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 |
De Rege Cariceo. |
The Story of England | ||
De Rege Cariceo.
After Malgo, Carice þei ches,A nyce þat louede no pes.
ffor he was ai sorwful & wroþ,
Þer-fore was he alle men loþ.
Þat herde þe Saxons he was gremande,
& þoughte he myghte nought dure ne stande.
Ouer al aboute hym þey ros,
& oþer aliens, Bretons fos,
Þat come wyþ Gormound by þe se side.
Þe nauye of Gormound spredde ful wyde,
He destruyed þe Bretons alle,
& þer name for euere dide falle,
And þe name of þe lond [was] lorn,
Þat highte Bretayne longe byforn:
A þousand ȝer byfore þe Incarnacioun
Hight hit Bretaigne, for loue of Bretoun,
Euere vntil Gormound cam;
Þe name of Bretayne þenne a-wey nam.
Listneþ now a litel pas,
When Gormound cam, & what he was:
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