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Þes cniht hefde his fader lond; & loð him wes his broþer.
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for he heold þe stronge castles; þurh staðele his fader ȝefe.
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His broþer heo him wolde bi-nimen; ah he ne mihte speden.
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þar aros wal[e] & win; & wiðer-heppes feola.
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Assaracus wes god cniht; wið Grickes he heold moni fiht.
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ah he hefde muchele strengþe; of meren his cunne.
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of þan Troyscen monnen; þe weren his moder isib.
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for þare sibe-laȝe; luue hem wes bi-tweonen.
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Assaracus hit redde; mid diȝenliche runen.
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þat þat Troynisce folc; mid his fulle fultume.
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nomen þene cniht Brutun; & makeden hine to duke.
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& he heora monredne; mid monscipe on-feng.
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He sende his sonde; wide ȝend þane londe.
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he heihte his folc sumunen; & cumen to him-seoluen.
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wapmen & wifmen; þa weoleȝen & þa weaðlen.
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alle he heom sumunde; & to wode sende.
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bote seoue þusend kempen; þa he in-to þane castlen dude.
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Þa lette he riden; vnirimed folc.
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& al þat smale mon-kun; he dude ȝeond þea muntes.
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& him-self mid his ferde; bi-foren & bi-hinden.
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Seoþen he nom to rede; & to som-runen.
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þat he an wriht makede; al mid wisdome.
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Pandrasum þene king he grette; mid greiðlicre speche.
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& þat wriht he him sende; & þeos word seaide.
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For þan weorldes scome; & for þan muchele grome.
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þat Dardanisc kun; þe we beoð of icomene.
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woneð in þisse londe; leode to sconde.
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inne þeowe-dome; þrel-werkes doð.
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heo beoð to-gadere icumene; kuðies mæȝes.
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al swa þat ilke folc; þe freoscipe wole bi-winne.
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Heo habbe[ð] idemed; þat ich am duc ofer heom.
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Ich abbe i min castlen; seoue þusend kempen.
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ich habbe in þane munten; monie þusund.
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Leouere heom his to libben; bi þan wode-roten.
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al swa þat wilde swin; þat wroteð ȝeond þan grouen.
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þane heo þine þeowedomes; lengre iþolien.
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Ȝif heo wlle[ð] frescipe bi-winnen; ne wndre þou nawiht þer-fore.
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heo biddeð þe mid freonscipe; þat þu heom ifreoie.
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Þes word he sendeð; al swa þe wriht þe seið.
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þat heo moten wonien; wer-swa heo wolleð.
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inne griðe & in friðe; & heo wlleð þe freonscipe don.
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Ȝif þou þis nul((t)) iþolien; þe scal beon þa wrse.
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Þe king nom þat writ on hond; & he hit wrodliche bi-heold.
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seolcu[ð] him þuhte; swulcere speche.
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Þa he alles spac; mid þræte he spilede.
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To wroþer heore hele; habbeð heo such werc i-don.
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Mine þralles i mire þeode; me suluen þretiað.
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Wide he sende ȝeond þat lond; for he wes leoden king.
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þat come to hirede; riche men & weðlen.
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al þat wapmon-cun; þa mihte beren wæpen.
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vppen lif & uppen leomen; al þes londes folc.
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an horsen & an foten; forð heo ifusten.
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Þe king þræted Brutun; swa he dude Assaracun.
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þat he heom wolde biliggen; mid laðen heora feonden.
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Ȝif he heom mihte bi-winnen; mid his wored-strencðe.
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Brutus iherde seggen; al swa hit soð wæs.
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þat Pandrasus þe king; him towardes com.
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mid muchelere ferde. ah heo weren summe faie.
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Brutus nom to reade; þat him best was.
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He nom his kene men; þa to compe weren gode.
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he ferde to þan wode; to þan wilderne.
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to þan ilke weie; þe he ful ȝeare wuste.
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þat þe king mid his ferde; forð sculde iwenden.
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Brutus hefede gode; cnihtes to neode.
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þre þusund mid him; ilead to þære þruppe.
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Þe king him com riden; mid riche his folke.
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Brutus heom smat on; mid his grime smite.
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isowte he þe Grickes; mid his grim ræsen.
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Þa Grickes neoren noht warre; of heore wensiðe.
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wenden him þeo rugges; flowen haȝe men.
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Achalon heihte an flum; þe nes noht feor from he((o))m.
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þider in iwenden; moni þusunde.
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Brutus heom com æfter; & æfer he heom leide on.
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mid sweord & mid spere; al he to-drof þes kinges here.
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a londe & a watere; he heom adun leaide.
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& þe king him-self fleh; he iseih his frend fallen.
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Muchel folc þer was of-sclawen; on moniare wisen.
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Þe king hefde ænne broðer; neafde he nenne oðer.
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Antigonus wes ihoaten; inne Gric-londe he wes heh.
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Iseih his broðer ferden; hu heo iuaren weren.
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a wætere & a londe; swa heom læðest wes.
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Antigonus mid his weapnen; & mid his wæl-kempen;
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iwenden toward Brutun; to his bale-siðe.
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Heo comen to-gadere; mid greatere heorte.
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Þar he mihte bi-halden; þe bi-halues were.
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moni wensiðes; wiþer-happes feol[e].
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moni heaued moni hond; fallen to foten.
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monie þar fuhten; monie flæm makeden.
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monie þar feollen; þurh heora feon-ðewæs.
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Þa Troysse men sloȝen. al þa Grickes þea heo neih comen.
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Þer Brutus nom Antigonun; þes kinges broþer Pandrasum.
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mid him he hine lædde; for leof he him wes to habben.
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He hine leatte wel witen; mid wnder stronge benden.
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Þat iherde þe king Pandrasus; hit neas him noht iqueme.
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þat Antigonus his broþer; wes in armliche benden.
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Þe king sende swa wide; swa ileste his riche.
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& heih((te)) eulne mon; þe mihte riden oþer gan.
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