Judges (of Merlin's mother)

The Prose Merlin (English)

• attestation: Death is referenced near Judges (of Merlin's mother) [p2]: be pnt to deth, bnt yef that (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "ffor that tyme it was the lawe yef a woman myght be fonnde in fornication that she sholde, by Iustice of the lawe, be pnt to deth, bnt yef that she wolde abandone hir body to alle men as a comen woman."

• attestation: Judges (of Merlin's mother) departs or rides [p7]: nd so she departed and come to hi (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” And so she departed and come to hir owne house, and ledde holyly hir lif, til the luges made hir to be taken, and brought hir be-fore them."

• attestation: Birth or delivery near Judges (of Merlin's mother) [p7]: at she be deliuerd, for the child (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” The gode man ansuerid and seide, I shell not sey all that I thynke, but thus moche I sey vnto yow: yef ye will do my counsel], ye shall not put hir to Iugement while she is with childe, till that she be deliuerd, for the childe hath no deth deserved."

• attestation: Judges (of Merlin's mother) is attested [p7] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "the luges knowe ther-of, ye *moste" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "but truly great pite it is of you, for as soone as the luges knowe ther-of, ye *moste be deed."

• attestation: Judges (of Merlin's mother) arrives or returns [p9]: tydinges com to the luges, and (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Tho wente they to the wyndowe and clepeden to the peple, and tolde them this merveyle of the childe, In so moche that these tydinges com to the luges, and thei hadde ther-of grete merveile, and seide it was tyme to do Iustice vpon the moder."

• attestation: Council involving Judges (of Merlin's mother) [p9]: women in counseill, and axed yef (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "The luges were come, and toke the two women in counseill, and axed yef it were trewe that the childe hadde seyde soche wordes;"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Judges (of Merlin's mother) [p10]: go to my deth, and so god ha (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "and she ansuerde, “ I knowe well I go to my deth, and so god have mercy and pyte on my soule, as I never knewe the fader, ne neuer hym saugh, ne neuer erthely man hadde I of knowleche, wherthourgh I sholde have childe."

• attestation: Judges (of Merlin's mother) is attested [p10] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "the luges; the damsell was in hir s" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Than thei come oute be-fore the luges;"

• attestation: Judges (of Merlin's mother) is attested [p12] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "the luges moder herde this that he" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "* ” TXThen the luges moder herde this that he so spake, and wiste * » wele he seyde soth in all thinges, she was sore distraught, and syewele she moste be-knowe the trouthe;"

• attestation: Judges (of Merlin's mother) is attested [p13] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "the luges moder was com horn she to" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "and a-noon as the luges moder was com horn she tolde the person the merveyle that she hadde herde."