seruyd me,Line B-879 
That suche a man doughty most be!" Line B-880 
But yit she trowyd in hyr thoght,Line B-881 
 [882 leve] e corr. aus? ] So lightly wold he leve hyr noght;Line B-882 
That was hyr comfort most in care,Line B-883 
And ellis she had hyr self forfare.Line B-884 
Ipomydon to his maister camme, Line B-885 
 [886 houndes] sonnys, unterpunktet und houndes am rande mit ver∣weisungszeichen nachgetr. ] He found hym and his houndes anone;Line B-886 
Plente of flesshe had he caught,Line B-887 
Hors and harneyse he hym bytaught,Line B-888 
 [889 hyr] ausgestr. und mit d. t. theyr übergeschr.] And eyther passyd to hyr inne.Line B-889 
Ipomydon the flesshe toke with hym, Line B-890 
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Byfore the quene he ganne it bere,Line B-891 
As she was sette at hyr sopere.Line B-892 
"Madame," he sayd, "my lord, þe kynge,Line B-893 
 [894 hys] s verklext, könnte auch als r gel. werden. ] Hathe not þus sped with hys justynge!"Line B-894 
All the halle, that þere were in same, Line B-895 
At hym they loughe & had game.Line B-896 
Ipomydon went to his mete,Line B-897 
Faste he brake & faste he ete,Line B-898 
For he had fasted all þat day,Line B-899 
Suche a lykynge he had in pley. Line B-900 
As they satte as there sopere,Line B-901 
In comythe the kyngis messyngere;Line B-902 
Vppon his knee he hym setteLine B-903 
And þe quene feyre he grette.Line B-904 
 [905 word] danach þ, áusgestr. ] To hyr sent word hyr lord, þe kynge, Line B-905 
How they had done at þe justynge;Line B-906 
Tho askyd þe quene anone right:Line B-907 
"Was there any, with Campanyus dyd fight,Line B-908 
That was so doughty in þe feld,  [f. 66b.]  Line B-909 
Outher with spere or with shelde?" Line B-910 
"Ya, madame, so mot I thee,Line B-911 
Ther was oone, worthe suche thre:Line B-912 
In white armure he was dight,Line B-913 
In all þe feld was none so wight,Line B-914 
But if it were my lord, þe kynge, Line B-915 
For he is passand in euery thynge!"Line B-916 
The quene asked: "What was hee?"Line B-917 
The messyngere sayd: "So mot I the,Line B-918 
 [919 man ms.] At þat tyme knew hym no mon!"Line B-919 
Than byspake Ipomydon Line B-920 
And sayd: "Messyngere, I the pray,Line B-921 
Vnto my lorde, þe kyng, þou saye,Line B-922 
That my good whyte greyhoundLine B-923 
Hathe sleyne more dere and broght to ground,Line B-924 
Than wold hys haue done to daye!" Line B-925 
Ipomydon to þe quene gan saye,Line B-926 
Praying, he moste þe kyng somme bere,Line B-927 
To wete, þat he was no lyere. Line B-928 
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The quene ys to hyr chambre gone,Line B-929 
Thedir ledithe hyr Ipomydon; Line B-930 
He prayd leue, on þe morow to play,Line B-931 
As he had done þat othir day.Line B-932 
The quene hym grauntyd curtessly;Line B-933 
To hys maister he dyd hym hyeLine B-934 
And prayd hym, sone and anone Line B-935 
To his ostage þat he shuld goneLine B-936 
And brynge hym his rede stede,Line B-937 
Foryete noght þe same wede,Line B-938 
In the place, þat they were ere,Line B-939 
And þat he shuld be erly there. Line B-940 
Full erly roose Ipomydon,Line B-941 
 [942 þan ms.] His horne, hys greyhond, he toke þon,Line B-942 
He blew it lowde & wele gan shake,Line B-943 
That all þe maydens þo gan awake;Line B-944 
Than sayd all, þat were þere inne: Line B-945 
"Your lemman gothe, þe mayd to wynne!"Line B-946 
The quene answeryd, as she dyd ere:Line B-947 
"He may more wynne, þan he were þere!"Line B-948 
The kyngis messengere forthe went  [f. 67a.]  Line B-949 
And toke hym hole his present; Line B-950 
Euery word þe kynge he tolde,Line B-951 
Than seyd þe knyghtys, þat were bolde:Line B-952 
"Allas, þat suche a knyght shuld leve,Line B-953 
But he to manhode wold hym yeve!"Line B-954 
Ipomydon to his maister wente, Line B-955 
His armure & his stede he hent,Line B-956 
Þe rede greyhound he toke hym right;Line B-957 
That day he prayd hym do his myghtLine B-958 
And in þat place kepe þe flesheLine B-959 
With þe greyhoundis in þe lesshe. Line B-960 
Forthe he went in þat stoundeLine B-961 
And to þe ermytage he came sound,Line B-962 
In to þe feld he lokyd þanne,Line B-963 
He saw many an armyd man,Line B-964 
Hym he armyd and forthe gan ryde; Line B-965 
Faste they justyd on euery syde,Line B-966 
And euyr byheld þe lady bryght, Line B-967 
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 [968 þe] danach q, ausgestr. ] If she myght se þe whyte knyght;Line B-968 
For she on hym non eye myght caste,Line B-969 
She thoght, hyr hert wold tobreste. Line B-970 
Jason þat day was made knyghtLine B-971 
And richely in þe feld was dight;Line B-972 
Ipomydon, this case he sawe,Line B-973 
Þat Jason was knyght, his owne felawe;Line B-974 
To hym he prekyd faste in hye; Line B-975 
Whan he shulde mete, he rode hym by:Line B-976 
That day he taught hym, so to done,Line B-977 
That worthely he wanne his shone.Line B-978 
But Ipomydon, as I you saye,Line B-979 
Many a knyght he fellyd þat day, Line B-980 
So many sperys he brakke on sondre,Line B-981 
That all folke on hym had wondere;Line B-982 
They sayd, there nas in all þat landeLine B-983 
Noon so manly man of hande,Line B-984 
For all they sayd þo full tyte, Line B-985 
The rede was better, þan þe white,Line B-986 
And so he bare hym þat daye,  [f. 67b.]  Line B-987 
That knyghtys wexe wery of his playe.Line B-988 
Whan euery knyght to hys inne gan ryde,Line B-989 
Sir Jason dyd with hym abyde Line B-990 
And sayd: "Syr knyght, god þe foryeldeLine B-991 
Thy grete helpe to day in þe felde!Line B-992 
 [993 loue] danach þat, unr.] Thrughe the the more loue I wanne,Line B-993 
That more desyre I ne canne.Line B-994 
I wote, þou shalt be lord here, Line B-995 
For I know noon, þat is þi pere,Line B-996 
Saffe yistyrday the whyte knyght,Line B-997 
But he is owte of lond dight!"Line B-998 
"Nay, Jason, my trew fere,Line B-999 
Thou shalt se, þat I am here! Line B-1000 
But grete wele my lady dere,Line B-1001 
For hyr to day haue I bene here,Line B-1002 
The whiche, I say, with outen fayle,Line B-1003 
Will me torne to grete travaile,Line B-1004 
And many an hors ryde to dede, Line B-1005 
Or I come there, þat me most nede; Line B-1006 
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For all my lond I lese for ay,Line B-1007 
But I be there by a certeyne day!"Line B-1008 
Jason sayd: "Syr, mercy,Line B-1009 
And thynke vppon my lady, Line B-1010 
For, & ye passe hyr þus froo,Line B-1011 
For sorow she wille hyr selfe slo!"Line B-1012 
Ipomydon sayd: "By heuyn kynge,Line B-1013 
At this tyme I will not lynge,Line B-1014 
But grete hyr wele & haue gode day, Line B-1015 
And I shall come, whan þat I may!"Line B-1016 
 [1017 hyee ms. ] Sir Jason passyd forthe in hyeLine B-1017 
And this tale tolde to the lady:Line B-1018 
"The rede knyght and þe whyte ys one,Line B-1019 
But, for sothe, now ys he goon!" Line B-1020 
 [1021 that] danach fl, ausgestr. ] Than sory was that swete thyngeLine B-1021 
And efte she felle in mornynge;Line B-1022 
 [1023 as] is ms. ] But she bethought hyr, as she dyd are,Line B-1023 
And ellis she had hyr selfe forfare.Line B-1024 
 [1025 Ipomydo ms.] Ipomydon to his maister yede Line B-1025 
And toke his armure and his stede,Line B-1026 
He toke the flesshe and þe greyhoundLine B-1027 
And gan to go toward the towne;  [f. 68a.]  Line B-1028 
His hors he had and his huntyng wede,Line B-1029 
Anone in to þe halle he yede, Line B-1030 
Byfore þe quene the flesshe he leyd:Line B-1031 
"Here ys my dayes jorney!" he sayde;Line B-1032 
At hym they loughe and made glad chere,Line B-1033 
The quene went to hyr sopereLine B-1034 
And hyr leman sat hyr by; Line B-1035 
The kynges messengere come in hyeLine B-1036 
And sayd, þe kyng grete hyr wele;Line B-1037 
The justis he told hyr euerydele.Line B-1038 
The fryst word þe quene gan say:Line B-1039 
"Come þe white knyght there to day?" Line B-1040 
"Nay," he sayd, "by god allmyght,Line B-1041 
But there was a noble rede knyght,Line B-1042 
The whiche all men, þat gan hym see,Line B-1043 
Said, þat he was bettir þan hee." Line B-1044 
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Ipomydon sayd to þe messengere: Line B-1045 
"Recomand me to my lord so dereLine B-1046 
And say, that Gager, my rede greyhounde,Line B-1047 
Moche dere hathe broght þis day to ground:Line B-1048 
I had more joye at hys rynnynge,Line B-1049 
Than to stand & stare, to se þe justynge! Line B-1050 
Madame," he said, "so god me amend,Line B-1051 
Of youre game, I rede, ye hym send!"Line B-1052 
"Sir," she said, "as ye thynke beste!Line B-1053 
Fare wele, for now I go to reste!"Line B-1054 
 [1055 þan ms.] Vnto hyr chambre she went þon, Line B-1055 
Byfore hyr come Ipomydon;Line B-1056 
Ones of leue he wold hyr praye,Line B-1057 
He wold not hunte after many a day.Line B-1058 
She hym grantyd of his bone,Line B-1059 
To his master he went sone; Line B-1060 
He yede and fette, with oute lakke,Line B-1061 
Stede and harnesse, þat was blakke;Line B-1062 
He knew þe way at þe beste,Line B-1063 
Where they shuld mete in þe foreste.Line B-1064 
The messyngere come vnto þe kynge, Line B-1065 
Hys present feyre he dyd hym brynge;Line B-1066 
What he shuld sey, forgatte he noght;Line B-1067 
The kynge of hym wondir thoghtLine B-1068 
And in his hert had grete pyte,  [f. 68b.]  Line B-1069 
So goodly a man, as was hee, Line B-1070 
That euyr he was so lytell of priseLine B-1071 
And ther to full of cowardise.Line B-1072 
What euyr they thoght in here hert,Line B-1073 
Many of them he made to smerte.Line B-1074 
Latte hym go, god hym spede, Line B-1075 
Till efte sone we of hym rede!Line B-1076 

Ipomydon rose erly there,Line B-1077 
As he was wonte to done ere;Line B-1078 
Forthe he rode blowyng his horne,Line B-1079 
That all the maydens gan hym scorne Line B-1080 
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And sayd: "Your leman gothe to playe,Line B-1081 
For he wille wynne vp all to daye!"Line B-1082 
The quene hem blamyd wondir-faste,Line B-1083 
Hyr hert to hym was somwhat caste.Line B-1084 
To hys master he went in hye Line B-1085 
And prayd hym full hertely,Line B-1086 
 [1087 yf] danach she, ausgestr. ] To take more dere, yf he myght,Line B-1087 
Than he dyd þe tother day light.Line B-1088 
Anone his hors he gan dighteLine B-1089 
And rode to þe feld forthe ryght, Line B-1090 
Armure blak lyke the stede.Line B-1091 
To þe ermytage forthe he yede;Line B-1092 
Anone his stede he bestrode,Line B-1093 
Amonge hem all in he rode;Line B-1094 
He was sone warre of a knyght, Line B-1095 
That in rede atyre was dight . . . . . . .Line B-1096 
"This rede knyght was here yisterday,Line B-1097 
He justid for þat feyre may:Line B-1098 
There was none, bore hym so feyre,Line B-1099 
Of Calabre he wille wynne þe eyre!" Line B-1100 
The lady lay on toure on hyeLine B-1101 
 [1102 reed] ryght, unter∣punktet und reed mit d. t. ü. d. z. nachgetr., am rande rede, von erster hd., durchgestr. ] The reed knyght full sone she see,Line B-1102 
She wende, it were þe strange squyere,Line B-1103 
Þat she hopid shuld be hyr fere.Line B-1104 
 [1105 Her] There, durchgestr. und Her mit d. t. übergeschr. ] Her purpos was, to hym to wende, Line B-1105 
Whan the justes come to ende,Line B-1106 
 [1107 home] om. ms.] And brynge hym home with feyre manere,Line B-1107 
To hyr was none so leffe ne dere.Line B-1108 
Right as the quene in thoght stode,Line B-1109 
The rede knyght anone in rode; Line B-1110 
The blake toke a spere in honde,Line B-1111 
To just with hym, he thoght in londe,Line B-1112 
And eyther with othyr sone they mette,  [f. 69a.]  Line B-1113 
In myd the sheld the stroke they sette.Line B-1114 
The blak knyghtes spere was stiffe and stronge, Line B-1115 
And there with he gan fast throngeLine B-1116 
The knyght and stede with in a stounde,Line B-1117 
That they lay bothe vppon the ground. Line B-1118 
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Ipomydon toke þe rede stede,Line B-1119 
To hys men he gan hym lede. Line B-1120 
Than come forthe syr Caymys,Line B-1121 
A proude knyght & a daynous;Line B-1122 
Just he wold with þe blak knyght,Line B-1123 
But all to lytelle was hys myght;Line B-1124 
With a spere, þat welle wold laste, Line B-1125 
Knyght and hors downe he caste.Line B-1126 
Sir Caymys horse he toke in hye,Line B-1127 
The rede knyghtes he sette hym bye.Line B-1128 
Sir Campaynus hym faste byhelde,Line B-1129 
He thoght, to just with hym in felde; Line B-1130 
Hys thoght was, to wynne þe maye,Line B-1131 
But he fayled foule of his praye.Line B-1132 
Forthe they rode to gedyr faste,Line B-1133 
That there sperys a sondre braste;Line B-1134 
Bothe they were stiffe and stronge, Line B-1135 
Þey luste to ryde, þey taryed not longe,Line B-1136 
And eyther of theym toke a spere;Line B-1137 
Campaynus þoght, hym downe to bere.Line B-1138 
In mydde þe place þe knyghtes mette,Line B-1139 
Ipomydon so Campanus grette, Line B-1140 
That knyght and stede in þat caseLine B-1141 
Felle on hope in mydde þe place.Line B-1142 
The blake knyght toke hys stede goode,Line B-1143 
The kynge there of began to wode,Line B-1144 
That his knyghtes bore downe were; Line B-1145 
He folowyd þe knyght with a spere;Line B-1146 
He had thoght, to done hym harme,Line B-1147 
For he smote hym throw þe arme.Line B-1148 
Ipomydon with þat stroke abraydeLine B-1149 
And to þe kynge þus he sayde: Line B-1150 
"As þou arte kynde, gentille and free,Line B-1151 
Abyde and juste a cours with me,Line B-1152 
And I foryiffe þis vilanye!"Line B-1153 
The kynge sayd: "Therto grant I!"Line B-1154 
Full fayne he wold haue bene away,  [f. 69b.]  Line B-1155 
But for shame he sayd not nay.Line B-1156 
The kynge and he, in place þey mette,Line B-1157 
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The blake knyght suche a stroke hym sette,Line B-1158 
That kynge and hors downe he caste,Line B-1159 
That hym thoght, hys nekke tobraste. Line B-1160 
The kynges stede he ledde away,Line B-1161 
Þat euery man to other gan saye:Line B-1162 
"He may wele be kynge of londeLine B-1163 
For the doughtyeste man of hand,Line B-1164 
That any man sawe euer ere!" Line B-1165 
And so sayd all, þat there were,Line B-1166 
They gaffe hym þe gre of feldeLine B-1167 
For þe doughtyest vndyr shelde.Line B-1168 
Herawdis discryued hys arme blakeLine B-1169 
And sayd, in þe world was not his make, Line B-1170 
And they sayd, with oute lettynge,Line B-1171 
He was worthy to be kynge.Line B-1172 
Whan euery man homeward gan draw,Line B-1173 
Jason went to his felawe:Line B-1174 
"Come home, syr, I you pray, Line B-1175 
To youre owne, I darre wele say:Line B-1176 
Ye shal be made kynge of londLine B-1177 
For þe doughtiest man of hand!Line B-1178 
Thou hast no pere, I darre wele say:Line B-1179 
So sayd all, þat were here to day." Line B-1180 
"Jason," he sayd, "god yeld it the,Line B-1181 
The grete honoure, þou proferist me!"Line B-1182 
Jason sayd: "If your willis bee,Line B-1183 
What ar ye, þat knowis me?"Line B-1184 
"Somme tyme I was þi felaw dere, Line B-1185 
Þat callyd was þe strange squyere;Line B-1186 
 [1187 here] om. ms., eingesetzt von Weber. ] I haue bene here þese thre dayes,Line B-1187 
But now no lenger dwelle I maye!"Line B-1188 
 [1189 there ms. ] "For goddis loue," sayd Jason thare,Line B-1189 
"Come brynge my lady oute of care Line B-1190 
And comforte hyr in all thynge,Line B-1191 
And thynke also, ye shal be kynge!"Line B-1192 
He sayd: "Jason, þi wordis þou spare:Line B-1193 
That wold me torne to myche care;Line B-1194 
I haue dwellyd here to longe, Line B-1195 
 [1196 trav.] danach sore, unterpunktet.] The whiche will cause me travaile stronge.  [f. 70a.]  Line B-1196 
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Recomaund me to hyr anone righte,Line B-1197 
For I must travaile day & nyght!"Line B-1198 
He toke hys leve & forthe ganne fare;Line B-1199 
Jason tornyd home full of care, Line B-1200 
& whan he come in to the halle,Line B-1201 
He tolde þe lady, what was byfalle,Line B-1202 
The blak knyght was þe squyer stronge,Line B-1203 
That had dwellyd with hyr so longe,Line B-1204 
And how he wanne hyr with his hand: Line B-1205 
"But he is passid oute of þis lande!"Line B-1206 
The lady mornyd & was full wooLine B-1207 
And thoght, hyr hert wold brest on two,Line B-1208 
But yit she trowed in hyr thoght,Line B-1209 
So lightly wold he leve hyr noght, Line B-1210 
Sithe þat he had, with oute fayle,Line B-1211 
For hyr loue so grete travaile.Line B-1212 
Ipomydon forthe is gooneLine B-1213 
With his stedis euerychone;Line B-1214 
He fonde his master with flesshe inoughe Line B-1215 
Hovynge vndir the grene wodde boughe;Line B-1216 
He toke hym þe stedis euerychoneLine B-1217 
And to his inne he bad hym gone;Line B-1218 
He toke his houndis & his horneLine B-1219 
And leyd the flesshe hym beforne; Line B-1220 
Byfore the quene he it leydLine B-1221 
And in his game þus he sayd:Line B-1222 
"Know ye any, at þe justyngeLine B-1223 
Hathe wonne halfe so myche thynge?"Line B-1224 
The quene, as she was wonnt to done, Line B-1225 
To hyr soper she went sone,Line B-1226 
And hyr leman hyr byforne;Line B-1227 
Scantly had þey the mete corvyn,Line B-1228 
Þat in comyth þe kyngis messyngereLine B-1229 
And grette þe lady in thys manere: Line B-1230 
"Wele you gretiþe my lord, þe kynge:Line B-1231 
He byddythe you for any thynge,Line B-1232 
That ye be to morow erelyLine B-1233 
At þe chalenge of þe lady!"Line B-1234 
The quene than ganne saye: Line B-1235 
Line B-1236 

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"Hathe the rede knyght wonne hyr to day?"Line B-1236 
"I say, madame, so god me spede,  [f. 70b.]  Line B-1237 
The rede knyght hathe lost his stede,Line B-1238 
My lord þe kyng hathe his also,Line B-1239 
 [1240 othr ms. ] Campaynus, Caymes and other mo; Line B-1240 
The blakke knyght hathe wonne hem alle,Line B-1241 
Mvche honoure to hym ys falle!"Line B-1242 
Than byspake Ipomydon:Line B-1243 
 [1244 hunt.] danach to, mit d. t. ü. d. z. nachgetr. ] "Bettyr is on huntynge gooneLine B-1244 
In the forest, so god me spede, Line B-1245 
 [1246 Than] davor An, unterpunktet. ] Than þus lyghtly to lese a stede,Line B-1246 
Wherefore, messyngere, I þe pray,Line B-1247 
In my byhalfe þat þou say,Line B-1248 
When þou comyst to þe kynge,Line B-1249 
Grete hym wele in all thynge Line B-1250 
And say, my blak greyhound GilmynLine B-1251 
To day hathe bore hym welle & fyne,Line B-1252 
 [1253 many a. w. b.] wild bestis, ausgestr. und many a beest mit d. t. übergeschr. ] For he hathe take many a wild best,Line B-1253 
The grettest, þat was in þe foreste,Line B-1254 
And therefore, madame, if youre wil be, Line B-1255 
Sithe we haue so grete plente,Line B-1256 
Send hym somme, while we may:Line B-1257 
He wille it quyte another day!"Line B-1258 
 [1259 sore travailed ms. ] Ipomydon was travailed soreLine B-1259 
 [1260 þore] om. ms.] In the gamys, þat he had þore; Line B-1260 
Hys arme vnstoppid, þe blode gan falleLine B-1261 
Vppon the tabyll afore hem alle;Line B-1262 
Than sayd þe quene: "My leman dere,Line B-1263 
How ar ye hurt, on what manere?"Line B-1264 
"For sothe, madame, I shall you say: Line B-1265 
I lette renne at a dere to dayeLine B-1266 
My palfrey, I prekid aftir so faste,Line B-1267 
That he stumblyd and me downe caste;Line B-1268 
At þat tyme I toke this harme,Line B-1269 
A stubbe smote me þrow þe arme, Line B-1270 
And þat was, for I shuld saye,Line B-1271 
The gree of þe feld I had to daye!"Line B-1272 
So they laughyd at hym þat nyght, Line B-1273 
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That somme myght not sytte vpryght;Line B-1274 
The quene sayd: "My leman hende, Line B-1275 
To morow wille we to gedyr wendeLine B-1276 
 [1277 And] danach ss, ausgestr. ] And see, who hathe wonne þe may!"Line B-1277 
Ipomydon answerd and sayd: "Naye,Line B-1278 
Sithe I was not at þe justynge,Line B-1279 
I wille not be at þe chalengynge;  [f. 71a.]  Line B-1280 
But one thynge, madame, I you pray:Line B-1281 
Delyuere my mayde to me þis day,Line B-1282 
For suche tithyngis is come to me,Line B-1283 
That I muste home to my contree,Line B-1284 
And I shall be, bothe day and nyght, Line B-1285 
While þat I lyffe, your owne knyght!"Line B-1286 
The quene sayd: "Dwelle here stille!"Line B-1287 
To lette hym go, sho had no wille.Line B-1288 
He toke his leve at þe ladyLine B-1289 
And at þe maydens, þat stode hyr by; Line B-1290 
His owne mayde, þat was so bryght,Line B-1291 
To his ostage she went right,Line B-1292 
There she nyver come byfore,Line B-1293 
 [1294 there ms. ] Sithe his stedis herborowed þore;Line B-1294 
He sette hym downe in þe halle, Line B-1295 
Hys oste to hym he lette calle;Line B-1296 
In to þe stable he hym ledis,Line B-1297 
There as stonde his goode stedis,Line B-1298 
And sayd to hym: "My frend dere,Line B-1299 
I wolde þe pray on þis manere, Line B-1300 
That þou my word vndirstandLine B-1301 
& this message take on hande:Line B-1302 
Thou haste herd speke of þe justynge,Line B-1303 
 [1304 yonge ms.] That hathe be for the lady yinge,Line B-1304 
And also of þe white knyght, Line B-1305 
The fryst day þat justyd ryght:Line B-1306 
I was þat knyght, þat stondythe þe by,Line B-1307 
And on this white stede rode I.Line B-1308 
Of þe rede knyght þou herd sey,Line B-1309 
Þat justed on þat othir daye: Line B-1310 
That same knyght, for sothe, I was, Line B-1311 
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This rede stede I had in place.Line B-1312 
Vppon the þrydde day þou herd telle,Line B-1313 
Of a blak knyght how it byfelle:Line B-1314 
On this blak stede þat day I satte Line B-1315 
And all þese othyr on hym I gatte;Line B-1316 
Therefore, good syr, I the pray,Line B-1317 
That þou do, as I the saye:Line B-1318 
Aryse vp in the mornyngeLine B-1319 
 [1320 go] danach I, ausgestr. ] And go to þe maydens chalengynge! Line B-1320 
Take this same white stede  [f. 71b.]  Line B-1321 
And a man dight in þe same wede,Line B-1322 
 [1323 the] om. ms. ] Vnto my lord, the kynge, þou wendeLine B-1323 
And grete hym wele as lorde hend,Line B-1324 
Sey, þe quenys leman, hys owne knyght, Line B-1325 
Sent hym þis stede and armour bryght;Line B-1326 
 [1327 there] oder thore zu lesen? ] The fryste day he rode there on there,Line B-1327 
He wote wele, how he hym bare;Line B-1328 
 [1329 hym] om. ms.] And say, þat wele wouchesaffe I hym wolde,Line B-1329 
Thoughe euery here were syluer and golde! Line B-1330 
Take þe rede stede with þe armore clereLine B-1331 
And grete wele my lady dere;Line B-1332 
And say, hyr leman & hyr knyghtLine B-1333 
Sent hyr þis stede & armour bryght!Line B-1334 
Take þe armour and þe blak stede, Line B-1335 
To sir Campanus þou hym lede!Line B-1336 
Take here þe kyngis owne stede,Line B-1337 
To the eyre of Calabre þou hym lede!"Line B-1338 
And all to gedyr he gan hym saye,Line B-1339 
How he shuld present þe fayre may: Line B-1340 
"Campanus stede þou take anoneLine B-1341 
And lede hym to sir Jason!Line B-1342 
This othir rede stede, with oute drede,Line B-1343 
I to þe yeve for thy mede,Line B-1344 
On hym þou shalt before ryde, Line B-1345 
And all these othyr be þi syde!"Line B-1346 
He taught hym, or he went a way,Line B-1347 
On what wise þat he shuld say,Line B-1348 
And for the herbegage of his stedys Line B-1349 
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He yaff hym XX L to medes. Line B-1350 
 [1351 hand ms. ] The burgeyse held vp his hondLine B-1351 
 [1352 found ms. ] And thankyd god, þat he hathe fond:Line B-1352 
 [1353 who] danach o, ab∣sichtlich verklext. ] "Of Calabre, I wote, who shall be kynge,Line B-1353 
Now am I glad of my herbowrynge:Line B-1354 
 [1355 make] made, d mit d. t. in k corr., ms. ] I shall make youre presente Line B-1355 
Right gladly with good entente!"Line B-1356 
The burgeise toke þe stedys þanne,Line B-1357 
On euery stede he sette a man,Line B-1358 
On the thre, þat þe knyghtes were,Line B-1359 
Men armyd in all hyr gere. Line B-1360 
Forthe they went, with oute lesynge,  [f. 72a.]  Line B-1361 
Toward þe maydens chalengynge;Line B-1362 
Sone they come to þe cyte,Line B-1363 
 [1364 grete] danach &, unr. ] There lordis were grete plente.Line B-1364 
Sone the lordis dyd theyme see, Line B-1365 
There they satte in companye,Line B-1366 
They had wondyr of þe stedysLine B-1367 
And of þe men in dyverse wedis;Line B-1368 
The kynge knew þe burgeyse at alle,Line B-1369 
Anone to hym he lette hym calle: Line B-1370 
"Whose be those stedis, þat be so stronge?Line B-1371 
Myne I know welle hem amonge!"Line B-1372 
"Sir, with youre leue, stille ye sytte,Line B-1373 
 [1374 wetee ms.] & the troughe ye shall wyte:Line B-1374 
The quenys leman, syr, iwis, Line B-1375 
Gretythe þe wele with joy & blysseLine B-1376 
And sendithe the this whyte stede,Line B-1377 
& with hym þe same wede,Line B-1378 
That he rode on the fryste day:Line B-1379 
Hym to take, he wolde you praye: Line B-1380 
Wouche hym saffe on you he wolde,Line B-1381 
Thowȝ every here were syluer & golde;Line B-1382 
He prayd god, kepe you hole & soundeLine B-1383 
For þe beste lord, þat euyr he fownde!"Line B-1384 
To þe quene he wendithe there: Line B-1385 
"Wele you gretith youre leman dere!Line B-1386 
This rede stede, þat is so swyfte, Line B-1387 
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He prayeth you, take hym of his gifte.Line B-1388 
On you he woucheþ saff, be seynt Martyn,Line B-1389 
Though euery here were syluer & gold fyne, Line B-1390 
For his lady gode and treweLine B-1391 
And þe curteyseste, þat euer he knewe!"Line B-1392 
To syr Campanus forthe he went:Line B-1393 
"The quenys leman, syr, you senteLine B-1394 
This blak stede with þe atyre, I say, Line B-1395 
Þat he rode on þe laste day;Line B-1396 
He prayes you, ye wold hym takeLine B-1397 
For a doughty knyght, by goddis sake!"Line B-1398 
To þe mayde he wente thereLine B-1399 
And grete hyr on this manere:  [f. 72b.]  Line B-1400 
"The strange squyer hathe you sentLine B-1401 
Thys ilke stede to present;Line B-1402 
He stale hym nat, he bad me say,Line B-1403 
He wanne hym vppon the light day,Line B-1404 
And if ye leve hym not bydene, Line B-1405 
He bad yow, axe þe kynge, youre eme,Line B-1406 
And hold vp, that ye haue hight,Line B-1407 
To take no man, but he were wight!"Line B-1408 
The kynge sayd: "I felt full wele,Line B-1409 
How he bare hym, euerydele; Line B-1410 
Of his dedis I am full sore,Line B-1411 
 [1412 are] a corr. aus? ] Suche a stroke I bare neuer are.Line B-1412 
I darre wele say, by goddis myght,Line B-1413 
That he is a doughty knyght,Line B-1414 
With oute boste, stalworth of hand: Line B-1415 
A queynter knyght is not in land!"Line B-1416 
Sir Campanus spake wordis þanLine B-1417 
And sayd: "He is a doughty man:Line B-1418 
 [1419 he] om. ms.] To juste, he lette, as he were ferd,Line B-1419 
But foule he hathe oure eyne bleryd!" Line B-1420 
The burgeyse to Jason sayd þus:Line B-1421 
"This stede aught sir Campanus;Line B-1422 
He sent hym the for hys fere,Line B-1423 
To loke wele to his lady dere!"Line B-1424 
To sir Caymes gan he say: Line B-1425 
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"He gretyth þe wele by me to day;Line B-1426 
He wold haue sent you stedis mo,Line B-1427 
But he had none, he myght forgo.Line B-1428 
This rede stede he gaffe to me,Line B-1429 
Hys messyngere for to bee, Line B-1430 
And for the harbegage of his stedisLine B-1431 
He yaff me XX Ł to medis."Line B-1432 
All they sayd, there they stode,Line B-1433 
He was come of gentill blode.Line B-1434 
Than sayd þe eyre of Calabre bright: Line B-1435 
"Help, to gete me þat gentill knyght!Line B-1436 
But I hym haue, þat in feld me wanne,  [f. 73a.]  Line B-1437 
For sothe, I shall nevir haue man!"Line B-1438 
Anone gan sir Caymes say:Line B-1439 
"His he stolyn thus away Line B-1440 
And broke my ladyes boure, þe quene,Line B-1441 
And ledde a way hyr mayden shene,Line B-1442 
Worthe I nevir glad ne fayne,Line B-1443 
But I brynge theym bothe agayne!"Line B-1444 
The kynge was bothe curteyse & gente, Line B-1445 
Full goodly he reseyved his present;Line B-1446 
Hertely he thankid þe gentill knyghtLine B-1447 
And sayd, in lond was none so wight.Line B-1448 
He yaff þe burgeyse for his messageLine B-1449 
An C Ł to herytage. Line B-1450 

But Ipomydon forth is goneLine B-1451 
And his men euerychone;Line B-1452 
His messyngere he lefte stille there,Line B-1453 
 [1454 thithyngis ms.] To brynge hym tithyngis, if any were,Line B-1454 
In suche manere, as they felle; Line B-1455 
What they were, he shuld hym telle.Line B-1456 
Ipomydon come by a foreste,Line B-1457 
A while he thoght there to rest,Line B-1458 
He was forwakyd & all werye;Line B-1459 
To hys men he sayd on hye: Line B-1460 
"Slepe I muste, with oute fayle, Line B-1461 
Line B-1462 

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For I am wery for travayle!"Line B-1462 
He layd his hede on his mayden barmeLine B-1463 
And felle on slepe; he thoght no harme.Line B-1464 
He had not slepyd but a while, Line B-1465 
Not the space of a myle,Line B-1466 
The mayden sawghe forthe comyngeLine B-1467 
An armyd knyght, faste rydynge;Line B-1468 
She woke hyr lord & bad hym ryse,Line B-1469 
For hyr hert bygan to gryse. Line B-1470 
Than come forthe Caymys full stoute;Line B-1471 
 [1472 proude ms.] To hym he spake wordis proute:Line B-1472 
"Traytour," he sayd, "þou dydist dishonour,Line B-1473 
Whan thou brakkist þe quenys boureLine B-1474 
And toke hyr mayden and my stede:  [f. 73b.]  Line B-1475 
Agayne to courte I will þe lede.Line B-1476 
Aryse, traytour, I byd the,Line B-1477 
To court þou shalt agayne with me!"Line B-1478 
Ipomydon hym answerd now:Line B-1479 
"To courte I darre as wele as thou, Line B-1480 
But for the torne I nylle,Line B-1481 
Not, bot at myne owne wille.Line B-1482 
For his loue, þat vs dere bought,Line B-1483 
Sithe I haue haste, lette me noght!"Line B-1484 
Caymys than gan to hym sayne: Line B-1485 
"Wilthow, nyllthow, þou shalt agayne,Line B-1486 
Or right here þou shalte abyde!"Line B-1487 
Ipomydon sterte vp that tyde,Line B-1488 
Anone he worthyd vppon his stede,Line B-1489 
They rode to gedyr with good spede; Line B-1490 
Ipomydon vnhorsyd Caymys tho,Line B-1491 
That his arme braste in two.Line B-1492 
He bad hys men, take his stedeLine B-1493 
And lette a wors hors hym lede;Line B-1494 
In his sadille þey sette hym bakwarde Line B-1495 
And bound hym faste with a cord:Line B-1496 
To the tayle was turnyd his visage,Line B-1497 
They bad hym lerne a new vsage.Line B-1498 
Thus Caymys rode toward þe towne,Line B-1499 
Whan he had lost all his renowne; Line B-1500 
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His hors hyeth hym, homeward to fare,Line B-1501 
The master also with moche care;Line B-1502 
His hors to þe courte hym broght.Line B-1503 
The kynge euyr on Caymys thoghtLine B-1504 
And sayd, he wold not go to bedde, Line B-1505 
Tille he wiste, how þe knyght spedde.Line B-1506 
The hors broght Caymys to þe yate,Line B-1507 
The porter lette hym in there atte;Line B-1508 
Jason the hors in gan bryngeLine B-1509 
And ledde the knyght byfore þe kynge; Line B-1510 
The kynge askyd, by goddis payne,Line B-1511 
Iff he had brought the knyght agayne.Line B-1512 
Anone he answerd to the kynge  [f. 74a.]  Line B-1513 
And tolde hym hys myslykynge:Line B-1514 
"Thoughe all þe knyghtis in the halle Line B-1515 
Come to hym, bothe grete and smalle,Line B-1516 
He wold of theyme yiff no thynge,Line B-1517 
But if it were of you, syr kynge!"Line B-1518 
Than they loughe all in sameLine B-1519 
And at his harme had good game; Line B-1520 
There was none in that place,Line B-1521 
But they were glad of þat case.Line B-1522 
Thus Caymys hathe his seruyce quytte,Line B-1523 
 [1524 Iponydon ms. ] And of Ipomydon here is a fytte.Line B-1524 

Ipomydon held forthe his way, Line B-1525 
Full glad he was of his jorney;Line B-1526 
He saw grete folke agayn hym ryde,Line B-1527 
The whiche had sought hym wondir-wyde,Line B-1528 
 [1529 tidyngis ms. ] For to brynge hym new tidynge,Line B-1529 
That dede was his fadir, the kynge, Line B-1530 
Of whiche tithyngis he was wo,Line B-1531 
But he may not agayne god do.Line B-1532 
Throughe his lond he went rydynge;Line B-1533 
All they honoryd hym as kynge,Line B-1534 
And whan he come in to þat stede, Line B-1535 
 [1536 dede was, die umstellung durch zeichen angedeutet, ms.] That the kynge, his fadyr, was dede, Line B-1536 
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Throghe that land he lette crye,Line B-1537 
That all men shuld thedir hye,Line B-1538 
Prestis and klerkis of euery towne,Line B-1539 
Byschoppis, erlys and barowne. Line B-1540 
There he made an entyrementLine B-1541 
With many messes, with good entente.Line B-1542 
An ersbyschope beryed his fadir dere,Line B-1543 
Prechynge there was of many a frere;Line B-1544 
Pore men, þat sat vppon þe ground, Line B-1545 
 [1546 Wele ms. ] Were delyd of many a pownde.Line B-1546 
A grete feste there was dightLine B-1547 
For erlys and for many a knyght;Line B-1548 
All men, þat wold there of take,Line B-1549 
Had mete there for goddis sake. Line B-1550 
Whan this feste was brokyn vp,  [f. 74b.]  Line B-1551 
Euery man his leve tukeLine B-1552 
And went hyr way, as I you telle;Line B-1553 
Ipomydon thoght, at home to dwelle.Line B-1554 
His modir and he dwellyd in same Line B-1555 
With moche myrthe, joye and game,Line B-1556 
Tille it befelle vppon a day,Line B-1557 
The quene to hyr sonne gan sayeLine B-1558 
 [1559 counselle ms. ] In pryuyte and in counsaylle:Line B-1559 
"Thou hast a brother, with outen fayle, Line B-1560 
Preuely goten was me vppon,Line B-1561 
Or I was weddyd to any man;Line B-1562 
But hastely he was done fro me;Line B-1563 
I note, yf he a lyffe bee,Line B-1564 
But he me sent þis endyr yere Line B-1565 
A riche rynge of gold full clere:Line B-1566 
And euyr he any brother had,Line B-1567 
I shuld yeffe it hym, he bad,Line B-1568 
Þat, where he come amonge hye or lowe,Line B-1569 
By that rynge he shuld hym knowe. Line B-1570 
 [1571 That, von ders. hand ü. d. z. unr. nachgetr. ] Take thys rynge, my sonne, of me:Line B-1571 
In what contre that he bee,Line B-1572 
 [1573 Who] urspr. What, t verlöscht und a in o corr.] Who that knowith this ylk rynge,Line B-1573 
He ys thy brothyr, with oute lesynge!"Line B-1574 
The rynge he toke of his modyr Line B-1575 
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And trustid wele, to know his brothir.Line B-1576 
Thus they partid in þat place,Line B-1577 
But aftir with in a shorte spaceLine B-1578 
To hym come his baronage,Line B-1579 
That were men of grete parage; Line B-1580 
There entente is, to crowne hym kynge,Line B-1581 
But his thoght was on other thynge,Line B-1582 
For crowne wold he none bere;Line B-1583 
He wold be more assayed ereLine B-1584 
In othir londis, ferre and nere, Line B-1585 
Of his strenghe and his powere.Line B-1586 
He had an eme, was stiffe and stronge,Line B-1587 
Of myddille age, to lyve longe;Line B-1588 
Sir Pers of Poyle was his name,Line B-1589 
Men he distroyed, that dyd shame.  [f. 75a.]  Line B-1590 
Byfore his baronage, I vndirstand,Line B-1591 
Ipomydon sesyd hym in his landeLine B-1592 
And yaffe hym the profyte for his sake,Line B-1593 
Tylle þat he the crowne wold take.Line B-1594 
Turne we now all the matere Line B-1595 
And speke we of Calabre the eyre!Line B-1596 
A duke dwellythe Calabre be syde,Line B-1597 
A stoute man and of grete pryde:Line B-1598 
He was myghty and of grete powere,Line B-1599 
 [1600 hem ms.] Men dred him, bothe ferre and nere; Line B-1600 
His name was duke Geron,Line B-1601 
Of Sesseny-lond he was baron.Line B-1602 
This doughty duke herd saye,Line B-1603 
The eyre of Calabre was suche a may;Line B-1604 
Messengeris he sent anon, Line B-1605 
Vnto Calabre for to gone;Line B-1606 
He sayd, he wold haue hyr to wyffe,Line B-1607 
If she wold, with outen stryffe:Line B-1608 
"And in case she wold not soo,Line B-1609 
I shall make hyr moche woo; Line B-1610 
For I shall distroye hyr landis alle,Line B-1611 
Hyr men sle, bothe grete and smalle,Line B-1612 
Hyr castelle breke and hyr toure, Line B-1613 
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With strenghe take hyr in hyr boure,Line B-1614 
Lesse than she may fynde a knyght, Line B-1615 
That for hyr loue with me darre fight!"Line B-1616 
Forthe went the messyngereLine B-1617 
And told þe lady this matere;Line B-1618 
The lady answerd ryght soneLine B-1619 
And sayd, she wold neuyr haue none, Line B-1620 
"But hym, þat me wanne, so god me saffe,Line B-1621 
Othyr husband wille I none haue!"Line B-1622 
This messyngere his erand gan sayneLine B-1623 
And homeward he went agayne;Line B-1624 
He tolde the duke of his answere Line B-1625 
And anone he bygan grete werre,Line B-1626 
For grete power gadryd he,Line B-1627 
To wynne þis mayde, þat was so free.Line B-1628 
Ipomydon his messyngere herde,Line B-1629 
Of this tithyngis how it ferde; Line B-1630 
To his master he went soneLine B-1631 
And told hym bothe all and somme.Line B-1632 
Whan he that herde, Ipomydon.  [f. 75b.]  Line B-1633 
 [1634 man ms.] That was he a sory mon,Line B-1634 
That he ne myght with that duke fight, Line B-1635 
The whiche was holden so noble a knyght;Line B-1636 
Right vnsemely on queynte manereLine B-1637 
He hym dight, as ye shalle here:Line B-1638 
A barbor he callyd, with outen more,Line B-1639 
And shove hym bothe byhynd & byfore, Line B-1640 
Queyntly endentyd oute and in,Line B-1641 
And also he shove halfe his chynne;Line B-1642 
He semyd a fole, þat queynt syre,Line B-1643 
Bothe by hede and by atyre.Line B-1644 
Armure he toke, þat was rusty, Line B-1645 
And horsyd hym on an old rouncy;Line B-1646 
An helme, as blak as any panne,Line B-1647 
A crokyd spere he toke hym than.Line B-1648 
Whan þat he was thus dight,Line B-1649 
He semyd ylle a doughty knyght; Line B-1650 
To Sesseyn he went, as ye may here, Line B-1651 
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Vnto the kynge MellyagereLine B-1652 
And in his halle brak his spere,Line B-1653 
Ryght as he wode were,Line B-1654 
 [1655 þe] danach w, ausgestr. ] The tronchoune felle vppon þe bord; Line B-1655 
He faryd, as he had bene wode.Line B-1656 
The kynge and quene laughed lightLine B-1657 
And sayd, he was a fole welle dight:Line B-1658 
"Fole, go to mete!" þe kyng gan say;Line B-1659 
The fole answerd and sayd: "Nay! Line B-1660 
For yit I wille not ete with the,Line B-1661 
But thou a bone will grant mee:Line B-1662 
The fryste dede of armys I wille haue,Line B-1663 
 [1664 wille] danach haue, unterpunktet.] Þat any man of þe wille craue!"Line B-1664 
"Fole, go to mete!" sayd þe kynge, Line B-1665 
"I grant the thyne askynge!"Line B-1666 
The fole yede to mete in hyeLine B-1667 
And tyed his hors fast hym bye,Line B-1668 
But, or he rose fro þe borde,Line B-1669 
Many men laughyd at his word. Line B-1670 
In to þe halle come rydynge a may,Line B-1671 
Oute of Calabre, sothe to say,Line B-1672 
On a white mule byfore þe kynge,Line B-1673 
A dwerffe with hyr come rydynge.Line B-1674 
"Sir kyng. my lady gretis wele the Line B-1675 
And prayeth the for charyte,Line B-1676 
To helpe hyr in this mystere  [f. 76a.]  Line B-1677 
Agayne the dukis powere:Line B-1678 
He hathe distoyed hyr landis alleLine B-1679 
Right vnto hyr castelle walle, Line B-1680 
And bot if she haue helpe of the,Line B-1681 
She wille leue hyr landis & flee!"Line B-1682 
The kynge answeryd anoneLine B-1683 
And sayd: "All my knyghtes ar gone,Line B-1684 
Campanus and other full bolde; Line B-1685 
Helpe my cosyn fayne I wolde,Line B-1686 
But they be all at a dede,Line B-1687 
To helpe a lady oute of drede;Line B-1688 
In this world wote I no knyght, Line B-1689 
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That durst his one with hym fyght." Line B-1690 
Vp sterte the fole anone,Line B-1691 
To the kynge he sayd full sone:Line B-1692 
"Loo, I am here all redy dight,Line B-1693 
That darre with hym allone fighte!"Line B-1694 
"Sitte downe, fole!" the mayd gan saye, Line B-1695 
"Vs list to speke of no pleye:Line B-1696 
Dryve thy folye, where thow wille,Line B-1697 
For no joye haue I there tille!"Line B-1698 
The fole sayd: "Be þou wrothe or glad,Line B-1699 
Suche promyse of the kynge I had, Line B-1700 
That I shuld haue þe fryst dede!"Line B-1701 
The mayde turnyd and forthe yede.Line B-1702 
The fole stert vp with oute delayeLine B-1703 
And sayd: "Syr kynge, haue good day!"Line B-1704 
He lepyd on his hors there Line B-1705 
And sayd: "Fare welle and haue gode yere!"Line B-1706 
Somme sayd, he was a fole welle dight,Line B-1707 
Somme sayd, he semyd a knyght,Line B-1708 
That is come fro ferre contre,Line B-1709 
By cause he wald not knowyn be. Line B-1710 
He prekyd his hors wondir-faste,Line B-1711 
The mayde he saw at the laste.Line B-1712 
As they rode by the way,Line B-1713 
The mayde to the dwerfe gan saye:Line B-1714 
"Vndo my tente and sette it faste, Line B-1715 
 [1716 while] danach a, ausgestr. ] For here a while y wille me ryste!"Line B-1716 
Mete and drynke bothe they had,Line B-1717 
That was fro home with them lad;Line B-1718 
Bothe they dranke there of and ete,Line B-1719 
But euyr the fole with oute sete;  [f. 76b.]  Line B-1720 
One morselle they nold hym caste,Line B-1721 
Thoughe he shuld for hungre brest;Line B-1722 
Þe dwerfe sayd: "We ar to blame:Line B-1723 
Yiff þe fole somme mete for shame!"Line B-1724 
"Not one morselle!" she gan say, Line B-1725 
"For hungre shall dryue hym away!"Line B-1726 
 [1727 ryd.] danach he, ganz verlöscht.] With that there come rydyng a knyght Line B-1727 
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To hyr tente anone ryght:Line B-1728 
 [1729 bad ms.] "Come forthe with me!" to hyr he bed,Line B-1729 
"I haue the spyed, sythe þou oute yede: Line B-1730 
Thou arte my lemman, as I haue thoght!"Line B-1731 
The fole sayd: "Þat leve I noghte:Line B-1732 
She ys myne, I wille hyr haue,Line B-1733 
Fro the I hope hyr wele to saue!"Line B-1734 
The knyght sayd: "Fole, leve thy folye, Line B-1735 
Or ellis þou shalt dere abye!"Line B-1736 
The fole sterte to a tronchoune,Line B-1737 
Þat bare vp the maydens pavilloun,Line B-1738 
And smote the knyght on the crowne,Line B-1739 
That sterke-dede he felle to ground. Line B-1740 
He yaffe the dwerffe þe knyghtes gere,Line B-1741 
To hym selfe he toke the spere.Line B-1742 
Vp they rose and forthe yede,Line B-1743 
Till efte to ryste they had nede;Line B-1744 
They toke mete & made them glad, Line B-1745 
To þe mayd the dwerf bad:Line B-1746 
"Yif the fole somme mete for shame:Line B-1747 
He hathe sauyd you fro blame,Line B-1748 
And thynke, ye shuld haue be shent,Line B-1749 
Had he be oute of youre present!" Line B-1750 
The mayde answeryd hym anone:Line B-1751 
"Byfore god, mete getteth he none:Line B-1752 
It was but foly, I prayse it noght,Line B-1753 
I wold, he were fro vs broght!"Line B-1754 
With that there come another knyght, Line B-1755 
The mayd he chalengid anone ryghtLine B-1756 
And sayd: "Come forth, my leman dere!"Line B-1757 
The fole sayd: "Þou haste none here:Line B-1758 
She is myne, and longe hathe bene!"Line B-1759 
With that þe knyght bygan to tene Line B-1760 
And sayd: "Fole, thou shalt abye,Line B-1761 
Yff þou speke more of þis folye!"Line B-1762 
The fole sayd: "I will not blynne:  [f. 77a.]  Line B-1763 
If thou hyr haue, þou shalt hyr wynne!"Line B-1764 
With that he lepte on his hors lyght, Line B-1765 
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And eyther to other ganne hem dight;Line B-1766 
The fole hym metithe with a spere,Line B-1767 
That throughe the body he ganne hym bere;Line B-1768 
The knyght was dede throughe þat dede,Line B-1769 
To the dwerffe he yaff his stede. Line B-1770 
Forthe they buskyd hem anone,Line B-1771 
To a place they thought to gone,Line B-1772 
There they wold haue bene al nyght;Line B-1773 
Þey myght no ferther for lak of light;Line B-1774 
They toke them mete and drynke gode spede, Line B-1775 
Vnnethe they wold þe fole any bede.Line B-1776 
Right as they satte and made hem glad,Line B-1777 
There come a knyght, as þe deville hym bad;Line B-1778 
He was the dukis brother Geron,Line B-1779 
All was blak, þat he had on, Line B-1780 
Bothe his hors & his wede;Line B-1781 
To þe mayde he gan hym spedeLine B-1782 
And sayd: "Sythe I fynd you here,Line B-1783 
Ye shall be my leman dere!"Line B-1784 
The fole sayd: "Nay, not so: Line B-1785 
Anothir she hathe tane hyr too:Line B-1786 
That am I, that þou seest here:Line B-1787 
If thou hyr bye, she is to dere!"Line B-1788 
"Fole," he sayd, "þou bourdist grete:Line B-1789 
With my spere I shall the bete! Line B-1790 
Hyr tyme foule had she spedde,Line B-1791 
If she shold lye with þe in bedde."Line B-1792 
The fole sayd: "Twyse I hir bought:Line B-1793 
With thy chydynge þou gettest hyr noght.Line B-1794 
Iff thou hyr haue, þou shalt hyr bye Line B-1795 
A peny derrere, þan euer dyd I!"Line B-1796 
There was no lenger to abyde,Line B-1797 
But eyther of theym to othyr gan ryde;Line B-1798 
The fole mette þe knyght soo,Line B-1799 
That his bak braste on twoo; Line B-1800 
With that stroke he hym slougheLine B-1801 
And his armure of he droughe;Line B-1802 
Anone he toke þe knyghtis stedeLine B-1803 
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And armyd hym in his wede.Line B-1804 
Whan the fole was wele dight,  [f. 77b.]  Line B-1805 
 [1806 he] hym ms. ] The mayde he semyd a godely knyght,Line B-1806 
And trowyd wele, fole was he none,Line B-1807 
By the dedis, þat he had done.Line B-1808 
They layde hem downe, to take hyr reste;Line B-1809 
The dwerf fulle sone slepyd faste, Line B-1810 
But the mayde wakynge layeLine B-1811 
And on the fole thynkith ay;Line B-1812 
 [1813 doughty] danach doughty, ausgestr.] She demyd, he was a doughty knyght,Line B-1813 
Wherefore to hym she gan hyr dight:Line B-1814 
"Sir knyght," she sayd, "slepe ye nowe? Line B-1815 
Ye ar no fole, þat wele I knowe:Line B-1816 
Ye be a knyght, doughty of hand,Line B-1817 
I know none suche in all þis land,Line B-1818 
And þe same knyght, so trow I,Line B-1819 
Þat somme tyme wanne my lady, Line B-1820 
I trow full wele, þat thou be he:Line B-1821 
Wilt thou hyr leve and wed me?Line B-1822 
Thou shalt be of grete powere:Line B-1823 
I am as ryche, as is the eyreLine B-1824 
Off Calabre-long, with oute doute!" Line B-1825 
The knyght lokyd fast abouteLine B-1826 
And euyr more stille he layLine B-1827 
And herde hyr speke, as I you say,Line B-1828 
& whan þat she had all sayd,Line B-1829 
He sterte vp in a brayde Line B-1830 
And bygan for to rese,Line B-1831 
As he wold take hyr by the nese;Line B-1832 
Euyr the fayrer þat she spake,Line B-1833 
The fouler braydes gan he make;Line B-1834 
Thus he wrawled & wroth a way, Line B-1835 
One word to hyr he nolde not say.Line B-1836 
Whan she saw, it wold not be,Line B-1837 
"Sir knyght," she sayd, "for charyte,Line B-1838 
Trowest thou, þou shalt not fayle,Line B-1839 
To helpe my lady in þis batayle Line B-1840 
And with the duke Geron to fyght, Line B-1841 
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As þou kynge Melliager hight?Line B-1842 
What shall I to my lady say,Line B-1843 
Whethyr will ye come or nay?"Line B-1844 
"To morow, whan I þe duke see, Line B-1845 
Par auntur in suche plyte I may bee,Line B-1846 
That I wille the bataille take,  [f. 78b.]  Line B-1847 
And so it may falle, I wille it forsake,Line B-1848 
For I am holdyn no thynge you tille,Line B-1849 
Noght but at myne owne wille!" Line B-1850 
The mayden turnyd homeward & thoght,Line B-1851 
To his answere she coude sey noght;Line B-1852 
She bad þe knyght haue good day,Line B-1853 
And he bad: "Fare wele, fayre maye!"Line B-1854 
In at a preuy posterne gate Line B-1855 
By nyght she stale in there ate,Line B-1856 
And to þe lady she told sone,Line B-1857 
What the fole had for hyr done,Line B-1858 
And that he comythe for hyr to fight.Line B-1859 
This lady was a sorowfull wight, Line B-1860 
For on the morow þe duke with prydeLine B-1861 
Vnto the castelle gate gan ryde,Line B-1862 
But they were stokyn hym agayne;Line B-1863 
With lowde voyse he gan to sayne:Line B-1864 
"Come owte, leman, on feyre manere: Line B-1865 
I wille no lenger tarye here,Line B-1866 
Or ellys a knyght ye oute sende,Line B-1867 
With me to fight, you to deffende!"Line B-1868 
And as he stode þus talkynge,Line B-1869 
He saw a knyght come rydynge; Line B-1870 
A glad man tho was he,Line B-1871 
His brothir, he wende, it had be:Line B-1872 
It was not he, as ye shall here,Line B-1873 
He answerid þe duke on this manere:Line B-1874 
"What art thou, that makist þis crye Line B-1875 
And at this gate so grete mastrye?"Line B-1876 
"I am," he sayd, "lord of here inne,Line B-1877 
For I am sekir, þis mayde to wynne,Line B-1878 
 [1879 will] om. ms.] And will so do, or I hens will gone, Line B-1879 
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That othir husband gettyth she none!"Line B-1880 
Ipomydon saide: "Þat thou shalt mysse,Line B-1881 
For all myne owne that lady ys,Line B-1882 
And full longe she hathe be soo,Line B-1883 
There fore I rede the hens goo:Line B-1884 
I wille hyr deffend frome all men!" Line B-1885 
The duke answerd bitterly then:Line B-1886 
"Traytour," he sayd, "þou art anothir;Line B-1887 
I wende, thou haddist bene my brothir:Line B-1888 
His stede thou hast, his armour, loo,  [f. 78b.]  Line B-1889 
Thow hast hym slayne, I trow, also!" Line B-1890 
"That I hym slow, I gaynesay noght:Line B-1891 
The so to serue haue I thoght!"Line B-1892 
With that word, with oute lye,Line B-1893 
Fast to gedir gan they hye,Line B-1894 
That there sperys all tobrast; Line B-1895 
They drowghe swerdis and faught faste.Line B-1896 
The lady lay in an hye toureLine B-1897 
And saw bytwene theym all þe stoure,Line B-1898 
But she ne wist, whiche for hyr did fight,Line B-1899 
For they in lyke wede were dight. Line B-1900 
Gretter bataille myght none be,Line B-1901 
For neyther wold for othyr flee;Line B-1902 
They faught to gedyr wondir-longe,Line B-1903 
Þe bataille was bothe stiff & stronge,Line B-1904 
That of there lyves neyther rought. Line B-1905 
Ipomydon than hym bythoght,Line B-1906 
He was in poynte, to lese there,Line B-1907 
That he had bought wondir-dere;Line B-1908 
Hys swerd in bothe handis he toke,Line B-1909 
It was sharpe, as saythe þe boke, Line B-1910 
And hertely he dyd it vp lyfte,Line B-1911 
Amyd the crowne he yaff hym swifte,Line B-1912 
Thrughe helme & bassenet it raught,Line B-1913 
Hys crowne was shavyn at one draught.Line B-1914 
The duke felt hym hurt full sore, Line B-1915 
He prayed þe knyght, to smyte no more:Line B-1916 
"I am nye dede, I may not stande,Line B-1917 
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I yelde me here vnto thyn handeLine B-1918 
And shall be thyne owne knyght,Line B-1919 
At thy wille bothe day & nyght; Line B-1920 
I shall restore in to this landeLine B-1921 
More good, þan euyr I here fonde,Line B-1922 
And euyr more, while þat I lyve,Line B-1923 
A thousand pownd I wille þe yiffe!"Line B-1924 
Ipomydon sayd: "I grant þe here, Line B-1925 
So þat thou do on this manere,Line B-1926 
Thow come not nye this pavilloun,Line B-1927 
But hye the faste oute of þis town!"Line B-1928 
The duke hym grantyd hastely,  [f. 79a.]  Line B-1929 
Oute of the towne for to hye. Line B-1930 
He and all, þat with hym come,Line B-1931 
Homeward they hyed hem full sone.Line B-1932 
Ipomydon rode to þe pavillon,Line B-1933 
Right as it were duke Geron.Line B-1934 
Be syde þe castelle, where in was þe eyre, Line B-1935 
Rennethe a ryuer longe & feyreLine B-1936 
With shippis & sayles many folde;Line B-1937 
There stremes were of fyne golde.Line B-1938 
This lady sayd, she wold flee,Line B-1939 
 [1940 þe] ü. d. ȝ. nachgetr. ] Iff that the duke wan þe gre. Line B-1940 
These shippis where stuffyd with vytayle,Line B-1941 
Þat with this lady sholde sayle;Line B-1942 
She lokyd oute in to the towneLine B-1943 
And saw one come to þe pavilloun;Line B-1944 
She wende, þe duke had wonne þe gre, Line B-1945 
Where fore she busked hyr to flee.Line B-1946 
 [1947 Ipomydo ms. ] Ipomydon to þe yates wente,Line B-1947 
Than the lady helde hyr self shent:Line B-1948 
"Come forthe," he sayd, "my leman dere,Line B-1949 
For I haue wonne þe now here!" Line B-1950 
The lady herde hym make suche crye,Line B-1951 
 [1952 hyee ms. ] To hyr shyppe she gan hyr hye;Line B-1952 
 [1953 paste ms.] They plukkyd vp sayles & forthe þey passe,Line B-1953 
She & hyr men, bothe more & lasse. Line B-1954 
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Turne we now anone ryghtesLine B-1955 
And speke of kyng Melliagere knyghtes,Line B-1956 
That, whan hyr jorney was done,Line B-1957 
They hem buskyd home full sone,Line B-1958 
Campanus and his felows full bolde,Line B-1959 
But the tydynges were hem tolde Line B-1960 
Off þe eyre of Calabre, þe fayre may,Line B-1961 
And of þe duke, as I you say,Line B-1962 
And how she sent aftir sokoureLine B-1963 
The preuyest mayden in hyr boure,Line B-1964 
And how a fole hathe take on hond, Line B-1965 
To fight with hym in þat londe.Line B-1966 
Sir Campanus buskid hym to fare,  [f. 79b.]  Line B-1967 
To bryng this lady oute of care,Line B-1968 
And all the power, þat had þe kynge,Line B-1969 
Buskyd theyme to þat fyghtynge, Line B-1970 
In all the hast, þat they myght,Line B-1971 
With the duke for to fight.Line B-1972 
Toward Calabre as they rode,Line B-1973 
Þey saw shippis in þe flode;Line B-1974 
Anoon they callyd to theyme there Line B-1975 
And askyd hem, of whens they were.Line B-1976 
The shippemen sayd: "Of Calabre-londe:Line B-1977 
A duke hathe wonne it with his hand;Line B-1978 
Here ys þe lady, as ye may see,Line B-1979 
She hathe forsake hyr owne contre." Line B-1980 
Campanus prayd þe lady, to dwelleLine B-1981 
And somwhat of hyr greffe to telle.Line B-1982 
She herd, they were hyr eme knyghtesLine B-1983 
And tornyd ayeyne anon ryghtesLine B-1984 
And tolde the knyghtes all in hye Line B-1985 
Off þe duke, þat was so doughty,Line B-1986 
And how the fole had hym borneLine B-1987 
Off good poyntis there beforne,Line B-1988 
And how þe duke hathe hym slayne,Line B-1989 
"& comyn ys to my yates agayne!" Line B-1990 
Campanus sayd anone ryght:Line B-1991 
"I darre ley, it was þe same knyght,Line B-1992 
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Was comyn oute of hys owne londe,Line B-1993 
For he was doughty of his hand:Line B-1994 
Madame, I rede, we torne agayne, Line B-1995 
And we shall see, who is slayne,Line B-1996 
& than we shalle þis dede awreke,Line B-1997 
Iff we haue grace, with hym to speke,Line B-1998 
That all þis land shall there of here,Line B-1999 
And ellys honge me be the swyre, Line B-2000 
But I his hede vnto you brynge!"Line B-2001 
All they grantyd, with oute lesynge.Line B-2002 
This lady turnyd hyr shippe anonLine B-2003 
And with sir Campanus forthe gan goon.Line B-2004 
When she come þe castelle nye, Line B-2005 
As ferre as euyr she myght see,Line B-2006 
In that place she wold abyde,  [f. 80a.]  Line B-2007 
Tille she wist, how it wold tyde.Line B-2008 
Campanus all his men lette calleLine B-2009 
And to þe castelle they went alle; Line B-2010 
They saw a knyght in blak atyre,Line B-2011 
 [2012 went ms. ] They wend full wele, þe duke it were,Line B-2012 
Þat had distroyed þe land aboute;Line B-2013 
To hym they hyed, all þe route.Line B-2014 
Campanus sayd in þis manere: Line B-2015 
"What art þou, that standis here?Line B-2016 
Tell me, why þou makist þis dynneLine B-2017 
And what þou woldist haue here in!"Line B-2018 
He sayd: "My leman, þat I wanne,Line B-2019 
I wille not leue hyr for no man!" Line B-2020 
Sir Campanus sayd: "Þou getist hyr noght;Line B-2021 
I rede, frome hyr thou change þi thoghtLine B-2022 
And go home to thy contre,Line B-2023 
Or ellis, for sothe, þou shalt dede be:Line B-2024 
Where fore hens fast thou hye Line B-2025 
 [2026 owte] am schlusse der zeile mit ver∣weisungszeichen nachgetr.] With owte any more vylany,Line B-2026 
And ellis I swere, by god almyght,Line B-2027 
We shall all ageynst þe fight!"Line B-2028 
Ipomydon sayd: "What may this bee?Line B-2029 
Is this the maner of this contre? Line B-2030 
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Yif any of yow haue better right,Line B-2031 
Than I haue, to þis lady bryght,Line B-2032 
Come forthe & prove yt with your hand,Line B-2033 
One for one, while I may stand!"Line B-2034 
Campanus answerd to þe knyght: Line B-2035 
"Chese, whether þou wilt go or ellys fight!"Line B-2036 
Ipomydon sayd: "Sythe it is soo,Line B-2037 
That I shall hyr thus forgoo,Line B-2038 
Rather I wille þe bataille takeLine B-2039 
And lese my lyffe for hyr sake Line B-2040 
And put it all in goddis hond!"Line B-2041 
Agayne hem all he thoght to stond;Line B-2042 
All at ons at hym they layd,Line B-2043 
Ipomydon hys swerd oute braydLine B-2044 
And many a man he fellys downe ryght; Line B-2045 
He faught with many a doughty knyght,Line B-2046 
That many a stroke vppon hym layd:  [f. 80b.]  Line B-2047 
"Yeld the, traytour!" "Not yit!" he sayd.Line B-2048 
The knyghtes, that were of grete pryde,Line B-2049 
Faste they faught on yche syde; Line B-2050 
Ipomydon saw non othyr wone,Line B-2051 
But socouryd hym at a walle of stone,Line B-2052 
And they pursewyd aftir faste,Line B-2053 
Þat many vnto þe dethe he caste.Line B-2054 
So longe ageynste them he gan stand, Line B-2055 
 [2056 howyd ms.? ] They hewyd the gloves of his hand;Line B-2056 
All bare-handyd faught þis knyght,Line B-2057 
They saw neuyr are non so wight.Line B-2058 
Sir Campanus, as I vndirstande,Line B-2059 
Saw the rynge on his hand, Line B-2060 
That he yaffe his modyr, þe quene:Line B-2061 
Many a yere are he ne had it sene.Line B-2062 
Campanus prayd hym stand stille,Line B-2063 
While he askyd hym a skyle.Line B-2064 
The knyght answerd & bad hym sey, Line B-2065 
For all they were wery of there play;Line B-2066 
"Sir knyght," he sayd, "telle me this thynge:Line B-2067 
 [2068 ilke] danach rign, ausgestr.] Where had ye that ilke rynge?" Line B-2068 
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Ipomydon answerd, as he thought,Line B-2069 
And sayd: "For sothe, I stale it noght: Line B-2070 
For þou coueytes, to haue þis rynge,Line B-2071 
I swere by Jesus, heuyn kynge,Line B-2072 
Or þou it haue with mystrye,Line B-2073 
With sore strokis þou shalt it bye!"Line B-2074 
Sir Campanus prayd hym with feyre chere, Line B-2075 
To telle hym on feyre manere,Line B-2076 
Where he had þat ylke rynge,Line B-2077 
And say the sothe, with oute lesynge.Line B-2078 
Ipomydon sayd: "So god me spede,Line B-2079 
Y wille not telle þe for no drede! Line B-2080 
But telle me, why þou doste enquere,Line B-2081 
And I shalle yeve the an answere!"Line B-2082 
"This rynge," he sayd, "þat is so fyne,Line B-2083 
For sothe, somme tyme it was myne:Line B-2084 
Now, as ye are a gentill man, Line B-2085 
Telle me, where ye þat rynge wanne!"Line B-2086 
"The quene," he sayd, "of Poyle-landLine B-2087 
Yaff me this rynge, ye shall vndirstand!Line B-2088 
She ys my modyr good and fayre,  [f. 81a.]  Line B-2089 
Off all þat land I am þe eyre." Line B-2090 
"Sir knyght," he sayd, "yit abyde:Line B-2091 
What sayd she more to you þat tyde?"Line B-2092 
"She sayd, I had a brother on lyve,Line B-2093 
Was gotyn, or þat she was wyffe,Line B-2094 
And sayd, who þat knew this rynge, Line B-2095 
Was my brother, with oute lesynge!"Line B-2096 
Sir Campanus sayd: "By god allmyght,Line B-2097 
I am thy brother, þou gentill knyght!"Line B-2098 
They felle downe bothe in þat stound,Line B-2099 
At onys fallynge to þe ground; Line B-2100 
Men caught hem vp & wakyd hem bothe,Line B-2101 
They were full glad & no thynge lothe.Line B-2102 
Ipomydon enqueryd of his brothyr,Line B-2103 
What was his name, for none knew othyr;Line B-2104 
He sayd: "Syr Campanus I hight, Line B-2105 
That gaynste þe dyd fyght,Line B-2106 
Line B-2107 

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With kynge Melleager dwelle I!"Line B-2107 
"Som tyme we were in company:Line B-2108 
 [2109 Know ms.? ] Knew ye nevyr the quenys lemman,Line B-2109 
That som tyme this mayd wan?" Line B-2110 
"A, brother," he sayd, "be ye he?"Line B-2111 
There was joye grete plente.Line B-2112 
Ipomydon sayd: "I bare þe shelde,Line B-2113 
That wanne þe lady in þe felde;Line B-2114 
Stedis I had þere þat day in place, Line B-2115 
Þe sothe ye know, þat it so was,Line B-2116 
Whyte and rede & blak also:Line B-2117 
Wele ye wote, þat it was so.Line B-2118 
And there I wanne throw goddis graceLine B-2119 
The beste stedis þat day in place, Line B-2120 
Þe kynges stede and thyne also,Line B-2121 
And of myne owne I sent you two,Line B-2122 
And youres I sent to other men:Line B-2123 
Ye wote wele, it was so then.Line B-2124 
I toke my leve of þe quene, Line B-2125 
With me went my mayden sheneLine B-2126 
Home toward myne owne lond.Line B-2127 
Sir Caymes sayd, I vndirstand,Line B-2128 
That he wold feche vs bothe agayne,  [f. 81b.]  Line B-2129 
Or ellis þat he wold be slayne; Line B-2130 
He sayd, I went with oute leve:Line B-2131 
All ye wist, how it dyd preue;Line B-2132 
And therfore, brother, as I haue sayd,Line B-2133 
I am best worthy, to haue þe mayd!"Line B-2134 
They saw, it was þe same knyght; Line B-2135 
Þan all there hertes began to light.Line B-2136 
Euere as they went, they gan hym kysse,Line B-2137 
There was joye and moche blisse.Line B-2138 
Messengeris afore gan thrynge,Line B-2139 
 [2140 tythynges ms.] To bryng þe lady good tythynge; Line B-2140 
When she saw, þey come so fast,Line B-2141 
Than þe lady was agast,Line B-2142 
She wende, þey had scomfyted be;Line B-2143 
Þis lady bad, draw sayle & flee. Line B-2144 
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The messyngers cryed, as þey were wode, Line B-2145 
Whan they saw hyr go with þe flode,Line B-2146 
They sayd: "Madame, drede you noght:Line B-2147 
The strange squyer hathe you sought!"Line B-2148 
Whan she herd of hym speke,Line B-2149 
She thought, hyr hert wold tobreke, Line B-2150 
But she myght se hym with syght,Line B-2151 
That hyr wanne in grete fight.Line B-2152 
They tornyd þe shippis to þe land,Line B-2153 
To gedyr they mette at þe sond.Line B-2154 
Whan þe lady of hym had syght, Line B-2155 
She comaundyd a bote forthe ryght,Line B-2156 
For at þe lond fayne wold she bee,Line B-2157 
That she myght þe knyght see.Line B-2158 
She lepyd oute of þe bote in hyeLine B-2159 
In to þe water, þe knyght stode bye, Line B-2160 
And he in aftir also faste,Line B-2161 
Þat vp he gatte hyr at þe last.Line B-2162 
Whan þey come vnto þe lond,Line B-2163 
Ipomydon toke hyr by þe hondLine B-2164 
And told hyr þere, with outen fayle, Line B-2165 
Hyr love had causyd hym grete travaile:Line B-2166 
"Sythe fryst þat I with you dyd dwelle,  [f. 82a.]  Line B-2167 
Half my sorow can I not telle,Line B-2168 
And how ye blamyd your cosyn JasonLine B-2169 
For þat I loked you vppon, Line B-2170 
And fro I toke my leve and went,Line B-2171 
Tille I herd of youre entente,Line B-2172 
How þat ye wold haue a knyght,Line B-2173 
That of his hand was most wight;Line B-2174 
Thedyr I drew, when I it herde, Line B-2175 
All ye wote, how þat it ferd:Line B-2176 
I seruyd your eme longe with alle,Line B-2177 
The quenys lemman þey dyd me calle;Line B-2178 
And aftir I justed dayes thre,Line B-2179 
Many men ther dyd I see, Line B-2180 
And there I wan stedis good,Line B-2181 
Somme were rede as any blode,Line B-2182 
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And also wisely god me amend,Line B-2183 
The kyngis stede to you I send;Line B-2184 
But sone after, I vndirstand, Line B-2185 
I went in to myn owne lond,Line B-2186 
Tille I herd vppon a dayLine B-2187 
Of þe duke, þat made outray;Line B-2188 
I busked me in queynt manere,Line B-2189 
Right as I a fole were, Line B-2190 
And went ageyne to þe kynge:Line B-2191 
He knew me not, for no thynge;Line B-2192 
And thedyr come frome you a mayd,Line B-2193 
And to þe kynge þese wordis she sayd,Line B-2194 
That he muste you socoure sende, Line B-2195 
Fro þe duke you to deffend;Line B-2196 
But þe kyng you of help forsokeLine B-2197 
And I the bataile to me toke;Line B-2198 
Forthe with þe mayd gan I goneLine B-2199 
And there I kepte hyr frome hyr fone; Line B-2200 
Thre knyghtes of hyr lyffes I lete,Line B-2201 
And now þe duke I haue scomfyte:Line B-2202 
I darre wele say, by goddis sond,Line B-2203 
I haue you wonne with my hond!"Line B-2204 
Whan þe lady herd, how it was,  [f. 82b.]  Line B-2205 
She felle on swounyng in þe place;Line B-2206 
He toke hyr vp with good spede,Line B-2207 
His mouthe to hyrs he gan bede,Line B-2208 
They kyssyd to gedyr with good chere,Line B-2209 
For eyther was to othyr dere. Line B-2210 
I lette you wete, with oute delay,Line B-2211 
Halfe there joye I can not say.Line B-2212 
Forthe they went to þe castelle,Line B-2213 
There this lady byfore dyd dwelle;Line B-2214 
All that nyght they were in same Line B-2215 
With moche myrthe, joy and game.Line B-2216 
On the morow the clerkis were bowne,Line B-2217 
To wryte lettres of grete renowneLine B-2218 
To the kynge of Seseny-lond,Line B-2219 
That was hyr eme, I vndyrstand; Line B-2220 
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To þe emperoure, I dare wele say,Line B-2221 
Were wrytte lettres of grete nobley,Line B-2222 
To ershebisshoppes & bysshopis of þe land:Line B-2223 
Prestes & clerkis, þat were at hand,Line B-2224 
Dukis, erlys and barons also, Line B-2225 
Knyghtis and squyers shuld thedyr go.Line B-2226 
Messyngeris were sent euery where,Line B-2227 
For pore and ryche, all shold be there;Line B-2228 
And whan these lordis tythyngis herd,Line B-2229 
They hyed hem fast thedyrward. Line B-2230 
Þis fest was cryed longe byfore,Line B-2231 
 [2232 it shold laste] om. ms. ] Fourty dayes it shold laste, with oute more;Line B-2232 
Metis were made grete plente,Line B-2233 
 [2234 For] danach may, ausgestr. ] For many a man þere shuld bee;Line B-2234 
With the emperoure come to þe feste Line B-2235 
An hundreth knyghtes at þe lest,Line B-2236 
And with the kynge, hyr eme, alsoLine B-2237 
Two hundreth hors, with oute mo;Line B-2238 
 [2239 come ms.] Sir Piers of Poyle thedyr cameLine B-2239 
And with hym knyghtes of grete fame, Line B-2240 
That doughty were, of þat land,  [f. 83a.]  Line B-2241 
In bataile preuyd, I vndirstand.Line B-2242 
On the morow, whan it was day,Line B-2243 
Thay busked theyme, as I you say,Line B-2244 
Toward þe chirche with game & glee, Line B-2245 
To make þat grete solempnyte;Line B-2246 
The archebisshopp of þat landLine B-2247 
Weddyd theyme, I vndirstand.Line B-2248 
Whan it was done, as I you say,Line B-2249 
Home they went with oute delay. Line B-2250 
By þat they come to þe castelle,Line B-2251 
There mete was redy euery dele;Line B-2252 
Trumpes to mete gan blow tho,Line B-2253 
Claryons & other menstrellis mo;Line B-2254 
Þo they wasshe and yede to mete, Line B-2255 
And euery lord toke his sete;Line B-2256 
Whan they were sette, all þe route,Line B-2257 
Menstrellis blew than all aboute, Line B-2258 
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Tille they were seruyd with prydeLine B-2259 
Of the fryst cours þat tyde; Line B-2260 
The seruyce was of grete aray,Line B-2261 
That they were seruyd with þat day.Line B-2262 
Þus they ete and made hem gladLine B-2263 
With suche seruyce, as they had.Line B-2264 
Whan they had dyned, as I you say, Line B-2265 
Lordis and ladyes yede to play,Line B-2266 
Somme to tablis & somme to chesse,Line B-2267 
With othir gammys, more and lesse.Line B-2268 
Ipomydon gaff in þat stoundLine B-2269 
To mynstrellis V C. pound, Line B-2270 
And othyr yiftes of grete nobleyLine B-2271 
He yaff to other men þat day.Line B-2272 
Thus this fest, as it was told,Line B-2273 
Fourty dayes it was hold.Line B-2274 
Ipomydon his brother lette calle, Line B-2275 
There he stode in the halle,Line B-2276 
And yaff hym all Poyle-land,  [f. 83b.]  Line B-2277 
But on erledom, I vnderstond,Line B-2278 
And of that land made hym kyng,Line B-2279 
And afftyr hym hys offspryng. Line B-2280 
He thankyd god and hym with mode,Line B-2281 
 [2282 man] ü. d. z. nachgetr. ] And euery man spak of hym good.Line B-2282 
Syr Camppanus forthe ys gon on sondLine B-2283 
To the kyng of Sesanay-lond,Line B-2284 
 [2285 chamber] chambyr ms., a corr. aus?] There he was in hys chamber, Line B-2285 
Talkyng with the ladyes on fere.Line B-2286 
He told of the yefftes fayre,Line B-2287 
Off Poyle-land how he was eyre;Line B-2288 
The ladyes answerd all on one:Line B-2289 
"Souche a man in the world ys non!" Line B-2290 
Ipomadon, there he stod in hall,Line B-2291 
Tholomew he lette to hym callLine B-2292 
And yaff hym an erledom freLine B-2293 
And a mayde, hys leff to bee,Line B-2294 
That was with hym in Pole-lond, Line B-2295 
With the quene, I vnderstond. Line B-2296 
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Syr Tholomew tho gan say:Line B-2297 
"I thanke yow, lord, for thys mayLine B-2298 
And for yowre yefftes many on,Line B-2299 
That ye hawe yewen me here befforne!" Line B-2300 
Tho passyd he forthe, as I yow say,Line B-2301 
There he lyked best to play.Line B-2302 
Ipomadon, in hall there he stod,Line B-2303 
Bethowght hym of myld mode.Line B-2304 
Of hys felaw, syr Jason, Line B-2305 
 [2306 man ms. ] How he was a worthy mon;Line B-2306 
To hym he gaff bothe ferre & nereLine B-2307 
Grete londes, as ye may here,Line B-2308 
To hys wyff a fayre may,Line B-2309 
That he had louyd many a day,  [f. 84a.]  Line B-2310 
 [2311 he] danach der anfang von h, ausgestr. ] And other yiftes he yaff alsoLine B-2311 
Tille other men many moo.Line B-2312 
Whan this feste was comyn to þe end,Line B-2313 
Euery man busked hem, home to wend.Line B-2314 
On the morow, with oute lesynge, Line B-2315 
The emperoure went vnto þe kynge,Line B-2316 
His leve to take, gan he gone,Line B-2317 
And with hym lordis many on;Line B-2318 
At þe takynge of his leveLine B-2319 
Halfe þe joye I can not discryve, Line B-2320 
That there was hem amongeLine B-2321 
Off ladies and of knyghtis stronge.Line B-2322 
 [2323 tane ms.] The emperoure his leve hathe toneLine B-2323 
At þe kynge IpomydonLine B-2324 
And at þe quene fayre and free, Line B-2325 
So dyd many mo than hee.Line B-2326 
Thus the lordes fayre & hendLine B-2327 
Homeward all þey gan to wend,Line B-2328 
Euery lord to his contreLine B-2329 
Or where them lyked best to be, Line B-2330 
And lefte them there bothe in sameLine B-2331 
With myche myrthe, joye and game,Line B-2332 
There to dwelle for euyr more,Line B-2333 
Tille theyme departyd dethe sore. Line B-2334 
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Ipomydon and his lady dere Line B-2335 
To gedyr were many yereLine B-2336 
With all joye, þat men myght see;Line B-2337 
In world so moche neuer myght be,Line B-2338 
As was euere þem amonge,Line B-2339 
Till dethe þem departid, þat was stronge. Line B-2340 
And whan they dyed, I trow, iwis,Line B-2341 
Bothe they yede to heuyn blysse,Line B-2342 
There as non other thynge may bee,Line B-2343 
But joye and blisse, game & glee:Line B-2344 
To þat blysse god bryng vs alle, Line B-2345 
That dyed on rode for grete & smalle! Amen.Line B-2346 

Explicit [Explicet ms.] Ipomydon.

Ipomedon in drei englischen bearbeitungen / hrsg. von Eugen Kölbing.

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