Feire

The Prose Merlin (English)

• attestation: Death is referenced near Feire [p9]: tt yow to deth, saf oonly god (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” To this worde ansuerde the childe, “Feire moder, be not afeirde, for while I leue shall noon be so hardy to putt yow to deth, saf oonly god that is Almyghty."

• attestation: Feire is attested [p12] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "Feire sone, levest thou this deuell" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” And she seide, “ Feire sone, levest thou this deuell."

• attestation: Narrative action [p12] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin. involving Feire: "e; and hir sone be-heilde hir and seide, “Feire mo" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "and hir sone be-heilde hir and seide, “Feire moder, who-euer be my fader, I am youre sone, and as youre sone I will do;"

• attribution: Feire is described as is grete myracle (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "’ And whan the gode man was come to the awter, he turned to the peple, and seide, “ Feire lordes, now may ye se that some of yow be goode men, when thourgh youre prayers and orisouws oure lorde hath shewde this grete myracle;"

• attestation: Feire is attested [p97] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.: "Feire lordynges, ye be alle worthy" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Thanne seide Merlyn, “ Feire lordynges, ye be alle worthy men and trewe, and I knowe yow alle as wele or beter than ye do youre- self;"

• attestation: Feire is attested [p128] in CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter: "Feire sone, that I haue grete cause" (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "he lady saugh Gawein, that was so feire a yonge squyer and moche of his age, and thought it tyme for hym to be a knyght, and than she be-gan to wepe, and that hevied moche Gawein, and asked wherefore that she dide wepe, and she ansuerde and seide, “ Feire sone, that I haue grete cause, for I se yow"

• attestation: Narrative action [p128] in CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter involving Feire: "haue grete cause, for I se yow and youre bretheren" (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "a yonge squyer and moche of his age, and thought it tyme for hym to be a knyght, and than she be-gan to wepe, and that hevied moche Gawein, and asked wherefore that she dide wepe, and she ansuerde and seide, “ Feire sone, that I haue grete cause, for I se yow and youre bretheren that spende youre ty"