Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, Chiefly Written During the Early Part of the Fourteenth Century;: Merlin. Morte ArthurLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row; and A. Constable and Company Edinburgh., 1805 - English poetry - 419 pages |
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Page 386 - 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 courtiest 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 315 - At night-fall they arrived at a castle, the lady of which immediately came out at the head of her damsels to welcome Sir Gawain, but was with difficulty induced to admit within her walls his companion, whom she supposed to be a criminal, or at least a prisoner. At supper, Sir Lancelot was on the point of being consigned to the kitchen, and only admitted to the lady's table at the earnest solicitation of Sir Gawain.
Page 204 - He informs us, on the authority of" David .the prophet^ and of Moses," that the greater part of the angels who rebelled under the command of Lucifer, lost through that act their former power and beauty, and became "fiendes black ;" but that some, instead of falling into
Page 60 - Virgin constantly recalled her to his memory. Girt with Caliburn, a most excellent sword, and fabricated in the isle of Avalon, he graces his right hand with the lance named Ron. This was a long and broad spear, well contrived for slaughter.
Page 93 - Insulis, was bom 1109, and he informs us, that if any was heard in Bretagne to deny that Arthur was then alive, he would be stoned : he says, " Who does not speak of him? he is even more known in Asia than in Britain, as our pilgrims returning from the East assure us both East and West talk of him. Egypt and the Bosphorus are not silent. Rome, the mistress of cities, sings his actions. Antioch, Armenia, Palestine, celebrate his deeds.
Page 238 - Briteyne," and of his brother Bohort of Cannes, two of the first pillars of chivalry. Moreover, he instituted the round table, under Merlin's special guidance, intended to assemble the best knights in the world. High birth, great strength, activity, and skill, fearless valour, and firm fidelity to their suzerain, were indispensably requisite for an admission into this order. They were bound by oath to assist each other at the hazard of their own lives ; to attempt singly the most perilous...
Page i - SPECIMENS OF EARLY ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCES, chiefly written during the early Part of the Fourteenth Century. To which is prefixed, an Historical Introduction, intended to illustrate the Rise and Progress of Romantic Composition in France and England.
Page 339 - For this purpose he conveyed the poison into an apple of remarkable size, which he placed on the top of several others, and put the dish before the queen, hoping that, as Gawain was the knight whom she esteemed next to Sir Lancelot, she would make him the fatal present.
Page 310 - The fairy, when her pupil had attained the age of eighteen, conveyed him to the court of Arthur for the purpose of demanding his admission to the...
Page 23 - ... were always accessible. Thus began the decline of a body of men, whose complete degradation seems to have been the subsequent result of their own vices. During the period of their success they had most impudently abused the credulity of the public ; but it is a whimsical fact...