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 |
Vortimerus, filius ffortigerni, factus est Rex. |
The Story of England | ||
Vortimerus, filius ffortigerni, factus est Rex.
Whan þe Bretons herde þat þe kyngeWolde nought leue for no þynge,
At Londone þey sette a Parlement,
& Vortymer to kyng þey hent,
Þe eldest sone of ffortyger,
Þat was a doughti bacheler.
Þis Vortymer dide crie a cry,
‘Þat no Saxon were so hardy,
‘In his demeynes dwelle ne be,
‘Neyþer in burgh ne in cite.’
Anon alle out he dide hem keste;
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Þe kyng, for loue of his wyf,
Held wyþ þe Saxons, & meyntend strif.
The Story of England | ||