¶ Brutus Grenescheld Rex.
¶ Brutus Grenescheld, his [þe.] eldeste sone,
In þys lond he lefte to wone;
Twelue wynter he regnede here
Al in þes & gode manere. [Rex leylus.]
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¶ He hadde a sone þat hyghte Leyl,
He made a toun wiþ his conseil:
Caerlel hit hatte, as men hit seye.
Bot Leyl ageyn þat he schold deye,
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Preyed faste in his elde,
ffor his lond he mought nought [& his lond couth not.] welde.
Ilkon on oþer werre sought;
ffor doute of hym left þey ryght nought,
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Ne he couþe be no [couth no bettir.] [Petyt folio 14a:2] iustyser:
He regned fyue & twenty ȝer.