Guido was one of those who said this; this appears from the Gest Hystoriale above mentioned, which was translated from Guido; see ll.
The earliest printed English ballad is the Gest of Robyn Hode, which now remains in a fragment of about the end of the fifteenth century.
The Story+ of the ballad is a mere remnant of the story told in the Gest of King Horn, preserved in three manuscripts, the oldest of which belongs to the thirteenth century.
Amplifications like this, magnifying the internal, psychological significance of the events, while simultaneously insisting upon the religious nature of the expedition, characterize Guibert's response to the Gest Francorum.
Guibert has elided the assertion in the *Gest Francorum* that the Arabs had poisoned the wells, substituting instead these remarks sympathetic to the class from which he sprung.
At the beginning of the fourth book of the Gest Dei, Guibert's defense of his absence is again intertextual, but openly polemic as well, as he declares the battle between modern Christian writing (saints lives and John III.
Northeast and the North Northeast, and wee gest that wee were not farre from the channell, those dayes aforesaid we had so great colde in our shippes, as if had beene in the middle of winter: We could not be warme with all the clothes wee had.
We gest to be about the Islands of Corbo and Flores, but the one held more easterly and the other more Westerly.
May, by reason of the cloudy sky, about noone we could not take the height of the Sunne, but as we gest we had the height of the Island of S.
The same day there came much dust flying into our shippe, as if we had past hard by some sandie towne, and we gest the nearest land to vs might be the Island of S.
The woman and Neebin, the little sister of Sassacus, live in one part, and Soog-u-gest and his men in the other.
Soog-u-gest is wanted among his own people," said Quecheco, who had possessed himself of the much coveted gun which had fallen into the water.
Soog-u-gest is very wise, and his eyes pierce far into the darkness.
The Indians said something among themselves, and at length Quecheco replied: "Soog-u-gest always speaks the truth.
Soog-u-gest flies so high that he sees a great way, and Quecheco spoke like a pappoose.
Soog-u-gest is my brother," answered the Sagamore.
Soog-u-gest has promised to teach the Indians to become wise and powerful like the white men.
Quecheco will go to carry the deer which Soog-u-gest will shoot.
It is more than six moons since Soog-u-gest came into the woods.
Ne no gest ne no straungere ne carf yit the heye see with ores or with shippes; ne they ne hadde seyn yit none newe strondes, to leden marchaundyse in-to dyverse contrees.
In Mr. Panton's introduction to his edition of the Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy (Early Eng.
I never was good at letters myself, an' I'll be bound to say that Billy and I will di-gest the book better this way than the right way.
Madden to be the veritable gest of Arthure composed by Huchowne.
The Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy, from which our extracts are taken, is a free rendering of the prose Historia Troiana finished in 1287 by Guido de Columna (most probably the modern Terranova in Sicily).
The causys of al this myscheif and pane, Ane othir woman, a fremmyt gest agane For the Troianys, is to be spows and wed, A strange bride, or scho be brocht to bed.
Quhat be he, this gret new gestor stranger, Onto our realm laitly is drevyn heir?
Gest opened his mouth as though to deny it, but closed his lips again.
Gest swallowed painfully and went on: "Wilson had just started to explain.
Keane strode to Madame Sin's phone, and got Geston the wire.
Please," sighed Gest as for a second time the florid vice-president and the wizened treasurer snarled at each other.
Chichester nor Gest nor Kroner--none had had a moment's sleep all night.
No wonder Gest thought that Wilson was killed in the conference room, just before he could tell of the roulette wheel, as if Doctor Satan had been there himself!
A trance for the unfortunate Chichester--and Satan talks with Gest and Kroner as the Blue Bay treasurer, and can strike down Wilson when he comes to report!
He stared at the young assistant manager, as did Gest and Chichester, with his hands clenched with suspense.
This thrice he cryed so ragingly, as the yuong man gest him mad, and was with feare almost beside himself.
Gest smote at them to cut off their heads, but it was as though his sword passed through water.
But whenGest attempted to deprive him of his sword, Raknar sprang up and attacked Gest.
Then Gest invoked his father Bard who appeared, but availed naught, then he called upon Him who had created heaven and earth, and vowed to accept the faith which King Olaf was preaching.
Whereupon Gest cut off his head and laid it at his thigh.
Gest went up to Raknar and saluted him courteously in a song, and Raknar bowed in acknowledgment.
Gest was let down into the cavity, and the priest and other men held the rope.
Next morning when Gest returned, the mound was as he had left it, and the two continued their operations.
Gest said to him: "I cannot commend your appearance at present though I can praise your achievements.
Gest had a candle in his hand, and he now lighted it and looked about him.
After that Gest removed all the treasures out of the tomb.
Raknar became so strong that Gest could hardly bear up against him; and all the men in the ship now rose up.
Nu haue ye herd þe gestal þoru 2984 Of hauelok and of goldeborw.
Although I care but little for names, still I will sug- gest that, in all probability, Humboldt knew more upon this subject than all the pastors in the world.
After that Gest gave Thangbrand good gifts, and he fared back south.
Gest said he had only spoken what he meant to keep to.
And when Gest had so spoken, then many more agreed to it.
Then Thangbrand baptised Gest and all his house and many others.
Gest Oddleif's son dwelt at Hagi on Bardastrand, He was one of the wisest of men, so that he foresaw the fates and fortunes of men.
Art þou now comen firste a sodeyne gest in to þe shadowe or tabernacle of þis lijf.
Then Thangbrand baptized Gest and all his house and many others.
Here begynneth a gest of Robyn Hode’; an undated printed fragment preserved with other early pieces in a volume in the Advocates’ Library, Edinburgh.
A GEST OF ROBYN HODE ‘Rebus huius Roberti gestis tota Britannia in cantibus utitur.
The narrative of the knight’s loan is for the moment dropped, in order to relate a gest of Little John, who is now (81.
The latter meaning is doubtless intended in the title of the Gest of Robyn Hode.
As you-all must have long ago tracked up on the information, it's sooperfluous for me to su'gest that a gent gets used to things.
But I bars pie, an' tells him to su'gest the biggest thing he strikes, not on no bill of fare.
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