 | The Rickinghall (Bury St. Edmunds) Fragment |  |
Assit principio Sancta Maria meo. Coruum perfidie da[m]pnant
animalia queque.
Ore escotez, seignurs cheris,
Cuntis e barouns e chiualeris,
E tus qui sunt en cour.
Ben le sauez pur verité
Ke ieo su rey coronné
E vostre couernour.
Cuntis e barouns e chiualeris,
E tus qui sunt en cour.
Ben le sauez pur verité
Ke ieo su rey coronné
E vostre couernour.
Pur ceo ieo voil ke moun barnage,
Tretus ke sunt de grant parage,
Ke i veniunt a moy;
Kar ieo voil ou eus parler
E ma resoun demonstrer
Saun acun delay.
Tunc dicet nuncio:
Tretus ke sunt de grant parage,
Ke i veniunt a moy;
Kar ieo voil ou eus parler
E ma resoun demonstrer
Saun acun delay.
Venet sa, moun messager,
Vous dirray, pur turney
I vous couent tout aler.
Vous dirray, pur turney
I vous couent tout aler.
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[OMITTED]wytouten lesinge,
Ye weten wel þat I am kinge
Her of al þis lond.
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[OMITTED]wytouten lesinge,
Ye weten wel þat I am kinge
Her of al þis lond.
Þerfore I wile þat min barnage,
Ye þat ben of gret parage,
Þat he comin to min wil;
For al þat arn in burw or toun
I wile he witen mi resoun,
And þat is richt and schil.
Ye þat ben of gret parage,
Þat he comin to min wil;
For al þat arn in burw or toun
I wile he witen mi resoun,
And þat is richt and schil.
| The Rickinghall (Bury St. Edmunds) Fragment | |