49 Vita sancti Kenelmi. Regis.
SEint Kenelm, þe ȝongue kyng : þat holi martyr is,
he was kyng in Engelonde : of þe Marche of Walis.
Kyng kenulf his fader hiet : he was kyng þare also;
Þe Abbeie of wynchecoumbe he liet arere : And þare-inne monekes do;
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And Aftur is deþe he was þare i-bured : and ȝeot he lijth þere
In þe Abbeiȝe, þat ȝeot stant : þat he him-seolf liet a-rere.
Þo was wynchecombe gret cite : and mest of i-novȝ
Of al þulke half of Engelonde : so feor so his lond drouȝ. [folio 149b]
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Fyf kingues þare weren þulke tyme : In engelonde i-do,
For Enguelond was guod and long : and sum-del brod al-so.
A-bouten eiȝte hondret mile : Engelond long is
Fram [MS. fran] þe South into þe North : and to houndret brod i-wis
Fram þe Est into þe West. : al-so þare-inne beoth
Manie wateres guode i-nowe : þat men al dai i-seoth.
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bote þreo wateres principales : of alle ne beoth, i-wis :
Þat .on. is homber, þat oþur seuerne : and temes þe þridde is.
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To þe North-se hombur geth : þat is on of þe beste,