Layamon's Brut (British Museum Ms. Cotton Caligula A.IX)

Lines 10801 through 10900

Arður wes forð iwende in-to Scotlonden; Line 10801 for Howel lai inne Clud; faste biclused. Line 10802 Hafden Scottes hine bi-læien; mid luðere heore craften. Line 10803 and ȝif Ar[ð]ur neore þe ra[ð]er icumen; þenne weoren Houwel inumen. Line 10804 and al his folc þer islaȝen; and idon of lif daȝen. Line 10805 Ah Arður com sone; mid selere strengðe. Line 10806 and Scottes to fleonne; feor of þan ærde. Line 10807 in-to Muræine; mid mucle mon-weorede. Line 10808 And Cador com to Scotlonde; þer he Arður ifunde. Line 10809 Arður and Cador; into Clud ferden; Line 10810 & funden þer Howel; mid hahȝere blisse an sel. Line 10811 of his seo((c))nesse isund wes iwurðen. Line 10812 muchel wes þa blisse; þæ þa wes in burȝe. Line 10813 Scottes weoren inne Mureine; and þer þeohten wunien. Line 10814 & mid bolde heore worden; heore beot makeden. Line 10815 and sæiden þat heo wolden; þa riche walden; Line 10816 and Arður þer abiden; mid baldere strenðe; Line 10817 for ne durste nauere Arður; for his life come þer. Line 10818 Þa iherde Ar[ð]ur; ærhðen bi-dæle[d]. Line 10819 whæt Scottes hafden isæid; mid heore hux-worden. Line 10820 þa sæide Arður; aðelest kingen. Line 10821 Whær ært þu Howel; hæhst of mine ((cunne)). Line 10822 and Cador þe kene ut of Cornwa((i))le. Line 10823 Leteð blæwen bemen; & bonnien ure ferden. Line 10824 & to þere mid-nihte; we sculleð faren forð-riht. Line 10825 toward Mureine; ure mon-((scipe)) to bi-tellen. Line 10826 Ȝif hit wule Drihte; þe scop þæs daȝes lihten. Line 10827 we heom sculle tellen; sorh-fulle spelles. Line 10828 heore ȝælp fellen; & heom-seolue a-quellen. Line 10829 To þere mid-nihte; Arður aras forð-riht. Line 10830 hornes me gon blawen; mid hahȝere stafnen. Line 10831 cnihtes gunnen arisen; and ræhȝe word speken; Line 10832 Mid muche mon-weorede; in-to Mureine. Line 10833

Line 10833 forð gunnen wræsten; þreottene þusend. Line 10834 a feormeste flocke; feondliche kene men. Line 10835 Seoððen com Cador; þe eorl of Cornwæille. Line 10836 mid seouentene þusen; selere þeinen. Line 10837 Seoððen com Heowel; mid his kemp%pen swiðe wel. Line 10838 mid an and twenti þusen; mid aðelere kempen. Line 10839 Seoððen com Arður; aðelest kingen. Line 10840 mid seouen & twenti þusend; siȝen heom after-ward. Line 10841 sceldes þer cliseden; lihten hit gon dæȝen. Line 10842 Þat word com to Scotten; þær þar heo wuneden. Line 10843 hu Ar[ð]ur þe king; com touward heore londe. Line 10844 feond-liche swiðe; mid vnimete folke. Line 10845 Þa weoren ærhest; þat ær weoren baldest. Line 10846 and gunnen to fleonnen; feondliche swiðe. Line 10847 into þan watere; þer wunderes beoð inoȝe. Line 10848 Þat is a seolcuð mere; iset a middel-ærde. Line 10849 mid fenne & mid ræode; mid watere swiðe bræde. Line 10850 mid fiscen & mid feoȝelen; mid uniuele þingen. Line 10851 Þat water is unimete; brade nikeres þer ba[ð]ieð inne. Line 10852 þer is æluene ploȝe; in atteliche pole. Line 10853 Sixti æit-londes; beo[ð] i þan watere longe. Line 10854 in ælc of þan æit-londe; is a clude hæh and strong. Line 10855 þer næstieð arnes; & oðere græte uoȝeles. Line 10856 Þe ærnes habbeoð ane laȝe; bi æuer-ælches kinges dahȝen. Line 10857 whænne-swa æi ferde; fundeð to þan ærde. Line 10858 þeonne fleoð þa fuȝeles; feor i þan lufte. Line 10859 moni hundred þusen; & muchel feoht makieð. Line 10860 Þenne is þat folc buten wene; þat reouðe heom is to cumene. Line 10861 of summes cunnes leoden; þe þat lond wulleð i-sechen. Line 10862 Tweien dæȝes oðer þreo; þus scal þis taken heo. Line 10863 ær unkuðe men; to þan londe liðen. Line 10864 Ȝet þer is sellic; to suggen of þan watere. Line 10865 þer walleð of þan mæren; a moniare siden. Line 10866 of dalen & of dunen; & of bæc%chen deopen. Line 10867 sixti wateres; alle þer isomned Line 10868 swa neuere ut of þan mære; na man no uindeð. Line 10869 þat þer ut wenden; buten an an ænde. Line 10870 an imet-liche broc; þe of þan mere ualleð. Line 10871

Line 10871 & swiðe isemeliche; in-to sæ wendeð. Line 10872 Þa Scottes weoren to-deled; mid muclen vni-selen. Line 10873 ȝeond þa monie munten; þa i þan watere weoren. Line 10874 Arður biseohte scipen; & gon heom to wenden. Line 10875 & sloh þer vniuoȝe; moni and inoȝe. Line 10876 & ((moni)) þusend þer wes dæd; for heom trukede ælc bræd. Line 10877 Arður þe aðele was an æst side; Line 10878 Howel þe sele; wes a suð hal[u]e. Line 10879 & Cador þe kene; bi norðen heom biwusten. Line 10880 and his smale uolc; he setten alle bi weste. siden. Line 10881 Þa weoren Scottes; ihalden for sottes. Line 10882 þer heo leien; ȝeond þa cliues faste bi-cluse[d]; Line 10883 þer weoren sixti þusend; mid sorreȝe for-farene. Line 10884 Þa wes Irlondes king; icume in-to hafene. Line 10885 twalf milen from Arðure; þer he lai mid ferde. Line 10886 Scotten to hælpen; Howel to for-farene. Line 10887 Þ[is] iherden Arður; aðelest kinge; Line 10888 & nom his ane ferde. & þider-ward fusden; Line 10889 & funde þene king Gillomar; þe icumen wes to londe þar. Line 10890 Arður him faht wið; & nolde him ȝiuen na grið. Line 10891 and feolde Irisce men; feond-liche to gru[n]den. Line 10892 And Gillomar mid twalf scipen; teh from þan londe. Line 10893 & ferde to Irlonde; mid harme swiðe stronge. Line 10894 And Arður a þan londe; sloh al þat he uunde. Line 10895 and seoððen he wende to þan mere; þer he his mæi lette. Line 10896 Howel þene hende; hahst of Brutlonde. Line 10897 wið-uten Arðure; aðelest kingen. Line 10898 Arður Howel uunde; þer he wes bi hauene. Line 10899 bi þan mere brade; þer he abiden hafde. Line 10900