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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Diuisio Regni per Gurmundum, secundum Gyldas.
Gurmound sey þey acorded nought,He parted þe lond as hym best þought:
In Kent a kyng ordeyned he,
& Caunterbury was þe chef cite;
Southsex was þat oþer estre,
& þe chef toun was Chichestre;
Westsex þe þrydde of renoun,
& Wyltone was þer chef toun;
Middelsex þe ferþe founden,
Þe chef toun þanne was Lounden;
Estangle þe fyfte kynge-riche,
Þer chef cite þenne was Norwiche;
Southfolk langed al þer til,
Of Estangle hit ys þorow skyl.
Þe syxte was Merce, now ys Lyndeseye,
Þe hed toun þer to Lyncolne lay;
Þe seue[n]þe roialme of rente & fe,
ffro Humber, al þe northe contre
Vntil Scotland, als hit lys,
& ȝork þer chef toun was of pris.
In Gildas bok þus y fond,
Þat Gurmound parted Ingelond;
Siþen vpon ffraunce he ran,
To wynne hit, for Arthur hit wan.
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