The story of England

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Title

Author

Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.

Publication

London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]

1887.

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Great Britain -- History

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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 21, 2025.

Pages

¶ De captiuitate Brytannie.

                  
                    Melga Guaneys [Melga Guanis. (Ganis et Ma|gan, Wace.)]  herde wel how
                  
                    Þat þe poraille [poueraile. (vilain, Wace, l. 6281.)]  Gracian slow;
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                    ffro Irlond þey come, ful [& were.]  fayn
                  
                    Þat sire Gracian was so slayn;
                  
                    Þey gadered alle þe outlandeys
                  
                    Of Norwey men, wyþ þe Daneys,
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                    & [of.]  þe Scottes wyþ men of Irland,
                  
                    & ouer-sette alle Northumberlande;
                  
                    Þey passed Humber, pylede [robbed.]  & brent.
                  
                    Þen sawe þe Bretons þer lond al schent,
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                     [P. puts here, for the next line,
& þer folk so schamly deie.] . & þey hadde no myght to stoppe þer weye, [myght stop weie.] 
                  
                    ffor nought þat þey couþe don or seye;
                  
                    No þrowe in pes ne myghte þey reste;
                  
                    Þer-opon þey conseilled what was þe beste.
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