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 festo Vtery Regis. |
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De festo Vtery Regis.
When alle were comen þat schold or wylde,Innes taken, ne fulfilde,
& at þe kirke þer seruise seyd,
In halles & hales bordes leyd,
Þe kyng was set, & serued of mees,
& at þat oþer ende was a dees;
Þer set þe barons of pris,
Þe Erl of Cornewaille ageyn his vys;
By hym sat Igerne his wyf,
Of whas fairhede was speche ryf;
In al þe reome, so fair was non,
Ne of swylk kynde, bot scheo al on.
Often þe kyng had herd hure preyse,
Þat sche was fair, god, & curteyse;
Mikel desired he hure to se.
When he hure sey, more louede he;
Þe sight of hure hym al to-blast;
His herte on hure ageyn he cast;
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