Bretel

The Prose Merlin (English)

• attestation: Death is referenced near Bretel [p42]: e com- aundeth that ye sholde (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And Bretel cam in to the ^chamber where Ygeme sat at mete amonge othir ladyes, and kneled be-fore hir, and seide, “Madam, the kynge sente yow this cuppe, and my lorde com- aundeth that ye sholde it take, and also to drynke for the kynges sake."

• attestation: Bretell is attested [p43] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "Bretell come a-gein, and thanked th" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And Bretell come a-gein, and thanked the kynge on Ygernes be-halfe, that ther-of hadde seide no worde."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Bretell [p48]: e the semblaunce of Bretel, and (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and I shall haue the semblaunce of Bretel, and Ylfin shall be like Iordan, and so shall I make hem to open the gates of the castell, and we shull alle thre ly with-Inne;"

• attestation: Bretell departs or rides [p86]: d than he rode a walop after (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "” And than he rode a walop after Ylfyn, gripynge his spere."

• attestation: Bretell departs or rides [p86]: der, thei rode fourth a softe (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "And whan thei were come to-geder, thei rode fourth a softe paas."

• attestation: Bretell arrives or returns [p86]: hym that com a-gein hym, and Brete (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "And than thei mette to-geder in a valey, and Ylfyn lete renne to hym that com a-gein hym, and Bretell a-gein the tother."

• attestation: Bretell is attested [p86] in CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.: "Bretell smote hym a-gein, that with" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "And Bretell smote hym a-gein, that with so grete ravayn that the spere ran thourgh his left sholder that the heed shewede a span be-hynde."

• attestation: Bretell is attested [p89] in CHAPTER IX: The: "Bretell haue well do theire mes8age" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "And whan all this was don, Merlin come to hym and seide, “Sir, be gladde and mery, for Ylfin and Bretell haue well do theire mes8age."

• attestation: Bretell is attested [p94] in CHAPTER IX: The: "Bretell to tell the truth ; how the" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "He com¬ mands Ulfln and Bretell to tell the truth ;"

• attribution: Bretell is described as was grete damage (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And many a noble man lay ther deed and wounded, wher-of was grete damage."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Bretell [p108]: eilde his swerde in his honde a (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And as soone as bretell was passed the water he saugh hys company at grete myschef, for he saugh Vlfin drowen down of his horse in the presse, that heilde his swerde in his honde and strongly hym deffended, that noon was so hardy his strokes to a-bide."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Bretell [p110]: ourgh the shelde and the lift© (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And he lepte vp lightly, and after caught a spere, and smote margnam, the stiwarde of the kynge cleped roy de Cent chiualers, so harde thourgh the shelde and the lift© shulder, that the spere hede shewed thourgh, and he fill to the grounde vp-right, and ther- with brake the spere."

• attestation: Bretell is attested [p117] in CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure: "bretell, and hadde wele herde that" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "” "With that com bretell, and hadde wele herde that Merlin hadde seide, and also that Ylfin hadde seyde to hym, that better semed a cherll than eny that was in the worlde."