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 quodam Pycto traditore. |
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De quodam Pycto traditore.
Y þe kynges court serued a Peyght,Þat was þorow ffortegers deseit;—
Þis Peit, longe wiþ þe kyng had ben;
Of treson he þoughte ay by-twen;
Þys Peyt ȝede wyþ þe kynge a day
Vntil an herber alone to play;
Bot hit was perceyued of non
Whider þe kyng & þe Peyt was gon.
Þe kyng of treson wende nought,
Bot þe Peyt þeron he þought;
As þey boþe to-gyder sat,
& speken þer of many what,
Þe kyng til hym gaf no tent.
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& smot þe kyng vntil þe hert,
& fledde awey also smert.
Pryuely þat fame ȝede
Þat fforteger had don þat dede.
fforteger was of þe Walscherye,
Þat euere louede trycherye;
Queynte he was, & fer couþe þenke
To compasse a wykked blenke;
ffaire he spak þer he wolde gyle;
& þer he hated, þer wolde he smyle;
Wel couþe he preyse & lakke somdel,
& treson couþe he teche wel:—
& somme þat arn at þis tyme here,
Þat craft of hym nought nedeþ lere.—
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