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

                                
                                  Þat to Rymenild he ne sente
                                
                                  Ne him self ne wente.
                                  Line 920 
                                
                                  Rymenild was in Westernesse
                                
                                  Wiþ wel muchel sorinesse.
                                
                                  ¶ A king þer gan ariue
                                
                                  Þat wolde hire haue to wyue:
                                  Line 924 
                                
                                  Aton he was wiþ þe king
                                
                                  Of þat ilke wedding.
                                
                                  Þe daies were schorte,
                                
                                  Þat Rimenhild ne dorste
                                  Line 928 
                                
                                  Leten in none wise;
                                
                                  A writ he dude deuise,
                                
                                  Aþulf hit dude write
                                
                                  Þat horn ne luuede noȝt lite.
                                  Line 932 
                                
                                  Heo sende hire sonde
                                
                                  To euereche londe,
                                
                                  To seche horn þe kniȝt
                                
                                  Þer me him finde miȝte.
                                  Line 936 
                                
                                  Horn noȝt þer of ne herde,
                                
                                  Til o dai þat he ferde
                                
                                  To wude for to schete; [folio 11a:1] 
                                
                                  A knaue he gan imete.
                                  Line 940 
                                
                                  Horn seden, 'leue fere,
                                
                                  Wat sechestu here?'
                                
                                  'Kniȝt, if beo þi wille
                                
                                  Imai þe sone telle.
                                  Line 944 
                                
                                  Iseche fram biweste
                                
                                  Horn of Westernesse,
                                
                                  For a Maiden Rymenhild
                                
                                  Þat for him gan wexe wild.
                                  Line 948 
                                
                                  A king hire wile wedde
                                
                                  & bringe to his bedde, [his] s above the line MS.] 
                                
                                  King Modi of Reynes,
                                
                                  On of hornes enemis. [hornes enemis] s, s both above the line MS.] 
                                  Line 952 
                                
                                  Ihc habbe walke wide
                                
                                  Bi þe se side;

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

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