Arthur: A Short Sketch of His Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century — John Shaqi
Arthur: A Short Sketch of His Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century
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Arthur: A Short Sketch of His Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century
Arthurian romances; Romances, English
Þus he kept þe table Rou_n_de
Whyle he leuyd on þe grou_n_de.
After his first After he hadde conquered skotlond
conquests yrland & Gotland, 56
[He Fights Frollo for France.]
he lives twelve _Þan_ leuyd he at þe best
years in peace, twelf ȝeeris on all_e_ reste
Wyþoute werre (:) tyll_e_ at þe laste
he þouȝt to make (.)a(.) nywe _con_queste. 60
and then invades Into Frau_n_ce wyþ gode cou_n_ceyle
France. he wolde weende (:) & hyt assayle,
Þat Rome þo kept vnder Myght,
Vnder Frollo (:) a worthy knyght 64
Þ_a_t frau_n_ce hadde þo to kepe,
To rywle, defende, & to lede.
He beats Frollo Arthour and Frollo fouȝt in feld;
back to Paris, Þere deyde many vnder scheld. 68
Frollo in-to Paryss fly,
W_y_th strenkthe kept hyt wysely:
and there Arthour byseged þ_a_t Syte & town
besieges him, Tyll_e_ þeire vytayl was y-doon. 72
till Frollo Frollo þat worthy knyght
challenges him Proferyd w_y_t_h_ Artho_ur_ for to fyght
to single combat. Vnder þis wyse & condiciou_n_,--
"Ho hadde þe Maystrie (:) haue þe crown; 76
And no mo men but þey two."
They fight: Þe day Was sett (:) to-geder þey go:
Fayr hyt was to byholde
In suche two knyȝghteȝ bolde: 80
Þer was no word y-spoke,
But eche hadde other by þe þrote;
Þey smote w_y_t_h_ trou_n_chou_n_ & w_y_t_h_ swerd;
Þat hyt seye were a-ferd; [Fol. 43.] 84
Frollo fouȝt wyþ hys ax (:) as men dude se;
(Frollo with his He hytt Arthour (:) so sore (:) þ_a_t he felle on kne.
axe) He ros vp raply (:) and smot hym full_e_ sore;
He dude hym to grent a (.) soueȝ[1] þ_er_fore. 88
thus they hyw on helmes hye, [1. ? soneȝ]
And schatered on wyþ scheldes.
Þe puple by-gan to crye
Þat stood on þe feldes; 92
[Arthur Returns Victorious to Britain,]
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