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SIR ISUMBRAS AT THE FORD
BY THE SAME AUTHOR IN COLLABORATION WITH G. W. TAYLOR
CHANTEMERLE
THE VISION SPLENDID
SIR ISUMBRAS AT THE FORD
By D. K. BROSTER
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1918
TO BARBARA AND HER SON PHILIP
"And als he wente by a woodë schawe, Thare mette he with a lytille knave Came rynnande him agayne— 'Gramercy, faire Syr Isumbras, Have pitie on us in this case, And lifte us uppe for Marie's grace!' N'as never childe so fayne. Theretoe of a mayden he was ware, That over floude ne mighte not fare, Sir Ysumbras stoopède him thare And uppe ahent hem twayne."
Metrical Romance of Sir Ysumbras.
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