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Sammlung altenglischer legenden, grösstentheils zum ersten male hrsg. von C. Horstmann.

A nyce fol ycome late, [Ha is come.] He seiþ he is lord and kyng, [Ha seyde. H lorde.] And cleped me foule gadelyng. [V clept, H clepeþ, Ha cleped, T het.] Lord, what wile ȝe þat I do? [V wol, Ha welle.] 115 Lete him in or lete him go?" [V leten, T Ha lete, H late. H ynne.] Þe angel seide in haste: [Ha ryght in.] "Do him come in swiþe faste! [Ha Lete him in come.] For mi fol I wile him make, [H fole.] Forte he þe name of kyng forsake". [V forte, T forto, H Ha tyl. V nome, Ha word st. name.] 120 Þe porter com to þe ȝate And him called in, to late. [V him he called in, mit Punkt nach in. T callede, H cleped. Ha: And anon he him in ded late.] He smot þe porter, whan he com in, [H smote. V T com, H Ha cam. H Ha ynne.] Þat blod brast out of mouþ and chin. [V þat, T H þe, Ha That the. V Ha barst, T brast, H braste. Ha at st. of. H mouthe and chynne.] Þe porter ȝeld him his trauayle: [T ȝelde, him fehlt.] 125 Him smot aȝen, wiþouten fayle, [V aȝeyn, T aȝen.] Þat nese and mouþ brast a blod. [V neose, T nose. V barst, T brast. V a, T on.] Þanne he semed almost wod. [125-8) fehlen in H u. Ha.] [V semed, T semede.] Þe porter and his men in haste [T an haste.] Kyng Roberd in a podel caste, [T dich, al. podel.] 130 Vnsemely made his bodi þan, [V heo maden, Ha þey made, T made, H was.] Þat he nas lik non oþer man. [he fehlt in H. H Ha was. T lich. Ha mane.] And brouȝt him bifore þe newe kyng [H They broghte.] And seide: "lord, þis gadelyng [T seiden, H seyd lorde. Ha foule g.] Me haþ smite wiþoute desert; [Ha: He haþ me. H smetyn. V decert.] 135 He seiþ he is oure kyng apert. [H Ha And st. he.] Þis harlot ouȝte for his sawe [V harlot, al. traytour. Ha Soche a traytour, ouȝte fehlt. H myȝte st. ouȝte.] Ben yhonged and to-drawe, [H Beyn yhanged. Ha Shuld be hanged and Idrawe.] For he seiþ non oþer word [H Ha: To me he seyþ none ouþer (Ha nonoder) worde.] Bote þat he is boþe kyng and lord". [137-8) und 139-140) sind in H Ha umgestellt.] [T þat fehlt. Ha boþe fehlt.] 140 Þe angel seide to kyng Roberd: [V Robert.] "Þou art a fol, þat art nouȝt ferd [V þat, T H þou, Ha and. V fert, T ferd, H Ha aferd.] Mi men to do such vileynye; [T H do, V don. V vilenye, T velanye, H vylonye, Ha vylony.] Þi gult þou most nede abye. [V gult, T gelt, H gylte, Ha gylt. H moste nedes.] What art þou?" seide þe angel. [T artow. Ha quod st. seide.] 145 Quaþ Roberd: "þou schalt wite wel: [V qwath, T q(ua)d, H seyd. Ha Thenne seyd. Ha weten wele.] I am kyng, and kyng wil be; [V þat I am.] Wiþ wronge þou hast mi dignite. [H haste, Ha holdest.] Þe pope of Rome is mi broþer, And þe emperour min oþer; [T þe emperour is, and fehlt. H emperoure of almeyn.] 150 Þei wil me wreke, for soþ to telle, [V T for soþ (T soþe) to telle, H Ha y þe telle.] I wot þei nille nouȝt longe dwelle". [H wote. V heo nulle, T þeȝ nelle, H þey wyl. H nat, dewelle.] "Þou art mi fol", seide þe angel, [H fole seyd.] "Þou schalt be schore euerichdel [V schal. T ben. V schoren. H euerydel, Ha — delle.] Lich a fol, a fol to be — [V T lych, H Ha lyke. H fole. Ha Lyke a fole for to be.] 155 Wher is now þi dignite? [V wher, T where, H For þou haste now no d., Ha For yet hast þou no d. (C: Thy babull schall be thy dygnyte). Nach 156 hat Ha (u. C) 2 V. mehr: Thy crowne shall newe be shore (C schorne), For thy crowne of gold is lore (C lorne).] Þi counseyler schal ben an ape, [H Thyn. be.] And o cloþyng ȝou worþ yschape: [H Ha shal be shape. Ha on st. o, for you.] I schal him cloþen as þi broþer [V cloþen, H cloþyn, T Ha cloþe. Ha þy nowne.]
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Sammlung altenglischer legenden, grösstentheils zum ersten male hrsg. von C. Horstmann.
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Horstmann, Carl, b. 1851.
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1878.
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Legends
English poetry
Saints

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