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 |
Vassalacio Brytonum. |
The Story of England | ||
Vassalacio Brytonum.
Þenne broched þe Bretons among þem alle,Man & hors þey dide doun falle;
Þat were fallen, þey ouer schok;
& þo þat fledde, þey ouer-tok;
Somme þey slowe, & somme þey held,
& somme þey spoyled y þe feld;
Al were slayn þe moste frape,
ffayn wer þey þat myghte a-scape.
Þen turnde a-geyn alle þe Bretons,
& come to wode to þer prisons,
& led þem alle wiþ sire Petron,
& presented Arthur wiþ ilkon.
Þen þanked he his messegers,
& alle þe oþere þat were þer pers,
& seide hem, “ȝyf hit may be wonne,
“Þe game þat we haue by-gonne,
“He wolde amende þer rente & fe,
“Ȝyf þat tyme myghte bitide or be.”
The Story of England | ||