Fabliaux Or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries, Volume 2J. Rodwell, 1815 - 304 pages |
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Aristotle arms Arthur Avalonia awhile barons beauteous behold beneath bless'd bower Bretany Carduel castle ceas'd chanc'd charms chivalry clos'd courser court cried dame damsel dear declar'd deed delight doom E'en eyes Fabliau fair fair isle fairy faithless gallant Gaul grace Gruélan Guenever guest hand heart Hippocrates honour hour king King Ban knight lady lance Lancelot du Lac Launcelot LAY OF SIR Line Line 14 lord lov'd love's lover loyal luckless Mademoiselle Marie maid mark'd mind mistress mortal mov'd Narcissus ne'er nigh Nogiva's nought o'er own'd pass'd plac'd prayer press'd prince queen rest return'd Rous'd royal RUTEBEUF Scarce seem'd Sir Gawaine Sir Gugemer Sir Lanval sire soul sovereign spake sped squire stay'd steed stood straight strange strove sweet sword tale thee thine thou thought tournament tower turn'd twain twas vale victor knight warriour ween ween'd wight word wrought youth
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Page 224 - Christian knights; and now I dare say," said Sir Ector, "thou Sir Launcelot, there thou liest, that thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand ; and thou were the courtliest knight that ever bare shield ; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode horse ; and thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman ; and thou were the kindest man that ever...
Page 224 - And thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.
Page 239 - Translation : — By the main ocean's wave encompass'd, stands A memorable isle, fill'd with all good : No thief, no spoiler there, no wily foe With stratagem of wasteful war ; no rage Of heat intemperate, or of winter's cold ; But spring, full blown, with peace and concord reigns...
Page 247 - Isles of Scilley, being about thirty miles, to this day retaineth that name, in Cornish, Lethowsow, and carrieth continually an equal depth of forty or sixty...
Page 196 - Eftsoons they hie them all to look If haply in some dell or nook His body might be found. Through all the day they sped their quest ; The night fled on, they took no rest ; Returns the morning hour : When, lo ! at peeping of the dawn. It chanced a varlet boy was drawn Nigh to the mulberry-bower.
Page 243 - THE FRANKLIN'S PROLOGUE THE PROLOGUE OF THE FRANKLIN'S TALE THISB olde gentil Britons in hir dayes Of diverse aventures maden layes, Rymeyed in hir firste Briton tonge; Which layes with hir instruments they songe, Or elles redden hem for hir plesaunce; And oon of hem have I in remembraunce, Which I shal seyn with good wil as I can.
Page 233 - Hence, M. Le Grand conjectures, " that the crimson dye being, from its costliness, used only on cloths of the finest manufacture, the term crimson came at length to signify, not the colour, but the texture, of the stuff.
Page 202 - Cokaigne. Sooth to say, it was a place Bless'd with Heaven's especial grace ; For every road and every street Smoked with food for man to eat : Pilgrims there might halt at will, There might sit and feast their fill, In goodly bowers that lined the way, Free for all, and nought to pay. Through that blissful realm divine Roll'da sparkling flood of wine : Clear the sky, and soft the air, For eternal spring was there ; And, all around, the groves among, Countless dance, and ceaseless song. Strife and...
Page 247 - Lionnesse there was, these proofs are yet remaining. The space between the Land's End and the Isles of Scilly, being about thirty miles, to this day retaineth that name, in Cornish Lethowsow, and carrieth...
Page 192 - And cast for once they should be said E'en as he rode along. And now with tower and turret near Behold the city's walls appear, When, as he...