An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,

XVIII. The Shires and Hundreds of England. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 267.]

Her bigynneþ þe syren. and þe hundredes of enge|londe.

ENgle lond is. eyhte hundred Myle long. from penwyþ steorte. þat is fyfténe Mylen by-yonde Mihhales steowe. on cornwale. fort þat cume. to katenes. þe breade of Engle londe is. þreo hundred myle brod. from Dewyes steowe. to Doueran. On engle londe syndon. two and þrytti schire. summe more and summe lasse. And þreottene byscopryche. And two erchebiscopryche. þat is alles. vyftene biscopryche. On is þe erche|biscophryche of Kanterbury. Oþe þe leod biscopryche. on Rouecestre. þe þridde on lundene. þe feorþe. on Norþwych. þe fyfte; on Cicestre. þe sexte. on wyncestre. þe seoueþe on saresbury. þis bispryche wes hwylen. two bispriche. þeo oþer stól. wes at remmesbury. And þe oþer at schireburne. Ac eadward king. bitauhte þeos two. Heremon biscop. And he myd þes kinges leaue Adylegade. þa twa noman. and makede enne; at sares|buri. þe eyhteoþe. on excestre. þis wes ek two bispriche. Oþer on cornwale. and þe stol wes at seynte Germane. and þe oþer stol; at Bridyport. Ac leofrych biscop. hit makede to one; myd eadwardes kynges leaue. And sette hit to excestre. þe Nyeþe; on Baþun. Ac þes stol; wes at welle. [folio 267b] And Baþe wes Abbodryche. And on willames daye þe yonger kynges. wes þat Abboddie by-numen. And imaked þer Bisscop stol. þurh

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Title: An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,
Author: Morris, Richard, ed. 1833-1894.
Canvas: Page 145
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1872.
Subject terms: English poetry

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