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 sepultura Mangnatum Brytannie Mortuorum. |
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De sepultura Mangnatum Brytannie Mortuorum.
Kay, þat was wounded byforn,Vntil þe castel was he born;
He compassed hit in lengþe & brede
Er he to þe bataille ȝede,
& gaf hit name, & cald hit Chymoun;
I ne wot why, ne what resoun.
Sire Kay liuede nought but a stounde,
He hadde so manye dedly wounde;
Þey byried hym at an heremitage
Bysyde Chymoun, at a passage.
At Bayouse in Normandie
Þey seide sire Beduer schulde þere lye;
Þey biried hym at a kyrke name-couþ,
Wyþoute þe ȝate toward þe souþ.
To fflaundres þei bere þe erl Holdyn,
In Tyrewane þei biried hym in;
Sire Liger was boren to Boloigne.
& Arthur lefte in Burgoyne,
Al þe wynter he dwelled þer-inne,
& tounes dide he manie bygynne;
In somer he þoughte to Rome haue gon,
ȝyf he ne hadde lettyng of non.
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