The first lines of
The Owl and the Nightingale
from MS. BL, Cotton Caligula A.x., f. 2.33:
Ich was in one sumere dale;
In one suşe di3ele hale
Iherde ich holde grete tale
An Hule and one Ni3tingale.
Şat plait was stif & stare & strong,
Sum wile softe & lud among.
An aişer a3en oşer sval
& let şat vvole mod ut al;
& eişer seide of oşeres custe
Şat alre worste şat hi wuste.
& hure & hure of oşeres songe
Owl and Nightingale
(Illustrations from
"De arte venandi cum avibus"
Codex Ms. Pal. Lat. 1071, ca. 1260)
http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch
/anglica/Chronology/13thC/Owl/owl_t ext.html
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