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Laurence Minot
9 quotes
“In this dale I droupe and dare For dern dedes that done me dere. Of Ingland had my hert grete care When Edward founded first to were. The Franche men war frek to fare Ogaines him with scheld and spere, Thai turned ogayn with sides sare, And al thaire pomp noght worth a pere.”
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Recorded in: 'Lithes and I sall tell yow tyll/the bataile of Halidon Hyll', The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), p. 26
“Ihesu, for thi woundes five, in Ingland help us to have pese.”
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Recorded in: 'Lithes and I sall tell yow tyll/the bataile of Halidon Hyll', The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), p. 29
“Skottes out of Berwik and of Abirdene, At the Bannok burn war ye to kene, Thare slogh ye many sakles, als it was sene And now has king Edward wroken it, I wene, It es wrokin, I wene, wele wurth the while; War yit with the Skottes, for thai er ful of gile.”
Laurence Minot (1300–1352) first seen 1333 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Now for to tell yow will I turn/of the batayl of Banocburn', The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), p. 29
“Whare er ye, Skottes of Saint Johnes toune? The boste of yowre baner es betin all doune; When ye bosting will bede, sir Edward es boune For to kindel yow care and crak yowre crowne: He has crakked yowre croune, wele worth the while; Schame bityde the Skottes, for thai er full of gile”
Laurence Minot (1300–1352) first seen 1333 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Now for to tell yow will I turn/of the batayl of Banocburn', The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), p. 29
“Oure king and his men held the felde Stalwortly, with spere and schelde And thoght to win his right, With lordes and with knightes kene And other doghty men bydene, That war ful frek to fight.”
Laurence Minot (1300–1352) first seen 1333 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), p. 35
“Men may rede in romance right Of a grete clerk that Merlin hight; Ful many bokes er of him wreten, Als thir clerkes wele may witten; And yit in many prive nokes May men find of Merlin bokes.”
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Recorded in: 'How Edward at Hogges unto land wan/and rade thurgh France or ever he blan', The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), p. 43
“Merlin said thus with his mowth, Out of the north into the sowth Suld cum a bare over the se That suld mak many man to fle; And in the se, he said ful right, Suld he schew ful mekill might; And in France he suld bigin To mak tham wrath that er tharein”
Laurence Minot (1300–1352) first seen 1333 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'How Edward at Hogges unto land wan/and rade thurgh France or ever he blan', The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), p. 43
“Fro Philip the Valais was sir David sent All Ingland to win fro Twede unto Trent”
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Recorded in: 'Sir David had of his men grete loss/with sir Edward at the Nevil cross', The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), p. 52
“The Scottes with thaire falshede thus went thai obout For to win Ingland whils Edward was out. For Cuthbert of Dorem haved thai no dout; Tharfore at Nevel cros law gan thai lout, Thare louted thai law and leved allane: Thus was David the Bruse into the toure tane.”
Laurence Minot (1300–1352) first seen 1333 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Sir David had of his men grete loss/with sir Edward at the Nevil cross', The Poems of Laurence Minot, 1333–1352, eds. Thomas Beaumont James and John Simons (1989), pp. 53-54