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 Morte Aurelij Regis per Appas traditorem Saxonem. |
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De Morte Aurelij Regis per Appas traditorem Saxonem.
Þe kyng ȝerned his hele mykel,He wende nought a monk were fykel;
He dide hym in kepyng of þe feloun,
& he gaf hym drynke poysoun,
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ffor in his lymes hit schold al lepe.
When þys Appas his nedes had sped,
Al so swyþe a-wey he fled;
And sone after in a þrowe
Þe kyng hit wiste, & men wel sowe,
Þat he scholde al-gate deye.
Þen preied he men þey scholde hym leye
At Stonhenges in a graue,
His byriels for to mene & saue.
On þys manere þe kyng was ded,
& beryed als after his red.
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