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> IEG Hp F ens and allo auctoꝛytes ot ſapntes ano 
dylcrete men / ſemblably hyſtoꝛyes and examples woz⸗ 
thy of commemozacpon ben reduced by wzytynge / koz 
to ſhewe to them that ben to come that whiche hathe bf 
ſayd and done befoꝛe to the inſtruccyon and ſaluacpon 
of the loule of cuery good cryſiẽ man. ¶ Hoh it is thus 


that is this pzeſent tyme the leryptures by the arteand 


ingenyous pꝛactyke ot Pꝛyntynge be multeplped in lu⸗ 
che a wyle that dyuers fapze and comodpous enſygupn 
ges / and enſamples ben had / of whiche kewe folkes had 
the bokes audcongnyllaunce / nowe they ben put fozth 
and vttred foz ſo lptell a pzyſe that it can not be lyghtely 
leſle/neuerthelelle bycaule of the vnderſtaͤdynge comu⸗ 
ne / that is better contente foz to retepne the hyſtoꝛyes / 
and examples than other thynge / dyuers hyſtozyes ben 
put in wꝛytynge. And amonge p other hyſtoꝛyes is one 
founde ot longe tyme wꝛpten / the whiche is named the 
hyſtoꝛye of Olpuer ot Caſtylle / and Arthur of Algarbe 
his lolall felowe/the whiche fo2 theyꝛ vertues / and to lo⸗ 
ue better honoure than to conſente to cuyll/had grete ad 
uerſptees / and metruaplous foztunes and aduentures / 
the whiche by grete loyalte and atdaunt charyte / and al 
ſo fydelyte and pꝛomelle/toke an ende — be. 


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- CTabula. 
CThe tyꝛlte chapytre ſpeketh of p natyupte of Olpuer 
of Caſtylle/and of the dethe of his moder. Capitulo, j. 
Chow Olyuer was boꝛne to be baptyſed / and the body 
ok his mod boꝛne to be buryed. And how Embaſſodours 
were compled foꝛ to mary Þ kynge agapne. Ca. if. 
¶ How the maryage was treated betwene thequene or 
Algarbe Arthurs moder / and p kynge of Caſtplic Olpz 
uers fader. Capitulo. tf, 
CHowy Kpnge ok Caſtylle wedded pqueneof Algars 
be / and ledde her in to Caſtylle with her ſone Arthur þ 
reſembled Olpuer.Capitulo. iiij. 
¶ how Olpuer and arthur were put to lernynge / and 
ok the Juſtes that were made by them. Capitulo. v. 
¶ How the quene of Caſtylle began foz to loue Olyuer 
dyſhoneſtlye. Capitulo. vi. 
Chow the quene gaue Olyitee fox to vnderſtande that 
| he loued hym carnally / and of the couerte anſwersok 
Ol puer to honoure. Capitulo. = - 
CbHow Olyuer departed all trouble of the requeſtes 
ok his ſtepmoder / and how he pꝛayed god foz to reuoke 
her from her carnall deſpze, Capitulo. 1 
¶ How the quene pet agayne declared her courage to 
Olpuer / deſyꝛynge hym to fulfpll her carnall delyꝛe /x 
of Olyuers fayze denpenge. Capitulo. ix. 
«How Olpuer refuled vtterlp p quene his ſtepm oder 
ok all her dyſhoneſt loue. And how ſhe menaced hym to 
the dethe. Capitulo. r. 
¶ How Olyuer abode all alone in his chambze whereas 
he made dyucrs complayntes / and ofthe lettre that he 


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he had ony thynge but good. Capitulo. . 
¶ How Olpucr departed all alone withont ouycompa⸗ 
k Olpuer ny / and cameto a hauen or the lee where as he kounde a 
tulo, j. (hyp iu the Whiche he entred with a knyght that he foun 
the body dethere okEnglande. Capitulo. 5 ri. 
ſlodours Chow Arthur cf Algarbe came in to 2 chambꝛe of his 
o I. bꝛoder Olpuer / that made grete dole koz his departyng. 
queneok Capitulo. xiij. 
lie Olß⸗ (How the Rynge ot Caſtylle came into Oliuers cham⸗ 
bu, bꝛe/and of the grete bole that he demeaned wha he foũ 
Algar⸗ de hym not. Tapitulo. xiiij. 
rthur ß ¶ Dow the kynge lente after his ſone / and of his lamen 
wy, tacyons aud ot them Þ chequenemabe whan the ſawe 
ge / and that ali doloure was comen by her caule, Ca. 1 | . 
% ¶ Ot the grete toztune that happened to Olpuer vpon 
Olyuer the let / and how he and the Englyſlhe knyght were pꝛe 
= ſerued kromdzownynge. Capitulo, xvi. 
de that (howthe bnyght Olpuers felowe deyed. xvij. 
Wersof C ow Olyucr dyde buryt the kuyght / and ofthe Jul⸗ 
Vi. tes that were publyſſhed in England / and he that ſhol 
eſtes de do beſt ſholde haue ỹ ges doughter towyke, x vii. | 
rettroke CYHow Olxyuer was allapled of theues / the whiche he 
blij. ſlewe / aud of p whiche happened to hym vpon the wayhe 
age to towarde London. Capitulo. 
Me / ¶ How a knyghte came and recomfozted Olpuer / and 
ix. ok the pzomelles that they had togyder. Capitulo. xx. 
noder how Olyuer came in toy hermptage. Capitulo. xxi. 
m to C Dom Olyuer ſawe dyuers knyghtes and other kolke / 
T. N in grete eſtate and dpuerlly clothed, Capitulo, xxij. 
teas ¶ Okthe grete Jope that Olyuer had whan he lawe ỹ 


hat he kapꝛe ſtedes and the ryche clothynges that his bnyghte 
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had bꝛought hym / and how he armed hym / and of the ry 
che pauylyon and beaute of the fayze Helayne doughter 

bol the kynge of Englande. Capitulo. xxtij. 
¶ Ot the grete meruaylles that Ol puer dyde at the (oz 
neyment / aud how he dyde better thã ony other. xxiiu. 
C How Olpuer retoꝛned in to the hermptage the ſecon: 
de tyme without makyngehym foz to be know. xxv. 
K How Olpuer caimey ſecoſde tyme to thetoꝛnepment 
and how he wanne the ſygue ofthe dekendauntes ok the 
Juſtes. Capitulo. | xx vi. 
How Olpuer dyde Witchdꝛawe hym in to the hermpta 
ge after that he hab vaynquyſſhed the toꝛneyment and 
of the dyſpleaſure or the kynge and his doughter bycau 
ſeot the deed men. Capitulo. rx vii. 
¶C How Olyucr came into p toꝛnepmẽt the thyꝛde dape 
and bare awaye the honoure aboue all by his grete pꝛo⸗ 
weſſe / and how the kpge commpſed. xx. knyghtes for to 
take hym/to the ende ÿ he knewe what he was, xx viii. 
¶ How Olpuer was taken by the knyghtes that the kyn 
ge had commyled / and howhis ſeruauntes vanyſſhed a 
wapye / how he founde clothes x kynaunces. Ca. xxix. 

¶ How Plyuer kounde grete fynaunces/ſeruantes and 
clothes / and how he was ledde to the banquet and in to 
tht courte with grete honoure of the knyghtcs that had 
takenhpm.Tapitiulo. Xxx. 
* { How Olyler came in to the kyuge of Cnglandes cour 
te / lohere as he was reccyucd With gretereucrence of Þ 
kynge / and of all the other loꝛdes and ladycg. Ca. xxxt. 

¶ How in ſecrete the pꝛyce was oꝛdryned foꝛ Olyuer by 
the Juges commpſted / and the counſayll of the kynge ap 
pꝛoued fo to aduertyſe Olpuer.Capitulo. xxxij. 
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¶ How the pꝛyce of the tozneyment was bought to 
Olyuer by dyuers loꝛdes and ladyes / and what was the 
pꝛyce. Capitulo. xxxiiij. 
¶ How Olpuer requy2cd the kyng of Englande that he 


wolde reteyne hym of his courte/ and that he myghte be 


keruer afoꝛe his doughter H clayne/the Whiche was ac⸗ 
coꝛded to hym. Capitulo. xxxv. 
¶ How Olpuer was retcyned ofthe kynges courte and 


kecrued afoꝛe his doughter / ⁊ made the othe accuſtomed 


Capitulo. xx bi. 
¶ Dow Olyuer was lurp2yled of the loue of Helaync/⁊ 
cut his fynger in ſeruynge her. Capitulo. xxxvij. 
¶ how Olyuer lapde hym dow ue lxke / and how Helay 


ne was ſyke fo2 hym alſo / and how by her faders leue 


ſhe wente and vyſyted hym. Capitulo, xxx viii. 
¶ How Olyuer after Þ the fapze Helayne had vpiyted 
hym came in tothe courte / and ok the mellenger ok the 
kynge ol Irlonde that came and defped the kynge of fys 
re and blode. Capitulo. xxxix. 


¶¶¶ how Olyuer requpꝛed the kynge of Englande foz to 


gxue hym men to go agaynſt them /d lo he had. Ca. xl. 
& How Olyuer after phe was departed in armes from 
London came afoꝛt a towncthat the Ityſſhmem had 
beſyeged / and vaynquyſſhed them. Capitulo. I. 
CHow Olpuet lente the bynge ol Englande lettres ỹ 


his enemyes were dyſcomkpted and toꝛned in to flyghie 


and ot his enterpꝛyle laken.Capitulo. xli. 
¶ How Olyuct entred into Jrlonde and aſſpeged a kp 
ge the whiche was ſocoured of foure kßges / the whiche 
he dyLomfptcd, Capitulo, _ riit!, 


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C Howethe caſtell and towne where as was allyeged 
a kynge of Irlonde / dyde pelde them. Capitulo, rltti#, 
CHow Olpuer after dyders thynges lente to denoun⸗ 
ce his compnce to the kynge ol Englande / and ot the ho 
noure that was done to hym. Capitulo, rl v. 
¶¶ How Olpuer came in to the courte accompanyed of 
ſeuen kỹges pꝛyloners / of the whiche he made a pꝛeſent 
to the kynge ok Englande Capitulo. r1vt, 
¶ How the kyngeot Englande gaue his doughtcr He⸗ 
lapneto Olpuet / in guerdon of the [eruyces that he had 
done to hym. Capitulo, 1lvij. 
¶ How the Kynge made Olpucr fo to arpſe that was 
on his knees / and of they: gracyous woꝛdes / and how 
Olyuer handkeſt the fayze Helapne. Capitulo. xlvuf. 
{ Vow Olyuer wedded the fayꝛe Helayne / and ofthe lo 
 lempnyte that was made, Capitulo, xlix. 
¶ How Olpuer was vertuous in appeſynge noyſes x. 
debates / and how his wyke was with chylde of a lapze 
ſone. Capitulo. 5 L. 
& How Olyuer wente on huntynge / and of the vyſpon 
ofhis wyfe whiche lhe tolde vnto her hulbãde. Ca. li. 
C How the ſone ol the kynge of Itlonde ok whome Olp 
Aerhad ſlapne his fader at the toꝛneyment founde Olp⸗ 
. uer all alone from his men / and toke hym pꝛyſoner / and 
ok the grete dole that was made foꝛ hym. Capitulo. lt,” 
¶ How Arthur of Algarbe was regent of Caſtylle/and 
of the enterpꝛyſe that he made foz to fynde his felowe oz 
 Iyucr.Capitulo. liij. 
| CHow Arthur departed and puthym on the wape foꝛ 
to fynde his felowe Dlyuer/xofHts aduentures. lily. 
¶ How Arthur ſlewe a meruaplous beeſt in 5 fozeſt. lv. 
¶ How Arthur beynge ſoꝛe hurte r lyenge in the wood / 


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ner. Capitulo, 1 
Chow Arthur by the cõmaundement of the knyghte / 
wente to London to the kynge of Englande / and of the 
Joye that they made to hym thynkynge that it had ben 
Olpuer.Capitulo. lvtf. 
¶ Pow Arthur came and vyſyted Helayne that wende 
that he had ben Olyuer her huſbande / and ok the ſolemp 
nyte that was made. Capitulo. 1 
¶ how Arthur lape with Olyuers wyfe without vylay 
nous touchynge / and how he departed fox to fynde his 
felowe Olyuer.Capitulo. m3 £ lix. 
CHow Arthur toke the kyngethat helde Dlyuer in pꝛy 


ſon and made hym delyuer hym clene. Capitulo. lx. 


¶ How Olyuer and Arthur departed from Itlonde / 
how Olyuer by Ire keſt hym of his hoꝛs by cauſe that 
he had layne with his wyle. Capitulo. Itt; 
C How Olyuer demeaned grete dole foꝛ thedyſpleaſure 


that he had done to his felowe Arthur. Capitulo. lxif. 


¶ Hod Olpuer departed from London / and came to 5 
place where as he hadde leftehis felowe / and how he 
crpyed hym mercye.Capitulo. Irttf. 
CVHow Arthur after that he was heled / by the lycence 
ok the kynge ol Englande paſſed in to Irlonde and had 
vengeaunce ofthe kynge that helde Olpuer his felowe 
in pꝛyſon.Capitulo. : Irinf, 
E how Arthur laydehym downe ofa grete ſykeneſſe/ 
of the grete dyſpleaſure that Olyuer hadde. Ca. lxv. 
& Of the dꝛeme x vylyon that Olpuer had koure nygh⸗ 
tes togyder / in lrkewyſe it ſemed to Arthur that his 
helthe was in the power of his feiowe Olpuer / and that. 


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whiche ought to be done foz to hele hỹ. Capitulo. lx vi. 

¶ How Olpuer foꝛ to rẽdꝛe heltheto his fclowe Arthur 
llewe his two chyldꝛen fo to haue theyꝛ blode / and gy⸗ 
ue it hym to dꝛynke. Capitulo. ä lx vij. 
¶ How Olpacr in a balyn of ſpluer bzoughty blode of 
his twochyldꝛen to his felowe Arthur / and made hym 
| fo2 to d2ynke tt/wherfoze he was all heled. Ca. lxvit. 
1119)x\ 1 ¶ Ot the grete myzacle ỹ god ſhewed to Olpuer of Cal 
N | * tyll foꝛ his loyalte / in reupuynge his two chyldꝛen that 
ee he had llayne.Capitulo. 5 Ixix. 
[how Olpuer ałoʒe the kynge of Englande and the o 

ther batons of 5 realme / and euen afoze his wyke tolde 

his aduentures / and meruaplous foztunes. Ca. xx. 
([How Olpuer ſente his felowe Arthur in to Caſtpl fo 

to denounce his comynge / and how the kynge of Engl 

de accompanped Dlpucr and his fapʒe doughter Helap 

ne in to Caſtplle. Capitulo, 5 Ixxi. 

¶ How the whyte knyghtappered to Olpuer x oppzel⸗ 

led hym koz to kepe his pꝛomeſle/that was to gyue hym 
thehalke ot that the whiche he had wonne at the tozneys 

[ mente. Capitulo. „ eee. 
¶ ow Olpuer and his wpfe demeaned grete dole by⸗ 

cauſe that the whyte knyght toke one ol they chyldꝛen 

foꝛ his halfe /and the whiche it was / and of other myſte⸗ 

ryes. Capitulo. | lxxiit. 

¶ Ho the knyght had pyte of Olyner haußge knodole 

ge ol his loyalte/and quyted hym all. And how he made 

hym knowen to hym. Capitulo. lxxuij. 

C How Olpuer gaue his doughter in marpage to Ir; 
thur kynge or Algarbe / and ok the dethe of Olpuer and 
Helapne his wyke. Capitulo, Ixxv. 
C How henry ot Caiiylle Olpuers ſone was pꝛyloner / 


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the mocpons of all geod operacyons / * with 
out the whiche none can be begonne noꝛ ended. J Hens 
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ce or god hathe ent erpꝛyled koꝛ to tranſlate this pꝛeſent 
hyſtoꝛye out of Frenſſhe in to Englyſſke / oure moders 
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in to memoꝛpe and recommcendacyon / and 

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of. ¶ I fynde wꝛpten that after the detheof the ryghte 
Fee noble / and valyaunt loꝛde/and pꝛynce. Carlemayne the 
e ©, gorefeEmperour / ond Kynge of Fraunce / after that he 
phaͤdde lubdurd / z bꝛought vnder his obeyſlauncc / in to 
our holy cryſtẽ fayth the Spanyerdes. ¶ There was a 
kynge in Caſtyll / d whiche was a ryght puyſſaunt pꝛyn 
ce / that was moche beloued of al his ſubgectcs / that at 
that tyme was dcp2rucd or the ryght heurous felytyte/ 
that is in marpage / whiche is to haue lygnage/ and gene 
- » cacyon / fo: the whiche cauſe all his ſubgectes were gre? 
| telpy at mpſeaſe/foꝛ they deſpꝛed nothynge ſoo moche as 
125 to le an hepꝛe of his body that inyghrbe lucceſſour of the 
realme after Þ deceale ofthis good ynge. s wyfe the 
whiche was che boughtcr of che kynge of Galyce / that 
Was a fay:? lady aud a vettuous / amonge her p2ayers 
and 02»ſons / that {he made lo out ioꝛde foꝛgate not to 
requpꝛe hym by his debonapꝛe clem eule / that he wolde 
lende her a chylde / tothe ende that the countree abode 
not with out an hervtour. Mur loꝛde Fheſu cryſt heryn 
ge the requeſt that this good quene made to hym / foꝛga 
te her nor / ſoꝛ in ſhoꝛte tyme after We conceyued / and 
whan terme Was coinc ſhe was elpuered ofa ſapꝛe (0g 
ne / ot the whithe the kynge / und all his ſudgectes were 
gretely reiopſcd/but they Joye was ſooneturued to ſo 
row toꝛ the queuc had rrauaylled ſo ſoꝛe / p ſhe lyued not 
two houres after the byꝛthet her fone the whiche was 
grete dylyleaſurꝰ to:he kynge that loued her lo moche⸗ 
And certaynly he had good caule, neuerthelelſſe he was 
not left e alone mabynge that ſoʒowe / fot all his ſubgee; 
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? ryghte Cow Olpuer was boꝛne to be baptyſed / and how 
zyne the his mo der was bozne to be burped. Ind how the Em 
that he ballado urs were tranſmyſed in to Algatbe foꝛ to ma 
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ge /andofhis ſubgectes /ð quene was layd 
on bereand foꝛ to gyue comfoꝛte they oꝛdey⸗ 
I uedthat thechylde cholde be bozneto be bap 
ex" tyled/ with the coꝛps of the quene. And loo it 
was done in grete lamentacyons / and the chylde was 
named Olpuer and akter that 2 ſerupce was kynyſſhed 
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he demeaned his ſoꝛowe by longe ſpace of tyme / and he 
toke no comtoꝛte but in his ryght amyable ſone Olynuer 
And in kyſſynge hym oftentymes he ſayd vnto hym / 
Alas my dere done thy natyuyte hathe tozned me to gre 
te Joyc/and alſo vnto grete tryſteſſe and dolour / but in I 
all humplyte I beſechc our loꝛde that he haue mercy ot 
thy moders ſoule And that de gyne the grace that tho 
mayſt be ſuche one as my herte doth requyze. In luche 
wWoꝛdes and lemblables he complapned hym often vpõ 
his felowe and ſpoule that he hadde ſoo feruentty loud 
The noble men of his courte / and alſo other of the reals 
me were ryght dolaunt bycaule that as them ſemed the 
bynge was becomen all deſolate / and not ſoo famplyet 
with them as he had ben accuſtomed afoze the dethe of 
the quene / wherfoze they layd that the kynges lamen⸗ 
tynge endured ougrlonge / wherkoꝛe it is expedyent to 
Ds loz to take adupſe in what maner we may caule hym 
fo to ce ſie it/foꝛ he muſk put it out of his memoꝛye / foʒ } 
he is pet ponge xluſty pnough fo: tohaue pgeny Xchyl; 
Dꝛen /a thereis nothynge p map caulc hym ſo lone fo to 
telle his ſoꝛolwe / and make hym Jocounde as to mary 
hym vnto ſome yonge lady / where as he maye take his 
pleaſure and delyte in al gladneſle. Theſe woꝛdes were 
not ſayd alonly in this abſence / but allo in his pꝛelence 
toʒ they that were mooſt cõuerſaunt with his perſone / 
declared it often vnto hym / and exhoꝛred hym for to be 
maryed/yt that they myght fynde one that were accep « 
table foz the dygnyte. It that tyme the kyng of Algarbe wy 
wdWas deed/ and his wyfe was abpden wydowe/ the whi 
che was one ok themoolf excellenteſt ladyes at that ty⸗ * 
mie ok the woꝛlde / the whiche had a lone by her ryghtfull 
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was a meruaplous fayꝛe chylde-and Olytter# he were 


bothe of one aege. The kynge of Caſtyll had ben aduer⸗ 
tyſed of thebeaute of the quene of Algarbe / wherkoꝛe he 
ſente his Ainbaſſatours-foz to haut her to his quene /p 
whiche Embaſſatours whan they were comen the der / 
were receyued with grete tryumphe and honoure / in fo 
moche that ſhoꝛtly after ſhe was accozded to them by ỹ 
loꝛdes of the realme / as ye ſhall here. whan they were 


bꝛought in the pꝛelence of the quene and her counſapll/ 


they declared the cauſe of theyꝛ compnge / whiche was 
gladlyherde bothe of her kynneſmen / and the other bas 
rons / and afrer that the Emballatourshadde reherſed 
that the whiche they had in commaͤundement by thepz 
lozde and kynge / they with dꝛewe them in to theyz lod? 
ges / with whore vente many knyghtes and lqupzes 
foʒ to tonucye them. | | 


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'C Pow the maryage was treated bytwe ne the {ppg 
of Caſtvl! Olpuers fader /and the quene of 4lgaibe/ 
Arthurs modet. Capiteno. | wy 

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moolt parte of tier frendes. Indtheinthat 4 
he moeſi txuſted in ſayd. Loꝛdes pe piowe 


te CALC WHEL i020 tf: je kyngt of Caftpil ha⸗ | 
the rec ins Einballadgurs hether/ wherfo⸗ q 
ce Jp2aye e ou ſoꝛ to haus regarde in this mater / tor 3 
am {ye that by dur gee U coiufayll wyll be agreable to 
do that the whiche pc ſhall dete nun Theſe Wort rs fp 
nylſhed / ſhe tone leur and wende in toher chambze/ and 
leute them alonc wichtha⸗ 2 kynably / they wes 


re all ot one accoꝛde⸗ that them. träge ſholde be made/ 


And retowed to warde the quene / lapnge that as them | 
thought theres was put ke * cpr puccs of moꝛc atictozpte | 
than the kynge of Caſtyil was ther (022 che myght not 


be lyghtly better beſtowed, Ind in effecte they ſhewed 
her the ponge aege that ü he was pet in and aid theten⸗ 
De aege ok her {one Wherkozethey counkapiled her that 
ſhe ſholde accepte the requeſt of the Kyngeo?f Caſtyil⸗ 
The quene anſwered/ my ke endes 2 Wt? etolge y UL / X 
yet dothe / that pour good cont raph and ade / g well 
my ͤwyll. And therkozema ech relgence / aud guſwere 
to the Emballadours on im: Schalte. ſuche e g ye Gall 
thynke moot expedpent /o: If UML BENS, Ind 
then they than acd her / and alte! dehgrterd ftomtheng/ 
tyue/oꝛ [pre ol the mooſt notableſt tie Hhiche were cho 
ſen foꝛ to gyue the artivere bine the E mbaſladours op 0 
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Aigarbe /and ledde het into Caſtyll/ with her ponge 
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they delcended in the towne where as at that tv; 
kyngeremayned. And as bꝛyc fly as they — — 0 
Wente towardethe kyngeithat all redy was a duertyſed 
ok the vz retoꝛnynge. Ind after the reuerence done /ihey 
recounted to hym how they had ſpedde and wzoughte / 
Wherof the Kynge was meruayllouſly Jocounde/and 
at chat tyinc he was delybercd foꝛ to goo theder within 


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in lrkewyſe as the kyngehad deuyſed / lo it was accom 
plyſſhed/ und departed from Caſtyll with a lytell copas 
ny. And then as he was vpon his wape/ ge ſente wo2de 


to the quent pꝛonouncynge his compge. The whiche re 


terued Gym with grete melody. Ind haſtely p ſpouſapl 
les were ſumptuoully made / in ſuche a wyle as apper⸗ 
teyneth to a kvng and a quene. The yonge Arthur with 


al his puyſſaunce made good chere to the kynge his ſtep + 


fader. Alſo whan the kyngebehelde hym/hym tyought 
that he ſawe his ſone Olyuer / foz to aege and bygntſſe 
they reſembled ſo moche that they coude not dyſculle Þ 
one from another / wherof the barons that came with Þ 
kyn e was gretely abaſſhed. Soo whan the weddynge 
was fynyſhcd / and that the kynge had ſoiourned there 


a moneth oz two/he commyled in his ſtede a ryght noble 


knyght / to be pꝛotectout of the realme of Algarbe. And 
after thoſe thynges done he departed / ⁊ ledde w hym 
his ne we quene / and Arthur her lone. They rode ſo lon⸗ 
ge that they arryued in the cyte where as the kynge dyd 
mooſt remayne / and were receyued with grete tryum⸗ 
phe and Joyce. The kyngecõmaunded that Arthur ſhol 
de haue luche eſtate as his oWne lone Olpuer had / wher 
foʒe fro that daye foʒwarde / thep were nourylſh ed togy 
der / and loued foo perfoundly togyder that it myght ne 

ct be loſt / as ye ſhall here moꝛe euydently after enſuyn 


ge nnd foz a good cauſc why / foꝛ they reſembled ſo mo⸗ 


che that oftenty mes they toke ont loꝛ another. 


E How Olyuer and Arthur were commyſed to a no 
ble knyght / fo2 to practyle them in feates of armes / 
Jud of the Juſtes made bythem / and who wanne p 


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| T was ſo that Olpuer / and Arthur began foꝛ 
to ware qrete. wherfoze thep were taken fron 

the kepynge of the ladyeg. And gaue co them 

a ryght pꝛudent / and valyaunt znpgizt / foꝛ to 

de monſtre/⁊ enduce them in keates of armes 

as it apperteyneth to k5ges ſones. He reccyucd the t wo 

noble chyldꝛen / that were bothe of one aege / aud oc one 
beaute / and indtructed them in all good maners. Ohm 

whan they began koꝛ to haue knowlege / theplouedta⸗ 

gyder with lo perkyte loue / that hey made alhaance to 

gyder of fraternall cõpany /in pꝛomplyngencuec to2 to 

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wyll of theyr lozde / that kepte them bothe fo rychely / ⁊ 
put in ther vnderſtondyng that it ſholde be impoſſpble 
that euer they grete loue ſholde faple, The kynge and 
the qnene / and all the barons of the countree/ſeynge the 
two chyldꝛen ſo perkyte felowes togyder / and leur te in 
wardly were gretely reiopſed / and thanked cure lozde 
therof with mylde hertes / yk Jnamethem perkyte with 
out ony deraute blame me not / noꝛ meruayll vou not of 
it foꝛ cc rtaynly of beaute/bounte/pꝛudence / and hump⸗ 
lyte / that ought to be in ony noble herte/ was in tho two 
noble men. They may dyfpoztes amonge the buy ghtes 
and ſqupꝛes / and amonge ladpes and damoyſclics / as 
in dauncynge / and dyuers other games / they kounde no 
ne that myght paſſe them / as foꝛ dyſpeꝛtes that bc vied 
by noble menmtymcof peas/as at tcunps/lepe/ſpꝛyn 
ge / wꝛaſtle/caſt the ſtone/caſt the bart e/oꝛ ony other ga 
mes / none wolde compare with themtwo. And bzyctiy 
all thynge that they applyede them to/ became them well 
As vnto the regarde of Juſtes/and tournepmentcs/it 
was defended them by the kynge theyꝛ kader/ bycault v 
they were to tendꝛe ot acge as at that tyme, Mot wich⸗ 
ſtandynge whanthe kynge lawe that they were pupl⸗ 
ſaunt ynoughe fo2 to welde armour at theyz eaſe/he ca 
ue them lyceuce foꝛʒ to do ctye a Juſtynge/and a turney 
ment. The whiche Olpucr / and Arthur made foz tobe 
cryed / that thꝛe auenturous knyghtes ſholde Jute £6 
gapnſt all comers/the whiche ſholde fynde the there the 
fyꝛſte daye of the luſty moneth or mape in complete har⸗ 
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he ſperes/ano the ſayd the champyons ſholde Juſt. ij. 
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kynde on the thyꝛde daye at the lyſte z. There Juſted dy 
uers yonge knyghtcs of the kynges courte. Ind the Ju 
ſtynge was moze aſperer of thoſe ponge knyghtes than 
euer they had ſene ony in that countree / and by the re⸗ 
poꝛte ot the ladyes they dyde ſo knyghtly euerychone Þ 
it waz not poſſybie foꝛ to do better as them thought by 
they2 ſtrokes. But aboae all other Olpuer and Arthur 
his loyal felowe had the buipte and loos. The Juſtynge 
endured longe / it was meruapyll to ſe the hydeous ſtro⸗ 
kes that they delte / foꝛ the Juſtynge had not kynyſſhed 


fo ſone / but that the nyght ſepared theym / neuerthcleſte 
the aduerlarp party abode tyll the toꝛches were lyghte. 


But the ladyes and damoplelles /that ot all the Juſtyn 


ge tyme had ben there were wery / and wolde departe / 


wyierfoꝛe the Juſters departed in lyke wyſe/ and wente 
and dylarmed theym koꝛ to come to the baͤnket oꝛ feeſt / 
and whan that the banquet was fynylſhed and done / 
the daunces beganne. And there came the kpnge and p 
balyaunt knyghtes ofarmes / foꝛ to enquyꝛe of the lady 
£9 / and damoyſelles who that had beſt boꝛne hp as toz 
thatbaye. Theladyes whiche were all of one accoꝛde/⁊ 


agreement /ſayd that Olyuer and Irthur had ſurmoũ⸗ 


ted all Þ beſt doers of that Journeye. And bycauſe that 
Olpuer / and Arthur were bothe of one party / and that 


they coude kynde but lytell dyfferẽce bytwene theym of: 
knyghthode / they knewe not the whiche they myght ſul 


tapne. But in the ende they ſayd that Arthur had done 


ryght valyauntly/neuerthelelle they ſapd that Olyuer 
had done beſt / vnto theyꝛ ſemynge. Ind ther oꝛe it was 
concluded that the pꝛyce ſholdebe gyuen vnto Olpucr / 


as foz the beſt of them of within. And another noble kny 
ght ok the realme or Algarbe / that came with the ques 


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ne had the pzyceof without / luhã the prÞcedfthe Juſtes 
that hadde ben made / was bꝛoughte befoze Olpuer by 
t wo fay:c damoylelles he waxed all rede and was as a⸗ 
ſhamed at that pꝛeſent tyme / ⁊ ſapd that ie was of they? 
bounte fo: to gyue hym the pꝛyce and not of his deſerte / 

neuertheleſſe he receyucd it / and as it was of cuſtome 
in guerdonnynge them be kyſſed them. And lone after 
they bought the wyne and ſpyces / and thenne the daun 
ces and the feeſt toke an ende as koz that nyght. 


¶ ow the quene of Caſtyll beganne to be amourous 
of her ſone Olpuer of folylſhe loue and dyſhoneſt. 
Capitulo. vi. 


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> Hetwo yonge me after that the keel was kp 
WD nyſſhed/and the leue take / they wente vnto 
\they2 chambze. Olpuer thynkynge that he 
Wolde not be contente with that pꝛyce. Ind 
Arthur on the other lyde ſayd that he wolde 
do Mo moche yt he myght that another tyme he myghte 
gete the pꝛyce / but not fo: enuye of the honoure oc his fe 
lo we. But good coutage and good wyll cauſed hym to 
hauc thoſe thoughtes. On the other partye the kynge all 
redy entred in to his chambꝛe foꝛ to go vntohis reſt/the 
quene alſo thought exceſſyucly on the feeſt that ſhe had 
lenethedapctofozc. Ind in eſpecyallon the two ponge 
knyghtes was all her thought. Ok the whiche the one of 
them was her owe ſone / the whiche ye may thynke dyd 
not dyſpleaſe her / and ſayd vnto herlelfc. Lady Mary 
what dure and aſp2eſtrokes J haue ſene thẽ gyue and 
receyue to daye. Do gentyliy it became the kynges ſos 
ne Olpuer foz to daunce /and the clothynge that he was 
re / certes that lady oz damoyſell ſholde be well happy ỹ 
he wolde loue. In theſe thougites (he wente to bed and 
kell on ſlepe / büt that was not but v che thought in her 
llepe that ſhe ſawe hym daunce all aboute the chambꝛe. 
that had plealcd her ſo moche the daye be foꝛe. Do begã 
the quene koꝛ to entre in to ſoo greteꝰa foly that it neuer 
lekte her and that was grete pyte and dommage as pe 
ſhall here atterwarde. The daye ſpꝛonge/and at thehon 
re that they were accuſtomed koz to ryſe in the courte / 
Olpuer and his felowe Arthur aroſe and made them te 
dy in the ſame wyſe that they were accuſtomed / and in 
that eſtate they wente in tothe kynges court. whan the 
quene ſawe them / ſhe made them better lemblaunce /d 
better chere than ſheſhas wonte to dos / and called the 


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kyngeg loͤne aboute the necke / and badde them good mo 
rowe. Ind ſapd alowe bytwene her tethe. Olyuer my 
kreude J thynke that god hath made you koꝛ to be loked 
on in this woꝛlde. Olyuer herde it well / and meruaylled 
by moche wher foꝛe ſhe ſayd it / ſoꝛ he Wylr not whether 
Che ſayd it foꝛ good /oꝛ foꝛ cuyll/ncuertheleſſe he put it in 
oubly / and thought no moꝛe vpon it. WEE = 


CE Yowthe quenegaue Olyuer fo2 to vnderſtande ỹ 
ſhe loued hym/ and that ſhe deſpꝛed fox to ſynne with 
hym And how olpucr anlwered her couertiyand all 
to ljonoure.Capitulo. vi. 


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damoplelles / and was neuer weryof Juſtynge and tur 
neynge / oz other feates of armes that apperteyned to o 
ny noble pꝛynce. And wyan that he knewe ok ony greate 
ailemble/ye wolde not haue fayled but that he wolde ha 
ue ben theres whether that he had ben ferre oz nere / and 
therfoze euery body had grete Joye of hym / and ſayd it 
was a Arete reioyſynge to the kynge of Caſtyll the whi⸗ 
che was al redy terre altred in aege fo2 to le his only lo; 
ne ⁊ heyze lo replenylſhed in all vertuous operacpons/ 
but fo2tune the whiche is mayſtrelle ot all aduer pte x 
ſozowes adfiychyiled his cõlolacyon /⁊ ſepared fro hym 
his electe welfare by Þ quene his wpke. The whiche be 
holdynge the gykte of grace that nature had gyuen hym 
lo fayze à chylde/ſhe was ſoo taken with his loue that it 
15 mcruayll to recounte it /foʒ whan ſhe was by herlelfe 
mm on ſecrete place alone /as in her bedde/oꝛ elles where 
he layd full often. Da a Olvuer ryght fapʒe creature vᷣ 
trealoure ofrhy thoughtes. Jowe well foꝛ to curſe thy | 
reſplendyſchpngebeaute/foꝛ J am conſtrayned foz thy | 
excellence todo the thynge that neuer quene dyde/toz J{ 
- . muſt habandon the loue of my loꝛde/and huſbande fo2 
thyne, And yt that thou haue not compallyon vpon me 
the ſurplus of my dayes (hal be in anguyſſh and dolour 
In this wyle the quene complayned fo longe / that Oly 
uer and his felowe came loꝛ to ſe her. ohome ſhe recep⸗ 
ned with Joyous ſemblaͤunt. And whan ony perſone 
axed her wherfoze ſhe ſhewed moꝛe ſygne ol amyte to o⸗ 
lpuer than ſhe dyde to Arthur her owne lone / ſhe layd 
that ſhe dyde it fo to pleaſe the kynge p better with all 
She toke Olyuer by the hande and made hym by kozce 
fo2 to ſytte downe beſyde her. And began foꝛ to deupſe 
with hym ok dyuers maters / and amonge other deuyſes 


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And then ſhe ſayd vnto hym Olpuer my loue. Ican not 


bylcue that the whiche ye haue ſpoken, And therkoze 7 


requy2e you that pe tell me the trouthe in What place ſhe 
remayneth that is ſo eurous foꝛ to be your louer. Ma⸗ 
dame anſwered Olpuer / in good fayth ſhe hathe none a 
bydynge. Fo2 there is ſo manp excellent ladpes in this 


tealme/that J can not tell the whiche J may loue. Ind 


alſo J doubte to be refuſed, wherkoꝛe madame Jknow 
well that pe do but mocke with meifo2 ſhe ſholde be but 
a lytell happy foꝛ to haue my loue. Foꝛ Jam not a man 
that as pet hathe done ony thynge/ wherol J oughte to 
enqupꝛe ony lady ot loue. Ind therfoꝛe vnto this houre 


IJ haue not done ſo moche / noz wonne / wherkoze Jou⸗ 


ghte to be contente. The quene herynge the anſwer of Þ 
ponge knyght / was ſoze abaſſhed. Foz the moze that ſhe 
deupſed with hym / the moꝛe ſhe kounde hym conſtaunt 
and ferme in his purpole / and alwaye [he contynued in 
her folpe / in ſo moche that Olpuer appercepued a parte 


of her wyll and deſyze. wherkoze he helde his peas and 


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ge that ſhe ſpakeno mozeſayd vnto hym. My krende yt 
onygrete mapſtreſſe requpꝛed pou okloue / wolde pe re⸗ 
fule her / certes madame ſayd he. Jam not ſoo happy / 


ſpake not ſo moche as he had done befoze. And ſhe ſeyn⸗ 


noꝛ no woman fo tolyſh / foꝛ to requyꝛe me ot loue/ and 


therfoze there is none anlwer. 


how Olxuer departed ſoze troubled ol the requeſ/ 
tes that his ſtepmoder had made to hym. Ind how þ 
he pꝛayed to our loꝛde /foʒ to reuoke her from her foly 


ſhe / and cazrupte volente, Capitulo «vii, 


O v. | B J. 


ſhe demaũded hym by the fayth or his body / pk that he 
bocre not amoꝛous of ſome fayꝛe lady. And he ſayd nape 


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in luche deuyles with his fayꝛe moder/ma 
I de to his felowe a ſygnethat he ſholde calle 
yhym the whiche dyde ſo / and ſayd. My bꝛo 

drr the houre palleth that we ſholde go the 

re as pe wote ot /and therfoze I put pou in remembꝛaũ⸗ 
ce. Olpuer anſwered that it was true. Ind then he toke 
his leueot᷑ the quene / the whiche dydde ſtrapne his fyn⸗ 
85 gres togyder at the departynge Olpuer was thã ryght 
dylplcaſaũt by cauſe that he knewe her in ſuche eſtate / 
but he durſt make no ſemblaũt vnto his felowe / fo dze 
de and kere / that he Holde haue ben to dyſplelaunt. So 


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as they were out of the quences chambze-the quene diew 
herſelfeaparte in to a lytell garderobe / and lete herlelle 
fall vpõ a bedde / and lapd vnto her ſelfe. My loue pe be 
not loo folyſſhe / but that ye knowethaffayze in the whrs 
che Jam oppꝛeſſpd / and certapnlp it ſhall not be lefte 
thus / koꝛ to moꝛowe pe ſhall haue no wlege ot all my ſo 
rowe / and dyſcale And alſo Olyuer vpon that other (ps 
de / Was in grete thought as well as p quene his ſtepmo⸗ 
der was / fo whan he was in his lodgys/he wente in to 
his cyambze all alone / where as he dyde ſaye kneiynge / 
My blellyd cceatour thou haſt foꝛmed me vnto thy lem 
blaunce / and haſt gpuen me indygue moze beaute than 
Jam woꝛzthy toʒ to haue /the whiche (hall becauſe o? mp 
veſtruccyon / yt that thou by thy grace put not rende 
Whertoꝛe J pzaye the that thou woucyelaut ?o: to kepe 
the honout of my fader / and me / and that J be not occa⸗ 
{pon ofthe cuyll wyll / wherin J le her at this pꝛeſent ty 
me / koz J wyll not accozde therto foꝛ to deye. And ther⸗ 
foze I requy2e you with humble herte that it wyll plea⸗ 
(cp foz to take her outofthat dampnable opynyon / and 
that thou reduce / an bzynge her in to ſuche eſtate / and 
wyll / that as a good and loyall ſpouſe-ſhe may kepe her 
towarde her huſbande. DS Ne 
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¶ How the quene pet agayne declared her courage 
to Olpuer / the whiche was / that che wolde that he 

ſholde do her dyſozdynate wyll / and p fapꝛe an! wers 

that Olpuer gaue her. Capitulo. | ix. 


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the moꝛowe after that Olyuer was co⸗ 
d me in tohis faders courte /aboute the hou⸗ 


| tome / the whiche was / foꝛ to go and vyſy 
11050 8 tethequene / and alſo to the endethat none 
„ Wolde apperceyue his affapꝛe. In contynent as he had 


che ladyes/bycauſe that he wolde not be alone with the 
quene his ſtepmoder / but that auaylled hym but lptell / 
Foz the quene without ony ſhame wente and fetched hỹ 
agapne / and toke hym by the hande / ſaynge that ſhe 
wolde ſpeke with hõ. And by koꝛle whether he woldeoꝛ 


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not ſhe made hym fo2 to ſytte downe by her. Ind ſatte 
thynkpge / and muſynge a grete whyle / and ſayd neuer 
a woꝛde. wha the quene lawe that he ſayd neuer a woꝛ 
de / ſhe was halfe aſhamed and chaunged roloure / and 
layd to hym. My loue haue pe no remembꝛaunce of the 
deuyles that wc had togyder. Truely madame ſayd O 
lpuer. My mrmoꝛpe is ſo ſmall / that J haue retepned 
but lytell/oꝛ nought. Ha my ſwete herte ſayd the quene 
J ſuppoſe 5 your vnderſtondynge is not ſo dull / to fozs 
gete in ſo ſhoꝛte ſpace / that the whiche is ſayd vnto you 
But Japperceyue by pour langage-that pe knowe my 
mynde better than F can recoꝛde it to pou. Madame 1 
wote not what ye wolde ſaye.Certaynly ſayd ſhe my lo⸗ 

ue /to p ende that ye knowe it. J tell you that J wyl be 
yours, And therkoꝛe Igpue me vnto pou all holly, It 

ts not of newe that pe be [02de ouer me / and of my wyll / 
But fere / x ſhame hathe cauſed me to kepe it cloſe by 
loge ſpace of tyme, Meuertheleſſe all doubtes put abac 

ke J put you in memoꝛpe that Jam not ot᷑ yourkpred 


ſo nere / but hat pe may do all your pleaſure with me/as 


ye wolde do to pour lady and loue / and J alſo ot you in 


lpke wyſe / wher thzugh we may haue incõpꝛeahle Joy 
and ſolace to gyder. And yf that my foꝛtune be ſo vnhap 
pp/that my requeſt be not vttred J ſhalloccyſe myſelfe 


And therfoze my loue / in you lyeth my lyfe and my deth 
whan Olpuer vnderſtode this / he was moꝛe abaſſhed 


than euer he was befoꝛe / and ſayd vnto her in this wyſe 


Madame where as ye ſay that ye loue me Ithanke you 
hertly and as foz that /khat ye name you my louer/it can 
not he no gretter than it is as foʒ my parte / foꝛ as vnto 
my moder/and mayſtreſſe / there is no ſerurce but that 


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J wyll do it at pour tommaundemet / as J am bounde 


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koꝛto do. Ican not thynke that pe be ſo chyldyſſhe that 
pe wolde loue me otherwyſe than a good moder ſholde / 
and ought to loue her chplde. Foz I holde mp ſclfe fox ſix 
che one /that i had leuer deye than fo2 to do ony thynge 
chat were contrary to the honour ot the kynge my kader 
And pk that J dyde otherwyſe / the houre of my byꝛth 
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¶ how Olpuer rekuled all the requeſtes of his fayze 
ſtepmoder. Ind how ſhe menaled hym vnto the des 
the. Capitulo. — x. 


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He quene ryght furyoully/and Trefullp bza 
ke his wo2des in layng. Olpuer curſed be 
A thy beaute / whan Þ thou arte lo eleuate in 
vdpde / to refuſe ſuche a quene as Jam / but 
tro hens kfoꝛth/ name da frende p was gays . 
uen to the by me / and that hathe ben fyxed in the pꝛofoũ 
deneſſe of my ſecrete thoughtes / and alſo Þ reiopcynge 
of my herte / by thy grete outragyous cruelte (hall be coz 
1104 ned in to grete amerenes, Foz ſhall name the my moꝛ 
4 tall enemye /as one that is a deſtroper / and ſlcer oflady 
Ae es. Foz thou arte a murderer of mne /and ſhall be caule of 
my deth / and that ryght ſhoꝛtly. But it ſhall not be with 
out the, Fo2 in all the maners / and facyons that can be / | 
vnto me pollſyble F hall abꝛedge thy lyfe. Foz me thyn 
keth that it is rcaſon ſyth that J muſt dye ko2 the / and Þ 
thou arte cauſe of my dethe / that thou be partepner of 
- mp _ and anguplſhe / notwithſtandynge J pꝛape 
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les that by the arelpkly fo2 to befall. Ind then ſhe ſayd 
vntohym. Aryle of my quyſſhen/and go thy waye / foz 
it is impoſſyble tome-foz to be hete in the pzeſenceof the 
peaple / withoute that my ſoꝛowe ſhall be e ppetcerucd / 
Olpuer arole and toke his leue ot the quene/the whiche 
went in to a lytell chambꝛe / where as ſhe demcancd her 
ſoꝛowe ſo meruaploully that it were impoſſyble fo2 to te 
caunte / and tell it. Olpyuer wente towarde the hynge 4 
ſalued hym. Soo after that he had ben there a whyle he 
wente vnto his place / and his fclowe with hom / whiche 
knewe full well that his bꝛoder made not loo good chere 
as he was accuſtomed fo to doo / and demaunded hym 
What mcuyd hym/that he was fo ſadde. Ind whanhe 
ſwothat he wolde not tell hym/ he thought in hymlelfe 
that he wolde not demaunde hym no moꝛe / leſte that he 
holde be dyſpleaſed with hym. All that dape Olpuet a 
bode in this chambze / and fox to couer the bettet his dy 
pleaſure / he made his men koꝛ too vuderſtande that he 
was not well at eaſe/and that he wag a lytell dyſmayde 
Fox the whiche th5ge his kelowe Arthur was ryght do 
lent/and ſoꝛowfull / but it was 1npolTſpble to hym loꝛ to 
amende it/this notwitizſtandynge / he wolde not depar⸗ 
te from hym / but aftcr ſouper Olpuer requpꝛed hym 
he wolde go to warde the kynge / and the ladyes foz that 
nyght. Ind that he wolde kepe hym without makynge 
ony menſyonof his ſykenes / and that at his compnge 
agayne he ſholde fpude hõ a bedde. So at the requeſt of 
his bꝛoder he was contente foz to goo/and ſayd to hym / 
My good bꝛoder Olpucr it is your wyil that J (hail go 
in to the courte / and bycauſe that it ſhall be late oꝛ thet 
I come agapne / and that I myght happen awake pou 
hydde you good nyght. Ind J pꝛap god gyne pou go 


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dereſt o that pour ſpkeneſſe may to moꝛowe be aledged 
And tolde hym that he wolde not lye with hym nyght 
Then Olpuer embꝛaſed hym / with the teres in his epen 
and ſayd to Irthur that he abode ouer longe. Arthur 
appercepued the teres in his eyen / wherfoꝛe he Was (02e 
abaſched. Foz he knewe hỹ foꝛ luche a man / that he dyl⸗ 
comłoꝛted hym not foꝛz a lytell thynge / neuertheleſſe he 
made no lemblaunt / but departed with grete lamẽtacy 
on. Alas yt he had knowen wheron his felo we dyde thỹ 
ke / his ſozowe wolde haue doubled /foz he ſawe hym not 
after vuto the tyme that they hadde bothe luffred many ; 
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¶ How Olpuer abodeall alone in his chambꝛe/whẽ 
re as he made dyuers complayntes / and lamentacp⸗ 
| ons /andof the lettre thathe wiote vnto his felowe 
Arthur / and at what thynge he cholde haucknowlez 
ge /yf he hadde ony euyll aduenture. Capitulo. xi. | 1 
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an = Olyucr ſawe that he was left alone-/and - 
chat his loyall felowe was gone/he abode al 
v1 hel. pcniyf-and ſadde. And ſayd vnto his cham⸗ 
> #8 berlayne that he wolde go vnto bedde / and 
p he ſholde make cuery body to auopde foꝛ ik 
that nyght. And baddehis chamberlayne that he ſholde i 
make p2ouyſyon of paper /and ynke. Do whan euery bo i 
dy was departed / and that there was no moolefte with 
in thechambꝛe but his chamberlayne/he made hym re? - 6 
dypand wente to bedde. And then he badde his chamber 
| lapnethat he ſholde go his waye fox that nyght / foꝛ the Ml 
re is one that wyll lye with me / the whiche wyll not be | l 
knowen,Thechamberlapnedyde his loꝛdes commaun 
dement / and departed / and ſhytte the doze after hym. 
| And whan that Olyyer ſad that euery body was auop 
ded / there is no herte may thynke / noꝛexpꝛeſle/ che innu 
merable lamentacyõs that he made. And fyꝛſte ot all the 
grete goodes / and honour / that in that countree he had 
recepued. And after / foʒ the ryght bytter dolour that 
fozhts ſake were lykly fox to come / as well vnto thekyn 
| ge his fader/as vnto his felowe/and in generallal them 
| of thek3ges tourte / where as he was ſo derely byloued 
| This not withſtandynge he concluded i hyniclfethas 
he wodde departe habandonnpnge londes / polleſlyons/ 
and honours/lapnge that the woꝛidly W ce no 
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thynge in comparpſon ok the ſpyzytuelles/5 whtche ha 
the neuer ende / and ſayd that he oughte not foꝛ to kepe 
his carcas ſo deyntelp / that was oꝛdeyned in this wozl: 
de foxto be woꝛmes mete/as his honout and his ſoule/ 
the whiche ſholde be toꝛmented in helle / yr that he wold 
byleuz the dampnable opynyon of his fayze moder. He 
thought in hyniſcife that it were better foꝛ hym for to de 
parte be tymes / than outr late /foʒ he had no more truſt 
no2 confydens in the quenc / lepnge and conſpderynge p 
wonꝛdes that ſhe had ſayd vnto hym., Then he toke the 
paper and the pnke / and began foꝛ to w2yte a lettre the 
whiche adꝛellyd vnto his felowe. In the whiche after þ 
gretynges and lalutacyons / made as ampably as ony 
myght be made / he put in v lettre that foꝛ certapne caus 
ies he was departed from the courte in pꝛaynge hym ry 
ghtedebonay2ly that he wolde pardon hym okthat that 
he had not aduertyſed hym of his departyng / foꝛ certaß 

lp it had ben impoſſpble vnto hym / ko to haue depatrted 
in his pꝛeſence. Ind this notwithſtandynge yk that he 
were ferre from his ſyghte / yet he ſholde not belonged 
lrom his herte/foʒ in what coũtre / oꝛ in what place that 
euer he were / he wolde holde hym foꝛ his good bzoder /a 
krende / and that neuer on his ſyde he wolde foꝛgete hỹ 
Akterwarde he pꝛayed hym that he wolde make his re⸗ 
commendacpons ryght humbly vnto his fader the kyn 
ge and the quene / and vnto all theym the whiche ſholde 
demaunde after hym. Aud thenhe wꝛote aboue. Np bꝛo 
der bycaule that J wote neuer wha Flthall ſe you agay 
ne. Jleue with you this lytell glaſſe the whiche is ful of 
clere water as ye may ſee/and J pꝛape you that pt loke 
euerp dape ones vpon it foʒ my laue / fo2 yt᷑ I haue ony 
gupll aduenture / that water that is in the glalſe ſhall 


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become allblacke / and that (all conptocthat 3 Tamm 
ſome cuyll aduenture oʒ empeſſhement, Ind then imp 
lopall bꝛoder and faythfull felowe I beleche pou that for 
the grete loue and ampte / that we haue dad togyder 
that yt ſo happen / that ye wyll departe from the courte 
of iny fader and neuer reſt tyll that pe here ſome tydyn⸗ 
ges of me, My bꝛoder and rue felowe / in you is all my 
hope and truſt/aboue all them in the wozlde, Ot her thỹ 
ge mp bꝛoder J wote not what to wꝛpte to pou/but that 
ye may be ſure that J ſhali deve yours. pꝛape to oure 
lozde Jhelu cryſt/that he gyue pou aſmoche good / and 

grace /as my herte del yʒcth. Amen. S ee 


FERC IND D FERN HOND | 


C How Olyucr departed all alone without ony com⸗ 
pany /and came to a hauen of the ſee / where as he foi 
de a {hyp all redy foꝛ to departe / in the whiche he put 
hymleilte / with an Englyſſhe knyght that he founde 


there. Capitulo. iu. 


Nd whan the lettres were made. Olyucr 

made hym redy/ and han he was redy/bo 
the booted / and ſpozred / and his werde by 
his lyde/he wente in to his ſtable at the hou 
* re ot mydnyght whan that eucry body was 
retrayed vnto thep2 pnnes / toz it wag a place all alone 
a good waye from the kynges cource / and at that tyme 
there dwelled no body noz none ol his ſetuauntes / and 
at that tyme / there was uo warte in the realme of TCal⸗ 
tyll/ but all peas / and therfozehe myght the better / and 
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lepte vpon hym / but that was not / but that afozehis de: 
purtynge / he put thelettre and the glaſſe in his chambꝛe 
in the mooſt redyeſt place to his ſemynge / and there ag 
it myght ſoneſt he founde. Ind allo he had taken a lptell 
purſe /in the whiche he had put a thouſande nobles and 
other lytell bagges that were not of ſo grete value / bus 
what of ſyluer / and other thynge / they were Woꝛthe ag 


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moche. He founde the gate ok his place open / and the kÞd 
ge at that tyme was in a place / where as no gates were 
ſhytte. Olpuer rode foꝛth and explopted lo moche with 
his caſe / and allo with the kay e lyght of te mone⸗ that 
he palled the towne lyghtely. Ind 2 han that Olpuer 
was a lytell paſſed the toronc he rctozn roy *STpgut be⸗ 
autcous vplagetowarderhe place where as hehad ben 
nourpkſhed and fapd. da bebe nge thou letelte 


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F-uctuors calm thou leſeſt thy x wucc 2 ryghtwys 
Herre. end tl un: oder Arthur gon icfeſtt thy tapth 
Full kelowe. 3nd there {or foke his leut of them all in laps” 
ge. Ach adyes aud dan joplelles and thou 4; = apa 
Kr ihe which Thanuctabniny rourpture, J pꝛap to 
COU he packeriti eo ail them that benengabpt —.— 
: ktemnsleuplladuenturesſandteathe wylltraulpoz 
te the AEM AND gpuc her knowle. e that He cur ti wpl 
tha ſachati toward me pꝛocedeth not ora Jult and 
rent kult cine / from her. 5 DEW woꝛdes were girl 
Ded herctezned his £0001 tothe waype e mwppynge 


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warde the Cyteot Cot dalla zutynoble. Olpuer demaun⸗ 
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- his frauaht. But the mapſter marpnere anſwered to 

„ hym / that he wolde not. Wherfoze Olpuer wasry git 

ſloꝛp/⁊ dyſpleaſaunt/but at the inſtaunce / and requeſt/ 

ok the Engipſſheknyght / the Whiche was all redy aboꝛ⸗ 

deyhe 13s content. Ind then Olpuer gaue the mapſter 

of the ſhyppe his noble courſcr/fo2 to doo with hym his 

good pleaſure, Ind aftcr that Olyuet had gyucnhym 

his courler / he entred in to the ſhypppe / the whiche abo⸗ 

de but koꝛ the tyde/ and whan that the hye tyde was co⸗ 

men / they departed, The gentyll Olpuer was all alone 

toꝛ he had no knowlege / noꝛ none acquayntaunce with 

no body within that ſhyp / but by the ſuffraunce of god 

almyahtye/he acquaynted {yin loo with the Englylſhe 

knyght / that they were ſo good krendes ⁊ loued lo perky 

tely togyder / that he myght ryght well auaũt hym that 

god had gyuen hym good encountree / and ryght good 

_ Auenture-of the whiche Olyuer had tpehtgrete necello 

te / as pe ſhal here in this pꝛeſentehyſtoꝛue afkterwarde 

moꝛe płaynlp. We ſhall leue here to tpeticofthe noble 

__ kwyohtOlk uer /in lestyngehpm goo in the garde and 

© | © kepyngeofou {0:de J helu cryſt / and of d wynde / and 

oktheſce-andthache wyllof his ineſtimable grace con 
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his eiae Plyuer the whiche made mmemerabiore— 
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I nyngehis leruauntes came to his chambe 
ftoꝛto be et his vpryſynge /as they were ac⸗ 
cuſtomed. Ind whan that they were comen theder they 
kfounde the garde ok his perlone without the doze / wher 
fozc they meruayilcdgretely. In the meane whyle that 
they abode afoze the doꝛe / and that the hour of dyner ap 
pꝛoched nerc his fyzſi chamberlayne came / and founde 
this company afoꝛechechambꝛe doe / the whiche as pet 
had not entred into thechambꝛe wherof he was abaſs 


ſued meruayiouſly / and demaunded what tydynges/x 


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ykthat thep: lotde were: dhe ͤanſwered. J was 
not there to nave and f it Fi an not tell you} © hc⸗ 
ther he be redoꝛ not. Ic rellen: ht whanhe 1: al of 
bedde 3 3 nacrd ine to Depdrte Ol ONT Xe ci 
bꝛe / aͤndthat J ſhoide nor tome ag: PaCiyilt © 
de me to haue Ruch. legeofit and hertoꝛc J ette tlie be 
ves withint UE Gt: * C225/20D i J Þ: rc notknoc! 
ke adehe doꝛc / lecſt chat he Leanti coveen © with me⸗ 
out it ſhaitbe well done that ycknocke © nic nd o 
he dyde / but noneanſwered hym MS ma place whereas 
was nobody / lo they were ther cal. __ why! 'T/liithis 
meanc whyle Arthur that had herde maſſe alcdp came 
fox to ſe in what eſtate his bꝛoder hadbomehpmn t dt ny 
ghte. And whan that he knewerhat none of chem hadbe 
yet entred in to the chambꝛe he doubted tecſt his felo we 
hadde ſome grete empeſs ment bycat: le ot p ſykentſſe 
ol th: dare afoze, So he calledone of the ſquyers of his 
chambꝛe/that bare thekepcs of that dooze / inthe lame 
wyſle as Olyuer hadde / fon the vtwaͤpnc had neuer but 
dne chambꝛe / and made to openthechambꝛe doꝛc and 
After entred all alone /and ſhytte the doꝛe after hym. J 
done as he was inthe chambꝛe / the fyꝛſt thynge that he 
dyde / was that he wente ſtreyght vnd o the bedde wiz es 
re as he kounde ho body / wherkoze he was oe abaſſhed 
And began foꝛ to ſerche alt aboute as well at 2ᷣ dꝛaught 
as elles where, Ind whan he ſawethat he coudenotkr * 
de hym / he was ſo dpipleaſgũt chat he wyſt not what to 
ſave, /02 do. Ind thus as = lought vp and downe in the 
chambꝛe = ikync Jo and mil nge vpon this thynge⸗/ 
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his felowe / that he had ſene afoꝛe tyme / ſo he appꝛoched 
nere / and toke it in his hande, and in takynge ith. aps 
perceyned the lettre / and he ſawe euydently that he fir; 
Ber ferry por was of his felowes hande w2tynge and 
a toke it and began for to rede it euer. Ind han he vn 
hr gnhrthetcinout of the lettre ps all the ſozowes / and 
ancup i that face he had in his lyfe / had tomen to 
hig COPING ANCE yet he ſbelde not haue had the. C. 
parteosthe dolgur and anguyſſhe that ue iuſtayned at 
thar zelt tymesand had his heute ſo replete with ame 
renes that tt was forte to hy oz tolctte hym fall dow 
ne vpena couchebhedde. Ind then hebegan to to com⸗ 
plapne hym fo doletuily that it wolde haue molctyed p 
Dureſt herte of the woꝛlde/ and ſapd vnto hy mitt. Alas 
my loꝛde / my bꝛoder and in faprh wall feloweſcertapn⸗ 
ly I byleue not Gut and ye had loned melo pꝛofoundlp⸗/ 
as J ioue fou yc wolde haue gyiten me lome bnowlege 
of your dtpartynge. Ind trucly it hadde be umpollpble 
102 me to haue departed from you as vc haue Departed 
from me. Alas ny bꝛodet J knows you foꝛ ſuche one/ỹ 
ve be not depaͤrted withoute grete occaſyon / and to my 
ſymple wptte Jdyde you neuer fryfpaſſcino2 deſerucd 
agaynſt pouſbut yt that pour plcalute hadde ben that Þ 
myght haue knowen ſomewhat of your dy(plealure / ⁊ 

pf that ut be poſſʒ ble to me foꝛ to knowe it ſholde deye 
in the payne / but that pe were reucnged af Your owne 
Wyll. Byght noble kynges {one the pꝛouylyon ſente fro 
heuen foꝛ the falutc ot this coũttee / what (Hall your fa⸗ 
der and my moder laye. and in ſayng this he lwowned 


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ta the chambꝛe / and or the grete ſoꝛowe that he made 
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Oi uers chambꝛe doze leyng that they had 
„s notrdynges of Arthur / that was entred in 
V3 tothe chambze/ made it koz to be knowento 
tie kyege they lader / and the kyzſte cham⸗ 
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at the chambꝛe doꝛe/ but there was no body that anſwe 


red me. Allo my l02de Arthur his bꝛoder net longe ago / 


is entred / but we haue had noo moꝛe tydynges of hym 
than afoꝛc. And therfoze IJ put you in memozpe oktheſe 
thynges / fo2 to do therwith your good pica ſure. Then 
the krnge ſaydp he wolde go theder in his perlone koꝛ to 
knowe what it myght lygnefpe. And came vnto yp cham 
bꝛe doꝛe /d whiche was locked / dut he made it to be ope 
ned/ and entred in to the chambꝛe with iyten companys 
Ind incontynent as he ſawe not his fone Olyucr vpon 
his bedde / he doubted Well th ac there Bas foi what Þ 
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felte that there was ſome lyke in hym / and therkoze he 
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made to auoyde all the gromes of his chambꝛe / and abo 
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re all that the lettre conteyned / for whan that he entred 

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tet the kynge wente ſaynge. Alas my frendes/ 
„ 05 le this peoꝛe / and deloiute öynge / and las 
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wapye koꝛ to here ſome tytynges ok hym / oz pk that it be 
poſſyble fo2 to fynde hym/foʒ whome J haue ſo moche 
dolour / and anguplſhe. Then the mooſt parte of theym 
departed at the commaundement of the kynge / and put 
them vpon che waye / and fo2 to make ſhoꝛte pzocelle / 
they were in loo many places / and countrees / that it is 
meruayl to recounte it. Ind neuerthelelle they herde no 
tydynges that were ony thynge plealaũt in that behal⸗ 
ke. Ind therkoꝛe they retoꝛned towarde the kynge / vnto 
whome they tolde all that they had kounde. And whan 
he knewe that his loſſe was vncurable / he layde hym 
downe in his bedde all melancolyous.Thep that behel⸗ 
de hỹ / thought p he wolde neuer haue ryſen from thes 
the quene leynge the grete maladye of the kynge / and al 
lo kuowynge that all theſe cuplles pꝛoceded from her-/p 
grete furour-and angre of the nyght afoꝛe / was chaun⸗ 
ged in to pyte / ſoꝛo we / and dylpleaſute / laynge thus. O 
vnhappy and curled woman thou arte cauſeotthe exp 
le and lolſe / of the moolt fayzelt /tize mooſt gentyll / the 
| mooſt wyle and the mooſt knyghtety that cuer was in 
* Caftylle/thv deſteny ought Welt tobe curſed / and who 
Pp knewe thy cale/they ought to punylſhe Þ tyght bitter 
ly. Alas my ryght fapꝛe loue Olpuer and my ryght de⸗ 
ke herte ko to be dꝛawen With hozics / and for to luffre 
1 martyꝛdome / it is impoſſpble foꝛ me to amende the dyls . |, 
pleaſure and iniurye that by me hathe ben ſpoken vata 
vou /as (he that was not mayſtteſſe of herfelte/but was 
ſubgecte by my tragylyte to wꝛathe/not knowynge thy 
grete bounte and loyalte / and bycauſe that thy loſſe is 
vncouerable/and that it pꝛocedeth from me / and ok my 
cauſe / neuer ſhall J haue Jope. Ind as infoztuned JF 
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he wyll kepe thy ryght fay:e pongth from all encombe⸗ 
raunce. who that wolde tell the complayntes of them ok 
the countree / it wolde be to longe to tell it / and therko⸗ 
te Jholde my peas / and retoꝛneth to Olyuyt. 


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C Ot the grete foꝛtune that happened to Olpuer on 
the ſee. Ind how he and the Englyſſhe knyghte were 
pꝛelerued from dꝛownynge. Capttulo. T vi. 


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or the departynge that Olpuer made / that 
i was ſone and heyꝛe ok the bynge ol Caſtylt/ 

2 And how be put hym vpõ the lee / where as 

. he Was two mõthes / oz there aboute. It be 
fell vpon anyght that a tempeſt / and metuapiolig oza⸗ 
ge toke them / wierfoꝛe it was koꝛce to the ſhypmen to; 
to habandonne they: ſhyppe at the pleaſure of god / vn⸗ 
to whome they recommaundted them full often / as they 
that abode but his mercye. In that eſtate they were the 
111 pace thꝛe dayes / in ryght grete toꝛment. And thetem⸗ 
ir peſt was ſo hydeous / and terryble / that vpon the thyꝛde 
1 daye they? ſhyp ſtroke on grounde / by lo grete foꝛce that 
it elaue in two pyeces / and all were peryfſhed excepte 
Ol puer /and ſyꝛ Johan Talbot. Whiche leynge loijde⸗ 
the whiche was not ferte ok /cooke ſome comkozte. Foz | 
whan they lawe that theyꝛ ſhyß was clouen / and hat | 
all theyꝛ felylſhyp were perylſhed/ they ſayd that it was 
vetter that they put themſclf koꝛ to lwymme / fo to ſfauue 
theyꝛ lyte as longe as it myght he polſpble. And therko⸗ 
re eche ot them in makpnge the lygne ok thecroſſe aud 
tecommaundynge them in thetzepynge ok our loꝛde len 
te in tothe ſee / and began foꝛ to lwymme / truſtynge fo: 
to laue themſelke/the whiche was impoſſyble foꝛ ity | 
pfthat our loꝛde had not extended his grace-fo2 
re lwymmynge lo longe/that there was neyther o the 

but that he lacked bꝛeth / and were at the poynt to Hanis ; 
ben loſt. Ind alſo the water was ſocolde/and foo aſpze | 
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oughe koꝛ to haue deyed. And in that eſtate they lenthed 
not kerre the one from the others / and requyꝛed our loꝛde 
with all theyz hertes ol his mercy / and grace / and that 


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le wolde haue pyte on them -fo2 they truſted neuer to ha 
ue eſcaped Meuerthelelle our loꝛde that euer puruepeth 
fo: his true ſeruauntes/icute them ſocour / to they wes 
re all abalihed whan that that ſawe by theym a whyte 
herte / the whiche Olyuer toke by the hoꝛn es / and moun 
ted on his backe. Talbot the whiche was not ferre from 
hym / gate vp behynde Olpuer. Ind in v eſtate the herte 
bare them to the lande / and then he vanplſhed awape/ 
then eythcr of them as well as they myght haue laudes 
and thankynges to god / that of his inkynyte grace had 
pꝛeſerued them / this done they enfozced the foz to go 
vnto a lyt ell place /the whiche was not ferre from p lee 
lyde. This place was a gentylmans ofthe coũtree / and 
whan he lawethem in that plyte / he had grete pyte on 
them. And made them a good kyꝛe / and warmed/ e char 
fed them ryght well / lapde them ina ſofte bed. Ind he 
dyde to them all the pleaſure that he coude. Ind whan 


that they were a lytell amended / he demaunded theym 


how they were elcaped, And they recoũted to hym all p 
daunger / and peryll that they had ben in / and how that 
god of his endlelle grace hadde laued them by mpꝛacle / 
wherof they: hooſt had grete meruapll. Mot withſtan⸗ 
dynge he byleued them ryght well / loꝛ he wyſt well that 
there was nothynge impolſyble to god / wherby we may 
haue alwaye memoꝛpe herot᷑ /to the ende that yf we kyn⸗ 
de our ſelf in ony daunger / oꝛ peryll by foꝛtune / and alſo 
to the occaſyon foz to flee ſpnne / toꝛ wha a ſynner gothe 
to commyt lynne / and remembꝛeth the mercy / and pu⸗ 
yllaunce ot god / and deuoutelp reclaymeth the aydr of 
our loꝛd. Then god permytteth / and gyueth them ſuche 
comtoꝛte / that they ben delyuered krom all temptacyon 
ag to 1 of theſe two / the whiche — p:clerued 
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(Bow we knyght that was Olpucrs felowe deyed / 
and ok that ꝛ he whiche happened after his dethe. Ca? 
pitulo. xvij. 
(EEE RY Ppabtas they deupſed. Olpuer demaunded 
Jin what countrce they were in. Ind they tol 
„ | de hym that it was Englande. Wwherof the 
knuyqht that was with Olyuer / was moche 
ceiopfed/ not withltandynge that he was ſoꝛe ſyke. And 
enquy2ed of his hooſt yt he knewe not a knyghte that 


was called ſyꝛ Joha Talbot, He anſwered / that he had 


okten herde ſpeke ok ſuche one / but he neuer ſawe hym / 
but he laed that his pꝛyncypall abydyng was in Caun⸗ 
terburpe / as they ſayd all aboute / and ſayd that he was 
but twenty myle from thens. Thenne the ſyke knyght 
ſayd bnto hym/bleſſyd be god that hathe bzought vs he 
ther/fo2 Jam that ſaine ſyꝛ Johan Talbot-that J lpe⸗ 
red alter afoꝛe/and my dwellynge is in the cyte of Cati 


terburpe. And bycauſe that J knowe that without the 


mercye ot god J am neuer lyke to releue of my maladye 
and alſo that J fcle my dethe appꝛocheth. J beſeche pou 


that pe make me tobe carpyed to Caunterburp/tothe en 


dethat J may make my teſtament / æ oꝛdynaunces as a 
good cryſten man. Ind ye ſhall be well recompenſed. O 
lpuer ſeynge this knyght ſoogreuoullp bered with that 
maladye/he was ryght penlyf / and ſoꝛowfull / as he Þ 
whiche knewe not whether fo: to goo / 02 reſoꝛte. And 
then the gentyll Olpuer ſapd vnto hym. My lozde / and 
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bycauſc that J haue tounde with you ſo good company 
I (hallneuer habandon vou -yfthat it pleaſe you-tyll 
tyme that I haue ſene as our loꝛde wyll expoſe your ſp⸗ 
kencs / foꝛ as foz my parte I thanke god that Jam ali 
guaryſſhed and in good poynt / and redy d ᷣꝛ to mounte 
on hoꝛſbarke/foꝛ to conueye pou whether that pe pleale 
The knyght thanked hym full humbly / and ſapd that al 
his voicte was fo2 to go there as he had ſpecyfped / and 
that he requyzednone other thynge / and all was at the 
dyſpence of his hooſt / and wolde take nothynge ol them 
And then he was caryed in a ho2s bere to his place / and 
Olpuer rode with hym but he lyued not longe after he 
was comen in to his place / and his frendes made greee 
ſozowe foꝛ hym / but after his dethe they ſhewed hp but 
lytel ſygne of amyte / bycauſe of monepe that he oughte 
te a burgeps of the cyte/he was in the ſentence ofcurſyn 
ge / vnto the tyme that the burgeys were contended / 
he had ben the ſpace of ſeucn vere in that lentence / as he 
the whiche had not wherof to paye / but yf that he ſholde 
haue ſolde ryght largely of his godes / fo to haue payed 
his dette withall / and in luche eſtate he deped / wherkoze 
the burgeys was not content but yt chat he were payed 
that the knyght were put in holy grounde / but his hep⸗ 
res ſeynge this concluded / and loued better foꝛ to burpe 
hym in the pꝛophane / and vnhalo wed grounde / tha foz 
to pape his dette / as thep the whiche loued not ſoules 
o theyꝛ frendes / ſo well as they dyde the goodes moun 
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whiche was this / that who that dyde belt ſholde has 
ue pᷣ fapꝛe Belaynein marpage /that was the kynges 
doughter. Napitulo. | xviij. 


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in holy grounde / but it was impolſlyble foꝛ hym to kynde 
ony appoyntement / foꝛ the knyghtes freud s wolde not 
da nothynge. And the burgers ſayd that he wolde do no 
thynge excepte that he were payed all alonge / that whi⸗ 


che was his ducte. Olyuer ſeyng that there wolde be no 


ne othet thynge / enqupꝛed what the ſome ofỹ deth dyd 
dꝛa we to. And founde that it dꝛewe to a.lx.pounde. not 
withſtandynge that durynge his vyage he had ſpente a 
good parte of his. M. nobles / that he had but lefte a ly⸗ 


tell moꝛe than halfe-pct he was delybered koz to content 


theburgeys and payed hym. And alſo he made the ſer⸗ 
uyce ot the knyght ryght honourably / koꝛ whiche cauſe 
he was moche pꝛayſed of cucry body / and to the contra⸗ 
ry the frendes okthe deedbodye / was moche blamed as 
it was ryght. Olpucr the whiche had but a lytell money 
lefte/ſoiourneda lytell ſpace of tyme in Caunterburxe / 
where as he herdetytynges that the kynge of Englan⸗ 
de / at the inſtaunce ol his ſubgectes had made a crye of 
a toꝛneyment / that ſholde laſte thze dayes. And theder 
myght come all noble men. And he that ſholde doo beſt 
by the laynge of the pꝛynces / and pꝛynceſſes / the whiche 
was commyled therto / ſholde haue his oncly doughter 
in maryage / yk that ſhe had wyll vnto hym. The whiche 
doughter at that pꝛeſent tyme / was holden foꝛ p mooſt 
fayꝛeſt lady that was in all the monarchye of the woztl⸗ 
de. And the Vynge her fader wolde not mary her to noo 
grete pꝛynce/bycauſe he wolde not haue her lenthed fro 
hym. Foꝛ he loued her ſo feruen! ly / that he coude make 
no good chere / p daye thai he ſawe her not. Jilo he dyd 
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thynke that foꝛ the welfare of the countree / it was mo⸗ 
re neceſſarpe foto gyue her to a hardy /and a valyaunt 
man / thought that he were pooze / than to a grete loꝛ de / 
that had not thoſe vertue s. And alſo as touchynge no⸗ 
blelſe and recheſſe / ſhe had pnoughe foꝛ the bothe / and 

fo: that cauſt he had made crye the toꝛneymẽt / that the 
mooſt valpauuteſt ofthe fceſt/ſholde haue his ryght be: 
auteuous and fapꝛe doughter in mat page. Ind that af; 
ter his decelle / his kyngdome myght kalle in tothe han 
des of the balyaunt knyght / and lozde / foꝛ to kepe and 


defende it krom all them that wolde greue it. There we; 


re foure hõdꝛed knyghtes commpled of within foꝛz to re⸗ 
ſyſte agaynſt all comers. And it was. xi. moncthes ſyth 
that the feeſt had bẽ publyſthed thꝛughe all the realmes 
cryſten. This not withſtandynge vntyll tgat tyme Oly⸗ 
uer had herde no tydynges therol / and there was no mo 
re but. x b.dapcs to the toꝛnepment / wherfoꝛe Olpuer 
had grete dyſpleaſurc/bycauſe that hym thoughte that 
he myght not come theder lone ynoughe / z allo bycau⸗ 
ſe that he had but lytell monepe fo: to go theder withall 
Maeuertheleſſe he made hym redy foꝛ to be thete / in the 
beſt wyle that he imnyght / yk that our lozde ſente hym not 
ſome empelſhement / that he coude not go. Ind kro that 
hourc he beganne foꝛ is fele the ſparcles of louc/æ ſayd 
to hymſelfe that he ſholde be well eurous yt that after 
his grete aduerlyte aud cuplles he myght attavne vnto 
ſo hye a thỹge as loꝛ to haue her in maryage/ ort whome 
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holde be Holden. And therkoꝛe dyuers grete loꝛdes we⸗ 
re comen theder all redy. And there came ſo many that 
all the lodgynges / and ynnes were full. Soo as Olpuer 
exployted hym ſo on his Journepe that he was a good 
deleauaunged / as he the whiche thought that he ſholde 
neuer come kheder tyme pnoughe / foꝛ to ſe her foꝛ whole 
loue he toke that Journepe/and ſo he paſſed on his way 
in lucye thoughtes / and in thoſe thoughtes he came into 
a lytell buſſhy wodde/ſom what out ok his hye waye/X 
he had not longe gone therin / whan he mette. x v.theues 
the whiche were armed in complete harnays / and cryed 
to hym ſaynge chat he was but deed / and he was enup⸗ 
ronned with them 02 euer he loked vp / and lefte his pen 
lecs of loue. And whan he ſawe that he coude not eſcape 
without medlynge/he lette his hande to his ſwerde and 
{mote oneof them vpõ the heed ſo aſp2elp / that he claue 
hym to the tethe / and ſoo fell downe deed. And than he 
{mote onthe ryght hande / and on the lefte hande / ſo im⸗ 
pytcoully that he cutte armes / and hedes / in a luche wy 
ſe/ chat the hardyeſt ol them durſt not abyde hym a buk⸗ 
ket / toꝛʒ hehad ſette his backe agaynſt a thycke hedge / ſo 


that his enemyes myght not endommage hym behynde 


And fo2 to make it ſhoztehe dyde ſo moche by the helpe 
of god /that he llewe. xi. of them / and the remenaũt fled⸗ 
ſoꝛe wounded, han Olyuer ſawe that he was delpue⸗ 
red of them ye thanked god of that vyctozye/and alygh 
ted of his hoꝛs / and tapde hymto a tree / and then he be 
an fo2 to bynde lome okhis woundes / in the beſte wyle 
that he myght / but they were not moꝛtall / wherot he ga 
ue thankpges to god. And ſo as he toke kepe to his woñ⸗ 
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che was at the ar ſon ot the ladell / and was gone all revy 
u good wapc 02 euer Olyuet appercepued hym. Neuers 
thelelle whan that the apperceyued hym / he begãne fox 
to renne after hym as well as he myghte / and Olpuer 
ranne lo longe / and ſo faſt/that he was ay mooſt bꝛethe⸗ 
les. Ind in that eſtate the hoꝛs came rennynge boloꝛe the 
place where one of the theues was hydde / that had eſca 
ped from Dlyuer. And whan the layd theke ſaw the hozs 
ſe / he knewe hym well pnoughe / and ranne after hym/r 
toke hym / and incontpnente mounted vpon his backe / 
and rode his wape with calket and all. Whan Olpuer 
apperceyued hym / he knewe well pnoughe ÿ he had loſt 
his hoꝛle /and his calket with monepe / wherfoze pe may 
well thynke that he was ryght dyſpleſaunt / foz he foun⸗ 
de hymlelfe without moneye / and alſo in a ſtraunge coũ 
tree / where as he hadde no knowlege / and whan he ſaw 


that all was loſt/he ſayd to hymſelfe. O good ſwete loz4 


de Jhelu cryſt I requpꝛe p comkozte this pooze vnhap⸗ 
py catpt᷑ / toʒ all myn eſperaunce and hope is onelp in the 
foz I ſc well that foʒtune is contrary to me / and that yt 
it pꝛocede not ofthyn infynyte grace / myne enter pꝛyſe 


can neuer be encheued / wherfoze good loꝛde J put me 


totally in to thy grace and mercy. In pꝛaynge the good 
lo:de Jheſu cryſt that thou dyſtinge it after thyn owne 
wyll /foz lyghtly Ican not haue woꝛſe than J haue had 
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q mplauenture / there came a man to hymthe 
jwhiche plucked hym by the ſlewe dyuers ty 
mes ſaynge. Olyucr of Caſtylle be nothyng 
abaſſhed bycauſe that J take you out of youre thought 
Olpuer lyfte vp his heed whan he herde his name qo⸗ 
nounced / and wyſt not whether that he hadde dꝛemed 
it / oꝛ not / and as all abaſſhed in makynge the ſygne 
of the crolic ſayd vnto hym. J coniure the in the name 
of god that thou do me no harme / and that thou tell me 
who gaue the knowlege of my name. The man that le⸗ 
med bothe kayꝛe and reuerent ſayd. My krende haue no 


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doubte of me / koꝛ Jama cryſten man / and byleuethas 
well in god as thou dooſt / and meruayll the not pk that 
I knowe thy name / koz thou ought to knowe that Þ fels 


bes hathe ſyght / x cuery wood hathe ſowne. J knowep 


thy dylpleatute hathe adnychylled thyn hnderſtandyng 
fo2 nd thou had thought on thy "_ chou wolde not 
haue made thycomplapnt ſo hye / toz J haue herde all ỹ 
thou halt layd / and ow thou halt wpll foz to goo to the 
toꝛneyment that ſhall be holden at London within this 
lyxe dayes. A lſo how thou haſt ben dyſmoũted and loſt 
thy monepe. J am beholden vnto you fo2 ſome feruyce 
and pleature that thy mooſt nereſt krendes hathe done 
vnto me / therfoꝛe J am he that wyll ayde the ko to ac; 
compiptae ty 8000 and hyghe enterpyie / in p2aynge 
our ſaupour / chat he w yll gyue thegrace well fo2 to kpe 
nylche it / and but yk it holde at the J (hall furnyſſhe the 
ot armour / and ot hoztes-/{o well that it ſhali ſuft̃ꝑce the 
Bit: it ſhall be on ſuche a condycyon / that thou (halt pꝛo 
myle me that of all that thou ſhalte wpnne by occatvon 
otthe toꝛneyment halfe / yk it be mp pleaſure to demaun 
de it -and take it. Olpuer ſeyng the offre that the knyght 
made hym / layd vnto hym as euyll auyſed of afterclaps 
My krende ykthe hour be luche / ⁊ that my foztune wyll 
con leute that thou do to me this pleaſure. J pꝛomple p 


vpon the parte that 4 truſt to haue of paravyle-that pt 


ony good come to me by occaſyon of thy ſeruyce / that v 
chalte be perteyner of the Juſt halte / oz of the gretteſt 
parte / pk it were his pleaſure koz to demaunde it. It the⸗ 
ſe wozdes the knyght anſwered it ſuflyſeth / and pꝛaped 
hym that he wolde remembze hym chan tyme wolde re 
quyꝛe it. And after thoſe woꝛdes were kynylſhed/ the no 
ble knyght (ayd vnto hpym. Myncowne 2 
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Olpuer meruayll theofnothvnae of that that thou ſceſt 
but kepe alwaye this lyt ell path that thou fyndeſt on the 
roghte hande / and thou (halt fynde an Hermpytage / and 
there thou ſhall haue tydynges of me/but J go theder/ 
but there IJ ſhil fetche the whan tyme is / ſo they depar⸗ 
ted / and Olpuer wente on his wape / and pꝛayed the 
knyoht to remembꝛe hpm. 


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his knyght / and wyſt not where he became /foz 
all that he loꝛgate not to holde the waye that he 
had ſhewed hym / and ſoo exployted hym that 
he came to the hermytage with ay / but he koũ 
de the doe. ſhytte / wher toꝛe he knocked loo longe that p 
good hermyte the whiche was in his oꝛyſons came and 
opened the doꝛe/ and was all abaſſhed / foꝛ he was not a 
cuſtomed to open the daze at that tyme a dare, Whan 
Olpuer appercepued the hermpte/he lalued hym/ and y 
good ma rendzed hym his ſalute In demaundynge hy 
what aucture bꝛoucht hym theder at that tyine adaxe 
And Olpuer anſwered hym. My fayꝛe fader J pꝛape 
vou that 4 may 5c your geſte and clerke foꝛthts neght⸗/ 
foꝛ 4 knowe none other place here aboute/ whereas 4 
myght go to. And then the holy ma layd vnto hym. My 
frende thehous and the goodes that god hath gyuẽ me 
be at your commaundemet. Then Oipuer entred into 
ö chapell / and ſouped withtthe hermyte / that gaue hym 
bꝛede and water pnoughe / in ſaynge to hym / Spz ye be 
not vled to ſuche vytaylles / but and ye had ſayd Saynt 
Julpaus patet noſter /e had founde better lodgynges 
notwithſtandynge take it in pacpente / koꝛ and J hadde 
better / ye ſholde haue better but beware that peſwere 
not. In ſuche Wo2des o2 lemblables/wag Olpuer occu 
pded the mooſt parte ot the nyght. And whan it was ty; 
me theß wente to reſt/ but Olyucr llepte not fo well noꝛ 
ſo ionge in the moꝛnynge / as yk he had lapne on a kether 
bedde. Whanthe gentpil Olyuer appercepued the daye 
he arole/and ayded the hermyte foz to ſaye maſle/the la 
me maſſe dyde Olpuer here with grete deuocyõ / and ar 
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' holy hermyte / and amonge other thynges he recoũted 
vnto hym of the knyght that hehadde founde in the fo? 
. reſt / and how that he had called hym by is name, The 
holy hermpte aſſaycb bym ſaynge. My fayꝛe bꝛoder and 
krende / ye ſaue that all p ſalutacyons that he hathe ma⸗ 
de vnto you / gathe ben in goddes name / fo and it had 
ben ony thynge elles but good /he wolde not haue ſente 
you hcther in to this holy place / not withſtãdynge that 
J am indyane. vherkoꝛe me lemeth that ye can not do 
cuyll fo to gyue credence to it. It is parauenture a kuy 
ghte ot this countree that hathe vnderſtande pour cale / 
as he hathe tolde pou / by occalyon that ye ſpake ſoo hye / 
And the beſt counlayll that J can gyue pou is to remyt 
you in the holy garde of our ſaueour / and requyꝛe hym 
that he wyll defende pou from all cuyll / and from all pt; 
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at full / and the place where as the toꝛneyment ſholde be 
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Ind bycauſe that the tyme was ſhoꝛte / he was in grete 
doubte / and repented hym ſoze that he had byleued hỹ 
ſo lyghtly. And that alſo in the meane whyle that he had 
ſoiourned in the hermytage / that he had not gone in to 
the cyte / foꝛ to le her foʒ whoſe loue ſo many noble men 
put themlelfe in payne and Jeoperdye / and of whe me 
he had herde ſo moche good ſpoke of / but he durſte not 
habandonne thehermptage / leſt that his knyght ſhoide 
not fynde hym in dekaute / laynge that he was not the⸗ 
re as he hadde appoynted hym to abyde. Ind in that ef; 
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kynde hymſelk vpon the lyſtes⸗ and ye may ymagyne in 
1 Was the pooꝛe Olpuer. And yk that his her 
te was loꝛy / and dylpleaſaunte / no body ought to mers 
napllthem fo he ſtode afoꝛe the doꝛe of the hermytage 
always herkegenge yfthat his knyght came / for there 
fell not alefe / but that he wende thathehad comen⸗ he a 
bode lo longe that he was out of all eſperaunce and ho⸗ 
c. Ind he ſtode. in that eſtate ſore muſynge / heherde 
grete noyſe of ryders amonge the leues. And then Dip, 
ner thought thar it was ſome grete gentylmanthat ro- 
de tothe tommeyment / as the other lor des dyde. And the 
c keſt his regarde that waye where he herde the noyſe / 
And aſpped tothe nombreoffyftenc gentylmen clothed 
i blacke ſarſenet. And the ſurplus oktheyꝛ habpllemen 
160018 eg was ok the fame colour / and they Were mounted on 
ns lacke courſers and they? courſers were trapped all in 
1 6 blacke velliet hand eche of them hadde a ſpere in his han 
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lawecomeaterthermten Enpahte 8 habplyedemlonge 
gownes of blach beltet and furred wihmartres and 
ledde after them acourſer moꝛcll'the whichehaddebul⸗ 
. of clotze of golde vp to the bely / and he was en⸗ 
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knyaht had brought to hym / and how he armed hß / 
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he was ryghe gladde and locte loꝛ to ſalue hym/but as 
[cone as the knyght apperce uct hym comynge he aup⸗ 
ghted of his hoꝛlſe / and came agaynſt hym / and alter he 
layd to hym. Olyuer god krende theſc mẽ that ye le he 
re J haue bꝛought them Vito pou. Ind bycauſe that we 
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ye haue honour / and that we leſe not our payne, Olpuer 
anſwered hym ryght curteyſly, My loꝛde and my kren⸗ 


de / ye do lo moche foꝛ me/ that J can neuer rendꝛe vou 


the guerdon / whetfo2c luche as J am pe may comaun; 
de me/fo! tha ody is yours / und at this tyme J cannot 
gyue you no better thynge. 7 pꝛaye to god that heapue 
me grace fo! to delerue it a gaynſt you /and that he gyue 
me ſtrengthe foꝛ to doo as well as J haue the volente/ 


Theſe woꝛdes fynylſhed d knyght ſayd to hym that it 


Was hye houre koꝛ to arme hym. Ind therfoꝛe in a fayꝛe 
grene place p was afoꝛe 2ᷣ hermytage there was a chap 
re bzought/ wherin Olyuer ſet hym koꝛ to take his refec 
cyon / and then after they armed hom dylygently In Þ 
meane whyle that he armed hym / the ladyes came in to 
the kelde / and bꝛoͤught with them p fayꝛe Helayne dou⸗ 
ghter of the kynge of Englande / and ledde her in to the 
pauelyon that foꝛ her was oꝛdeyned / and it was han⸗ 


ged with tapyſſeryeof clothe ofgolderyght ryche / and 


there was a chayꝛe reyſed vp on hye in Þ whichechayꝛe 
Was. x.ſteppes oꝛ that they myght come to Þ ſyege abo⸗ 
uc / ouer the whiche was a canape of purple veluet char⸗ 
ged full of grete perles 02ycntales / and had in the myd⸗ 


. des therofaCarbuncle / that rendꝛed ſo grete lumere ỹ 


it was meruayll fo? to beholde it. In the ſyege aboue as 
IN haue receyted to pou was lette the excellent Helapne/ 
And vpon eche of the foꝛſayd ſteppes ſatte two Juges. 
That is for to knowe a pꝛynce / and a pꝛyncelle / echone 
after his degree. The other ladyes and damoyſelles the 
whiche was there without nombꝛe / put theym in theyꝛ 
places and ſcaffoldes that were foꝛ thẽ oꝛdeyned / and 
enſygned. And in lyke wyſe on the other ſyde was a gre⸗ 


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of this realmeof Englande, ye may well thynke that it 
was arete tryumphe and grete ſolace fo2 the men of ar⸗ 
mes / foꝛ to beholde ſo fapꝛe a companpe aboute the no⸗ 
ble / and excellent Helayne / and euery thynge ſo well oꝛ⸗ 
deyned as that thynge was there / foꝛ her lake / the whi⸗ 
che was fo rychely a pparaylled that notiZcan not reher⸗ 
ſc thelyght that the pꝛecyous ſtones rendyed that were 
aboute her the whiche enbelylſhed her excellent byſaz 


ge. Who that hadde ſene her in that eſtate/he wolde haz 


ue thoulrht that ſe hadde ben a thyng of the other wozl 
de fo Ithynke that at her nayſſaũce and byzthe/natu⸗ 
re had put all her excellence / and grace. Yf that ſhe was 
ſemely of body and excellent of vylage / it was nothyn 
ge in comparyſon towarde the gyftes of grace / where 
with ſhe was endowed / fo? all excellence / and bounte / 
honoure/ꝝ hũbleneſſe / doulſure / and ſwetneſſe / and all 


bother vertues and good condycrons that in ony womã 


of noble lygnage apperteyned / floꝛyſched in her. And 
therfoze ſhe ſholde be ryght eurous in this wꝛetched 


woꝛlde that myght attayne vnto ſo hyghe a thynge as 


foꝛ to haue foꝛ his parte Þ floure and lyeſſe of this woꝛl⸗ 
de. And euen thus tuery body put hymſelfe in payne foꝛ 
to conquere her. Ind there was not one but that hym ſe 
med that he wolde conquere her / oꝛ elles deye in the pay 
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¶ Ok the grete meruaplles that Dlyuer dpde at the 
tozneyment aboue them all. Capitulo. xxiij. 


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ſcaffolde:/but that the kour hondꝛed knygh 
tes were vpon p telde / redy foꝛ to withſtan⸗ 
N de all comers / as pe haue herde bekoꝛe / foꝛ 
the tqzneyment ſholde laſt the dayes. The 

kyꝛſt daye was oꝛdeyned fo2 to Juſt. The ſeconde daye 
foꝛ to toꝛnepe / not as they do nowe a dayes / but with 
We - Warpe (werdes / and not rebatred. The thyꝛde day was 
600 foꝛ to fyght on fote/and cucry body myght haue an axe 
11 of armes / and a werde aboute hym. And bycauſe that 
they were manyknyghtes / they had grete place / hey W 


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out had knowlege that they of within were alredp at the 
lpſtes vpon the felde / and all the ladyes redp fo2 to behol 
de them whiche ſhelde do beſt / euery knyght put hym in 
deuopꝛe foꝛ to Juſte the fyꝛſte. MNeucrtheleſſe Olpucr 
was not the fyꝛſte / foꝛ there was many thike afoꝛe rem 
Fs the kynges ſone of Scotlande / and dyuers kynges 
of Jrlonde / and many other pꝛynces / and grete lozdes/ 
the whiche were lo manerly clothed / that it was tryum⸗ 
phe foz beholde them. There was but fewe ſperes bꝛo⸗ 
ken afoꝛe Olyuers comynge. And whan he was amons 
ge the pꝛete he ſimote his hoꝛs With the ſpoꝛres / and ma 
de his hoꝛs to toꝛne ſoo gentylly / that eucry body loked 
vpon hym. And in cſpccyall it pleaſed the ladyes moche 
his fyꝛſt entrynge in / ſayng that the blacke knyght was 
beſt in poynt / and the fayzeſt armed of all the place / and 
after began the Juſtes / and eucry body put hym in pay 
ne foꝛ to do well. The knyght that was Olpuers gouer⸗ 
nour ſayd vnto hym / my krende beholde bpon this ſcat; 
folde the fayze lady that pe ſhall conquere/yf that it hol; 
de not at pou/take good tourage / and thynke fox to doo 
well. And then he toke a ſpere and gaue it to Olpuer Þ 
whiche toke of imo regarde / foꝛ he had kyxed his lyghte 
vpon the excellent Pelapne, And ſoo he hadde his ſpere 
in the reſt a grete whyle / without ony mouynge front 
one place /as he that that thought nothyge on it. Ind ſo 
as the knyght behelde hym in that «ltatc / he ſayd vnto 
hym Ol puer he llepe. And thenne Olpuer as a perſone 
that is awaked out of his lepe/ſmote his hoꝛs with the 
ſpoꝛtes without auyſynge where he wente / and p kyꝛſte 
thynge that he recountred with his lpere / that was lon 


ge and ſtronge meruaplouſly/was a poſt that helde vp 


a-ſcaffolde / and pon that ſcaffolde was moche people⸗ 


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and he ſmote it downe / and all them that were vpon it. 
Then there was grete laughter ot them that ſawe it / x 4 
ſayd that it was a meruapllous ſtroke. The ſadyes ex⸗ 
cuſed hymg.ſaynge that he had not clereſyghte / o2 that 
his hozs was not at his wyll. Olyuet was ledde backe 
to his felowes ſoꝛe aſhamed / and they gauehỹ a newe 
ſpere. The kyꝛſt that he encountred with was one of the 
kynges of Irlande / named Maquemoz /p tohiche was a 
ſmyten downe hoꝛle and all. Then ye ſholde haue herde 8 
the heraudes crye/ſce the auẽturous knyght armed in 
blacke / that with one onely ſtroke hathe lmyten downe 
A. C. perſones / with the ſeconde ſtroke a kynge-pe ſhal 
ſe h do meruaplles of armes to dape. Dlpuer herd the 
ſe woꝛdes / wherkoꝛe he put hymlelfe in payne foz to doo 
well. And there was none that myght abyde hym aſtro 
ke with a ſpere. Neuertheleſſe euery body put hymſelf 
in deuoyꝛe as wel within as without / but aboue all Dly | | 
uer bare d pꝛyce / the whiche dyde not dyſpleaſe fapꝛe 
Helayne /pð layd to herſelke / that and he were as knyght 
Ip vnarmed / as he was armed / that he myght be flou⸗ 


r re oĩ all them in the place. S. e r 


Chow Olpuer retozned in to p hermyte the ſecond 
tyme without makynge hym to be knowen / and how 
he was abylled in newe garmentes. Capitulo. . xxv. 


lypke wyſe as ye haue herde endured the Juz 
tes vnto the nyght ſepared them. Ind thenne 
the kynge and his doughter Helayne retoꝛned 
ii tothe cyte. And then the Juſters Departed 
Ldoꝛ that nyght. Ind the mooſt parte of the kny⸗ 
ghtes of the toꝛneyment in dyſarmynge theym deayſed 


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of the blacke knyght / ſaynge that they had grete volcte 
fot to ſe hym dyſarmed / foꝛ to knowe yk he were as le⸗ 


mely aknyght on kote / as he was on hoꝛlbacke / Tyr ỹ 


his gowne became hym as well as harneps. And there 
was many at the banket / the whiche wolde not haue be 
there yk they had not thought to haue fou atze hym there 
fo: no pꝛyſe ſholde not be gyuen vnto the laſt daye. And 
whan it came to the daunces / and that Olpuer was not 
there / euery body meruaylled / ſo eche dyde the beſt that 
he coude. Olpuer was in the hermytage by thecouſayll 
of his knyght / the whiche was de parted krom hym/and 
he had tolde hym that without doubte he wolde retozne 
vnto hym in the moꝛnynge betymes / wherkoze Olpuer 
thanked hym / and abode in the hermytage that nyght / 
in thankyngeour loꝛde ort his good auenture. The good 
hermyte made hym Joyekull chere to his power / but he 
made not ſoo good chere as they dyde at London, The 
noble Helayne loꝛs ict in the halle / in Þ fame wyſe that 
ſhe was lette at the Juſtes / to the ende that euery body 
myght beholde her. After that the daunces were ended 
they bꝛought ſpyecs. Ind after the fayze Helayne was 
conucyed to her chambꝛe / with foyſon of ladycs / and (0 
the feeſt ended foꝛ that daye. Nowe ye oughte to vnder⸗ 
ſtands that cuery perſone made hym ÿ beſt at caſe that 
he myght foꝛ that uyght-fo2.to be Vpon the moꝛowe mo 

te treſſher than Olpuer. Soo the nyght paſſed and the 
dape came /wherfoꝛe cucty body put him in deuoyze foz 
to fynde all that them belonged koꝛ the leconde Journey 
And whan that it was tyme foꝛ ta departe. Olpuer ap⸗ 

percepued a grete company of folke /all habylyed in re⸗ 

de /in the ame eſtate that they Were ciothedthe dapeafo 

re laue ʒᷣ it was rede. whan they appꝛoched Olxuer he 


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wente and lalued his knyght that was clothed in a lon; 
ge o wne of cramoſyn / and behynde hþ was Dlpuers 
hoꝛs / and the pages of the dape atoꝛe / were clothed in ſa 
tya cremoſyn. The courſer on the wyiche Olpuer ſhol; 
de ryde was a bayarde. And the hoꝛſe was holed in clo⸗ | 
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CHow Olyuer came the ſeconde daye to the turney⸗ 
ment / and how he lmote downe the ſtandardeok theß 
of within. Capitulo. xx vi. 


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and was the fy2it that entred in to the felde 
of them of without / but ye may well thyus 
ke that it was not Without grete beholdyn⸗ 
ge ofthe ladyes / and in lyke yle of thepm 
of within-ye may well chynke that Oipucr thus accom 
panyed as ye haue herde / was beholden of kynges and 
quenes/102dcs and ladyes/and of ailthem that were the 
re pꝛelente/auiò he the h hiche knewe it / the beſte wyſe ỹ 
he myght made hym lyghteſt coz to be armed /koz to gy⸗ 
ue grete ſtrokes. 4nv bycauſe that he wolde not trauap 
le the hoꝛs vpon the whiche he ought toz to werke as he 
hadde nedetherof. Ye mounted vpon a lytell hozs that 


Was ryght well accultomed toz to make {ome plealaunt 


thynge betoze the ladyes / and therkoze he faplled not at 
that tyme / whertoꝛe rhe ſayd Olyucr was beholden of 
cuery body / and laͤyd the one to the other / beholde what 
a ſemelp knyght he is / foꝛ by lymylytude of his body he 
ought well foz to eucheue a hye enterpꝛyle / ſe how hone 
ſtly and knyghtly he rydeih / fo he remeueth noo mooze 
fo2 all that his hoʒſe can do/than yt he were not vpõ his 
backe. Amonge thele deuples/ the kpnges lone of Scots 


lande came ryght rychely clothed / aud ſtrongly accom⸗ 


panyed with valyaunt kuyghtes / that wolbe tozneye 
that dayc wich hem / and allo the mooſt parte toz thegar 
de ok his per one. After came the kyng Maͤquen 02 and 


two other byng 8 of Jrionde / of whome J knowe not 


the names. And after came the duke of Buroon-and the 


Erle ot Flaundꝛes. And then came in the duke o. Gicce 


cetre /the duke of Lanca te / the duke of Bedfoꝛde / the 
duke of Poꝛthf lke / and the dake ot Somerlet. Ind ſo 
came in the erle dt Roztehumberlande / the Erie ot Le.. 
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tetre / and p erle of Salylbarye / and ſo many other loꝛ⸗ 
des / that was it meruayll. Whan all theſe pꝛynces / and 
lozvcs were aſſembled / ⁊ that they ſawe there came no 
moo / it was cryed by the Kynge that euery man ſhotde 
do his deuopꝰ a. Then the two ſygnes / that is to knowe 
that ot within / and in lyke wyſe that ol withoute began 
fo: to appꝛoche. There ve myghte haue ſene cleue many 
baſynettes / and many a knyght beten downeto ö erthe 
Olpucr that was mounted vpon his courler / helde his 
ſwerde in his hande / wherwith he dyde meruaplles of 


armes /e wente lekynge them that hym thought were 


the mooſt valvaunteſt / and with them he had ado glad 
lp / and whan he hadde remembꝛaunce oz leyſer to loke 


on bye / andthat he myghte beholde the fapze Helayne / 


his fozce ⁊ hat dyneſte doubled. Wherkoꝛze none may reco 
unte the valyauntnes t feates ot armes that he dydde / 
Nom it was oꝛdeyned that ⁊ the ſpgne of them of with; 
in myaht by foꝛec of armes be bꝛoughte to a place that 
was there / by theyꝛ aducrſarp party /that the tozneyng 
ſholde be accompiyſched. Therfoꝛe they of without put 
themſelfe in paͤyn foꝛ to wynne it. Ind Olpuicr the whe 
the reſted neuer in one place / and to whome cucty body 
made Wapr-encotintred hym that bare the lygne of the 
of within / c gau hym ſuche a ſtroke that he made hym 
bowe his heed dyõ the hoꝛs necke/ and Was lo aſtonyed 
that he hadde almooſt fallen to the erthe/ and Olyuer re 
toꝛned his ſtroke thynkynge fo2 to haue cuttethe ſhafte 
of the ſygne / but he lounde it ſo ſtrouge / and lo well ban 
ded with yꝛon / that He coude not empayꝛe it but it was 
foʒce ta the knyght that helde it / loꝛ to lette it go fto hym 
and lo it ſell to the erthe/then ye myght haue herde gre⸗ 


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leite in or uopꝛe for to teyſe vp thepꝛ ſygne agapne. But 
that was 1:npoſſpble fo; them / bycauſe of the valpaunte 
Ol puer that defended it / with Þ good helpe that he had 
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¶ Dow Olpuct retoꝛned in to his hermytage / aiter 
p he had wonn®s the vyctoꝛye ofthe toꝛneyenge / and 
of the dylpleaſore that the kynge and his doughter 
had by cat pug of the deco kuyghtes. Capitulo. rrvij, 
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T the retcowes of thatly one /was many a 
#4 bnyabellaxucon bothe partyes / but mooze 
4 1 ofthemof — of without / wherok 
the byngc was not well content koz to ſe his 
u, b men dye lo. Ind then he comaunded to two 
on thie kayghtes the whiche were 02depned whan thes 
re moued oup debatcs⸗ that they ſholde put them in pay 
ne foꝛ to tepcale them / to go haſtely and departe them / 
the whiche without pyle le we eche other, They dyd the 
kynges tommaũdement / but oꝛ they myght coinc top 
place whete the debate was / there was dyuers meruap 
lous ſirokes orien, Ind the 05 ſtoꝛye ſayth that a baip⸗ 
auptünpgüt of v1 ithin whan Olpuer dyde lo many fea 
tes ot armes appꝛoched to hym / aud tone his werde in 
bothelns handes oz to gruc the gerettet ſtroke / and iug 
ſo as he hadde dot he his atmes elcuate koꝛto ſmyte Oly 
uct. Olpuct appercerued it/and haſted hym foꝛ to lm p⸗ 
tekyilte audg atle hym lo grete a ſtroke that he made to 
fem top! elde ſwerde with bothe his armes / wher⸗ 
foze all they ß awe it mctusplled. And in ipke wyle the 
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ge began fo? to blyſſe hym ſayng / pfthis rede knyght 
that was peſterdaye clothed in blacke lyue lõge / oꝛ yf Þ 
fyahtynge be not departed / he wWyll make dye the mooſt 
parte of my men/he is a lyuynge deuyll ſe how his lwer 
de dothe cutte he hathe done ſoo moche / that it is ofthe 
ſainc colour that his armour is of. The knyght that he 
hathe lmyten downe ſhal neuer cut no purſe. In that cf 
tate deuyled the kynge / and on other parte the ladyes 
hadde alwape theyꝛ eye on hym / but the kapze iPclayn? 
had not the courage foꝛ to beholde hym / bycaulc of the 
effuſyon cf blode of her gentyl knyghtes / but it was not 


longe after / but they were departed / and was cr yed by 
the kynge that none ſo herdy vpon payne of dethe {oz to 


toꝛneye ony more fo2 that daye, And therfoze euery bos 


dy dyde withd2awehp / and it was tyme foz Olyucr to 
kctoꝛne into his hermytage / whether as his knyght dyd 


bꝛynge hym / and thenne toke leue of hym / and tolde hỹ 
that he wolde not foꝛgete hym the nexte moꝛowe. The 
kynge and his excellent doughter retoꝛned into the ncz 
ble cyte. And ſouped Þ nyght in the favꝛe He ayifs chant 
bꝛe / the whiche was not wel at caſe hycauſe ſhe hadde 
ſytten loo longe / and alſo foꝛ the ſlauohter that ſhe had 
ſene / wherkoꝛe ſhe ſayd to her kader. My loꝛde my fader 
be ye not dyſpleaſaunt foꝛ the pyteous ſpahte that was 
to daye/ye matze your mento deye without couſe. J bys 
leue not that it is ſoꝛ me/foꝛ and J knen e it J ſholde ra 
ther make an othe neuer to be maryed / wher oꝛe Jbeſe 
che pou that ye wyll acco de me vᷣ they Juſt oꝛ toꝛneye / 
no moꝛe in the facyon that they haue done to daye. The 
kynge anſwered her. Mv doughter thynke koꝛ to make 
good chere / and take no thought of nothynge /foꝛ of this 
that is happened J am moze dyſplealaunt than pe be / 


Therfoze J (hall put ſo good remedpe / hat it ſhall not 
happẽ as it hathe done to daye. And thenne he gaue her 
good nyght /in ſaynge that he ſawe well that che had no 
talent foꝛ to daunce that nyght / and ſhe anſwered naye 
Ind foꝛ the cauſes afoꝛeſayd there was d daũces that 
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me / and hadde the honoure aboue them all by his gre 
te pꝛoweſſe / and how the Byngecõmpled. xx. knygh⸗ 
tes foz to bꝛynge hym atozchym / to knowe what he 
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ef oze the kynge was moche angtye / com 
maunded that. xl vi.other knyghtes ſholde be put inthe 
places oli ÿᷣ deed knyghtes / and pfthere were ony hurte 
that myght not helpe themlelkon the moꝛowe / that they 
ſholde put in other. The thynge was done ſo/ and vpon 
the moꝛowe the Kynge wente in to his ſcaffolde / where 
as he dyned/ and the fkayꝛe Helapne alſo durynge the vp 
ner tyme they ſpake ok nothynge but of the toꝛnepenge. 
of the daye paſt. Ind the kynge layd that he was ry.yzc 


dylplealaũt bycauſe that he myght not ſc hym that dyd 


ſo grete dedes of armes / wherfoze he commaunded. xx. 
knyghtes that they (holde haue alwape regatde to hem 
and that they ſholde not fapte to bꝛynge hyin to the ban 
kct fo he wolde le hym. De commaunded allo that the 


nombxꝛe of two thouſande fyghtynge men were armed / 


foꝛ to kepethe felde from all debates and nopſes. The 
meane whple the mayſters ſtewardes and controllers / 
were tn the palays makynge all thynge redy fo2 the ban 
ket and feeſt/that ſholde be at nyght / the whiche ſholde 
be without comparyſon of al that euer hadde be ſene in 
this realme. The houre appꝛoched that they ſholde fyn⸗ 
de them in the kelde. And the foure hondꝛed knyghtes of 
within / with the two thoulande came in to the felde / 
wherof ſome of them hadde leuer haue be commpyled to 
make redp  feclt /fo2 the cxample that the tede knyght 
had gyuen them the daye aloe / the whiche all redy dyd 
arme hym / was comen vpon his hoꝛs clothed in why 
te and all his folke in the ſame ſute / in the lame manere 


that they came the daye afo2e/ſaue that they had ben clo 
thed in re de / and ſoo came in to the felde on Ho(backe/X 
put hem elke beſyde the kynges ſone of Scotlande / and 
all the other alyeht in lyke wyle. And then whan all we 
re aſſemb'cd the kynge badde two knyghtes fo2 to goo 
lokchow many they were of without. Then they wente 
downe / and tolde the Loꝛzdes the kynges wyll and com⸗ 
maundement. Then they toke a gyꝛdell and made tiem 
foʒ to paſſe vnderneth / and founde that they ok without 
were well fou re hondꝛed. Anda knyght by the commaũ 
dement of the kynge layd that cucry body ſholde vngyꝛ 
de his werde /anv layd that the are ſuffpſed / and after 
that thebatayll was begonne / the Kynge lente men koꝛ 
to departe them and baddethat none were ſo hardy foz 


to ſmyteon the heed with the trenchaũt after y tyme /X 


aduettyſed them the pꝛyce ſholde be gyuen at nyght / 
to hym that hathe deſcrucd it. And thenne it was tolde 
thein that they myght begynne whan it ſholde ſemethẽ 
good. Then they begãne foꝛ to ſmpyte in ſuche wyſe that 
it was a goodly lyght to beholde them. It was a ſemelp 
ſyaht foꝛ to beholde howe Olyuer demeaned hym with 
his axe / foꝛ he ſmote lo puyſſauntlythat he made hym 
awaye large ynoughe, Whan they appꝛoched nere the 
one (mote vpon v; other lo impetyoully that it was mer 
uayll they myght ſtande. Olpuer dꝛemed not fo he gaz 
ue ſo peſaunt ſtrokes / that hym that he hytte a ryght he 
made hym to ky ſſe the grounde / and he dy de ſoo moche 
that there durſt not abyde afoꝛe hym / ſoo with foꝛce of 
ſmpepnge his axe that was grete and longe dyde bꝛeke 
And whan he lawe that he appꝛoched hym to a knyght 


and pulled his axe out ot his handes/by ſuche a myght 
and by ſuche a chyualrous pupſſaunce / vertue and allo 


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manere that whether he wolde 02 not he made hym kyl⸗ 
ſe the grounde. TWayne ofthe kynges of Irlande / had 
grete enupe at Olpuer/bycaule they lawe the pꝛyce cou 
de not elcape hym / x therfoze by grete dylplealſure thep 
allaylled Olyuer / the whiche defended hym ſo valyaunc 
Ip / that he cloue one ot them to the tethe. The kyae ſeyn 

ge that it myght not endure without grete debate ſayd 

that it ſuffpled. And ſo they departed whether hey wol 

de oʒ not... = . 25> e 


C How Olpuer was taken by the knyghtes that the 
kynge had cõmyſed / and how his ſeruauntes vanyl⸗ 
ſhed awaye / and after how he founde toyſon of mone 

pe /and veſtymentes. Capitulo. xxix. 


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Jad in to the cyte / eucry body withdꝛewe the 
— in to thep2 habytacyons / ſo the deed kſges 
jep body was boꝛne in to London by his men / 
unt where as his body was enleigelyd/ and put 
oy in a h02s lyttere couered with blacke / and in that eſtate / 
yd in gtetelamentacpons was ledde in to his realmt. Olp⸗ 
wol uer was yet in the feide where as he cryed after his hoꝛs 
a but none anlwered hỹ / noz he coude eſpye none of them 
that came with hym / wherof he had grete meruayl / and 
the | was ſo dylpleaſaunt that he wyſt not what to do/not W 
yt ſtandyngehts armour / he put hym ſelfeon the waye to 
one warde the hermytage all aſhamed / ſaynge that he ſawe 
x. well his eupllaucnture / and that in all foꝛtune was to 


hym contrarpe. And therfoze he delybered in hym ſelfe 

() foz to habandonne the good that myght come to hym by 
occaſyon of the toꝛneyment / and not foꝛ to make hym to 

be knowen to onp perlone lpupnge. Euen ſo as he wens 

te thynkynge on his cuyll aduenture / the. xx. Ruyghtes 

that by the kynge were commpled / and oꝛdepned foz to 

2 haue tegarde on hym / ſoughte hym on euerp lyde / and 
dyde ſoo moche that they apperceyued hỹ goynge alone 

( Thenthep ſmote they2 hoꝛſes with the ſpozres/and dyd 
ſo moche that they ouertoke hym / and ſayd tohym.Ges 

tyll knyght lette it not toꝛne pouto dyſpleaſure / f that 

we do that the whiche was cõmaunded vs by the kynge 

fo: he hathe cõmaunded vs keꝛ to witholde pou / whi⸗ 

() che requpꝛeth you-that it wyll pleaſe you/Tor to be this 
nyght at the daunces / and at the banquet / and therfoze 

b hym we lape handes on you. It was fozceto Olpiier 

, to obeye the commaundement ok the kynge. Andrhetio 
fe reallaſhamedheretozned to London with the fozfapd 


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 knyghtes. But durynge the waye it was not withoute 
pleſaũt thoughtes / foꝛ whan he bethoughte hym of the 
grete pompes / and ryche habyllementes that he had du 
tyngethe other dayes / and now he founde hym alone v5 
out ony knomege / and that it was foꝛce fo2 hym to be 
at p banket and fecſt with the other / without gowne/oꝛ 
other clothynge / aue in his harneys / but pfhe foũde ſo 
me that wolde lenne hym a gowne/he was in ſoo grete 
dyſpleaſatice/that he wolde haue ben a. M. myle thens 
yk it hadde ben pollpble foꝛ hym. In that eſtate they ros 
de tyll they came to London / and dyſlodged one of the 
xx. knyghtes foꝛ to lodge hym / and demaunded hym in 
what place they wolde fpnde his ſeruauntes / fo2 to lens 
de foꝛ them. The pooꝛe Olpuer all aſhamed layd. Cer⸗ 
taynlpe J can not tell pou where to fynde theym / but 
fo: this nyahte J (hall be mayſter / and varlet. Is they 
1672 were in theſe deuyſes the hoſteſle came to Olpuers pers 
— ſone and ſayd to hym alo we. My loꝛde it is not longe a⸗ 
160 go ſyth one of your ſeruauntes was here / and gaue me 
this lyt ell fardell/tellynge me that your clothes were in 
tit / and hathe lapde the bogette vnder your beddes heed 
Foꝛ all your ſeruauntes ben gone/and ye ſhall fynde the 
61 nomoꝛe. And tolde a that the knyght that ye wote of/ 
r recommaundeth hym to you / and putteth you in memo 
EI tye ot the pꝛomyſe ppe made to hym/the whiche pꝛayth 
pou that ye wyll haue it in remembꝛaunce Olpuer herp 
ge his hoſteſſe / was moꝛe abaſſhed than euer he had ben 
and feynyngethat he knewe well ynoughe what it wol⸗ 
de meane / wente fyꝛſt to his beddes heed / and founde Þ 
bogette that his hoſteſſe hadde tolde hym of / and founde 
the kepe in the locke / and taſted it / and felte wel ynough 
that it was heup / and vndpde it / and in lokyngein to it 


be apperceyued that it was nothynge but golde /a gdod 
nobles of Englande. . D D D. = 
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¶ dow Olyaer founde grete fynaunces / ſeruauntes 
and clothynges / and how he was bzoughte in to the 
Kynges courte with grete reuerence ot the knpghtes 
that had taken hym. Capitulo. . Co 
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L yuer that foũde hymſelfe all alone inhis 
chãbꝛe / lat hyymdowne/7o the. xx. knygh⸗ 
tes hadde taken leue of hym / and were go 
YVnekoꝛto dyſarmethem / to be ar the keeſt/⁊ 


ſeynge that he had tyme pnoughe/begane 
fo2 to tellhis monepc / and founde that there was. v.. 
nobles / wherfoꝛe he thanked god and the noble knyght 
that had/had loo good remembꝛauncc on hym. Whyles 
that he put vp his golde in to his boligette / entred in to 
Pp chambꝛe fyue gentyll ſquyers clothed in whyte latyn 
t. . varlets clothed in whyte clothe /Whiche ſalued hym 
laynge. My loꝛde/yout mayltcr ſtewarde hathe ben he 
re this after none / and hathe gyuen eche of vs a gowne 
and tolde vs that it was your lyucray-and that ye ſhold 


retepne vs in pour ſeruyce / and therfoze we come towar 


de you to knowe and it bey tir Wyll/fo2 there is none of 
vs but that he hathe good mayſter /foꝛ ſome be the Erle 
of Flaundꝛes men / and the other the dukes of Somers 
ſet Ind thus eche of vs hath good mayſters/but they ha 
ue as many ſeruauntes as theym nede the. Ind fox the 
valyaũtneſſe that we haue lene in you / we become your 
ſeruaũtes yf it be your pleaſure, Olpuer anſwered the 
and ſayd. My frendes of pour grace ye ſape moꝛe good 
or me than J haue deſerted. Ans as J vnderſtade cche 
of you hathe a good mayſter / and better than Jam/but 
and it be your wyll J reteyne you all. And to mozowe 
ſyth that ye be men of knowlege T (hail enquerc of pour 
eſtate / and thenne to eche ol you T ſpall gyue ſuche eſta⸗ 


te as to you apperteyncth. One ot v leruauntes layd to 


hym. My loꝛde pour mayſter ſtewarde hathe ozdeyned 
me pour palfreyngere/therfoze ye ſhall tell me pfit pleaſe 
vou what T ſhall do with your hoꝛſes. Foz J haue fyue 


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good courſers/x twolytellhobyesryght kayꝛe /5fwhis 


chehe badde me take good heede, Ind vycaule that it is 


ferre to the courte I thynke pe wyll not gd on kote ther; 
foze pt᷑ it pleaſe you yt ſhal tell me whiche of pout hoꝛ ſes 
ye wyll haue / and what harneys J (hall put vpon hym 
whether that of veluet crymoſyn/02 that ot beten golde 
ct pk that it pleaſe you that your four pages (hall come 
towarde you, Dipucr was moche abaſſhed / and made 
the ſygne of the croſſe / and layd to hym. My frende go in 
goddes name / ſadle one of the two lytellhobyes whi⸗ 
che thou loueſt beſt / and put on hym the harnes of beten 
golde / and make Þ pages come with two tozches fo to 
lyght me in to the courte. And the Olpuer commaũded 
foʒ to vndo the fardell / and ſo it was done. And founde 
thꝛe ſoztes of clotynge foꝛ hym-of the ſame colours p he 
hadde woꝛne durynge the tozneymentthat is to wyte / 
blacke / rede / and wizyte, The holen were of lcarlet/the 
gownes of veluet-the doublettes of blacke damalte fys 
gured / and the Hattcofblacke-/ vpon the whiche was a 


ryght gentyll and ryche ouche ofſtones ryght curpoully 


wꝛought/⁊there was in it an e / can o/togyder. Whers 
foꝛe he began foꝛ to kyſſe it/and ſayd alowe. Fapꝛe fader 


god pf that thou wylte extende ſoo moche thy grace on 


me / that my koꝛtune were luche that Olpuer # Helayn 
myght come lo nere togyder as theſe two lettres J (hol 
de be moche bcholden to thanke thy grete maieſte. In ỹ 
ſame woꝛdes Ol puer clothed hym / and founde that his 
clothyngc were ſo well made foꝛ hym / that there coude 
none amende them. e was not ſo {one clothed but that 
his hoꝛs was redy abydynge hym at the doꝛe / and his 
foute pages. And within ſhozte tyme after p knyghtes 
that had bꝛought hym theder / came foz * fetche hym / 
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and tolde hym that it was hyghe tyme togoo in to the 

tourte. They they mounted on hozſbacke / and the to! ? 
thes were lyaͤhted that conduyted them in to ÿ courte. 
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ble kynge of England / where as he was tercepued of 


all Þ loꝛdes / and la dyes W arete Tope, Ca. rei. 
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| he began foꝛ toſmytc his hoꝛs with p ſpoʒ 
| reg /Þ whiche made lepes Without nobze 
⁊ dyde all that his mayſter Wolde hauehß 
do/he made fy2e to ſpꝛynge out ot᷑ the pap 
ment in ſuche haboundaunce p cucry body toked out at 
- Þ wyndowcs to beholde hym / in ſuche eſtate he came 
to the place where it was tyme to alyght. And bycauſe ỹ 
he was ſo ſemely a knyght / there was grete pꝛece to be 
holde hym. There was lo huge a nombze of folke that 
with grete payne he myghte deſcende / and paſſe foꝛthe / 
The tydyngescame to the kynge / and to the other pꝛỹ⸗ 
ces that theder were comen / how Þ whyte knyght was 
comen / and mounted vp theſteyzes / and ſapd that and 
his beaute were loſt / that in all the woꝛlde it myghte not 
be recouered / and in lyke wyſe theſe tydynges Were pꝛo 
nounced to the ladyes/the whiche demaunded what ma 
ner a man he was / and it was tolde them that he was 
a heed ol werke / that chere was neuer ſene a moze ka 
ret knyght. Ind durpnge thele woꝛdes heentred in to ỹ 
halle where as all the loꝛdes were / and lalued the kpge 
The whiche by lemblaunt made hym ryght grete chere 
and honour / and ſo dyde all the other loꝛdes / the whiche 
ſholdꝛed one another fox to ſe hym / foz his excellente be 
aute. There was many that at his comynge wolde that 
he hadde ben a thouſande myle thens / and in eſpecpall 
they that hadde done beſte nexte hym dyde curſe hym in 
theyꝛ courage / but his phyſnamye and maneres were 
ſo ſwete/that he ſholde haue ben ryghte curſed wolde 
haue done hymony harme. So as he was feſted on eue 
ry ſyde / p tyght fayz and good Helayne accompanyed 
with dyuers grete lozdes and ladyes came in to the hall 
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apparay!lcd #aourned c o rychely / that her habpllemen⸗ 
tes were woꝛthe a realme / foꝛ there was neuer lene the 
pareylles 02 lyàe. Der beaute enlumyned the palays/the 
whiche exceded all natures werke. Ind thynke not that 
that Helayue fo! whome Trope recepued ſoo many ads 
ucrſytes paſſed this. S ut bycauſe that compatyſons be 
heynous / and nopſous J holde my peas in retoꝛnynge 
to my purpole. The fayꝛe Helayne of Englande ſeynge 
the thought ok her loꝛde and fader let her vpon her kne⸗ 
eg / and madeto hym reuerence and honoure as it apper 
tepned. The kynge her fader toke her by the hande and 
made her koꝛ to aryſe /in ſaynge that ſhe was ryght well 
come. And thenne ſhe was ſalued ok all the other knyah 
tes ⁊ loꝛdes vnto whome lhe rendꝛed echone theyꝛ ſalu 
te after theyꝛ qualyte/as ſhe coude do full well. Thenne 
was Olpuer bzought afoꝛe her the whiche knewe hem 
as ſone as [he ſawe hym. Foz he was caly for to knowe 
amongeſt them all. Wherkoꝛe ſhebehelde hym volunta⸗ 
rylye / and it was force to the knyghtes and ſquyꝛes fo? 


t0 withdꝛawe them aparte / koꝛ to make place to the la⸗ 


yes and gentylwomen to the ende that they myaht le 
Hym the better at theyꝛ eaſes. And there was but fewe 


ok thein that were foz to marye / but that they thoughte 


Within theymſelfe / and wolde that Olyuer had conque⸗ 
red them by foꝛce okarmes / as well as he hadde done Þ 


kayze Helapne. S Y e D S 


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by the Juges commpled / and the counſayll of the ky 
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fe $ fo2 water to waſche chey2 handes. 4nd then 

ve the kõge and his doughter waſſhed/andall 

ite theotherlozdes1n gencrall, And the Kynge made to en 

le⸗ quere ot᷑ Olyucr/of his kõne / and what he was / and of 

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_ hm after his eſtate, He anſwered to them that demaun 

> ded hym that he was a pooze knyght of Dpayne /Xnot 

Z of a hye place. There was not one neyther the kyng noꝛ 

ier the other / but that men ſemed well by his phyſnamye⸗ 

ki that he was ofa good houle / and that alſo without gre⸗ 

* te puyſſaunce he coude not haue furnyſſhed the haby!lc 

> mentes that they had ſcene hym haut durynge the feelt/ 


whantyme was the kynge latte hym downe at the tas 


ble / and with hym all the arcte loꝛdes and ladyes/reſer⸗ 


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ued Helayne/that was ſette vp on hye in the myddes of 
a table that was ehtuate/to the ende that ſhe myght be ſe 


ne of all theym inthe halle. At the ryght ſyde were the 


pꝛynces Juges tet at che ſame table /and on the other ſp 


de were the. x. pꝛynceſſes at the ſame table, Olyuet wol⸗ 


de not ſytten do wne at the kynges ſtable. Notwithſtans 
dyngt he was pꝛayed ſo moche / and commaunded that 
it was fozce foz hym to obe ye. There was other tables 
without nombꝛe where as the other knyghtes and lady 
es were ſette. who that wolde deuyſe to you the ſeruyce 
and the myſteryes that was there / it ſholde be to longe 
to recoũte it. There was no mete that replenyſſhed the 


ſo ſone /as to beholde the excellent Helayne / ſhe was the 


tepole of the wery/and the couragynge of the valyaunt 
And there was not one but that they thought that god 
hadde made her fo: to ſhewe his hyghe puyſlatice. This 


keeſt dured fo longe tyli that it was tyme to vnſcrue / x 


there was none ok them all that thought other thynge / 


- ſaue to make good chere / and alſo they were not requp⸗ 


red otherwyſe. The tables taken awaye x graces gyuẽ 
to our loꝛde ot his goodnes / the daunces began / and ins 
contynent the.x.pꝛynces/and the. x. pꝛynceſſes withdꝛe⸗ 
we them a parte in to a lytel chambye foꝛ to knowe who 
had done beſt / and they were in grete plete. The one hel 
de with the kynges ſone of Scotlande / and the other 85 
the erle of Flaundꝛes / ⁊ the ot her with the good duke of 
Somerſet. But the mooſt parte helde with Olyuer. In 
ſuche wyſe that there was none of theym but that they 
gaue theyꝛ voyce to Olpuer /æ whan the kynge thought 


that they myght well haue done / he habandonned the 
vdaunces and came towardethem / x demaunded theyny 


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what thynge that they had done. One ol them kneled 
downe # ſapd. Our ſouerayne loꝛdę pe haue ot pour go 
de grace commyled vs foꝛ to ſaye fry the trouthe. Als 
ſo we haue made our othe that we ſhall not take regar⸗ 
de to the magnyfycence of the lygnage noꝛ lozdſhyppe/ 
Ind vs ſemeth that the beſt doer of all this aſſemble ha⸗ 
theben Olpuer / not fo2 one dape alonely/but fo: all the 
thꝛe dayes / 4 we ſawe neuer knyght do ſuche dedes of 
armes as he hathe done / therfoze we aduertpſe pouther 
ol /foz to do ther with your good plealure. The kynge an 
\wered and ſayd. My fayze coſyns / and my good frens 
des / and you my fapꝛe ladyes here pzelente Jhere well 
ynoughe what pehaue layd / and knoweth that it hol; 
de be agaynſt reaſon to take Þ pꝛyce from hym ᷣ hathe 
deſeruyd it. And trucly who had axed me mynadupyſle © 
wolde haue ſayd the ſamethat pe haue tolde me /but fo 

all that ye ought to knowe that this is not a lytell thyne 
Foꝛ he that wynneth the pꝛyce / wynneth my donghter 
and cõſequently all my tealme koꝛʒ to be kynge ouert voi 

al after my deceaſe. Ind bycaule that ye gyue the pꝛyct 

to a ſtraunger vnknowen ot vs all J wolde vndcr coz 

reccyon ſoo it that ſeme you good / he were aduertyſer 


ok this thynge byone ok you / and how the pꝛyte (hall bi 


gyuen to hym. And he the whiche ſhalladuertyſe hym⸗ 


mayeſayealſo to hym / that J am delybered foꝛ to make 


vnto hym a requeſt /that is foz to knowe that he were cõ 
tente foꝛ to abyde a yerc in my courte atoʒe that my kay. 
re doughter Helayne be gyuen vnto hym / foꝛ to know. 
his mures and condycyons. Ind allo J ſhall pzompſe 
hym by the fayth that J owe to knyghthode that duryn 
ge that tyme J ſhail not mary her /⁊ yk that he be a man 


tyll this pꝛeſent tyme-that whiche he hathe won ne ſhall 


not be taken from hym. And allo J ſhall put in doubte 
ryght grete loꝛdeathat bẽ here / and pf that J gaue her 
to hym in they: pꝛelence / they mmyght cõlpyꝛe lome euyl 
agaynſt his perlene / wherby ryght grete inconuenpen⸗ 
tes myght come to hym /and there is myn aduyſe. wha 
the kynge haddefpnyſſhed his woꝛdes / they withdꝛewe 
themſel e a parte. Ind founde in counſayll that the kyn 
ge had layd ryght well / and layd it ſholde be wel done to 
ko we Ol puers wpll/afoze that the requeſt were made 
on hyghe. Bycauſe that it ſholde be ſhame tothe Kynge 
yk it Were not vnto hym accozded. Thus there is no thỹ 
ge but good / and the kynge hathe no wzonge to knowe 
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ow the kynge of Englande came to warde his fay 
re doughter / ko to demaunde her to whome her le⸗ 
med that the pꝛyce ought to be gyuen and of her an; 
wers. Capitulo. xxxtij. 
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NRe of the pzynces was oꝛdeyned to ſpeke 
to Olxuer/wherkoze he came intothehall 
where as 5 ladyes were / and toke Olpuer 
aparte /and layd to hp all that pe haue bet 
' beafoze. Olpuer had alwaye doubte of 5 
thynge / by cauſe of thegrete'multytude oftozdes that 
were thcre/:0 whome hp thought they wolde ſoner aps. _ 
plye than to hym / thought alweil that pr he were not 


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dcontente that it ſholde be koꝛce to hym / wherfoze he an⸗ 


ſwered to the pꝛynce. My lozde ye mocke with me foꝛ J 


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ye ſpeke in ſadneſſe / and that it pleaſe thekynge to ma⸗ 

ke to me a requeſt /as J here pou ſape. J tell you that it 

is no pꝛayet / but his commaundement to the whiche 1 
wyll not dyſobeye / and ſayd no moꝛe /no2 the loꝛde allo 
but retoꝛned towarde the kge / and aduertyſed hym of 
that whiche he hadde founden in Olpuer / and ſayd that 

he founde neuer a moe dyſcreter mã / noꝛ moꝛe woꝛthy 
and that he was dygne ok moche good. And the Liynge _ 
was ryght Joyous of that repozte/and began foꝛ to tell 15 
in what maner he wolde that v pꝛyte were gyuen / and We || 
who ſholde bereit / and tolde them that he wolde make 
them haue knowlege / the houre that the pꝛyce ſholde he 
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whereas he founde yrs oougyrer/P whiche he toke by 
the hãde / and ſayd to her. Wy kayze doughter ye muſte 
tell me to whiche of thele loꝛdes that ye haue ſene here / 
ye haue beſt wyll to - + whiche hathe done beſte by your 
aduyſe. My loꝛde my fader J haue no moꝛe wyll to one 
thã to an othce, ye be my fader reaſon it is that Jobep 
to pou/foʒ your pleaſure is mync/and allo me thpketh 
that they haue all done ſo well that none can amende it / 
Then the kynge demaunded her yk that ſhe wolde be as 
well cõtente yt Olyuer hadde the pꝛyce as yt a arettcr 
loꝛde had it. She anlwered / it is a fayꝛe thõge to do ry⸗ 
ghte to cucty body. Ye be wyle and knoweth what peha 
ue to do. The kỹge whiche was dylcrete ſente fox pꝛy 
ce/Þ whiche was bꝛought in the maner that foloweth. 


¶ How the pꝛyce of the toꝛneym ent was bꝛought to 
Olpuer by dpuers lozdes and ladyes and what it 
was. Capitulo. xxxiiij. 


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Here came fyzſte many toꝛches / and offycers 
WD f02t0 make place. After — Kynge of ar; 
mes tychelp clothedholdjguon hyghe with 
bothe his hãdes a grete and maſkyſſe cheyne 
* of golde / charged x enryched tdith pzecyous 
ſtones, After hym came two fayze ladpes-/clothed in ly⸗ 
ke habyllementes / the whiche became them (o well that 
it was a pleaſaũt ſyght to beholde them. Theſe ladpes 
were accompanyed with four knyghtes clothed in lyke 
wyſe / and eche of the ladyes were on the ryght hande ol 
two knyghtes. And in luche eſtate they came afozep kp 
ges perſone/to whome they dyde the teuerence as it ap 
perteyned. Ind the they demaunded hym pf it were his 
good pleaſure that the pꝛyce were gyuen. And he anſwe 
red ye. Then they began to walke aboute thehalle / and 
came to the place where as Olyucr was hyddeamonge 
the pꝛece. To whome the Kynge of armes ſaydthat he 
ſholde come fo2th/and that it was to hym that they wol 
de ſpeke / and after that he was comen foꝛth the kynge of 
armes ſayd to hym in this wyle. Carbcle and gemme 
ok all pꝛoweſſe and hardyneſſe / the kỹge our ſouerapne 
loꝛde / und the ladyes of this company / by the grete and 
hyghe faytes of armes that in you hath bẽ ſhewed / and 
comen to theyꝛ knowlege / dothe pꝛeſente to pou this no 
ble cheyne / in gyuynge you the pꝛyce ok Þ thꝛe dayes w 
tryumphe and gloꝛye / aboue al them that theder hathe 
ben comen / oꝛ kounde them there. J make you no mẽſp⸗ 
on of my ryght redoubted mayſtrelſle / and lady Helapne 
bycauſethat the Kynge my ſoucrayne lozde make ; to 
you a requeſt/that is that the ryght that ye can demaũ⸗ 
de of her by the crye that was publyſſhed byhis cõmaun 
dement / that it wyll pleaſe you foz to be cõtente a fo. 


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dyfferre and abyde vntyl a yere be paſſed. Ind he dothe 
pꝛomple pou that enduryng that whyle / my lady Helay ; 
ne his doughtst ſhall not bemaryed / and then he ſhall 
do ſo moche towarde you that ye (hall be well contente/ N 
Fo: ſhe ſhall be appareylled fo you / euen as ſhe ſholde 
be at this pꝛeſente tyme / foꝛ he Wolde not take fro you 
fo: no thynge / that the whiche ye haue delerued. Oliuer 
with a ſymple voyce all rubyctide anſwered that he had 
not delerued the honour that they pꝛelented hym / but 
pyth that it was the kynges good pleaſure / and thelozs - 
des and ladyes / he ſholde be a grete fole / and mylpꝛou⸗ 
de to refuſe it. As foꝛ the ſurplus touchynge the kynges | 
requeſtes/he anſwered that his requeſtes were cõmaũ⸗ | 
dementes, in pꝛaynge pf that he had wonne ony thynge 
that it ſholde not be taken from hym. Foz he was well 
in wyll foꝛ to take it/pf it fell to hym. This notwithſtan 
— — dynge he was well contente that the kynges wyll were 
— 1 accomplyſſhed / and to abyde a pere. And thanked the 
— F kynge / and the ladyes that had madehym that pzelent. 
Sn © Ind toke the chayne ofgolde and put it aboute his neck 
A118 | And then they demaũded hym his name / and ſurname 
11 he made hymſclf Olpuer / but he lapd that his ſurname 
mpght not be knowen at that pꝛelent tyme. And bycau⸗ 
ſe that the heraude coude nottell how to gyue his name 
in knowlege that the pꝛyce was gyuen to / he beganne 
koꝛ to crye in this maner wyle To this blacke / rede / and 
whyte knyght / the floure of chyualrye / that by foꝛce of 
aͤrmes hathe obteyned the laſte tryumphe ok the tozney 
ment hathe ben delyuered the pꝛyce. DD. 
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he wolde reteyne hym or his tourte 4X that he myght 
k rue atoꝛc his doughter / the whiche he vttred hym. 
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te had done to hym without deſeruynge/and beſought 
hym fo2 to haue alwaye memoꝛye of hom /and of his p20 
myſe that he he o made hym / and to reteyne hym ok his 
courte. The kpge anſwered in ſaynge that he wolde do 
it with ryghta good wyll / ⁊ that ſuche eſtate as he wol⸗ 
de demaunde / holde be delyuered hym/ and with that 
that he ſholde not fere hym / but that he wolde haue me 
moꝛye ot hym/⁊ that bycauſe of the pꝛyce that was his 
he ſholde leſe nothynge. Sy: ſayd Olpuer 7 cannot tel 
you how ye vnderſtande it/truelp J can nothynge leſe / 
of what wherof J had neuer nothynge / but J holde pou 
, fo2 fo valyaunt that pe wyll not go agaynſt your woꝛde 
ye gyue me foꝛ to cheſe and take ſuche eſtate as (hal plea 
ſc me / wherkoꝛe IJ thanke pou. ¶ And therfoꝛe J pꝛaye 
you that ye wyll be cõtente that J be ſqupꝛe keruer afo 
re my lady pour doughter. And the Kynge anſwered in 
refuſpnge hym / and lapd that his doughter was not ac 
cuſtomed fox to be ſexued of a knyght. Notwithſtanbyn 
ge he requpꝛed and pꝛayed ſo moche that the kynge was 
cõtente that his wyll were fulfplled. Heuertheleſſe that 
he was wozthy to haue had a gretter eſtate than that / 
Then he made hym to ryle and toke hym by the hãde / 
ledde hym towarde his doughter / and then commaun⸗ 
ded her that ſhe ſholde kyſſe hym / bycauſe that hym ſe⸗ 
med that Olpuer had well delerued it / and at theleeſt 
pk that he had no moe honour but that foꝛ to content h 
the better. The fayꝛe Helapne in accomplyſſhynge the 
wyll or the Kynge her fader / toke Olpuer by v hande Þ 
was alrcdyon his knee / and kyſſed hym in touch p ge her 
mouthe agaynſt his. This kyſſe thꝛugh perced 5 herte 
of Olpuer and his entraylles / and entred and lodged in 
the mooſt ſecretelt place ot his herte / and neuer alter de⸗ 


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parted/that done ſhe made Olpuer to atyſe / the whiche 


thanked her. After the daunces were begonne agapne / 
and endured a grete ſpace ot tyme / and atter came the 
wyne and ſpyces / and wha eucry bodp 90 d dꝛonke and 
that it was oure foꝛ to go to bedde / the grgte pꝛynces / 
loꝛdes toke lcue of the kynge / and of the fapze Helapne / 
fo2 to retoꝛne on the moꝛowe in to they2 countrees/and 
thanked the kynge ofthe arcte chere and honour that he 
had done to them in his courte. The kynge pꝛayed hym 
that they wolde pet abyde a daye oꝛ twayne. But they 
wolde not abyde but badde hym adew. Ind whan it cas 
me that the kynges ſone of Scotlande toke his leue ot 
fapꝛe Helayne/he ſayd to her alowe as in repꝛochynge 
he was ryght Joyous that ſhe was ſoo well aſſygned. 
Heluyne that was not folyſſhe / vnderſtode well that all 
that he hadde ſayd / pꝛoceded of enupe / wherkoze ſhe hel⸗ 
de her ſtyll and lapd nothynge / but toke leue ol hym x of 
all the other / the whiche wente in to theyz lodgynges x 
on the moꝛowe departed. The kynge Maquemoꝛ of Ir 
lande / and another that was his neyghbour foz ony pꝛa 
per that the kynge dyde make / wolde not come to 5 feeſt 
but all euyll contente were departed / without takynge 
leue /foꝛ the dyſpleaſute that they had of the dethe of the 
kynge ok Irlande they? frende / and that the kynge had 
made therot lo lytell accounte. And affermed # pꝛomp⸗ 
ſed the one tothe other that pf it were poſſyble foz them 
whan they were comen in to they? countrec /that the kyn 


ge ok Englande ſholde repente hym to late. 


C How Olyuer was reteyned ofthe Kynges courte 
and kerued atoze his doughter / and made his oihe. 
Oip. B.ij. 


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Lyxuer badde good nyght tothekynge and 
to his fayꝛe doughter Helayne / and conſe⸗ 
v8; quentlpe to all the other. Ind he was con⸗ 
uevxed to his lodges / by dyuers gentylmen 
” Ofthekvnges courte /that all redy had arcs 
te volente foꝛ to be acquapnted with h. Olyuer comen 
in to his lodges/ made then? foꝛ to dꝛynke/ and then he 
thanked them (02 d traus il 7 zero had taken for hym / 
{apd to them. My loꝛdeg well be from henſfoꝛth pour 
ſeruaunt/bꝛoder / and felowe.? nd yfthere be onythyn⸗ 
ge that J map do foꝛ poit / there is none ot you but that 
pe ſhall fynde me redy at nede. Then they all departed / 


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ſaue one gentyll ſquyzc / the whiche Olpucr reteyned W 
hym / foꝛ to lye with hym / allo to thognde that he ſhol, 
de haue the moꝛe acquayntaunce with he lozdes of the 
courte, The nyght paſſed and the dape tame. And wha 
it was tyme. Olyuer aroſe and clothed hym in newe ro 
bes / that he had made make all the nygbt. And was led 
to the tourte by his ſquyꝛe / and koũde the kynge Þ was 
alredy at the maſſe / the whiche fynylſhed / the kynge co 
maunded that Olyuer ſholde be ledde to warde his kyꝛſt 
knyght chamberlayne / the whiche he had oꝛdeyned foz 
to ſpeke to hym. wha Olpuer was comen/P tyzſt cham; 
berlayne ſayd to hym Olpuer my krende the kyng hath 
02depned me foꝛ to recepue pour othe / and that J gyue 
to you retynue of.xx.hoꝛſes. And pft it be your pleaſure 
foꝛ to ſerue my lady his doughter as ye haue requyꝛed / 
ag well ye may do it / as yf ye were of leſſe eſtate, Olyuer 
thanked the kynge / and made his othe. And as he p wht 
che thoughte neuer tyme ynoughe koz to ſe her that had 
gyuen hym that gracyous kyſſe / requpꝛed that fox that 
dape he myght kerue afoze her /and lo he was ledde into 
her chambꝛe / where as Yelapns table was ſpꝛedde/the 
whiche made no longe taryenge but came. whan Olp⸗ 
uer ſawe her / he gaue her good mozowe / And ſhe ren⸗ 
dꝛed hym his ſalute ryghte curteyllp / and behelde hym 
gladly, And then ſhe lat her downe at the table. Where 
ag Olpuer began koꝛ to kerue afoʒe her. And in caſtynge 
vp her eyen demaunded hym pt that it was his wyl foꝛ 
to kerue afoꝛe her, Olpuer anſwered / madame it is my 
pleaſure foꝛ to do you all the ſerupce that F can / ſo that 
it toꝛne vou not to dyſpleaſure, Olyuer mp frende ſayd 
ſhenap/but J thanke yon hot» well» J had wolde that 
pe had dr poꝛted you ofthis ollce / but lyth ÿ it is poure 


Olp. | H. iii. 


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wyil/itis well myne. So Olpuer kerued afozc his fav; 
mapſtres all alor ge the dyner/but it was not withoute 
foyſonofregarzes and lokes. Whan the table was vp/ 
he was a lytell whyle with the ladyes / and then he wen 
te towarde the kynge / to whome they had tolde that O⸗ 
lpuer dyde ſerue at his doughters dpner/x ſayd that he 
was the gentylleſt ſeruaunt that cuer they had ſene. 

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¶ How Olyuer was ſurpꝛyled of the loue of Helapne 
and cutte his kyngre in ſerupnge her. Ca. xxxvij. 


Heſethynges dyde paſle / and Olyuer was a 
© grete whyle in p courte ſo well beloued that 
3 al that knewehp ſayd good of hym. The kß 
ge hpmlelfe coude not pꝛayſe hym pnoughe / 
> x (aydoften that Olpuer was bothe fayze 
good / ſaynge that he and his doughter were wel ſerued 
The fayze Helayne in lyke wyſe ſeynge the graces and 
beautees that god and nature had endowed that yonge 
knyght with / dyde pꝛayle hym ſtrongly in her herte/but 
(he made no lemblaunt foꝛ doubteof ſome folke. Foꝛ pe 
knowe well ynoughe that they lap oftener the euyll than 
the good /toz all that wha they demaunded her / he ſayd 
that ſhe ſawe nothynge in hỹ but all good / and that he 
Was a ryght gracyous knyght / in luche eſtate he had 
put hym in the grace ol all them that kuewe hym. And 
in lyke wyle at begynnynge had ben cõſpyꝛed dyuers 
cnuyes àagaynſt his perlone /but by the grete wyldome 
c doulceneſſe that remayned in hym / he had ſubducd + 
duercomehis euyl wyllers /in ſuche wple that euery bo 


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dy loued hm. Allo none can not recoꝛde to vou p newe 
thynges that were begonne / enterpꝛaled / and acheued 
byhß / as well Juſtynge as other dyſpe2tes and playcs 
ve haue well herde how Olpuer had refepucdakyſſeof 
his excellent mapſtreſſe / and J haue alſqcolde pou that 
he kepte it ſo well / that he loſt it not whan he wolde/foꝛ 
loue in a ſhoꝛte ſpace had defaced his Joye and lyeſle/x 
with that helde hym lo ſtreyte in his bondes that he cou 
de not ete noꝛ dꝛynke / llepe no2 reſt in bedde / and he was 
not at his eaſe noꝛ peas the houre that he hadde loſt the 
ſyght of his lady and mayſtreſle. Ind was not in no plas 
ce but that hym thought that he lawe the repzeſentacys 
of his excellente lady afoze his epen. In ſuche eſtate he 
was a ſpace of tyme/and in ſuche wyſe he adnychylled / 
hym that he became in ſuche eſtate that he cared no mo⸗ 


ke ok noo good dede. Thyſtoꝛye layth that ona tyme as 


he kerued afoꝛe his mayſiresat the table as he that was 
not mayſter ouet hymlelte began to beholde her / and in 
beholdynge her he made manp ſyghes okloue that pꝛo⸗ 
ceded from his herte. Then the fayze Helapne appercey⸗ 
ued that he thought ſtrongely vpon her / and ſhe had no 
thõge keruedafoze her foz to ete. Foz Olyuer had gyuẽ 
her none / wherkoꝛe ſhe ſayd by dyuers tymes. Olpuer 
my frende J wolde ete gladly yt ye gaue me whcrof O⸗ 
lyuer that thought on other thynges herde her not at ỹ 
fy:ſt tyme, And whan his vnderſtandynge was comen 
agayn /all aſhamed he began foz to ſerue / and as he that 
had no thought on that whiche he dyde / cut his fyngre 
mooſt of. wherkoꝛe he departed krom thens incontys 
nent / and gaue another to ſerue. Helapne appercepuyn 
ge theſe thỹges knewe #apperceyued clerely p thought 
of Olyucr-wherof ſhe was nothynge gladde / whan ſhe 


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ſawe hym in ſuche poynt fo2 her loue. — 
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¶ How Dlpuer layde hym downe in his bedde ſooze | | 
ſpke/and haw that Helayne was ſyke allo foꝛ hym /e 
of theyꝛ complayntes / and how Yelayncgaceleueof 
her fader go to vyſyte Olpuer.Capitulo. xxxviij. 


Lyder comẽ in to his lodgys entred all alone in 
to his chambꝛe / and lapde hym downe bpon his 


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bedde / in complaynynge hym ſo pytcoully / that it was 
grete pyte fo2 to here. e curſed the god of loue that had 
wounded hym ſo pꝛofoundly with his Hambynge darte 
and bounde hym in his bandes ſoo vyolently/ wherfoze 
he ſawe appertely that he muſt nedes deye/fo2 he abode 
none allegeaunce /no2 mercpe of his angilyſſhous mas 
ladye. Da kynge of Englãde ſapd Olpuer pf thy woꝛzde 
had ben verytable /as a kynges ought tobe / J had not 
fallen in this extremyte that Jam nowe in. Thus as ye 
haue herde demeaned Olpuer his loꝛowe by longe ſpa⸗ 
ce ot tyme / and contynued ſo in that he was greuoully 
ſycke / and lay de ym done in his naked bedde. Wher⸗ 
of the Kynge and all they of the courte were ryghte dyl⸗ 


plcaſaunt. Ind the kynge vyſptedhym ryght famylycr 


lp / and made hym to be lumptuoully kepte / and taken 
heede to ofhis phyſycyons. But aboue all them that we 
re dolaunt / the noble Helayne paſted / notwithſtãdynge 
ſhe made no ſemblaunt outwarde. Ind ona tyme as 


phyſycpens came to her /as it is they? cuſtome foꝛ to vy 


ſyte pꝛynces and pꝛonceſſes / ſhe demaunded them how 
Olpuer dyde / and pf that he amended not. They anſwe 
red naye / and layd that they had grete doubte ok his lyfe 
whan Helayne herde thefe tydynges ſhe was ſo dolent 
that (he myght ſcarſely ſuſteyne herſelke. The ſhe with 


dꝛewe her in to her garderobe / and gaue them to vnder⸗ 
ſtande that ſhe was lycke / æ therfoꝛẽ ſhe layde her dow⸗ 
neon her bedde / ⁊ made her to be couered / fox to couter. 
the better her dole. And whan the ladyes were voyded / 
ſhe began to ſaye with a ſofte voyce. O god almyghtye 
creatour ot heuen and erthe / the whiche after (hy pleaſu- 
re dyſpoleth all erthely thynges. And thou ryght doulce 
quene otheuen / lady ok the woꝛlde / and empꝛeſſe ofhelle 


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Allo truely as thou bare.ix.monthes in thy bleſl. v flan⸗ 
kes the veray ſone of god thyn elpouſe / and that concey 
ued hym a vyꝛtzyn / and delpuered hym a vyꝛgyn / and ß 
arte aduocate und refuge of all deſolate creatures J bes 
ſeche the that thou wylte counſayll me vnhappp and vn 
koꝛtuned woman. O gloꝛyous vyꝛqyn Marpe wherfoze 
hathe thy bleſſyd fone gyuen me loo moche beaute foꝛ to 
be cauſe of the dethe ofthe mooſt fapꝛeſt / and mooſt va⸗ 
lyaunteſt knyght that euer was lene / the whiche am in 
dygne of this grace. Wherfoze IJ beleche the that thou 
kepe this gentyll knyght / the whiche hathe not myldo⸗ 
ne me in no maner of the woꝛlde / wherby J ſholde put 
hym in this ryght daungerous peryll / and that thou dyſ 
deyne not foz to tell me myn honour ſaucd / how that F 
myght gyue hym allegeaunce of his maladpe. whyles 
that ſhe complayned ſo to god and to our lady / a lyghte 
ſompne toke her / wherthzughe ſhe was conſtrayned to 
ſlepe. In her ſlepe her lemed that our lady ſpake to her 
and ſayd. Helayne my lone a J haue herde thy requeſt 
The knyght foz whome thou haft pꝛaped is ſycke to the 
dethe. And bycauſe that thou arte cauſe of his maladye / 
thou muſt be cauſe alſo of his guaryſſhõge and helthe / 
go towarde thy kader and demaundehym lycence foz to 
ao ſe hym / x whan thou ſhalte be there / put hym in mes 
moꝛye that the peres ende gpp2ocheth nere / xthat thou 
halte haue ſo good mynde on hym / that it ſhall ſulfyſe 
hym. Helayne a waked ryght Jopous of her vylyõ / and 
in thankynge god and our lady aroſe / and wente towar 
de her kader / the whiche gaue her leue to go vyſpte Oly 
uer /and ſo ſhe wente theder with a lytell company. And 
* whan ſhe was entred in to the chambꝛe / ſhe appꝛoched 
towards the bedde where as Olpuer was / that alredye 


had loſt his knowlege/and with the teres in her eyen na 


med hym her kfrende / in demaundpngehym how he dy⸗ 
de. Olpuer knewe the voyce o his maylereſſe / and lyfte 
vp his eyen in makynge a lytell ſyghe anguyſſhous / foꝛ 
other thynge coude he not anlwere. Helayne appercep⸗ 
ued that he had but lytell knowlcge/whertdze ſhe appꝛo 
ched moze nerer / and ſayd with a lowe voyce. Alas my 


krende what lacke pe / wyll ye leue me a wydowe / do ye 


not knowe ÿ the endeof the twelue monthe appꝛocheth 
By my trouth my krende pour maladye doth greue me 
ſo ſoʒe that ye can not byleue it / wherfoꝛe J pꝛay you 
that ye wyll thynkefo2 to guarplſhe pou / and yk there be 
ony thynge that J can do fo pou/tell it me. Ind cue ſo 
god helpe me myn honoure ſalued / Jknowe no ma fox 
whome J wolde do moze than foz you, L == 


Sec C229 C1 eee? 


¶ How Olpuer after that the fayze Helayne had 
vyſyted hym came totht courte /and of the mellen 
ger o the Kynges of Itlande / ſente to the Kynge 
of Englande / koꝛ to dekye hym of fy2e and blode. 
Capitulo. 1 xxxix. 
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_- Olpuer herdeÿ ſwete voyccof his mapl⸗ 
tres that recomtoꝛted hym ſo lwetely/he foz 
0 ced hym foz to ſpeke / and with grete payne 

8x8 thanked ber / and with payne myght he abs 
6 a ſteyne hym from ſaynge that ſhe was cau⸗ 
ſc of his dethe / and as ſize that loued hym / ſayd to hym / 
Fay2c ſy; thrnke foz to ware hole / and come to courte 
Foz vpon my fayth pe ſhall be ryght welcome. Then ſhe 

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ze leue of hym and retoꝛned / and it was neuer a dape 
— / but that (ze ſhente foꝛ to knowe hob he dyde/ and 
with that ſhe ſente hym ryght largely of her wynes / and 
dyde lo moche that within ſhozte tyme he was ſtroũge 
ynoughe foꝛ to pꝛomaync hym aboite his chambze / as 
he that had har a good phyſytpen in his maladye. Ind it 
was not longe akter that he wente in to the courte / and 
whan he felte hymlelfe that he was ent yer ly hole /he (cr; 


ued his mayſtres as he had done befoze The whiche ma 


de hym greter chere than ſhe was accuſtomed to do. In 
fuche wplc Þ Dipucr was moꝛe beauteuous than cũer 
he had bẽ afoze. Driapne that appercepued that Olyucr 
was out of daunger / put hym in remembzaunce of the 
regrettes and complapntes that (he had made foz hym 
durynge his maladpe/wherof Olpuer had his heed dy⸗ 
uers tymes {oe troubled. ¶ It happened vpon a whyt⸗ 


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ſontyde / on the Whiche dayc he helde open edurte, Ind 
there was the? mooſt parte of the loꝛdes of Englande als 
ſembled/euen lo as he was at dyner and his doughter 
lette beſyde hym / camea meſſanger alsꝛʒe the table / the 
whiche began foz to lape. That ſame god all puyſſaunt / 
that goucrneth all thynges / gyue honoute and gloꝛpe & 
good aduentute to the hyghe and puyſſaunt pꝛynces /⁊ 
my ſouerayne loꝛdes the ſeuen kynges of Irlande / by 
whome J am lente hether / and that he confounde the 
crowne of Englande/the whiche is not worthy to be na 
med Kynge. Now herken tyzaunt what Jhaue in char⸗ 
ge fo2 to ſayc to the by the kynges of Irlande. They ſen 
de the woꝛde by me / and defyeth the of kyꝛe and bloode / 
and that they wyll depole the ofthy realme / as he that is 
not wozthy fo2 to holde it Some of them hathe ben co⸗ 
men to thy courte fox to knowe moꝛe playnly thy gouer⸗ 
nynge / wher as they haue apperceyued thy grete crude 
lyte and tyꝛannye / and howe that by thy ſynguler and 
dampnable wyllAjathe accomplyſſhed thy tyꝛannpe on 


tolde bloode withouten ony cauſe reaſonable/wherfoze 


thou arte cauſe of the eftuſpon of blode humane / and of 
the lemblable cryſten. Ind therfoze take heede to that 
whiche thou haſt to do. Foz I tell the that they ben alre⸗ 
dy deſcended on thy grounde / and ſhall do ſuche Juſty 
ce pn the as appertepneth. .:: S 
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¶ How Olpuer after that the meſſanger hadde fynyl 

ſhed his woꝛdes / requpꝛed the kynge of Englande foꝛ 

to gyue hym men ok armes / and that he wolde goo 

agaynſt them / the whiche was vttred vpõ hym with 

8 good wyll. Capitulo. u 
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SM #2 to bendehts bꝛowes in ſuche wyſe that here 
— ſembleda man extracte oute ofhis mynde / 
whan the meſſenger ſawe the kynge make ſuche chere / 
he wolde with a good wyll haue ben in his moders bely. 
There was none that anſrvcred / foꝛ the courte at that 
tyme was to troubled that it was grete meruayll to be: 
holde it/foꝛ all they in the halle kepte ſcylence/and (ayd 
neuer a woꝛde. whan the valpaunt Olpuer ſawe all the 
companpe ſo ſoꝛe abaſſched for ſo lytel a thynoc/as hym 


perſone/and all aſhamed beganne foꝛ to ſpeke and ſayd 
Bygyt myghtye Emperour ⁊ redoiveed lp2, F beſiche 
you that pour ryall maycſte be not dyſmaped agaynſte 
me/yt that J auaunce me to ſpeke ſoner than J oughte 


to do. Spꝛ ye haue herde the iniuryes that theſe caytyfs 


kynges of Irlande hathe impoſed on you by the laynge 
of the herauldes. Ind fo bycauſe that Jknowe you foo 
balyaunt and ſo puyſſaũt / and with that that ye hadde 
leuet deye than it ſholde abyde thus without bengynge 
you on Pour enempes / that alredy ben entred in to your 
realme/whertore I ſupplye me in allhumplyte that vn⸗ 
to me ronge man / notwithſtandynge that Jam not bys 
gne / and that Jhaue lytell ſeue vnto this pzelent tyme 
that pe wyll do me that honoure fo2 to gyue mea certay 
ne nombꝛe ot men ot armes / uche as your good pleaſu⸗ 


re ſhal be/and chat ye ib all kynde by the delyberacyon or 


your good countapll / fo to go agaynſte theſe vnhappy 
foike/that withoure cauſe wyl viurpe your lozdſyyppe. 
¶ The kynge anlwered vnto Olyucr and ſapd O:puer 
J (hall counſayll me on the requeſt that ye mac tome 
after dyner / and after J hall make pou co knowe mp 
wyll. 4nd then he commaunded that the mellaunger of 
the Kynges of Irlande ſholde be ſette to dyner. And loo 
it was done. Wha the kynge was ryſen from the table / 
he aſſembled his counſayll. And then was gyuen an an? 
ſwere to the meſlanger that he ſholde tape to his mayl⸗ 
ters that they mycht be well ſure that the Kynge doub 
ted they in but lytell / and that he hadde good w il fo2 to 
kepc his herytege / ⁊ that pf they myghte Wynne et hac 
tt ſholde be thip2cs / but bythe plrattire of goÞ u olde 
not happen is / and then tyep gaue ome gy fte vnto the 
mellanger. And tien tit ſayd meſſanger de partes and 
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kretoꝛned towarde the kynges of Irlãde that altedy we 


re entred in to the alme of Englande / to whomehe tol 
de the aut were that he had receyued. And then p kynge 
of Englande acco!ded to Nlyuer his requeit /fo2 the gre 
te valypauntneſſe v he had ſene hym do afoze tymes. And 
gaue to hym.x.thouſande men of armes / the whiche co 


men he tokeleue of the kynge / and the kynge gaue hym 


foure thouſande nobles at his departynge / the whiche 
Olpuer toke in good thanke. But afoꝛe that he departed 
fcom the cytehe dyſtrybued it vnto the pooꝛe men of ar? 
mes that had nede therof / and moꝛe to / and he dyde loo 
moche that they ſpake of nothynge but of his grete lar⸗ 


gelle / wherkoꝛe he gate theloue of euery body. And in ỹ 
maner departed after that he had taken leue ok his may 


ſtreſſe / the whiche commaunded hym vnto god. And he 


ſpedde hym ſo well on his Journepe that he came with 


in thꝛe myie ok his enemyes. And whan it came to theyꝛ 


Rknowlege they repled vp thepꝛ ſyege that they had lap⸗ 


de aboute a ſtronge place / and putte theym all vpon a 
plapne in fapʒe oꝛdenaunce redy to abyde bataplle. Oly: 
uet in lyke wyſe prayed and requpꝛed all his men foꝛ to 
do well / in ſhewynge theym that they ſholde haue moꝛe 


honoure without comparpſon / yf onp good aduenture 


happened them /than yfthe kynge were there in his per 
ſone / and eche of them pꝛompled to do his deuopꝛe. Ano 
in that good wyll they appꝛoched lo nere theyꝛ eneinyes 
that they myght le them clerelp / the whiche were foure 
agaynſt one man. But they were not men of luche chap 
fo: the mooſt parte were comune men and eupll armed 
at all poyntes. #92, C229 1D .: D S . 


CHow Olpuer alter that he was departed from Lon 


don in armes came afozea towne that was belyeged 
of the Ityſſhemẽ / and how he kought with them and 
vaynquyſſhed them. Capitulo, rl}, 
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Rr; gt as theſe two hooſtes appꝛoched to 

g yder / ye myght haue herde ſuche a noyſe 
that it was hydeous to here /and whan it ca 
me to the ſtrdkes gyuynge / ye ſholde haue 
fene ſheldes c ouen / and helmes xhauberkes bꝛokẽ / ſte⸗ 


des and knyghtes linyten downe / hedes and armes cut 
ot / and many one pulled downe that neuer roſe after, O 
tpuer wente thꝛughethe batayll maulgre all his enemy 
es / and dyde ſuche dedes of armes that he made hym to 


beknowen wich a Iytell tend of euery bodp/wher 
foʒe they lledde Akoꝛc hym and made hym wape. Foz all 
that he hytte he linote downe / none can not reher le vn⸗ 
to you the mcruaylous ſtrokes that he gaue / foꝛ bothe 


his krendes and his euempes were all abalſhed to behol⸗ 


de them. He eſcryed as hye as he myght / yr the kynges 
of Irlande behcre FT (hail make them crownes. One of 
the kynges of Irlande that was a valyaunt man tocke 
a grete lpere in his hande and came towarde Olpucr / 
Olpuer that ſawe hym come pulled a ſpere frome hym 
that was nextehym / and lmotehis hozs with the ſpoz⸗ 
res and mette togyder fo ſtrongly that it was not in the 
hoſes puyſſaunce to ſuſteyne them / wherfoꝛe bothe fell 
to the erthe/ but the kynge neuer aroſe after/ſoꝛ Olyuer 
had perced his hauberke and lmyten hym to the herte / 

herok it was grete dommage / foꝛ he was a valyaunte 
man. Then pe ſwolde haue lene Englylſhmen and Jryſ⸗ 
men renne to the ſocoute of they2 loꝛdes and there was 
llayne moche people on bothe lydes. Olpuer was on ſo⸗ 
te amongeſt his enempes where as he {mote onthe ry's 
ghtehande and ol the lelce hande / and dyde ſuche dedes 
of armes that it was grete meruapll. His cuttpge ſwer 
de made his enempes to flee afoꝛe hỹ. Foz all that maul 
gre them all he mounted on his hozs / and then beganne 


the batayll mozc fyers and moꝛe aſpꝛe than it hadde ben 


of all the daye afoꝛe. Ind in that ſame bataylle/Olpuer 
with his pꝛopꝛe handes toke two of the mooſt gietteſt 
Kyngcs of Irlande. And then after that Olpuer with 
grete payne perced the hooſt and dyde foo moche that in 
delpyte of all his enempes he came vnto the chyef (tan; 
darde of the Jryſſhmen / the whiche by foꝛce of armes 
he ſmote downe to the grounde / and with one ſtroke he 


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ſmoteol his heed that bare the ſtandarde / ſo he deyed / 
Thenne ye ſholde haue ſene Ityſſhemen gretely abaſ; 
ſhed wha they ſa we theyꝛ chyfe ſtandarde fall to ÿ erthe 
they toke grete payne foꝛ to tete it vp agapne / but they 
coude not. And fynably / by p valyauntneſſe of Olpuer 
and the couragethat he gaue his men the *Fryſſhemen 
were dyſcomkyted / and ſo they fled, The chaſe endured 
moꝛe than two myle /and there was (oo many ſlayne p 
it was a pyteous ſyght foꝛ to beholde it /and euerp body 
ſaued hym that myaht. Ind than they came by nyghte 
and by dare to theyꝛ ſhyppes / and in grete haſt they en 
tred in to theyꝛ ſhyppes / and layled in to Irlande where 
as they tolde theyꝛ pytcous dyſcomfyture that gane are 
te dyſcomfoꝛte vnto all theym of that countree.Olpner 
made to ſowne the retreyte / to the ende that none wente 
fcrder foꝛthe / wherfoꝛe cuery body retoꝛned. And whan 
it came to tepaſſe by the waye where as the batayll was 
done /and ſawe the grete effuſyõ of blode / there was no 
ne ofthem but that theyꝛ hertes abhoꝛred. And Olpuer 
hymſelke had the teres in his tyen and layd. Ny bleſſyd 
creatour J pꝛaye the that by thy grete mercye thou wyl⸗ 
te pardon me the effuſyon of blode of theſe cryſten men. 
Neuerthelcſſe take that Olyuer faydthele woꝛdes / pet 
he was ryght Joyous and gladde of the vyctozye / and 
gaue louynges and thankynges to almyghty god/with 
a good herte. In that maner they came vnto the towne 
that hadde ben aſſyeged afoꝛe of the Jryſlhemen/whes 
re as they were receyued with grete tryumphe and Joy 
and with pꝛoccſſyon of all the chyꝛches / and all the bei⸗ 
les were rongen at his entrynge. Ind they gaue Olps 
uer grete apftes / the whiche he gaue vnto his men / and 
in lpkewyſe ok all the butyn that he had wonne he wolde 


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haue nothynge. After he lente fox the capytapnes ok his 
arme / and whan they were comen he ſayd to them / kap 
re loꝛdes ye knowe the vyctoꝛpe that god of his grace ha 
the gyuen to vs agaynſt oure enemyes. Ind therkoꝛe it 
ſholde be good to ſygnefpe theſe tydynges to the Kynge 
our ſoucraytie loꝛde. Wherfoze J pꝛaye pou that the des 
de bodyes maye be nombꝛed / fo the ende that we mape 
wꝛyte to hym the moꝛe certapnlye, It was toldehym 
the kynge ſholde haue ſhoꝛtlye tydynges / foz it ſholde be 
to longe to abyde the tellynge of them. But as it ſemed 
them they myght not fayle to wꝛyte. xx. M. of theyꝛ ene 
myes deed / without puttynge other nombꝛe / and fewe 
ol theyꝛz men. S:: x 
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¶ How Olpyuer ſente woꝛde to the Kynge ok Englans 

de oftheyꝛ vyctoꝛye. And okthe enterpꝛyle that Olp⸗ 

uer made to go into Irlande. Capitulo. xlij. 
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Nd wha the lettres were made by Olpuer 
and by the loꝛdes / they were gyuen vnto a 
meſſaunger/and badde hym make all dyly⸗ 
8 gence that he coude / the whiche he dyde / and 
Ay whan he was comen to London he pꝛelen⸗ 
ted them to the kynge / and whan the kynge hadde redde 
them alowe /e may well thynke that he was ryght Jo⸗ 
vous and gladde. And therkoꝛehe made theym foꝛ to be 
redde onhyghe / and whan it came to the knowlege of | 
them of the courte / there was none but that he thanked 


god. And the Kynge commaunded that theſe tydynges . 
ſholde be pub ylched all aboute. And after mounted on 


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begynnynge yk that it ſtycke not at you we maye do pet 
lome good thyng g. Foz ye ought foꝛ to knowe that there 
was neuer men moze abaſſhed than ourenemyes were 
whan they kncwe the veryte how it wente / that one of 
they: kynges Mas llapne / and the other twayne taken / 
and with this all theyꝛ men ol warre llaypne/ in whome 
. thepaffyed them. And thus the as me lemeth ſeynge 5 
we be not ferre trom they} marches / ykthat we put vs 
in to theyz countree haſtely / afozc that they grete ans 
guyſche and ſoꝛo we were paſſed/ and without gyuynge 
them leyſer to thynke on theyz affapzes / we cholde kyn⸗ 
de them ſo vnpurueyde / that in them ſholde be lytell re⸗ 
ſyſtence / and there is myne aduyce vnd. r coꝛreccpõ / to 
as me ſemeth yt that we myght conquere this countree 
pe ſholde be wozthy to haue grete loupnge and recomen 
dacyon / and ſhall be dygne neuer to be put out of memo 
rye amonſt the noble # valyannt men. Thole capptap⸗ 
nes herynge the woꝛdes of Olpuer pꝛeyled hym moche 
in theyꝛ hertes/and well lemed theym that that whiche 
he had lapd pꝛoceded ol ahyghe and noble courage / ther 
foze all ot one accoꝛde without lõge counſayl tayde vnto 
hym. Olpuer we ben departed foz to ſerue the Kynge az 
gaynſt his enempes / and the after / and therkoꝛze we telle 
you that where lomeuer ye wyll go / we [Hail folowe pour 
as they that Wyll lyue and depe with you / and neuer to 
faple you. ¶ Olpuer leynge the affeccyon of thoſe noble 
men towarde hym / aud the good wyll that they hadde / 
to do the kynge ſeruyce / thaked them /in offrynge vnto 
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Irlande and toke in the towne as many pa⸗ 
uelyons and tẽtes as they myghte gete/and 
all thynge that was neceſſarye toz they? vya 
ge / and departed from thens / and toke with 
them a thoulande men on hoꝛlbacke / and as many on ko 
te / without thcyz nombꝛe. Ind alſo they toke with them 
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that they myght well haue without dylgarnyſſhynge of 


the towne / and it Bas tolde them afo2e they? departyns 
ge / bythem that had charge foz to bury the deed folke ỹ 
they had foundrdecd of thepꝛ enempes.xxiiij. M. and ot 
thepz mẽ.xij. C. wherkoꝛe theyꝛ frendes were ryght dyl⸗ 
pleaſaunt. And they aſſembled ſhyppes and entred into 
P ſee / and dyde ſo moche that in ſhoꝛte tyme they were 
oute of the realme of Englande / and entred in to Irlan⸗ 
de where as they began fo2 to do moche harme / and foũ⸗ 


de but fewe places thatreſyſted agaynſt them / fox they 


be not lo ſtronge as theſe of this regyon They that wes 
te taken by koꝛce had no mercy but that they ſlewe them 
all. They that dyde yelde them to theym aloꝛe that they 
beſpeged them / were taken to mercye. And w this thep 
fered o loze they2 enempes / that the mooſt parte of them 
yelded them oꝛ they came to them. Then v kynges of Þ 


dountreethat were eſcaped fro the batapll were ſoo loze 


abaſſhcd that they coude not put no counlayll to theyꝛe 
affayzes/fo2 thepꝛ folke were pet full of (020We / bycauſe 
of the doloꝛous foꝛtune that hadde happened thevm, 


wherfoꝛe they habandonned all in the wyll of god / and 


alonelp koꝛtetped the places Where as they wolde retray 
them / but this was not but that they gaue often alſauls 
tes and ſcarmoſhes to the Englyſhmen ryght ſubtyllye 
gouerned on theyꝛ lyde / wherthzughe there was many 
men ſlayne on bothe partyes. And in ſuche wyle by ſuc⸗ 
ceſſpon of tyme that the mooſt parte pelded them to the 
And ÿ ryche themlelk helped fo2 to warre agaynſt theyꝛ 
lozdcs. In that eſtate they wente and aſſpeged a place / 
where as one of the kynges of Irlande was / that hadde 
ben newe crowned, And was his lone that Olpuer dyd 
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qupckely / and boyſtouſly / and there was done on theone 
ſyde and on the other grete dedes ok altes Foz they that 
were within the caſte/l defended them vygoꝛoully / loo 
chat they recepued that daye but lytell do mmagce. The 
kyge Maquemoꝛ was aduertyled of their,chynges/and 
how the kyege was afoze the place of his couſyn. Wherfo 
re he was ryght dyſpleaſaunt. Ind (wozebyhiscrowne 
that it ſholde not abyde ſe, Ye aſſembled as moche folke 
as he myght. And then he the thyꝛde kynge came fox to 
aryſe the lyege, Olyuer was aduertyſed ok all theſe thñ 
ges / wherfoꝛe he put hymſelfe on the felbe fo2 to abyde 
them. And lefie a partye of his folke foꝛ to kepe the ſye⸗ 
ge. De put his folke in oꝛdynaũce/and abode his eneme⸗ 
es ull tedy fo to kyght / the whiche abode not longe oꝛỹ 
they came. And whan they lawe that Olyuer was alre⸗ 
dy on the felde/they knewe Well that they coude not eſca 
pe without medlynge. And then they put theyz folke in 


ryght fayꝛe oꝛdenaunce / and began fo2 to ſhote gonnes 


and Olpyuer and his folke remeupd not / but abode thẽ 
with ferme fote/ and with one crye receyued them at the 
poyntes of theyꝛ ſwerdes ⁊ ſperes. Ind there was ſlayn 
at the fp2ſt recountre dyuers me on bothe partyes. Full 
many ladyes loſt they: loꝛdes/ and many chyldzen were 
faderles / and full many maydens loſt theyz louers there 
Olxuer cutte of hedes and armes in luche maner that 
neuer ma dyde moe dedes of armes than he dyde. Not 
withſtandynge the Jryſſhmen lolde thep2 lyues ryghte 
derely / as men replenyſChed with pꝛoweſſe / foꝛ as them 
ſemed and they loſt that batayll / that in lyke wyle they 
ſholde leſe theyꝛ countree / wherkoꝛe theyz courage dou⸗ 
bled and dyde as well as they mygt t. In that eſtate du⸗ 
redthe — almooſt vnto they? orght/ a in the ende 
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the Jryſſhemen were dyſcomkyted / as they that mygh⸗ 
te not endure the?Ladde ſtrokes of the Englyſſhemen. 

¶ The purſuyte dured not longe bycauſe ofchenyghte 
The KRynge N3aquemo; and two other kynges were ta 
ken /Wwherof Olyucr was ryght gladde / foꝛ he had alre⸗ 
dy kyue / and ſothere was no moo lefte but two / Wherof 
there abode one encloſed in ÿ place where the ſyege was 
whan the nyght was comen Olpuer in his tente made 
the Kynges pꝛyſoners to be ſeruyd rygbt honourably. 
And on ÿ moꝛowe he made to crye that tuery body ſhol⸗ 
de put hym in payne fo2 to do his deuopꝛe to take 5 pla⸗ 
ce. Then ye ſholde haue ſene many a valyaunt knyght 
and ſquyꝛe / and mẽ ot armes go to the aſſaulte but they 
of within defended them (oo valyaũtly that it was gre 
te meruapll. Ind the kõge ſavd that he hadde leuer deye 
than fo: to pelde hym in to the handes of his enempes / 
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¶ How the caſtell and place where as one ofthe Ryn⸗ 
ges of Irlande was in was taken.Capitulo, xl. 


Ven lo as pe haue herde endured the ſyege bp 
longe ſpace of tyme afoze p caſtell. Durynge 
the whiche tyme Olyuer made often the kyn⸗ 
ge of Englande to knowe of his demeanynge 
2 And ſente hym often woꝛde that he ſholdeha⸗ 
ue noo doubte ofthem / foꝛ they had nothynge but good 
The art ollerpe that was there endommaged ſtrongelp 
the caſtell / and ſo moche that a grete parte ok the walle 
Was ſmyten downe / and then it was aſlaylled at that 
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auntly that he was the fyꝛſte that entted in / wherkoꝛe al 
hig men folowed hym. Ind at that tyme was the caſtell 
Woune / and the kynge taken. But akoze that he was ta⸗ 
ken he dyde grete dedes of armes / and all the other wes 
te ſlayne. Olpuer departedfrom thens / aͤnd lefte good 
garnylon there. He put hym on the wape fo2 to goo cons 
quere the realme of the ſone ok hym that he hadde llayne 
in the fyꝛſt batapll. But that ſame kynge abode not his 
compng/ but came agapnſt Olpuer without ony armou 
te at àll/ berynge in his hande a bꝛaunche ol Olyue in Þ 
ſygne of peas. Ind whan he ſawe Olyuer he ſapd to hỹ 
O ryght valpaunt conquerour / akoꝛe whome nothynge 
can endure-by the furoure of thy werde thou haſte ſub 
dued leuen kyngdomes / and haſt the kynges pꝛyſoners 
wherfoze J knowe that mp per ſone alonelp can not te⸗ 
ſyſte agaynſte thy petſone and puyſſaunce. Therfoze A 
come and pelde me at thy wyll / and do offre me and my 


realme fo to lerue the. Olpuer thanked hym and tooke 


hym by the hande / ſayd that he ſholde ſoupe with hym 
that nyght. Then Olpuer commaunded that the tetes 
ſholde be pyght in a fayꝛe grene fclde that was not ferte 


from thẽ / by the whiche dyuers ryucrs and fountaynes 


pallcd by / wherkoꝛe the place was moꝛe delectable. Dlps 


uc cõmaunded that the kynges that had be pꝛyloners 


of longe tyme / the whiche were abyden in a ſtronge fox 
trcſſe not ferre from the ſholde be bought to hymn / and 
made to ſaye to his cooke that he ſholde make redy the 
ſouper in Þ beſt maner that he coude / foꝛ he wolde feeſt 
the ſeuen kynges in his pauylyon. And wha the houre 
of ſouper appꝛoched / he made them to ſytte downe at a 
table/and ſouped rychely. After ſouper Olpuer made a 
uopdaunce / and layd vnto the leuen kynges howe that 

Olp. K. ij. 


chey were pꝛyſoners / not to come of them / but at the ple 
ſure and wyll of tiſt kynge of Englãde/that they hadde 
ſo vylaynoully offended and made grete doubte that he 
wolde punyſſhed them greuoully as it apperteyned / 
tolde them tha: they ſholde be ledde to hym on the next 
moꝛowe / and that they ſholde thynke on that that they 
wolde doo / koꝛ to amende the offence that hadde bin do 
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the honour that was done to hom. Opetulo. xv. 


DOne aftcr dyuers woꝛdes camd ð ſpyces x 
N SF p wyne-x after they wente vnto bedde vn; 
LS \] to the mo2owe/P euery body by the cõmaũ⸗ 
5 . J: | dement of the capytayns made the redy to 
Q —=' dcparteandſo0 euery thynge packed ⁊trul 
ſed they retoꝛned towarde London. And than Olpucr 
called vnto hym a ryght valpaunt knyght and one of Þ 
capytaynes Englylche / to whomehe pꝛayed moche cur 
tay(ly that he wolde goo towarde the kynge X denounce 
to hymtheyz comynge / and that he coude tell hym the 
thynges better than ony coude wꝛyte theym. The knys 
ght in accomplylſhynge the wpll of Olvuer put hp leife 
on the waye z he dyde lo moche that within a lytell ſpa⸗ 
ce he arryued at London / and ſalued the kynge / and ma 
de the recõmaundacyons ryght humbly trome Olpuer 
and all his felowss / and than he began to tell hym how 
they Were on waye to retoꝛʒne/and that 5 ſeuen kynge 
domes ok Irlande were conquered / and put in 7 obeyl⸗ 
ſaunceot his ſeptre. And that Olyuer bꝛought hym the 
ſeuen kynges pꝛyloners fo2 to doo with them his good 

pleaſtire. And began to deuyſe hymof ð valyaunce that 
he had lene Olyucr do / and that with payne it was cre⸗ 

dyble that the whiche he hadde lene Olpucr accomplyſ⸗ 

ſhe. And t{ayd ſyꝛe after god and his holy moder gyue 

thankynges vnto the ryght valyaunt knyght Olpuer / 

foz by his ryght arme ye haue obtayned vyctozy of all 

pour enemyes. And cercaynly I thynke that neuer god 

gaue to no man ſo moche goodnelle as he hath gyue to 

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this ſame, The kynge herynge thoſe Jopous tydpnges 
was ſo replenyſthed with Jope that he was a longe ſpa 
ce oʒ that he myght ſpeke. Neuertheleſſe ſone aftet he en 

bꝛaced the knyght and ſayd. Mp frende ye be ryght wel 
come I thaake god / the armes / and the werde of the 
ryghte gentyll knyght/ ol the Joyous tydynges that pe 
bꝛynge me. Ind after commaunded hym foz to tell it on 
hyghe. So he began foꝛto recounte it moꝛe lenger than 
he hadde done to the kynges perſone. And alwape pꝛap 
ſynge and loupnge Olpuer / laynge that it was athynge 
of the other wozlde / and not foꝛ to bylcue to theym that 
had not ſene it. Theſe tydynges Were lone ſpꝛedde abou 
te in the ladyes chambꝛes / and came to the ceres of the 
kayꝛe Helayne that was moche Jopous of that whiche 
ſhe herde / and her thought that and he hadde ben kynge 
and ſhe quene /that all the wozlde ſholde haue be the bet 
ter. Wherkoꝛe her courage blamed ſtrogly her kader by 
cauſe that he kepte from ſo gentyll a knyght that Þ whis 
c de was due to hym. The kynge enqupꝛed and demaun 
ded the daye of bis comynge / and made to 02deyne a ry⸗ 
ghte grete fceſl at theyz tompnge. He commaunded all 
tie grete loꝛdes and pꝛynces of his realme foz to be there 
And whan it came that Olpuer appꝛoched nere the Cy⸗ 
te /all tze pꝛynces wete agaynſt hym/and there was nos 
nꝛofthem but that they dyde hym honoute and reueren 
ce. The kynge hadde oꝛdeyned that heſholde be ledde in 
grete tryumphe thoꝛughe the cyte. Ind therkoꝛe the ſtre 
tz3 were hanged / and the fyzes alpgh:cd-and the belles 
rongenon all ſades. ¶ Alſo the pꝛoceſſpons on all ſpdes 
wente agaynſte hym to the gate of the cpte. And whan 
Oi d appercepued the pꝛoceſſyons he alyghted of his 
<5.5/ 2nd conſequently all the grete lozdes that dydde 


hym that honoure. Ind in that eſtate they came vntoþ 
cathedꝛall chyꝛche of Poules Where as they gaue than⸗ 
kynges and louynges to almyghty god and to our lady 
And then they mounted on hoꝛſbacke / and then Olyuer 
lente the ſeuen kynges pꝛyſoners in to p places that we 
re oꝛdeyned fo2 them. And he all armed wente towarde 
the kynge / the whiche he ſalucd ryght humbly. whã the 
kynge appercepued hym he wente agaynſt hym/and be 
gan foꝛ to kyſle hym &@ colle hym ſapnge / my ryght (we; 
te frende / bleſſyd be the kader that engendꝛed the / and 
the moder that bare the. Ind thanked be my bleſſyd loz⸗ 
de that euer gaue the wyll koꝛ to come in to this countre 
the whiche at this pꝛeſente tyme is fo gretely honoured 
and redoubted by thy [werde. J pꝛayc to god that he qy 
ue me ſpace foꝛ to deſerue it to pou warde Olpucr anſwe 
red to hym. Sy: thanke our loꝛde / and after the valp⸗ 
aunt men that pe gaue to me / and not me / koz take that 
J haue done the beſt that Jcan / yet J haue not deſers 
ucd thehonoure that ye do to me. The kynge anlwered 
that he was aduertyſed of euery thynge / and commaun 
ded hym to go and dpſarme hym. And whan the houre 
of ſouper ſholde appꝛoche that he ſholde retoꝛne / x that 

he ſholde bꝛynge with hym the ſeuen kynges / foꝛ he wol 

de ſoupe with them in his palays. Olyuer wente towar 


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ded / that all the honours that ſhe coude make hym/ that 
ſhe ſholde do it. And ther koꝛe whan ſhe la we Olyber cos 
mc towarde her / ſhe wente agaynſte hym and tokehym 
by the hande and kylled hym in laynge that he was ry⸗ 
ght welcome / and that (he was glad cf his welfare / but 
bycauſe that the ſouper tyme appꝛoched that he ſholde 
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led ot ne we cloches/he ame ryght well acs 
cõpanyed ot noble mẽ o. p̊ kyngcs courte/ 
ö had grete delpꝛe fox to pteaſe hym / in to 
d lodgys of the leuẽ kynges the whiche he 
ſalued / and ſapd to them that the Kynge his lozde wol⸗ 
de lpeke with them and loupe with them /they layd that 
they wolde go gladlye / and mounted on hoꝛſbacke / and 
Olpuer allo with them that condupted them. And wha 
they entred in to the courte dyuers lozdes / and pꝛynces 
of Englande came agaynlt them that dyde lede chem to 
warde che kynge/the whiche whan he lawe them in his 
chambꝛe/he remeupd not trom his place /p̊ other bowp; 
ge thep2 knees lowe pnoughe. Ind whan they appꝛo⸗ 
ched nere the kynge / the kynge toke ot his hatte and in 
marchynge ihze oꝛ foure paas agaynſt them / ſayd that 
they were ryght welcome. And whan he had lalued thẽ 
all / he began to2 to dcuple with them ol dyuers thynges 
pleataunt withoute makynge ony mencpon of warre. 
And lo longe they were in theſe deuyſes that the houre 
of ſouper was comen / and the water blowen, The Kyn 

e of Englande had oꝛdeyned that thze tables ſholde be 
ette in the halle. One moe eleuate and hygher tha the 
other. Ind at that table the kynge latte hym downe/and 
commaunded Olpuer fox to ſptte with hym/ihe whiche 
durſt not dylobeye the kynges commaundement. And 
ther fozt all aſhamed he latte h downe / and there was 
no moo. After he commaunded that the Kynges ok Jr 
lande ſholde be ſette. The mayſter cotroller that knewe 
well ynoughe what he ſholde do / made them fox to ſytte 
at the ſecoude table / and all the other pꝛynces the which 
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god / the kyrge cõmaunded fo2 to go fetche 
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valpaunt knyght Olpuer wente oz to fetche his goodly 
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uen kynges / euen lo as ſhe coude full well do it / and the 
other loꝛdes enlewynge. Then were the daunces begon 
the whiche the kynge behelde gladly. Ind in beholdßge 
Olpuer daũce/he thought in hym ſelte o wit li, olde ve 
poſſpble foʒ to rendꝛe to hym the guerdon ot his (crupce = 
And thoughte loo moche that a mozegretter thynge he 
myghte not gyue hym than his doughter / that akoze he 
had wone by koꝛce ot armes / but bycauſe that he hadde 
taken her from hym/parauẽture he wolde haue dyſday 
ne foz to take her agapne / whertoze he concluded foz to 
ſpeke to hym afccrthe daũces in the peſcnce ok all them 
that Were there / oꝛ that wolde be there. And cuen ſoo as 
he had thought it he dyde it. And whan all was faplled / 
and that his doughter was comen foꝛ to gyue hym good 
nyghte. He made to be ſayd to her that wean lhelholde 
be in her chaͤbꝛe / that ſhe ſholde not hye her vnto bedde 
The whiche dyde cuen ſo. Akter he called Dlpuer in the 
pꝛeſence ot the kynges of Irlande / and of theother pꝛyn 
ces and loꝛdꝛs that were there. Olyuet my frende J be⸗ 
gyn fo2 to haue knowlege of my caas / and how that of 
longe tyme J haue with holdẽ that whiche ought to be 
pours/that is my doughter. That the whiche dyde mos 
ue me therto was bycauſe that J kh newe not /lo playnly 
pour eſtate as J do nowe. But truelp and Helayne were 

quene of all Þ wozlbe J wolde thynke her wel beſtowed 
onyou / as to the mooſt valyaunteſt łknyght ot Þ woꝛlde 
Thus I then knowynge all theſe thynges (hall gyue to 
you the mooſt dereſt thynge that J haue / ỹ is mp dough 
ter /yt it pleaſe pou foꝛ to take her to your wpte. Wherbp 
after my deth ye may be kynge of Englande/the whiche 
wolde be ryght happy to haue ſuche a lozde. The kynyl⸗ 
ſhed the kyng his wozdes. Whan Olpuer = thatthe 

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kynge had fynyſſhedhis wozdes/he ſctte hym on bothe 
bis knees / and began to ſaye theſe woꝛdes. Byght ho⸗ 
nourable loꝛde /truely there is no ſeruyce but ofa kynge 
foz I may wel auaunte me /that with lytell deſcrupnge 
Ihaue the greteſt guerdon that cuerhadde man / wher 
of I gpue loupnges to god and to you graces and than⸗ 
kes / noz neuer pooze man as Jam hadde the hondꝛethe 
parte ot the honour that ye do to me. J pꝛaye to god that 
he gyue me grace to deſerue it vnto your hyghneſſe. Fo 
by pou my name ſhall be chaunged / and they that ſhall 
here ſpeke of this mater / hall name me the ſeruaunte 


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CHow p kynge made Dlpuer foz to aryſe that was 
on his knees / andof Þgracyous woꝛdes that he ſayd 
to his doughter / and how Dlyucr handkeſt her. Capi 
tulo. D xi viij. 
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Hen the kynge commaunded Olpuer foz to 
aryſe / and lcnte foz his doughter, And whan 
5\\ lhe was comen/he toke her by the hande and 
leddeher to hym and (ayd. My krende ſe he⸗ 
re my doughter that J gyue you to your wy 
fe / in acquptynge my pꝛomeſſe.Olpuer thanked hym ry 
ghte humblye. The pooze Helapne that of al this knewe 
nothynge / was moꝛe abaſſhed than euer ſhe had ben afo 
te /and began koz to chaunge coloure/wherby her beaus 
te was not mynyſſhed. whan the kyng ſawe her in that 
eſtate / he lapd to her. My ryght dere doughter J haue 
all troubled you as ſemeth me / wh J haue gyuẽ you to 
a man without knowynge pour wyll. But by the helpe 
ol god he ſhall do nothynge to pou but that ye map we ll 
ſuffre and endure / as I deme. Then Olyuer began fox 
to laughe at the woꝛdes that the kynge had ſayd. wher⸗ 
foze Helayne was moze aſhamed than ſhe had ben afoze 
The archebylſhop that was in the halle dyde handfeſte 
them. Theu began koꝛ to ſpeke by the kyngescommaun 
dement an auucyent knygit/Þ whiche adzeſly d his woz 
des vntothe kynges o Irlande / and ſapd to them that 
the kynge his (oucrayne loꝛde foꝛ the loue of the folemp 
nyte that ſholde be on the mozowe / and allo foz the loue 
of Olpuer/he was contente to rendꝛe to them theyz real 
nics / quyte theyz taunſons / and ſende them agapue in 
to theyꝛ counttees without on dommage / by luche mos 
Oip. L. iij. 


yen / that eche of them ſholde dohym homagc-/and hol 
de of hym theyꝛ landes. With this that as often as p kyn 
ges good pleaſure ſholde be foꝛ to lende foꝛ the / in wars 
re-02 in pcas that they ſholde come and lerue hö. Ind 
fro thens foꝛth to holde hym foꝛ they! ſoucray ne loꝛde / 
They knowß nge that of two cuplles it is the beſte to cl? 
chewe the woꝛſte / accoꝛded to thekyngesrequeſt/x dyd 
homage vnto the kynge of Englande. ¶ And atter theſe 
thynoes / and that they had daunced ones aboute fo: the 


celpoulayles cuery body wente to bedde / but Oipuer lley 
te not that nyght / but watched al p nyght / as he p wolde 


With a good wyll haue ben a dape elder /x thanked god 
ofhis goodnes. Foz hym lemyd that he was lyfte out of 
his euyll aduẽture / and lo paſſed the nyght. And whan 
the daye was comen and that it was tyme foꝛ hym to a 
ryſe / the kynge that knewe well pnoughe that Olpuer 
coude not haue his gownes made lo ſoone / ſente hym / 
thꝛe oꝛ fouregownes of clothe of golde beten. Ind wha 
Olpuer was apparaplled /all the pꝛynces and lozdes ca # 
me and fetched hym / and kyue kynges ok Trlande came / 
and the other twayne abode foz to accompany the fapꝛe 


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b trompettes / and mynſtrelles / and began fox to ſowne / 
and come to warde the chapell alter them / and there ca⸗ 
e me dpuers kynges and herauldes of armes / and after 


; came the Uſſhers Ind after theym then came Helapne 
b aourned as it appertepneth to a bꝛyde / and to a lady of 


c ſo ryall alygnage. She was accompanved of dyuers la 
c dyes anddamoyſellesthat folowed her. And with thts 
? ſhe was on the ryght hande of two kynges. And came a 
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And they hadde not ben longe there whan the kynge ta 
me / at whoſe comynge they were wedded, The ſctuyce 
was done, The tables were lapde / I then they let them 
to dyner after that the ladycs were retozucd frome the 
chambꝛes. Who that wolde dcupſe to you the ſetuyce of 
the lapd dyner / the gyktes that were gyucn as well on 
the one ſydaas on the other / it ſholde be to longe a thyn⸗ 
ge to recoũte. The ponge men of the kynges courte that 
neuer were dyffcrent to no thynge that was foꝛ Juſtes 
made crye a Juſtynge fox the after dyner / where as the 
ladyes were. Alſo a toꝛnepment was cryed. x vj. agapnſt 
xb. that was a rvahe fayze ſyght to ſe. Olpuer Juſted 
not brcauſe he ſholde not be defouled / ⁊ to the ende that 
he ſho de be freſſhe foꝛ to daunce at nyghte / but he was 
moũted on a grete courſer and dyde meruaylles. He (cr 
ued ane ot the kynges o: Irlande / that foꝛz to do hym ho 
noure Juſtcd/and foure ot the other alſo. Ind dyde ſoo 


well that twayne of the fyue had the pꝛyce / one within / 


and the other without. And it was gyuen ther m oz that 
they departed from the tyltes / as they that hadde done 
beſt. And after that euer y body was come to the courte 
the ladies were clothed in newe gownes. Ind then they 


wente to the banquet that was alredy apparaylled. pt 


they were well ſeruyd it is no nede to demaunde it. Joꝛ 
there was neucra fapꝛer fecſt in England / after that 
of the grete toꝛneyment / that had ben akoꝛe. Ind whan 
it was afterthe banquet p daunces began / and Olyuer 
tedde the fayꝛe Helayne at the daunces / that cuery body 
la we gladly, Foz all the woꝛlde ſayd that they hed neucr 
ſene a moze fayꝛer couple of folke togyder. After that Þ 
daunces had endured a longe ſpace ofty me/thr fayꝛe d 
noble Helayne was ledde vuto bedde. Aud [hen wyne x 


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ſpyces were bꝛoughte. The whiche Olpuer abode not / 
Foꝛ he was alredy in his chambze where as he dyſabyl⸗ 
led hyin. Ind whan he knewe that the bꝛyde was a bed / 
incontynint he put hym on the wave to warde the cham 
bꝛe. And whan he was there he chaled all the ladyes out 
excepte one. Ind came towarde the tablẽ where as the 
banquet was on / and keſt it to the erthe / to the ende that 
he ſho de not be awaked/ then he came tothe doꝛe / and 
locked it / and wente to bedde to her that of longe tyme 
he hadde loued / ſhe hated hym not / wherkoze they we 
re the better contente togyder / and of the ſurplus J hol 

de my peas. But the hyſtoꝛye ſayth that vpon that ſame 

nyght they engendꝛed a chylde male / the whiche dydde 

ſythe moche good /and exalt ed our cryſte fayth agaynſt 

the ſaraſyns / in vengynge the dethe of our loꝛde Jheſu 
cyſt, DD De. = e. 


C How Olpuer was vertuous in appeſpnge 
ſtrykes / and noyſes / and how his wyfe was 
grere with a lone / the wh ' che was named DE 
ry.Capitulo, | IL. 


Han it came to the kynges knowlegethat 

VDipuer bad caſten downe the table p the 
bãzet was on/he began fo2 to laughe. And 
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te nobody wolde not medle fo2 to entre in 


ð chambꝛe /⁊ was not awaked of no body vnto the moꝛo 
we/at a.xi.ot the clocke/and Þ the ky nge had dyned/the 
Whiche came vnto the chambꝛe doꝛe / and beganne foꝛ to 
cail them / and layd that it was daye e tyme fox to tyſe / 


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Olpuer the whiche ſlepte not came in his ſherte and ope 
ned the doꝛe to the kynge/the whiche entred alone / and 
came vnto his doughters bedde / where as he cofo2ted 
her as well as he myght. In laynge p he knewe it well 
of longe ago that (he was to ponge foꝛ to ſlepe with the 
mẽt᷑. The whiche anlwered nothynge vnto hym foꝛ ony 
thỹge that he coude doo. Wherfoꝛe hetoke leue of her /& 
ſayd to her that ſhe was euyll contente with hym ſythe 
that ſhe wolde not ſpeke to hõ. After that he was depars 
ted /the ladyes came and toke her vp. Thenne whan ſhe 
was redy ſhe wente to maſſe / but this was not without 
kopſon ot regardes of dyuers lozdes and ladpes/the wht 
che with one accoꝛde Juged Þ ſhe halted not. The malle 
was layd / and the dyner paſſed/the whiche was ryghte 
plenteuous of all goodes. And Þ kynge helde open cour⸗ 
te by the ſpace of.xv.dayes / aftet the whiche all the loz⸗ 
des toke leue otf hym. And the kyng abode in his ſpmple 
eſtate / reſerued that Ol puer had his eſtate as a kynges 
ſone /and reteyned dyuers gentylmen ok his courte The 
kynges ol Irlande toke theyꝛ leue koꝛ to retoꝛne home / 
In oftrynge them alwape at kynges pleaſure/⁊ Olp⸗ 
uers / fo god had gyuen hym luche grace that euery bo 
dy loued hym. The debates and dyſcozdes amonge the 
gentylmen. Olyuer appealed to his power. The pooze 
knyghtes by his largeſſe were made ryche. He wag the 
defcndoutof wydowes and Oꝛphelpns / and to his po 
wer to all dyſcomfoꝛted and dyſſolute he gaue comfozte 
and coũſapll. Shoꝛtly all vertues that were poſſyble to 
be in a mannes moꝛtall bodp /floꝛyſched in this ryght va 
lpaunt and gentyll knyght / in ſuche Wyſe that euery bo⸗ 
dy louyd hym & bleſſyd his comyuge. Ind helde the kpns 
ge foz wyſe and pꝛudent that lo lone coude knowe his co 


dytyons / and that he had ſo kepte his doughter to ma 
rp her ſo vertuouſl / without tzykynge on couetyſe/ſo 
the kynge lyued in grete eaſe within his coutte /a in gre⸗ 
te loupge and glozye without. Ind was lo moche fered 
and redoubted that none durſt do hym dyſpleaſute/ but 
was mapyſter and loꝛde of all his neyghbours. The fayꝛ 
t good Helayne that was with chylde was not ok leſſe 
recommendacpon apenſt her / foꝛ all vertues that a wo⸗ 
man ought fo: to haue habounded in her. It happened 
that after that ſhe had bozne her terme / ſhe was delyue 
red of a payꝛe ſone/the whiche was named at the konte 
ſtone Yenry. And this chyldegaue ſo moche Joye to the 
kynge / and to all them of the realme p it was metuayll 
But that ſame chylde wyſt and knewe that he ought pet 
to be the mooſt dereſt Holden of all the other. Foz he was 
one of the beſt and valyaunteſt knyghtes that euer was 
Neuertheleſle he was not kynge of EnglandeAor he de 
ved yonge/Wherofit was grete dommage. ¶ Aloge ty⸗ 
me dyde paſſe and lo moche that the kayze Helapne was 
with chylde agayne / the whiche was delpuered ot a fay⸗ 
re doughter/ð whiche was tyght ſolempnelye baptyſed 
and ſhe was named Claryſſe. The fapʒe Helayne and 
Olpuet were ſo aſſotted and doted on theyꝛ chyldꝛẽ that 
it was a grete meruapll / and J am not abaſſhed, Foz 
they ought well to be lo. The moder hadde them alwaye 
byt wene her armes / and myght not foꝛgo the ſyght of 
them. It was the paſſe tyme of Olpuer /foꝛ the realme 
of Englande was in peas / and wyſt not wherin to occu⸗ 
pre hym ſaue to goo on huntynge / and haukynge / and 
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of his wyke the whiche ſhe tolde vnto hp. Capt. Hh, 


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haue herde. ¶ It happened that tyc hun 
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wylde boze that euer was ſene / was in the 
foꝛeſt fpue myle thens. Olyuer that loued 
well hũtynge was ryght Jopous/and layd that he wol 
de go ryght gladly / Wherkoze on an after none he depar⸗ 
ted krom the cyte / c lodged hym in a vpllage by Þ kozeſt 
where the wylde boꝛe was in. That nyght his wyke dꝛe⸗ 
med a mcruaylous dꝛeme / ioꝛ her thought that ſhe was 
on huntynge with her loꝛde / and that ſhe lawe a Tygre 
meruayloully grete /that with his teeth / and his nayles 
deuoured Olpuer / and bare hym awapye lhe wyſte not 
where Ok his vylyon all trymblynge the fayze Yelapne 
40 awaked / and coude not ſlepe after that. And on the mo⸗ 
40069 rowe lhe lente Wozde to her loꝛde / x requyzed hym that 
11/8 he wolde not hunte as foz that daye/foz and he dyde her 
ht herte Juged her that he ſholde haue ſome hurte. Dlyuer 
herynge the meſſageof his wyfe dyde no thynge but lau | 
ghe-fo2 hym ſemed ỹ dꝛemes were but fantaſyes/wher 
fozehe ſente woꝛde to his wyke that ſhe ſholde make go | 
dechere/+thathe wolde bzynge her ſome venyſon-then | 
he mounted on hoꝛſbacke and wente toPÞ fozeſt / and vn⸗ 
coupled the houndeg / and began fo2 to hunte. The Oly 
uer put hym in to the fozeſt / and folowed the houndes / 
wherfoꝛe he dyde folpe. Foz yt he had byleued the coun⸗ 
41/18 fapllofhis wyke / it had not happened to hym as it dyde 
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the ſpozres/and ranne after. And he dyde ſo mochethat 
he had loſt all his men Within a lytell whyle. Mas pk he 
had knowen cf the euyll aduentute / he wolde not haue 
putte hym ſo ſoone in the fozeſt / but as he that toke no 
hede rode on alwaye without kepynge onpwape / ſo as 
bis euyll aduenture ledde hym. Okyngeof Englande 


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ow the Kynges ſoneof Irlande / of Whiche 
Olpuer had ſlayne his fader at the toꝛneyment / 
founde Ol puer all alone frõ his me / toke hym 
pꝛyſoner / and ol the grete lozowethat was made 
foz hym. Capitulo. lij. 


Foze that Olpuer appercepued that no boy 
dr opde folowe hym / he was ferte from his 
ne fag folkc. And whan he kounde hymlelfe alone / 


| 8 he blewe his hoꝛne / but none anlwered hym 

e wherfkoꝛe he put hym on the wape in an vn⸗ 
happy houre.Foꝛ the moꝛe that he wente foꝛ warde /the 
kerder he was from them. Thus as he wente ſo the wpl; 
de boꝛe that was ferre from hym/came amogecſt a com⸗ 
pany of men that paſſed thoꝛughe the foꝛeſt / the whiche 
wente to London. And the chycf was one of the kynges 
of Irlande / that ſamethat Olpuer had llayne the fader 


ok at the tozneymente. As he lawe the wylde boꝛe / with 


ſuche houndes as he had he folowed / and ranne ſoo mos 
che in the foꝛeſt that they tecotitred Olyuer whiche was 
all alone. Then Olpuer auaunced hym and lalued the 
kynge / but the kynge dyldayned to lpeke to hym. And 
he eſcryed to his men ſapnge / here is the murderer that 
hathe ſlapne my fader. Wherfoze J do pꝛay you that ye 
wyll take hỹ alyue / oz can not auenge me better than 
at this tynie. Ind whan Dlyuer herde theſe woꝛdes he 
ſethandeto his werde / and defended hym ryght valp⸗ 
auntly. But iu the ende whether he wolde 02 not he was 
taken. Ind the kynge made a hode all cloſe to be put on 


hi heed / tothe ende that he ſholde not be knowen / and 


in that eſtatehe made hym to be ledde to a pozte of (ee 


of Irlande that was that ſame kynges. In the whiche 
Olpuer was put in pꝛyſon full ot vermyne / and had be 
de and water ones a daye. Abydynge the retoznynge of 
the kynge / that ſholde do Juſtyce on hymgt his pleaſu 


where as he was put in a (hyp and ledde in to a foꝛtreſſe 


re. And to the ende that his treaſon were not knowen / 


he retoꝛued not / but wente to London to warde the kyn⸗ 
ge his ſouerayne loꝛde / whiche he kounde gretely dyſ; 
comfozted / foꝛ he had herde no tydynges of Olpuer the 
whiche was ſoughte on all ſpdes. O what pyteous and 
innumerable lamentacpons was made whanP trouthe 
was knowen that he coude not be founden. Certapnlye 
neuer ſo grete dolours was not demeaned in no coũtre 
The good kynge ſayd. Ha ryght noble realme thou haſt 
wel loſt the floure of thy crowne / and the mooſt parte ot 
thyn armoure, Jas mp ryght ſwete lone thou was ze Þ 
trauaplled whan J repoſed me / ⁊ heby whome J was 
redoubted / and he by whome J was obeyed / and he bp 
whome Flyued in reſt and in lurete. ¶ Theſe tegrettes 
were nothynge in comparplon to the pyteous lamenta⸗ 
cyons that his doughter made. She myght nexther ete 
noꝛ dꝛynke / but had layde her on a bedde as ſhe had ben 
deed / in ſuche wyſe that all they that lawe her had grete 
pyte on her. Ind whan ſhe myght lpcke ſhe elcryed layn 
ge. My bleſlyd creatour wherkoꝛe dydde thou euer gyue 
me hym / that in his departynge dothe eue int in lo gre⸗ 
te doloure / and dyſtreile vpon the erthe /certes yk it we 
re thy bleſſyd pleaſure J wolde be in his company / then 
ſhe tomplanped her vnto the bleſſpd vy2gyn Marpe in 
ſaynge. Byght ſwete vy2gyn mary moder of god what 
map J haue done to the / that thou halt iepared me fro 
the lyght of mp ryght ampable loꝛde and hulbdande then 


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ſo derelp loued me. with ſuche oz ſemblable woꝛdes the 
ryght fapzc Helapne meuyd all theym aboute her / that 
thepcoude notcomforte her. CF (hall icue her to ſpeke 
ol che kynge ef Englande and his doughter / all theym 
ok his realmt demeanpnge theyz ſoꝛowe. Ind ſhal ſpcke 
of them of the realme of Caſtylle / and of Arthur: Ronge 
of Algarbe / and Regente of Caſtplle. S: LE 
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Chow Art ur Kynge of Algarbe and Regent of 
Caſtyll made an enter pꝛyſe foʒ to fyndehis felowe 
Olpuer. Capitulo. ty, 


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E haue herde here befoze hoW Olpuer was 
departed from Caſtplle/-and of the meruap⸗ 
lous dule that the good kpge demeaned by 
cauſe of his departyng / the whiche neuer let 
te hpm vnto the dethe / foz within ſhoꝛte ſpa 
te it made hym kynylſhe his dapes / and lyucd not longe 
after the departynge of his ſone. Foz the whiche caule 
Arthur kynge or Algarbe / and felowe ol Olpuer / by the 
conlcente of dpuers lo2des ok the countree / was cholen 
foʒ to be Begente of Caſtylle vnto the retoꝛnynge of O⸗ 
lyuer. And bycauſe that the affapꝛes of the realmeof cas 
ſtyll be gretter than they of Algarbe the whiche is but a 
lytcll coũtree. Arthur helde hym mooſt in Agarde. Ind 
foꝛgate neuer to vyſyte the glaſſe of his felowe. Ind loo 
moche that he appercepued that the ſapd glaſſe was ſu⸗ 
che as the lettre ſpecykped. That is foz to knowe that the 
water was troubled and gretely obſcure. In ſuche wyſe 
that it was almooſt lpke ynke. Ind whan Arthur apper 
cepued it ſuche / wich grete haboundaunce ok teres he be 
gan foꝛ to ſape in this maner. O ryght noble ryght va⸗ 
tpaunt æ lopall feiowe / I fe well that pe haue fomegre 
te empelchynge / oz ſome euyll aduenture / 02 in ferinyte 
of body whertoze J am tyght dyſpleaſaunt. And bycau 
ſc that at a nede one knoweth his frende J make auowe 
to god and pꝛomyſeth hym by the fayth that J owe vn; 
to hym / and to the crowne that J bere / that euen as le; 
cretely as pe departed from this realme / ſhall IJ departe 
alſo. Moꝛ neuer as longe as I lyue [hall I not reſte/tyll 
that J knowe whether that ye be a lyue 02 deed, The in 
wypp ge his epen / he departed out of the chambze / and 
came in toa halle. And commaũded to mate lettres fo 
to all the thꝛe eſtates / and all the 71 ofthe 
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countree. And whan they were all aſſemblcd/he began 


fo: to ſhewe them and ſayd that it was not poſſyble fo 
hym to gouerne bothe Þ realmes well that hehad in his 
charge. And therfoze his wyll was foꝛ to commpſe ſome 
dyſcrete pꝛynce in his ſtede to be Begent of Caſtyll. Fo; 
he wolde retoꝛne in to that of Algarbe / bycauſe that he 
loued it moꝛe / fo bycauſe that it was his pꝛopꝛe heryta⸗ 
ge / and that it was the place of his byꝛthe. Therfoꝛe he 
wolde knowe of them / pk it were theyz good pleaſure Þ 
He reipgned his eſtate at his dylcrecyon to the mooſt wy 
ſeſt as hỹ ſemed. Oz yt they wolde chele one after they; 
dylcrecyon and counſayll. They anſwered. B yght pupſ⸗ 
launt kynge ot Algarbe we haue not holden you foz Be 
gente / but foz kynge vnto the compnge of Olpuer as ye 
do knowe Ao: we neuer founde you dylobeyſſaunt. And 
alſo there is none of vs but that we wolde do you as ſo⸗ 
ne pleaſure as to dur ſouerayne lozde, Your wyll and de 
partynge is full greuous vnto bs. But ſyth it is ſo that 
we can not kepe pou / cheſe whiche ol vs it ſhall plcafe 
you and gyue hym pour ſtede. Foz we all holde poure 
cleccyon. Foz all that we ſhall neuer haue man ſoo dere 


as you. Arthur thanked thema dyde chele a good pꝛyn⸗ 


ce that was ryght vertuous foꝛ to be regente. Aud then 
he toke leue ot them in grete weppnges. And then he to⸗ 
ke a certapne nombꝛe ot men with hym / and he dyde ſo 
moche that within a ſhoꝛte ſpace he came in to his real⸗ 


me / and whan he was there / he recommaundcd to his 


coneftable all the gouernaunce of his countree. Ind af; 
ter commaunded al his men to obepe to hym / and ſayde 
that he wolde ge in to a place all alone / the whiche was 
not kerre ot. And that with the grace of god he wolde not 
tarye longe. This done he departed in a fayze moznyng 


god alonely / to whome I p2aye that hebe in his garde / 
foz grete nede he hadde theroẽ /as pe ſhal here here atter 
warde. S: D S.. S eee. 
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¶ how Irthut departed / and put hym on the wape 


fo to fynde ins feiowe / and of the aduentures that 
he had. Cupitilo. | lit. 
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=---- JaUchemaner as pe haue herde departed the 
28 0; valyaint and gentyll Arthur from his coun⸗ 
tree. And began fox to ſerche tpdynges of his 
telowe/as he that hadde wyll neuer toz to reſte 
tyil that he had herde tydynges of hym, The 
kyꝛſte countree that he arryued in was Poztpngale / in 
the whiche he kounde nothynge that was pleaſaunt vn 
to hym. Atter he ſought the remenaunt of Spapne/and 
came in to that of Fraunce/and wente lo moche on one 
ſyde and other that hecame to Calys / where as he koun 
de men that wente in to Engiande / and the rfoze he mot 
fed onthe ſee fo to go theder. Ve maye well thynke that 
he was longe in ſerchynge the coũtrees that pe haue her 
de dboue. In this meane whyle Ol puer his felowe was 
alwaye in pꝛylon / with bzede and water / and oltẽ bette 
as he that had neuer hope to departe thens. Ind deſyꝛed 
nothynge but the dethe. ¶ As arthur was on p lee foꝛ 
to go in to Englande / there happeued a wynde contra⸗ 
ry to aryſe on thelee / and dꝛoue them in to the marches 
that the maryners knewe not atte that pꝛeſente tyme. 
But 3 that they had longe beholden = it / they 
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appercepued that it was one ok the countrees and real: 
mes of Irlande⸗/the ferdeſt from p ol Englande. whan 
Arthur herde ſaye that it was one of the realme of Ir⸗ 
lande /he pꝛaßed them that they wolde ſet hym a lande / 
koꝛ as hym ſemyd/ as ſone myght he here tydynges ol Þ 
whiche he ſoughte / as in another countree / ſo as he dyde 
by the wyll of god euen ſo as ye ſhall here. whã Arthur 
was on grounde/he wente on fote in pꝛaynge our loꝛde 
fo: to adꝛeſſe hym on his waye. He was well the ſpaccof 
two monethes in that coũtree. nd whan he wolde ha⸗ 
ue ony thynge he muſte make ſome ſygne / oz elles they 
coude not vnderſtande hym. He hadde neyther hoꝛs noꝛ 
mule foꝛ to tyde on / wherfoꝛe he wente on kote / and ſoo 
6 longe he wente that on a daye he kounde hymlelfein a 
19 thycke foꝛeſt / in tbe whiche dyuers wylde beeſtes dpdde 
. RE remayne. They had wel made hym ſygne that he ſholde 

1 not entre in to that foꝛeſt but he had not vnderſtonden 


13. | 0h them. He wente all the dape alonge the kozeſt withoute 
„ fpndynge ok ony aduenture, The nyght toke hym wher 
41/148 _ fozeitwas foꝛce to hym foz toflepe. Ind what it came 
I vpon the moꝛowe / he put hym on waye ryght euylly 
11 | bꝛoken his faſte. And he had notlonge gone whan he ap 
percepued i grete and an hoꝛryble lyon ſtrongly oppꝛeſ⸗ 
ſyd with hongre. Foz he had founde no pꝛaye of longe ty 
me. wherfoꝛe Whan Arthur ſawe and apperceyued chat 
he came towarde hym he appareylledhym foz tofyghte 
fo: he was armed at all popntes/and alſo he had a good 
ſwerde. He toke of his mauntell and wounde it aboute 
his arme / and then he dꝛewe out his ſwerde / and kyſſed 
the hyltes / in recommaundynge hym to god / and wẽte 
to warde the lyon / that doubtedhym but lytell. Foz wha 
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pawes that he rente his cloke / and mo thin a hondꝛeth 
maples of his haubergon. Ind it was foꝛce to Arthur 
foz to fall tothe erthe/but as a valyauntknyghthe gate 
hym on his fete. And incontynent he began foz to aſſayll 
the lyon ryght aſpꝛely. Ind whan the lyon telte ůym ſel 
hurte / hc began foz to cafte a crye ſo meruaylous that 
all Þ foꝛeſt dyde rynge ol it. And Arthur recouered ano? 
ther ſtroke / and ſette it ſo well on that he ſmote ol his he 
de /and ſo the lyon deyed. S /f: = 
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another meruaplous bteſt/of the whiche he was vyc 
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S Fvthur ſawe that he was delyuered of Þ 
I iyon-he thakedgod witha meke herte / and 
wtan it came vnto 5ᷣ nyght and that he foun 
de hym not out ofthe foꝛeſt / noo moze than 
3 fhehadde not remeuyd out ok one place/he 
was moche dylpleaſaunt / as he that of all che dape had 
not eten/but his comt̃oꝛʒte was whan he thoughte vpon 
ſaynt Johan Baptyſt that lpued by rotes / and hym ſe⸗ 
myd that he ſholde be ryght meſchaunt pf he myght not 
Iyue Wtth fuche vytaylles foꝛ a ſpace ot tyme. So he be⸗ 
gan foꝛ to ſerche aboute the koꝛeſt/and began foz to cete 
herbes and rotes luche as he founde by ſo grete appety⸗ 
te fo hongre / that he had neuer eten capon in his coun⸗ 
tree that had emed hym ſo good. And whan the nyghte 
came he put hym on a lytell treefo2d2edeofdombe beef 
tes, Then within the nyght whan the mone was fay2e 
and clere / he herde a thynge come a kerte that made ſoo 
grete a noyſe that it was a hydeous thynge to here fo 
in his Wayehe (mote downe all that he mette to the erth 
And whyſteled foo hye that idithzughe perced Arthurs 
eres. The whic he whã he herde that meruayll/he begã 
fo to blpſſe hym / in recommaundynge hym vnto god. 
pꝛayngehym fkoꝛ ta be his dekendour agaynſt that beeſt 
that he ſawe comynge. And cuen ſo as he recommaun⸗ 
ded hym to god / this meruaplous beeſt came towarde Þ 
tree that he was mounted on / and lmotethe tree with 
his tayle ſo empyteouſip that he fell downe to the erthe⸗ 
whanthe pooꝛe Arthur kounde hymſelfe on thegroun⸗ 
de /yt that he had fere and dꝛede J am nothynge amer⸗ 
uaylled / and J thynke well that he wolde haue bẽ in his 
countree agayne with a gooo wyll. But as a valyaunte 
knyght he pꝛayed god that he wolde haue mercy on his 


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ſoule. Fox he thought that his iaire daße had ben comen 
and lette hande to his werde fox to defende hym / pfthe 
beeſt aſſaylledhym. Foz he had no wyll foztodelyuer Þ 
kyꝛſt aſſaulte the beeſt was paſſed wherof Arthur was 
ryght Jopous / but within a whyle the beeſt retoꝛned to 
warde hym agayne in enupꝛonnynge hym Th. n he ma 
de hym to tozne the oꝛ foure toꝛnes /and made hym fo 
to fall agafſt a tree ſo harde that it lacked but lytell that 
the herte of the valyaunt Arthur dyde byꝛſte. ¶ Art gur 
was not ſo ſoone vp but that the beeſt Was beſpde hym 
and he as wylelenydagaynit a tree. And whan p beeſt 
thought foꝛ to haue ſmyten hym/he [mote tree / wher⸗ 
foze he endommaged hym but lytell oꝛ nought. But her 
tethe was longe and cuttynge meruaylouſiy/ wherwith 
ſhe ſtrapned hym in ſuche wyſe that yt it hadde not ben 
the tree that he helde hym by / he ſholde nothynge haue 
reſyſted, Foz alredy he was ſo ſoꝛe wounded that he had 
nothynge on hym but that it was perced. e reuenged 
hym valyauntiy and gaue hym grete and ſadde ſtrokes 
but ſhe hadde ſo harde a ſkynne that in no wyle he my⸗ 
ght dommage it. The vnde ok her alonely greued Ar⸗ 
thur as moche as all the remenaunt. The whiche whan 
he (awe the beeſt that (oz nothynge that he had done ſhe 
was as freſſhe as ſhe was at the begynnyng ofthe med 
lunge /he began fo2 to reclapme our loꝛde/in pꝛaynge h 
thathe wolde haue pyte on his creature / and ſayd. ¶ Ha 
my ryght ſwete loꝛde and kelowe by the cauſe I ſhall fy 
nyſſhe here my lyfe / but and Jhadde (ene the afoꝛe my 
dethe. I holde ende the ſurplus of my lyfe with a bets 
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Dow arthur lpenge in the woode all hurte / appe⸗ 
red to hym an guncpent knyght the whiche helyd hỹ⸗ 
aud after tolde vnto hym the place where as Olpuer 
was pꝛpſoner in. Capitulo. Ivy. 
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ſtraptlye that he (mote hym downe to the erthe 
vnder hym / and helde hym ſo faſt with his nap 
lies that au that he had holde ol was in pycces/ 

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Hts krendes at they nede/fo2gate not this getyll knygh⸗ 
te / noz wolde not ſuffre the lolſe of hym. Foz 5ᷣ beeſt that 
elde hym lo ſtraytlye / lete goo her holde that ſhe helde 
with her keete / oz to take hym with the ttthe to deuou⸗ 
te hym/but whan Arthur felte his armes delyuered/he 
that had pet his ſwerde ſmote hym vnder the natlyll /the 
whiche was not lo harde as the backe / and thꝛyſted hym 
to the herte. Ind whan the beeſt feite hym wounded /in 
caſtynge a grete crye lete hym fall to the erthe. And Ar⸗ 
thur that teilte hym delpuered / gaue hym ſo many ſtro⸗ 
kes that he ſlewe hym. It was not longe after that the 

dape came / but that recomfoꝛted hym nothynge fox he 
myght not from one place / as he that abode but he des 
the / bycauſe of the woundes that he had receyued. And 
thus as he was in dauger as pe haue herde / pet agapne 
he herkened towarde the fozeſt / and appercepued a thñ⸗ 

ge comynge towarde hym / whertoze he thoughte better 
to haue ben derd than akoꝛe. Therfoꝛe he layd / Ayghte 
glozyous vyꝛgyn Mary be myn aduocate / and that pe 

Wyll to daye pꝛeſent my ppozeſoule afozethe face ot᷑ tijy 
bleſſyd ſone. Foz I ſe wall that the houre is comen that 
I mult departe out of this woꝛlde. That thynge appꝛo⸗ 
ched moe nerer and nerer. Ind whan he was all mooſt 
at hym. Arthur knewe p it was a man clothed in whyte 
whrche began foz to ſape Kynge ol Algarbe god ſalueth 

the. Ind whan Arthur herde hym named kynge / he ma⸗ 

de the ſygne ofthe troſſe and ſayd vnto hym/arte thou a 

thynge of the other woꝛlde. F thynke p thou arte tranſ⸗ 

myſed from god / ſyth that by hym thou haſt ſalued me. 

Foz other wyſe thou coude not haue knowen my name / 

And therkoꝛe I pꝛape the that thou haue pyteon me / 

that _ do ſo moche that J maybe W of my hur⸗ 

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tes / and that J maye be put out ot this fozeſt wherin J 
haue had ſo moche to luffre. This man atiiwered to hỹ 
Arthur thou haſt not fayled fo2 to ſay that q am oi god 
Fo02 ſo it ts. Aud thynke that Jam comen ko; Pour led 
gemente. Then he alyghted of his tzozs / and latte hyin 
downe on the erthe beſyde hym / dzewe out of his pur⸗ 
(ſea boxe ot golde full ot pꝛecyous oyntementes / with p 
whiche oyntement he anoynted and touched all his woũ 
des / and gaue hyma tote koz to ete. Ind incontpncute 
as ge hadde taſted of it/ he was as hole and late as cuer 
he hadde ben. wherkoꝛe his mederyne clothed in whpte 
dyde bydde hym that he holde thanke god / by whoine 
he was ſente theder. Arthut dyde ſo as he had comaun 
ded hym / and gaue louynges to god. Thenne the whpte 
man made hym fo; to moũte vpon his hozs behynde hỹ 
and ſayd to hym that he ſholde put hym out ok the fozelt 
And then in goynge he layd to hym. Kynge of Aigarbe/ 
7 knowe well wherfoze that thou arte departed out of 
thy countree. It is foʒ to leke Olyuer of Caſtylle thy fe s 
lowe wherfoze J (hall tell pou tydynges. Knowe that 

fter his departyngehe arryteed in the rcalme of Englã 
de / whereas hehathe gouerned hym lo well that by his 
pꝛoweſſe he hathe wonne ðᷣ onely doughter ot the kynge 
the Wmhichels one ok the kayzeſt ladpes of the wozlde/ but 
ena is koztunedtohy m/ loza kynge of Friann the 
Whlcheloucb hym not / bycaule he had llapne his tadcr/ 
hathe taken hym pꝛoloner / and hathe put hym in a don⸗ 
geon / where as he lutfreth as moche myſerp as ony man 
poll yble t̃oꝛ to lutere. But haue no doubte ok his lyfe., 
Foz he {hall neuer deye bnto the tyme that thou haft cas 
ten hym out / and k that J had to counſayll the / and v 

thou wolde byleue me / J wolde counſayll the foꝛ to geo 


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fy2fte to London /foꝛ to conforte the kynge and his dou⸗ 
ghter. Foz thou knotoclt that thou reſembleſt Dlpucr/x 
that it is al! one thynge / wherfoꝛe Hefapne ſhall thynizs 
that thou arte her loꝛde / and ſhall guaryſſhe bycauſt of 
thy comynge aud truclo pf that thou halte the not tho! 
ſhalte neuer fe her /foꝛ he is ſyke Unto the dethe /go aud 
lye with her to tie ende that they byicue the bitter thac 
thou arte Olyuer / but beware the well thou thynke not 
on vylaͤnye / noz dyſuonoure / fo2 thou ſHoide offende to 
grttely. And afccr that thou ſeeſt her in p waye of helthe 


departs the and come vnto this foꝛeſt / foꝛ thou ſhalte he 


ret dynges ok me here. In theſe deupſes he ledde hym 


out ot che woode / and made hym deſcende / then Arthur 


ſette hym on his knees / as akoꝛe a holy thynge and than 
ked hym/but incontpnent he loſt the ſyght of hym with⸗ 
(14; znowynge where he became. : S 
Ne, DeeDee NS 


C Pow Arthur by the counlap!l ot the whyte knyght 
wentetowarde the kynge of Englande at London / 
Andokthe Jope enn that 
i: ha dde ben Olyuck. Capitulo. oni. 
Seeder eee Dee 
wente in to Englande / and entred in to it/⁊ 


T Wwhan be was in Engiade/the foſter wne 5 

he entred in was Bzyſtowe / where as he was bnawen 

foꝛ Olyuer. And incontynent the ty tynges were lpꝛed 

all aboute. And ſome adzellpd them vnto London / and 
Olp. N. ij. 


S Arthur fotide hym alone in his waye / he 
tganted god / and dyde lo moche that He ca⸗ 
me to the lee / where as he foũde a ſhyp that 


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came and tolde the kynge, The whiche whan he knewe 
it / he was ſo replenyſſhed with Jope / and his herte ſoo 


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cloſe with Jope / that he hadde letten hymſelke fall to Þ 


erthe/yk ſome of his leruauntes gad not luſtepned hym 
but foꝛ all that they muſt bere hy in to bedde / where as 
he was a (pace of tyme without ony knowlege, Neucrs 


theleſſe he felle a ſlepe / and whan he was awaked he des 


maunded of them ok his chambꝛe yk it were true that O 
lyuer was alyue / and yf he dyde come. They anſwered 
hym pe / wherok he was ryght gladde / and thanked god 
but afoꝛe he knewe not whether that they had tolde it hỹ 
oꝛ yf that he had dꝛemed it. Thus as they were in thele 
deuyſes camea ſquyꝛe and knocked at the chambze doꝛe 
that ſayd that they ſholde axe the kynge pk he Wolde ſce 
Olpuer / the whiche wolde come ſhoztelp/foz he was not 


moze tha a myle of, The kynge ſente ſone foꝛ his hozſes 
and mounted vponhym/foz togoo agaynſt hym. In ly; 
ke wyle euery body wente in to the keldes / fox to ſe hym 
that was ſo moche deſpꝛed. And what Arthur apper⸗ 
ceyued the people that came agaynſt hym/the teres wes 
te in his cyen / and began foz to bewayle hi feidwe. And 
dyde lo moche that he appꝛoched the kynge / and whan ỹ 
kynge appercepued hym that he had not ſene ot thze ye; 
re befoze / hym ſemeth that it is none other but Olyuet 
and alſo to al the other of his companye/Wherfo:e with 
bothc his atmes abꝛode he ranne to hym / and beganne 
foz to cb? ace hym lo ſtrongly that it was meruaytAut 
he myght not ſpcke one Wozde to hym. And whan that 
hcmyght ſpeke / he ſayd that he was ryght welcome / x 
that he had done grete almeſſe koz to retozne and comfoꝛ 
te this rcalm: that was ſo replenyſſhed with dolour by; 
cauſe of his dtpattpnge. Arthur anſwered to hym. Mp 
lozdc that the whiche hathe ben done / was done agaynſt 


my wyll/noz other thynge J mape not ſape / but by the 


plealure ot god J ſhallgpue moze Jope and lpeſle vnto 
this realme bycaule ofuſny retoꝛnynge / than cucr there 
was ſoꝛowe fo2 my depattyng. Ind am moꝛe tedyer fo 
to do pou ſeruyce than euet J haue ben. Wherof J doo 
thanke god. S S C2223: S e, 


¶ How Arthur came aud vyſyted Helayne / the 
whiche hadde wende p he had ben Olpucr her 

buſbande / and of che ſolempnyte that was ma⸗ 

de. And hoe that he laye with her withouten 

vylanye. Capitu. o. bij. 
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men that were in the kỹges companpe / and 
generally al the other / but there came ſoma 
ny / that it was not poſſpble fo them fo2 to 
entre in to p cyte. Wherkoze it was foꝛce foꝛ 
them fo to bꝛynge a grete and ahyechay2e of Cypzes/ 
vpon the whiche Arthur mounted / to the ende that he 
were ſene on euery ſyde / foz to contente the people 5 bet 
ter. Then it was cryed that euery bodp ſholde retozne/ e 
after Arthur mounted vpon hoꝛſbacke. Ind whan he 
entred in to London / none can not deuyle to pou the Jo 
ve that! was made on euery ſyde / ß ſtretes were hanged 


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le was ſo grete that it was meruaplifoz to here. And in 


lygne or moze gretter Joye / bothe moze and leſſe cryed 


Te deum laudamus. And whan they appꝛoched the pa 


las Helapne that was ſtrongly ſyke/herde p goyle whe 


re as ſhe lape / and demaunded what it hs Dut none 


durſt not tether / foꝛ fere leeſt that the ſodapne Joye ſhol 


de haue ben to grete. Wherfoꝛe they abode the mayſtres 


that dyde tell a kerre what it was. whan ſhe knewe it W 


her handes Joyned vp to heuen ſhe beganne foz to than 
ke god in lapuge. O redemptout ofhumapue lygnage J 
rende to te graces and thankes / whan chat afoze tap 
dethe J mape le hym that hathe put me in loo grete do⸗ 


loure. ¶ Come nod dethe whan that thou wylte/foꝛ J 


ſhall abyde the Foyoully/ſyth that J knowe that mx lo 
uerapne loꝛde is comen / it can not greue me. The fapze 
and good Helayne hadde grete talent to2 to lee hym that 
ſhe wende hadde ben her huibande / but Arthur was in 
grete thought how he myght demeane hym towar de ỹ 


wyſe ok his — that whan his botes were ot / 


he wente to warde Helgpne foꝛ to knowe how ſhe dyde / 
And whan ſhe lawehym / he was a grete whyle oz that 
he myght ſpeke. Blit whan that ſhe myghte ſpeke / ſhe 
ſayd that ſhe dydde well lyth that ſhe ſawe hym in good 
h&the. Tie oure of louper came / and therkoze Arthur 
toke leue of her / and pꝛayed her that (he wolde make go 
de chere / and that ſhe wolde thynke foz to make her hole 


The ladyes and damoyſellesof the cyte ot London we⸗ 
te lomoued to ſouper/⁊ there was made a meruaplous 


Jope / but yet it ſholde haue be moe gretter yk ithadde 
not ben foꝛ Helapnes maladye. Ind it was detended by 
the kynge that none ſholde werke ol vii. daxes but eche 

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unenſt hym made the feeſt as grete as they mpght. Ars 
thur by the counlapil of the medecyns / was excuſed fox 
to lye with Helayne bycauſe ol her maladye / wherof he | 
was Jopous without makynge ony leniblaunt / but w | 
in ſhoꝛte ſpace ſhe gate vp and founde guaryſon + helth 
And ſo mRhe £zat within a lytell tyme the phyſycyeng 
gaue hym leue koꝛ to lpe with her / ſoo as he dydde. Ind 
whan he was in bedde with her/he remeupd not oute of 
his place /but the fayze Delapne dyde not ſo / foʒ (he that 
of longe tyme had not had the embꝛaſpynge ot her loꝛde / | 
begã fo2 to appꝛoche / but Arthur dꝛewe backe and ſayd 
to her / my loue withdꝛawe pou in to pour place agapne | 
foꝛ Jhau? made auowe that neuer by embzacynge/noz | 
otherwyſe J Hall touche your body tyll that J haue pa 
ped a pylarymage that J haue pꝛompſed vnto ſaynt Ja 
mes / wherfoꝛe 7 pave you that ye be contente / and af; 
r ter I ſhall come to you agapne /foꝛ as ſone as Þ map J 
EL | wyll pape it -and alter bythe grace ol god we ſhal male 
I good chere. Helayne herynge Arthurs woꝛdes dyde his 
cõmaundement In {iynge to hym that it was well rea 
fon foꝛ to holde that whiche he had pꝛomyſed to god and 
to Saynt James. Then ſhe began foꝛ to deupſe a ferre 
with hym / in demaundynge hym where as he had ben / 
El. Arthur badde her that ſheſholde not ſpeke to hym / fo? 
r ſhe myght not knowe it / wherfoꝛe Helayne depoꝛted her 
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2/18 James / departed fo; to kynde his felowe Olp ucr / x 
4:1 | ok tye whyte knyght that ledde hym nere where as he 
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MN liche eſtate was Arthur well the ſpace of a 
mone/he in the kynge of Englandes courte the 
whiche made hyM as good chere and honoure. 
as he wolde haue done to Olpucr/thynkynge 
| that it hadde ben he / and allo dyde Yelapne/z 
all the other. Ind whan he ſa we that Helapne had cuer 
comen her maladye / and that there was no moe dauns 
ger / he came towarde p kynge and ſapd to hym that he 
dyde owe a vyage to Daynt James / and that he muſte 
nedes do it withouten ony companpe / wherkoꝛe he pꝛa⸗ 
ped hym that he wolde be contente that he myght go alo 
ne / and that he wolde retoꝛne agayne as ſhoꝛtely as he 
myghte. The kynge aſked hym pk that he was wery cẽ 
his wyfe alte dy / and he anſwered nay, After he toke his 


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leue ot the kynge fo2 to departe / and on the mozowethe 
kynge pꝛaped hym that he wolde not tary / and alſo that 
he ſholde take lome company w hym / but Arthur wol⸗ 
de not do nothynge/ and ſo departed all alone after that 
he had taken his leue of the fapze Helayne / aud pꝛomp⸗ 
led helthathe ſholde retozne rpght ſhoꝛtip. De dyde loo 
moche that he arryued in the fozeſt Where as he had koũ 
den the whyte knyght. Meuertheles he durſt not entre / 
toz fere of the wylde beeſtes / and therkoꝛe he abode the 
troutheofhis knyght there. And he was there loo longe 
that he apperceyued hỹ compnge, Then Arthur ſalued 
hym / and he rendꝛed to hym his ſalute. Thene he made 
hym to mounte vp behypnde hym/ and ſayd to hym. Mp 
frende Arthur haſt thou good wyll koꝛ to haue agayne 
thy felow / datreſt thou put the in auenture foꝛ to recouer 
hym. Trucly iayd Arthur there fs nothynge but that J 
wolde do it fo2 to recouer hym. Now J (hall tell Þ layd 
v knyght/ thou arte armed at all pyeces / wherkoꝛe thou 
ought to be the moze hardper. J aducrtyle the that the 
kynge that holdeth Olpucr in pꝛylon / is a good myle fro 
his place with a lytell compar p. There is from hens the 
der. xxxiij.myle / and there is but thze knyghtes with bÞ 
all a fote/vut and F thought that thou durlt fyght with 
them all foure fo2 to gete agayne thy frende. J (holde le 
de the theder in a lytell ſpace. Arthur thanked hy m/and 
payed j in that he wolde do ſo. The knyghte (moteÞ 
hoꝛs with the ſpoztres / and he had not ſo lone done it/but 
that in a moment he was there as the kynge was. Thẽ 
he ſhewed hym to Arthur and lapd. Arthur deſcende as 
downe ko: yonder is thyn enempe / and pf chat thou reco 
uer Dlpucr-tellhym that the knyghte clothed tn whyte 
dothe ſaluehpm/the whiche dyde bꝛynge the heder. 


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(how Arthur toke the kynge that helde his felowe 
in pꝛyſon / and how that he delyuered hym. Ca. lx. 


Neontynent Arthur alyght/andtoke lene of Þ 
Inyght / the whiche vanyſſhed ſone atyaye / + 
Farthur dyde fo mochethat he app! dche dto the 
l kynge. And incontynent he elcrped hym to the 
= the and then he ſette hande to his [werde x 
gaue one ot his knyghtes ſuche a ſtrobe/that he cloue hp 
to the tethe. The leconde he lmote of his harme and his 
ſholder. The thyꝛde he keſt downe deed. The kynge had 
but a ſhoꝛte dager wherwith he defended hym valpaũt⸗ 
lye/but in the ende he fledde / and Arthur folowed hym 
c gaue hp lo grete a ſtroke with the platte ol his werde 
that he ſmote hym downe aſtonyed /d then he layd to hỹ 
A fals traptour kynge / thou canſt not denpe but that þ. 
haſt the kynge in thy pꝛyſon / wherfoꝛe enfozce the foꝛ to 
rendꝛe hym to me/oꝛ elles J make auowe to god J ſhat 
\myteof thy heed. The kỹge cryed hym mercy and fapd/ 
O noble knyght ſaue my lyke and J ſhall rendꝛe hym to 
the agayne, Arthur pꝛon led hß that he wolde ſaue his 
lpke/ſo that he wolde ſende hym to hym incontynente / 
that he wolde pꝛomyſe hyin to lette them go ſafe. ¶ The 
kynge pꝛomyled hym that he wolde do ſo. And then he 
depatted all mate / and dylcomkyted / and he dyde ſo mo⸗ 
che that he came in to his caſtell. Ind incontynent as he 
was there / he commaunded that Olpuer ſholde be dꝛa⸗ 
wen out. Whan Olpuer was afozehymhe ſayd. Kyngec 
J pꝛay the that thou ſlee me afoꝛe that J entre in agap 
in pꝛylon. The kynge ſayd to hym that it wente not ſoo⸗ 
fo2a knyght hathe acquyted thy pꝛlon and J pzomys . 
ſed hym to lende the to hym. Thene he badde gyue hym 


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newe clothes / ſo as it was done / and then he gaue hym 
leue / but at the departynge he (ard, Olpuer Ile my de⸗ 
the appꝛoche / ſyth that J delpuer the / and J haue well 
delerued it. Neuerthcles pi pꝛaver mape haue place. J 
beſeche the foꝛ to pardõ me. Olpuer that was moze ſym⸗ 
pler tan a⸗:napden / ſayd to hym. My frende that that 
ye haue done to me/hathe ben withouten cauſe/foz all Þ 
J pꝛompyſe vou that as fo2 me J ſhall neuer tell no body 
ofthe Iniurye that ye haue dont to me / but ⁊ it be kno⸗ 
wen byother / that ſome make you warre/F wyll not 
helpe pou. The kynge thaked hym and ſayd that he wol 
de abyde tyll than. They mounted bothe on one hoꝛs all 
alone withouten other companpe. And wente ſo moch 
that they founde Arthur. ¶ Olpuer knewe hym ſooncr 
than Arthur dyde hym. wherkoꝛe he ſet kote on groun⸗ 
de and ranne to hym with ſtratched armes and embꝛa⸗ 

ted h. Who that hadde ſene the knowlege of theſe two 
faythful felowes/he ſholde haue had a harde herte yt he 
hadde not wepte. They helde eche other embꝛaced with 
out ony ſpeche. Olyuer leynge his kelowe that myghte 
not ſpeke / he had his herte ſo Full o Foye and pyte that 
he myght do nothỹge but kyllr hym and colle hym. On 
the other ſyde Arthur that (awe p fapꝛe face in whiche 
the ladyes toke they? ſolace foz to beholde it lo pale with 
pꝛyſonynge where as he hadde ben in/hadde not leſſe ſos 
rowe than Olpuer. Foꝛ all that he was the fyꝛſt that ſpa 
ke and ſayd. My ryght ſwete loꝛde & kelowe/this Tour; 
neychathe ben ſoꝛe deſpꝛed on mppartpe. I gyue louyn 
ges to god that J haue kounde you. IF whyte knyght ha⸗ 
the bꝛought me hether / the whiche ſaluech you / ⁊ char⸗ 
ged me to tell it vou. Olyuer anſwered hym. Arthur my 
bꝛoder by pour botite # lopalte pe haue done lo moche fo 


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me / that Ican neuer rendꝛe pou to guerdon. I pꝛa pe 
to god that he rendze you the rewarde /foꝛ J am not ſuf 


_ kycyentfoz to do it. . t S eee 


CE How Olyuer and Arthur departed frome ee real 
me of Irlande / and toke they; wape to warde Lon⸗ 
don. And how Olyuer by Ire keſt Arthur downe of 


his hoꝛs / bycaule that he hadde lapne with his wyfe. 
Capitulo. 1 


is notwithſtandynge that they bothe ſhold 
baue done dpſplealure to thekyngeof Jtlã⸗ 

| de that was there pꝛeſent / foꝛ all that heſcyn 
ge the knowlege and loue that they ſhewed / 


demaunded theym yfthat they wolde that he 


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tholdegpue to cche of theym a good courſer / but tyenne 


they (ayd nape / vut and he wolde gyue to them the hoꝛs 
that he rode on/he ſholde do thema grete pleaſure / and 
that it ſholde luſtyle at that tyme koꝛ them bothe. The 
kpugganyd that he was contente / and gaue hym theym 
Thele tweyne mounted vpon hym / and Arthur rode az 


 fozerfot he was a lytell wounded. Ind ſo they put them 
on the wape / and dyde ſoo moche that they arryued in 


Englande. But atoze that they were there ye mape well 
thynke that they had dyuers woꝛdes togyder / and eche 
of them demaunded of others tydynges. whan they ca⸗ 
me in to Englande Olyuer chaued his berde to be p mos 
re gentyliler But they wolde haue none other hoꝛs / but 
that ſame that they were comen on / and cöcluded to tell 
the trouthe of theyꝛ aduenture / without declarynge the 


place ołhis pꝛyſonemẽt/and alſo without gyuyng ony 


knowlege ot whens they were / noꝛ whome. Ind they of 
Englande were all abaſſhed to le theſe two men vpon 
one hozſe/x ſemblable. And ſayd that Olyuer had bzou 
ghfe one ofhis bꝛederne fro ſaynt James / but they cous 
de not knowe whiche was C bpuer. Thus as re maphe 
re the two kelowes appꝛoched within a myle of London 


And ſoo as they deupſed Olyuer demaunded Arthur pk 


euer hehidde ben at London, And he layd pe moꝛe than 


a moncthe/by the counſayll of the whyte knyght ⸗foz to 


comkoꝛtethe kynge / and the loꝛdes of the realme / and al 
ſo foꝛ to gyuchelthe vnto Helapne his wyfe / the whiche 
at that pꝛeſente tyme was ſyke vnto the dethe / and that 
he hadde made them foꝛ to byleue that he was Olpuer / 
Olyuer demaunded hym howe that he hadde gouerned 
hym towarde his wyle. Ind Arthur layd to hym that he 
haode lapne with her. Ind wha Ol puer thele herde tys 


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dynges / he put out of remembꝛaũce the ſeruyce that his 
kelowe hadde done vnto hym / and as haſtye and kull of 
kurour/he keſt Arthur downe that was mounted afo2e 
hym/ſo rudelpy without moze enquerpg . /that he brake 
one ok his legges in fallynge, Then he lepte in zo the ſa; 
dell and paſſed foꝛthe on his waye withouts ret Fnpnge 
hym / oꝛ makynge ſemblaũt of onythynge / and whan he 
was pallcd hc wyſt not what he ſholde do fo2 to retoꝛne 
andſlce hym. But he thought with in hymſelke that he 
ſholde myldo to gretely / ſeynge the loue that hadde ben 


atłoꝛe tyme bytwene them. And alſo p grete lerxuyce that 


he had done foꝛ hym/as to haue taken hym oute ok that 
place ſo full of myſeryc / from Whiche he ſholde neuer ha 
ue departed yk he had not ben. Wherkoꝛe he cõcluded ỹ 


fo: all theſe ſcruyces he wolde leue hym his lyke / but this 


was not but that he thought that he hadde done his wyll 


with his wyfe/ and gaue hymſelfe meruayle howethat 


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Chow Dlpucr demꝰaned grete ſozowe foz the dyl⸗ 
pleaſure that he had doone vnto Arthur his fclowe 
without en caule. Capitulo. lx. 


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a wyan he came to the courte / aud that the 
Ai todynges came tothe kynge / and to Helay 
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Jopous. Ind the kynge made hym grete chere wha he 
ſawe hym. But with payne he'roude knowe hym bycau 
ſe he was ſo lene / and demaunded hym what ſpkenes he 
had ſyth his departynge / and who had put hym in luche 
eſtate. Foz as hym ſempd he ſawe neuer man ſo ſoꝛe cha 
unged in lo ſhoꝛte ſpace, Ind Olpuer ſayd to hym that 
neuer ſyth his departynge he had had helthe. Fayze ſone 
ſayd the Kynge ye be comen in to this countree koz to 
helpe you. And then he demaunded hym vohy he hadde 
not ben at ſaynt James /as he had tolde them at his des 
partynge. Olpuer (awe well that his kelowe had made 
them to byleue at his departynge that he wente to ſaynt 
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hache letted me /and pk it pleaſe god / whan that J am 
hole Imap do it better with myn eale / and with gretter 
company. whan it came after ſouper/he toke the loneſt 


leue ok the kynge that he myght / as he that hadde grete 


wyll foz to lpe with his wyfethe whiche was lo xcellen 
te / and that of lõge tyme he had not lene het to home 
he coude none eupll wyll of ony thpge that was happe⸗ 
ned her / noz that his felowe had done. Foz he knowe wel 
that ſhe coude not do withall / and that ygnozaunce ma⸗ 
de her fo2 to do it thynkynge that it had ben he. Whan he 
was a bedde with his wykeAze began fox to colle her and 
kylle her / wherol ſhe was all abaſthed # layd. My lozde 

pe haue foꝛgeten the pꝛomeſſe that pe made to Sapnt 
James Olpuer demaunded her what it was / and how 
quod ſhe / doo ye not thynke on that ye haue lapne with 
me moze than a monethe withouten touchynge of me / 
and that of all that whyle J myght not haue ot pou one 
onely kyſſe /and ye tolde me that it myght not be tel that 
pour vbpage were done Jhaucherde pou (aye that pe ha 
ue not ben there / and therfoze J pꝛaye vou my dere loꝛ⸗ 
de yk that pe haue pꝛompled ony thynge to god / that pe 
wyll holde it. Olyuer demaunded her of cucry thynge lo 
ferkoꝛthe / that he appercepued the lopalte ot his felowe 
wheretoze tenderly wepynge he withdꝛewe hym abacke 
from his wpke / and ol all that nyghte he ſleptenot / but 
ſayd to hymſeife that he was the mooſt vnhappye / that 
euer was bozne of moder. Ind that the euelles and try⸗ 

bulacyons that he had endured had not doone hym the 
hondꝛeth parte ot dy ſpleaſure that he hadat that pꝛeſent 


tpme And ſapd that and his felowe had onp hurte / that 


he ſholde neuer haue Joye and that yrhe were deed that 
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the place where as he had lefte his fclowe / and cryed 
hym mercy.Capitulo. lxiij. 
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Atreſſe tyllit was daye / and incõtpnente as it 
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— che / that he arrpued in p place where as he 
had lefte Arthur / and whan he founde hỹ not he began 
fo2 to ſerche hym on euer ſydt / and as he wente heder / 
and theder / he herde towarde the wood a Voyce that con⸗ 
playnedhym ryghtbytterly / wherkoꝛe he wente theder⸗ 
warde. Ind whan he appꝛoched nere there / he knewe Þ 
it was his fe!owe / that with ryght grete payne had with 
dꝛawen hym oute ofthe wape vnder a tree. Ind whan 
Olpucr ſawe hym he let fote on grounde. Ind truely he 
had foo grete doloure that he myght not luſtepne hỹlell 
And 7 thynke yk that god had not helped hym / that he 
had fallen in dyſpayꝛe / and ſripten hymſelfe thzughe p 
body with his \werde that he hadde d2awen oute. And 
the kyꝛſte woꝛde that he layd to his felowe was ſuche in 
caſtynge hymſelfe on his knets afozchym / with the na 
ked lwerde in his hande. ¶ Alas my bꝛoder beholde this 
captyfe in pyte / the whiche hathe ſo greuoully offended 
tie / wherfoꝛe take this Werde and ſlewe me / d with all 
myherte J pardon the / fo the ſurplus of my lyfe ſhall 
be in dyſtreſſe and ſoꝛowe. Arthur leynge hisfelowe (0 
meke hym towarde hym ſapd. My ryght dere b2oder/X 
toyall fclowe I pꝛaye to god that the pardon pou/and F 
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deuyde all the thynges that god hathe made /than to de⸗ 


parte the loue ot vs twapne / tyll tyze dethe. Whan Oipy⸗ 


uer herde hym ſpeke fo hũbly/he wolde gladly haue ben 
deed. And coude not tell what to do ſaue to wepe perfoũ 
dely beſyde hym. whertoꝛe Arthur pꝛayed hym fo2 to lo⸗ 
ke how that be myght be hadde thens / koꝛ hz ſul ede 
had ſuſfred the nyghte afoze ſo moche dolour bycaule of 
hig hurte that it was meruapll. And then Olpuer axed 
hym pk that he myght abyde lo longe /tyll that he hadde 
ben at a lytell vyllage nere them fo2 to fetche a charette / 
Arthur layd pe / and pꝛaped h# foz to hye hym Olpuer 
wente and made ſuche dylygence p within a ſhozte ſpas 
ce he bꝛought one / vpon the whiche he put hym / and in 

this wyle he was bꝛought to Lodon loze ſyke / and Dlys 
uer was in it allo fox to bere hym companpe. Ind made 
foz to be gyuc hym a houſe/and ſeruauntes, After that 

this was done Olpuer made all the zynges phyſycyens 

and ſurgyens fo2 to come /the whiche put Arthur in pos 

pnt. And they dpde ſo moche that within ſhoꝛte tyme he 


wente aboute the chambze. Ol puer that vyſpted hym of 


ten tolde to his wyke how guery thynge wente / and had 
ben / and that by the ſpace ofa moneth another man had 
layne with her / the whiche was all abaſſhed / and ſwoze 
to hym that in no maner of the wozlde he had not tous 
ched her / not almoche as to kyſſe her. The kynge in lyke 
wyſe dyde demaunde of Olpuer what manera man he 
was / thathe hadde bꝛought in ſuche wyle theder. Ind 
Olpuet ſapd vnto hym that it was one of his good felo⸗ 
wegs / the whiche hadde ben noutylthed with hym ſythe 
his ponghthe, Ind thenne Dlpuer beganne foz to recoũ 
tc vnto the kynge ol Englande/the grete loyalte/and al 
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he kynge was gretely avaſſheb / af tapdð 
Dit was onc of the meruaytoushyſtozycs that 


he coude neuer do hp fo moche honour / but 
that he ought to doo hym moꝛe /and alſo pt 
he loued hym wel/he ſholde do nothynge but that he ou 
ghte to do. Foꝛ neuet bꝛoder had done foz another that » 
he had done foꝛ hym / wherkoꝛe he coude not to moche de 
ſerue it. Ind that as touchynge his parte he wolde doo 
bpm as moche honour as ſholde be poſſpble to hym/and 
ſente foʒ his chamberlayne / and his mayſter ſtewarde / 
and other gouernours / and commaunded them that ſu 
che and ſcmblable eſtate as his lone Oly uet had / holde 
be gyuen to Arthur. And began koꝛ to tell them all alons 
ge thaty whiche Olyugr had reherled to hym / relerurd 
that he made no mencyon how that Trthur hadde lapne 
with his doughter /d whiche was not a thynge koz to res 
counte / foꝛ it was a dellopalte / but the kynge kepte hym 
well from tellynge of it / bycaule that there was / and is 
many folke / parauẽture wolde ſooner haue thoughte 
cupll than good / wherfoze he depoꝛted hym. ¶ Alter the 
kynges commaũdement all thynges were oꝛdepned as 
he had deupſed. And dyuers knyghtes and ſquyꝛes wes 
re retepned of Arthurs houſholde / the whiche began fox 
to gete vp / and the kynge vyſyted hym ryght often. Al 
ſo dyde the fayꝛe Helapne / that made no ſemblaunte of 
nothynge. And loo mochte paſſed on theſe thynges that 
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+ haddeony wyll foz toauengehym. Ind Olpuer ſapd na 


Arthur was heled. Ind whan it came he myghte wals 
ke aboute in the courte / and haue acquayntaunce with 
the noble men that remapned therin /euerp body began 

koꝛ to loue hym / bycauſe ot the humblenes that he was 
replete with. And the kynge hymſelk loued hym almooſt 

as moch as lpuer his ſone in lawe. And whã he lawe 
that he was in the grace of euery body/he foꝛ gate not Þ 
wꝛonge that the kynge of Irlande hadde done to his fe⸗ 
lobe / wherfoze he demaunded hym on a daye pk that he 


pe /and ſapd that he had perdõncd hym. Ind how quod 
Arthur haue ye ſo feble a courage that pe dare not auen 
ge pou on pour enempe/by the fapth that J owe to god / 
it (hall not abpdt ſoo, Ind then all euyll contente he ca⸗ 
me towarde the kynge / ⁊ tolde hym all alonge in what 
pꝛyſon Olyuerhadde ben in / and pꝛayed hym p he wols 
de gyue hym men fo2 to auenge Olpuer / foz he knewe 
well that Olyuer hadde no talente foz to doo it. whan Þ 


the kyng herde Arthur ſpeke ſo/he toke it moꝛe greuouC 


ly at his herte than Arthur dydde / wherfoze he ſapd to 


Þ hym. My fapze krende lette my ſone haue his wyll/fo2 it f g 


map be that he hathe made ſome pꝛomeſſes afoꝛe that he 
yſſued oute of pꝛyſon. ve be well the man koꝛ to auenge 
hym without ony moꝛe that he medle hym therot. And 


then the kynge reyſed vp a grete armye of Þ whiche Ar 


thur was the chyel Capptapne/the whiche were not ſoo 
ſone arryued in Irlande but that the Kynge they2 ene⸗ 
mye the whiche had knowlege ol thepꝛ comynge / gaue 
them batayll / where as was llayne dpuers men vpon 
bothe ſydes / but fynallythe Jrylſhmen were dyſcomfp 
ted / and the kynge fledde / was aſſyeged in one ok his 
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wherfoze it myght not holdelonge. So whan he lawe 
he had noo moze mete/and that it was fozce {oz to pelde 
hym / ag a valpaunt man he ſayd that he had leuer deye 
| tn the felde in auengynge his dethe with the cuttynge of 
his ſwerde on his enempes / than fo2 to pelde heat chepz - 
bolente / and pꝛayed the lytell folke that he had fo2 to do 
weil / and then armed them and made to open the gates 
of th koꝛtreſſe in (mptpnge on they; enemyes / and ſlew 
many at the fyꝛſte bꝛonte/but there was ſoo many men 
agaynft them that they coude not eſcape. Ind kynablyp 
the kynge and all his men were layne, Ifter his dethe 
all his realme pelded them / and were contente foz to ha⸗ 
ue ſuche a loꝛde as the kyng of Englande wolde aſſygne 
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=D rcto2nedin to Englande / where as they we⸗ 
re keſted of the kynge /o Olpuer / and of all þ 
other loꝛdes. And the kynge gaue Irthur the 
realmeotk Irlande that he had —— ot 
newe. Ind the Ityſſhemen were ſent foꝛ/the whiche cas 
me and dyde hym homage #feate/wherby Arthur was 
moꝛe puyſſaunt tha afoze / but this was not but that he 
demaunded often of Olpuer what thynge dydde meue 
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wolde haue made hym better chere / and the kynge wols 
de haue ben ryght Jopous / fo to haue matyed his dou 
ghter ſo hyghlye. Not withſtandynge that it luffyled hỹ 
lo he tolde hym how that akter his departynge his fas 
der had neuer Jope / and thought that angre hadde put 
hym to dethe / wherfoꝛe Olpuer wepte ryght ſtrongely 
fo the dethe of his fader /foꝛ hym ſemed ptthat he were 
deed / that it was foꝛ his lake / pꝛayed hym that he wol 
de not as ye tell what he was / foꝛ it was yet tyme pynou⸗ 
gi toꝛ to make them to be knowen / and that whan that 

it holde pleale them they myght do it. Arthur that wol 
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nothynge Alſo Olpuer made to bere moe honour vnto 
hym than to hymſelfe / and pleaſcd hym the mooſt that 
he myght. Truely the two lopall felowes made ſo many 
nowe thynges that all they ofthe realme vetoyſed them 
Al theyꝛz thoughtes was but foz to make good chere and 
Jopous x that the whiche the one wolde the other wol 
de allo / and thepꝛ two hertes were moze agreynge tha 
they2 lemblaunce / that was all one thynge Thus as pe 
here they palled the tyme in Joy / but lozture that is mo 
der of a:l trybnlacpon had enupe of the goodnes of the⸗ 
two lopall bzederen and perfyte felowes/foz in a ſhoꝛ⸗ 
te tpme all thepꝛ laughynges and Jopes were chaũged 
in to weppnges and lamentacpons /foꝛ Arthur was (oo 
greuoully ſpke that the phpſpcyens iuged hym but decd 
but he was not ſo happy fo to depe / at tui ty tyme that 
he wylſhed it. His ſekenes was without comparyſon of 
all them that euer hadde ben ſene/foz in a maner of woz 
mes deſcended ktom his bzaynes / the whiche ete all his 
face / wherbp he was ſo ſtrongely dyſtygured/that there 
was neuer man moe. Out of his body yſſued ſogrete a 
ſtynke / that none myght appꝛoche hym laue Olyuce / Þ 
at euerp thynge was abolite hym/and wolde not depar 
te fro hym. He lente fo2 all Þ mapſtres ſurgyens on cue⸗ 
ry ſyde / and pꝛayed theym pk that they coude fynde ony 
remepy toꝛ his fapʒe bꝛoder that they ſholde lpate foꝛ no 
thynge. And fpnably none coude put no remedpe to it / 
And this ſpkenes heide Arthur ſo longe that he was blỹ 
de. wan Dlyuer ſawe hym ſo blynde that he ſemed bet 
ter deed than alyue/he mayde ryght grete ſoꝛowe / ſo mo 
che that euety body hadde pyte onhym. Often Olxuer 
lapd vaco Atchur / mp bꝛoder pf there be ony thyng that 
ve knowe that I map do foz to helpe pou/ſpare it not foz 
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nyoſſtes 24 inlykewyſeit ſemed to Arthur that his 
helthe was in the powerof Olyuer his felowe / and p 

he muſt do it foz to hele hym. Capitulo. lxbj. 
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| P bzodcr and fapthfull kelowe ſayd Arthur 
Ave doo me moꝛe good than J haue deſerued 

40 whcrfoze J thanke you / and pꝛap pou that 
re wyn pay to god to; to ſende dethe to me 
& fo: and it were his wpll J wolde fayne be 
out of this myſerye. ¶ It happened that Olpuer llepte 
vpon a nyghte / and dꝛemed that it was well poſſyble to 
kynde helthe foꝛ his felowe. Ind Arthur dꝛemed in lyke 
wyſe that it was in Olpuers power foꝛ ta hele hym/and 
they had this vyſpon foure dapes togyder / wherol Olp⸗ 
uct was ſoꝛe ameruapled. He came to ſe his ftlowe and 
declared to hp his dꝛeme / and is felowe layd that dꝛe⸗ 
mes were but abuſpon / not withſtandynge he tolde hym 
that by thꝛe daycs he had dꝛemed / and hym thoughte p 
a thynge ſayd to hym that he myght hele hym / and none 
other. Dlyuer ſavd to hym wolde to god that it wrre in 
my power foꝛ to hele you/fo2 and Þ myght do it/ye ſhol 
de be ſhoztly hole / oꝛ elles I pꝛape to god that he neuer 
r gyue me his paradyſe. Whã it came tothe nyght and p 
9 | Olpuer wente to bedde / he ſette hym on his knees afoze 
5 his bedde pꝛayng our loꝛde Þ he wolde gyue hym know 
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hym. And with this that he wolde tell hym in what ma 
ner that he myght hele his felowe. Then he lade hym 
downe / and he was not foo fone a ſlepe but that a voyce 
ſapd to hym ſo hyghe that he awaked. Olpuer thy felow 
map not be heled tyll that he dꝛynke of the blool d ot two 
Innoceẽtes / ſone and doughter / the whiche muſt be lay; 
ne / and theyꝛ blode medled togyder / and thenne gyue it 
hym to dꝛynke / but he muſt not knowe of it wha he ſhal 
dꝛynke it / foꝛ and he knewe it he wolde not d2ynke it koz 
nothynge. whan Olpuer herde thus he was al abaſſhed 
and thought oz to haue reſonedhyin ferder foꝛthe / but 
the kynge was gone and lapdnomoze,Yelayne had her 
de nothynge ok all this. Upon the moꝛowe he wẽte ta le 
his kelowe as he was accuſtomed/and axed hym how he 
had done that nyght. Arthur knewe hym byhis voyce / 
foʒ he had loſt his ſyght / and pꝛayed hỹ foz to appꝛoche 
to hym. Ind whan he fcltehym he enbzaced hym layng 
My ryght ſwete bꝛoder ye be my dethe and my lyfe / foz 
a voyce hathe tolde me this nyght that it is poſſpble to 
you to hele memo; otherdhynge coude J not knowe. O⸗ 
lpuet ſayd to hym whathe wolde well that it were ſo / 
then he departed fro thens / and after that he had herde 
malle /he withdꝛewe hym aparte in to a lytel chambꝛe/ 
any began foꝛ to thynke on that whiche he had herde on 
the nyghte akoze / then he lette hym on his knees befoze 
anymageottheglozyous vyꝛgyn Marye-the Whiche he 
had ofcuſtome fox to ſalue / and began foz to ſape thus/ 
Byght glozyous vyꝛgyn Marye J pzayethe that by thy 
pyte thou wylte counſayll this vnhappy. Ihaue my te- 
lowe ſyke the whiche hathe done ſo moche foz me that 
cau neuer deſerue it. It hathe ben ſayd to me whether it 
is by god oꝛ not / that who ſholde [le two chyldꝛen a lone 


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and doughter / and that thcy2 blode were medled to gy⸗ 
der / and that it were gyuen hym to dꝛynke/that he ſhol⸗ 
de hele. Byght ſwete lady J haue two chyldꝛen / a ſone ⁊ 
a doughter of kynges blode. ¶ Neuerthelelle yf that J 
— "Oy Ahold e not offende the hyghnelſe of thy lo 
ne ande / J ſholde ſlee my two chyldꝛen / foz to rendꝛe 
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felowe / llewe his two chyldzen foz to haue the bloode 
that Arthur myght dꝛynke it. Capitulo. lx vii. 

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Hã Olyuet had made thus his cõplaynte 
to p vyꝛgyn Marye/ + that he had had d 

uers ypmagynacpons / as Well of the louc 

he had to his chyldꝛen / as Þ whiche he had 
to his felowe / he concluded foz to ſlee his 
two chyldꝛen koꝛ the loue of his kelowe/ſaynge e had⸗ 
de nothynge moꝛe dere than his felowe / and that Þ loue 
that he loued his two chyldzen with / was nothynge fo 
to compare to that the whiche he loued his felowe with / 
wherkoꝛe he departed fro his chambze / and came in to 
that of his two chyldzen, And whan he was entred he co 
maunded all the ladpes foz to auopde oute / the whiche 
dyde his commauudement, Ind whan he founde hym 
lelte alone he ſhytte the chambꝛe doꝛe / and bare a balpn / 
and a naked ſwerde in his hande vnto the bidde ok the 
two chyldzen the whiche ſlepte / and were not pet ryſen / 
Whan he appꝛoched nere the bedde / he lyfte bp the coz 
uerlette / and kounde them ſlepynge ryght lwetely. The 
Iytell ſone that was of Þ aege oł.v.pere awaked / and in 
contynente as he (awe Dlyuer / nature taught hym foz 
to make hym chere / and in \mylynge named hym fadcr 
The doughter that waͤs the ponger neuer lelte lleppge 
whan the layd Olpuer ſawe the / he conſydered whiche 
ofchcm two he ſholde ſlee fyꝛſte / x bycauſe that the lone 
began fo2 to ſpeke to hym/he hadde loo grete pyte in his 
hcrte that he teculed abacke /#fo2 all the wozde he wol⸗ 
de not haue {mytcenchem / and then he layd to hymſelfe 
How many nature fayle ſo moche foz to ſuſtre the fader 
foz to ſlee his chylde. Noz how map there be ſoo moche 
cruelte in a man fo: to cõſente to murdꝛe. Alas p fayze ⁊ 
good Helapne / what pyteous tydynges ſhall come vnto 


pour ceres / whan chat pe ſhall knowey J haue flayne 


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pour chyldꝛen / what ſhall ye ſayc.Certapnly pour ppte⸗ 
ous herte may not endure it. Ind with that that pe lele 
rour chyldꝛen / ye (hal leſe your hulbande alſo/foꝛ he da 
re not abyde in this realm e fo2 Þ fere of pour fader that 
ſhall put hym to dethe/oꝛ he is well woꝛthr. And certes 
the doytde beeſtes hathe moze reaſon than Jhaue / vn- 
to whome nature dothe teche foz to kepe they? fruyte to 
the dethe / and ttuelp J ought foꝛ to reſemble bnto them 
Joughte to put me in peryll of dethe foꝛ to aue my chyl 
dꝛen / but thus it (hall not go. And in ſapnge this he ap» 
pꝛoched tothe bedde / and petlpfte vp the couetlet agap⸗ 
ne / and dꝛewe hym bythe arme and ſapd. Unhappychyl 
dꝛen / ye ought well foz to curſe pour fader / and his lyk 
whan he hatheengendzed pou and put you in this woꝛl 
de from whiche ye muſt departe. Thus ſaynge full dolo 
rouſly with the teres delcendynge a longe his face /and 
the (werde in his hande redy koꝛ to ſmyte/nature 4 reas 
ſon put afoꝛe hym that it Cholde be to grete dommage / 
cruelte. And lyberalyte ſlayd to the contrary / that foꝛ to 
rendꝛe helthe to his kelowe he coude not do to moche / p 
whiche he byleued / and in pute nge all feres behvnde / 
withone ſtroke he ſinote ok bothe theyzhcdes / and then 
he put the baipn vnderneth / and recepucd as incche blo 
de as he myght baue / and thenne he layde them in thep; 


bedde agayne / and the hedes in theyz places ſoo as they 


hadde hen alyue. He toke a maũteil withthe whiche he 
couered it /and lo bare it /in lockyngethe doꝛe after hym 
and toke the keye with hym / to the ende that nont ſhold 
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CYow Olpuet in a ba ſpn ot puer bꝛou t the blo⸗ 
deot his two chyldꝛen to his felowe / and — 
to dꝛynke it / and was all heled. Capitulo. lx biij. 
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the blode that was pet all hote / and gaue it 

to his felowe Arthur toz to dꝛynke / that knewe nothyn⸗ 

ge what it was. Ind the hyſtoꝛye maketh mencpon that 

as ſone as he had faſted or it all the vermyne of his heed 

fell or. Ind with ryts he keſte oute all the vapours ok his 

baodp /in ſuche wyle that he felte hymſelfe of all poyntes 
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heled /ſauc the flelſhe that was etenofhis byſage was 
not lo ſone comen agayne. But Olyuer by thꝛe oz foure 
tymes waſſhed it / and gaue hym the ſurplus foꝛ to dꝛp̃⸗ 


ke ſo mache that he had agapne his ſyght and his helthe 


Ind wan Arthur felte hymſelfe heled / he kneled dow 
ne fo; the kyſſe the feete of his felowe. Ind Olpuer that 
was gladde of the guaryſon and helth of his felowe ſayd 
to hym. My frende gyue thankpnges to god / and after 
to my chyldꝛen the whiche J haue ſlayne foꝛ thyhelthe / 
And tothe ende that thou byleue it the better lo there ß 
balyn that is yet all blody of theyꝛ blode. Arthur herõge 
and ſeynge this meruayll / hadde ſo grete abhompnacp⸗ 
on / and was ſoo meuyd at his herte / that with payne it 
can be ſpecykyed / and ſayd to hym. ¶ Ha ha Olyuer how 
map there reſt ſo ortte cruelte and tpꝛannye in a manes 
herte as in thyn / that hat he ſlayne thy two chyldꝛen fox 
me that am a ſtraunge man / and nothyng of thy kynne 
Truely I wolde be deed / ſo that it hadde not happened 
foto the. Olyuer ſayd to hym mykrende J was they2 fa 
der / and ſeynge that J haue put them to dethe / thou ar; 
te nothõge culpable/foꝛ it was not at thy requeſt -wher 


lone holde the contente. But my ryght loyall felowe the 


re is another thynge-fo2 it is nedefull that the departỹ 


ge ok vs twayne be made. Wherfoze Jrecommende my 


wyfe vnto the /and pꝛaye the that thou wylte comfoꝛte 4 
helpe her. Foz I knowe well that ſhe ſhall haue grete ne 


de okhelpe whan ſhe ſhall knowe that the whiche is haps 


pencd. All the golde of the wozlde ſholde not kepe me yl 
the kynge knewe it. wherfoꝛe it is fozce foꝛ me foꝛ to de 
parte / and go in to ſuche a place where neuer tydynges 
ſrall be herde of me / and where as J mapeſerue god 21 
p remenaunt ot᷑ my lyfe foꝛ to purge my vyces x ſpnnes 


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whyles that Olpuer ſpake to his felowe / the lady that 
had the kepynge ofthe two chyldꝛenhad beat Helayne 
and complayned her ſtrongely ok that / that ſhe knewe 
not in what eſtate the chyldꝛen were / and excuſed her fa; 
ynge that and there came ony euyll to them /that it was 
by the ſayd Olpuer. Dt] === DN, 
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¶ Oft the grete myꝛacle that god dyde to Olpuer fot 
his loyalte /in reyſyng his two chyldꝛen to lyfe that he 
hadde ſlapne. Capitulo. | Ixix. 
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II puer thought that it ſholde be a thỹge in 
bumayne foz to ſe his two chyldzen by hes 
NI. z ded/ Wherfore hewente intothe chambre 
where as they were / foz to haue put them 
e ina place where neuer tydynges ſholde ha⸗ 
ue ben herde of them. Ind this wolde he do afoꝛe his des 
partynge.Wwha he had lyfte vp to the couerlet/he opened 
the wyndowe that was ſhytte foꝛ to ſc them moꝛe plapn 
lp / and then he came towarde his chyldꝛen with Þ teres 
in his eyen / and in caſtynge his regarde on them/he aps 
percepued that they hadde lyfe / and played bothe togy⸗ 
der. ¶ whan Olpuer ſawe this myꝛacle/foꝛ pure 7ope 
he kell in a ſwowne tothe erthe. Ind whã he was aryſen 
he enbꝛaced and kyſled them a. M. tymes / and thene he 
ſayd. ¶ O innumerable pupſſaunce ot god that no man 
can compꝛegende Jrendꝛe vnto the pꝛapſynges ⁊ than 
kes / of the goodnes that thou haſt done to me pooꝛe ſyn⸗ 
ner / in ſhewynge thy grete pyte and mercye. He toke his 


two chyldꝛen in his armes and la pped them in a clothe 


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all blody. Ind the fyꝛſte that he encountred was his ke⸗ 
lowe. Arthur to whonie he layd. Bꝛoder reioyle the / goo 
and ſe the kynge / and do fo moche tha: he folowe me to 
the chyꝛche that J go to. In lyke wyſe my wyfe and all 


them a courte that pe mayfpnde, Then Dlpucr pal 


led fozt t all lone thꝛughe the ſtretes/and he dydde loo 
moche khat he came to the cathedꝛall chyꝛche of Poules 
Where as he commaunded that all the belles ſholde be 
|| btongen / to the ende that all mancre of folke ſholde come 
| theder. He mounted onhye foz tobe herde ofcuery body 
nn And then he began foꝛ to laye whanhe lawe that thekyn 
ge was comen / and that the chyzche was full of folke. 
Byght puyſſaunt kynge of Englande thou haſt maryed 
1 thy doughter to a man vnknowen / lo ye knome that J 
|| ih nelterreherced to you of my lygnage/notwithſtandyng 
| * _--» thynkethatmy condycyons be not ſo hye and ſoo vertu? 
ous as they ought to be / and that apperteynethe to my 
1 iygnage / the whiche is rpall / foꝛ Jam ſone ot a kynge 
aaͤꝛndok a quenc /and at this pꝛelente tyme kynge of Cal⸗ 
5 tyll. But neuer ſykh the decelſe of my fader / and that the 
realme is fallen to me J haue not bẽ there But my wyll 
is nowe foz to go theder / and mak me to becrowned kj 
ge and my wpke quene. Wherkoze J beleche you noble 
HFbByngethat ye wpllaccompany me and poure doughter 
theder / koꝛ it is reaſon that I retoꝛne better accopanyey 
than I came koꝛthe. Not withſtandynge that Fhad tas 
ken leue ok the ryghte puyſlaunce Kynge of Flgarbe / 
my kapthkull kelo we that is there. I lettehym a lettre by 
the whiche J pꝛayed hym that yk he lawe the water ok a 
glaſſe that J had lette hym chaunge his coloure-/that he 
holde put hym inqueſt after me / koꝛ J (holde than has 
e nede ofhelpe, He fozgate it not / koz he loked fo moche 


that he ſawe it chaunge / and it was at thehdure that 
was taken in Irlande. whan he appercepued it/he that 
is a kynge redoubted / and regente of Caſtyll in abydyn 
ge of my retoꝛne/hathe habandonned landes and poſſef 
ſyons / and all other thynges foꝛ my loue / and all alone 


without ony company put hym on the wave add made 
auowe t god that he ſholde neuer reſt tyll that he hadde 
herde tydynges of me, S..: . DD 

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¶ How Dlpucr afoze the kynge of Englande and the 
other barons of the realme /tolde his adnentures and 
meruaylous foꝛtunes.Capitulo. Ixx. 
1 Ftcr Dlyuer began foz to recoũte all the ad⸗ 

7 4 uentures of Arthur / as well of them of the 

<8 Saf fotcſt/as ot p other / and how that he hadde 
IA foughtcn with the kynge of Irlande / x four 

_ AY: of his knyghtes that helde hym in pꝛyſon/⁊ 
dyde ſo moche by foꝛce ok armes that he dyde vaynqupl⸗ 
ſhe hym / and ſlewe his nen. And after ſayd in this ma⸗ 
ner contynewynge by coͤncluſpon. By the mopen of mp 
bꝛoder ⁊ lopall felowe Arthur J am delpuered from the 
place where as I ſholde neuer haue yſſued out. Ind in 
guerdon ok all theſe thynges J bꝛoke one ok his legges. 
Nob it is happened afccr all theſe thynges that he hath 
had a mcruaylous ſykenes / not foure houres ago. And 
ſo as I deſozed ſome thynge ỹ myght hele hym. It hap 
pened meto haue a vyſpon / and was tolde to mẽ ỹ who 
that wolde gyue hym a d2ynke of the blode oftwo Inno 
centes /one and doughter me dled tog yder/ that he ſhol⸗ 
de haue helthe. So it is happened foꝛ io gete hỹ helth Þ 


renne 


with this werde J haue llapne my pꝛopꝛe chyldzt / and 
byheded them foꝛ to rendꝛe to hym his helthe / the whi⸗ 
che he hathe / whetioꝛe J gyue thankynges vnto our (a 
upour. And after that I ſlawe hym heled J thought foz 
to haue departed from this realme. But pet J came in 
to her ame koꝛ to le my chyldꝛen that J had llayne / 


the wHiche by the wyll of our lozde that hathe extended 


his grace /and pytcous mercy on me pooze lpnner/hath 


kounde them alpue / and playnge the one with the other 


Wherfoze faders and moders that hathe chyldꝛen / thyn 


ke in what doloure J was in wha J put them to dethe 
Ind what Jope that I haue herde whan J le thẽ reup 


ued. Then he toke his two chyldꝛẽ and afoze all the peo⸗ 
ple ſchewed them alpue/lapped in the clothe that was all 
bebledde ok theyꝛblode. wherkoꝛe all they that were the 
re pꝛeſent / were mouyd with in wardly pyte / that with 
wepynges and lamẽtacpons they made a grete bzupte 


The kynge wepte koz grete Jope and pyte. The pooze 
Helapne that ſawe her chyldze lo / myghte not luppozte 


berſelfe but fell in a lwowne. Ind whan (ſhe was comen 
te herſelle / ſhe came to her chyldzen in ſhewynge to the 


moderly loue /# ſhe coude not be fulfylled with kyſſyns 


ge / and pytcous remuneracyon.Byyctely it was a pyte⸗ 


bus thynge foz to be in that chyꝛche / koꝛ ſome Wepte fox 


Jope and the other foz ppte. And whan the ſozowe was 
alycellaſwaged the kynge al wepynge came and enbꝛa 
ced Olpuer lapnge. ¶ Noble — blellyd be our loꝛde 
whan he hathe gpuen methe puyſlaũce fozto marp mp 
doughter ſo nobly/as to a kynge that is extracte ot ſono 
ble a lognage. ve recoũte vato vs mooſt meruaylous 
tale that euer was herde in ony countree. Ind ye mape 
well ymagyne that they that ſhall here it after vs ſhall 


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your bꝛoder as lõge as the woꝛlde ſhůll endure ought to 
be recounted fo2 the not ſemblable that guer was herde 
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¶ how Olpyuer ſente Arthur in to Caſtyll / foz to no⸗ 
| tytpc his comynge. And how the kynge of Englande 
accompanyed Olpuer in to Caſtylle,Capitulo, Ixxi. 
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He myꝛacle was publyſſhed thꝛughe the real 
me ot Englande. Ind after all theſe thynges 
Athep beganne fo2 to make Jopous feeſtes in 
welcomynge the kfge of Caſtylle that was 
than knowen. And euerp body ſayd that the 
as happy foꝛʒ to haue maryed his doughter ſoo 
And lapd that it was meruapll that he had kepte hym © 
longe cloſe. The kynge ol Englande ſente for the lozdes 
and lad yes ok his countree. And helde one okthe greteſt 
tceſtes that euer he had made, Ol puer pꝛaye d theym all 
æthat they wolde accompanye hym in to Caſtylle to be at 
his coꝛonacyon. Ind they accoꝛded hym all / and the kyn 
gehymlelfe ſayd that he wolde go with hym / and Olp⸗ 
uer thanked hym. And after pꝛaped the kynge of Algar⸗ 

be his felowe that he wolde do foo moche as to goo into 
Caſtylle foz to denounce his compnge. Arthur ſayd that 

he wolde do it gladly. He departed from Englande well 
accompanped / and dyde (oo moche that they arryued in 
Caſtylle / where as he tolde the comynge ok che kynge /d 

of his wyke the kynge ol Englandes doughter. Whan Þ 
tydynges Were denounced that. he was come / and that 
Olyuer came atter /euery body thanked god / and appas 

- rapiled thein koꝛ to recepue hym in the mooſt honoura⸗ 
bleſt wyſe that they myghte. They of the realme alſem; 
bled them / and by counſapllozdepned foꝛ to make keeſt. 
kronithe kyꝛſte towne of the realme where as he ſholde 
entre / vnto che laſte that he ſholde paſſeby. Ind all at p 
expenceotthe realme. Whan Olpuer thought that his 
kelowe myght be well in Caſtyll/he made that the kõge 
was contente to departe. Ind departed from London 

the tapꝛeſt / and the mooſt noble company / and the beſt 

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atcompanped of ladpes and damoyſelles in ſuche wyſe 
that it was grete pleaſure foꝛʒ to beholde theym of theyz 
Journeys J can not deupſe to you-bat they dydde ſoo 
moche that they arryued in Spayne / where as they wes 
re feeſted ot all the grete loꝛdes that they pafſed by. And 
whan they appꝛoched nere Caſtylle. Arthur a4dall the 
grete loꝛdes came agaynſt them. Ind welcomeRhepm 
ryght gracyouſlye / and Jopouſly in thankynge god of 
thep2 comynge. Then they made reuerence to they? lozs 
de / ⁊ to they? newe quene alſo, The whiche ſemed them 
the fayzeſt lady that euer they had ſene. Allo they ſalued 
the kynge of Englande in offrynge them to his ſerupce / 
And whan they were entred in to the kyzſt towne of the 
realme / the ſtretes were hanged / ⁊ pagentes vpon ſcafs 
foldes / and there was ſoo many other playes that they 
wyſt not Þ whiche they myght beholde. The ladyes wes 
rein the wyndowes ſoorychelyclothed that it was mer 
| uapll. And whan it came that they entred in to the pꝛyn 
| ces place / all that they had ſcne afoze was nothynge to 
that p whiche they ſawe there. They were ſo wel ſeruyd 
at ſouper that it was meruayle. And fynablye in all the 
| townes that they paſſ@ by they founde newe thynges 
| and alwaye better and better. From the begynnpnge of 
the realme all the companpe were at the good Olpuers 
expences. In that eſtate they came vnto the cyte of Nau 
dolytys / where as they kounde the olde quene of Caſtyll 
Olpuers ſtepmoder / ⁊ Arthurs owne moder / the whi⸗ 
che at the requeſt of her ſone Arthur / was comẽ oute ot 
the realme and countree of Algarbe koꝛ to ſape vnto the 
kapꝛe Helayne that was newe quene / that ſhe was wel⸗ 
| come /and to Dlpuer ſemblably. Alſo in that ſame Cyte 
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whall it came that they were deſcended at the palays/Þ 
quene Arthurs moder came agapnſt them ſtrongel ac 
companyed with tadyes and damoylelles / x welcomed 
the newe quene / a alſo p kynge ol Englande her fader. 
And ou ß mozowe Olyuer was crowned/⁊ he layne allo 
Ind at e dyner the kynge of Englande / the kynge of 
Ca the kynge of Algarbe/xthetwo other quenes 
were ſet at one table /⁊ all. v. were crowned, 


here itdeupſcth how the kynge and p other lozdes 
and ladyes dyde departe. Ind how whyte knyght 
appered to Olpuer / and oppꝛeſled h fox to — hig 
pꝛomeſſe / whiche was fo2 to gyue hym p halfe of his 
wynnpnge bpcaule of the toꝛneyment. Ca. Ixxij. 


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tet theſc thynges and that thekyngeof En 
FF-glande hadde ben there by the ſpace ok two 
monethes / he demaunded Ylyuer pk that 
be wolde not retoꝛne in to Englande / and he 
anſwered hym nave, And lapd that he was 
moꝛeat his caſe in his reale that had be ſojongg with 
out a kynge / than foz to retoꝛne into Englande, Then 
the kynge concluded to departe / and Olpuer conueyed 
hym out ot᷑ his realme, And whan it came that they lhol 
de take leue the kynge of Englande ſayd to hym. SY ſo 
ne and my frende Olpuer J recomaunde vnto you my 
doughter your wyfe / and J pꝛap you yt that J haue ne⸗ 
de that pe wyll kezgete not me. And Olpuer layd to 9 
naye / and that as often and as many tynnes as he ſhol⸗ 
de haue to do with hym that he ſholde fynde hymn redy. 
And ſo they toke leue / and the kynge of Englande wen⸗ 
te towarde Englande / the kynge of Caſtylle retoꝛned / 
in to his coũtree / where as he kounde his bꝛoder Arthur 
kyngeof Jlgarbe/p whiche wolde retozne in to his cor 
tree / and ledde agayne his moder that tooke leue of the 
kynge without mabyngoony mencronot ony thynge Þ 
had happened akoze. Ind whan he founde hymlelke alo⸗ 
ne / and was delyucred of all ſtraunge men / he vylyted 
his realme / and made his oꝛdynaunces ſoo fapꝛe and ſo 
good that euery body was contente. He with helde dy⸗ 
uers loꝛdes of the realme of Caſtylle of his courte/ with 
ſome ot Englandethat were abyden with hym. And as 
he had ben there a duhple he was knowe of all the noble 
men / that loued hym as they? lyfe. They were all teiop⸗ 
(cb 6f the twa fayꝛʒe chyldꝛen that they had / the whiche 
dy de encriaſe in aege / in condycyons / and in beaute that 
it was ner uapil. And whan tt came to the knowiege of 
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them of the countree of the fayze myꝛacle that had haps 
pened /all the woꝛlde was abaſſhed how ke had/had the 
courage fo: toſlee them /foꝛ they knewe wel as to there 
garde of the myꝛacle that the puyſſaũce of god is ſo gre⸗ 
te that none can compꝛehended it. Thus as ye here the 
kyngght Caſtylle lyued in Joye with his fayꝛe and good 
ſpoultc-refours ot ail his ſypkeneſſig and aduẽtures / and 
aledgynge of all his dolours. Euer y body loued and dꝛe 
ded hym ſo moche that neuer kynge of Caſtylle was ſoo 
obeyed of his ſubgectes. It happened on a forncr dave 
aboute foure a clocke that the daye Was fayꝛe and clere / 
and as the kynge ol Caſtylle ſlepte with his wyfe/athß 
ge came and knocked at the chambꝛe doe foo meruayl⸗ 
tous ſtrokes that it hadde almooſt bꝛoken the doꝛe. The 
2 kynge awaked and demaũded what it was. That ſame 
1 thynge anlwered open the doꝛe thou ſpalte ſe /02 elles 
_ 1 I ch all bꝛeke it. whan the kyngchcrdehprr ſpeke ſco he 
(id put on his ſherte / and toke his naked werde in his han⸗ 
de and came and opened the doꝛe. It was not ſoo ſoone 
open but that he knewe that it was his knyght / that at 
his nede had alwaye ſocoured and ſeruyd hym. And yet 
he was clothed in the whyte gowne that he hadde at the 
houre that he departed fro hym. Whan the kynge lawe 
hym he tokt hom̃ in his armes and ſayd. My frende re 
be welcome. And he anſwered / welcome oꝛ pll coms/yrt 
am J comen / and not for to tell pou onythynge that is 
plea ſaũt. The kynge ſayd that he coude ſaye nothynge 
that ſholde dyſpleaſe hym / foz he had good remẽbꝛaun⸗ 
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th * meaned koꝛ theyꝛ chyldꝛen / of whiche the whyte kny⸗⸗ 
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ſhe was redy/theknyght prayed the kynge that he wol⸗ 
de kepe his pzomelle / and that he wolde kepe his fayth / 
The kynge Olpuer hadde then all thethynges redy and 
apparaplied.3/o2 it was of longe tyme putuepcd in aby 
dynge e Whyte knyght / and had departed all theſe th 
ges iN waf ne / and vegan fox to ſape vnto the knyghte 
in this mancr. My krende F ſhall begynne at the Jewel 


les of my wyfe without the clothynge that hathe ben ef; 


tymed a mylon of golde/lo there the keye take the whit; 
che that ve wyll / foz all his de parted in halfe / à my trea⸗ 
ſoure in lyke wyle pe ſhall chele the whiche halfe that ye 
wyll. After the mouable goodes of mp hous that Jam 
ſerued with / Ithynke that ye haue but lytell to do with 
them / ſaue the veſſell. And that vpon his fayth he hadde 
departed in two all that hehadde wonne and mooze to / 
fo: the mooſt parte of his trealour pꝛoceded of the real⸗ 
me of Caſtylle / and that and hc had euer ony thynge of 
that ol Englande / he ſholdt be loꝛde of the Juſt halfe as 
he hadde pꝛomyſed hym. The knyght layd that he was 


not contente and ſayd to hym. ¶ Kynge ye leye to me of 


that whiche ve laye /foz ye do not departe it lo to me as 
ye haue pꝛomyled. Haue ye not Wone wyfe and chyldꝛen 
The kynge ſayd ye. Then ſayd the knyghte Joughte to 
haue parte. ¶ whan the kynge vnderſtode hym he let 
bym ouhts knces / pzapedhym with Joynedharides 


that he wolde leue hym his chyldzen / and that he wolde 


gyuc hym the halfe of his realme and with that Þ reſy⸗ 
due of his treaſoure. Jn lyke wyſe the pooze Helyayne in 
grete humplite with the teres in her eyen pꝛayedhym ð 
he wolde haue pyte on her / and on her burde / and that 
he Were contente foꝛ to take that the whiche her huſban 
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do nothyngeko2 you noꝛz foz none othex. And yk that pe 
wyll not do it / it is Well in mp power fo2 to make youre 
compence it full derelp. Then the kyngecommaunded 
the moder foꝛ to fetche her chyldꝛẽ / the weiche ſhe dyde 
and kounde them a bedde and made them toaryẽ / and 
clothed them / and then bꝛoughte them. Whan the kyn⸗ 
ge la we them he demaunded the knyght yf that he wols 
de be contente tos his realine ⁊ his trealoute fo to ren⸗ 
dꝛeto hym his chyldꝛen / yl prayer myght haue ony plas 
ce. The knyght ſayd nape. Now layd Þ kynge ſyth that 
it gothe thus / cheſe whiche that pe loue beſt. The knyght 
{ayd that he wolde haue the ſone / bycauſe that he knewe 
that he loued hym belt, The kynge all wepßge toke his 
ſone bothe — gaue hym to the knyght laynge / i! 
My {one and wy chylde J recommaunde the in to te 
garde ok out loꝛde /the pleaſuteot thy rongthe hathe lys 10 
tell endured me. who that than had ſene the pooze He⸗ 
layne take leue ot her chylde / he ſholde hauehad a harde 
herte yt that he had not Nepte / and Helayne wepte ha⸗ 
boundauntly ſaynge, Chylde ryall wherfoze haue J boz 
ne the whan that J mult be conſentyngof thy perdyccy 
on Oryght noble realmes of Englande and ok Caſtylte 
to daye ye ſhall lele your kynge and loꝛde. After this the 
knyght wolde haue halfe ofthe fayze Helayne / the which 
thynge Olpuer coude not vnderſtande how it myght be 
but yk that he ſholde ſlee her / wherkoꝛe he cõmytted the 
dede to the knyght. And then theknyght anſwered vn⸗ 102 
to hym that he was noo murderer of ladyes / and al ſoo Þ [11118 
it was no reaſon that he ſholde paye hym with his hans —_ | 
de / foꝛ he knewe well that he mult paye hym hymlelte ß IM! 
the whiche he had pꝛomyled hym / and then ſayd/yt that 
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me towarde his wyke a {et hym on his knees in pꝛaynge 
her that ſhe r olde pardon hym her dethe. Tie good he⸗ 
layne (ayd that (he wotde pardon hym with good herte 
and tyen (e embzaſcd hym in ſaynge. Byght noble kyn 


ge the dyfference is greteof the Joyous acquayntaunce 


that we had fy2ſte togyder / at the tyme that pe were cal 
led Ol puer. Ha the ryghte dolourous departpge that to 
daye (hall be made of vs two. Ifter that ſhe hadde ſayd 
theſe woꝛdes / ſhe made her ozyſons to god and to the bir 
gyn Mary /in cryenge mercy to god foz all her ſpnnes/x |. 
that he wolde put her ſoule in the gloꝛpe of paradyſe /X 
that yf her loꝛde had done ony ſynne koꝛ to ſlee her / that 
he wolde pardon hym. Fnd whan ſhe had ended her pꝛa 
yers and ſayd her oꝛylons / ſhe came ta warde her lozde 
and huſbande / and kyſſed hym with the teres deſcendyn 
ge from her epen / and ſayd that (he was redy fo2 to aby⸗ 
de the dethe. wherkoꝛe ſhe toke leue of hym / and okher 
two chyldꝛen / and ſette her vpon her knees with her hã 
des ioyned towarde heuen / inrecommaundynge her vn 
to god. Is ſhe that abode but the ſtroke of dethe. Whan 
the kynge lab her in that eſtate as a man halke oute ot 
is wytte appꝛoched and in lyftynge vp his werde wol 
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knowlegeok his loyalte/ and quyted hym all. And 
then he made hym to be knowen hym / and tolde hỹ 
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Han knyght ſawe this pyteous aduentu 
re-heletenoty lwerde auale a downe / fo2 
he withelde his atme ⁊ ſapd/abyde kynge 
that I mape ſpeke to vou/ ko you quene/ 
here me ſpeke. Then the began fo250 ſap X 
demaunde the kynge / y that he had noremembzaunce 
of a knyght that was named ſpr Johan Talbot the whi 
che was deed in his companp in the ſentence of curſyn⸗ 
ge. And yl that he remembꝛed hym not how that he paz 
pved the dette to the purgeys / and made hym to be burp⸗ 
ed. The kynge anſwered pe. And J tell the ſayd the kny 
ghte that Jam that ſame knyghte / and that ſame that 
ſerued the at the toꝛnepment of Englande / and bycauſe 
that thou haſt done me pleaſure / I rende to the all thy 
moneye / and all hooly thy fynaunce that thou haſte gy⸗ 
uen me. Ind in lpkewyſe I tendꝛe to the thy ſone / and 
qupte the in lpke wplethe halle of thy wyfe / that whiche 
J haue done hathe ben foz to aſſaye the and thyfratichv 
le. To the lurplus J hall tell the wherfoze at the fy2ſte 
daye of the toꝛneyment Aclothed Þ in blacke / that was 
ſygnefyaunce of Þ cbſcuxcte that I was in. The ſecõde 
daye that was in rede /ſpgnefped my paynes in purga⸗ 
toꝛpe. The laſt daye in whyte / ſygnefyed my ſaluacyon / 
fo2 ſo as þ whyte is vyꝛgyn / foz it was neuer ſoplled by 
ſtepnynge / wherby it is pure and clene. In lyke wyle J 
am ſo at this pꝛeſentetyme / foz by the and by the cauſes 
J am aledged ot all my doloure / and now J go in to the 
holy glozye of paradyſe-to ſe Þ pꝛeſence of my creatoure 
that is the teioyſynge ot the ſaued/Wwherfoze Itake leue 


ok the /foz there as J go thou mapſt not come yct-but be 


thou ſure that J chall pꝛape foꝛ the, Then he vanyſſhed 
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The whiche in a lytell whylc was oute ok thepz ſyghte. 
¶ Then they kette them vpon they: knees in rendꝛynge 
graces to thepꝛereatout / and after that they had made 


they ylodis in thikynge god / they began foz to make 
the one to the other ryght pyteous acquapntaunce / loo 


moche and by ſuche maner as yk the quene had ben arp⸗ 
ſen from dethe at that lame houre. The kyng ok Caſtyll 
that neuer had recepued one goodnes / but that he had⸗ 


de rcceputd ten euplles agaynſt it /lyued in Jope w his 


ryght welbeloued wpke / and had neuer dyſpleaſure af» 
ter that / laue all Jopes vnto the houre okhis dethe. Hes 
Layne was ſtrongely ſeke foz the fere that ſhe had hadde 
daryngethe whiche maladye Arthur came in to Caſtyll 
fo2 to ſe Diyutr / to whome Olpuer made ryghte grete 
chere / and ſone after that Helayne gate vp / the wyiche 
was cauſe of mo2e gtetter Joye/aiid all Jope ⁊ myꝛthe 
was in the realme of Caſtylle/there was no ipekynge of 
nothynge laue to make good chere. The ſone and p dou⸗ 
ghter of the kynge were altedy grete / in ſo moche that þ 
doughter was redy fo: to be maryed. Wherfoze the kyn 
ge layd vpõ a daye to the kynge ol Algarbe / my bꝛoder 
IJhaue but one felo we in all the woꝛlde / and that is you 


Fo2 pe map wel auaunte you that pe be patſonere ot the 


goodes that god hathe gyuen me. And therfoze as vnto 
my bꝛoder J wyll tell v:3to you mprfaduyſe.Fynably re 
be to mary ⁊ as yet hathe no wyke / wherkoze Jam gres 
tely ameruayVed that pe haue abydẽ ſoo longe. haue 
two chyldꝛen a ſone and a doughter / and by my fapth yt 
that I thoughte that ye were contente fo2 to mary pou/ 
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thynke that ſhe is foʒ you Jgyueher to vou. O2 pt that 
it ſemeth you better elles Where take it. ye maye ſaye he 
te pꝛyuely pour wyll / foꝛ Þ loue that J haue to you mas 
kech me loꝛ to layt thus to you. . ee C29 


How ©lpucr of Caſtylle gaue his doughter i ma⸗ 
ryageto his felowe Arthur ok Algarbe / and of the de 
the of Olyuer and of Helapne his wpke. Ca, ixxv. 


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md whan that Arthur Kynge of Agarbe 
herde. the kynge ol Caſtylle ſpcke lo humbly 
Ray he thanked hym in ſayngep he dyde to hym 
moꝛe honoure than appertepnedto h / and 
„ ſyth that it was his pleaſure foꝛ to gyue hjß 
his danghtor/that he ſholde be ryght vngracyous fox to 
refuſeher. whan the kynge of Caftylle vnderſtode that 
his felowe hadde grete wyll fo2 to atteyne to this marya 


ge/he ſente incontynent akter all the noble me of his coun 


tree. And whan they were all aſſembled he made ſpou 


ſaylles of Frthur and his doughter ſo grete and ſo plen 
teous of all goodeg/that it coude be noo mote. Ind this 
keeſt endured a longe tyme. In the whiche Whyle tydyn 
ges came in to Caſtylle that the kyng of Chyppꝛes was 
alleged of the infydeles / and requpꝛed the kynge of cal 


tylle ofhelpe and (ocoure / and alſo all the other cryſten 


pꝛynces. whan this tydynges came to the knowlege of 
the ponge pꝛynce the kynges lone /he made a requeſte to 


his fader that he wolde gyue hỹ leue and ayde foꝛ to goo 
tothe whiche he accoꝛded / and gaue hym a grete armpe 


but he retoꝛned neuer after agapne / as treateth moꝛe at 
longe the cronycles of Caſtylle. Foz after that he hadde 
delyuered the realme of Chyppꝛes okthepzencmpes/he 
wente in to Turky where as he conquered dyuers real 
mes that he made foꝛ to be Cryſtenned. And yfthathe 
had not deyed yonge / he had ben a man foꝛ to haue con⸗ 
quered the mooſt parte of the wozlde. The kynge of Al; 
garbe ledde his wyfe in to his countree. And thꝛe pere 


akter his departynge / a ryght greuous maladpe toke 4 
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Kyngeof Caſtylle by the wyll ok oure loꝛde that of theſe 
thynges dyſpoſeth at his pleaſure/and was lo ſyke that 
Helayne his wyke / as lhe that abode not but his dethe 


ſcnte foꝛ the kynge of Algarbe / the whiche was not ſo ſo 
ne arryued / but that the kynge of Caſſyll paſſed oute ok 
this wouldetin grete wepypnges and lamentacpons of all 
his ſubgectes and frendes / and generally of his me and 
all them that knewe hym. Ind whan the tydynges were 
pꝛonoũced to Helaync / maulgre all them that kante her 
ſhe came to ſe her loꝛde that was deed /& whan (Me was 

entred in to the chambꝛe and that ſhe appꝛoched the bo⸗ 
dy / he elcryed on hype. Aryght puyſſaunt kynge how 

ſe thy fayze face pale /by the dethe anguylſhous / and thy 

furyous armes affebled / and in laynge this ſhe lete her 

ſelfe fall vycn the body / and ſhe aroſe neuer after fo2 of 
doloure herherte dyde bꝛeke and deyed, wherby the do⸗ 

toure was redoubled. ¶ The pooꝛe kynge ot Algarbe de 
meaned ſo grete dole that it was pyte foʒ to ſe. And ma⸗ 
de innumerable lamẽtacvons ſo moche that it ſholde be 
to longe to recounte it. In iyke wyſe the quene of Algar 


be came for to ſee her fader x her moder that were deed / 


⁊ Ge made lo grete dole that with grete payn ſhe myght 
be com foꝛted. Bothe the deed bodpes were buryed in 
one tombe/the whiche Was ryght pytcous to beholde. 

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Chow Olpuers ſone deyed in turky / ⁊ how Arthur 
was kynge of Englande and of Caſtplle. Ca. Ixx vii. 


Ouc atter tbat the grete dole had bẽ in Tat 
=> vil / Olpuers fone that atte ; tyme wa 

they: kßge was enpꝛplonned by tone lara⸗ 
: þ ſpns in d marches of Tut dy, but that was 
not but that aloze his pꝛylenpnge he had be 


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_ kelpthey2 tealmes. 4nd were redouvted / and full dere 


crowned ok thꝛe realmes that he hid conquered / and by 
cauſe that there was no moo apperteynpnge heyꝛes in 
caſtyll than p quene ot àlgarbe Arthurs wyfe / they ma 
dehet quene / and crowned her huſbande kynge of the 
countręe/in doynge to hym kayth and homage. C Jly⸗ 
tell 7 after came tydynges to the kynge of Caſtylle 

ok Algarbe / that the Kyngeof Englande grandka⸗ 
der of his wpke was deceſſed. and that the Duke of Glo 
ceſtre that was couſpn germapne tothe Kynge ok En⸗ 
glande/had made hym to be crowned kyngeot the real; 
me. Wherkoze he lente in to Englande koꝛ to knowe and 
it were by the conlente of the noble men of the countree 


And foz to knowe yk that he ſholde not be receyued fox 
kynge as reaſon woide. It was anſwered to hym nayc/ 
 Wherfoze he alſembleda grete cõpanp of folke / and v3 


grdte puylſaunce came and deſcended in Englande / and 
dyde lo moche by koꝛce of armes / after dyuers grete ba⸗ 
taplles / that he that ſayd hym kynge was taken and put 
in pꝛylon / where as he neuer plſucd oute aftcr. Itter he 
made hym to be crowned kynge as realon wolde / and 
Englylſhemen receyued hymToz they: loꝛde/and foo he 
was kynge of Englande / ot Caſtylle/and of Algarbe / X 


allo he was kynge of one of Þ realmes of Itlande. The 
furplus ot his dayes he lyued in grete pꝛolperyte and en 


crealynge ot all goodes. He had thꝛe chyldzẽ of his wyke 
two ſones and one doughter / that atter his decelle they 
helde his loꝛdſhyppes. The eldeſt was kyage of En glan 
de and ol Itlande / and the other kynge ol Caſtylle / and 
his doughter was maryed to the kynge of Poꝛtyngale / 
and he had with her the realme of Iigarbe / thac yet ap⸗ 
pertepneth to hym. The two ſones gouerned weil & wy 


holden of thepꝛ ſubgectes and neyghbours. Akter / the 
dethe of the Kynge theyꝛ kader / and ol the quene theyz 
moder. The ſurplus of thep2 dayes they lyued holyly in 
ſerupnge god and the glozyous vyꝛgyn Marye. Then 
they palled out of this woꝛlde ryght glozyoully / god foz 
his holy grace haue mercy on they2 loules. And gyde go 
de lyfe and longe / and encrealynge of all goodnes vnto 
all them that this hyſtoꝛye ſhall rede oz here redde / and 
that wꝛyteth it oꝛ maketh it to be wꝛyten / and alſo to all 
them that (hall ſeit. #me. So .es 
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¶ The epylogacyon ofthe booke. The laſt Ca. 


Byſtotle the phyloſophzc lapth that the thp 
ges vᷣ be lepared be vnderſtonden ⁊ knowẽ 
moꝛe dyſtynctely/foꝛ Þ whiche caule the tas 
ble hathe ben made and put inthebegynnp 
ge of this pꝛeſente boke fo? to vnderſtãde it 
ð better. And bycaule that it ſholbe ſeme to dyuers þ (05 
me paſſpues of thyſtoꝛye by ſympiptudce of unpollplyte 
ought not to be byleued foꝛ a trouthe/toʒ the meruayll p 
is ſayd. To the declaracyon of the palfages of thyſtoꝛye 
by maner of epylogacyon this laſte chapytte is c:mprys 
ſed. And to the regarde of Olpu er ano ærthur that we 
re ſo lyke / the dyffyculte is not to grete/foꝛ u han y two 
chyldꝛen be of one arge / and ok onefeltecompierc; on ha 
uyng lome ſymylytude of vyſage/⁊coꝛlage/tacylly one 
map be taken fo2 another /nameipꝝ bpcauic chey be nou 
cyſſhed togyder / lpekynge allone laugage ciothed in le 

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and kepynge all one maner of dopnge and countenaun⸗ 
ce /all this togyder/and opuers other thynges makethe 
them be lapd {emblabie., Z><&2DZ==<C2D $\& 
¶ To the regarde ofthe quene that was elpꝛyſed of the 
loue ot Olpuer At was but iragylyte naturall of women 
thacWloWrti ſenſualyte agaynſt hondure. e:: 
C Toucyynge p5ᷣ water ot the glaſſe that ought to trou⸗ 
bie at Oipuers daͤunger/by this ye muſt not vnderſtan 
de that it was Water clementall in his nature / but by⸗ 
cauic that Oiyucr was all vertuous / 2 that his under 
ſtandynge was all gyuen to good / and to loue god/per⸗ 
ſeuerpnge in good and vertuous operacpõs/and flepn 
1 ge all vyces and ſynnes / god permyled that Arthur had 
1  k1owlegeof 5 aduerſptees happened to Dlyuer his ke⸗ 
| uy lowe by chechaungynge of the water of the layd gall: / 
1 by the pꝛayer of his felowe Olpuer made vnto god / euẽ 


138 ſoashc had wꝛyten in the lettre / and all this to the ende 
_ 1108 that of them were memozpe afcerwarde / foꝛ to kuche 
1 the puylſlaunccof god / and the meruaples that on them 
he wolde ſhewe / as on his frendes à good cryſten men / 
aͤ nd oz to gyue example vnto the other. :: 
C Almoche as it toucheth of the foꝛtunes happened vu⸗ 
to Dlyuc? and Arthur / as well on the ſee as on the lãde 
it is but a thynge naturall / and of ſemblable happencth 
okten by the dylpoſycyon of the weder /but that whan ỹ 
they were pꝛeletued from deth / that was Þ wyil of god / 
ad thynges mpꝛaculous that were ſhewed on them. 
¶ To the regarde of the whyte knyght that appered ſo 
| to Dipuer / and gauehymcomtozreandaydeinhts ne- | 
1115 deg / god had lente hym in rewardßge hym in this wozls 
|; de of Þ grete goodnelle and werkes of myſerycoꝛde that 
he hadde accomplylched in pꝛocurpnge rye abſolucyorn 


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of that ſame knyght that was holden fo2 accuſed, 
C where as it toucheth that Olyuer was taken by one 
of the kyngesof Irlande / and retayned pꝛyſoner / and 
after delyuered out of pꝛyſon by Arthur / god cauſed all 
this / to the ende that the kynge of Irlande that vmuſte 116 
ly and without cauſe was enemye of his herr and grap⸗ 1 
tour / fo2 alre dy by iuſt warre he had made to hym ho⸗ I 
mage / and to the kynge of Tnglande-the whiche put hÞ 
in his realme agayne / abode not vnpunylſhed in this (a 
me woꝛlde of his eupll and traptourous wyll / to the ens 
de that all traytours take enſample by hy / and kepe 
them from falſynge ok theyꝛ othe. v S = 
E To the regarde that arthur coude not be heled but yk 
he dꝛanke of the blode of two Innocentes /one à dough 
ter / god had done it and gyuẽ it to vnderſtande by reue⸗ 
lacyon foz to.pꝛeue Þ loyalte and true loue of theſe two 
felowes / as We rede of Abraham that was contentefoz 
to make ſacrefyte of his ſone Ylaac vntogod-inlykewy = 
fc Olyuer was loner cotente to hele his felowe by ſleyn⸗ 
ge of his chyldꝛen / tian foz to fe hym deye / and it maye 
be that his chy1$2en were oced / and after reuyued-02 £1: 
les that god couered the murdꝛe and feed to Olpuer 
. that they were deed / ſoo as it lemed tothe Icwes that 
5 Moyſes had hoꝛnes / yet hadhe none. S 
Be: ¶ Ind aſinoche as it toucheth that Olpuer was contẽ⸗ 
| te foʒ to llce his wd the quene foʒ to kepe his pꝛomeſſe 
vnto the whyteknyght Syꝛ Johan Talbot / to whome 
1 he hadde pꝛomyled the halte of his wynnyngce at the toꝛ 
1 neyment/he was lo gtounded and reſolued in lopalte p 
1 ef his pꝛomyſe he coude not noꝛ durſt not ercuſe hym. 
Js we 8hauc of kynge Herode y loued of ſaynt Joha bap 
5 tyſt / but pet he wolde kepe his pꝛomyſeto his doughter 


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and make hym to be byheded/than to kayle and bꝛeke ỹ 


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faythofhis othe. C 41d bycauſe that to god is nothyn/ 


geumpolloble / He hathe done oz oure doctryne dyuers 
mpꝛacles that ben wozthy of memoꝛpe perpetuall / as p 


hyſtozye ſpecpfpeth here afoze / made to 2ᷣ pꝛapſynge ot 
god 175 oß his glozyous moder /and to the honour ok the 

ine / and to the felycyte of all lopall ⁊ true louers. 
to the example of pacyentes / to the hope ot the cheual⸗ 
rous / and to the fertylpte and occupacyon of the tyme 


lalutatpe. Amen. 


¶ Here endeth ᷣ hyſtoꝛye ol Olpuer ot Caſtylle / and 
ol the fayze Helayne dougyter vato the kynge of Tn? 
lande. Inpꝛynted at London in Flete ſtrete at the 
ygne of the lonne by wynkyn de Woꝛde. The pere 
of oute loꝛde. M. CCC CC. and.xviij. 


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