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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

Mannyng, Robert (fl. 1288-1338)

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De Rege Osewaldo.

Ȝyt Cadwalyn & þys Penda
Þoughte to wirke Osewald ful wa:
Þey gadered hostes, þise enemys,
& come on Osewald in twey partys.
In a stede hatte Mazerfeld,
Þere Osewald schewed his scheld,
Þere he seyde he wolde abyde.
Grete were þer batailles on eyþer syde;