Torrent of Portyngale

Knights and knighthood -- Poetry; Romances, English

This dede was cried ffar and nere,                    2425
  The kyng of Ierusalem did it here,
    In what lond that it shold be.
  He said: ‘Sone, anon right
  Dight the and thy cryston~ knyght,
    For sothe, theder wiƚƚ we.’                         2430
  Gret lordys, that herith this crye,                  [2531]
  Theder come richely,
    Everyman~ in his degre.
  The kyng of Grece did {make hym boun},
  With hym~ come Antony ffyȝ greffon~,                  2435
    With moche solempnite . . . . . . .

    [Linenote:
    2434. _make hym b._] _assigne_ MS.]

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  [Sidenote:
  The Jousting is for a lady.]

  ‘The kyng of Naȝareth sent me,
  That there shold a justynge be
    Of meny a cryston~ knyght,
  And aƚƚ is ffor a lady clere,                         2440
  That the justyng is cryed ffar and nere,   f. 116a.  [2541]
    Of men~ of armes bryght.’
  Gret joye it was to here teƚƚ,
  How thes kyng{es} w{i}t{h} the knyghtis feƚƚ
    Come and semled to that ffyght.                     2445

    [Linenote:
    2445. _semlend_ MS.]

[Headnote: THE JOUSTS AT NAZARETH BEGIN.]

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  [Sidenote:
  Many folk come to the jousts. They sup and sleep,]

  There come meny another m{o}n~,
  That thought there to haue to done,
    And than~ to wend her way.
  Whan~ they come to the casteƚƚ gent,
  A Roaƚƚ ffyght, verament,                             2450
    There was, the sothe to say.                       [2551]
  Trompes resyn~ on the waƚƚ,
  Lordys assembled in the haƚƚ,
    And sith to souper yede thay.
  They were recevid w{i}t{h} rialte,                    2455
  Euery man~ in his degre,
    And to her logyng went her way.

    [Linenote:
    2446. _man_ MS.]

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  [Sidenote:
  rise, hear Mass, and dine, then mount,]

  The lordys Rosyn aƚƚ be-dene
  On the morow, as I wene,
    And went masse ffor to here.                        2460
  And ffurthermore w{i}t{h}-oute lent                  [2561]
  They wesh and to mete went,
    For to the ffeld they wold there.
  After mete anon~ right
  They axid hors and armes bryght,                      2465
    To hors-bak went thay in ffere.
  Knyghtis and lordys reuelid aƚƚ,
  And ladyes lay ou{er} the casteƚƚ waƚƚ,
    That semely to se were.

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  [Sidenote:
  and begin to joust. Torrent’s 2 sons joust. The younger, Antony,
  unhorses his brother Leobertus.]

  Than~ eueryman toke spere in~ hond,                   2470
  And euerych to other ffond,                          [2571]
    Smert boffett{es} there they yeld.          f. 116b.
  The prynce of Ierusalem~ and his brother,
  Eueriche of hem~ Ran to other~
    Smertely in the feld . . . . . . . .                2475
  Though~ Antony ffygryffon~ yonger were,
  His brother Leobert{us} he can down~ bere;
    Sir Torent stode and be-held.

    [Linenotes:
    2471. _ffound_ MS.
    2472. _there th. y._] _they yeldyd there_ MS.]

[Headnote: TORRENT AND HIS SONS JOUST. HE IS VICTOR.]

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Torrent of Portyngale

Knights and knighthood -- Poetry; Romances, English

This dede was cried ffar and nere,                    2425
  The kyng of Ierusalem did it here,
    In what lond that it shold be.
  He said: ‘Sone, anon right
  Dight the and thy cryston~ knyght,
    For sothe, theder wiƚƚ we.’                         2430
  Gret lordys, that herith this crye,                  [2531]
  Theder come richely,
    Everyman~ in his degre.
  The kyng of Grece did {make hym boun},
  With hym~ come Antony ffyȝ greffon~,                  2435
    With moche solempnite . . . . . . .

    [Linenote:
    2434. _make hym b._] _assigne_ MS.]

(211)

  [Sidenote:
  The Jousting is for a lady.]

  ‘The kyng of Naȝareth sent me,
  That there shold a justynge be
    Of meny a cryston~ knyght,
  And aƚƚ is ffor a lady clere,                         2440
  That the justyng is cryed ffar and nere,   f. 116a.  [2541]
    Of men~ of armes bryght.’
  Gret joye it was to here teƚƚ,
  How thes kyng{es} w{i}t{h} the knyghtis feƚƚ
    Come and semled to that ffyght.                     2445

    [Linenote:
    2445. _semlend_ MS.]

[Headnote: THE JOUSTS AT NAZARETH BEGIN.]

(212)

  [Sidenote:
  Many folk come to the jousts. They sup and sleep,]

  There come meny another m{o}n~,
  That thought there to haue to done,
    And than~ to wend her way.
  Whan~ they come to the casteƚƚ gent,
  A Roaƚƚ ffyght, verament,                             2450
    There was, the sothe to say.                       [2551]
  Trompes resyn~ on the waƚƚ,
  Lordys assembled in the haƚƚ,
    And sith to souper yede thay.
  They were recevid w{i}t{h} rialte,                    2455
  Euery man~ in his degre,
    And to her logyng went her way.

    [Linenote:
    2446. _man_ MS.]

(213)

  [Sidenote:
  rise, hear Mass, and dine, then mount,]

  The lordys Rosyn aƚƚ be-dene
  On the morow, as I wene,
    And went masse ffor to here.                        2460
  And ffurthermore w{i}t{h}-oute lent                  [2561]
  They wesh and to mete went,
    For to the ffeld they wold there.
  After mete anon~ right
  They axid hors and armes bryght,                      2465
    To hors-bak went thay in ffere.
  Knyghtis and lordys reuelid aƚƚ,
  And ladyes lay ou{er} the casteƚƚ waƚƚ,
    That semely to se were.

(214)

  [Sidenote:
  and begin to joust. Torrent’s 2 sons joust. The younger, Antony,
  unhorses his brother Leobertus.]

  Than~ eueryman toke spere in~ hond,                   2470
  And euerych to other ffond,                          [2571]
    Smert boffett{es} there they yeld.          f. 116b.
  The prynce of Ierusalem~ and his brother,
  Eueriche of hem~ Ran to other~
    Smertely in the feld . . . . . . . .                2475
  Though~ Antony ffygryffon~ yonger were,
  His brother Leobert{us} he can down~ bere;
    Sir Torent stode and be-held.

    [Linenotes:
    2471. _ffound_ MS.
    2472. _there th. y._] _they yeldyd there_ MS.]

[Headnote: TORRENT AND HIS SONS JOUST. HE IS VICTOR.]

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