...in purpose for to visit the Holy City of Jerusalem, and the holy places that are thereabout. And I shall tell the way that they should holden thider....company of many lords, God be thonked. And ye shull understand that 1 have put this book out of Latin into French, and translated it agen out of French...

...seriousness. And that all Christians might " undirstonde " these important revelations, he "put the book out of Latin into French, and translated it agen out of French into English." Yet this credulous and unsuspecting knight is still valued as a master of a clear and correct style,...

...in purpose for to visit the Holy City of Jerusalem, and the holy places that are thereabout. And I shall tell the way that they should holden thider....ridden the way, with good company of many lords, God he thonked. And ye shnll understand that I have put this book out of Latin into French, and translated...

...gone thorough many divers londs, and many provinces, and kingdoms, and isles. And ye shull undcrslond that I have put this book out of Latin into French and translated it agen out of Frencb into English, that every man of my nation may underatond it. 3. Texte français, imprimé en...

...thorough many divers londs, and many provinces, and kingdoms, and isles. And ye shull understond that 1 have put this book out of Latin into French and translated it agen out of French into Englisb, that every man of my nation may understond it. II entra en la chapelle où il y avait une...

...centuries has been supposed to be the first classical work in English prose. ' ' And ye shull understand that I have put this book out of Latin into French,...French into English that every man of my nation may understand it," — so runs the sublime audacity of this inimitable hoax. What we have is simply an...

...sea, and have seen and gone thorough many divers londs, and many provinces, and kingdoms, and isles. And ye shull understond that I have put this book out of Latin into French and translated it agen our of French into English, that every man of my nation may understond it. •« Vous saurez, dit-...

...many divers londs, and many provinces, and kingdoms, and isles. And ye shull understond that I hâve put this book out of Latin into French and translated it agen our of French into Bnglish; that every man of my nation, may understond it. « Vous saurez, dit- il,...

...states, for he seems to have made his first observations in Latin. " Ye shall understand," he says, " that I have put this book out of Latin into French, and translated it again out of French into English, that every man of my nation may understand it." But a version from...

...be an original work; in the Cotton manuscript it is perverted and reads : ' And ye shall understand that I have put this book out of Latin into French, and translated it again out of French into English that every man of my nation may understand it.' These words not only...