AELLA, the wardenne of thys[66] castell[67] stede,
Whylest Saxons dyd the Englysche sceptre swaie,
Who made whole troopes of Dacyan men to blede, 10
Then seel'd[68] hys eyne, and seeled hys eyne for aie,
Wee rowze hym uppe before the
judgment
daie,
To saie what he, as clergyond[69], can kenne,
And howe hee sojourned in the vale of men.
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[Footnote 49: small.]
[Footnote 50: that.]
[Footnote 51: allow.]
[Footnote 52: cart-horse.]
[Editor's note: ll. 15-16 _See Introduction_ p. xli]
[Footnote 53: broken.]
[Footnote 54: elegantly.]
[Footnote 55: declared, expressed.]
[Footnote 56: a pen, used metaphorically, as a muse or genius.]
[Footnote 57: boundless.]
[Footnote 58: subject.]
[Footnote 59: nervous, worthy of praise.]
ENTRODUCTIONNE.
Somme cherisounce[60] it ys to gentle mynde,
Whan heie have chevyced[61] theyre londe from bayne[62],
Whan theie ar dedd, theie leave yer name behynde,
And theyre goode deedes doe on the earthe remayne;
Downe yn the grave wee ynhyme[63] everych steyne, 5
Whylest al her gentlenesse ys made to sheene,
Lyche fetyve baubels[64] geasonne[65] to be seene.
AELLA, the wardenne of thys[66] castell[67] stede,
Whylest Saxons dyd the Englysche sceptre swaie,
Who made whole troopes of Dacyan men to blede, 10
Then seel'd[68] hys eyne, and seeled hys eyne for aie,
Wee rowze hym uppe before the
judgment
daie,
To saie what he, as clergyond[69], can kenne,
And howe hee sojourned in the vale of men.
[Footnote 60: comfort.]
[Footnote 61: preserved.]
[Footnote 62: ruin.]
[Footnote 63: inter.]
[Footnote 64: jewels.]
[Footnote 65: rare.]
[Footnote 66: Bristol.]
[Footnote 67: castle.]
[Footnote 68: closed.]
[Footnote 69: taught.]
AELLA.
CELMONDE, att BRYSTOWE.
Before yonne roddie sonne has droove hys wayne
Throwe halfe hys joornie, dyghte yn gites[1] of goulde,
Mee, happeless mee, hee wylle a wretche behoulde,
Mieselfe, and al that's myne, bounde ynne myschaunces chayne.
