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 |
Heu þro morte Vortimery! |
The Story of England | ||
Heu þro morte Vortimery!
Bot þei dide nought his comandement;Þe dedes conseyl ys sone ouer-went,—
To Londone his body þey bar,
& in þe cite biried hym þar.
Þen wax ffortiger ful stout;
Als he fore dide, he regned þorowout.
Ronewenne þenne hure lord bysought
Þat Hengist myghte a-geyn be brought.
Anon tys wif, his wille he went,
& after Hengist his lettre sent:
To come sleightly he scholde fonde,
& litel folk wyþ hym brynge to londe,
So þe barons þem nought mispaye,
Ne þe comun folk affraye;
“Hit nedeþ no þyng gret folk to haue,
“ffor Vortymer lygges ded in graue.”
The Story of England | ||