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
286 ‘And fille the dikes faste 934 ‘Si emplirons les fosses’
anoone’
293 ‘Men myght go even to the 918 ‘K’om poet aler al mure’
walle’ 952 ‘K’om pooit bien au mur et
venir et aler’
307 ‘The hethen withdrowe hem tho’ 979 ‘Payen se sont retrait’
317 ‘His baner knowe I ful welle’ 997 ‘Jeo ai bien ses armes conu et
avisee’
331 ‘He entred to the maistre 1011 ‘Tantost le mestre porte
toure’ aurons moult bien ferme’
332 ‘The firste warde thus they 1057 ‘Mais tot le premier bail ont
wonne’ Sarasin pople’
346–50 ‘And Estragot with him he 1090–94 ‘Estragot le poursuit,
mette With bores hede, blake uns geans diffaes, Teste avoit
and donne. For as a bore an com senglers, si fu rois
hede hadde And a grete mace coronés. El main tient une
stronge as stele. He smote mace de fin ascier trempé, Un
Savaryz as he were madde’ coup a Savariz desur le chef
done’
587 ‘Therfore Gy of Bourgoyne! 1179 ‘Et Guion de Bourgoyne a
Myn owen nevewe so trewe’ a lui apelle, Fils est de
sa soror et de sa parente:
Cosins, vous en irrés . .’
647 ‘He smote of the traytours 1236 ‘Le chief al portier trenche’
hede’
648 ‘And saide “Gode gife him 1244 ‘“Diex” fist il “te maldie et
care, Shal he never more ete que t’ont engendré, Kar
brede, All traitours evel mot traitour au darain averont mal
thai fare”’ dehé.”’
663 ‘Ferumbras to Seinte Petris 1260 ‘Al moustier de saint Piere
wente’ est Fierenbras ales’
727 ‘Thre hundred thousande of 1403 ‘iii C mil chevaliers’
sowdeours’
743 ‘Sir Gye aspied his comynge, 1409 ‘Guis parceut le baniere le
He knewe the baner of Fraunce, roi de saint Dine, Encontre
He wente anoone ayen the Kinge, lui chevalche, la novele ont
And tolde him of that conté Come la fort cité li
myschaunce, payen ont gasté; La corone
Howe that the cursed sowdone, et les clous d’iloec en
Hath brent Rome and bore the sont robbé Et les altres
relequis awaye’ reliques . .’
771 ‘Wynde him blewe ful fayre and 1425 ‘Li vens en fiert es voilles
gode’ que les a bien guies’
778 ‘To londe thai wente iwis’ 1427 ‘il sont en terre entré’
783 ‘Tithinggis were tolde to 1436 ‘Les noveles en vindrent al
Lavan’ soldan diffaié’
787 ‘With three hundred thousand 1443 ‘iii C mile François’
of bacheleris’
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