Prophecy attributed to Merlin, added at end of one copy of
The Siege of
Thebes (
6276-13)
— one cross-rhymed quatrain
Subjects: prophecies; Merlin
Versification: —
four-line —
abab
1.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College O.5.2 (1283), f. 211
vb
Transcription:The land of the mone shall lose hir lighte
if she surmounthe the
degree of the sonne
And for hir presumption shee shall of righte
be
darkened quite and ouercome
Note: Two copies, one after the other, by different hands, perhaps as
pentrials, added to originally blank space after Siege of Thebes;
attributed to ‘Marlyn’ or ‘Marloyn’.
Attributed Author: Marlyn (f. 211vb)