Logres

The Prose Merlin (English)

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Ylfin [p42]: "logres, and alle the menwes bodyes at yo" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And Ylfin seide, “Madame, for youre grete wisdome, and youre grete beaute and faire conte- naunce, I may noght yeve yow, for all erthely gode is yours, and alle the londe of logres, and alle the menwes bodyes at youre plesier to do youre volente."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p65]: "logres, thei come vnto logres at the yol" (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "Than alle the worthy men of the reame of logres, thei come vnto logres at the yole."

• attribution: Logres is described as was a moche man (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "And Ant or, that hadde this ehilde norisshed till he was a moche man of xv yere of age, he hadde hym trewly norisshed, so that he was faire and moche, and he hadde neuer soken other mylke but of his wif, and his sone he hadde made to be norysshed of a-nother woman, ne Antor wiste not whether he love"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Antor (foster-father) [p65]: "logres, as did the other knyghtes of the" (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "At halowmasse Antor made hys sone knyght, and at yoole he come to logres, as did the other knyghtes of the londe, and brought with hym his two sones."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Kay (seneschal) [p69]: "logres." (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "And of alle other thinges thei a-bode to Pasch, and than thei assembled alle at logres."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Arthur (king) [p71]: "logres longe in pees." (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "Thus was Arthur chosen to kynge, and heilde the reame of logres longe in pees."

• attestation: Logres is mentioned as a location [p73]: "logres, and seide that thei wolde it no" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "s and the riche presentz that the kynge hadde hem yoven, thei heilde therof grete disdeyn, and seide a-monge hem-self, That grete foies were they, whan of soche oon as he was of so base lynage, sholde be kynge of so worthi a reame as is the reame of logres, and seide that thei wolde it no lenger suf"

• attribution: Logres holds the title of king of so (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "Whanne these barons saugh the grete yeftes and the riche presentz that the kynge hadde hem yoven, thei heilde therof grete disdeyn, and seide a-monge hem-self, That grete foies were they, whan of soche oon as he was of so base lynage, sholde be kynge of so worthi a reame as is the reame of logres, a"

• attestation: Logres is mentioned as a location [p76]: "logres, who-so-ever ther-to wolde contra" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "And the arche- bisshop seide he sholde be kynge and haue the reame of logres, who-so-ever ther-to wolde contrarye, seth that it was godes will, for he wolde hym helpe, and mayntene his londe, and to strengthe hym in his werre with all his power*."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Arthur (king) [p78]: "logres eu^r while his lif doth dure. Thu" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "Than toke the kynge the dragon, and yaf it to Kay, his stiwarde, in soche forwarde that he be chef banerer of the reame of logres eu^r while his lif doth dure."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Arthur (king) [p82]: "Logres is Citees, and after heilde court" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "Than he stuffed his castelles, and townes, and Logres is Citees, and after heilde courte at logres, his chief Citee, that now London."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Yentres [p82]: "logres in gret bretein, at scole," (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "and the fyfthe is yet at logres in gret bretein, at scole,"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Gawain [p83]: "logres whan thow were a squver. And alle" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "And wite well that the kynge loth hath v sones by his wif, of whiche thow didest engendre that oon at logres whan thow were a squver."

• attribution: Logres is described as is right wise and (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "whiche lemeth wele, and is right wise and connynge in grete clergie."

• attestation: Logres is mentioned as a location [p83]: "logres, and sende to alle the noble men" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "come to thy courte, and that thow woldest hem se, and with hem he aqueynted, and sey that gretely thow desirest her aqueyntance, and that thei be here at halowmesse, for than shalt thow holde thy courte at logres, and sende to alle the noble men of thi londe that will to the obbeyen."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Arthur (king) [p84]: "logres in grete Breteyne, at the feste o" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "T hus Arthur sente YlfLn and Bretell for kynge ban and kynge bors, hys brother, and sente hem worde that as dere a[s] thei hym loved, to come to hym to logres in grete Breteyne, at the feste of halowmasse;"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Ban (king of Benwick) [p84]: "logres, and in many other contrees, wher" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "ht noble man and a trewe, that was cleped Grascien, and made his compere a godsone of hys, that he hadden houe fro the fontstone, and was cleped after the kynge ban Bawdewyn, whiche was after full renomede, and full of grete prowesse in the reame of logres, and in many other contrees, where as he di"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Arthur (king) [p88]: "Logres," (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "But now cesseth the tale of hem, and retumeth to speke of kynge Arthur, that is lefte at Logres,"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Citee [p90]: "Logres, be-gan the caroles and the daunc" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "T han these lordes entred in to the Citee of Logres, be-gan the caroles and the daunces of the ladies and damsels, and the tumementes of yonge bachelers, that all the day dured till the nyght, and the town was thourgh hanged with clothes of silke, *and it was feire wedir and clere, for it hadde"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Grete [p91]: "Logres, ypon the ryver of Temse, and lon" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "Grete was the tumement in the medowes by Logres, ypon the ryver of Temse, and longe it endured, that noon ne wiste who sholde haue the better, for on bothe sides were many worthi men, and longe it was er the two were releved that hadden the grete encountre."

• attestation: Logres is mentioned as a location [p91]: "Logres were gon oute for to ehauwge helm" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "but after that the felowes of the reame of benoyk dide so wele, that they made all the tumement resorte bak to theire firste place, for the felis- ship of the table of Logres were gon oute for to ehauwge helmes, that weren to hewen and rente;"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Kay (seneschal) [p91]: "Logres, that after endured longe tyme, a" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "ode knyght, yef he ne hadde not be so full of wordes, for his euell speche made hym to be hatid of a-monge his felowes, and *also of straungers that herden of hym speke, that after refuseden to go in his felisshep to seche a-uentures in the reame of Logres, that after endured longe tyme, as this bok"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Kay (seneschal) [p92]: "Logres oute of the feilde, and so thei w" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "Whan he was come to the turnement, as ye haue herde, he mette with Lydonas, that wele hadde do all the day, and moche he and his felowes peyned to dryve hem of Logres oute of the feilde, and so thei were nygh at disconfiture."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Arthur (king) [p102]: "Logres, in breteigne, for that his name" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "This Logryn a-mended gretly the Citee, and made towres and stronge walles enbateiled, and whan he hadde thus ame[n]ded it he chaunged the name and cleped it Logres, in breteigne, for that his name was Logryn, and this name dured in to the deth of kynge Arthur;"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to They [p102]: "Logres, when there was a great pestilenc" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "other cariage, ffor he wolde not that they sholde not loigge ne tarye on the wey, but that thei sholde They built a city, called New Troy, and the land was called Bretaigne, after Brutus, another king, named Logrin, amended the city, and call¬ ed it Logres, when there was a great pestilence and slau"

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Hit [p126]: "logres were assembled at Cardoell in wal" (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "Hit be-fill in the tyme that the barouws of the reame of logres were assembled at Cardoell in walys, for to chese a kynge after the deth of Yterpendragon."

• attestation: Logres is a location connected to Sorhant [p131]: "logres, whereof the tale shall declare y" (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "This Segramore that 1 of speke dide after-warde many high prowesse in the reame of logres, whereof the tale shall declare yow here-after, and I shall tell yow how it fill."