A Metrical History of England Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin |
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Part of a Ballad on Richard of Cornwell, King of the Romans,—written 1255.
Richard of Alemayne, while he was King,
He spende alle his tresour upon swyving,
Haveth he nought of Wallingford oferling?
Let him have, as he brew, bale to drying.
Maugre Wyndesore.
He spende alle his tresour upon swyving,
Haveth he nought of Wallingford oferling?
Let him have, as he brew, bale to drying.
Maugre Wyndesore.
By God that is above us, he deede much sin,
That let passen over see th' Erl of Warynne,
He hath robb'd Englonde, the mores and the fenne,
The gold and the silver, and y beren henne.
For love of Wyndesore.
That let passen over see th' Erl of Warynne,
He hath robb'd Englonde, the mores and the fenne,
The gold and the silver, and y beren henne.
For love of Wyndesore.
Sir Simon de Montfort hath sworn by ys chyn
Hevede he now here the Erl of Warynne,
Shulde he never more come to ys inn,
Ne with shelde, ne with spere, ne with other gyn,
To help of Wyndesore.
Hevede he now here the Erl of Warynne,
Shulde he never more come to ys inn,
Ne with shelde, ne with spere, ne with other gyn,
To help of Wyndesore.
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Sir Simon de Montfort hath sworn by ys fot,
Hevede he now here Sire Hue de Bigot,
Ah! he shulde grant here twelf moneth scot,
Shulde he never more, with his sot pot,
To helpe Wyndesore.
Hevede he now here Sire Hue de Bigot,
Ah! he shulde grant here twelf moneth scot,
Shulde he never more, with his sot pot,
To helpe Wyndesore.
Reliques of English Poetry.
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