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 23, 2025.

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¶ Exe Sacrificium.

¶ Þys feste day þat was so hey, Were offred ffifty [was of fourti. (quarante mil, Wace, i. 209, l. 4431.)] þousand ky, Line 4732 &, þer-to, þre [þer þritti (trente-millers, Wace.)] þousand hyndes, Wylde walkande by wode lyndes; & an hundred þousand schep; Þe noumbre of [tale af.] foules gaf noman kep, Line 4736 So fele þer were, myght non þem [no man.] ame, What of wilde, what of tame. When don was þat sacrefyse, & feste holde in þer beste wyse, [P. leaves out this line.] Line 4740 Mynstrals bygon to blowe [glewe.] [Petyt folio 29a:1] & ryme, Als þer custume was þat tyme; Knyghtes, squiers, made bourdys, & hem desgysede in pourpre [in þer quantise of purpure.] & bys; Line 4744 & oþer bachelers skirmede faste, Wrastlede, lepen, [wristled skipped.] stones caste; In feld, in toun, in [at.] ilka weye, Ilkon pleide þat he couþe pleye. Line 4748 When þey hadde alle pleyd at wille, & schold haue ended, & [& suld haf.] ben al stille, Two wolde skyrmen, as fel þe [skirme þat com of.] cas, Sire Huwelyn & Irelgas. [hereglas (Ireglas in rubric and next line).] Line 4752
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