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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    And oo mayde thys wordes spak To tlie kyng Artour,— 44 Thyn halle agrayde, and hele the walles With clodes and with ryche palles, Ajens my Lady TryamourA The kyng answerede bedene, 44 Welle-come, ye maydenes schene, Be our Lord the SavyoureA He commaundede Launcelot du Lake to brynge hem yn fere In the chamber tlier liar felawes were, With merthe and moclie honour. A noon the quene suppose gyle, That Launfal schulle yn a whyle Be y-made quyt and skere, Thoru} hys lemman that was commynge ; Anon sche seyde to Artour the kyng, 44 Syre, curtays yf [thou] were, Or yf thou lovedest thyn honoure, I schuld be awreke of that traytoure, That doth me changy chere ; To Launfal thou schuldest not spare, Thy barouns dryveth the to bysmare, He ys hem lef and dereA And as the quene spak to the kyng, The barouns seyj come rydynge A damesele alone, Upoon a whyt comely palfrey, They saw nevere non so gay Upon the grounde gone. Gentylie, jolyf, as bryd on bowe, In alle manere fayr i-nowe To wonye yn worldly wone ; The lady was bry3t as blosme on brere, With eyen gray, with lovely ch chere,