The story of England

                                
                                  Com Octauus, an erl of Walys,
                                
                                  & sesed þys lond, boþe dounes & dales.
                                
                                  Þy[s] erl of Walys [þis Octauus.]  was man of myght,
                                
                                  In Bretayne he cleymed ryght;
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                                  Wardeyns & schirreues he slow,
                                
                                  Baillifs, bedeles, dide schame ynow.
                                
                                  Bot Constantyn to Rome was went,
                                
                                  Til gretter nedes he gaf his tent;
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                                  He ne myghte þenne on none wyse
                                
                                  Hyder come to make iustise;
                                
                                  He sende [sent.]  [Petyt folio 37b:2]  hider sire Traherne,
                                
                                  Þe lond to kepe & to gouerne.
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                                  Two legions wiþ hym he ladde, [P. omits these lines.] 
                                
                                  Toward Bretayne þey hem spedde; [P. omits these lines.] 
                                
                                  At an hauen þat þey fond,
                                
                                  Sire Traherne tok þys [þe.]  lond.
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                                  To Wynchestre [Porcestre, Wace, l. 5866, who makes another march on Winches|ter, l. 5870. R. Brunne follows Geoffrey.]  wente þis [sir.]  Trahere,
                                
                                  Two dayes he soiourned þere,
                                
                                  & to hym he dide hem [to him þe toun he did.]  ȝelde;
                                
                                  By þer willes þey ne wolde;
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                                  Maugre þeires, þey ȝolde þe [ȝald þat.]  estre.
                                
                                  Syþen he ȝede [ȝode.]  to Wynchestre;
                                
                                  Sire Octauus wiþ many a scheld
                                
                                  Was byforn hym in þe feld,
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                                  & gaf til hym bataille stout.
                                
                                  Þe Romayns ofte perced þe rout; [Romeyns perced þorghoute.] 
                                
                                  Octauus grettere force hadde,
                                
                                  So þat þe Romayns route to-schadde, [alto schad.] 
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                                  & dide hem to þe hauene fle,
                                
                                  Vntil þer schipes on þe se.

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Title: The story of England
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 220
Publication: London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]; 1887.
Subject terms: Great Britain -- History

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