Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances: Romances of Oriental origin: The seven wise masters. Miscellaneous romances: Florice and Blauncheflour. Robert of Cysille. Sir Isumbras. Sir Traimour. Lyfe of Ipomydon. Sir Eglamour of Artois. Lay le Fraine. Sir Eger, Sir Grahame, and Sir Gray-steel. Sir Degoré. Roswal and Lillian. Amys and AmylionLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811 - 432 pages |
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Page 161 - And with it clad his wife. His scarlet mantle then shore he ; Therein he closed his children three That naked before him stood. " He then proposed to his wife, that as an expiation of their sins, they should instantly undertake a pilgrimage to Jerusalem ; and, cutting with his knife a sign of the cross on his shoulder, set off with the four companions of his misery, resolved to beg his bread till he should arrive at the holy sepulchre. " After passing through
Page 216 - In wodde to chase the wild dere, And in the feld to ryde a stede, That all men had joy of his dede.
Page 291 - of war, and some of woe ; And some of joy and mirth also ; And some of treachery and of guile; Of old aventures that fell ere while ; And some of bourdes' and ribaudy ;* And many there beth of fairy : Of all thinges that men seth, Most of love, forsooth, there beth.
Page 165 - It evidently would require no small share of casuistry to construe this declaration into an acceptance of the bargain ; but the Saracens, having heard the offer of their sovereign, deliberately counted out the stipulated sum on the mantle of Sir Isumbras ; took possession of the lady ; carried the knight with his infant son on shore ; beat him till he was scarcely able to move ; and then returned for further orders.
Page 298 - She looked up, and by her seigh An asche, by her, fair and high, Well y-boughed, of mickle price ; The body was hollow, as many one is. Therein she laid the child, for cold, In the pel', as it was, byfold, ° And blessed it with all her might. With that it gan to dawe light, The fowles up, and sung on bough, And acre-men" yede to the plough, The maiden turned again anon, And took the way she had ere gon.
Page 167 - ... moment, perceived the theft, and for some time hastily pursued the flight of the bird, who, he expected, would speedily drop the heavy and useless burthen ; but he was disappointed ; for the eagle, constantly towering as he approached the sea, at length directed his flight towards the opposite shore of Africa.
Page 12 - Greek translation cannot be precisely ascertained. " The next appearance was in Latin, a work which is only known through the French metrical version of it, entitled Dolopatos. This was the first modern shape it assumed, after having passed through all the ancient languages. Dolopatos was brought to light by Fauchet, who, in his account of the early French poets, ascribes it to Hebers, or...
Page 18 - Masters ; but his assertion is not strictly true, as he has omitted two or three stories which are contained in the latter work. He tells us, in his preface, that the book of The Seven Wise Masters is in such estimation in Ireland, that it was always put into the hands of young children immediately after the horn-book.
Page 157 - ... he dictated to his secretaries a full account of his former perverseness, and of its strange punishment; and, having sealed it with the royal signet, ordered it to be sent, for the edification of his brothers, to Rome and Vienna. Both received, with due respect, the important lesson : the emperor often recollected with tenderness and compassion the degraded situation of the valiant Robert ; and the pope, besides availing himself of the story in a number of sermons addressed to the faithful, caused...