Merlin (Prose Merlin)

The Prose Merlin (English)

• attestation: Baptism near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p8]: it was 1 cristened Merlyn, and wa (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Then they let it down by a corde owte at the wyndowe of the tour, and cherged hem that weren be-nethe, that it shulde be baptysed, and named after the gode man that was fader of the modre, and so it was 1 cristened Merlyn, and was delyuered to the 8 women vpe to the wyndowe to the moder, and ther"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p9] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "Merlin knewe that hir daye was come" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "When the moder of Merlin knewe that hir daye was come she hadde grete feer, and sent worde to the gode hermyte, hir confessour."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is grete reson (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Than the luge turned to this damesell, and tolde how those wemen hadde seide, “ and, ther- fore, it is grete reson that we do Iustice vpon yow."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p10] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "Merlyn sprong oute of his mothers [" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Then Merlyn sprong oute of his mothers [arm] 1 angrye, and saide to 2 the luge, “It is no right that she be deed, for she hath it not deserued;"

• attestation: Council involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p11]: shall the counseill of my moder, t (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "And I shall the counseill of my moder, that is, god almyghty and hir confessour."

• attestation: Birth or delivery near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p11]: am of hir born, and she knowe (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” ‘‘Than accusest my moder,” quod merlyn, “be-cause I am of hir born, and she knoweth not who that me be-gat on hir;"

• relationship: not is identified as son of youre (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "am I not the sone of youre hosebonde."

• relationship: A father relationship is attested (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "Who is his fader, for it is not he that he weneth."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p11] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "Merlyn and his moder were brought o" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "And when the luges moder was come, Merlyn and his moder were brought owte of prison, and ledde be-fore peple."

• attestation: Council involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p12]: yde youre counseill; and this lif (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Than seide *Merlyn, “ When thow knewe verily that thow were with childe, thow purchacest a-corde be-twene the and thi husbonde, by mene of the parson hym-self, for to hyde youre counseill;"

• relationship: A father relationship is attested (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Quod the luge, “ This childe soth seide when he seyde that he knewe beter his fader than I dede myn, and therfore it is no reson I do Iustise on his moder;"

• relationship: am is identified as son of the (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "I will that thow wyte verily that I am the sone of the enmy that begiled my moder with engyn, and their repair is in the air."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p13]: t fro the deth.” Thus delyuer (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "And they ansuerde, tl Blessed be oure lorde that she is quyt fro the deth."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is grete wytte (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "was but two yere olde and an half, and he m^rveylede gretely where-of his grete wytte myght come, and he assaide Merlyn in many maners;"

• relationship: art is identified as son of the (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Blase ansuerde, “ I have herde the sey, and I leve well that thow art the sone of the Deuell;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p13] in CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.: "Merlyn his moder, and a-bode with t" (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "” Thus delyuerid Merlyn his moder, and a-bode with the luge, and the luge sente iij men with his moder to witte yef it were trewe that the childe hadde seyde;"

• attestation: Merlin tells Blase the story of Jesus Christ and Joseph of Arimathea (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "Merlyn be-gan to telle the lovynge of Ih^su Criste, and of Iosep Abaramathie"

• attestation: Merlin tells how the devils held council after losing power over mankind (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "how the deuelles toke theire counseile of that they hadde loste their power that they were wonte to haue over man and woman"

• attestation: Merlin explains to Blase how the devils conspired to beget him but lost through their folly (CHAPTER I: Consultation op devils, and berth of meblin.)

  "how they were acorded to purchase a man, that sholde have their witte and mynde to disceyve the peple. And thow hast herde be my moder, and also be other, the trauayle that they hadden to be- gete me; but through theire foly, they alle loste their trauayle"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p15]: shall be sente after to seche oute (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” Merlyn seyde, “I shall be sente after to seche oute of the weste, and they that shall come to seche me, have gnranted their lorde that they shull me sle, but whan thei come and here me speke they shull have no will me to sle."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p15] in CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.: "Merlyn this boke, and made Blase to" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "T hus devised Merlyn this boke, and made Blase to write it, which hadde ther-of so grete nwveile that he wolde not telle it to no p^rsone, and alwey hym thought that *his tales weren gode, and therfore he herkened hem gladly."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as were grete plente (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "T hus thei reden in oon company, alle iiij, till on a day that thei passeden thonrgh a feelde be-side a town where-in were grete plente of children, that ther-in were pleyinge."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p19]: hese iiij com to inquere after (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "* And Merlyn, that knewe well that these iiij com to inquere after hym, drough hym towarde oon of the richest of the company, for that he wiste hym moste fell and hasty."

• relationship: is is identified as son of a (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "And he hem ansuerde, “ It is the sone of a woman whiche never knewe who hym be-gat, ne never man cowde telle of his fader."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p19] in CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.: "Merlin comes to the mes¬ sengers an" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "Merlin comes to the mes¬ sengers and tells them it is he that they seek."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is gode man (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "“® 8 t 8 ^y g vo r - childem were bourdinge, and I, that knewe ye come me for to tiger > seche, smote oon of my felowes, for I wiste well he wolde sey of ^t^one of me the werste that he knewe in his anger, and ther-fore I it Jha/they 8 dide, that this gode man shulde fynde me trewe of that I hadde s"

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as were grete pite (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” “Truly,” seide blase, “it were grete pite would-be a hym to sle, for yef he lyre he shalbe right wise."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p20]: resceyved deth thourgh me, an (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "day seide euereche of the messagers, “I hadde leuer be disherited than he hadde resceyved deth thourgh me, and he hym-slef seth that he knoweth all thynge, wote yef ther-to we have talent or noon."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p20]: "seide to hym how thei badde hym axe yef" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "and Blase seide to hym how thei badde hym axe yef he wiste that thei hadden talent hym to sle."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p20] in CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.: "merlin to Blase, “ Maister, rnder-" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” Quod merlin to Blase, “ Maister, rnder- the truth, stonde well what thei sey/' Quod the massanger, “We be with kynge Yortiger, whiche hath be-gonne to make ft stronge toure;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p21]: "seide to the messen- gers, I will go tak" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” mhus Merlyn made hym redy to go, and seide to the messen- gers, I will go take leve of my moder."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p21]: ide Blase departed, and yede in t (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” T hus toke Merlyn leve of his moder and wente with the massengers, and on the tother side Blase departed, and yede in to Ho[r]thumberlond, ther Merlin had hym comaunded, and the massagiers rode forth till thei come thourgh a town in whiche was a market, and when thei were passed thourgh thei ou^rt"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p21]: "seide to his felowes, “ I se a merveile." (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "And when Merlyn saugh the wepynge, and sye the preste and the clerkes wente synginge be-fore, he gan to laugh, and seide to his felowes, “ I se a merveile."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is grete sorowe (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” Quod merlyn, “ Ye se that gode man that maketh this grete sorowe."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p21] in CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.: "merlin thus speke, he was glad, and" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "When the gode man herde merlin thus speke, he was glad, and seide, “ What thow wilte comaunde me I am redy to do it."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p22] in CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.: "Merlyn hadde hem taught. And when t" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "seill, and seide as Merlyn hadde hem taught."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p23]: drede of deth,” and thei ans (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "When Merlin saugh the messagers, he seide to them, “Ye have plegged me vpon youre lyves that I shall have no drede of deth,” and thei ansuerde, “ Thou seiste trewe, for hadde lever a be in grete auenture than thow sholdest dye, and that oon and that he can tell the king why his tower will not stand."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p23]: the kynge rode after hem. Whe (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "T he messagers yede their wey, and the kynge rode after hem."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p23]: Thus thei rode forth till the (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” Thus thei rode forth till thei mette with the kynge, and a-noon merlin hym salued, and seide, “ Sir kynge, lete me speke with yow in counseile."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p23]: "seide to the clerkes, “ Sirs, ye holde t" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” Than spake Merlyn and seide to the clerkes, “ Sirs, ye holde the kynge a foie, that thus make hym seche a man that is bom with-outen fader, and ye no do it nothynge for his profite;"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p23]: ht to th© deth as be youre so (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "thus ye thought to sle hym, be the whiche ye sholde be brought to th© deth as be youre sorte."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p23]: "seide to the kynge, “Now may ye knowe wh" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "Than Merlin seide to the kynge, “Now may ye knowe whi these clerkes wolde have me slayn: nought for to holde youre toure, but for theire sorte seyde thei sholde dye for me."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p23]: drede to dye be-fore ye se t (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” “Certes,” quod Merlyn, “have ye no drede to dye be-fore ye se the cause that the toure doth falle, and that the werke may not laste?"

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is a grete water (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "Ynder this erthe is a grete water, and vnder that water be two dragons that see no sight;"

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is right wise that (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "When he com thider, he beheilde the water that was grete, and cleped two of his counsellers, and seide, “ This childe is right wise that knewe this to ben heere, and yet seith that ther ben two dragons vnder, and I will knowe the soth, what-so-euer it coste."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p24] (context: "to se the bataile, for it hath g") (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "therfore send after alle the gode men of thi londe to se the bataile, for it hath grete singnificacion."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is gode to (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "Than seide oon to a-nother, “ It is gode to be seen;"

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is grete signifiance (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” “In the fightynge,” quod Merlyn, “is grete signifiance, whiche I may not telle, but gladly I will telle the be-fore three worthi men."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p24]: "seide to the kynge, “ Now lete my plegge" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "And Merlin seide to the kynge, “ Now lete my plegges be quyte."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as was moche greter (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "Than wente thei to the tother ston, and drough it a-wey, and than thei were more aferde than be-fore, for it was moche greter and semed more feirce."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p24] (context: "o stronge bataile be-twene two b") (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "Tho spronge vp the two dragons and foughten to-geder with teeth and feet, and neuer herde ye of so stronge bataile be-twene two bestes, ne so crewell fight."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p24]: "seide to the kynge, “ Now mayste thow ma" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "And Merlin seide to the kynge, “ Now mayste thow make thi toure as grete and large as thow wilte, for it shall no more falle."

• attestation: Birth or delivery near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p24]: how I was bore. And he that s (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "And ye sawgh wele how I was bore."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p24]: pited fro deth thei were glad (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” And when they herde hym sey that thei sholbe respited fro deth thei were gladde, and seiden, “ What that thow comaundest we shall do it, for we se well that thow arte the wisest man that liveth."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p25]: putte to deth. Yortiger cjm (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "T hus delyu^red Merlin the Clerkes, whiche made hym to he sought for to be putte to deth."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p25]: the chii- deth of their fader (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "” “ I tolde the,” quod Merlin, “ that the reade signifieth the, and I shall telle the and that he how the children of Constance were yonge and tender, after the has defraud¬ ed the chii- deth of their fader;"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p25]: er kynges deth.” Yortiger vnd (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "thow madest hem to be distrowied, to shewe semblaunce as thow hadde for-thought the vortiger kynges deth."

• attestation: Council involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p25]: o yeve me counseill in this cas, a (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "Wherfore, I pray the to yeve me counseill in this cas, and also telle me on Merlin tells what deth I shall dye."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p25]: how shalt dye by hem.” When V (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "And ther- fore I ne trowe not that this toure shalbe thy warante, but that thow shalt dye by hem."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p25] in CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.: "MERLIN EXPOUNDS THE SIGNIFICATION O" (CHAPTER II: King vortiger and his tower.)

  "40 MERLIN EXPOUNDS THE SIGNIFICATION OF THE DRAGONS."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p27]: Yortiger com to WynchesW *with (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Yortiger com to WynchesW *with all his oste, but no man ne wiste the cause whi, saf thei that weren of his counseile."

• attestation: Council involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p27]: . At this counseill were v barons, (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "At this counseill were v barons, that hadde herde the significance of the two dragons, that Merlin hadde expowned to Yortiger."

• attestation: Council involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p27]: n and his counseill a-part, and to (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And so thei cleped Pendragon and his counseill a-part, and tolde hem the merveile that thei hadde herde of Merlyn."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p27]: lase, and departed fro hym, and c (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And Merlin, that knewe all this, tolde it to Blase, and departed fro hym, and com in to a town where as the messagers were that soughten after hym."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p27] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "MERLIN ; THE BATTLE OF SALISBURY AN" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "THE DEFEAT OF VORTIGER BY PENDRAGON AND UTER J THEIR SEARCH AFTER MERLIN ;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p28]: "seide to hem-self, “We have spoken with" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and than they seide to hem-self, “We have spoken with the devell."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) holds the title of king of Merlyn (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And when the kynge herde this he merveiled, and so dide thei that hadden first enformed the kynge of Merlyn, for that the messagers spoken of so grym and hidouse man, for supposid that Merlin myght not take noon other shapte but his owne;"

• relationship: Vter has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "kynge, “I shall leve the reame to my brother Vter, and I will go my self to speke with hym."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p28]: the kynge rode thourgh the fo (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And as the kynge rode thourgh the foreste it fill that a man of his fonde grete plente of bestes, and a man that hem kepte whiche was of a counterfete shapte and of a grym chere, and they axed hym of whens he was, and he ansuerde, “ Of Northumberlonde, a senwwnt of a"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p28]: "ansuerde and seide, “ Yef I saugh the ky" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And the cherl ansuerde and seide, “ Yef I saugh the kynge, I wolde sey to hym that I wolde not telle the."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p28]: "seide to the cherl, “ Lo, her is the kyn" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Than he ledde the kynge to the same place, and seide to the cherl, “ Lo, her is the kynge;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p28]: kynge 1 *rode to the nexte t (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Than the kynge 1 *rode to the nexte town that he fonde in the forest, and thider come to hym a comely man wele araied, and seide to the kynge, “Sir, Merlin sente me hider to the, and sente the worde that it was he, that thow mette with-inne the wode kepynge bestes."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p29]: w Aungier was deed. And as the ky (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And the kynge comaunded hem to kepe counseile, for he mer- veyled gretly how merlin myght have witinge ther-of, and thought in his herte that he wolde axe hym how Aungier was deed."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p29]: "seide to hym, “Sir kynge, what a-bideste" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And as the kynge come fro chirche on a day, ther mette hym a comly man, well araied, and clenly, that seide to hym, “Sir kynge, what a-bideste thow in this town?"

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p29]: e the semblaunce that thei hadd (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And Merlin toke the semblaunce that thei hadde sein hym be-fore."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p29]: t Aungier was deed.” Than seyde t (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” “ Sir/’ quod Merlyn, “I am the man that ye fonde kepinge the bestes, and also I am the man that tolde yow that Aungier was deed."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p29]: we ye the deth of Aungiers.” (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And than the kynge axed of Merlyn, “ How knewe ye the deth of Aungiers."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p29]: s ye were departed fro youre oste (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Quod Merlyn, “ A-noon as ye were departed fro youre oste, to come hider, Aungiers wolde haue morderid thi brother in his teinte."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p29]: what semblaunce he hadde spoke (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Than the kynge axed hym in what semblaunce he hadde spoken with his brother."

• relationship: fro has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Quod the kynge, “ Thow hast seyde so moche, that thow hast saued my brother fro the deth, that I shall neuer the mystruste."

• relationship: in has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Quod Merlyn, “ I shall speke with thi brother in the same forme that I warned hym of his deth, and shalbe with-inne this xj dayes."

• relationship: Yter has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Pen- dragon taried not till he come to his brother Yter."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p30]: ym of the deth of Aungiers, i (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Wher-of Yter was ioyfull, and toke the kynge in counseile, and tolde hym of the deth of Aungiers, in the same wise as Merlin hadde tolde."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p30]: w, and sendeth yow gretinge, (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "The xj e day come Merlin to courte, like a boy that hadde ben a messager from Yters love, and seyde, “ My lady sente me to yow, and sendeth yow gretinge, and sente yow this letter."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p30]: ym of his deth. And a-noon, a (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and grete merveile hadde Pendragon that Merlin com not as he hadde made promyse, till that merlin drow hym a-syde, and toke the same semblaunce that he spake with Yter the firste tyme that he warned hym of his deth."

• relationship: who has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And than the kynge seide, “ Will ye that I telle my brother who ye ben, and what youre name is?"

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p30]: n the semblaunce of a boy, and (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And thei yede oute of the chamber, and Merlin toke a-gein the semblaunce of a boy, and come to Yter, and seide, “ Sir, I will go;"

• relationship: and has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And for youre grete wisdome, and it like yow, I wolde ye were lorde and gouemowr of my brother and me."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p30] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "Merlin first a-queynted. And Merlin" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "T hus was Pendragon and Merlin first a-queynted."

• relationship: Yter has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  ",, In this maner was Merlin witholden w ith Pen- dragon and his brother Yter."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p31]: same semblaunce that the peple (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And he toke his leve of hem, and seide he wolde shewe hym in the same semblaunce that the peple of the contre were wonte to knowe hym inne."

• attestation: Warfare near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p31]: that this werre shall ende.” T (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Therfore, pray hym to teche you how ye shull do irugetynge of this castell, and how that this werre shall ende."

• attestation: Birth or delivery near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p31]: rtes, and deliuered hem the navie (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And the kynge lete condite hem to the portes, and deliuered hem the navie in to passe."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) holds the title of king of a (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "till on a day that he spake with the kynge of a great matire, wherof oon of the barons hadde grete envye, and come to the kynge, and seide, “ Sir, it is a grete mcr - veile that ye have so grete bilevc to this man, for wite it verily,"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p31] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "MERLIN SHOWS HIMSELF TO THE PEOPLE." (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "TIL] _ # MERLIN SHOWS HIMSELF TO THE PEOPLE."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p32]: "seide to the kinge, “ Sir, here is Merli" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And than he seide to the kinge, “ Sir, here is Merlin, which is J?"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p32]: er of his deth, and how ye sh (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "e wisest man of the worlde, and he tolde Vortiger of his deth, and how ye sholde do hym be brent."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p32]: yow what deth I shall deye, (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "I pray yow for that ye knowe wele that I have grete sekenesse, that he will telle yow what deth I shall deye, yef he knowe it."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p32]: of youre deth, and I shall s (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” T han ansuerde Merlin, that wele knewe his fell herte, and seide, “ Sire, ye have me praide to telle of youre deth, and I shall sey the soth;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p32]: and after com to courte a-gein (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Than he wente horn to his contre as soone as he myght, and after com to courte a-gein to the kynge, and made hym right seke;"

• attestation: Council involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p32]: kynge in counseill, that he shold (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and sente to the kynge in counseill, that he sholde come se hym, and that he sholde bringe with hym Merlin in soche wise that Merlin sholde not knowe the cause why."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p32]: "seide to the kynge, “ Sir, I pray yow th" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And when thei come ther, he seide to the kynge, “ Sir, I pray yow that ye will axe youre devynour yef I shall dye on ibis sekeness."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p32]: shall not dye on this maladye (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And Merlin seide, “ He shall not dye on this maladye."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p32]: , on what deth than shall I d (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Tho enforced he to speke, and seide, “Sir, on what deth than shall I dye?"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p32]: halt thow dye hanginge.” And (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And Merlin ansuerde, and seide, “ Thow shalt be hanged, and so shalt thow dye hanginge."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p32]: erlin semblaunce as he hadde be (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And than made Merlin semblaunce as he hadde be wroth."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p32]: "seide to the kynge, “ Sir, now wite ye v" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And when he wiste that Merlin was gon, he seide to the kynge, “ Sir, now wite ye verily that he is but a foie, that hath tolde these two dethes, whiche may not be acord- inge;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p32]: d than he sente for the kynge, and (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And than he sente for the kynge, and he come, and brought M>rlyn;"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p33]: he shall dye in soche wise ? (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And the kynge ansuerde, “ May this be true that he shall dye in soche wise ?"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p33]: ll se his deth, er he departe (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and thus moche T sey to Yter: that I shall se his deth, er he departe his companye."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p33]: "seide to the kynge, “ Sir, plese it yow" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and the abbot seide to the kynge, “ Sir, plese it yow to axe of youre devynour, yef this seke shall euer be hoill of this sekenesse."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p33]: shall on dye he shall breke (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And lete hym knowe verily that day he shall on dye he shall breke his nekke, and be hanged, and also be drowned."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p33]: is mannes deth. After it fill (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And thus thei departed, and all aboute it was knowen how Merlin hadde thus seide of this mannes deth."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p33]: olde dye, rode with moche pep (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "After it fill on a day, that this man that thus sholde dye, rode with moche peple, and come to a river, wher ouer was a bregge of of tymber."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p33]: de of his deth. The cry was g (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And many of them that were in his company were there as Merlin tolde of his deth."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as was grete that (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "The cry was grete that thei made to drawe hym oute of the water;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p33]: "seide to the kynge and Vter how it was b" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and nwlyn, that all this knewe wele, seide to the kynge and Vter how it was be-tid of this man."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p34]: in the Vy deth of this baron; (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "*Y\n the vj® day come thei to the kynge that hadde sein the Vy deth of this baron;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p34]: "seide to hem pitously, “ I love moche yo" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And after come Merlin to the kynge and to Vter his brother, and seide to hem pitously, “ I love moche yow and youre wurship;"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p34]: after the deth of Aungis ?” A (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "haue ye no mynde of the sarazins that ye drive oute of the londe after the deth of Aungis ?"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p34]: engid the deth of Aungis. And (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Quod Merlin, “ I sey for this: that they sey thei shull neuer fenisshe till thei have a-vengid the deth of Aungis."

• relationship: herde has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” When the kinge and his brother herde this, thei merveiled gretly, and axed of Merlin, “ Haue thei so grete power to holde party a-geyn oures?"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p34] (context: "e in that bataile.” And Merlin a") (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Than seide the two brcthern, “ I pray yow telle vs yef eny of us shall dye in that bataile."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p34] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "Merlyn, and seiden fro thens-forth" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And than seide the kynge, and alle that herden ther-of, that ther was no-where so wise a man as Merlyn, and seiden fro thens-forth all that they myght hier hym speke or sey they wolde lete it be wreten."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p35] (context: "t in this bataile ye shull be go") (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And when thei were sworn, Merlin seide vnto hem, “ Ye haue swome that in this bataile ye shull be gode men and true, a-gein god and youre-self."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p35]: eyde, and sente after alle the estat (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And the two b[r]ethem vnderstode what he hadde seyde, and sente after alle the estates of theire londe."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p35]: Thus thei departed, and Vter made (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  ",, Thus thei departed, and Vter made redy his felishep to go be-twene hem and the ryver."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p35] (context: "e in this bataile.” When Vter h") (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And Merlyn come to hym, and seide, “ Thenke to do wele, and haue no drede, for thow shalt not dye in this bataile."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p35]: his peple rode till thei come (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Vter and his peple rode till thei come be-twene the Danes and theire shippes, and kepte hem two dayes, that thei myght neiw ryde."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p35] (context: "ute grete bataile. Than shewde t") (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Whan the sarazins saugh the two hostes, thei were gretly dismayed, and sye wele that thei myght not repaire to their shippes with-oute grete bataile."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p35] (context: "he kynges bataile, and the Danes") (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And whan Vter saugh the kynges bataile, and the Danes assembled, *he sette vpon hem as vigorously or more."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p35]: "seide to his peple, “ Now vpon hem in al" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And the kynge seide to his peple, “ Now vpon hem in all that we may."

• attestation: Coronation event near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p36]: acred and crowned. And thus was (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Than Vter went to logres, and alle the prelates of the cherche, and ther was he sacred and crowned."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) holds the title of king of the (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And thus was Vter kynge of the londe after the deth of his brother Pen¬ dragon."

• relationship: name has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And than seide Merlyn to Vter, “ I will that thow haue sumonn of thi brother name;"

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p36]: same semblaunce. ,, And the ky (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and for love of the dragon that appered in the ayre, make a dragon of goolde of the same semblaunce."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p36] (context: "in eu^ry bataile at alle tymes") (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Than he lete sette it on a shafte in stede of a baner, and lete it be born be-fore hym in eu^ry bataile at alle tymes when he sholde fight."

• relationship: is has a brother (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And Merlyn a-bode with hym longe tyme after, till on a day that Merlyn hym axed, “ He shall thow do no more to the place in the playn of Salesbury, wher-as thy brother is buried ?"

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as were grete and (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Than Vterpen¬ dragon sente vesselles grete plente, and Merlin hem shewde the stones that were grete and longe, and seide, “Lo, these ben the stones whiche ye ben come fore."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p37]: "seide to Merlin, “ I will that oure lord" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "dragon, wher-of he was well plesed, and seide to Merlin, “ I will that oure lordes wille be performed in all that is in me, in all thinge that be to his wille;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p37] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "MERLIN CHOOSES THE KNIGHTS TO SIT A" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Thus seide Mcrlyn to Vtcrpen- GO MERLIN CHOOSES THE KNIGHTS TO SIT AT THE TABLE."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as were gode men (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And thus ye may knowe whiche were gode men and worthy, whan ye se the signifiauwee of the voyde place."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p38]: And thus departed the grete pres (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And thus departed the grete prese."

• attestation: Narrative action [p38] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king. involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) and Cardoel: "USBAND, THE DUKE OF TINTAGEL. A ll as Merlyn devis" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "UTER-PENDRAGON’S LOYE FOR YGERNE, AND HIS WAR WITH HER HUSBAND, THE DUKE OF TINTAGEL."

• attestation: Narrative action [p38] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king. involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) and Cardoel: "erlyn dide ordeyne all that longed to the table. T" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And thus he lete crye thourgh all his reame, and Merlyn dide ordeyne all that longed to the table."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p39]: T han departed the kynge, and (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "T han departed the kynge, and Merlyn yede to Blase, and tolde hym the stablisshement of this table, and many other thynges."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p39]: ut by semblaunce, come to the k (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "They that loved not Merlyn, but by semblaunce, come to the kynge on a day as he was at Cardoell, and axeden hym of this voide place, and why there was not sette some worthy man, that the table* myght be full."

• attestation: Birth or delivery near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p39]: ne ys he born, that shall en (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And the kynge seide, “ Merlin tolde me a grete merveile, that seide noon myght it a-compKsshe in my tyme, ne yet ne ys he born, that shall en- gendre hym that shall it complesshen."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p39]: at Merlyn was deed, and that he w (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And thei that were come for to assaie the place made it to be seide that Merlyn was deed, and that he was founden in a wildemesse madde, and cherles hym kylde."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p40] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "Merlin come to courte. And whan the" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "Thus they a-biden to the quynsyne after Pentecoste, that Merlin come to courte."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p40]: And thus departed the kynge; and (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And thus departed the kynge;"

• attestation: Assault near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p45]: IN. M any assaute made the kynge (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "M any assaute made the kynge at the Castell, but he cowde it in no wise gete, wher-fore he was full of sorowe, and right Irouse."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p45]: thynke to dye for oon sole wo (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And whan Ylfyn this vndirstode, he seide, “ Ye he of ful febill herte whan ye thynke to dye for oon sole woman;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p46] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "Merlin tells Ulfyn that he was the" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Quod Ylfin, “ He seith that ye be sone ap^rceyvaunte of hym, and The king tells Ulfyn that the old man and the cripple are the same, Merlin tells Ulfyn that he was the old man and the cripple."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p46]: right semblaunce in to the kyng (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and Merlin come in his right semblaunce in to the kynges teynte, and asked where was the kynge."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p47]: "seide to Merlin, “ Ye can not aske me no" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And the kynge seide to Merlin, “ Ye can not aske me nothinge that be founden in this worlde, hut I sholde it yow yeven."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p47]: hus thei rode till thei come (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "T hus thei rode till thei come to the teynte where as thei fonde Merlin, and the kynge hym made grete ioye and mery chere, and ran hym a-gein with armes spred a-brode, and hym halsed and seide he was the man in all the worlde that was moste to hym welcome;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p47]: "seide to the kynge, “ Sir, now sholde ye" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And than Ylfyn seide to the kynge, “ Sir, now sholde ye speke of youre gref, and not wepe whan ye hen soill."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p47]: e yow semblaunce of the Duke so (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "but now shall ye se what power I haue hir to be-gile, for I shall make yow semblaunce of the Duke so wele, that ther is no man that yow doth sen but he"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p48]: "seide to the kynge, “ Sir, haue ye kept" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And Merlyn seide to the kynge, “ Sir, haue ye kept wele the couenawntd ?"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p48]: nd a-noon com agein, and seide tha (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And Yterpendragon dide as Merlin hadde devised, and a-noon com agein, and seide that he was redy, and Merlin ^eide how*he was also redy, “there is not ellis but to spede vs forward,” and so thei wenten forth alle thre till thei com ner at Tintagell, and than seide Merlyn to the kynge, “ A-byde ye"

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p48]: e the semblaunce of the Duke. A (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "and anoon, as he hadde thus I-don, he hadde ap^rteliche the semblaunce of the Duke."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p48]: nd Merlyn com to Ylfyn, and tra (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And Merlyn com to Ylfyn, and transfigured hym to the semblaunce of Iurdan, and than sente hym to the kynge."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p48]: "seide to Ylfyn, “ How semeth the be me ?" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And than he seide to Ylfyn, “ How semeth the be me ?"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p48]: the peple com to the gate, and (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And Merlyn, that wele resembled to bretel, deped the porter, and the peple com to the gate, and saugh apartly the Duke, as hem semed;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p48]: thus they departed oute of the ca (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And thus they departed oute of the castell in all the haste they myght, that neuer oon ne knewe but [it] 1 was the Duke."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p48] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "MERLIN, AND TJLFYN ARE TRANSFORMED." (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "THE KING, MERLIN, AND TJLFYN ARE TRANSFORMED."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p49]: hus they rode till they come (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” T hus they rode till they come to a rivere, and ther Merlyn did hem waisshen, and than hadde thei semblaunce as that thei hadden be-fore."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p49]: the kynge rode forth as faste (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And than the kynge rode forth as faste as he myght;"

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) holds the title of king of this (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And whan I am go, thow maiste aske Ylfin how he hath dought in makynge of this pees."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p51]: s, and so departed fro the castel (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "Thus seide the kynge be-fore alle his barons, and so departed fro the castell."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p51]: nd Merlin com to the kynge, and (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And Merlin com to the kynge, and seide, “Wite ye who hath yove this counseile that ye haue comalmded."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is wise and (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” And Merlyn seide, “ Amonge hem alle thei cowde nought haue dought this rede, but Ylfyn that is wise and a trewe knyght hath ordeyned all this pees, and the beste orde- naun."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p51]: "seide to the kynge, “Ye haue yove me be" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "and whan he was come be-fore them two, Merlyn seide to the kynge, “Ye haue yove me be your power the heyer that ye haue be-geten, and therfore it is no reson that ye kepe hym to youre vse."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p52]: the duke was deed thourgh hys ow (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And ther thei shewde their massage, and how that the duke was deed thourgh hys owne outerage, and seide also how the kynge was therfore right sory, and gladly wolde make Merlin tells the king that he shall baye Ygerne in marriage, but he must not tell her that he has been with her."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p52]: the kynge rode forth his ioum (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” And than Merlin toke leve of the kynge, and the kynge rode forth his ioumeyes till he come to Cardoel."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p52] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Merlin toke the kynge in counseile," (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And Merlin toke the kynge in counseile, and seide, “ Sir, thow shalt haue Ygerne in mariage;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p56]: gedir, he sente after the kynge be Y (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "and when thei hadde spoke to-gedir, he sente after the kynge be Ylfyn."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p56] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Merlin, that in other maner ne mygh" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And ye haue also wele spedde the entente of Merlin, that in other maner ne myght haue the childe* that she is with grate."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p57] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Merlin speaks to Ul- fyn privily, a" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "Merlin speaks to Ul- fyn privily, and sends af¬ ter the king, who tells him what he has said to the queen."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p57]: pendragon sente after this noble kni (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And Yterpendragon sente after this noble knight;"

• attestation: Narrative action [p57] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king. involving Merlin (Prose Merlin): "queen. The king says he is so good and wise that h" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "The king says he is so good and wise that he is well ac¬ quitted."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p58]: "seide to Ylfyn, “lam wele plesed with th" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And the day be-fore com Merlin to court secretly, and seide to Ylfyn, “lam wele plesed with the kynge, for he hath wele do as I seide to hym."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p60] (context: "from the bataile. *And whan the") (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "Than come the remenawnte from the bataile."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p60]: es knewe, com to Yterpendragon, (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And Merlin, that alle these thinges knewe, com to Yterpendragon, that for his maladie was right feble."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p60] (context: "my men in bataile.’* And Merlin") (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” And Yterpendragon seide, “ I haue right, for my men, and that ye knowe wele, and that I wende to haue no drede of, haue distroyde my reame, and slayn my men in bataile."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p60] (context: "le not in bataile with-oute a go") (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "’* And Merlin seide, “ Now maist thow se that peple ne a-vaile not in bataile with-oute a gode lorde."

• attestation: Birth or delivery near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p60]: the to be bore in a lytier, a (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "and whan thei be alle come, do the to be bore in a lytier, and so go fight with thyn enmyes;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p61] (context: "after the bataile, haue mynde of") (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "enemies in a I pray the, after the bataile, haue mynde of that I haue the seide."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is feire and (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "but this I will that thow wite, that the childe is feire and well growen, and well taught and norisshed."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p61] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Merlin tells as I haue the seide, t" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "I haue the moche loved, and I love the, and knewe wele that noon may so wele love as thi-self: and Merlin tells as I haue the seide, thow maist not longe lyve after this victorye."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p62]: r us departed the kynge and (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "r us departed the kynge and Merlin."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p62] (context: "ye of the bataile, and venquysed") (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "that hadde the kynge the victorye of the bataile, and venquysed his enmyes."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p62]: don, and sente for his grete tres (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "and than he be¬ thought hym of that Merlin hadde hym seide, and repeired to lon- don, and sente for his grete tresour, and yaf his godes to gode men and gode women, and to mysese peple of his reame, and dide many faire almesse dedes ;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p62]: che. Thus departed the kynge his (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "Thus departed the kynge his tresour*?"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p62]: de of his deth. And thei knew (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "and his peple were assembled at london, that grete doute hadde of his deth."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p62]: wele that dye he moste, for h (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And thei knewe wele that dye he moste, for he wax so feble that he myght not speke in thre dayes."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p62]: oon shall dye that maketh so (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "noon shall dye that maketh so gode ende as he doth;"

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p62]: made semblaunce that he knewe (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” And the kynge turned toward hym to his power, and made semblaunce that he knewe hym."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p62]: "seide to the barons, prelates that ther" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And Merlyn seide to the barons, prelates that ther weren, “Now heir the laste worde that the kynge shall speke."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p62]: "seide to hem that ther were, “Now haue y" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” And Merlin seide to hem that ther were, “Now haue ye herde the last worde that the kynge hath spoke to me;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p63] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Merlin whis¬ pers to the king that" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "Merlin whis¬ pers to the king that his son Arthur shall be the next king, and accom¬ plish the round table."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p64] in CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.: "Merlyn, we » * knowe well thow art" (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "11 Than he was come be-fore hem, they seide, “Merlyn, we » * knowe well thow art wise, and haste alwey loved wele the kynges of this reame, and thow knowest wele that this londe is lefte with-outen heir;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p65] in CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.: "Merlyn seide, “ I shall not be ther" (CHAPTER VI: Arthur made king.)

  "And Merlyn seide, “ I shall not be ther, for ye shull not se me till the eleccion be made."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p73]: ome, they sente after hym; and Merli (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "” Whan the barouns vndirstode that Merlin was come, they sente after hym;"

• relationship: vnto has a brother (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "and I do yow to wete that he is nother sone to Antor, ne brother vnto Kay, that he hath made his stiwarde, saf only of norture."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p74]: rons have sent for him. *go on th (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "tell him that Merlin and the barons have sent for him."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p74]: n Bretell com to the maister fo (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "Than Bretell com to the maister forteresse where as the kynge was, and seide, “ Sir, the barouws haue sente for yow and the archebisshop, and the bisshop of logres, by gode trewys,” and he seide he wolde with gode will go speke with hem."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p74]: uws hadde sente for hym that he sh (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "Than Bretell yede to Ylfyn, and seide that Merlin and alle the barouws hadde sente for hym that he sholde come with-oute lenger a-bidinge."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p74]: d that he sente for hym to seche, (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "When Ylfin herde that Merlin was come, and that he sente for hym to seche, he was glad and ioyfull, for than he knewe well that the trouthe of the kynge sholde be knowen."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p74]: "seide to vs a thinge that we haue more m" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "” “ Sir,” seide the barouws, “ a-bide a-while till we haue herde Merlin speke, for hereafter ye may vs preche at leyser, for Merlin hath seide to vs a thinge that we haue more merveile of than we"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p74] in CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.: "Merlin, and asked what hym semed of" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "TXThen the barouns were come thider, they a-resoned Merlin, and asked what hym semed of the newe kynge that the archebisshop hadde crowne with-oute her lycence, and with- oute assent of the mene people of the londe ?"

• relationship: was is identified as son of Yterpendragon (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "” Than the archebisshop sat down, and Merlin a-rose vpon his feet and seide, “ Sirs, I haue be-gonne for Merlin tells to telle vow whos sone was the kynge Arthur, and I do yow to thur is the wite alle that beth here that he was the sone of Yterpendragon, pentagon, that hym engendred on Ygeme the sam"

• attestation: Marriage near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p75]: nge hadde wedded the quene Ygem (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "After whan the kynge hadde wedded the quene Ygeme, she wax grete with the childe Merlin re- that the kynge hadde gete on her, er he hadde here wedded, and kin s blamed so it fill many tymes that the kynge hir blamed and remembred diuerse tymes, and seide that the childe that *"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p76] in CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.: "Merlin, “I se well that god doth no" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "And therefore, lordynges, ,, seide Merlin, “I se well that god doth not for-yete his seruaunte, thow he haue be a synner, yef so be that he will be repentaunte, and hym seme with gode werkes."

• attestation: Coronation event near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p77]: ti kynges crowned, fro whom he h (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "crewell man, and he hath conquered by force xx ti kynges crowned, fro whom he hath taken alle their berdes by force and in dispite, and sette hem in a mantell, whiche he maketh euery day a knyght to hold a-fore hym atte mete, atte alle tymes whan he holdeth courte rioall, and he hath sworn that he s"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p77] in CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.: "Merlyn, and ledde hym a-parte, and" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "Than Arthur 1 toke Merlyn, and ledde hym a-parte, and the archebisshop and Antor and Kay and Ylfyn and Bretell, these vij were prevely in counseile."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p78]: -oute the deth. And whanne Me (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "and yef thei myght hym take, thei lete hym knowe that he sholde not escape with-oute the deth."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as was grete signif (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "And Merlin made to kynge Arthur a baner wher-in was grete significacion, for ther-in was a dragon, which he made sette on a spere, and be semblauwce he caste oute of his mouth fire and flame, and he hadde a grete taile and a longe."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p78]: set on a launce thei be- heild (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "and whan it was set on a launce thei be- heilde it for grete merveile."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p81] in CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.: "Merlin made discende amonge their*" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  ", and so ben thei departed discounfited, and the chase lasted longe tyme, and so the vij kynges losten I-nough, for of all the harneys that thei hade brought thider, thei hadde not with hem the valew of ijd, that all ne was brente with the fier that Merlin made discende amonge their* tentes and paue"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p82]: oell. and sente after sowderes ouer (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "and sente after sowderes ouer all, and yaf hem wagis, and horse, He gains the and hameyse, and robes, and so he be-come in grete love a-monge poorknights."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p83] in CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.: "MERLIN PROMISES TO HELP ARTHUR IN H" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "I will thow sende to hem, that thei Chap* YIIL] MERLIN PROMISES TO HELP ARTHUR IN HIS NEED."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p87] in CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.: "Merlin dide hem with the fire, and" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "*Than the messagers tolde hem trouthe all as 1 it hadde be by-twene the kynge Arthur and the vij kynges, and the grete damage that Merlin dide hem with the fire, and how grete merveiles of armes the yonge kynge dide;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p89]: gers were departed from Arthur, a (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "N ow, seith the storye, that whan the massagers were departed from Arthur, and that he hadd stuffed his Citees and euery castell with soche peple as that Merlin hadde hym eounseiled, for he knewe well whiche were gode and trewe, and he wiste also whiche were with-oute treson."

• attestation: Birth or delivery near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p89]: ey beth I-born of the highest (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "“Xow, beith well a-vised that ye resceyve hem so wur- shipfully as soche high men and grete of astate and high renon, and they ought to be youre men, and they beth I-born of the highest lynage of the worlde, and moche higher than ye be youre self, and so be theire wyves also."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p89]: "seide to Merlin, “ I pray yow telle me h" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "” And the kynge seide to Merlin, “ I pray yow telle me how I shall do and how I shall me contene, and I shall do as ye me comamlde."

• relationship: that has a brother (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "mente, and departed hem in two partyes, and were well on eyther syde yij C and CCC of the reme of Benoyk, that kepte hem to-geder in oon partye, and whan the tumemente was assembled redy to smyte to-geder, the kynge ban and the kynge Boors, and her brother that was a mervilouse clerke of Astronomye,"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p94]: my lord© sente after yow.” “ Sir,’’ (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "139 hath my lord© sente after yow."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p94] in CHAPTER IX: The: "Merlin hadde hym tolde, whan they w" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "Than be-heilde Ylfin and Bretell, and than he gan to laugh, for he be-thought hym on the wordes that Merlin hadde hym tolde, whan they were gon on his message, how thei were assailed in the deserte of vij knyghtes, and how they dide hem deliuew."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p95]: n, Merlin com to the two kynges (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "And whan the disputaciouns were don, Merlin com to the two kynges that were his brethern, and seide, “Lordynges, ye be worthi men and of high renoun, and also ye beth right feith-full and trewe;"

• relationship: be is identified as son of Vterpendragon (CHAPTER IX: The)

  ",, And thei seide, “ Merlin, now telle vs how he was chosen to be kynge, and wherfore, and yef Antor knowe whether he be the sone of Vterpendragon."

• relationship: is is identified as son of Uterpendra (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "The kings ask if Ar thur is the son of Uterpendra- gon."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p95]: ment, and departed and yede to be (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "Thus ended theire parlament, and departed and yede to bedde, and the thre kynges and the archebisshop lay in oon chamber, for they wolde not departe on sondre."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as was wise and (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "and Guynebaude well hem vndirstode, as he that was wise and a grete clerke, so that he"

• relationship: is is identified as son of Uter (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Merlin swears that Arthur is the son of Uter- pendragon."

• relationship: was is identified as son of Vter (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "and than Merlin dide swere be-fore the kynges that Arthur was the sone of Vter- pendragon, and that he was be-geten on the quene Ygeme that nyght that the Duke was slayn, and that he was the moste right- full heire that the londe myght holde."

• attestation: Marriage near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p98]: hath her wedded shull they not (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "He neu^r after that the Geauntes knowe, that he hath her wedded shull they not be so hardy to a-byde in the contre, ne nygh it by a Iourney."

• attestation: Warfare near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p98]: t vpon vs werre, and brenneth (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "” T han ansuerde kynge Ban to Merlyn and seide, “Dere frende, yef we go in to straunge londe, and leve our londes in this manere as thei be, how shall ther-of falle, for we haue an euell and fell nyghbour that vpon vs werre, and brenneth oure townes and castelles?"

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is grete pereyle (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "He this londe also is no-thynge sure, ffor the barouws that sholde be the kynges frendes and his liege men, thei do vpon Hym werren, therfore it is grete pereyle to leve his owne reame for to deffende a-nother manwes."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is grete nede (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "but it is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep, for wite it well, for a peny that ye lese on this side, ye shall Wynne tweyn on that side;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p98] (context: "o a grete bataile in this contre") (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "” “ All be-*tyme,” seide Merlin, “ for ye ne shall not meve before lenton, for er that tyme moste ye do a grete bataile in this contree agein the barouws, that assemble and gedere as moche peple as they may haue, and therfore we shull assemble as many as we may gete in the pryviest wise that we can,"

• relationship: sende has a brother (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "” “Merlin, ,, seide the kynge Ban, “yef I and my brother sende for socour in to oure contree, may they come be- tyrne?"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is involved in a battle [p98] (context: ", for the bataile shall be at Ca") (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "but thei be-houe to haste, for the bataile shall be at Candilmesse, in the medowes of Bredigan, and ther-"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p98] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.: "Merlin says that Arthur has no wife" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Merlin says that Arthur has no wife;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p99]: With that departed Merlin fro bla (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "With that departed Merlin fro blase, that lenger ne wolde not tarie, but dide his message well and feire, ffor on the morowe by pryme he come to Citee of Gannes, He will be at Gannes by to-morrow evening."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as was a gode knyght (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "At Mouloir, a stronge castell of kynge Boors, thei lefte Flacidas, that was a gode knyght and a trewe."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p99] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.: "Merlyn cleped Arthur, and seide, “" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Than Merlyn cleped Arthur, and seide, “ Sir, I go now on this message, for it is no tyme lenger to tarye."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p100] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.: "Merlin hadde hem comaunded. And the" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And on the tother side come all the cariage of the londe, that brought vitaile as Merlin hadde hem comaunded."

• attestation: Narrative action [p100] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan. involving Merlin (Prose Merlin): "de hem comaunded. And the kynge made the hoste to" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And the kynge made the hoste to be ledde, in the stillest wise that he myght, in to the launde of bredigan, for it was oon of the wildeste places of that oon knewe, ffor whan thei were ther loigged, thei were, as who seith, loste."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p101]: f Benoyk, com to the rochell, a (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "N ow, seith the boke, that so Merlin, and Leonces, and Pharien, and Antoynes, the stiwarde of Benoyk, com to the rochell, and entred in to the shippes, and so thei sailed till thei com to the bloy bretaigne, and it is reson that the boke do yow to vndirr stonde whi it is so cleped."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p103]: e vitaile departed as Merlin hadd (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Than thei loigged in tentes and pavilouns, and restede hem so yiij dayes hool, and than was the vitaile departed as Merlin hadde devised."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p103]: "seide to Merlin in game, “Loke ye be-war" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And than come Merlin to *the wardeyns of the hoste, and seide, “I go to fecche the thre kynges, for thei shull do beste at this nede than eny other / 9 And thei seide to Merlin in game, “Loke ye be-war of the 1 tother parti, for we here sey that thei do manace yow sore."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p103]: nd Merlin departed a-noon fro hem (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "” And Merlin departed a-noon fro hem so sodenly, that thei knewe not where he was be-come."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p103]: than thei departed, and yede a-bo (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And than thei departed, and yede a-boute in the hoste and sette soche gou^ro^wnce that noon was so hardy to meve ne to sette a fote oute of the hoste, ne of her loiggynge."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p103]: at Merlin departed fro the hoste, (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And, as the boke seith, the same nyght that Merlin departed fro the hoste, he come to logres be-fore enesonge, where as he fonde the thre kynges full pensif and hevy, for the contrey that was so wastid and distroyed."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p103]: e fro hem departed; and he seide (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And a-noon thei hym clipt and made grete ioye, and after thei asked hym how he hadde spedde seth that he fro hem departed;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p103] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.: "Merlin says he can bring them in wi" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Ulfln says an¬ other ought to go with the message, but Merlin says he can bring them in without being seen."

• attestation: Coronation event near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p104]: x kynges crowned and a Duke, an (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "and thei be xv M1 horse-men, and also of Arthurs But on that other party is moche peple, for*ther be x kynges crowned and a Duke, and thei haue in theire companye 1 M1 horsemen."

• attribution: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is described as is a grete peple (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "7 * “ Now god helpe vs,” quod Arthur, “ for this is a grete peple."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p104]: e, Merlin rode be-fore, and t (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  ""Whan thei were alle on horse bakke, Merlin rode be-fore, and the thre kynges and Antor, that satte vpon a grete stede, whiche the kynge made hym on to ryde, to be with hem in company;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p104]: aner thei rode all nyght; and (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "In this maner thei rode all nyght;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p104] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.: "Merlin, “ thei be loigged by Arthur" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "” J-L “ Ye,” quod Merlin, “ thei be loigged by Arthurs oste in the myddel of the launde, in the foreste of bredigan;"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p105]: drede of deth, and eueriche (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "In this warde 1 was kynge Arthur, and iiij 141 of gode men that neuer wolde faile their lorde for no drede of deth, and eueriche of these wardes drough by hym self a-sonder like as was devised."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p105]: d. And so rode forth a softe (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And so rode forth a softe pas kepynge clos, as Merlin dide hem guyde, whiche rode before vpon a grete courser."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p105] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.: "Merlin to hem, and seide that “Now" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Than com Merlin to hem, and seide that “Now fro hens-forth may we go vpon youre enmyes, and ther-fore devise now who shall haue the vaunt garde, ffor ye shull go in soche manere that thei shall not knowe till ye he vpon hem, and that shall he two oures be-for"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p106]: rses, and rode serchynge the (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And thei armed hem right wele, and lepte on ther horses, and rode serchynge the contrey."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p107]: , than he com to Merlin, and as (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "an the kynge Arthur saugh that all the herbegage was to hym be-lefte, than he com to Merlin, and asked hym Merlin tells how he sholde do."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p107] in CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.: "Merlin sente hem soche a wynde and" (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And ther-with hem fill a grete en- MerUn sends comberaunce, that Merlin sente hem soche a wynde and tempeste, and tempest, that her tentes fill vpon their hedes, and a-monge hem was soche a truble that vn-ethe myght eny of hem se other ne heren."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is defeated [p115]: aste thow ouercome thyn enmyes ? (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "haste thow ouercome thyn enmyes ?"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p115]: Anoon he departed from Arthur, a (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  ",, Anoon he departed from Arthur, and entred in to the forest, and fonde blase, that longe after hym hadde desired."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) departs or rides [p115]: r seth he departed *fro hym, and (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Than Merlyn tolde hym alle thynges that were falle to the kynge Arthur seth he departed *fro hym, and how he yede for to fecche socour in the litill breteyne."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p116]: . Than he com to logges wherof (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "Than he com to logges wherof the walles layn at the erthe as Merlin hadde beten hem down."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p116] in CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure: "Merlin, that was gon to blase his m" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "Arthur, hav- IVTow seith the boke whan that kynge Arthur hadde discounfited mfes his ene * hys enmyes, and the xj kynges and a Duke, by the coun¬ seile of Merlin, that was gon to blase his maister in Xorthumber- londe."

• attestation: Narrative action [p116] in CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure involving Merlin (Prose Merlin) and Xorthumber: "ove hym the victorye of his enmyes. Than he com to" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "Than he returned gladde and ioyfull of that oure lorde hath yove hym the victorye of his enmyes."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p117]: "seide to Ylfyn, “ Tell on, for I will th" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "And the cherll than be-gan to laugh lowde, and seide to Ylfyn, “ Tell on, for I will that thow do so,” Than seide Ylfin to the kynge, “ Sir, ne knowe ye not youre frende Merlin, and ne sholde not he come to speke with yow to day."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p117] in CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure: "MERLIN VISITS THE KING DISGUISED AS" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "MERLIN VISITS THE KING DISGUISED AS A CHURL."

• attestation: Warfare near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p118]: on yow do werre.” And whan the (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "11 Trewly,” quod Ylfin, “ he may sey that euell hath he be-sette his servise on yow: for it is Merlin, that so moche hath don for yow, and loved so moche and holpen of all that he myght do or sey agein alle tho that vpon yow do werre."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p118]: same semblaunce that ye saugh (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "“Sirs,” seide Ylfin, “dismaye yow not, for he shall shewe yow the same semblaunce that ye saugh hym in firste."

• attestation: Arms mentioned near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p118]: same semblaunce that thei hadd (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "” And whan thei come a-gein they fonde Merlin in the halle in the same semblaunce that thei hadde seyn hym in firste."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) speaks or is addressed [p118]: "seide to the kynge. And than seide Arthu" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "and of the shetynge that thei hadde seyn, and of the wordes that he hadde seide to the kynge."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p118] in CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure: "Merlin yef ye myght hym se ?” “ Yee" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "” “Sir,” quod Ylfin, “sholde ye ought knowe Merlin yef ye myght hym se ?"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p119]: vain that was deed, and was heyr (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "This mayden was cleped Lysanor, and was doughter to the Eirll Sevain that was deed, and was heyr of the castell of Campercorentyn."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) arrives or returns [p119]: was feire com to Bredigan, wher (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "And this mayden that was feire com to Bredigan, where-as the kynge soioumed, and was at hoste with a riche burgeys."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p119] in CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure: "Merlin Arthur a-queynted hym with a" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "that by the love of Merlin Arthur a-queynted hym with a mayden, the feyrest that myght be founden."

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p122] in CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter: "Merlin, that knoweth all oure orden" (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "” fllhan a-ros the kynge loot and seide, “ Cer tes, sirs, I can not J- se how we may vs so gamysh, and the marches where as thei go and come, but that we shull haue grete damage of the kynge Arthur, be the helpe of the two kynges and of Merlin, that knoweth all oure ordenaunce, and he ne loveth vs n"

• attestation: Warfare near Merlin (Prose Merlin) [p123]: that hath werre a-gein the kyn (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "Gannes, and his helpers, of this we nede not to drede, ffor a mes- sager me tolde this othir day that kynge Arthur, and kynge ban, and kynge Boors his brother, ben gon oute of this eontrei and go to socour the kynge leodegan, of Tamelide, that hath werre a-gein the kynge Rion, of Irelonde, and thei"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) sends for someone [p123]: than thay sente after grete and smal (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "And than thay sente after grete and smale, alle tho that myght here armes, and sowdioures of straunge londes that wolde take wages, and tho that coveyted lose and pris;"

• attestation: Merlin (Prose Merlin) is attested [p123] in CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter: "Merlin I-made; but he hath well stu" (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "ay that kynge Arthur, and kynge ban, and kynge Boors his brother, ben gon oute of this eontrei and go to socour the kynge leodegan, of Tamelide, that hath werre a-gein the kynge Rion, of Irelonde, and thei go in maner of sowdiours, and all this hath Merlin I-made;"

• relationship: kynge has a sister (CHAPTER XII: The return of the eleven rings to their cities, and their encounter)

  "but that ther com socour be that wey to the saisnes of vitaile and of men be that castell that was stronge, and by the enchauwtement of Camile, that moste cowde of that art, but yef it were Morgain, the suster of kynge Arthur, and Nimiane, that Merlin dide love so moche, that he taught here alle the"