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

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Amazones and mervellous strong at joust,-have fought manye fel batteyles, and the German and the French and the Englysshe have they overcome, that is to seye, for the moste part, though some weren left upon the held and some weren sore wounded, that they must salve them with soft salves y-clept Omega Oil 8x Softe Snappes eke. Now whan these Snappes ben laid upon the wounded part, I sey you trewelie, that one that was wounded lepeth Sz hathe no moe pain in his membre. Soe now ben they alle safe 8: heartie, as ye may see if ye loke upon their faces' alle- comelie and fayre. Now the moste part of their dedes ben in the pastg in these dayes ben they too old Sz weke to fight, and they love not nothing but to spelce con- cernyng those jousts and tourneys the whiche they did when they were y011gC. And it befel upon a daye that these olde knyghtes and their deir ladyes comen togider in the evening time,-King Ellis, 81 eke the Dyrtie Dozene C the whiche ye shall soon hear ofj and Syr Knyght Patterson and ilke oon of them, and boasted concernyng those dedes whiche they did aforetime. And Syr Knyght Patterson fthe whiche ye may knowe for his manye wordes, and for that he falleth on slumberyng, not sleping nor thoroughly wakingj, jangled moche. And they alle minded them of that fel night when they would gain favour from the Godesg wherefore they gat them a godely I-Ien, but I know not wheder they purchaced her from Syr George Pay or haven taken hit from a coope. But I say you that they gat them that aboveseyd Hen Sz layed her upon an awtre faltarl, soe that she brenned. But wheder the Godes ben appesed I can not no way say, for these folk ben fearsome sinful. And they remembered alsoe the blythe dayes of the Dyrtie Dozene. These be certayne terrible strong knyghtes, the whiche fought togider al- ways in those olde dayes, 81 slew alle other men, save but onlie the Facultie. And ye may knowe them for that their nether parties ben alle covered with a dire garment of a straunge devising. And one of them beth soe wonder long that Syr Traveller loketh upon him with wonder and cryeth untoe him, Lorde, Lorde, ne wille he not nevir cease from goeing upwards? These ben verilie straunge and faymous knyghtcs, but in these times ben they some deal scattered and not so dread as long agoe they ben. And while that they spoke concernyng these matteres, alle they that were at that partie wepte 8: shrieked, for that they weren too olde and hoare for the brayve hatteyls. XVllC1'Cl'Ol'C was this a fullc grievous partieg and whan that it was nine of the cloclce, soe sayd eche of hem Alas thys un- happie daye, and soe rode forth from that partie. ' And now wille I lcve these blaclce knyghtes and ladyes. But the daye cometh when they shall goe abroad and 'walk by the fieldes and medowes, alle mannere of doctours of Philosophie., And they ben alle well grounded in true and parfit dedes and eke in the lyves of the saintesg wherefore can noe harm come to them, and we wille turne from them for alwey. AMEN. 23

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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

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