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 de Aurelyo Rege.
Þat oþer day, as Merlyn seyd,
Totenesse was vmbyleyd
Wyþ schipes wyþ þe children host,
& spred aboute by al þe cost.
Bretons þat herde, & weren blyþe;
Þey gadered þem, & þyder swyþe;
Þo þat were a-sondred ful wyde,
Com to Toteneys on ilka syde;
Lordes riden, & fotmen ran,
Bretons were bliþe ilka man.
Hengist byforn had don hem skulke
In wodes, in hilles, to crepe in hulke,
& had ney slayn al þer barons
Wyþ þe sexes of þe Saxons.
Þen were þey bolde of þe cominge;
Þey tok Aurelius, & made hym kyng.
Wyþ þe Bretons was blisse ynough,
& þretten Hengist to wake hys wough.
Totenesse was vmbyleyd
Wyþ schipes wyþ þe children host,
& spred aboute by al þe cost.
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Þey gadered þem, & þyder swyþe;
Þo þat were a-sondred ful wyde,
Com to Toteneys on ilka syde;
Lordes riden, & fotmen ran,
Bretons were bliþe ilka man.
Hengist byforn had don hem skulke
In wodes, in hilles, to crepe in hulke,
& had ney slayn al þer barons
Wyþ þe sexes of þe Saxons.
Þen were þey bolde of þe cominge;
Þey tok Aurelius, & made hym kyng.
Wyþ þe Bretons was blisse ynough,
& þretten Hengist to wake hys wough.
þys tidyng com to ffortiger,
Þat Aurelius & sire Vter
Were comen, & hadde seysed þe lond,
Þeym to venge, ȝyf þey hym fond.
ffor þo tydynges & þo tales
He fledde & warnyschet hem in Wales;—
Genoyre hight þe castel name,
(I not ȝyf hit haue ȝit þe same;)
Þe hil hight Cloart, þer men hit kennes,
& byside þe water of Weye rennes;
Þe contre þat hit standes yn,
Þe name þer-of hight Dergryn;—
Þider gadered his folk & þaire vitaille,
& warnyschet hem, ȝyf ought myght vaille.
Þat Aurelius & sire Vter
Were comen, & hadde seysed þe lond,
Þeym to venge, ȝyf þey hym fond.
ffor þo tydynges & þo tales
He fledde & warnyschet hem in Wales;—
Genoyre hight þe castel name,
(I not ȝyf hit haue ȝit þe same;)
Þe hil hight Cloart, þer men hit kennes,
& byside þe water of Weye rennes;
Þe contre þat hit standes yn,
Þe name þer-of hight Dergryn;—
Þider gadered his folk & þaire vitaille,
& warnyschet hem, ȝyf ought myght vaille.
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