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Vter
& þe brutons hom wiþdrowe & þe saxons hom reste
King vter nom is conseil woch red were þe beste
Gorloys erl of cornwaile þat wysost was iholde
& old & mest adde yseie is red verst he tolde
We mote he sede be hardy & stalwarde & wyse
King vter nom is conseil woch red were þe beste
Gorloys erl of cornwaile þat wysost was iholde
& old & mest adde yseie is red verst he tolde
We mote he sede be hardy & stalwarde & wyse
Ȝif we wolleþ abbe vre lif & holde vre franchise
Wexinge euere beþ vre fon bi water & bi londe
& ȝif we abideþ longe we ne ssolleþ hom noȝt at stonde
Nou hii beþ al onywar hii wolleþ yswyke by daye
Þeruore I ne rede in no manere þis nede leng delaye
We ssolleþ hom abbe al uor noȝt I ne rede no leng abyde
Vor hii beþ naked & onywar & ysprad wyde
Þis conseil was wel yhurd hii heolede her to echon
Al by niȝte hii wende uorþ & soȝte out hor fon
Some hii founde ligge slepe hii demayde hom anon
Some hom wolde army ac wule nadde hii non
So þat hii slowe þere a þousend & mo
& nome octa & eose þat made al þe wo
& dude hom at londone in prison & þat was to rywe sore
Þat hii nadde hom aslawe uor sorwe hii dude ȝut more
Wexinge euere beþ vre fon bi water & bi londe
& ȝif we abideþ longe we ne ssolleþ hom noȝt at stonde
Nou hii beþ al onywar hii wolleþ yswyke by daye
Þeruore I ne rede in no manere þis nede leng delaye
We ssolleþ hom abbe al uor noȝt I ne rede no leng abyde
Vor hii beþ naked & onywar & ysprad wyde
Þis conseil was wel yhurd hii heolede her to echon
Al by niȝte hii wende uorþ & soȝte out hor fon
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Some hom wolde army ac wule nadde hii non
So þat hii slowe þere a þousend & mo
& nome octa & eose þat made al þe wo
& dude hom at londone in prison & þat was to rywe sore
Þat hii nadde hom aslawe uor sorwe hii dude ȝut more
Atte feste of estre þo þe king sende is sonde
Þat hii come alle to londone þe heyemen of þis londe
& þe leuedies also god to is feste wide
Vor he wolde croune bere vor þe heye tyde
Alle þe noblemen of þis lond to þis feste come
& hor wiues & hor doȝtren moni wiþ hom nome
Þis feste was noble ynou & nobliche ydo
Vor mony was þe vayre leuedi þat icome was þer to
Igerne gorloyses wyf was vairost of echon
Þat was contasse of cornwayle vor vairor nas þer non
Þe king bi huld ire vaste ynou & is herte up ire caste
& þoȝte þei ȝo were wif to do folie atte laste
He made ire semblant vair ynou to non oþer so gret
Þe erl nas noȝt þer wiþ ypayd þo he it vnder ȝet
After mete he nom is wif mid stourdi mod ynou
& wiþoute leue of þe kinge toward is contreye drou
Þe king sende to him þo to bileue al niȝt
Vor he moste of gret conseil abbe som in siȝt
Þat hii come alle to londone þe heyemen of þis londe
& þe leuedies also god to is feste wide
Vor he wolde croune bere vor þe heye tyde
Alle þe noblemen of þis lond to þis feste come
& hor wiues & hor doȝtren moni wiþ hom nome
Þis feste was noble ynou & nobliche ydo
Vor mony was þe vayre leuedi þat icome was þer to
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Þat was contasse of cornwayle vor vairor nas þer non
Þe king bi huld ire vaste ynou & is herte up ire caste
& þoȝte þei ȝo were wif to do folie atte laste
He made ire semblant vair ynou to non oþer so gret
Þe erl nas noȝt þer wiþ ypayd þo he it vnder ȝet
After mete he nom is wif mid stourdi mod ynou
& wiþoute leue of þe kinge toward is contreye drou
Þe king sende to him þo to bileue al niȝt
Vor he moste of gret conseil abbe som in siȝt
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