The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome — John Shaqi
The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome
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The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras His Sone Who Conquerede Rome
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 -- Romances; English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Romances, English
37 ‘With kinges xii and 420 ‘Ensemble ou li issirent xv
admyralles xiv’ roi corone Et xiv amaceours’
1154 ‘Bien i a xxx roi et xiv
admiré’
689 ‘xxx roi sont ou li et xiv
amaceours’
163 ‘Et xiv amaceours’
77 ‘The Romaynes robbed us 115–16 ‘De cels de Romenie que
anone’ m’ont fait desrobber. Tiel
avoir m’ont robbé’
75 ‘to presente you’ 119 ‘vous quidai presenter’
76 ‘a drift of wedir us droffe to 120 ‘Uns vens nous fist à Rome
Rome’ parmi le far sigler’
110 ‘An hundred thousande’ 217 ‘Par C fois M payen’
128 ‘To manace with the Cristene 228 ‘pour François menacier’
lore’ 332 ‘Et menace François pour faire
les loye’
175–76 ‘Oure sheldes be not broke 546–47 ‘Quant encor nen est lance
nothinge, Hawberkes, spere, ner quassée ne brusie, Ne halbers
poleyne, ner pole’ derompus, ne fors targe percie’
224–27 ‘Lukafere, Kinge of Baldas, 613–19 ‘Lucafer de Baldas
The countrey hade serchid and discent al mestre tre, Devant
sought, Ten thousande maidyns l’amirail vint, forment
fayre of face Unto the Sowdan l’a encline: Voyant tot
hath he broghte’ ses barnages l’a l’eschec
presente, Moignes, prestres
et lais, que sont enchenee,
Hermites et enfants, a tous
lor poign lié; As femmes et
pucels les os furent bende,
Totes vives presentent par
devant l’admiré.’
228 ss. ‘The Sowdane commaunded 614 ‘Maintenant soient tot occis
hem anone That thai shulde al et descoupé. Ne voil que mi
be slayne . . . He saide “My serjant en soient encombré.’
peple nowe ne shalle With hem
noughte defouled be”’
278 ‘He clepede his engynour Sir 908 ‘Sortibrans a mande Mabon
Mavone’ l’engineor’
289 ‘Mahoundis benysone thou shalt 627 ‘Mahon te benoie’
haue’ 925 ‘Mahon te doint honor’
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