 | Charles Mackay - 1874 - 324 pages
...knightes thou gart be slaine. MS. Lincoln, quoted ly Halliwett. An Etyn in a fight.— Sir Tristram. They say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants &a& Etyns will come and snatch it from him. Beaumont and Fletcher : Burning Pestle. In Hynde... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1880 - 532 pages
...derniere. In, on erthe house thai lat/n, Ktenes, Jt old dayn, Had wrought it with oaten wough. — P. 268, st. 17. Eten, Sax., signifies a giant, perhaps from...of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but giants and etins will come and snatch it from him." — Knygkt of the Burning Pestle. The author has already said... | |
 | 1883 - 220 pages
...collection "—I see no reason to doubt its authenticity. This * Beaumont and Fletcher have it once: "They say the king of Portugal cannot sit at his meat but the giants and the etins will come and snatch it from him" (' Knight of the Burning Pestle,' Act i.).... | |
 | Beowulf - 1883 - 284 pages
...collection " — I see no reason to doubt its authenticity. This * Beaumont and Fletcher have it once : ' ' They say the king of Portugal cannot sit at his meat but the giants and the etins will come and snatch it from him " (' Knight of the Burning Pestle,' Ar.t... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1885 - 332 pages
...wandering damsels that go in quest of their knights. Wife. Faith, husband, and Ralph says true, for they say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat but the giants and the ettins will come and snatch it from him. Cit. Hold thy tongue ; on, Ralph. Ralph.... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1887 - 526 pages
...wandering damsels, that go in quest of their knights. \Wife. Faith, husband, and Ralph says true; for they say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins1 will come and snatch it from him. Cit. Hold thy tongue.— On, Ralph !]... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1888 - 444 pages
...Scotland. Hynde Etyn, or the gentle giant, is the title of a Scottish ballad in Kinloch's Collection. They say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and etyns will come and snatch it from him.— BRAUMONT AND FLETCHER : Burning Feztle. Fa'... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1888 - 440 pages
...Scotland. Hgnde Etgn, or the gentle giant, is the title of a Scottish ballad in Kinloch's Collection. They say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and etyns will come and snatch it from him.—BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: Burning Pestle. Fa',... | |
 | Henry Macaulay Fitzgibbon - 1890 - 578 pages
...wandering damsels, that go in quest of their knights. " Wife. 'Faith, husband, and Ralph says true ; for they say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins1 will come and snatch it from him. " Cit. Hold thy tongue.— On, Ralph !"... | |
 | William Henry Williams - 1905 - 600 pages
...wand'ring damsels, that go in quest of their knights. [ Wife. Faith, husband, and Ralph says true ; for they say the king of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants 25 and the ettins will come and snatch it from him. Cit. Hold thy tongue.— On, Ralph !]... | |
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Faith, husband, and Ralph says true; for they say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins will come and snatch it from him. 
