麒麟小说

THE TALE（第1页）

therewas，astellethtituslivius，

aknight，thatcalledwasvirginius，

fullfilledofhonourandworthiness

andstrongoffriendes，andofgreatrichess。

thisknightonedaughterhaddebyhiswife;

nochildrenhadhereinallhislife。

fairwasthismaidinexcellentbeauty

abovenevrywightthatmanmaysee:

fornaturehadwithsovreigndiligence

y-formedherinsogreatexcellence，

asthoughshewouldesay，"lo，i，nature，

thuscaniformandpaintacreature，

whenthatmelist;whocanmecounterfeit?

pygmalion?notthoughheayeforgeandbeat，

orgraveorpainte:foridarewellsayn，

apelles，zeuxis，shouldeworkinvain，

eithertograve，orpaint，orforge，orbeat，

iftheypresumedmetocounterfeit。

forhethatistheformerprincipal，

hathmademehisvicar-general

toformandpaintenearthlycreatures

rightasmelist，andallthinginmycure*is，*care

undertheone，thatmaywaneandwax。

andformyworkrightnothingwilliax**ask

ord。

imadehertotheworship*ofmylord;

sodoiallmineothercreatures，

whatcolourthattheyhave，orwhatfigures。

thusseemethmethatnaturewouldesay。

thismaidenwasofagetwelveyearandtway，**two

inwhichthatnaturehaddesuchdelight。