The Boke of Duke Huon of Burdeaux, . (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...man to whome I promysed,3 yf he coude brynge me to Acre in saue 8 garde, that I wolde then gyue hym twenty ducates of golde / the yong mar e was couetous to haue the money, and founde the meanes that he brought me to Acre, where as I founde a kynnesman of m)'n who payed the 12 yonge man4 that I6 promysyd6 hym / and also he gaue me.xv. ducates, the whiche I haue spent with comyng hyther.' 'Frende, ' quod Huon, 'I praye to6 god to ayde the, for yf thou were not soo yll apparelled thou 16 sholdest seme a man of a hye lygnage / for it semeth to me, yf thou were wel armyd and wepened, and were in some bysenes, thou were lyke ynough to be fered.' Raoul in his disguise dines with Huon and Esolaramonde. % How aftiT that duke Raoull had ben at 20 Burdeux in the guyse of a pylgreme to se the fay re lady Esclaramonde, he retournyd agayne to Vyen. Capitulo.lxxxix. iFter that Huon had longe deuysed 24 with Raoull / he wasshed & sate downe to dyner, & the duches his wy fe by him / then Huon commannded that at the ende of the table, ryght before 28 his table, Raoull the pylgreme to be set, &7 was well serued / but Raoull hadde lytell care other of mete 8or drynke, for his thought was of another s-1 after mother. the. 3 that. 4 the money the which I had. 6 had. e rato. 7 there he. 8 Fol. lxvii. back, col. 2. Ca. Ixxxix. OF DUKE RAOUL'S VISIT TO BORDEAUX. 283 mater wherupon he sore studyed / for before him he saw the noble duchea Esclaramondo, of whom he was so amourous that he coude not witMraw his eyen fro 4 her / for the more he beheld her the more he was His love for u- enbrased witJil loue / he thought he neuer sawc before apace, soo fayre a lady in all his lyfe / so that for the grete beaute that was in her / he chaunged often tymes his 8 colour...