142.
VIII.

ENGLISH, OR ANGLO-SAXON, OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY.
55.

_Reign of Richard I, 1199 back to 1189 .-- Owl and Nightingale_.
"Ich was in one sumere dale, In one snive digele pale, I herde ich hold grete tale, An hule and one nightingale.
That plait was stif I stare and strong, Sum wile softe I lud among.
An other again other sval I let that wole mod ut al.
I either seide of otheres custe, That alere worste that hi wuste I hure and I hure of others songe Hi hold plaidung futhe stronge." ANON.: _Bucke's Gram._, p.

142.
56.

_Reign of Henry II, 1189 back to 1154 .-- Example dated 1180_.
"And of alle than folke The wuneden ther on folde, Wes thisses landes folke Leodene hendest itald; And alswa the wimmen Wunliche on heowen." GODRIC: _Bucke's Gram._, p.