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 |
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De Infortunio inter Huwelynum & Irelgas. |
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De Infortunio inter Huwelynum & Irelgas.
Irelgas was þe kynges cosyn;Androcheus neuew was Huwelyn.
Þyse to-gedere wolde skyrme al gate;
Þorow pride of herte son com þer hate,
Þorow hate þen gan þer wordes ryse
Of boþe parties of yuel assise.
When ilk had seyd til oþer wough,
Wyþ wraþe to smyte, þe egge drough:
Þorow a meschaunce, y wot hit was,
Huwelyn slow þer Irelgas.
When þe kyng þys chaunce herd seye,
Þe feste was sturbled & aweye.
ffor þe kyng was ful feloun,
& hastyf, vntil vengaunce boun,
Þe kyng seid vntil Androche,
& bad hym vp peyne of alle his fe,
Huwelyn, his cosyn, hym for to sende,
Þat felonie for to amende,
& in his court haue iugement
Þorow þe comunes, er þat þey went.
Androcheus þoughte wyþ herte ful wo:
“Ȝif y hym sende, he schal hym slo.”
Androcheus sende ageyn ful tyt,
& of his court asked respit:
“A lord y am, & court y haue;
“Þorow þat wyl y hym dampne or saue.
“Ȝyf þer be eyþer baron or knyght,
“Pleyneþ hym þer, he schal haue right;
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“Hit schold be myn, & schal be so;
“Þou wost hit ys myn heritage;
“Þou bedes me mys & outrage!”
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