Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 [extracts]
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- Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 [extracts]
- Author
- Hall, Joseph, 1854-1927.
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- Oxford,: The Clarendon press,
- 1920.
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- English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Readers.
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"Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 [extracts]." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/CME00035. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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Page 192
Hu he resteð him ðis der.
ðanne he walkeð wide. [ 505]
herkne wu it telleð her.
for he is al unride.
A tre he sekeð to fuligewis.
ðat is strong & stedefast is.
& leneð him trostl[i]ke ðer bi. [ 510]
ðanne he is of walke weri.
ðe hunte haueð biholden ðis.
ðe him wille swiken.
wor his beste wune is.
to don hise willen. [ 515]
Sageð ðis tre & under set.
o ðe wise ðat he mai bet.
& hileð it wel ðat he it nes war
ðanne he makeð ðer to char.
him seluen sit olon bihalt. [ 520]
weðer his gin him out biwalt. [521. biwarlt MS.]
ðanne cumeð ðis elp unride.
& leneð him up on his side.
slepeð bi ðe tre in ðe sadue.
& fallen boden so to gaddre. [ 525]
gef ðer is noman ðanne he falleð.
he remeð & helpe calleð.
remeð reufulike on his wise.
hopeð he sal ðurg helpe 'ri'sen. [529. risen] sisen MS., ri in margin.]
ðanne cumeð ðer on gangande. [ 530]
hopeð he sal him don ut standen.
Fikeð & fondeð al his migt.
ne mai he it forðen no wigt.
Ne canne ðan non oðer.
'oc' remeð mid his broðer. [ 535] [535. oc] o MS., oc in margin.]
manie & mikle cume ðer 'se'cande. [536. sacande MS., se in margin.]
wenen him on stalle maken.
Page 193
oc for ðe helpe of hem alle.
ne mai he cumen so on stalle.
ðanne remen he alle a rem. [ 540]
so hornes blast. oðer belles drem.
For here mikle reming.
rennande cumeð a gungling.
raðe to him luteð.
his snute him under puteð. [ 545]
& mitte helpe of hem alle.
ðis elp he reisen on stalle.
& tus | atbrested ðis huntes breid. [f. 9 v]
oðe wise ðat ic haue gu seid.