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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De occisione gentis Moddredy.
Þat ilke day at RomeneyeArþur dide manion deye
Of Moddredes folk here & þere,
& mo schulde, ȝyf þe nyght ne were.
Arthur sey þe day gan faille,
He bod & stynte his folk to taille;
He gaf al tente til his owen conrey.
Þat while fledde Moddred a-wey;
Al þat night Moddred fledde
To seke recet, but yuele he spedde;
He wende Londone wolde hym receyue;
Þey wold hym nought, but let hym weyue.
Temese & Londone he passed al,
At Wynchestre þer tok he stal,
Þere he herbergwed al a nyght
Ageyn þer wille, al þorow myght;
Of þe burgeys he tok feaute
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