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 austeritate Gwytardi. |
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De austeritate Gwytardi.
Gwithard, þe Duk of Peyters,Was a fel knyght & a fers
ffor to kepe his heritage,
Nought ne wolde gyue truage;
Often he turnde Ohel þe vys,
& often of hym wan þe pris,
& often a-geyn hym he les
Er þan he wolde come til þe pes.
Ohel destruide ner al þe lond;
Þat he wyþouten castel fond,
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Þe selue vynes þey ne left.
When Gwytard saw ner al was lorn,
So þat he ne mighte be byforn,
He saw hit was non oþer bote,
Bot ȝede & fel Arthur to fote,
& dide hym homage & feute,
Of hym to halden al his fe.
Syþen loued Arthur Gwytard ful wel,
Non so mykel, but only Ohel.
Þo oþere contres south fro ffraunce,
Arthur þem wan til his alliaunce.
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