Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The story of England

" Þat y ne sey, ne neuere knew, " Hym þat þis child on me sew; [knaue on me sewe.] 8048 " Y ne wiste neuere, ne y ne herde, " What maner wyght [schap.] wyþ me so ferde; " Bot þis þyng am y wel of graunt, " Whon y was of elde auenaunt, 8052 " On com þer to my bed, y wyst, " & wyþ force me clipte [he me halsed.] & kyst; " Als a man y hym felt, " & als a man he me welt, 8056 " And als a man he spak to me, " Bot what he was myght y nought se. " So often to my bed he cam, " & ofte me kyste, in armes nam, 8060 " & knew me als a man schold do, " Byfore ne syþen did neuere non so: " Al þus [þusgaiel] conseyued y þys knaue, " & als y wiste, told-y ȝow haue." 8064 Þen dide þe kyng a maister calle, Magait [Magaunt. (Malgant, Wace, i. 356, l. 7623.)] he highte, wysest of alle; He asked ȝyf hit myghte be so, Þat þyng þat scheo [als scho.] telde þem to. 8068 " ȝe," [ȝa.] seyde þe Maistere to þe kyng, " Hit may bityde, swylka [of suilk a.] þyng. " ffor we fynde writen in our scrytes " Of swylk manere of spyrites; 8072 " Bytwyxte þe mone & þe erþe þei wone— " So telleþ vs our bokes þat we kone;— " Som what tak þey of mannes kynde, " & mengyt wyþ angles, as we fynde; 8076 " ffor þeyr wonyng ys in þe eyr, " Vmwhile to þe erþe þey make repeir. " Mykel skaþe do þey nought;
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Title
The story of England
Author
Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
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Page 283
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London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]
1887.
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Great Britain -- History

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