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lucius rex.
& þre erche temples as it were hext of echon
Londone & Euerwik & in glanmorgan was on
Þis gode king & þis holimen let velle hom alle þere
& eiȝte & twenty bissopriches in hor stede lete rere
& þre erchebissopriches as þe erche temples were
As it were of alle chef cristendom to lere
Al þe bissopriches vnder Euerwik were ido
Þat binorþe humber beþ as hii beþ ȝut al so
Londone adde þo al þis lond þat bi souþe humber is
Fram douere to seuerne & al cornwaile iwis
Þe þridde erchebissopriche was at kayrleon in walis
Vpe vske in glanmorgan ac þe se adoune is
Ac endes of olde walles þer stondeþ ȝut euerne
Vnder him walis þulke adde & al bi weste seuerne
Þus com lo in to þis lond verst cristendom
Ac þoru a luþer emperour þat þer after com
Þat het dioclician it was suþþe ibroȝt to grunde
& heþenesse ybroȝt aȝen uort seint austin it adde vnbounde
Lucie þis gode king þat þus cristene bicom
Deyde aboute four ȝer after is cristendom
At gloucestre he deide ac eyr nadde he non
Þat acorede al þis lond & þe men echon
Londone & Euerwik & in glanmorgan was on
Þis gode king & þis holimen let velle hom alle þere
& eiȝte & twenty bissopriches in hor stede lete rere
& þre erchebissopriches as þe erche temples were
As it were of alle chef cristendom to lere
Al þe bissopriches vnder Euerwik were ido
Þat binorþe humber beþ as hii beþ ȝut al so
Londone adde þo al þis lond þat bi souþe humber is
Fram douere to seuerne & al cornwaile iwis
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Vpe vske in glanmorgan ac þe se adoune is
Ac endes of olde walles þer stondeþ ȝut euerne
Vnder him walis þulke adde & al bi weste seuerne
Þus com lo in to þis lond verst cristendom
Ac þoru a luþer emperour þat þer after com
Þat het dioclician it was suþþe ibroȝt to grunde
& heþenesse ybroȝt aȝen uort seint austin it adde vnbounde
Lucie þis gode king þat þus cristene bicom
Deyde aboute four ȝer after is cristendom
At gloucestre he deide ac eyr nadde he non
Þat acorede al þis lond & þe men echon
Seuer was emperour þulke tyme at rome
So þat þe tydinge sone to him come
Þat þe king of bruteyne wiþoute eyr was ded
Sone he þoru al is court þer of nom is red
& wende hider hasteliche wiþ poer ynou
& folc þat stod aȝen him to gronde vaste he slou
A duc þer was of þis lond fulgence was is name
He stod aȝen him mid is ost & dude him grete ssame
So þat þe tydinge sone to him come
Þat þe king of bruteyne wiþoute eyr was ded
Sone he þoru al is court þer of nom is red
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& folc þat stod aȝen him to gronde vaste he slou
A duc þer was of þis lond fulgence was is name
He stod aȝen him mid is ost & dude him grete ssame
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