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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Apud Cirencestriam coronatus est Rex
Constantinus. |
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Apud Cirencestriam coronatus est Rex Constantinus.
To Circestre Constant wente,
& held þer a parlymente.
Sire Guncelyn þer gaf hym þe coroun;
Þer-of was fayn ilka Bretoun.
Þenn tok he wyf auenaunt & god,
Sib þe bischop, of Romayns blod.
Þ[r]e childre on hure he gat auenaunt,
Þe eldest, highte his name Constant;
He dide hym norice at Wynchestre,
And ȝald hym monk in þat same estre;
Þat oþer sone highte Aurelyus,
His to-name was Ambrosius;
Þe þridde child, Vter he hight,
Þat lyuede lengest, & best was knyght.
Þe bischop, þorow leue of þe kynge,
Hadde þe two in his kepynge.
ȝyf Constant had lyued ani sel,
He schuld haue mended þe lond ful wel;
Two ȝer he regned, & namo;
Lyst how a traitour dide hym slo:
& held þer a parlymente.
Sire Guncelyn þer gaf hym þe coroun;
Þer-of was fayn ilka Bretoun.
Þenn tok he wyf auenaunt & god,
Sib þe bischop, of Romayns blod.
Þ[r]e childre on hure he gat auenaunt,
Þe eldest, highte his name Constant;
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And ȝald hym monk in þat same estre;
Þat oþer sone highte Aurelyus,
His to-name was Ambrosius;
Þe þridde child, Vter he hight,
Þat lyuede lengest, & best was knyght.
Þe bischop, þorow leue of þe kynge,
Hadde þe two in his kepynge.
ȝyf Constant had lyued ani sel,
He schuld haue mended þe lond ful wel;
Two ȝer he regned, & namo;
Lyst how a traitour dide hym slo:
On ffortyger, of Walsche blod,
Þat neuere in truþe no stude stod,
He ȝerned mikel þe kyndam.
Lyst how þe treson fro hym cam:
Þat neuere in truþe no stude stod,
He ȝerned mikel þe kyndam.
Lyst how þe treson fro hym cam:
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