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" WA8 at [Erceldoune :] With Tomas spak Y thare ; Ther herd Y rede in roune, Who Tristrem gat and bare. Who was king with croun ; And who him forsterd yare ; And who was bold baroun, As thair elders ware, Bi yere : — Tomas telles in toun, This auentours... "
Sir Tristrem; a metrical romance, ed. by W. Scott - Page 11
by Thomas (of Ercildoune, called the Rhymer.) - 1804
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Minstrelsy of the Merse: The Poets and Poetry of Berwickshire : a Country ...

William Shillinglaw Crockett - 1893 - 374 pages
...was at Ertheldoune ; With tomas spak I there, There herd I rede in roun i Who tristem gat and hare ; Who was king with croun ; And who him forsterd yare ; And who was bold baroun, As their elders were ; By 'yere ; Tomas tells in toun This aventours - as thai ware." Other passages contain...
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The Tristan Saga in English Literature

Willard Grosvenor Bleyer - 1898 - 294 pages
...and Prophecies of Thomas of Ercildoun. London 1875. I was at Erceldoun, Wip Tomas spak y pare; £er herd y rede in roune, Who Tristrem gat and bare; Who was king wip croun, And who him fosterd ^are, And who was bold baroun, As pair elders ware. Bi ^ere Tomas telles...
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The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors, Volume 1

Charles Wells Moulton - 1901 - 808 pages
...discussed.— BAYNES, THOMAS S., ed., 1888, Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. xxin, p. 308. Y was at Ertheldoune : With Tomas spak Y thare ; Ther herd Y rede in roune Who Tristrem gat and bare, Who was king with cronn, And who him forsterd yare, And who was hold baroun, As thair elders ware. Bi yere Tomas tells...
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La légende chevaleresque de Tristan et Iseult: essai de littérature comparée

Adolphe Bossert - 1902 - 298 pages
...son récit, il se fonde sur la même autorité, dési1. Remania, XV, p. 599. 2. I was at Erceldonne : With Tomas spak Y thare ; Ther herd Y rede in roune, Who Tristrem gat and bare. Tomas telles in toun, This aventours as thai -ware. Tho Tomas asked ay Of Tristrem trewe fere. (Chant...
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A Literary History of Scotland

John Hepburn Millar - 1903 - 732 pages
...ab at cbc. Alliteration is employed, though not slavishly. The piece is highly interesting 1 " I was a[t Erceldoune], With Tomas spak y thare ; Ther herd y rede in roune Who Tristrem gat and bare." as the first effort in English to render in verse the immortal story of Tristram and Ysonde,1 but it...
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A Literary History of Scotland

John Hepburn Millar - 1903 - 744 pages
...Alliteration is employed, though not slavishly. The piece is highly interesting 1 "I wasa[t Erceldounc], With Tomas spak y thare ; Ther herd y rede in roune Who TYistrem gat and bare." as the first effort in English to render in verse the immortal story of Tristram...
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Joseph Ritson: A Critical Biography

Henry Alfred Burd - 1916 - 234 pages
...poet. It runs thus : "I was at Ercildoun (To supply hy conjecture, what is illegible.) With Thomas spak y thare, Ther herd y rede in roune, Who Tristrem gat & bare, Who was king with croun, And who him fostered zare, And who was bold baroun, As thair elders...
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Mittelenglische Sprach- und Literaturproben: Ersatz für Mätzners ...

Alois Brandl - 1917 - 448 pages
...I 231-242 = /Scott's ed. 1833 1J St. 70-102. ST: 1 I was a[t Erceldoun,] Wip Tomas spak y pare: per herd y rede in roune Who Tristrem gat and bare; Who was king wip croun, And who him forsterd jare, And who was bold baroun. As pair elders ware. Bi jere Tpmas telles...
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Mittelenglische Sprach- und Literaturproben: mit etymologischen Wörterbuch ...

Alois Brandl - 1927 - 440 pages
...231-242= fScolí '« ed. 1833 l] et. 70-102. 8T: l I was a[t Erceldoun,] Wib Tomas spak y pare: per herd y rede in roune Who Tristrem gat and bare; Who was king wib croun, And who him forsterd jare, And who was bold baroun, As bair elders wareBi 5ere. Tomas telles...
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Arthurian Studies in Honour of P.J.C. Field

Bonnie Wheeler - 2004 - 358 pages
...contents of the first few folios, they also bear a resemblance to the opening stanza of 5i> Tristrem: Per herd y rede in roune, Who Tristrem gat and bare; Who was king wib croun, And who him fosterd 3are. (3-6)5 The 'Book of Sir Tristram' is the only one of the books...
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