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Brutus.
Þer were mani a þousend islawe in a stounde
Brut adde a neuew þat mony broȝte to gronde
Vor he slow mid is poer & broȝte to ssame
Six hondered as me seiþ tours was is name
Atte laste he was him sulf aslawe þer was deol inou
Þo þe bataile was ne do corineus vorþ him drou
Mid six þousend wiȝtemen out of an wode þere
& come vpe þis frensse men as hii al weri were
& slou hom to gronde al vor noȝt so þat atte laste
Hii þat miȝte ofscapie bigonne to fle vaste
Hii of troye siwede wiþ oute eni feintise
Vor ȝwanne strengþe faileþ me mot nime vorþ quointise
Þo brut & corineus adde hor wille of þis þinge
Hii lete hor men þat were aslawe veire an erþe bringe
& tours þe gode kniȝt þat so muche folc er slow
Brut let bringe an erþe wiþ honur inou
& let vair tabernacle in honur of him rere
& vair hous aboute him & þe cite bigan þere
Þat noble cite was & his & vor tours þat þere lai
Þe cite me clupeþ tours as me deþ ȝut to þis day
Brut adde a neuew þat mony broȝte to gronde
Vor he slow mid is poer & broȝte to ssame
Six hondered as me seiþ tours was is name
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Þo þe bataile was ne do corineus vorþ him drou
Mid six þousend wiȝtemen out of an wode þere
& come vpe þis frensse men as hii al weri were
& slou hom to gronde al vor noȝt so þat atte laste
Hii þat miȝte ofscapie bigonne to fle vaste
Hii of troye siwede wiþ oute eni feintise
Vor ȝwanne strengþe faileþ me mot nime vorþ quointise
Þo brut & corineus adde hor wille of þis þinge
Hii lete hor men þat were aslawe veire an erþe bringe
& tours þe gode kniȝt þat so muche folc er slow
Brut let bringe an erþe wiþ honur inou
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& vair hous aboute him & þe cite bigan þere
Þat noble cite was & his & vor tours þat þere lai
Þe cite me clupeþ tours as me deþ ȝut to þis day
Brut & corineus þo hii adde hor wille of al þe lond
Hii wende aboute & preide hom ne miȝte noȝt atstonde
Hii chargeden hor ssipes vaste & wel mid alle gode
& wende vorþ mid god wind mid wel driuinde flode
& driue euere westward wiþ wel god pays
Hii come here to engelond to þe hauene of totteneis
To þe on ende of engelond as in þe west souþ
A lute bi norþe cornewaile as in an hauene mouþ
Þis was þre þousend & four score & þre ȝer
Fram þat þe world was verst imad þat hii ariuede þer
Hii wende aboute & preide hom ne miȝte noȝt atstonde
Hii chargeden hor ssipes vaste & wel mid alle gode
& wende vorþ mid god wind mid wel driuinde flode
& driue euere westward wiþ wel god pays
Hii come here to engelond to þe hauene of totteneis
To þe on ende of engelond as in þe west souþ
A lute bi norþe cornewaile as in an hauene mouþ
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Fram þat þe world was verst imad þat hii ariuede þer
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