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 |
The Story of England | ||
When he had take þe regalte,
& mad oþ by his wille fre,
‘Þat Saxons schulde neuere haue pes
‘In stede of his þer þey ought ches,’—
Hys fader & his em þey slow,
& oþer wo þey wroughte y-now,—
He dide somoune þe folk, & fette;
Largely he gaf, & wel þem hette,
& bad hem be redy wyþ hym to wende:
Þey passed ȝork toward þe norþ ende.
Colgrym of Saxons was cheuetayn
Syn Octa was at Wyrolhram slayn;
& mad oþ by his wille fre,
‘Þat Saxons schulde neuere haue pes
‘In stede of his þer þey ought ches,’—
Hys fader & his em þey slow,
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He dide somoune þe folk, & fette;
Largely he gaf, & wel þem hette,
& bad hem be redy wyþ hym to wende:
Þey passed ȝork toward þe norþ ende.
Colgrym of Saxons was cheuetayn
Syn Octa was at Wyrolhram slayn;
The Story of England | ||