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¶ De sepultura Mangnatum Brytannie Mortuorum.
Kay, þat was wounded byforn,
Vntil þe castel [bastell.] was he born;
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he compassed or he ȝede.boþe þe length & þe brede.] He compassed hit in lengþe & brede Er he to þe bataille ȝede, [
he compassed or he ȝede.boþe þe length & þe brede.] & gaf hit name, & cald hit Chymoun; [Chinnun.] . I ne wot why, ne what resoun. Line 14,008 Sire Kay liuede nought but a stounde, He hadde so manye dedly wounde; Þey byried hym at an heremitage Bysyde Chymoun, [Chinnun.] at a passage. Line 14,012 At Bayouse [Bayon.] in Normandie Þey seide sire Beduer schulde þere lye; Þey biried hym at a kyrke name-couþ, Wyþoute þe ȝate toward þe souþ. Line 14,016 To fflaundres þei bere þe erl Holdyn, In Tyrewane [Terruane. (Chaverne, MS. du Roi, 27; Teruanes, MS. du Roi, 73, Cangé: Wace, ii. 218, l. 13,414.)] þei biried hym in; Sire Liger was boren to Boloigne. & Arthur lefte in Burgoyne, Line 14,020 Al þe wynter he dwelled þer-inne, & tounes dide he manie bygynne; In somer he þoughte to Rome haue gon, . Ȝyf he ne hadde lettyng of non. Line 14,024