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Cassibel rex. Tennanci[us] rex.
Þat he aþ to hom nede he not wuche stounde
Vor a such wille as ȝe iseþ broȝte verst þis lond to grounde
Þe emperour þo & þe king to grete loue drowe
& hor eiþer oþer bitwene hom ȝiftes ȝeue inowe
& bileuede alne winter to gadere in þis londe
Ac aȝen somer þe emperour þo he adde al anhonde
Wende hom toward rome & mid grete loue
Nom wiþ him þe erl of kent þoru wane he was aboue
& þoru nobleie þat he was man of so gret fame
He let an monþe in þe ȝere clupie after is name
Iulius as he het him sulf þe monþe þat next is
Biuore heruest as me ȝut clupeþ þe monþe iwis
Vor a such wille as ȝe iseþ broȝte verst þis lond to grounde
Þe emperour þo & þe king to grete loue drowe
& hor eiþer oþer bitwene hom ȝiftes ȝeue inowe
& bileuede alne winter to gadere in þis londe
Ac aȝen somer þe emperour þo he adde al anhonde
Wende hom toward rome & mid grete loue
Nom wiþ him þe erl of kent þoru wane he was aboue
& þoru nobleie þat he was man of so gret fame
He let an monþe in þe ȝere clupie after is name
Iulius as he het him sulf þe monþe þat next is
Biuore heruest as me ȝut clupeþ þe monþe iwis
Cassibel þe gode king as god ȝef þat cas
Deide after seue ȝer þat he ouercome was
& ibured was at ȝork & þis kinedom
Tennaunt is broþer sone after him nom
Þat was erl of cornewaile & þe erles broþer of kent
Androge þat was to rome mid þe emperour iwent
Deide after seue ȝer þat he ouercome was
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Tennaunt is broþer sone after him nom
Þat was erl of cornewaile & þe erles broþer of kent
Androge þat was to rome mid þe emperour iwent
Augustus was emperour after Iulij of rome
Þe truage fram þis lond fram ȝere to ȝere come
Þe kinges sone tennant kimbel was is name
He huld wiþ him at rome Man of noble fame
He ȝef him armes & made him kniȝt is owe honde
Þis kimbel after is fader king was of þis londe
So muche he louede þe emperour þat þei he miȝte oȝt
His truage atholde aȝen vor loue he nolde noȝt
Þo august adde ibe emperour tuo & fourti ȝer
He let make a descriuinge þat ido nas neuere er
He sende aboute is messagers as it is iwrite
To ech lond in to al þe world a certein vor to wite
Þe truage fram þis lond fram ȝere to ȝere come
Þe kinges sone tennant kimbel was is name
He huld wiþ him at rome Man of noble fame
He ȝef him armes & made him kniȝt is owe honde
Þis kimbel after is fader king was of þis londe
So muche he louede þe emperour þat þei he miȝte oȝt
His truage atholde aȝen vor loue he nolde noȝt
Þo august adde ibe emperour tuo & fourti ȝer
He let make a descriuinge þat ido nas neuere er
He sende aboute is messagers as it is iwrite
To ech lond in to al þe world a certein vor to wite
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