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

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Layamon's Brut (British Museum Ms. Cotton Caligula A.IX)
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Layamon, fl.1200
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London ; New York: Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press
1963-1978
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Lines 3801 through 3900

Þe king næm enne marmestan. & lette hine mid golde bi-gon; Line 3801 mid golde and mid ȝimme. his broðer he leide þer-inne; Line 3802 mid riche-dome þa Bruttes. Nennium bi-burden; Line 3803 Nu þu miht iheren sulke[ð] word þe king nom þat ilke sweorde. Line 3804 þat Nennius his broðer biwan; of Iulius Cesare. Line 3805 and læide hit bi his broðer; þat hit his bone weore. Line 3806 Wæs þe stelene brond; swiðe brad & swiðe long. Line 3807 þer-on weoren igrauen; feole cunne boc-stauen. Line 3808 æ ðere hilte wes igrauen; Line 3809 þat þa sweord wes i-cleoped. inne Rome Crocia Mors; Line 3810 swa þat sweord hæhte. for hit hauede muchele mahte; Line 3811 Þer-mide þe keisere. þrætede ælches londes here; Line 3812 for nas næuere þe ilke bern. þe auere i-boren weoren; Line 3813 þat of þen ilke sweorde. enne swipe hefde; Line 3814 þat he of his likame. lette ænne drope blod; Line 3815 þat he nes sone dæd. neore he noht swa dohti; Line 3816 Iulius mid his ferde. læi inne Flandre; Line 3817 Þat word com to France. heou he iuaren hæfde; Line 3818 & hu he wæs mid his færde; i-flæmde of þissen earde. Line 3819 Þa weoren þa Frensce men; þer-fore swi((þe)) uæine. Line 3820 for toward Iulius heo hæfden grome. & for þi weoren fæin of his scome; Line 3821 Ælc Frensc-mon þe wes aht. hæfð hine selfne bi-þoht; Line 3822 and seide to his iuere. Ne wurðe he nauere isæle; Line 3823 þe nu and auere-mare. buȝe [to] Cesare; Line 3824 þe Bruttes habbeð ouer-cumen. & of heore londe idriuen; Line 3825 Nulle we him nauere hæren. ne hælde for ure hærre; Line 3826 a[c] wih him we scullen. ure freo-scipe. mid fehte bi-tellen; Line 3827 for ne sunde we na bliðere. þenne beoð þa Bruttes; Line 3828 þe hine habbeoð ut idriuen. & his cnihtes ((i))slæȝen; Line 3829 Þis ihærden segge Iulius. þat þa Frenscen speken þus; Line 3830 & þat heo speken of þrætte. & of prute ibeote; Line 3831 He wende into France. mid muchelen his ferde; Line 3832 alse heo noht ne cuðe. þat heo him vuel walden; Line 3833 & sende ȝeond al France. æfter his freo monnen; Line 3834

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Line 3834 þat heo comen him to. alswa heo sculden to heore herre don; Line 3835 Alle heo comen him ((to)). & alle hine custen; Line 3836 & alle hine grætten. & heore grame dærnden; Line 3837 Iulius wes swiðe wis. and war on his þonke; Line 3838 he lette bringen muchel gold. and gærsume store; Line 3839 ærst he ȝæf. þæn hæhste. þe eoden him næxte; Line 3840 ȝefuen swiðe riche. of ræden his golde; Line 3841 auerelcne cnihte; he ȝef ȝeoue brihte. Line 3842 mid þere ȝeue he heom ouer-com; þat wes þa þat bezste iwan. Line 3843 & freoliche him bi-hæhte; habben þat heo scolden. Line 3844 Þa weoren heo his freond; þe ær weoren his fulle fon. Line 3845 Whær is þe ilke mon; þat me ne mæi mid mede ouer-gan. Line 3846 þurh þa luue of þan feo; feond-scipe aleggen. Line 3847 makien feolle ifreond; þæh heo weoren i-uæiede. Line 3848 Nu spac Iulius Cesar; he wes wis and swiðe iwar. Line 3849 I-hereð mine Frensce men; mine freo cnihtes. Line 3850 Ich wulle sende to Rome; to mine monnen wel idone. Line 3851 þat heo me sende forð-rihtes; fif hundred cnihtes. Line 3852 for ȝet ich wulle wenden; in-to Brut-londe. Line 3853 & ȝe me scullen uæren mid; mid muchelere strengðe. Line 3854 & þat lond ich wulle biwinnen; & þa bet eow scel iwurðen. Line 3855 for eowre muchele wurð-scipe; weole ȝe scullen habben, Line 3856 Alle eowre flemede men; mid mire freondscipen cumen aȝæn; Line 3857 for ȝifuen ich wulle witen. & þe wræcchen makien richen; Line 3858 freo ȝe scullen iwurðen; & mine freond-scipe habben. Line 3859 Þa answare[de] þat hired; mid hæhȝere stefne. Line 3860 Mid þe we wulleð libben; & mid þe we wulleð liggen. Line 3861 and wurð-scipe þe bi-winnen; mid strengðe and mid ginnen. Line 3862 & mid þe we wulleð buȝen; mid baldere strengðe. Line 3863 ouer sæ to Brutlonde; to Cassibellaune þa kinge. Line 3864 & wið him we scullen fihten; & wærken þine cnihtes. Line 3865 & iwinnen al þat lond; and setten hit in þire hond. Line 3866 & þer moste mare to; ær þis weoren al i-don. Line 3867 for al heo weoren særi; ær hit soð weore. Line 3868 Þa Cesar hæfde þis idon; & his gærsume idæle[d]. Line 3869 & æc hæfde freond-scipe; mid his feo biwunnen. Line 3870 þa ferde he into Buluine; þer him bezst þuðte. Line 3871 He hehte wurchen ane tur; wunderliche fæier. Line 3872 þe tur wes muchel and hæh; & þere sæ heo stod wel neh. Line 3873

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Line 3873 Þe kæisere hire ȝæf nome; & Oðeres heo cleopede. Line 3874 in þare tur stronge; kæisere wunede longe. Line 3875 þreottene monðes; wunede Iulius in Oðeres. Line 3876 and þider he lette al cumen; gold and his gærsume. Line 3877 Næs næuere na tur; þe swa weore itimbred. Line 3878 mid crafte swa gode; swa þa tur of Oð[er]es. Line 3879 Þer mihten sitten in þon grunde; cnihtes sixti hundred. Line 3880 & þa turres cop mi[h]te w[reo]n a cniht mid his capen. Line 3881 Þa þe tur wes al ȝaru; þa hæfde Cesar þe lasse kare. Line 3882 in-to France he wende; & sette his wike. Line 3883 ȝeond al he sette reuwen; stronge & hæȝen. Line 3884 þ[e] fengen þa lond-gauel; & mid þan feo sculden faren. Line 3885 æuer-alcne ȝere; to Oðres þeon ture. Line 3886 Þa lette he wurchen wunderliche muchele; Line 3887 six hundred scipen. & sette heo to hauene; Line 3888 Þa þat wærc wes i-don. & al þat þer bihouede to; Line 3889 þa seide þe keisere. þat to Brut-londe he wolde faren; Line 3890 forð bi his ((qui))ke liue. nalde he heom swa bi-læuen; Line 3891 Six hundred scipe gode. he fusde i sæ-flode; Line 3892 & nuste na mon þat itel. of þan scipen þat seileden after; Line 3893 & forð-riht heo wenden. in-to þere Temese; Line 3894 Nu þohte Iulius Cezar. ah þer he wes to vn-war; Line 3895 he þohte swa forð teon. æfter þere Temese; Line 3896 rouwen swa longe. þat he come to Londen; Line 3897 & þær heo wolden up faren. & fehten wið Bruttes; Line 3898 & iwinnen al þis lond. to his aȝere hond; Line 3899 Ah nas hit noht swa iloten. for lettinge com on ueste; Line 3900
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