The Story of England by Robert Manning of Brunne, A.D. 1338. Edited from mss. at Lambeth Palace and the Inner Temple, by Frederick J. Furnivall |
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Þe Emperour honured mykel þe kyng,
& profred hym a ful fair þynge:
“Sire kyng,” he seide, “a doughter y haue,
“& on þe y vouche hure saue
“ȝyf þou wilt myn owen bycome,
“& ȝeld þy truage vntil Rome.”
Arwygar graunted þer-to,
& to þe true ȝeldyng al-so.
In Wynchestre were þey hosteld boþe,
& frendes, þat er weren wroþe.
Þemperour to Rome sent
ffor Genwys, þat maiden gent.
In dwellyng of þis messagers,
Þey sampned knygtes & squyers;
Wyþ gret host þey wente þer weye,
& wonne þe ilde of Orkeneye,
& oþer ildes þat þer ware,
Wyþ help of sire Arwygare.
Þis Claudyus regned y þat tyme—
As seint Bede seys in his ryme—
Syn Ihesu was born of oure leuedy,
Þer fel ȝeres sixe & fourty.
& profred hym a ful fair þynge:
“Sire kyng,” he seide, “a doughter y haue,
“& on þe y vouche hure saue
“ȝyf þou wilt myn owen bycome,
“& ȝeld þy truage vntil Rome.”
Arwygar graunted þer-to,
& to þe true ȝeldyng al-so.
In Wynchestre were þey hosteld boþe,
& frendes, þat er weren wroþe.
Þemperour to Rome sent
ffor Genwys, þat maiden gent.
In dwellyng of þis messagers,
Þey sampned knygtes & squyers;
Wyþ gret host þey wente þer weye,
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& oþer ildes þat þer ware,
Wyþ help of sire Arwygare.
Þis Claudyus regned y þat tyme—
As seint Bede seys in his ryme—
Syn Ihesu was born of oure leuedy,
Þer fel ȝeres sixe & fourty.
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