A history of English literature : $b A practical text-bookAlbert, Edward
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A history of English literature : $b A practical text-book
Albert, Edward
English literature -- History and criticism
(3) And for als moche as it is longe tyme passed that ther was
no generalle passage ne vyage over the see; and many men desiren
for to here speke of the Holy Lond, and han therof gret solace
and comfort; I, John Maundevylle, Knyght alle be it I be not
worthi, that was born in Englond, in the town of Seynt Albones,
passede the see, the yeer of our Lord MCCCXXII, in the
day of Seynt Michelle; and hidra to have been longe tyme over
the see, and have seyn and gon thorghe manye dyverse londes, and
many provynces and kingdomes and iles and have passed thorghout
Turkey, Percye, Surrye, Egypt the highe and the lowe, Ermonye,
Inde the lasse and the more, and many iles, that ben abouten
Inde where dwellen many dyverse folkes and of dyverse maneres
and schappes of men, of which I schalle speke more pleynly
hereafter.
MANDEVILLE, _Travels_, 1370
(4) Yn Brytayn buþ meny wondres, noþeles foure buþ most
wonderfol. Þe furste ys at Pectoun, þar bloweþ so strong a wynd
out of þe chenes of þe eorþe þat hyt casteþ vp a[gh]e[29] cloþes
þat me casteþ in. Þe secunde ys at Stonhenge, bysydes Salesbury,
þar gret stones & wondur huge buþ arered[30] an hy[gh], as
hyt were [gh]ates, so þat þar semeþ [gh]ates yset apon oþer
[gh]ates; noþeles hyt ys no[gh]t clerlych yknowe noþer parceyuet
hou[gh] & whar-fore a buþ so arered & so wonderlych yhonged. Þe
þriddle ys at Cherdhol,[31] þer ys gret holwenes vndur eorþe;
ofte meny men habbeþ y-be þer-ynne & ywalked aboute with-ynne
& yseye ryuers & streemes, bote nowhar conneþ hy fynde ende.
Þe feurþe ys, þat reyn[32] ys ys ye arered vp of þe hulles, &
anon yspronge aboute yn þe feeldes. Also þer ys a gret pond þat
conteyneþ þre score ylondes couenable[33] for men to dwelle
ynne; þat pound ys byclypped aboute wiþ six score rooches.[34]
JOHN OF TREVISA, 1387
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