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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To Caunterbire cam seint Austyn,
Þer he deide, & made his fyn;
He deide ȝyt er seint Gregori,
A ȝer byforn, als seyþ þe story;
Þe date of Crist, to telle fro,
Sex hundred ȝer, & foure mo;
In his liue was his ordinaunce,
In his stede bischop Laurance.
When seint Gregore passed his lyue,
Þe date was sex hundred ȝer & fyue.
When Ethelbright had regned her
In Kent syx & fifty ȝer,
He was byried ful solempnely,
& dame Berke was leid hym by.
Twelf ȝer after sent Austyn
Lyued Ethelbright er he made hys fyn;
Þe date of Crist þus fele to mene,
Sex hundred & euen fiftene.
Þer he deide, & made his fyn;
He deide ȝyt er seint Gregori,
A ȝer byforn, als seyþ þe story;
Þe date of Crist, to telle fro,
Sex hundred ȝer, & foure mo;
In his liue was his ordinaunce,
In his stede bischop Laurance.
When seint Gregore passed his lyue,
Þe date was sex hundred ȝer & fyue.
When Ethelbright had regned her
In Kent syx & fifty ȝer,
He was byried ful solempnely,
& dame Berke was leid hym by.
Twelf ȝer after sent Austyn
Lyued Ethelbright er he made hys fyn;
Þe date of Crist þus fele to mene,
Sex hundred & euen fiftene.
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