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

                                
                                  Þe Joie þat he made [Joie] i above line MS.] 
                                
                                  Myȝte no man rede
                                
                                  He seyde wit steuene ȝare [wit above line MS.] 
                                  Line 1396 
                                
                                  Children hou abbe ȝe fare [abbe] albe MS.] 
                                
                                  Wolle ȝe þis lond winne
                                
                                  And wonye þer inne
                                
                                  He seyde leue horn child
                                  Line 1400 
                                
                                  Ȝet liueþ þy moder godild
                                
                                  Horn seyde on hys rime
                                
                                  Hy blessed be þe tyme
                                
                                  Ich am ycome to sodenne
                                  Line 1404 
                                
                                  Wyt Myn hyrysce menne [Before menne ṇẹ MS.] 
                                
                                  Þis lond we schollen winne [Before we ṃ MS.] 
                                
                                  And sle al þat þere ben inne
                                
                                  And so we scholen hem teche
                                  Line 1408 
                                
                                  To speken oure speche
                                
                                  Horn gan hys horn blowe [folio 227b:1]  [horn above line MS.] 
                                
                                  Þat hys folc it gan knowe
                                
                                  He comen out of scyp sterne
                                  Line 1412 
                                
                                  To horn ward wel ȝerne
                                
                                  He smyten and he fouten
                                
                                  Þe nyȝt and eke þe ouȝten
                                
                                  Myd speres hord he stonge
                                  Line 1416 
                                
                                  Þe held and eke þe ȝonge
                                
                                  Þat lond he þoru sowten
                                
                                  To deþe he hus brouten
                                
                                  Sarazines kende
                                  Line 1420 
                                
                                  Þe leuede on þe fende
                                
                                  Horn let sone werchen
                                
                                  Chapeles and cherchen

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Title: King Horn; a Middle-English romance, edited from the manuscripts by Joseph Hall.
Canvas: Page 78
Publication: Oxford,: Clarendon press,; 1901.

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