Ylfin

The Prose Merlin (English)

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p42] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "Ylfin to helpe the kynge. And so al" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” And thus vndir- toke Ylfin to helpe the kynge."

• relationship: Wife of my is mentioned (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "And alsD I trowe he is not well plesed that I love the wif of my liege man;"

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p47] in CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.: "Ylfin, and droughen hem a-side in c" (CHAPTER III: Pendragon is made king.)

  "” Than made the kynge to clepe after Ylfin, and droughen hem a-side in counseile."

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p50] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Ylfin seide, “I shall sey yow myn a" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” And Ylfin seide, “I shall sey yow myn avise, and yef ye can better, sey it ye."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Ylfin [p54]: the Duke was deed by the kynge a (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "Ye knowe well,” quod Ylfyn, “that the Duke was deed by the kynge and by his force, and that he hadde not forfet for to dye."

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p54] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Ylfin to counseile a-monge the baro" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” Thus wente Ylfin to counseile a-monge the barons and the worthy men."

• attestation: Narrative action [p54] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king. involving Ylfin: "or to haue theire hertes.” Thus wente Ylfin to cou" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "but this I will that ye knowe, that ther is no kynge ne prince that may be to moche be-loved of his peple, ne he may not to moche obbeye hym-self for to haue theire hertes."

• attestation: Narrative action [p54] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king. involving Ylfin: "erde how the kynge hath put hym vpon yow; now lete" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And Ylfin seide, “ Ye haue wele herde how the kynge hath put hym vpon yow;"

• attestation: Ylfin arrives or returns [p55]: alle, and com to the kynges tei (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” And whan thise othir herde this, thei a-corden to this counseile alle, and com to the kynges teinte."

• attestation: Ylfin speaks or is addressed [p55]: "seide to the barons, “ Be ye not alle th" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "And than he seide to the barons, “ Be ye not alle thus a-corded ?"

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p55] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Ylfin, “my counseile; now may ye se" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” “VTow haue ye herde,” quod Ylfin, “my counseile;"

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p58] in CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.: "Ylfin seide, “ Nay; but do as he ha" (CHAPTER V: The barons counsel the king.)

  "” And Ylfin seide, “ Nay;"

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p75] in CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.: "Ylfin hath yet in his kepynge in hi" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "f alle semises that I hadde as the child hym don, and he me graunted, that as soone as it were bom, should that he wolde make that it sholde be delyuered to me, and of Merlin, this he dide me make letteres, and ther-on hanginge his seal, whiche that Ylfin hath yet in his kepynge in his bailly, and Y"

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p76] in CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.: "Ylfin, “ se here the letteres and t" (CHAPTER VII: Merlin comes to the barons.)

  "“ And ther-to,” quod Ylfin, “ se here the letteres and the seall of Yterpendragon ther-on hanginge, that he lete make to Merlyn of the couenauntes."

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p85] in CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.: "Ylfin and Bertell come to Trebes, t" (CHAPTER VIII: The mission of ulfyn and bretell to kino ban and king bobs.)

  "And whan Ylfin and Bertell come to Trebes, thei axed after the kynge Ban;"

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p94] in CHAPTER IX: The: "Ylfin and Bretell, and so thei plei" (CHAPTER IX: The)

  "Than thei yede into a chamber that was be-syde the halle, towarde the gardyn of the river of temse, *and with hem yede tweyne that ne ought not to be for-yeten, that was Ylfin and Bretell, and so thei pleide and spake to-geder of many thinges."

• attestation: Ylfin is attested [p117] in CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure: "Ylfin oute of a chamber, and come t" (CHAPTER XI: The doings of king arthur after the battle, and his departure)

  "” In the tyme that thei spake thus to-geder, come Ylfin oute of a chamber, and come thider as the kynge spake to Merlin, “Go forth thy wey,” quod the kynge, “how may I the trowe that thow haste spoke with Merlin?"