The story of England

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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 20, 2025.

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¶ Rex irascatur versus Androcheum nepotem suum.

                  
                    When þe kyng herde his answere,
                  
                    He swor he scholde [suld.]  on hym were;
                  
                    & þat he had, he scholde [suld.]  hym reue,
                  
                    Heritage ne nought, hym byleue;
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                    & Huwelyn schold [suld.]  he slo,
                  
                    ffor þat outrage þat [he] had do. [for Ireglas suld he go.] 
                  
                    On þis manere parted [departed.]  þer feste;
                  
                    Wiþ loue bygan, endede wiþ cheste.
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                    Cassibolan was Androcheus eem,
                  
                    Luddes broþer of þat teem.
                  
                    7Androcheus was Luddesone, & Temnace,
                  
                    As y forn telde in oþer place.7 [7-7
Androche & Tenuacelud sons boþe .I. told or space.] 
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                    Whan Lud deyde, þey ne couþe
                  
                    Kepe þe lond for þer [for ouer.]  ȝouþe;
                  
                    Cassibolan þerfore vndertok
                  
                    Þe lond, & hem to kepe & lok;
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                    & þorow þe wroþe of þis þynge
                  
                    Made [Makis.]  Androche a chalangyng.
                  
                    Now ilka day Cassibolan fandes [fondes . . . . . londes.] 
                  
                    To brenne & struye [brenne.]  Androcheus landes.

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