Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

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figure, to whom he can hardly give the name of man.
At the sight of Waldhave, the apparition leaves the ob-
jects of his pursviit, and assaults him with a club. Wald-
have defends himself with his sword, throws the savage
Dixcrat : ct silvas et saltits circuit omnes,
Cervorumqiie greges agtncn colhgit in urtum,
Et danias, caprcasque simul, ceruosquc resedit ;
El venientc die, compellcns agJiiina prce se,
Fesiinans vadit quo ntibit Gucndolccna.
Pusfquam venit co, pacientcr cocgit
Cervos antefores, pi-oclamans, " Giiendolccna,
" Gnetidolccna, veni, te talia inuncra spcctani."
Ociiis ergo venit sitbridens GuendolcLua,
Gcsiarique viruni cervo miratur, et ilium
Sic parcre inro, tantum quoqite posse fcraruni
Uniri tiumcntm quas prcc se solus agcbat,
Sicut pastor ovcs, quas ducerc suevit ad hcrhas.
Stahat ab exeelsa, sponsus spcctando fenestra
In solio viirans cquitem lisumquc moxebat.
Ast nbi xidit earn votes, animoque quis csset,
CaUuit, cxteinplo divuhit cornua cervo
Quo gcsiabatur, vibrataque jecit in ilium
Et caput illius penitus contrivit, eumque
, Reddidit cxaniinem, vitamque fugavit in auras ;
Ocuts inde snum, talorum verbere, ccrvum
DiJI'ugiens egis, silvasque redire paravit.
For a penisal of this curious poem, accurately copied from a MS.
in the Cotton Library, nearly coeval with the author, I was indebted
to my learned friend, the late Mr Ritson. There is an excellent paraphrase
of it in the curious and entertaining Specimens of Early Eng-
lish Romances, published by Mr Ellis.
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