Die Kildare-gedichte; die ältesten mittelenglischen denkmäler in anglo-irischer überlieferung von Dr. W. Heuser ...

þe ȝere of his fadyre ys held .XXII., Of his fadire is comyng yn to Irland .XIII., Of the Erle [Ms. Erld?] is comyng .XIV., Of Robert Stevuenyson is comyng .XV., The yere of our lord is incarna|cioun .MCLXXXV. Robert Stevuenysson vas forman to þe erle and oppynet þe vay, þe Erle to [lies com (= cō)] to the kyng, The kyng to his son. And mych hit is to prayse hym þat fyrste cam into Irland so boldly þat all þing fulle endit and þe lordeschepe wan before all oþer. Men may vell vndirestond þat Englisch men hayth vary ryȝgthe onto Irland. And all þe princes of the land yald ham selffe onto þe kyng wit hare own gode vill, to be euermore sugetes to hym and to all his. Opon all þis þe pope of Rome þat is hed of all cristyndom, he [and that hath] hayth a speciale ryght to all Iles as vyde as þe worle. And [he yaf plenerly and] con|firmyt to þe kyng þe lordschepe of þe said land, as is tofor told. And of eldyre ryght we fyndith wrytt þat þe kynges of Englon hayth to Irland of Dermovnd [D Germon, R Gormon] Belynes son, kyng of Birtayn, þat is nov callit Englon, he cam yn to Irland and wane þe land and many yer bare hym truage, And oþeris after hym in to Byrtayn. þer after þe kyng Arture had tryvage [Ms. tryvag] oute of Irland, and Gylmory þe kyng þat was with oþer kynges of þe Ilandes was with hym at þe grett feste þat he held at Carllyovn. On oþer halfe þe folke of Irland cam formost oute of Bastiles and oute of Bayovne þat longyth nowe (to) [(to), im Ms. Klecks] Gas|quyne, Were of kynges of Englon ben lordis. And þis men may vndirestand, þat goyth [both] by olde ryght and by neve, þe kynges of Englon oȝt to hawe þe lordscheppe off Irland, and also þai ȝalde ham selfe to kyng Harry fiȝt emperis and by grett oȝis and ostagisse. And þe pope acursit þo þat were aganys the kyng. And þeȝe þay þroghe kynd [? Ms. kyne] falssenes and vnstabillnyse þat yn ham is þat [þat fehlt] lityll tell of oȝis and of worscheppe. And þai stand acurssit of þe pope fore the brekyn of hare fayth and hare oȝis. Thay ware nevire assolitt ne vnbownd of hare oȝis. Man may bynd hym selffe with such þynges, bot not so lyghtly hym selffe vnbyn. Et cetera. [so im Ms.]