Detail View: Medieval Collection: Merlyn's prophecies about King Edward II
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Image Number:
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JRL0926276dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15385
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Merlyn's prophecies about King Edward II
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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105v
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Image Sequence Number:
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105v
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Description:
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The words 'Edward 2' are written in the top margin. The tale of how Merlyn's prophecies about King Edward II were true, how during his reign, there was much sorrow, hunger and death amongst the people of England, and how Gascoigne and Scotland should be lost. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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saide soth allas þe time. ffor king Edward þat was king Ed wardes sone þ(t) was borne at Carnariuan in Wales for soþ(e) he hadde hornes as siluer: and a berd as snaw whanne he was made p(ri)nce of Walys and to muche he ȝaf him vn to reaute and to folye // And soþ saide M(er)lyn in his p(ro)phecie þ(t) þ(er)e shulde come out of his nose a dop for in his time was gret hunger among þe poure men and strong deth among þe riche þ(t) deide in st(ra)unge lande w(t) muche sorwe and in wer(e) in Scotlande and afterward he loste Scotlande and Gascoig ne and whiles þ(t) him self was king: þ(er)e was much lecche rye hauntede // And also Merlyn tolde & saide þ(t) þis goot shulde seche þe flo(ur) of lyf and of deth and he said soth for he spousede .Is(abel). þe kinges dought(er) of ff(ra)unce // And in his ty me M(er)lyn saide þat þ(er)e shulde ben made brigges of folc vppon diches of þe see and þ(t) was ful wel sene at Banno- kesbo(ur)ne. in Scotlande whanne he was descomfited þ(er)e of þ(e) Scottys // And M(er)lyn tolde also þat stoones shulde falle fram Castell and manye tounes shulde be made playne and he saide soth for whanne king Edward was descom fited in Scotland and came þo southward þe Scottis bisege de castell and dede ham muche harme and brente tounes vnto þ(e) harde erthe. // And aft(er)ward M(er)lyn tolde þ(t) an egle shulde come out of Cornewayle þat shulde haue feþ(er)es of goolde þat of pride shulde haue no pier and shuldes des pise lordshipes of blood and after he shulde dye þorugh a bere at Gauersiche. and þat p(ro)phecie was ful wel knowe & founde soþ: ffor by þe Egle is vndirstande S(ir)e Pieres of Gauastou(~) þat was erl of Cornewaile þ(t) was a wonder p(ro)ut man þat despisede þe Baronage of Engelonde but aftir- ward he was biheded at Gau(er)siche þorugh þe Erl of Lancastr(e) and þe erl of Warwyk // And M(er)lyn tolde þ(t) in his time it shulde seme þ(t) þe Bere shulde brenne: and þ(t) a bataile shul- de be done vppon an arme of þe see. in a feld arrayede lik a shelde where shulde die menye white hedes and he seide
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 417. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Brie, Friedrich W. D., 'The Brut, or, the Chronicles of England / edited from Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library &c.', (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1906-1908)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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1100
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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