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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Brutus ordinauit & fecit manciones per loca. |
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Brutus ordinauit & fecit manciones per loca.
When þe geauntz were o dawe,
þe Troiens hadden na more awe;
Tounes, houses, dide þey make,
& mesured lond, & dide hit stake
þat ilkon dide his owen knowe;
þen tyled þey lond, & dide hit sowe.
þat tyme þys lond hight Albyon;
When Brutus cam, þat name was gon;
ffor Albion was Brutes wayne,
þerfore he dide hit calle Brutayne.
When he & hise fro Troye nam,
Troiens were called til þey þer cam;
After þe Troiens þys name was set,
ffor name of Brutes first highte Bret;
Afterward hit turned eftsones,
ffor Brutus folk was cald Brutones.
þat name held hit of Bretoun
Long syþen þe Incarnacion,
Til Gormound cam & he[re] gan aryue,
Þe Brutons awey he dide hem dryue.
Vneþe siþen any on ros
Þat longe bar any los.
Þat of his spoken mykel in dede;
Ney atte þe ende ȝe may hit rede.
þe Troiens hadden na more awe;
Tounes, houses, dide þey make,
& mesured lond, & dide hit stake
þat ilkon dide his owen knowe;
þen tyled þey lond, & dide hit sowe.
þat tyme þys lond hight Albyon;
When Brutus cam, þat name was gon;
ffor Albion was Brutes wayne,
þerfore he dide hit calle Brutayne.
When he & hise fro Troye nam,
Troiens were called til þey þer cam;
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ffor name of Brutes first highte Bret;
Afterward hit turned eftsones,
ffor Brutus folk was cald Brutones.
þat name held hit of Bretoun
Long syþen þe Incarnacion,
Til Gormound cam & he[re] gan aryue,
Þe Brutons awey he dide hem dryue.
Vneþe siþen any on ros
Þat longe bar any los.
Þat of his spoken mykel in dede;
Ney atte þe ende ȝe may hit rede.
Coryneus hadde a god party
Of þe lond, for he was worþy.
Þer Corineus dide bataille,
Þat contre he tok þat highte Waille;
Of Corni & Waille, þat was wynnyng,
Hadde Cornewaille þe name gynny[n]g;
Cornewaille com of Coryneus,
& Brutayne com of sire Brutus.
Ilkon to þeym þer frendes drow,
& bygged lond[e] for þeir prow:
ffro stede to stede gon þey wende;
Þer best was, þer wolde þey lende,
& multeplyed, & wel þrof,
& woxen riche, kant & cof.
In fewe ȝeres al þe kynde
Of folk, þey woxen mykel mynde.
Of þe lond, for he was worþy.
Þer Corineus dide bataille,
Þat contre he tok þat highte Waille;
Of Corni & Waille, þat was wynnyng,
Hadde Cornewaille þe name gynny[n]g;
Cornewaille com of Coryneus,
& Brutayne com of sire Brutus.
Ilkon to þeym þer frendes drow,
& bygged lond[e] for þeir prow:
ffro stede to stede gon þey wende;
Þer best was, þer wolde þey lende,
& multeplyed, & wel þrof,
& woxen riche, kant & cof.
In fewe ȝeres al þe kynde
Of folk, þey woxen mykel mynde.
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