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 May 13, 2025.

Pages

¶ Elydourus Rex.

                  
                    Þenne corouned þey sire Elydour,
                  
                    Man of pite & of socour.
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                    Argail, þat was dryuen out,
                  
                    He ȝede to prynces ouer al about
                  
                    ffor help to haue his regne ageyn;
                  
                    Bot his trauaille was al in veyn,
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                    Non wolde helpe restore his perd;
                  
                    Þen lyued he ffyue ȝer in pouert.
                  
                    Sone afte[r] þe ffyue ȝeres ende,
                  
                    Elydour þorow a wode schold wende,
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                    ffor to pleye by o ryuer;
                  
                    Þat wode, men caldit Calduter. [kalamiter. Galatère, Wace, l. 3570, where Brenne fought Belin, p. 107, l. 3025 above.]  [Petyt folio 23b:2]

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                    Argail þer sire Elydour mette;
                  
                    On knes sire Elydour he grette,
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                    & asked hym grace & mercy;
                  
                    & he hym graunted al redy;
                  
                    On hym he hadde gret pyte,
                  
                    Þat in pouerte schold hym se.
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                    His armes abute his nekke he kast,
                  
                    His grete pouerte he pleyned fast;
                  
                    Whan he had longe ment his mone,
                  
                    Tyl Aclud þey wente ilkone;
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                    In his chaumbre he dide hym be,
                  
                    Þat non hym wiste bot in pryuete.
                  
                    Hereþ now of sire Elydour,
                  
                    How he dide his broþer gret honur.
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The story of England

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¶ Elydourus Rex.

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