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An preost wes on leoden; Laȝamon wes ihoten.
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he wes Leouenaðes sone; liðe him beo Drihten.
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He wonede at Ernleȝe; at æðelen are chirechen.
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vppen Seuarne staþe; sel þar him þuhte.
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on-fest Radestone; þer he bock radde.
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Hit com him on mode; & on his mern þonke.
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þet he wolde of Engle; þa æðelæn tellen.
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wat heo ihoten weoren; & wonene heo comen.
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þa Englene londe; ærest ahten.
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æfter þan flode; þe from Drihtene com.
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þe al her a-quelde; quic þat he funde.
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buten Noe.& Sem; Iaphet & Cham.
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& heore four wiues; þe mid heom weren on archen.
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Laȝamon gon liðen; wide ȝond þas leode.
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& bi-won þa æðela boc; þa he to bisne nom.
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He nom þa Englisca boc; þa makede Seint Beda.
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An-oþer he nom on Latin; þe makede Seinte Albin.
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& þe feire Austin; pe fulluht broute hider in.
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Boc he nom þe þridde; leide þer amidden.
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þa makede a Frenchis clerc;
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Wace wes ihoten; þe wel couþe writen.
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& he hoe ȝef þare æðelen; Ælienor
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þe wes Henries quene; þes heȝes kinges.
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Laȝamon leide þeos boc; & þa leaf wende.
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he heom leofliche bi-heold. liþe him beo Drihten.
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Feþeren he nom mid fingren; & fiede on boc-felle.
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& þa soþere word; sette to-gadere.
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& þa þre boc; þrumde to are.
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Nu bidde[ð] Laȝamon alcne æðele mon;
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for þene almiten Godd.
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þet þeos boc rede; & leornia þeos runan.
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for his fader saule; þa hine for[ð] brouhte.
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& for his moder saule; þa hine to monne iber.
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& for his awene saule; þat hire þe selre beo. Amen.
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Nv seið mid loft-songe þe wes on leoden preost.
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al swa þe boc spekeð; þe he to bisne inom.
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þa Grickes hefden Troye; mid teone bi-wonen.
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& þat lond iwest; & þa leoden of-slawen.
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& for þe wrake-dome; of Menelaus quene.
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Elene was ihoten. alðeodisc wif.
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þa Paris Alixandre; mid pret-wrenche. bi-won.
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for hire weoren on ane daȝe; hund þousunt deade.
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Vt of þan fehte; þe was feondliche stor.
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Eneas þe duc; mid erm[ð]en at-wond.
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Nefede he boten anne sune; þe was mid him isund.
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Asscanius was ihoten; nefede he bern no ma.
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& þes duc mid his drihte; to þare sæ him droh.
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of kunne & of folke; þe fulede þan duke.
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of monne & of ahte. þe he to þare sæ brouhte.
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& tuenti gode scipen. he guðliche fulde.
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& þa scipen foren wide; ȝeon þare wintrede sæ.
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mid wolcnen & mid wedere; heo þoleden wen-siðes.
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ant mid muchelure care; heo to londe bicomen.
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On Italiȝe heo comen to londe; þar Rome nou on stondeð.
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fele ȝer under sunnan; nas ȝet Rome bi-wonnen.
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& heuede Eneas þe duc; mid his driht-folcke.
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widen iwalken. ȝend þat wide water.
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moni lond umbe-rowen; redes him trokeden.
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On Italiȝe he com on lond; þat him was iqueme.
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A þon londe he fund mete; & he hine mid monscipe biwon.
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& mid golde and mid gersume; & he griðliche spac.
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I þere Tyure he eode alond; þer þa sea wasceð þat sond.
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ful neh þan ilke stude; þar Rome nou stondeð.
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Þe king was ihoten Latin; þe on þan londe wes.
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hey wes and riche; & he wes redesful.
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mid wintre he wes bi-weaued. swo hit wolde Godd.
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Þar com Eneas; & grette þen alde king.
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& he hine feire on-feng; mid allen his folke.
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Muche lond he him ȝef; & mare him biheyte.
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an-long þare sea;eacute; siden & widen.
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Þe king heuede ane douter; þe him was swiþe deore.
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Eneam he heo biheyte; to habben to wife.
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& after his daye; al his drihliche lond.
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for he nefde nenne sune; þe sarure was his heorte.
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Þat maiden wes ihoten Lauine; seþen heo wes leodena quene.
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feier wes þe wimmon; & wunsum hire monnen.
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Ah Turnus was ihoten þat wes of Tuskanne duc;
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þet lufede þet maiden; & hire monscipe bed.
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þat he heo wolde habben; to heiȝen are quene.
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Þa com þat word to him; þat was widene cuð.
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þat þe king Latin; ȝef Lauine his douter.
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Eneam to are brude; for heo wes his deore bearn;
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Þa wes Turnus sari; & soruful on his mode.
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for he heo heuede swiþe ilofe[d]; & luf-þing hire biheite.
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Weorre makede Turnus; mid teonen he wes idrefe[d].
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wið Eneam he nom an feiht; þat wes feondliche strong.
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hond wið honde; fuhten þa heȝe men.
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Teone wes on compe; þar Turnus feol.
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mid mechen to-heawen; his monscipe wes þe lasse.
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Eneas nom Lauine; leofliche to wife.
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he wes king & heo quen; & kine-lond heo welden.
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inne griðe & inne friðe; & freoliche loueden.
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Seoþen Eneas Lauine heuede inomen; & þa leodene bi-wnnen.
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he makede enne stronge castel; mid starke ston walle.
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Lauine hehte his leuemon; þene castel he clepede Lauinion.
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þat wes for hire worðscipe; wel þat he hire uþe.
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Feour winter he heuede þat wif; mid wrðscipe to welden.
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after þa feourðe ȝere he was dead; his freonden hit of-þuhten.
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