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

                                
                                  Wel feor bi ȝonde weste,
                                
                                  To seche my beste.
                                
                                  Ifond horn child stonde
                                
                                  To schupeward in londe.
                                  Line 1180 
                                
                                  He sede he wolde agesse
                                
                                  To ariue in westernesse.
                                
                                  Þe schip nam to þe flode
                                
                                  Wiþ me & horn þe gode; [After Wiþ an erasure of two letters MS.] 
                                  Line 1184 
                                
                                  Horn was sik & deide, [folio 12a:1] 
                                
                                  & faire he me preide:
                                
                                  "Go wiþ þe ringe
                                
                                  To Rymenhild þe ȝonge."
                                  Line 1188 
                                
                                  Ofte he hit custe;
                                
                                  God ȝeue his saule reste.'
                                
                                  ¶ Rymenhild sede at þe furste:
                                
                                  'Herte nu þu berste, [nu þu above line MS.] 
                                  Line 1192 
                                
                                  For horn nastu namore
                                
                                  Þat þe haþ pined þe so sore.'
                                
                                  Heo feol on hire bedde,
                                
                                  Þer heo knif hudde,
                                  Line 1196 
                                
                                  To sle wiþ king loþe
                                
                                  & hure selue boþe,
                                
                                  In þat vlke niȝte,
                                
                                  If horn come ne miȝte. [ne above line MS.] 
                                  Line 1200 
                                
                                  To herte knif heo sette,
                                
                                  Ac horn anon hire kepte.
                                
                                  He wipede þat blake of his swere
                                
                                  & sede: 'quen so swete & dere,
                                  Line 1204 
                                
                                  Ihc am horn þinoȝe,
                                
                                  Ne canstu me noȝt knowe?
                                
                                  Ihc am horn of westernesse,
                                
                                  In armes þu me cusse.'
                                  Line 1208 
                                
                                  Hi custe hem mid ywisse,
                                
                                  & makeden Muche blisse.

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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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