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 |
Hic moriebatur nobilus Belynus. |
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Hic moriebatur nobilus Belynus.
Whan he was ded, sire Belyn,Þe people for hym hadde sorwe & pyn;
ffor manye a man fol sore gret
Þat day þat he ys lyf for-let.
Þey dide make for his honur
A barel of gold of his tresour,
& brente his body, flesche & bon,
Iþe barel of gold þey leid ilkon;
More worschip þem þought hit so,
Þan his body in erthe to do.
When þe barel was al dight,
& wel y-burnuscht fair & bryght,
Vp yþe Tour þey made a stage,
& heye it henge bifore þe passage,
Þat alle þat passed, more & lasse,
Schold preyse Belyn for his prowesse.
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