“All that was ever told of Arthur, the man of the merry month of May, happened at Whitsun or at blossom-time in Spring.”

Artûs der meienbære man,
swaz man ie von dem gesprach,
zeinen pfinxten daz geschach,
odr in des meien bluomenzît.
Bk. 6, st. 281, line 16; p. 147.
Parzival

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Artûs der meienbære man,<br/>swaz man ie von dem gesprach,<br/>zeinen pfinxten daz geschach,<br/>odr in des meien bluomenzît.

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