Copy 1, Volume 1

Essays on subjects connected with the literature, popular superstitions, and history of England in the Middle Ages / By Thomas Wright.

  • Thomas Wright
Date:
1846
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Credit: Essays on subjects connected with the literature, popular superstitions, and history of England in the Middle Ages / By Thomas Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and norpan [w]ind, hreo weron [y]pa. Wess mere-fixa méd on-hréred : peer me wid l4sum lic-syrce min, heard hond-locen, helpe ge-fremede ; beado-hregl broden on breéstum leg, golde ge-gyrwed. Me t6 grunde teah fah fednd-scaSa ; feeste heefde grim on grape: peet ic ag-lecan orde ge-reehte, hilde-bille ; heapo-res for-nam mihtig mere-deér purh mine hand. Swé mee ge-léme 143-ge-tednan breatedon pearle ; ic him bénode deéran sweorde, swa hit ge-défe was. Nes hie dere fylle ge fean hefdon, man-for-dedlan, pet hie me begon, symbel ymb-szton se -grunde neah. Ac on mergenne mecum wunde, and a wind from the north, fiercely turned us away ; rough were the waves. The courage of the sea-fishes was excited : there my body garment, hard-locked by the hand, gave me aid against foes ; my twisted war-dress lay upon my breast, furnished with gold. The variegated enemy dragged me to the bottom ; he had me fast grim in his gripe: nevertheless it was granted me, that I the villain reached with my weapon. with my war-bill ; the mighty sea-beast received the war-rush through my hand. Thus me frequently my hateful foes threatened vehemently ; I served them out with my dear sword, as it was right I should. had any joy— the wicked villains, that they meddled with me, that they set upon me all at once, near the bottom of the sea. But on the morning, wounded with swords,
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