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Two Old French Werwolf Lays 316 Et il vienent as rois fuiant. Tot sont detrancié et ocis; Un tos seus n’en escapa vis Fors Melïon, qui escapa, 320 Par deseure les rois lança. En .I. grant bois s’en est alé; Par engien lor est escapé. A la cité sont repairié; 324 Li rois se fait durement lié. Li rois grant joie demena Que il des .XI. leus .X. a, Car molt bien s’est vengié des leus; 328 Escapés ne l’en est c’uns seus. Sa fille dist: ‘C’est li plus grans; Encor les fera tos dolans’. Qant Melïon fu escapés, 332 Sor une montaigne est montés; Molt fu dolans, molt li pesa De ses leus que il perdu a. Molt a traveillié longement, 336 Mais ore avra socors briement: Artus en Yrlande venoit, Car une pais faire i voloit. Mellé estoient el païs, 340 Acorder vout les anemis. Sor les Romains voloit conquerre; Mener les voloit en sa guerre. Li rois venoit priveement, 344 Ne menoit mie molt grant gent: .XX. chevaliers od lui menoit. Molt fist bel tans, bon vent avoit, Molt fu la nef et riche et grans. 348 Il i avoit bons esturmans; Molt par fu bien apareillie, f. 343v col. 4 D’ommes et d’armes bien garnie. Lor escus furent fors pendus. 352 Melïons les a coneüs. Primes conut l’escu Gawain Et puis a ravisé l’Iwain Et puis l’escu le roi Ydel; 356 Tot ce li plot et li fu bel. L’escu le roi bien ravisa; Sachiés de voir grant joie en a. Molt en fu liés, molt s’esjoï, 360 Car encor quide avoir merci. 66
Melion 316 And they came fleeing into the nets. All were cut to pieces and killed; Not a single one of them escaped alive, Save for Melion, who fled 320 By leaping over the nets. He went into a great wood; He had escaped by his ingenuity. The hunters went back to the city; 324 The king was very pleased. The king felt great joy That he had ten of the eleven wolves, So he had avenged himself well on the wolves: 328 Only one of them alone had escaped. His daughter said: ‘This one was the largest; He will still make them all regret it’. When Melion had escaped, 332 He climbed a mountain; He was very unhappy and troubled About his wolves, which he had lost. For a long time he had suffered, 336 But in a short while now he will have help: Arthur was coming to Ireland, For he wished to make a peace treaty. There were conflicts in the land 340 And he wished to bring agreement to the factions; He wanted to conquer the Romans, He wanted to lead them [the Irish] in his war. The king was travelling secretly, 344 He did not bring very many people; He brought with him twenty knights. The weather was fine, they had a good wind; The ship was both splendid and large 348 And there was a good navigator; It was very well equipped And supplied with men and arms. Their shields were hung over the side. 352 Melion recognized them. First he recognized Gauvain’s shield, And then he noticed Yvain’s, And then King Yder’s shield; 356 All this delighted him and was pleasing to him. He recognized the king’s shield easily; Know truly that he was very joyful because of this: He was very happy about it and rejoiced greatly, 360 For he believed he would find mercy again. 67
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