Anseïs de Metz (U)

ꝯbıen ıl ſont en la loꝛ ꝯpagnı́e

how many they are in their company.

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Afterwards

pꝛeſ l apͥſt le cl͛rc auſtrologıe

the clerk taught him astrology.

Ce eſt .ı. art quı́ mout eſt couoıtıe

This is an art that is much coveted;

Qͥ le ſaroıt mout lı pleroıt ſa uıe

whoever knew it, his life would greatly please him,

⁊ ſı aroıt honoꝛ ⁊ manantı́e

and he would have honour and wealth,

⁊ grant auoı́r ⁊ mout grant ſegnoꝛıe

and great possessions and very great lordship.

Jl ſaroıt bñ ꝯ fet en romanı́e

He would know well how things go in Romania,

⁊ q̃ on faıt ꝺela en paıenı́e

and what is done over there in heathen lands,

Ov par ꝺeca en france la garnı́e

or over here in France the well-provided,

Ov tot partot le mõꝺe qͥ toꝛnı́e

or anywhere in the whole world that turns.

Par ıceſt art fu Joſeph treſtot ſı́re

By this art Joseph was wholly lord

Ꝺe pharaon ⁊ ꝺe ſa ꝯpagnı́e

over Pharaoh and over his company.

Qͥ ſet ceſ art ne vos enqͥer mẽtır

Whoever knows this art, I will not lie to you,

Jl ſet mout bñ q̃ eſt a ꝺeuenı́r

knows very well what is to come.

Se ıl vaoıt .ıı. chãpıonſ venır

If he saw two champions come

Qͥ en .ı. champ ꝺeuſſent eſcremı́r

who were to fight in a field,

Jl ſauroıt bıen lıq̃l ꝺeuroıt venqͥr

he would know well which of them was to win.

Lı ſınatoꝛ ꝺe rome ſanſ mẽtır

The senators of Rome, without a lie,

Par ıceſt art ꝯceıllıerent ıaꝺıs

took counsel by this art in former days

Ꝺeſ foꝛs bataılles ⁊ ꝺeſ peſanſ huſtıns

about hard battles and heavy fights;

tout bıen ſaroıt qͥ en aroıt le pı́s

they would know full well who would get the worst of it.

Ꝑ ıceſt art ſoꝛent ıe vos pleuıs

By this art, I assure you, there knew

tvıt lı troı roı q̃ fu neʒ ıhũ crıſt

all the three kings that Jesus Christ was born,

Sı le reqͥſtret ꝺ eſtranges paıʒ

and they sought him out from foreign lands,

⁊ par l eſtoıle qͥ aꝑut auſı

and also by the star that appeared.

Ꝺe ceſ .vıı. ars q̃ ıe ſı vos ꝺeuıs

Of these seven arts that I am describing to you

Lut ıl en lıure treſtot ıel vos pleuı́s

he read in a book, every one, I assure you;

a nıgromance au ꝺeraın le mıſt

at the last he set him to necromancy.

Ce eſt .vn. art ꝺeſ vı. le pl⁹ haı́s

That is an art, the most hated of the six,

Q̃r lı ꝺeableſ en eſt tot poſteıs

for the devil is wholly master of it.

Qͥ ꝺ eſt art apꝛent ıel vos pleuıs

Whoever learns this art, I assure you,

N eſt mıe mout ꝺu ꝺeable haıs

is not much hated by the devil.

Par ıceſt art ſoıt l en leſ larecıns

By this art one knows of the thefts

Qͤ larons font ⁊ ꝑ nuıt ⁊ par ꝺı́s

that thieves commit, both by night and by day,

⁊ ſ en ſet on lef abaıʒ ꝺeſ maſtı́ns

and from it one knows the barking of the mastiffs.

Jl n eſt v mont oıſıau tant ſoıt petıt

There is no bird in the world, however small,

ne tant ſoıt grant m͛uelloʒ ne foꝛnı́s

nor however great, marvellous or stout,

Qͥl ne ſeuſt ſa raıſon ⁊ ſeſ ꝺı́s

whose speech and sayings he would not know.

De luı meıſme faıt bıen vne ꝑtrıs

He can well make a partridge of himself,

Ov .ı. eſtoꝛ fauꝯ ou eſm͛ıs

or a goshawk, a falcon or a merlin;

De .ıı. toꝛchaſ faıt ıl .ıı. foꝛs roncı́s

of two wisps of straw he makes two strong packhorses.

Ja ne ſeroıt en ſı foꝛt pͥſon mı́s

He could never be put in so strong a prison

Qͥl n ẽ ıſſıſt aıns qͥl fuſt mıeꝺı́s

that he would not get out of it before it was midday.

Ceus ꝺe laıenſ aroıt en .ı. ıoꝛ pͥs

He would have taken those inside in a single day

⁊ tot ꝺeſtruıt le paıſ ⁊ bꝛuı

and destroyed and burned the whole country,

⁊ ſ ıl voloıent toʒ leſ pꝛenꝺꝛoıent vı́s

and if they wished they would take them all alive;

Ja n en ſeroıt nıſ .ı. tot ſol malmı́s

not a single one of them would be harmed,

ne n ı́ aroı́t mellee nı eſtrıf

nor would there be any fighting or strife.

Mout aꝺeſens ce lı ꝺıt amaurı́s

“He has great wisdom,” Amauri says to him,

Pleuſt a ꝺıeu le roı ꝺe paraꝺı́s

“may it please God, the king of paradise,