"Anonymous - Alliterative Morte Arthure, The" - читать интересную книгу автора (Anonymous)

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811: "Drechede with a dragon, and syche a derfe beste,
812: Has mad me full wery; 3e tell me my swefen,
813: Ore I mon swelte as swythe, as wysse me oure Lorde!"
814: "Sir," saide юey son thane, thies sagge philosopherse,
815: "The dragon юat юow dremyde of, so dredfull to schewe,
816: That come dryfande ouer юe deepe to drynchen thy pople,
817: Sothely and certayne, thy seluen it es,
818: That thus saillez ouer юe see with thy sekyre knyghtez;
819: The colurez юat ware castyn appon his clere wengez,
820: May be thy kyngrykez all, that thow has ryghte wonnyn;
821: And the tatterede taile with tonges so huge,
822: Betakyns юis faire folke that in thy fleet wendez;
823: The bere that bryttenede was abowen in юe clowdez
824: Betakyns the tyrauntez юat tourmentez thy pople;
825: Or ells with somme gyaunt some journee sall happyn,
826: In syngulere batell by 3oure selfe one,
827: And юow sall hafe юe victorye, thurghe helpe of oure Lorde,
828: As юow in thy visione was opynly schewede.
829: Of this dredfull dreme ne drede the no more;
830: Ne kare noghte, Sir Conquerour, bot comforth thy seluen;
831: And thise юat saillez ouer юe see, with thy sekyre knyghtez."
832: With trumppez then trystly they trisen vpe юaire saillez,
833: And rowes ouer the ryche see, this rowtte all at onez;
834: The comely coste of Normandye they cachen full euen,
835: And blythely at Barflete theis bolde are arryfede,
836: And fyndys a flete there of frendez ynewe,
837: The floure and юe faire folke of fyftene rewmez;
838: Fore kyngez and capytaynez kepyde hym fayre,
839: As he at Carelele commaundyde at Cristynmesse hym seluen.
840: Be they had taken the lande and tentez vpe rerede,
841: Comez a templere tyte and towchide to юe Kynge:
842: "Here es a teraunt besyde that tourmentez thi pople,
843: A grett geaunte of Geen, engenderde of fendez;
844: He has fretyn of folke mo than fyfe hondrethe,
845: And als fele fawntekyns of freeborne childyre.
846: This has bene his sustynaunce all this seuen wyntteres,

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847: And 3itt es that sotte noghte sadde, so wele hym it lykez!
848: In юe contree of Constantyne ne kynde has he leuede,
849: Withowttyn kydd castells enclosid wyth walles,
850: That he ne has clenly dystroyede all the knaue childyre,
851: And them caryede to юe cragge and clenly deworyd!
852: The Duchez of Bretayne todaye has he takyn,