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[Reynard
We may conclude these extracts by shewing how cunningly and
successfully Reynard extricates himself from this £ most foul ’ murder.
After a good deal of ingenious and sophistical discussion, between the
Pox and his Wife, in which the former tells the latter how he escaped
from the power of the Lion, and the latter tells the former in what
manner he is to shape his course in future, Bellin the Ram becomes
impatient for the return of poor Kywart, the slaughtered Hare:
* Now was bellyn the rame angry that kywart his felawe was so
longe in the hole. and called lowde. come out kywarte in the deuels
name. how longe shal reynart kepe you there. haste you and come late
vs goo, whan reynard herde this. he wente out and saide softly to bellyn
the ramme. lief bellyn wherfore be ye angry kywart speketh wyth his
dere aunte. me thynketh ye ought not to be dysplesid therfore. he bad
me saye to yow ye myght wel go to fore. And he shal come after. he is
lighter of fote than ye. he muste tarye a whyle with his aunte and her
chyldren. they wepe and crye by cause I shal goo fro them. bellyn sayde.
what dyde kyward. me thoughte he cryedafter helpe, the foxe answerd,
what saye ye bellyne wene ye that he shold haue ony harme, now herke
what he thene dyde, whan we were comen in to myn hows, and ermelyn
my wyf vnderstode that I shold goo ouer see she fyl doun in a swoun,
and whan kywart sawe that, he cryed loude bellyn come helpe myn
aunte to brynge her out of her swoun thenne sayde the rame In fayth
I vnderstode that kywart had ben in grete daunger, the foxe sayde, nay
truly, or kyward shold haue ony harme in my hows, I had leuer that
my wyf and chyldren shold suffre moche hurte.’ Sign. e 3.
The reader shall now draw his own conclusion respecting the quantum
of entertainment to be derived from a perusal of this curious per-
formance. Hearne tells us (ibid) that e it is strange to see the changes
that have been made in this book from the present and the succeeding
impressions of it.’ It is better known to the public under the title of
‘ The most delectable History of Reynard the Tox, and the shifts of
Reynardine the Son ofthe Fox, 1684, 1701, 4to/~-a volume, of equally
coarse execution, whether we consider the printing or the embellish-
ments of it. Reverting to the highly valuable impression before us, it
only remains to observe that it terminates on the reverse of 1 5, in
eights, in the following manner, (after the sentence quoted at p. 245
ante)
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BOOKS PRINTED BY
[Reynard
We may conclude these extracts by shewing how cunningly and
successfully Reynard extricates himself from this £ most foul ’ murder.
After a good deal of ingenious and sophistical discussion, between the
Pox and his Wife, in which the former tells the latter how he escaped
from the power of the Lion, and the latter tells the former in what
manner he is to shape his course in future, Bellin the Ram becomes
impatient for the return of poor Kywart, the slaughtered Hare:
* Now was bellyn the rame angry that kywart his felawe was so
longe in the hole. and called lowde. come out kywarte in the deuels
name. how longe shal reynart kepe you there. haste you and come late
vs goo, whan reynard herde this. he wente out and saide softly to bellyn
the ramme. lief bellyn wherfore be ye angry kywart speketh wyth his
dere aunte. me thynketh ye ought not to be dysplesid therfore. he bad
me saye to yow ye myght wel go to fore. And he shal come after. he is
lighter of fote than ye. he muste tarye a whyle with his aunte and her
chyldren. they wepe and crye by cause I shal goo fro them. bellyn sayde.
what dyde kyward. me thoughte he cryedafter helpe, the foxe answerd,
what saye ye bellyne wene ye that he shold haue ony harme, now herke
what he thene dyde, whan we were comen in to myn hows, and ermelyn
my wyf vnderstode that I shold goo ouer see she fyl doun in a swoun,
and whan kywart sawe that, he cryed loude bellyn come helpe myn
aunte to brynge her out of her swoun thenne sayde the rame In fayth
I vnderstode that kywart had ben in grete daunger, the foxe sayde, nay
truly, or kyward shold haue ony harme in my hows, I had leuer that
my wyf and chyldren shold suffre moche hurte.’ Sign. e 3.
The reader shall now draw his own conclusion respecting the quantum
of entertainment to be derived from a perusal of this curious per-
formance. Hearne tells us (ibid) that e it is strange to see the changes
that have been made in this book from the present and the succeeding
impressions of it.’ It is better known to the public under the title of
‘ The most delectable History of Reynard the Tox, and the shifts of
Reynardine the Son ofthe Fox, 1684, 1701, 4to/~-a volume, of equally
coarse execution, whether we consider the printing or the embellish-
ments of it. Reverting to the highly valuable impression before us, it
only remains to observe that it terminates on the reverse of 1 5, in
eights, in the following manner, (after the sentence quoted at p. 245
ante)
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tfjat gljal $tz tfji£ Jptp! treati& to corrccte anO amen&ey