Þat he on þys half Moungow [mon Giu, Wace; Mons Jovis. See p. 116, note [or in.] .] fond,
Til he come vntil þys lond,
Al he destruyed, & broughte to schame,
Þat cristned were in Iesu name.
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Dioclisien, on his partie,
To Cristenmen dyde felonye;
Vnder hym & Maxymian
Þey slowe at Verolame [Written over an erasure.] seint [her was slayn sayn.] Alban,
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& seint Iue & seint Aroon.
Þo were in ware at [in Wales in Kaerlion.] Kerlyon,
Þe byschop wyþ alle þe clergie
Þat leued in Iesu or [or in.] Marie,
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Alle þey slowe þat þey fond,
fful fewe ascaped fro þer hond; [bot if any ascapid þe lond.]
So fele were neuere slayn in stour
Of corseyntz [corsayntes.] vnder emperour.
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Þat ȝer þe date of Iesu wex,
¶ . Two hundred ȝer, four score & sex.
¶ De Rege Coele, Patre Sancte Elene. [Lambeth folio 27a:1]
In Colchestre [Wace says 'Hoël . . . . . de Gloe|'cestre;' but R. Brunne is right by Geoffrey of Monmouth.] waster [was.] a lordyng,
Of wham þe toun hadde gynnynge;
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S[i]re Coel his name hight,
Of noble lynage, a man of myght;
He werreyed [wered.] [Petyt folio 37a:1] on Asclipedot,
ffor he had born hym as a sot,
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& suffred to mykel [suffred mykell.] Maximian,
Þat he þorow þe lond so ran,
