The Brut, or The chronicles of England. Edited from Ms. Raw. B171, Bodleian Library, &c., by Friedrich W. D. Brie, with introduction, notes, and glossary ...

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The Brut, or The chronicles of England. Edited from Ms. Raw. B171, Bodleian Library, &c., by Friedrich W. D. Brie, with introduction, notes, and glossary ...
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited,
1906-08.
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"The Brut, or The chronicles of England. Edited from Ms. Raw. B171, Bodleian Library, &c., by Friedrich W. D. Brie, with introduction, notes, and glossary ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/APG1531. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2025.

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Of þe ferst specialte þat God shewede for seynt Edwardes loue by his lif. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ xxv[j]to.

[MS Rawlinson B 171 71a] HIt bifelle oppon a day as he went fram þe che[rch] of Westmynstre, & hade herde masse of seynt Iohan Euaungelist, for-asmiche as he louede seynt Iohan Euaungelist

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most specialy after God and oure lady, þan he dede eny oþer seynt. ¶ And so þere come to him a pilgrime, & praede him, for þe loue of God & of seynt Iohan Euaungelist, some god him forto ȝeue. And þe Kyng priuely toke þe ryng of his fenger, priuely þat no man perceyuede hit, & ȝaf it þe pilgrime; & he it vnderfonge, & went þens. þis goode Kyng Edward made alle þe gode lawes of Engeland þat ȝitte beþ most holden, & was so mercyable & ful of pite þat no man myȝt bene more.

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