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Brutus.
Þe king goffar þuderward gret poer & ost nom
Of france & of oþer londes & toward tours com
Þo he sei þe grete walles castles as it were
Ouȝ he sede þe gret despit þat i se to me here
Þat þis vile cumelinges castles leteþ rere
Vpe min londe baldeliche as me vor to afere
Ne doþ hii me ssame inou hou miȝte hii do me more
Bote ich be þer of awreke ich ssal deie wel sore
Vor godes loue stalwarde men armieþ ȝow vaste
To sle þis proute cumelinges & hor castles adoun caste
Þis folc armed hom anon & hor baners gonne arere
& departede hor ost in tuelf parties þere
Brut ordeinede is ost & sette hom wisliche
& mid god herte aȝen þis folc wende baldeliche
Þere hii smite an bataile hard & strong inou
Þe stalworþe folc of troye of þe frensse vaste slow
Of france & of oþer londes & toward tours com
Þo he sei þe grete walles castles as it were
Ouȝ he sede þe gret despit þat i se to me here
Þat þis vile cumelinges castles leteþ rere
Vpe min londe baldeliche as me vor to afere
Ne doþ hii me ssame inou hou miȝte hii do me more
Bote ich be þer of awreke ich ssal deie wel sore
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To sle þis proute cumelinges & hor castles adoun caste
Þis folc armed hom anon & hor baners gonne arere
& departede hor ost in tuelf parties þere
Brut ordeinede is ost & sette hom wisliche
& mid god herte aȝen þis folc wende baldeliche
Þere hii smite an bataile hard & strong inou
Þe stalworþe folc of troye of þe frensse vaste slow
Ȝe two þousend & mo in a lute stonde
So þat þe frensse were neiȝwat ibroȝt to gronde
& naþeles hor ferde wax vaste aboute & wide
Vor hii hadde suche þritti men as were in hor side
Vor hor poer & hor ost wax euere so vaste
Þat þis gode folc of troye ouercome were atte laste
& flowe in to hor castles vor hii nadde oþer won
Þe ost wiþoute of france biseged hom anon
& bi leye hom so vaste þat neȝ to gronde hom broȝte
So þat brut & corineus an quointise hom bi þouȝte
Þat þis corineus bi niȝte wende out wiþ gret route
At a posterne stilleliche þat hii nuste it noȝt wiþoute
So þat þe frensse were neiȝwat ibroȝt to gronde
& naþeles hor ferde wax vaste aboute & wide
Vor hii hadde suche þritti men as were in hor side
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Þat þis gode folc of troye ouercome were atte laste
& flowe in to hor castles vor hii nadde oþer won
Þe ost wiþoute of france biseged hom anon
& bi leye hom so vaste þat neȝ to gronde hom broȝte
So þat brut & corineus an quointise hom bi þouȝte
Þat þis corineus bi niȝte wende out wiþ gret route
At a posterne stilleliche þat hii nuste it noȝt wiþoute
A morwe brut wiþinne wiþ is ost out drou
& smot wiþ þis frensse men strong bataile inou
& smot wiþ þis frensse men strong bataile inou
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