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 Morte Regum.
When tyme was þer fadres schuld deye,By messegers þei herdit seye;
Ouer se þey hadde passage,
& receyued þer heritage.
ffrendes þey were þe firste two ȝer,
Als þer fadres loueden her,
& helde þer landes als þey or lay
Departed by þer fadres day;
Eadwyn fro Humber northward,
Þe southe was Cadwalynes part;—
But Cadwalyn had mo & betere cites,
& larger londes and rentes & fees
Þan Edwyn hadde, by mikel þynge;
Þe southe þer-fore was chef kynge,
& coroune bar ouer þem ilkon,
& alle þe oþere schulde bere non.
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