The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester Edited by William Aldis Wright |
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De Mundicia et pulcritudine gentis terre.
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De Mundicia et pulcritudine gentis terre.
So clene lond is engelond & so cler wiþ outen hore
Þe veireste men in þe world þer inne beþ ibore
So clene & vair & pur ȝwit among oþere men hii beþ
Þat me knoweþ hem in eche lond bi siȝte þar me hem seþ
So clene is al so þat lond & mannes blod so pur
Þat þe gret evel ne comeþ naȝt þer þat me clupeþ þat holi fur
Þat vorfreteþ menne limes riȝt as it were ibrend
Ac men of france in þulke vuel sone me sucþ amende
Þe veireste men in þe world þer inne beþ ibore
So clene & vair & pur ȝwit among oþere men hii beþ
Þat me knoweþ hem in eche lond bi siȝte þar me hem seþ
So clene is al so þat lond & mannes blod so pur
Þat þe gret evel ne comeþ naȝt þer þat me clupeþ þat holi fur
Þat vorfreteþ menne limes riȝt as it were ibrend
Ac men of france in þulke vuel sone me sucþ amende
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Ȝif hii beþ ibroȝt in to engelond ȝware þorȝ me may iwite
Þat engelond is londe best as hit is iwrite
Þat engelond is londe best as hit is iwrite
Fram þe biginning of þe world to þe time þat now is
Seuene ages þer habbeþ ibe as seue times iwis
Þe verste age & time was fram oure ferste fader adam
To noe & suþþe þe oþer fram noe to abraham
Þe þridde was fram abraham vor te moyses come
Þe verþe was fram moyses to dauid þes kinedom
Þe vifþe was fram dauid to þe transmigracion
Of babiloyne & þe sixþe to þe incarnacion
Þat was vorte god was ibore þe seueþe was & is
Fram oure louerdes bur tyme to þe worldes ende iwis
Þo adam was verst imaked & his ofspreng wax wide
Hii begonne at on ende of þe world as al in þis est side
Suþþe it wax wide aboute fram londe to londe
So þat in þridde age it was ar it com to engelonde
For in þe time bi tvene abraham & moyses hit was
Men come verst to engelond ich wille telle þat cas
Seuene ages þer habbeþ ibe as seue times iwis
Þe verste age & time was fram oure ferste fader adam
To noe & suþþe þe oþer fram noe to abraham
Þe þridde was fram abraham vor te moyses come
Þe verþe was fram moyses to dauid þes kinedom
Þe vifþe was fram dauid to þe transmigracion
Of babiloyne & þe sixþe to þe incarnacion
Þat was vorte god was ibore þe seueþe was & is
Fram oure louerdes bur tyme to þe worldes ende iwis
Þo adam was verst imaked & his ofspreng wax wide
Hii begonne at on ende of þe world as al in þis est side
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So þat in þridde age it was ar it com to engelonde
For in þe time bi tvene abraham & moyses hit was
Men come verst to engelond ich wille telle þat cas
A bataile þer was ȝwile in þe contrey of rome
Þe meste þat euere was as me haþ iherd ilome
Þe bataile of troye þat ilast vale ȝer
Mani was þat gode bodi þat aslawe was þere
Þe meste þat euere was as me haþ iherd ilome
Þe bataile of troye þat ilast vale ȝer
Mani was þat gode bodi þat aslawe was þere
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