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Aruiragus rex.
He spac engliss vor he was at rome inorssed biuore
Mid ostages of þis lond me leued him þe bet biuore
He was euere oure kinge next & atte laste he adrou
His swerd ar me were iwar & oure king aslou
Þer was tricherie inou vor no mon ne mai bet do
Gile anoþer þan þulke þat he truste mest to
To his felawes he wende anon & bed hom hardi be
So þat þe brutons were vpe þe pointe to fle
Aruirag vr kinges broþer wende vorþ anon þere
& dude him on þe kinges armes he im sulf as it were
He lep on is stede & siwede & slou vaste is fon
& þe brutons wiþ him vor hii wende it were þe king echon
Hii were alle þo so hardi & þat folc slowe so vaste
Þat þe emperour bigan to fle mid is folc atte laste
To scipes & in to þe se mid wrechede inou
Ac þe luþer haym & is folc toward wode drou
Aruirag him siwede & to grounde slou
Atte laste is tricherie wel lute he bilou
He of tok him at an hauene & slou him riȝt þere
Lute harm þei trichors so alle iserued were
Þe hauene þer he was aslawe after haym is name iwis
Haymtone was icluped as he ȝut icluped is
Vor souþhamtone he is icluped & worþ euere mo
In þis manere þe brutons þis lond wuste þo
Mid ostages of þis lond me leued him þe bet biuore
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His swerd ar me were iwar & oure king aslou
Þer was tricherie inou vor no mon ne mai bet do
Gile anoþer þan þulke þat he truste mest to
To his felawes he wende anon & bed hom hardi be
So þat þe brutons were vpe þe pointe to fle
Aruirag vr kinges broþer wende vorþ anon þere
& dude him on þe kinges armes he im sulf as it were
He lep on is stede & siwede & slou vaste is fon
& þe brutons wiþ him vor hii wende it were þe king echon
Hii were alle þo so hardi & þat folc slowe so vaste
Þat þe emperour bigan to fle mid is folc atte laste
To scipes & in to þe se mid wrechede inou
Ac þe luþer haym & is folc toward wode drou
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Atte laste is tricherie wel lute he bilou
He of tok him at an hauene & slou him riȝt þere
Lute harm þei trichors so alle iserued were
Þe hauene þer he was aslawe after haym is name iwis
Haymtone was icluped as he ȝut icluped is
Vor souþhamtone he is icluped & worþ euere mo
In þis manere þe brutons þis lond wuste þo
Claudius þe emperour nolde noȝt ȝut bileue
Ȝef he com mid is ost in to þis lond weue
Aruirag at winchestre mid is men was echon
Wiþ is poer þe emperour biseged him anon
Aruirag greiþed him & is folc aboute
& wende vorþ to ȝiue him bataile wiþoute
Aruirag at winchestre mid is men was echon
Wiþ is poer þe emperour biseged him anon
Aruirag greiþed him & is folc aboute
& wende vorþ to ȝiue him bataile wiþoute
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