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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Penda periit Anno domini
Hys grete host ȝede al doun,
& slayn was þere þat feloun;
fful wel he spedde þat gaf þe dynt,
ffor Penda lyf & soule was tynt;
Þe ȝer þat he to deþ[e] ȝede,
Þe date was, as seyþ seint Bede,
Sex hundred ȝer, fyfty & fyue.
Þe day þat Penda les his lyue,
Vpon Twede þe bataille was,
Þrytty dukes slayn y þat plas,
On Penda syde euerilkone,
ffor whilke manye was mad mone.
Wolfrith his sone a-scaped þat pyn,
& cam & told hit to Cadwalyn.
Cadwalyn gaf hym his heritage,
& he til hym made his homage.
& slayn was þere þat feloun;
fful wel he spedde þat gaf þe dynt,
ffor Penda lyf & soule was tynt;
Þe ȝer þat he to deþ[e] ȝede,
Þe date was, as seyþ seint Bede,
Sex hundred ȝer, fyfty & fyue.
Þe day þat Penda les his lyue,
Vpon Twede þe bataille was,
Þrytty dukes slayn y þat plas,
On Penda syde euerilkone,
ffor whilke manye was mad mone.
Wolfrith his sone a-scaped þat pyn,
& cam & told hit to Cadwalyn.
Cadwalyn gaf hym his heritage,
& he til hym made his homage.
Cadwalyn, þat kepte þe lond,
A trewe iustise men hym fond;
He regned foure & fourty ȝer,
What in pes & [what] in wer.
At Londone wax he syk, & deyde,
Þe Bretons þere his body leyde;
But for to haue menynge of hym,
How he was noble, meke, & grym,
Of coper þey dyde make a knyght,
& an hors of coper al dight;
Set hym þer-on in kynges wede,
Als he was wond to ryde on stede;
Þer byside þey leyde his body,
Abouen at a gate ful hey,
In Londone, toward þe west:
Longe hit stod þer wel y-fest;
Byside, þey sette a chapel
Of seint Martyn, a fair iuwel.
Þus þey dide, for gret nobleye,
Hys dede for to mene & seye.
Cadwaladrus was after Cadwalyn
A trewe iustise men hym fond;
He regned foure & fourty ȝer,
What in pes & [what] in wer.
At Londone wax he syk, & deyde,
Þe Bretons þere his body leyde;
But for to haue menynge of hym,
How he was noble, meke, & grym,
Of coper þey dyde make a knyght,
& an hors of coper al dight;
Set hym þer-on in kynges wede,
Als he was wond to ryde on stede;
Þer byside þey leyde his body,
Abouen at a gate ful hey,
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Longe hit stod þer wel y-fest;
Byside, þey sette a chapel
Of seint Martyn, a fair iuwel.
Þus þey dide, for gret nobleye,
Hys dede for to mene & seye.
His fader, & Penda cosyn;
Penda cosyn, his sister sone,
Cadwalyn wedded, y dide ȝow mone.
Cadwaladrus was a ful god kynge,
And louede God ouer alle þynge;
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