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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Infirmacio Cadwalini. |
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Infirmacio Cadwalini.
He sailed al day, & on þe nyght,Vmwhile boþe wrong & ryught,
Til he com in-til an ilde,
‘Gernet,’ a litel land ful wilde;
No lond nyster ferrere west,
Þer þe sonne goþ to rest;
By-twyxt Bretayne & Cornewaille
Is þat ilde wyþouten faille.
& bynne a while þat he cam þore,
Þe kyng iueled swyþe sore;
Þe ffeuere agu ful sore hym hatte;
But sone he chared, & wel swatte;
Venison he ȝerned sore to ete,
He ne mighte wiþ non oþer mete.
Þe kyng comaunded til Brian—
He nadde non oþer leches man—
Þat he schulde seke hym venisoun,
Or hys iuel schulde brynge hym doun:
“But ȝyf þat y som venison haue,
“No þyng so sone may me saue;
“Hit ys no tale wher-of hit be,
“But þat þou mightest gete hit me.”
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