I was twitched by the neck; the game was begun; A grace was; the halter brast asunder--Ecce signum!
The chains I brast asunder and killed the jailor; Yea, and his fair wife halsed in a corner: A!
XXVI Cloudesley bente a wel good bowe, That was of a trusty tre, He smot the Justice on the brest, That hys arowe brast in three.
XC The Mayre smot at Cloudesley with his byll, Hys buckler he brast in two, Full many a yeman with great yll, ‘Alas!
I can, for tene, say not oon word more;' And right with that she brast out for to wepe.
Throwout the glas hir bemis brast sa fair 15 That I micht see, on every syde me by, The northin wind had purifyit the air, And shed the misty cloudis fra the sky.
And with these wordes I brast out to wepe, that every teere of myne eyen, for greetnesse semed they boren out the bal of my sight, and that al the water had ben out-ronne.
That saw King Clariance and returned unto Brastias, and either smote other so that horse and man went to the earth, and so they lay long astonied, and their horses' kneesbrast to the hard bone.
And then they hurtled together and all to-brast their spears, and then they pulled out their swords, and hewed on helms and hauberks.
And Sir Uwaine smote Sir Edward that he fell over his horse and yet his spear brast not.
Then was Sir Launcelot wroth out of measure, and then he smote Sir Gahalantine on the helm that his nose brast out on blood, and ears and mouth both, and therewith his head hung low.
And then he yede to the third pavilion and found Sir Gawaine lying in bed with his Lady Ettard, and either clipping other in arms, and when he saw that his heart well-nigh brast for sorrow, and said: Alas!
Yet I happened to find out that every one of them, including Mr. Fairfax himself, was present at a party Sir Timothy Brast gave at his house down the river a week or two before.
Imperturbable and immaculate as ever, Sir Timothy Brast smiled amiably upon the little gathering, summoned a waiter and ordered a Dry Martini.
Sir Timothy Brast is here to see you, sir," he announced.
That evening before dinner, Sir Timothy Brast called to see Mr. Hilditch, and a very stormy interview took place.
Sir Timothy Brast rose from his place and made his way to the end of the counter, next to Fairfax and nearest Francis.
I should say that Sir Timothy Brast was responsible for it.
They loosened the Anoon̄ thay brast the Chaynes alle, chains; That ouer the brigge were I-drawe.
But stones come downe so fast on vs on euery side, We thinke our boats bottom would brast if long we thus abide.
Then when king Arthur was on horseback, he looked upon Sir Launcelot, and then the tears brast out of his eyes, thinking on the great courtesy that was in Sir Launcelot, more than in any other man.
But Sir Blamor had such a fall that he had almost broken his neck; for the blood brast out at nose, mouth, and his ears; but at the last he recovered well by good surgeons.
That saw king Clariance, and returned to Brastias, and either smote other so that horse and man went to the earth, and so they lay long astonied, and their horses' knees brast to the hard bone.
And then they hurtled together and all to-brast their spears, and then they pulled out their swords and hewed on helms and hauberks.
And then he set his hands upon the bars of iron, and pulled at them with such a might that he brast them clean out of the stone walls.
And Sir Dodinas' spear brast in sunder, but Sir Tristram smote him with a more might, that he smote him clean over the horse croup, that nigh he had broken his neck.
And therewithal he bare the gate wide open upon the porter, and smote him under his ear with his gauntlet that his neck brast in sunder.
And then Sir Palamides rode against Sir Tristram, and either met other with great spears, that they brast to their hands.
And he gave a great shriek, and a marvellous grisly groan, and his blood brast out nigh a pint at once, that at last he sank down, and so swooned pale and deadly.
Then they stood together, and gave many sad strokes on divers places of their bodies, that the blood brastout on many sides and places.
So the bishop departed, and came to the king at Carlisle, and told him all how Sir Launcelot answered him: and then the tears brast out of the king's eyes.
Na wonder, na wonder, my eldest son, Tho she should brast and die.
Na wonder, na wonder, my eldest son, Tho I should brast and die.
Na wonder, na wonder, my eldest son, Tho' she should brast and die.
Na wonder, na wonder, my eldest son, Tho' I should brastand die.
And when he had all said she brast out a-weeping, and so she sobbed and wept a great while.
How Sir Launcelot armed him to assay if he might bear arms, and how his wounds brast out again.
But the other struck him so hard that he brast the mails, and sheef him through the right shoulder, for the shield covered him not as at that time; and so he bare him from his horse.
For all that he would not leave; and then Sir Tristram gave him such a buffet upon the helm that he fell up-so-down from his horse, that the blood brast out at the ventails of his helm, and so he lay still likely to be dead.
But Sir Blamore had such a fall that he had almost broken his neck, for the blood brast out at nose, mouth, and his ears, but at the last he recovered well by good surgeons.
And then Sir Palomides rode against Sir Tristram, and either met other with great spears, that they brast to their hands.
And therewithal he bare the gate wide open upon the porter, and smote him under his ear with his gauntlet, that his neck brast a-sunder.
So the Bishop departed and came to the king at Carlisle, and told him all how Sir Launcelot answered him; and then the tears brast out of the king's eyen.
Then either gat a greater spear in his hand, and they came so fiercely together; but Sir Palomides' spear all to-brast and Sir Lamorak's did hold.
And therewith Sir Tristram made his horse to run, and with all his might he came straight upon Sir Palomides, and brast his spear upon him an hundred pieces.
Briant to-brast his thigh bone in the fall that he made.
He goeth toward him a full career, and Messire Gawain receiveth him on the point of his spear and hurtleth against him so sore that he all to-brast his collarbone and maketh the spear fly from his fist.
The Lord of the Moors likewise again to-brast his spear upon him.
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