Roberte the Deuyll a Metrical Romance From An Ancient Illuminated Manuscript
Roberte the Deuyll a Metrical Romance From An Ancient Illuminated Manuscript
Isaac Herbert
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109. Another Romance in French on ( viii ) 6n this fubjec"b is in vol. I. Of the Bibliothe- que Bleue, 3 vol. !2mo. Liege, 1787. Thefe arc probably the fame Robert. An old Englifh Morality on this tale un- der the title of Robert Cicyll, was repre- fented at the High Crofs in Chefter in 1529, A MS of which poem on vellum, is men- tioned alfo by Mr. Warton to exift in Tri- nity College Library, MSS No. Lvii. Fol. But doubt if the Oxford MS has any connec- tion with or refemblar. Ee to, The Story... of " Eobqte tlje SDntPlU" L Herbert, London, 17? Sept. 1797. * THE THE r LIFE O F ftoberte tte a>eupU. > Y ST E N lordinges that of marueyles lyke to heare Of actes that were done fometyme in dede By oure elders that before vs were How fome in myfchieffe their lyfe dyd leade And in this boke may ye fe yf that ye will rede Of one Robert the deuyll, borne in Normandye That was as uengeable a man as myght treade On goddes grounde for he delyted all in tyranye. A A Duke 2 tOje JLffe of A Duke fometyme in Normandye there was Full uertuous and deuoute in all hys lyuynge And in almofe dedes, he yede in the waye of grace Of knyghtlye maners, and manfull in iuftynge A Lordlye parfone, alfo courtes in euery thynge Hys dwellynge was at Nauerne vpon fayne At Chryftmas to honoure that holy tyme Open houfholde he kepte, and to pleafe God was [fayne.
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