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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Þis messegers þat went to Rome,
Y þe somer a-geyn þey come,
& broughte þat maiden Genwys,
Gentyl of body & fair of vis.
Þen cam hom þemperour;
Þan mad þey myrthe in halle & bour.
To wedde þat may in place auenaunt,
Þe couenaunt to holde, siker þey graunt,
Vpon Seuerne, in o vale
Þat riche was & ful ese,
Bytwyxten Ingelond & Wales,—
To telle ȝow þe soþe tales—
Þat for þe worschip of þat may,
A toun þey sette þer þat day.
Þys Emperour gat þer a sone;
Of þat child þe name we mone;
Gloy he hight y þat estre;
Y þe somer a-geyn þey come,
& broughte þat maiden Genwys,
Gentyl of body & fair of vis.
Þen cam hom þemperour;
Þan mad þey myrthe in halle & bour.
To wedde þat may in place auenaunt,
Þe couenaunt to holde, siker þey graunt,
Vpon Seuerne, in o vale
Þat riche was & ful ese,
Bytwyxten Ingelond & Wales,—
To telle ȝow þe soþe tales—
Þat for þe worschip of þat may,
A toun þey sette þer þat day.
Þys Emperour gat þer a sone;
Of þat child þe name we mone;
Gloy he hight y þat estre;
And for þat Gloy, hat hit Gloucestre.
Arwygar wedded þer Genwys,
In Gloucestre, wyþ mykel pris;
Þer was he corouned, & sche,
Noblely wiþ solempnete;
& when þe feste was brought til ende,
Claudius to Rome ageyn gan wende.
Arwygar wedded þer Genwys,
In Gloucestre, wyþ mykel pris;
Þer was he corouned, & sche,
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& when þe feste was brought til ende,
Claudius to Rome ageyn gan wende.
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