Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

Altenglische legenden.

Eek al the houshold gan him magnefie — [Yit al the housoold.] SaufBern, the hunte, hadde at him enuye. [167—8) umgesetzt.] [Save.] Thus he, that stood in euery mannys grace [that fehlt.] And in the kynges hih beneuolence, [beny|volence.] 170 Was by enuye remeued from his place, [thorugh st. by. remewyd fro.] Lengere in court to haue noon assistence; So serpentyn was the violence [serpentyne.] Which of this Bern sette the herte afire: Of fals malys moordre to conspire. [Of froward malice fals mordre.] 175 Cause was ther noon, sauf that Loth|brok [ther was. save.] Was more eurous and gracious onto game [ewrous. vnto.] Than was this hunte, and mo beestis took, [moo.] In such practik hadde a grettere name: [And in suych konnyng.] Wherof this Bern lauhte a maner shame, [had st. lauhte.] 180 Gan compasse of hatful cruelte [And gan.] Whan he sauh tyme, auengid forto be. [sawh.] Vpon a day to-gedir out thei wente [to gidre.] Vn-to a wode, sum game forto fynde. [woode.] And whil Lothbrocus no - maner malis mente, [Lothbrook. malice.] 185 This false Bern fil on him behynde [fals.] And cowardly, the story makith mynde, Slouh him riht ther in his furious teene, [slowh. there. tene.] And after hid him a-mong the busshes greene. [mong busshes rugh & grene.] The moordre accomplisshid, Bern tour|ned hoom ageyn, [Afftir this mordre Bern tournyd.] 190 As he no-thyng knowen hadde of the caas. [had knowen.] And a day aftir whan Lothbrok was nat seyn, The kyng enquered ech man where he was. [enqueryd. wheer.] And in this while, rennyng a gret paas, In kam his grehound, and fawne gan the kyng, [this st. his. þe.] 195 Fil doun toforn him ful pitously whynyng. And whan the kyng had youe the gre|hound bred, [yovyn.] Out of the paleis a gret paas he ran Streiht to his maister, where as he lay ded. [maistir.] And in this tyme the kyng merueile began [the kyng fehlt. gan st. began.] 200 And enquered of many dyuers man: So longe absent where Lothbrok shulde be, [long.] Almost thre daies, that no-man koude him se. Wherof the kyng fil in suspecioun, [suspeccioun.] Gan ymagyne that it was not a-riht, [nat.] 205 Ful diligently made inquisicioun Yif any man hadde had of him a siht. [ony.] But on the morwe aftir the thridde nyht Onys ageyn the grehound dide appere, [Yit eft ageyn the grehound did.] Fawnyng the kyng with a ful pitous cheere. 210 Wherupon the kyng gan caste anoon He wolde the maner fynde out and espie Vnto what place the grehound wolde goon; [Onto.] Cerchid out by prudent policie, [And serche it out.] Assigned a knyht to folwe to that partie [And bad a knyght drawe afftir that p.] 215 In secre wise, to knowe what it mente, Why so ofte the grehound kam and wente. [Why that so. cam.] Afftir the grehound the knyht gan folwe a paas, Most secrely, and maad therof no tale. [Ful st. most. secretly. made.] By whom he kam there as Lothbrocus was [cam. ther that Lothbrook.] 220 Hid vnder leues in a couert uale, [vndir levys. a ful couert.] His wounde bloody, his face ded and pale, His eyen gastlewh reuersid bothe tweyne, [vp tournyd st. reuersid.] His hound aside which dide his deth compleyne. [besyde. did.] Moordre wil out, thouh it abide a while, 225 Lyk his decert, he must receyue his meede. — [Lych his discert. mvt.]
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Altenglische legenden.
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Horstmann, Carl, ed. b. 1851.
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Heilbronn,: Gebr. Henninger,
1881.
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Saints -- Legends
English poetry
Legends

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