He that made with his hand
Wynd and water, wode the land;
Geve heom alle good endyng,
That wolon listne this talkyng,
And y shal telle, yow byfore,
How Merlyn was geten and bore
And of his wisdom also
And othre happes mony mo
Sum whyle byfeol in Engeolnde.

--From the thirteenth-century ballad OF ARTHOUR AND OF MERLIN