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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 translacione nature Brytonum.

“Þenne goþ heritage out of kynde;
“When nought of þe blod men fynde,
“Þen schul men gyue hit for good
“To þem þat han hated al þe blod.