The story of England

                                    
                                      " Hit haþ be longe [it has bien long.]  manaced & þret,
                                    
                                      " But so ney to-gydere were we nere [& now so nere togider ere.]  set;
                                    
                                      " Schame hit were þat eyþer ȝede
                                    
                                      " Wiþouten bataille or vaillaunte [manly.]  dede.
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                                      " ȝyf so bitide ȝe [þat.]  hit bygynne,
                                    
                                      " ȝyt schul Bretons prowesse wynne;
                                    
                                      " Þer-to algate dos ȝour trauail, [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                    
                                      . " & þat we may, we wil ȝow vaille." [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                      Line 12,580 
                                    
                                      Þen seide Wawayn, "in alle manere
                                    
                                      " Of vs schul ȝe som tyding here;
                                    
                                      " & ȝyf ȝe se þat we ought dwelle,
                                    
                                      . " Tydyng þer-of men schal telle."
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                                      ¶ Þe messegers passed a mountayne,
                                    
                                      & þenne a wode, & syþen a playne;
                                    
                                      ffro [of.]  [Petyt folio 74a:1]  þat playne a partye helded,
                                    
                                      & þer-on were þe Romayns telded;
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                                      fful semly wyþouten bost
                                    
                                      Þey come rydyng al [ridand.]  þorow þe host.
                                    
                                      þe Romains on ilka side aboute,
                                    
                                      Of þer tentes comen [þei com.]  oute
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                                      Þo messegers to byholde,
                                    
                                      Þat semed noble bodies [men.]  & bolde.
                                    
                                      Þey asked what tydynges þey brought,
                                    
                                      Or þider for þe pes þey sought:
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                                      Wyþ non þey stode, ne tales helde,
                                    
                                      Tyl þey come to þe Emperours telde.
                                    
                                      When þey were at his pauyloun,
                                    
                                      Þere-byfore þey lyghte alle doun,
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                                      & bitok þeir hors [Bitauht þer hors.]  þeir pages,
                                    
                                      To stande right stille at certeyn stages.

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Title: The story of England
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 440
Publication: London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]; 1887.
Subject terms: Great Britain -- History

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Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
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