The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester Edited by William Aldis Wright |
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Madan rex. Mempricius rex. Eboracus rex.
Brutus rex. Leil rex.
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Madan rex. Mempricius rex. Eboracus rex. Brutus rex. Leil rex.
Astrild ire bedsoster hire louerdes concubine
& ire doȝter auerne heo let nime atte fine
& adreinte hom boþe tuo in þe water of seuerne
& vor it was ire louerdes doȝter þe maide þat het auerne
& vor honour of ire louerde & vor heo was of is kunde
& ire doȝter auerne heo let nime atte fine
& adreinte hom boþe tuo in þe water of seuerne
& vor it was ire louerdes doȝter þe maide þat het auerne
& vor honour of ire louerde & vor heo was of is kunde
Ȝo wolde þat ire name were eueremo in munde
& let clupie þe water after hire auerne
& suþþe þoru diuerse tonge me clupeþ it seuerne
& deþ a lettre þer to & namore iwis
In þis manere þulke water seuerne icluped is
Guendolein was king viftene ȝer þo
& ire louerd was king biuore hire ten ȝer & namo
& madan hire sone fourti ȝer þulke time þat samuel
Þe prophete wardede þat folc of israhel
Mempris madanes sone kyng was an tventi ȝer
Þo kyng saul was of israhel king & non er
Þis was as me may in bok reden & ise
Ar god were ibore a þousend ȝer & four score & þre
Ebrau meinprises sone sixti ȝer was king
He made þe toun of euerwik þat strong is þoru alle þing
After is name ebrau euerwik cluped it wel
Þulke time þat king dauid king was in israhel
Brut is sone king was þrettene ȝer & nanmo
& leir king vif & tuenti ȝer brutes sone was þo
He bigan þen toun of leicestre & nemnede is owe name
Þo þat salomon þe wise man of gret fame
King was of israel þat king dauid is sone was
Þat rerede þe temple of ierusalem such temple neuere nas
Leires sone þritti ȝer king was & nyne also
He rerede verst kanterbury & winchestre þer to
Baþulf is sone after him king was tventi ȝer
He bigan þe toun of baþe & þe hote baþes þer
In þe veines of þe water as þe water deþ vp walle
He let closy fur in metal quoynteliche wiþ alle
Þat as þe water comþ þer bi þer of it cacþ hete
Þe metal is nou iturnd al in to roches grete
Þat beþ euere iliche hote & þe wateres þer of al so
& eke þoru enchantement hit was verst ido
& vor þe king baþulf þat it made gret enchanteor was
& let clupie þe water after hire auerne
& suþþe þoru diuerse tonge me clupeþ it seuerne
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In þis manere þulke water seuerne icluped is
Guendolein was king viftene ȝer þo
& ire louerd was king biuore hire ten ȝer & namo
& madan hire sone fourti ȝer þulke time þat samuel
Þe prophete wardede þat folc of israhel
Mempris madanes sone kyng was an tventi ȝer
Þo kyng saul was of israhel king & non er
Þis was as me may in bok reden & ise
Ar god were ibore a þousend ȝer & four score & þre
Ebrau meinprises sone sixti ȝer was king
He made þe toun of euerwik þat strong is þoru alle þing
After is name ebrau euerwik cluped it wel
Þulke time þat king dauid king was in israhel
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& leir king vif & tuenti ȝer brutes sone was þo
He bigan þen toun of leicestre & nemnede is owe name
Þo þat salomon þe wise man of gret fame
King was of israel þat king dauid is sone was
Þat rerede þe temple of ierusalem such temple neuere nas
Leires sone þritti ȝer king was & nyne also
He rerede verst kanterbury & winchestre þer to
Baþulf is sone after him king was tventi ȝer
He bigan þe toun of baþe & þe hote baþes þer
In þe veines of þe water as þe water deþ vp walle
He let closy fur in metal quoynteliche wiþ alle
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Þe metal is nou iturnd al in to roches grete
Þat beþ euere iliche hote & þe wateres þer of al so
& eke þoru enchantement hit was verst ido
& vor þe king baþulf þat it made gret enchanteor was
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