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 ingratitudine filiarum, & planctu patris eorum, Leyr. |
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De ingratitudine filiarum, & planctu patris eorum, Leyr.
Now gynnes Leyr to myslyke;“Sone,” he seyde, “þey gynne me swyke
“ffro myn aboue y am put lowe,
“& ȝit scha[l] more wyþynne a þrowe.
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“Þey scheo be wroþ to my byhoue;”
& dight hym wyþ his apparaille
To wende in to Corne-waille.
He dwelt nought þer fullyk a ȝer,
Þat þey ne made hym gret daunger,
& lessede his knyghtes & oþer men:
Of þritty þey abated ten,
And ȝit of twenty abated fyue;
Þen wold Leyr han ben of lyue;
“Alas!” he seyde, “y hider cam!
“ffro wycke vntil wors y nam.”
To Gonorille a-gayn he ȝede,
He wend sche wold heue mended his nede,
Haue gyuen hym als scheo hadde byforn,
Sche swor by god þat hure leet be born,
Þat scheo ne wolde, day ne nyght,
Halde bot hym & a knyght.
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