Torrent of Portyngale

Knights and knighthood -- Poetry; Romances, English

Gret lordis of that lond                             [2231]
  Assentid to that com{n}and,
    That hold shold it be.
  In the havyn~ of Portyngale,
  There stode shippes of hede vale                      2135
    Of Irun and of tree.                        f. 111a.
  A bote of tre they brought hym be-fforn~,
  Fuƚƚ of holis it was born~,
    Howseƚƚ and shryfte {wold} he.
  Sir Torent said: ‘Be seynt Iohn~,                     2140
  Seth thou gaue my lady none,                         [2241]
    No more men~ shaƚƚ do the!’

    [Linenotes:
    2132. _comland_ MS.
    2138. _boryn_ MS.
    2139. _wold_] _had_ MS.]

    [[com{n}and _printed as shown: error for “com{m}and”?_]]

[Headnote: TORRENT IS MADE KING OF PORTUGAL.]

(186)

  [Sidenote:
  The false king Calamond is drownd, and Torrent is made King of
  Portugal,]

  The shipp-men~ brought s{ir} Colomond
  And sent hym fforth within~ a stound
    As ffar as it were.                                 2145
  Wott ye weƚƚ and vnderstond,
  He come never ayen to lond,
    Such stormes ffound he there.
  Gret lordys of renown~
  Be-toke s{ir} Torent the crown~                       2150
    To reioyse it there.                               [2251]
  Loo, lordys of euery lond:
  Falshode wyƚƚ haue a foule end,
    And wyƚƚ haue euermore.

(187)

  [Sidenote:
  but he gives the land up to the Queen, and resolves to go to the
  Holy-Land.]

  Sir Torent dwellid thare                              2155
  Fourty days in moche care,
    Season~ for to hold;
  Sith he takith two knyght{es},
  To kepe his lond and his right{es},
    That doughty were and bold.                         2160
  ‘Madam~,’ he said to the quene,                      [2261]
  ‘Here than shaƚƚ ye lady bene,
    To worth as ye wold.’
  He purveyd hym~ anon~,
  To wend ouer the see fome,                            2165
    There god was bought and sold.

    [Linenote:
    2161. _He said madam_ MS.]

(188)

  [Sidenote:
  His arms are 3 silver ships on an azure field. For love of Desonell,
  Torrent leaves Portugal.]

  And ye now wiƚƚ liston~ a stound,
  How he toke armes of kyng Calomond,           f. 111b.
    Listonyth, what he bare.
  O{n} asure, as ye may see,                            2170
  With sylu{er} shippes thre,                          [2271]
    Who so had be thare.
  For Desoneƚƚ is love so bryght,
  His londis he takyth to a knyght,
    And sith he is {boun} to fare.                      2175
  ‘Portyngale, haue good day
  For Sevyn~ yere, p{ar}maffay,
    P{ar} aventure som~ dele m{a}re!’

    [Linenotes:
    2170. This line begins with a big initial letter.
      _Off_ MS.
    2175. _boun_] _home_ MS.
    2178. _more_ MS.]

[Headnote: TORRENT TAKES THE CITY OF QUARELL.]

(189)

  [Sidenote:
  He besieges the City of Quarell for 2 years, and then takes it.]

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Torrent of Portyngale

Knights and knighthood -- Poetry; Romances, English

Gret lordis of that lond                             [2231]
  Assentid to that com{n}and,
    That hold shold it be.
  In the havyn~ of Portyngale,
  There stode shippes of hede vale                      2135
    Of Irun and of tree.                        f. 111a.
  A bote of tre they brought hym be-fforn~,
  Fuƚƚ of holis it was born~,
    Howseƚƚ and shryfte {wold} he.
  Sir Torent said: ‘Be seynt Iohn~,                     2140
  Seth thou gaue my lady none,                         [2241]
    No more men~ shaƚƚ do the!’

    [Linenotes:
    2132. _comland_ MS.
    2138. _boryn_ MS.
    2139. _wold_] _had_ MS.]

    [[com{n}and _printed as shown: error for “com{m}and”?_]]

[Headnote: TORRENT IS MADE KING OF PORTUGAL.]

(186)

  [Sidenote:
  The false king Calamond is drownd, and Torrent is made King of
  Portugal,]

  The shipp-men~ brought s{ir} Colomond
  And sent hym fforth within~ a stound
    As ffar as it were.                                 2145
  Wott ye weƚƚ and vnderstond,
  He come never ayen to lond,
    Such stormes ffound he there.
  Gret lordys of renown~
  Be-toke s{ir} Torent the crown~                       2150
    To reioyse it there.                               [2251]
  Loo, lordys of euery lond:
  Falshode wyƚƚ haue a foule end,
    And wyƚƚ haue euermore.

(187)

  [Sidenote:
  but he gives the land up to the Queen, and resolves to go to the
  Holy-Land.]

  Sir Torent dwellid thare                              2155
  Fourty days in moche care,
    Season~ for to hold;
  Sith he takith two knyght{es},
  To kepe his lond and his right{es},
    That doughty were and bold.                         2160
  ‘Madam~,’ he said to the quene,                      [2261]
  ‘Here than shaƚƚ ye lady bene,
    To worth as ye wold.’
  He purveyd hym~ anon~,
  To wend ouer the see fome,                            2165
    There god was bought and sold.

    [Linenote:
    2161. _He said madam_ MS.]

(188)

  [Sidenote:
  His arms are 3 silver ships on an azure field. For love of Desonell,
  Torrent leaves Portugal.]

  And ye now wiƚƚ liston~ a stound,
  How he toke armes of kyng Calomond,           f. 111b.
    Listonyth, what he bare.
  O{n} asure, as ye may see,                            2170
  With sylu{er} shippes thre,                          [2271]
    Who so had be thare.
  For Desoneƚƚ is love so bryght,
  His londis he takyth to a knyght,
    And sith he is {boun} to fare.                      2175
  ‘Portyngale, haue good day
  For Sevyn~ yere, p{ar}maffay,
    P{ar} aventure som~ dele m{a}re!’

    [Linenotes:
    2170. This line begins with a big initial letter.
      _Off_ MS.
    2175. _boun_] _home_ MS.
    2178. _more_ MS.]

[Headnote: TORRENT TAKES THE CITY OF QUARELL.]

(189)

  [Sidenote:
  He besieges the City of Quarell for 2 years, and then takes it.]

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Torrent of Portyngale

Torrent of Portyngale

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