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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Subject terms

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.

Pages

¶ De gratitudine Androchii.

                  
                    " Bot wel am y now venged on hym;
                  
                    " Þat now ys meke, þat er was grym.
                    Line 5208 
                  
                    " Now, siþen þat he bisekeþ [sekes.]  me
                  
                    " On hym to haue mercy & pite;
                  
                    " & y schal certes, ȝif y may spede,
                  
                    " Help hym now in his gret nede.
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                    " I may nought elles for no þyng;
                  
                    " He ys myn eem, my lord, my kyng/;
                  
                    " I ne may nought faille hym, ne y ne wil!
                  
                    " Syn he hym mekeþ, y wol [He mekes him .I. will.]  [Petyt folio 31b:2]  do skil:
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                    " I am venged on hym y-now;
                  
                    " Now wol y fonde to don his prow."