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 |
Rex Ley Lus |
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Rex Ley Lus
He hadde a sone þat hyghte Leyl,He made a toun wiþ his conseil:
Caerlel hit hatte, as men hit seye.
Bot Leyl ageyn þat he schold deye,
Preyed faste in his elde,
ffor his lond he mought nought welde.
Ilkon on oþer werre sought;
ffor doute of hym left þey ryght nought,
Ne he couþe be no iustyser:
He regned fyue & twenty ȝer.
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