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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
Mannyng, Robert (fl. 1288-1338)

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Ryual Rex.

After þe kynges tyme Condage,
Ryual his sone tok þe heritage.
Þre dayes in his [tyme] reyned blod—
Y ne wot why, ne vndestod,—
& wox so mykel mynde of flyes,
Men deide by gates & by styes:
Alle men hadde þerof gret drede
Tyl hit sesede & ouer ȝede.
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