And as marcolph that sawe sayde to the king. Thanne lete marcolph the thrydde mowse go, and as the katte sawe he cowde no lenger abyde, but kaste the kandell awaye and lept aftyr the mowse and toke it. And in like wyse dede she of the secunde mowse. As the catte that saugh, she wolde have lept aftyr: but the king gave hyr a wynke or countenaunce, that she bode stylle syttyng and removyd not.
Thanne lete marcolph oon of the myse go out of his sleve. There was norysshyd in the kinges house a catte, that every nyght as the king sat at sowper, was wont to holde betwyxt hyre fore feet a brennyng kandell upon the tabyll. Here I have now provyd before you that nature goth afore lernyng. The king sat to sowper and othre, wyth whom sat marcolph, and had alle pryvely put into hys sleve thre quyk myse. And as marcolph that sawe sayde to the king. Genres MedievalBritish Literature15th Century. The story tells of the trials and triumphs of the crafty Reynard, a courtier in the court of King Noble the lion.
Thanne lete marcolph the thrydde mowse go, and as the katte sawe he cowde no lenger abyde, but kaste the kandell awaye and lept aftyr the mowse and toke it. Originally published 1481, this English translation of the medieval European beast epic of Reynard the Fox was one of the earliest printed books in England. There was norysshyd in the kinges house a catte, that every nyght as the king sat at sowper, was wont to holde betwyxt hyre fore feet a brennyng kandell upon the tabyll. WILLIAM CAXTONS REYNARD THE FOX 301 scholars who have written on Caxton or the Reynard story have been unable to agree on what source Caxton used. The king sat to sowper and othre, wyth whom sat marcolph, and had alle pryvely put into hys sleve thre quyk myse. the FOX r etold by Anne Louise Avery First published in 2020 by the Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford ox1 3bg 978 1 85124 555 0Text Anne Louise Avery, 2020 Illustrations Wendy Wigley, 2020Anne Louise Avery has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this Work.
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