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

MS. Gg. 4. 27. 2. University Library, Cambridge.
· Horn ·
Alle beon he bliþe [folio 6a:1] þat to my song lyþe: A sang ihc schal ȝou singe Of Murry þe kinge. Line 4 King he was biweste So longe so hit laste. Godhild het his quen, Faire ne miȝte non ben. Line 8 He hadde a sone þat het horn, Fairer ne miste non beo born. Ne no rein vpon birine, Ne sunne vpon bischine: Line 12 Fairer nis non þane he was, He was briȝt so þe glas, He was whit so þe flur, Rose red was his colur. Line 16 In none kinge riche Nas non his iliche. Twelf feren he hadde Þat he alle wiþ him ladde; [he omit. MS.] Line 20 Alle riche mannes sones & alle hi were faire gomes, Wiþ him for to pleie, & mest he luuede tweie; Line 24
Þat on him het haþulf child, & þat oþer ffikenild:
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King Horn; a Middle-English romance, edited from the manuscripts by Joseph Hall.
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