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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Coryneus highte þeir ledere,
& meintened hym in pes & were.
He was a man als a Geaunt,
Tyl hym þey drowe alle to waraunt.
Þys Coryneus, he hadde gret ioye
When þey wyste þey were of Troye;
To Brutes men þey were ful meke,
& asked ȝyf þey ȝede lond to seke,
þat þey myghte fynde til þeil prow;
þey seyde, “We wole wenden wiþ ȝow.”
So Coryneus & his partie
Wente forth in Brutes compaignie.
& meintened hym in pes & were.
He was a man als a Geaunt,
Tyl hym þey drowe alle to waraunt.
Þys Coryneus, he hadde gret ioye
When þey wyste þey were of Troye;
To Brutes men þey were ful meke,
& asked ȝyf þey ȝede lond to seke,
þat þey myghte fynde til þeil prow;
þey seyde, “We wole wenden wiþ ȝow.”
So Coryneus & his partie
Wente forth in Brutes compaignie.
Whan þeyr fflote wyþ al þer wayne
Turnede fro þe lond of Spaigne,
On þeyr right hand toward Peyto,
Þe wynd to þat half bar hem to;
Þore þe se receiues Leyre,
Alle þe fflote com wyþ gret eyre.—
Leyre rennes þorow many contre,
And euere he metes wiþ þe se.—
Boþe þer fflute gon þer dwelle
Seuen daye, fullyke to telle.
Out of þe schipes þey wente grete route,
& spredde þe contre alle aboute.
Goffar was kyng of Peyters;
He sente knyghtes & squiers
To waite who made on hym pres,
& wheþer þey soughte werre oþer pees:
Numbert he highte, þat bar message,
ffor he knew diuerse langage.
Turnede fro þe lond of Spaigne,
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Þe wynd to þat half bar hem to;
Þore þe se receiues Leyre,
Alle þe fflote com wyþ gret eyre.—
Leyre rennes þorow many contre,
And euere he metes wiþ þe se.—
Boþe þer fflute gon þer dwelle
Seuen daye, fullyke to telle.
Out of þe schipes þey wente grete route,
& spredde þe contre alle aboute.
Goffar was kyng of Peyters;
He sente knyghtes & squiers
To waite who made on hym pres,
& wheþer þey soughte werre oþer pees:
Numbert he highte, þat bar message,
ffor he knew diuerse langage.
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