¶ De Dioclisiano Inperatore.
[maximo persecutore Christianorum. (In a later hand.)]In his tyme was an EmperourDioclisian, a werreour,He sente hider Maximian;& struyde & slow ilk Cristenman.
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The story of England
About this Item
- Title
- The story of England
- Author
- Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
- Publication
- London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]
- 1887.
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- Subject terms
- Great Britain -- History
- Link to this Item
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http://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHB1379.0001.001
- Cite this Item
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"The story of England." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHB1379.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.
Pages
Page 215
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Þat he on þys half Moungow [mon Giu, Wace; Mons Jovis. See p. 116, note [or in.] .] fond,
Til he come vntil þys lond,
Al he destruyed, & broughte to schame,
Þat cristned were in Iesu name.
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Dioclisien, on his partie,
To Cristenmen dyde felonye;
Vnder hym & Maxymian
Þey slowe at Verolame [Written over an erasure.] seint [her was slayn sayn.] Alban,
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& seint Iue & seint Aroon.
Þo were in ware at [in Wales in Kaerlion.] Kerlyon,
Þe byschop wyþ alle þe clergie
Þat leued in Iesu or [or in.] Marie,
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Alle þey slowe þat þey fond,
fful fewe ascaped fro þer hond; [bot if any ascapid þe lond.]
So fele were neuere slayn in stour
Of corseyntz [corsayntes.] vnder emperour.
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Þat ȝer þe date of Iesu wex,
¶ . Two hundred ȝer, four score & sex.