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 reuercione Regis Cheldryk apud Totenes. |
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De reuercione Regis Cheldryk apud Totenes.
Þey set vp sail, þe wynd hem blew,
So fer þei seyled þat non þem knew.
When þey were so fer born
Þat we of þeym þe sight had lorn,
ȝut þoughte þey more treson & gyle,
Þey turnde þer flute wyþynne a while
Bytwix Ingeland & Normandye,
Þey dighte eft hydeward þer nauie,
& entred in til Dertemuthe;
Neyþer fond þey arest ne rescue;
At Totenes toke þey hauen & lond;
Al ȝede to deþ þat by-forn hem fond.
In þe contres þey spredde aboute;
To go to deþ al was in doute;
Robes þey refte, armure þey tok,
Tounes brente, houses doun schok.
Þe contres trauersed þey ouerþwert,
Ouer al was wo, & no whar quert;
Deneschire, & Somersete,
& a partie of Dorsete,
Al þey wastes, & robbed þe god;
Was þer non þat hem wyþstod;
Þe knyghte þat aughten haue ben at hom,
To Scotland wyþ Arþur þey nom.
Þe Saxons dide so mykel scaþe,
Þey robbed in to þe toun of Baþe;
Bot þey of Baþe held þem wyþoute,
& þey byseged hit alle aboute.
So fer þei seyled þat non þem knew.
When þey were so fer born
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ȝut þoughte þey more treson & gyle,
Þey turnde þer flute wyþynne a while
Bytwix Ingeland & Normandye,
Þey dighte eft hydeward þer nauie,
& entred in til Dertemuthe;
Neyþer fond þey arest ne rescue;
At Totenes toke þey hauen & lond;
Al ȝede to deþ þat by-forn hem fond.
In þe contres þey spredde aboute;
To go to deþ al was in doute;
Robes þey refte, armure þey tok,
Tounes brente, houses doun schok.
Þe contres trauersed þey ouerþwert,
Ouer al was wo, & no whar quert;
Deneschire, & Somersete,
& a partie of Dorsete,
Al þey wastes, & robbed þe god;
Was þer non þat hem wyþstod;
Þe knyghte þat aughten haue ben at hom,
To Scotland wyþ Arþur þey nom.
Þe Saxons dide so mykel scaþe,
Þey robbed in to þe toun of Baþe;
Bot þey of Baþe held þem wyþoute,
& þey byseged hit alle aboute.
Arthur werred vpon þe Scottes,
ffor þey had don as foule sottes,
Holpen Colgrim & Cheldryk,
& ageyns þer lord do so wyk;
Bot when he wyste þat þe Saxons
Brek couenaunt, & dide tresons,
& hadde byseged þe toun of Baþe,
Hei seyde, “þe Saxoyns false me ful raþe.”
ffor þey had don as foule sottes,
Holpen Colgrim & Cheldryk,
& ageyns þer lord do so wyk;
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Brek couenaunt, & dide tresons,
& hadde byseged þe toun of Baþe,
Hei seyde, “þe Saxoyns false me ful raþe.”
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