Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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Being a bronvcle Concerning the Han nturings i Knvgbts and lladvs in the Qourt i Ring B nrv, the Goo Q, Hnn D mini liiilllill. Prologue Now whan the Sonnc entered in to the Sign of the Scorpion, came travayllyng niony Knyghts and Ladyes to the loud of King Henry the Good, the whiche now is clept Oberlin,-a eytee not ryght greate, hut faire to seefi: It is set along upon a goodlye Ryvere, that when it fiowetlifky' hight Plum Creckg and ahout this ryvere ben iuony birdes and fishes, that they clepen Sparrowes and minuowes. And for as moche as it ne reyneth not in this cytee, but the air beth alway pure and CiCZIl',::::::::: the Knyghts and Ladyes sped full merrilie in to the Kings Courtg and each hear with him great store of bryght gold, the which he straigihtway yielded up unto blames, yclept Severance. And so they came with nioche glytteriug' and syiigyiig,-save for certayne that wept also,-to the faire cytee. Here endyth Prologue. 'KI praye the reader that he look upon the page. iifi:XN7l1e1i that the Sunne eutereth the sign of the Crab. ' ii'i:'W'icle the Sayings of King Henry the Goode. 21

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SClll0l'S. Colors Old Gold and Black. Motto Perge ad Maiorum. Yell Rip! Ri! Ki! Yi! Rah! Rah! Hi! Ki! We Yell, VVe Yell 1-9-o-5! BWIIQ d ZYOIIVCIQ of the SQIWOYS. OW whan that Syr Traveller goeth about the Court of the good King Henry, he seeth eftsoon eertayn lordings going about which be right old and wise. And they ben mounted upon blacke chargers, and have dead-blacke armour, and gowns eke of sorrie blackc. Their formes ben not right fat, 81 their faces alsoc ben mervellous thin and wore awayg the whiche, soe have I hearde, is by reason of their moche lernyng and their devocioun to Syr Aristotle and Syr Symon Fraser MacLennan their philosophic. Soe fulle of lernyng ben they that no man ne may not make them merrie, but they live in fastyng and almes decles and prayeres to the Facultie for a job nexte yeare. It is alsoc sayd how that they toyl fulle harde by daye 8z eke by night that they maye be cleped Gloria Facultatis, the whiche, when it is seyd in our own tonge, meneth Pryde of yon Facultie fgl these ben grete lordings whiche rule alle the knyghtes in this court and ben abhominable scolemaistersj. Soe moste needes these blacke knyghtes fight fulle griev- ously ageynst the wyles of the Flesche, of the Evile One, and eke of the Natural Man. And these ilke knyghts and ladyes whereof I speke ben fulle long in the land, soe that they highten' Senyors, for that their hairs ben few and greye, as ye may see eche one of you if ye wille lookc upon Syr Dicke and Syr Harris. And these knyghtes and women alsoe-the whiche ben verilie 22