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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Corineus was go for to chace,
Venison to take of grace;
Wyþ hym were two hundred men
To serche aboute in feld & fen.
Wyþ Numbert mette Coryneus,
& Numbert spak til hym right þus:
“By whas leue & whas warant
“Are ȝe here alle chasand?
“& by whas conseil are ȝe here
“ffor to destruye þe kynges dere?
“He[re] ne scholde ȝe make chace
“Bot þorow me or þe kyinges grace;
“& þe kyng forbed ilkon
“þat noman scholde take her non.
“How dar ȝe do sylk a þyng
“Wyþouten leue of þe kyng?”
Venison to take of grace;
Wyþ hym were two hundred men
To serche aboute in feld & fen.
Wyþ Numbert mette Coryneus,
& Numbert spak til hym right þus:
“By whas leue & whas warant
“Are ȝe here alle chasand?
“& by whas conseil are ȝe here
“ffor to destruye þe kynges dere?
“He[re] ne scholde ȝe make chace
“Bot þorow me or þe kyinges grace;
“& þe kyng forbed ilkon
“þat noman scholde take her non.
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“Wyþouten leue of þe kyng?”
Corineus spak al so hym þought:
“Of ȝour kyng ne wite we nought;
“ffor hym ne wol we leue to do,
“Ne for his bode come hym to;
“We knowe þe for no messeger,
“Ne hym self, þey he were her.”
Numberte sone his bowe bent,
& schet; bot Corineus bleynt.
Corineus was wroþ, y trowe;
He sesede Numbertes bowe,
& brak his bowe on his heued:
His felawes fledde, & lefte hym ded,
And wenten to telle kyng Goffar
How men a-wey his venison bar;
& ilkaday þey telde hym how
þat Coryneus Numbert slow.
“Of ȝour kyng ne wite we nought;
“ffor hym ne wol we leue to do,
“Ne for his bode come hym to;
“We knowe þe for no messeger,
“Ne hym self, þey he were her.”
Numberte sone his bowe bent,
& schet; bot Corineus bleynt.
Corineus was wroþ, y trowe;
He sesede Numbertes bowe,
& brak his bowe on his heued:
His felawes fledde, & lefte hym ded,
And wenten to telle kyng Goffar
How men a-wey his venison bar;
& ilkaday þey telde hym how
þat Coryneus Numbert slow.
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