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Gwyþer rex.
Þre & tuenty ȝer emperour he was biuore is deþe
& after him was gayus vif ȝer vnneþe
Kymbel vr king of þis lond sones adde tweie
Gwider & aruirag noblemen beie
Gwider after is fader king was of þis londe
& claudius emperour after gay ich vnder stonde
Ymad he was emperour sixti ȝer ich wene
After god was ibore & aboute an eiȝtetene
& after vr louerdes deþ seue hondred ȝer
& euene eiȝte & nienti rome was imad er
& after him was gayus vif ȝer vnneþe
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Gwider & aruirag noblemen beie
Gwider after is fader king was of þis londe
& claudius emperour after gay ich vnder stonde
Ymad he was emperour sixti ȝer ich wene
After god was ibore & aboute an eiȝtetene
& after vr louerdes deþ seue hondred ȝer
& euene eiȝte & nienti rome was imad er
Gwider vr king of þis lond is truage athuld sone
Of rome þat is eldore were iwoned to done
Claudius þe emperour þer of him gan bi se
Þe verþe ȝer þat he adde emperour ibe
Mid gret ost he wende in to engelonde
In þe contreie of souþhamptone hii ariuede ich vnder stonde
Þo king gwider vnderȝet þat hii ariuede þere
Him þouȝte imete mid is ost ar he at hom were
Hii mette hom togadere mid poer inou
Muche folc in eiþer half to gronde me slou
Þe king gwider more folc slou is owe honde
Þan muchedel of is folc as ich vnder stonde
Þis romeins were vor noȝt ouercome atte laste
Þat þe emperour mid is ost bigan to fle vaste
A cheuentein þat was wiþ him haym was is name
He sei þat hor partie ibroȝt was nei to ssame
He biþoȝte him of felonie & let him armi þere
Mid armes of brutons as he of þis lond were
He siwede ope þe romeins mid þe brutons so vaste
Þat oure king him louede wel & is herte al vpe him caste
Of rome þat is eldore were iwoned to done
Claudius þe emperour þer of him gan bi se
Þe verþe ȝer þat he adde emperour ibe
Mid gret ost he wende in to engelonde
In þe contreie of souþhamptone hii ariuede ich vnder stonde
Þo king gwider vnderȝet þat hii ariuede þere
Him þouȝte imete mid is ost ar he at hom were
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Muche folc in eiþer half to gronde me slou
Þe king gwider more folc slou is owe honde
Þan muchedel of is folc as ich vnder stonde
Þis romeins were vor noȝt ouercome atte laste
Þat þe emperour mid is ost bigan to fle vaste
A cheuentein þat was wiþ him haym was is name
He sei þat hor partie ibroȝt was nei to ssame
He biþoȝte him of felonie & let him armi þere
Mid armes of brutons as he of þis lond were
He siwede ope þe romeins mid þe brutons so vaste
Þat oure king him louede wel & is herte al vpe him caste
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