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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 19, 2025.

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¶ De consilio Sapientum Ciuitatis.

Þe wyseste men of þat cite Conseilled hem how best [if better.] myght be. Mykel þey dredde þer god to tyne, & slaughtre of þe folk, þe [&.] pyne; 5532 Þey saide, "þe pes were better to haue, " Our toun & oure godes to saue,

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" þen for to lyue in werre & stryf, " & lese oure godes, & tyne our lyf." 5536 Þey toke a man of honour, & sent hym to þe Emperour, To wite at hym wheþer þat he ches To haue þe werre oþer þe pees. 5540 Þenperour seide, als he þought, " Werre to haue wylny [wild .I.] [Petyt folio 33b:1] nought, " Ne y ne ȝerne nought of ȝoure, " Bot þat Rome haue his honoure; 5544 " 2Ne y ne wilne wyþ no man fight, " So þat Rome mot haue his right."2 [2-2P. omits these lines.] Þey graunted alle at his auis, [Lambeth folio 24b:1] And sworen þe pees in boþe partys. 5548
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