The Story of England by Robert Manning of Brunne, A.D. 1338. Edited from mss. at Lambeth Palace and the Inner Temple, by Frederick J. Furnivall |
Hic miserunt Britones ad Romanos pro defencione
eorum. |
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Hic miserunt Britones ad Romanos pro defencione eorum.
Þey sente vnto þe senatoursOf rome for help & socours,
As men þat þey most on affied,
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To helpe hem on haste now in þer nede,
ffor ay þey lyue wyþ pylours in drede;
& þey ne scholde neuere, for wele ne wo,
More out of þer conseil do,
Bot ȝelde hem þat þeym oughte to haue,
ȝyf þey wolde helpe now þeym to saue.
Bot þe Romayns forgete nought
What schame byforn þey had hem wrought
So often & so fele syþe
Whan þey moughte þer felonye kyþe;
Natheles, twoo legions þey sent,
Þat sone come, as hap þem lent,
& deliuered þem of þer enemys:
To Scotland fledden Melga Gwanis.
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