Was noman wyþ-seyde hym o [no man þat said him.] nay;
Þey seye hit was þe monkes [sawe it was þe mokes [so in MS.].] pay.
Line 7088
To somone þe folk anon þey bed; [non ne beed.]
Bot þerchebischop þat tyme was ded [P. adds (wrongly) line 7086 again:— with him to London Constant he led.]
Þat felle to make þe corounement;
Þer-to non oþer durste consent;
Line 7092
Bot fforteger þe coroune forþ fet,
And on Constantes heued hit set;
5[was þer non oþer benyson,
bot Vortiger set on þe croun,]5 [5-5These two lines are from the Petyt MS., representing lines 6677-8 of Wace, i. 308.]
Line 7096
& Constant þe coroune tok,
& ordre & habite al forsok;
Þus to worschipe gan he lende,
Wiþ schame he parted [schame departid.] at his ende.
Line 7100
¶ Hic ffortygernus traditor factus est custos Regny sub Monacho Rege.
Þenne ffortyger hadde alle þe maystrie, [Lambeth folio 31a:2]
Þe kyng at wille, & þe marchalsye; [marchaucie. (senescaucie, Wace, i. 308, l. 6695.)]
Al to-gedere þe kyng he ledde,
& al he dide þat he hym redde;
Line 7104
Þe kyng dide al as fforteger wylde,
& al his conseil he fulfylde.
He saw þe kyng couþe no god,
Ne kynde skile nought vnderstod;
Line 7108
8[on clostire skill couth he maste,
& his breþer with þe leste.]8 [8-8These two lines are from P., leaf 42 back, column 2, and represent Wace's lines 6701-2, vol. i. p. 309.] [Petyt folio 42b:2]
He sey þe force of þe barons falle,
