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

                                
                                  He makede him a ful chere
                                
                                  & al bicolmede his swere.
                                  Line 1064 
                                
                                  He makede him vn bicomelich,
                                
                                  Hes he nas neuremore ilich.
                                
                                  ¶ He com to þe gateward
                                
                                  Þat him answerede hard.
                                  Line 1068 
                                
                                  Horn bad vndo softe
                                
                                  Mani tyme & ofte;
                                
                                  Ne miȝte he awynne
                                
                                  Þat he come þerinne.
                                  Line 1072 
                                
                                  Horn gan to þe ȝate turne [folio 11b:1] 
                                
                                  & þat wiket vnspurne;
                                
                                  Þe boye hit scholde abugge,
                                
                                  Horn þreu him ouer þe brigge,
                                  Line 1076 
                                
                                  Þat his ribbes him to brake,
                                
                                  & suþþe com in atte gate.
                                
                                  He sette him wel loȝe
                                
                                  In beggeres rowe;
                                  Line 1080 
                                
                                  He lokede him abute,
                                
                                  Wiþ his colmie snute.
                                
                                  He seȝ Rymenhild sitte
                                
                                  Ase heo were of witte
                                  Line 1084 
                                
                                  Sore wepinge & ȝerne:
                                
                                  Ne miȝte hure noman wurne.
                                
                                  He lokede in eche halke,
                                
                                  Ne seȝ he nowhar walke
                                  Line 1088 
                                
                                  Aþulf his felawe,
                                
                                  Þat he cuþe knowe.
                                
                                  Aþulf was in þe ture
                                
                                  Abute for to pure
                                  Line 1092 
                                
                                  After his comynge,
                                
                                  Ȝef schup him wolde bringe.
                                
                                  He seȝ þe se flowe
                                
                                  & horn nowar rowe.
                                  Line 1096 
                                
                                  He sede vpon his songe:
                                
                                  'Horn, nu þu ert wel longe.
                                
                                  Rymenhild þu me toke
                                
                                  Þat ischolde loke.

                                  Line 1100

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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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