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 ...

[MS Rawlinson B 171 1b] Of Kyng Madhan, how he regnede in pees al his lif, and of Menpris and of Manlyn his sones; and how Menpris slough Manlyn his broþer, and how wolfes drow him al to peces. ¶ Capitulo Sexto.

WHen Madhan hade regnede xxx^ti ȝere, he deide, and liþ [MS Rawlinson B 171 2a] at newe Troye, and he hade ij sones: þat on me callede Menpris, and þat oþere Manlyn; and þise ij breþerne, after here fadres deth, stryuen faste for þe lande; and Menpris, for enchesoun þat he was eldest, wolde haue hade al þat Londe; and Manlyn wolde nouȝt suffren him, so þat þai token a day of loue and of accorde; and at þis day Menpris lete quelle his broþer þrouȝ tresoun, and him-self afterward helde þe lande, and anone lete croune him kyng, and regnede, and after, he bicome so luþer a man þat he destroyede in a while alle þe men of his lande. ¶ and at þe last he bicome so wickede and so leccherous, þat he forsoke his owen wif, & vsede þe synne of Sodomye; wherfore almighty God was wroþ, and oppon him toke vengeance. ¶ ffor vppon a day, as he went in a wode in huntyng, he loste his folc, and went

allone vp and doun criyng after his men; and þere come wolfes, and alto-drowe him into pecis; and þo he hade regnede xxiiij ȝer. and when his peple wist þat he was dede, þai made ioye ynow, and anone made Ebrak his sone kyng; and he regnede with michil honour.