{"id":1730,"date":"2016-03-02T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2016-03-02T15:56:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T15:56:00","slug":"maunche-for-christiana-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/maunche-for-christiana-crane","title":{"rendered":"Maunche for Christiana Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maunche for Christiana Crane, given at Birka AS 50.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words inspired by and adapted from \u201cThe Pearl\u201d &#8211; a late 14th century Middle English poem by an anonymous author. Below it is in middle English and modern English.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gilt and gall wel knawe \u00feys hyne<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abowte hyr displayed much gode work there<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Se more mervayle by hyr hyne bygynne<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come, Maunche, to maid ful debonere <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00deat in alle wyyes we now myght wynne<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christiana Crane, bryght and fayre,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worth\u00e9 fraunchyse joye and blysse hereinne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As glysnande golde that man con schere,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I sette hyr sengely in synglere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grant heo armes, azure, a crane<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in vigilance argent and a tierce ermine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and wel singe hyr dede once agayn.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perle, plesaunte to prynces paye<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wordes clanly clos in golde so clere;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oute of oryent, I hardyly saye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ne proved I never her precios pere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quere-so-ever one jugged letters gaye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So smal, so smothe her hyne were,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So fyne, so reken in uche araye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Birka in the winter market chere<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in society\u2019s fiftieth yere<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00deirty days in January it was seen,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whene set \u00feeir names in fine ink here<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did Brennan King and Caoilfhionn Queen.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gold gilt and gall ink knows well this hand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about her displayed much good work there<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">see more marvels by her hand begun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come, Maunch, to this gracious maid,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that in all ways we might now win<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christiana Crane, bright and fair,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worthy franchise will have joy and bliss herein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As glistens gold that man has wrought<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I set her worth as truly rare<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grant her arms, azure a crane<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in its vigilance argent and a tierce ermine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and sing well of her deeds once again.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pearl, to delight a prince&#8217;s day,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words flawlessly set in gold so fair<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In all the East, I dare to say,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have not found one to compare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wherever one judged letters gay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So small, so smooth her hands were,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So fine, so radiant in array.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Birka in the winter market cheer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in society\u2019s fiftieth year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thirty days in January it was seen,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whene set their names in fine ink here<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did Brennan King and Caoilfhionn Queen.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below are sections of &#8220;The Pearl&#8221; which inspired and guided the above text.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perle, plesaunte to prynces paye<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To clanly clos in golde so clere;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oute of oryent, I hardyly saye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ne proved I never her precios pere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So rounde, so reken in uche araye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So smal, so smothe her sydes were,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quere-so-ever I jugged gemmes gaye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I sette hyr sengely in synglere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allas! I leste hyr in on erbere;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thurgh gresse to ground hit fro me yot,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I dewyne, fordolked of luf-daungere<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of that pryvy perle wythouten spot.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perle, plesaunte to prynces paye<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wordes clanly clos in golde so clere;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oute of oryent, I hardyly saye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ne proved I never her precios pere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So fine, so reken in uche araye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So smal, so smothe her letters were,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I sette hyr sengely in synglere.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pearl, to delight a prince&#8217;s day,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flawlessly set in gold so fair<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In all the East, I dare to say,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have not found one to compare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So round, so radiant in array,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So small, so smooth her contours were,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wherever I judged jewels gay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I set her worth as truly rare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I lost her in a garden where<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through grass she fell to earthen plot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wounded by love beyond repair<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mourn that pearl without a spot.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gilt and gall wel knawe thys hyne<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abowte hyr displayed much gode work there<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Se more mervayle by hyr hyne bygynne<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come, Maunche, to maid ful debonere <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Than in alle wyyes we now myght wynne<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christiana Crane, bryght and fayre,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oure fraunchyse joye and blysse hereinne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As glysnande golde that man con schere,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I sette hyr sengely in synglere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grant heo armes, azure, a crane<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in vigilance argent and a tierce ermine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and wel singe hyr dede once agayn.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perle, plesaunte to prynces paye<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wordes clanly clos in golde so clere;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oute of oryent, I hardyly saye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ne proved I never her precios pere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So fine, so reken in uche araye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So smal, so smothe her hyne were,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quere-so-ever one jugged letters gaye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Birka in the winter market chere<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in society\u2019s fiftieth yere<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thirty days in January it was seen,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whene set their names in fine ink here<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did Brennan King and Caoilfhionn Queen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More haf I of joye and blysse hereinne,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Than alle the wyyes in the worlde myght wynne <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether welnygh now I con bygynne- <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fyrst of my hyre swete Maunche con mynne: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First off, the Maunche that evening welcomed me <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Deme3 \u00feou me&#8217;, quod I, &#8216;my swete,<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To dol agayn, \u00feenne I dowyne.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now haf I fonte \u00feat I forlete,<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schal I efte forgo hit er euer I fyne?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why schal I hit bo\u00fee mysse and mete?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My precios perle dot3 me gret pyne.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What serue3 tresor, bot gare3 men grete<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he hit schal efte wyth tene3 tyne?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now rech I neuer for to declyne,<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ne how fer of folde \u00feat man me fleme.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#29\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I am partle3 of perle myne,<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;\u00deat date of 3ere wel knawe \u00feys hyne.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00dee lorde ful erly vp he ros<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To hyre werkmen to hys vyne,<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And fynde3 \u00feer summe to hys porpos.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Into acorde \u00feay con declyne<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a pen\u00e9 on a day, and forth \u00feay got3,<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wry\u00feen and worchen and don gret pyne,<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keruen and caggen and man hit clos.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aboute vnder \u00fee lorde to marked tot3,<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And ydel men stande he fynde3 \u00feerate.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Why stande 3e ydel?&#8217; he sayde to \u00feos.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billstanton.co.uk\/pearl\/pearl_new.htm#44\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Ne knawe 3e of \u00feis day no date?&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pearl, to delight a prince&#8217;s day,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words flawlessly set in gold so fair<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In all the East, I dare to say,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have not found one to compare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So fine, so radiant in array,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So small, so smooth her contours were,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wherever I judged jewels gay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like gold that craftsmen work upon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I set her worth as truly rare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gilt and gall know well this hand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like gold that craftsmen work upon<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More courtly maiden there was none.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Than all the world could e&#8217;er profess <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so sing well of her deed and thought again.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gilt and gall wel knawe thys hyne. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lady \u00a0ful erly up he ros <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To hyre werkmen to hys vyne, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And fyndes ther summe to hys porpos<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gilt and gall know well this hand<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To pen <\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;The hands knew that the day was near; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That lord full early up arose <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To hire men, and commandeer <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their labour; and he hires those <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That juel thenne in gemmes gente<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vered up her vyse wyth yyen graye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set on hyr coroun ot perle orient,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And soberly after thenne con ho say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Sir, ye hat your tale mysetente,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To say your perle is al awaye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is in cofer so comly elente<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As in this gardyn gracios gaye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hereinne to lenge for ever and play,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ther tnys ne mornyng com never nere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her were a forser for the, in faye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If thou were a gentyl jueler.&#8217;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That jewel then in gems arrayed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lifted to me those eyes of grey,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And donned her crown, of jewels made,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And gravely then I heard her say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Sir, your conclusion is mislaid<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To say your pearl has fled away,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is in such a casket laid<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As in this gracious garden gay,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To dwell in joy in endless day;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never can loss or grief come near.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No pearl in such a casket lay,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Twould seem, for any jeweller<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wan to a water by schore that scheres;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lorde, der was hit adubbement !<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The splendour bright of that display,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wood where fortune smiled on me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The glory thereof to portray<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No man could render worthily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wandered joyful on my way;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No height could do me injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As through the woods my footsteps stray<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Field, shrub, and spice, and each pear-tree,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hedgerow and stream and banks I see<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like gold thread shines each wooded height;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I came to a streamlet running free;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lord, glorious was that splendour bright !<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The adubbement of tho downes dere<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garten my goste al greffe foryete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So frech flavores of frytes were,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As fode hit con me fayre refete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fowles ther flowen in fryth in fere,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of flaumbande hwes, both smale and grete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bot sytole-stryng and gyternere<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her reken myrthe moght not retrete;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fir quen those bryddes her wynges bete,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thay songen wyth a swete asent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So gracios gle couthe no mon gete<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As here and se her adubbement.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The splendour of those bright hills there<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My spirit freed from my side fate;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refreshing was the fragrance clear<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of fruits, as though of food I ate;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birds flew in all the woodland near<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of myriad hue, both small and great,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cytole and cithern none could hear<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To match a sound so delicate;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The notes their wing-beats did create<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Made sounds of such sweet delight<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such charm no man could fabricate,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As here in all their splendour bright.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christiana Crane was born July 28, 1315 in York. The daughter of a successful and well respected merchant, her family was mercifully spared from desperate hardship during the Great Famine. Many years later, her family undertook a pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela to give thanks for their many fortunes. Sadly, her family succumbed to the various hazards of the road, leaving her to seek sanctuary with Lord and Lady Fulton. As a member of their household, Christiana has had the pleasure of meeting many new people from all points of the globe, and experiencing their exotic ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grant her arms, azure, a crane in its vigilance argent and a tierce ermine.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maunche for Christiana Crane, given at Birka AS 50.\u00a0Words inspired by and adapted from \u201cThe Pearl\u201d &#8211; a late 14th century Middle English poem by an anonymous author. Below it is in middle English and modern English. 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