Illustrations of the fairy mythology of 'A midsummer night's dream' / edited by J.O. Halliwell.

Date:
1845
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Credit: Illustrations of the fairy mythology of 'A midsummer night's dream' / edited by J.O. Halliwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    What help hyt for to lye \ And at the fourty dayes ende, The lorcles toke liar leve to wende, Everych yn hys partye. And aftyr mete syr Gaweyn, Syr Gyeryes, and Agrafayn, And syr Launfal also, Wente to daunce upon the grene, Unther the tour ther lay the queue, With syxty ladyes and mo. To lede the daunce Launfal was set, For hys largesse he was lovede the bet, Sertavn of alle tho ; Idle queue lay out and beheld hem alle, “ 1 se,” sche seyde, u daunce large Lauufalle, To hym than wylle y go. Of alle the knyjtes that y se there, ITe ys the fayreste bachelere, He lie hadde never no wyf: Tyde me good, other ylle, 1 wylle go and wyte hys wylle, Y love hym as my lyf.” Sche tok with her a companye, The fay rest that sch[e] my3te aspye, Syxty ladyes and fyf; And wente hem doun anoon-ryjtes, Ham to pley among the kny3tes, Welle stylle wythouten stryf. The quene yede to the formeste ende, Betwene Launfal and Gauweyn the liencle, And after her ladyes bry3t; To daunce they went alle yn same, To se hem play hyt was favr game, A lady and a kny3t. They hadde menstrales of moch honours. c/ '