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 occisisione Turnij, & edificacione castri de
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De occisisione Turnij, & edificacione castri de Toures in Turonia.
Er þan ouer cam Coryneus,
Er was he slayn, þis knyght Turnus.
Right to ded as he was kast,
Brutus hasted hym ferly fast,
And tok þe body fro þeym alle
Er he of his hors gan falle,
And bar hit vp vntil his tour,
þer was he beryed wyþ honur.
ffor loue of Turnus, þat gode knyght,
Toures in Tureyne now hit hight;
& after Toures þat ilke cite;
Tureyne hat al þat contre.
Brutus retorned to þat fyght,
And Coryneus halp wiþ al his myght;
Þe ffrankische host was al by-twene,
Bytwyxt þeym to þey made al clene
Of ffrankische & of Peyteuyns;
Þey leye in dykes & in kynes,
Þey soughten how þey mought hem hyde,
In bataille woltey no lenger byde.
Er was he slayn, þis knyght Turnus.
Right to ded as he was kast,
Brutus hasted hym ferly fast,
And tok þe body fro þeym alle
Er he of his hors gan falle,
And bar hit vp vntil his tour,
þer was he beryed wyþ honur.
ffor loue of Turnus, þat gode knyght,
Toures in Tureyne now hit hight;
& after Toures þat ilke cite;
Tureyne hat al þat contre.
Brutus retorned to þat fyght,
And Coryneus halp wiþ al his myght;
Þe ffrankische host was al by-twene,
Bytwyxt þeym to þey made al clene
Of ffrankische & of Peyteuyns;
Þey leye in dykes & in kynes,
Þey soughten how þey mought hem hyde,
In bataille woltey no lenger byde.
Whan al was fled, & [þe] feld was playn,
Brutus turned his folk a-geyn;
Ilkon to þer castel went,
& þen þey helde a parlement.
Þer parlement, þys was þe ende,
“Euerylkon to schip schold wende,
“& drawe þer vitaille to þe se,
“& weyue al þat ilk contre.”
When þey had don as y ȝow seye,
Þey set vp seyl, & went þer weye;
Þey seyled boþe day & nyght,
Þat neuere striken, bot ay vpright,
Til þey aryved—as our book seys—
In Dertemuithe at Toteneys.
Brutus turned his folk a-geyn;
Ilkon to þer castel went,
& þen þey helde a parlement.
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“Euerylkon to schip schold wende,
“& drawe þer vitaille to þe se,
“& weyue al þat ilk contre.”
When þey had don as y ȝow seye,
Þey set vp seyl, & went þer weye;
Þey seyled boþe day & nyght,
Þat neuere striken, bot ay vpright,
Til þey aryved—as our book seys—
In Dertemuithe at Toteneys.
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