The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester Edited by William Aldis Wright |
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Edmund iren side
In such sorwe he was king seuene & þritti ȝer
He adde moni a sori day & mochel anguisse her
& for wreche of is broþer deþ al such sorwe him com
Þat lute ioye he adde al is lif of is kinedom
He adde moni a sori day & mochel anguisse her
& for wreche of is broþer deþ al such sorwe him com
Þat lute ioye he adde al is lif of is kinedom
Edmond yren syde king aildredes sone
So god kniȝt of bodie was þat he worþ longe in mone
Me nuste so god in none londe & atte biginninge
After is fader deþ me ches him to kinge
Þe heye men of þe lond þat fals ne luþer nere
Ac monie hulde mid king knout þat false & trichors were
EDmond vor is strengþe was ycluped yrensyde
Dreduol he was to is fon þat him dorste vewe abide
Debonere & milde he was to alle þat gode were
Quointe & suiþe hardimon as mon wiþoute fere
Verst he wende to westsex & þere ech contreye
Abuyede al to is wille boþe uor loue & eye
As leon hardi ynou he wende aboute wide
& wan contreye & oþer aboute in eche side
Þat knout nadde poer non aȝen him vorto stonde
So god kniȝt of bodie was þat he worþ longe in mone
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After is fader deþ me ches him to kinge
Þe heye men of þe lond þat fals ne luþer nere
Ac monie hulde mid king knout þat false & trichors were
EDmond vor is strengþe was ycluped yrensyde
Dreduol he was to is fon þat him dorste vewe abide
Debonere & milde he was to alle þat gode were
Quointe & suiþe hardimon as mon wiþoute fere
Verst he wende to westsex & þere ech contreye
Abuyede al to is wille boþe uor loue & eye
As leon hardi ynou he wende aboute wide
& wan contreye & oþer aboute in eche side
Þat knout nadde poer non aȝen him vorto stonde
Ȝif false traytors nadde ybe here of engelonde
Þat hulde mid þe king knout traytours as hii were
So þat noþer of þis kinges abuyinde to oþer nere
Ac eiþer gaderede gret ost & of oþeres men slowe
Atte laste mid hor ost to gadereward hii drowe
& mette hom after midsomer þe feste of seint Ion
A gret bataile smite bi side þe toun of sserston
& slowe to grounde muche folc & þo al was ydo
Þe kinges & muche of hor folc aliue partede atuo
Þo wende king Edmund to londone mid is route
& al þat folc of denemarch destruede þer aboute
& drof hom out of þis lond & ȝut nolde he noȝt blinne
Ac wende in to westsex þulke contreis to winne
Þo he was fram bi este ywent þe deneis mid al hor ginne
Bisegede londone ac hii ne miȝte noȝt come wiþinne
So wel he was wiþinne ywust þoru men þat þer were
Þat þe deneis hom wiþdrowe þo hom ne spedde noȝt þere
& wende estward in to kent & robbede þere vaste
& hor preye at medeweie in to ssipes caste
King edmond hom sywede þo he hurde þis
& passede temese at breinford ywis
Þat hulde mid þe king knout traytours as hii were
So þat noþer of þis kinges abuyinde to oþer nere
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Atte laste mid hor ost to gadereward hii drowe
& mette hom after midsomer þe feste of seint Ion
A gret bataile smite bi side þe toun of sserston
& slowe to grounde muche folc & þo al was ydo
Þe kinges & muche of hor folc aliue partede atuo
Þo wende king Edmund to londone mid is route
& al þat folc of denemarch destruede þer aboute
& drof hom out of þis lond & ȝut nolde he noȝt blinne
Ac wende in to westsex þulke contreis to winne
Þo he was fram bi este ywent þe deneis mid al hor ginne
Bisegede londone ac hii ne miȝte noȝt come wiþinne
So wel he was wiþinne ywust þoru men þat þer were
Þat þe deneis hom wiþdrowe þo hom ne spedde noȝt þere
& wende estward in to kent & robbede þere vaste
& hor preye at medeweie in to ssipes caste
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& passede temese at breinford ywis
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