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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Nomina Regum.
ffirst com Epistrot þe kyng of Grece,& Sire Otheon, Duc of Boece,
Sire Hurtak þe kyng of Turkeys,
A doughti knyght & a curteys,
Pandras þe kyng of Egipte,
& of Cyce þe kyng Ypolipte,—
He was of gret seignurie,
An hundred cites at his baillie;—
Out of Syre cam Ewander,
& out of ffryse þe kyng Teucer,
& out of Babilloyne sire Macipsa,
& out of Spayne sire Elephatina,
& out of Mede þe kyng Bockus,
& out of Lubye sire Sertorius,
Out of Bycynie sire Polidetes,
& out of Tyre þe kyng Serses,
Sire Musensar, kyng of Aufrik,—
A lond ferne a ful gret stryk;
But he broughte tresor gret plente,
& fair folk, & fele, to se.—
Þo þat were of þe senatours,
Men of Rome most of honurs,
Of þeym cam Marcel, Lucius, Catel,
Octa, Gayus, & sire Metel,
Manye oþere of þe same kynde,
Þat noman may þer names fynde;
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Me þynkeþ hit were but tynt, þe stounde
To write þe names of so fele hounde
Þat were vncristned in þys mounde.
When alle were comen, symple & bolde,
ffour hundred þousand þer wer tolde,
& an hundred & foure score,
Alle armed men, hit telles byfore,
Wyþoute fotmen & seriauntye,
Þat þe noumbre kan non descrye.
When alle were comen þat þider schold come,
At þe Lammesse þey wente fro Rome,
& tok þer weye toward Moungu
Wyþ mykel noyse & cry & heu.
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