The story of England

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Title
The story of England
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.

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¶ De festo Vtery Regis.

When alle were comen þat schold or wylde, Innes taken, ne [&.] fulfilde, & at þe kirke þer seruise seyd, In halles & hales bordes leyd, Line 9280 Þe kyng was set, & serued of mees, & at þat oþer ende was a dees; Þer set þe barons of pris, Þe Erl of Cornewaille ageyn his vys; Line 9284 By hym sat Igerne his wyf, Of whas fairhede was speche ryf; In al þe reome, [regne.] so fair was non, Ne of swylk kynde, bot scheo al on. [ne of suilk was þer non.] Line 9288 Often þe kyng had herd hure preyse, Þat sche was fair, god, & curteyse; Mikel desired he hure to se. When he hure sey, [hir sawe.] more louede he; Line 9292 Þe sight of hure hym al to-blast; [all to brast.] His herte on hure ageyn he cast;
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