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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Hic cepit Regnare ffortygernus.
Fortiger had al in kepynge þe land,Casteles, & cites, al in hys hand;
& at his wylle þe folk he ledde;
ffor his power, noman he dredde;
He sey fortune toward hym falle,
And regned þen kyng ouer þeym alle.
Of two þynges wakned hys wough;
Of þe Peytes þat he slough;
Þey cald hym traitour wyþ manace,
& to meschaunce þey scholde hym chace;
An oþer þyng men hym telde,
Þat whan þe childre were of elde,
Þey scholde venge Constant her broþer;
War hym wel, & hope non oþer.
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