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Cadwallad
& bed him vor godes loue abbe of him reuþe
& of is lond & þenche bet of foreward & of treuþe
Þo penda nolde oþer do þe oþer aȝen him sette
& dude him al in godes grace & mid is ost him mette
& an bataile smite strong ynou & þoru godes grace
King oswy þe cristinemen bileuede in þe place
Vor penda þe heþene duc aslawe was þere
& þritti oþer dukes þat mid him al so were
Six hundred ȝer it was of grace & in þe viftiþe ȝere
Þer biȝet penda lute cristinemen to afere
Þo cadwal king of brutaine nobliche adde ynou
Ybe king eiȝte & fourty ȝer & to elde drou
He deide after martin masse riȝt þe sixte day
Þe brutons made deol ynou þo he ded lay
& made a kinges fourme of bras al holu wiþinne
Vpe an hors ride of bras & þat bodi dude wiþinne
& vpe þe west ȝate of londone sette hit wel heye
In signe of is nobleie þat men wel wide yseie
& þe siȝte þer of þe saxons aferde
An chirche of sein Martin þer bineþe hii rerede
War inne me ssolde godes seruise do
& singe vor is soule & vor alle cristine al so
& of is lond & þenche bet of foreward & of treuþe
Þo penda nolde oþer do þe oþer aȝen him sette
& dude him al in godes grace & mid is ost him mette
& an bataile smite strong ynou & þoru godes grace
King oswy þe cristinemen bileuede in þe place
Vor penda þe heþene duc aslawe was þere
& þritti oþer dukes þat mid him al so were
Six hundred ȝer it was of grace & in þe viftiþe ȝere
Þer biȝet penda lute cristinemen to afere
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Ybe king eiȝte & fourty ȝer & to elde drou
He deide after martin masse riȝt þe sixte day
Þe brutons made deol ynou þo he ded lay
& made a kinges fourme of bras al holu wiþinne
Vpe an hors ride of bras & þat bodi dude wiþinne
& vpe þe west ȝate of londone sette hit wel heye
In signe of is nobleie þat men wel wide yseie
& þe siȝte þer of þe saxons aferde
An chirche of sein Martin þer bineþe hii rerede
War inne me ssolde godes seruise do
& singe vor is soule & vor alle cristine al so
Cadwallad is sone was þer after ymad king
ȝong bacheler & stalwarde atte biginning
& þoru out wel wuste is lond & sauede þe brutons
Stifliche al an tuelf ȝer aȝen þe saxons
Ac þo vel he in siknesse & sorwe vpen oþer
Þe brutons voȝte her & þer ech vpon oþer
& lore as wo seiþ grace of god & þat he gan hom ssewe
Vor he sende hom so moche hunger & luþer ȝeres arewe
Þat þet folc was meteles bote wo so couþe myd ginne
Oþer mid bowe & arwe eny wilde best winne
So gret qualm com ek among mon þat hii þat bileuede aliue
Ne miȝte noȝt al burye þat folc þat deide so Riue
Vol of siknesse & of qualm & sorwe þis lond was þo
Of hunger & of vuele ȝeres hou miȝte be more wo
Þat folc gret compainye & oþer mid sorwe & wop ynou
Wanne hii miȝte abbe ssipes in to oþer londe drou
ȝong bacheler & stalwarde atte biginning
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Stifliche al an tuelf ȝer aȝen þe saxons
Ac þo vel he in siknesse & sorwe vpen oþer
Þe brutons voȝte her & þer ech vpon oþer
& lore as wo seiþ grace of god & þat he gan hom ssewe
Vor he sende hom so moche hunger & luþer ȝeres arewe
Þat þet folc was meteles bote wo so couþe myd ginne
Oþer mid bowe & arwe eny wilde best winne
So gret qualm com ek among mon þat hii þat bileuede aliue
Ne miȝte noȝt al burye þat folc þat deide so Riue
Vol of siknesse & of qualm & sorwe þis lond was þo
Of hunger & of vuele ȝeres hou miȝte be more wo
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Wanne hii miȝte abbe ssipes in to oþer londe drou
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