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Torrent of Portyngale

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Chapters

11. Part 11

‘Dere God,’ sayd Torente then, ‘Wher euer be that fendes den?’ They answered hym anone: 965 ‘In a castell in the see, Slogus’ they sayd ‘hyght he, Many a man he ha...

2. Part 2

The _subjunctive_ mood has no inflexions: 70 _+sped+ -- stede_, 3rd pers. 87 _+blynd+ -- wynde_, 3rd pers. 213 _fyld -- +schyld+_, 3rd pers. 416 _sey -- +may+_, 2nd pers. sg. 58...

3. Part 3

[Footnote 6: _Guill. d’Engleterre_, ed. Fr. Michel, _Chron. Anglo-Norm._, III. 39-172. On the authorship of this poem see C. Hofmann, _Sitzungsberichte der Münch. Akad._, 187...

4. Part 4

The kyng wolde fayne that he ded were, And he wyst nat on what manere. 472 The kyng wolde fayne that he wer ded, And hym wyst in what maner.

6. Part 6

The sarten {to sey} w{i}t{h}-owt lese, A scheff-chambyr~ he hym ches, Tyƚƚ on the morrow day. To the stabuƚƚ tho he y{e}d, 720 There he fond a nobyƚƚ sted, Wase comely why...

5. Part 5

Owt he toke thys chyldyryn~ fyve, 325 The feyrest that were on lyve, I-hold in~ anny sted. The lady wase fuƚƚ gl{e}d, Sche byrlyd whyt wyn~ and Redd, And sethyn~ to soper sone...

8. Part 8

‘Lord god, what is beste, So I{es}u me helpe, Est or Weste, I Can not Rede to {say}. 1540 Yf I to the shipp fare, No shipmen~ ffynd {I} thare; It is long, sith they were away....

9. Part 9

This holy man~ hied hym~ tyte To a Cite w{i}t{h} touris white, As fast as he may. 1965 The kyng at the yate stode And other knyght{es} and lordys good To se the squiers play. Th...

7. Part 7

Sir Torrent ordenyth hym a sheld, It was ryche in euery ffeld, 1120 Listonyth, what he bare: O{n} aȝure a squier off gold, Richely bett on mold; Listonyth, what he ware: A drag...

10. Part 10

The kyng of Naȝareth home went, There that his lady lent, 2390 In his own~ lede. [2491] ‘Sir,’ she said, ‘ffor godd{us} pite, What gentilman~ wan~ the gre?’ He said, â€...

1. Part 1

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12. Part 12

p. 56, l. 1600. That _dynt_ is wrong, the rhyme shows as well as the meaning. But whether my alteration is right, seems very doubtful, especially as l. 1609 offers the same rhym...

13. Part 13

_walloyng_, 7/189, _prs. p._ wallowing. _wanne_, 62/1767, _adj._ wan, dark. _ward_, 48/1351, _sb._ warden. _waried_, 43/1211, 88/2544, _pr. pl._ cursed; _waried_, 54/1537, _pp._...