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 Episcopo Aydano. |
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De Episcopo Aydano.
Wyþ Osewy was an holy man,
Bischop he was, his name Aydan;
He preied God for þer nede,
Ageyn Penda Osewy wel spede:
“Louerd! þou quenche his wykkednesse!
“His grete power, þou make hit lesse,
“& suffre vs neuere fele þere smert,
“Þe ffelonie of his wikked hert!”
Bischop he was, his name Aydan;
He preied God for þer nede,
Ageyn Penda Osewy wel spede:
“Louerd! þou quenche his wykkednesse!
“His grete power, þou make hit lesse,
“& suffre vs neuere fele þere smert,
“Þe ffelonie of his wikked hert!”
When Osewy sey no loue wolde sende,
But at his power he moste hym fende,
He gadered host on hys syde,
And Penda cam wyþ ful gret pryde.
At a day bataille was set,
Boþe hostes to-gedere met.
In gode hope Oswy were inne,
Þat he schulde þe maistrie wynne;
He tristed wel y þe Holy Gost,
& Penda tristed on hys grete host.
Þey smette to-gedere so bitterlyke
Þat eyþer side fond oþer quyke;
He þat hit gan, þe worse he hadde,
ffor Penda party al to-schadde;
But at his power he moste hym fende,
He gadered host on hys syde,
And Penda cam wyþ ful gret pryde.
At a day bataille was set,
Boþe hostes to-gedere met.
In gode hope Oswy were inne,
Þat he schulde þe maistrie wynne;
He tristed wel y þe Holy Gost,
& Penda tristed on hys grete host.
Þey smette to-gedere so bitterlyke
Þat eyþer side fond oþer quyke;
He þat hit gan, þe worse he hadde,
ffor Penda party al to-schadde;
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