The Political Songs of England: From the Reign of John to that of Edward II.Priv. print., 1884 |
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Anglo-Norman aver barons battle battle of Evesham battle of Lewes bien Bishop Brennius conquer death despise deyvent Dieu Earl Earl of Gloucester Earl of Lancaster enemies English estre evil fear fere following song French freres gent give glory Gloucester gode grant Harl hath heart heved holy honde honme honour huem huere John justice King of France King's kingdom knights knyhtes kyng l'Ordre land Latin lond Lord Matthew of Westminster mede Mès monie monks mort myhte noble nout Ordre peace poem POLITICAL SONGS Pope praise pretz pride prince proud puet qu'il Quar quod reign of Edw reign of Edward rich Richard Scotland Scots Seint shal Simon de Montfort Sire SIRVENTE son houses sunt sword Thah thee ther things Thomas thou hast tiel truth wende
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Сторінка 15 - By God, that is aboven ous, he dude muche synne, That lette passen over see the Erl of Warynne: He hath robbed Engelond, the mores, ant th[e] fenne, The gold, ant the selver, aut y-boren henne, for love of Wyndesore.
Сторінка 45 - let the community of the kingdom advise, and let it be known what the generality thinks, to whom their own laws are best known. Nor are all those of the country so ignorant that they do not know better than strangers the customs of their own kingdom which have been handed down to them by their ancestors.
Сторінка 77 - Si ad giant chevalerie ; Ce voir, et je m'acort, II eime dreit, et het le tort, Si avera la mestrie. El mond est vereement ; La ou la comun a ly concent, De la terre loee C'est ly quens de Leycestre, Que baut et joins se puet estre De cele renomee.
Сторінка 50 - For dissimulation shall not change the law, [890] whose stable reason will stand without end. Wherefore if anything that is useful has been long put off, it is not to be reprehended when adopted late. And let the king never set his private interest before that of the community; as if the salvation of all yields to him alone. For he is not set over them in order to live for himself; but that his people who is subject to him may be in safety.
Сторінка 14 - Yet we can hardly doubt that, with the turbulent barons of these troublous times, the harp of the minstrel must have resounded frequently to subjects of greater present excitement. With the beginning of the thirteenth century opened a new scene of political contention. It is amid the civil commotions of the reign of John, that our manuscripts first present traces of the songs in which popular opinion sought and found a vent, at the same time that the commons of England began to assume a more active...
Сторінка 4 - Betere him were in Scotlond, With is ax in ys hond, To pleyen o the grene. Ant the body hongeth at the galewes faste, With yrnene claspes longe to laste...
Сторінка 32 - May the power of the Almighty perfeet what it has begun and restore to its vigor the kingdom of the English people ! that glory may be to Himself, and peace to His elect, until they be in the country where He shall lead them. O Englishmen...
Сторінка 16 - Ah bote y be the furme day on folde hem by-fore, Ne shal y nout so skere scapen of huere score ; So grimly he on me gredes, That y ne mot me lede ther with mi lawe, On alle maner othes that heo me wulleth awe, Heore boc ase un-bredes.
Сторінка 47 - For pride hath slcve, the lond is almusles.* The ferthe seide, that he is wod That dwelleth to muchel in the flod, For gold or for auhte ; For gold or silver, or any wele, Hunger or thurst, hete or chele, Al shal gon to nohte. Nu wille is red, Wit is qued, And god is ded. For wille is red, the lond is wrecful ; For wit is qued, the lond is wrongful ; For god is ded, the lond is sinful. Wid wordes...
Сторінка 14 - The Kyng of Alemaigne wende do ful wel, He saisede the mulne for a castel, With hare sharpe swerdes he grounde the stel, He wende that the sayles were mangonel To helpe Wyndesore, Richard, thah thou be ever, &c.