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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"Layamon's Brut (British Museum Ms. Cotton Caligula A.IX)." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/LayCal. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2025.

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& sette heo mid cnihten. þe gode weoren to fehten; Line 4801 and hæhte heo wite wel faste. & heoten heo Gloichestre; Line 4802 al for his sune luuen. þe leof him wes an heorten; Line 4803 þe seoð[ð]e biȝæt al Walisc lond. to his aȝere hond; Line 4804 and þerof he wes deme. & duc feole ȝere; Line 4805 Þis child me biwuste. inne Gloichæstre; Line 4806 & þa þeos þinges weoren idone. Claudius ferde to Rome; Line 4807 & ladde þes childes moder. for quene nauede he oðer; Line 4808 Þa Claudius com to Rome. tiðende him com sone; Line 4809 þat þer wes cumen liðende. into þere leode; Line 4810 an swiðe selcuð gume. of Antioge he wes icome; Line 4811 Petrus he wes ihaten. he dude þer feole teonen; Line 4812 he uerde ȝeond al þat lond. & turnde hit to Godes hond; Line 4813 Heonene wes iuaren Claudius. þis lond heold Aruiragus; Line 4814 & Genuis his quene. þe wifmon wel idone; Line 4815 þa isæh þisses ledes king. þat him ne derede naðing; Line 4816 þus he wunede here. mid blisse twenti ȝere; Line 4817 Vnder þan comen tiðende. to Aruiragus þan kinge; Line 4818 næs þer nan oðer ræd. bute Claudius inne Rome wes dæd; Line 4819 Wa wes þisse kinge. swa wes þere quene; Line 4820 swa wes alle þon bezsten. þe wuneden an Bruttene; Line 4821 An þan timen hit wes. þat Gloi wes swiðe god cniht; Line 4822 Þa þeo tiðende. weoren comen to londe; Line 4823 of Claudius þen kæisere. & hu hit wes al iuaren; Line 4824 þa seide þe king. Aruiragus. & wið his duȝeðe he spac þus; Line 4825 Swa ich auere ibiden are. nulle ich nauere-mare; Line 4826

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Line 4826 þurh nane dome. heren into Rome; Line 4827 næ nauere-mare heom senden. gauel of mine londe; Line 4828 Ah ȝif heo hider cumeð liðen. leoden to biwinnen; Line 4829 her heo sculeð ibiden. bitterest alre baluwen; Line 4830 næ biȝeten nan oðer god. buten here ȝeoten heore blod; Line 4831 scullen alle heore wif. widewen iwurðen; Line 4832 Þus seide þe king. þeh hit soð ((n))eore; Line 4833 þer he sæt mid his scenche. an his kine-benche; Line 4834 Ah al oðer hit iwarð. inne þan twam wintren; Line 4835 for þa Rom-leoden. sende to þissere þeoden; Line 4836 hæhte heom senden. here gauel of þissen londe; Line 4837 And þe king Aruiragus. wradliche heom answerede; Line 4838 hehten heom mucle eiȝe. ut of his æh-seone; Line 4839 fleon of þissen londe. ær heo fæiȝe iwurðen; Line 4840 forð heo iwenden, into Rom-londe; Line 4841 Þa wes i þon ȝere. Vaspasien kæisere; Line 4842 þes tiðende him wes læð. & her-fore he was wrað; Line 4843 He clupede to ræde. alle Rom-leode; Line 4844 & seide bi his liue. þat he wolde to Brutt-londe; Line 4845 bi-telen his irihten. þat Claudius ær ahte; Line 4846 & ȝif heo nolden gan an grið. he wolden fehten heom wið. Line 4847 and al Rom-leoden. þis him gon ræden; Line 4848 Vaspasien him forð wende. þat he com to France; Line 4849 þa ȝet hit wes al his aȝen. þat he isæh mid his aȝene; Line 4850 ladde he þere leodene king. þe hine for lauer[d] icneou; Line 4851 vorð mid ((im))-seoluen. touward þissen londen; Line 4852 To þere sæ he wende. scipen he þer funde; Line 4853 þat to-ȝenes him weoren ibonned. þe ȝet þe he wes i Rome; Line 4854 He ibad þes wederes. wind com on oueste; Line 4855 in he wende at Wit-sond. & æt Doure he þohte nimen lond; Line 4856 Aruiragus þer-of wes war. & atliche him biuore uerde; Line 4857 & draf hine ut mid stre[n]gðe. forð mid sæ-strame; Line 4858 Mid him hafde Vaspasien. swiðe gode sæ-men; Line 4859 s[t]rahten vt here lof. & leiden æfter vðen; Line 4860 forð bi sæ-side. seileden swiðe. Line 4861 An hiȝende ful sone; to Tottenas heo come. Line 4862 strahten scipen to þan londe; & eoden uppen stranden. Line 4863

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Line 4863 Heo nomen heore wepnen; & forð gunnen wenden. Line 4864 to-somnen heo riden uaste; þat heo comen to Æxechæstre. Line 4865 he wen[den] wel to bi-stelene; in-to þare burhȝe. Line 4866 Ah þet burh-folc wes war; & wel hine wusten. Line 4867 wel heo closden heore ȝeten; & ȝareweden heom to fehten. Line 4868 & þa burh bi-wusten; wel mid þan bezsten. Line 4869 Seouen daȝes fulle; Vaspasien mid his monnen. Line 4870 læiȝe at Exchæstre; & bilaie heom swiðe ueste. Line 4871 Þat iherde Aruiragus; þat he wes icume þus. Line 4872 he nom al þa ferde; of Brut-londes ærde. Line 4873 & sone he gon faren. in toward Cornwalen; Line 4874 in-to Ex-chæstre. þa burh wes þa fæstre; Line 4875 Aruiragus wes þer-innen. mid Bruttisce mennen; Line 4876 Vaspasien þer-vte. þa burh bi-læi abute; Line 4877 A-marȝen þa hit dæi wes. duren heo vntunden; Line 4878 cnihtes heom gereden. grundliche feire; Line 4879 blewen þa bemen. heornes gunnen dremen; Line 4880 heondleden scæftes. & gold-faȝe sceldes; Line 4881 riden ut to-some. ræȝe Brutes. Line 4882 þritti þusend; þe þræt wes þa mare. Line 4883 Þer-ute wes heom to-ȝæn; þe kæisere Uaspasien. Line 4884 to-gadere heo tuhten; & laðliche fuhten. Line 4885 hardeliche heuwen; helmes þer gullen. Line 4886 stercliche to-stopen; mid steles egge. Line 4887 Alle dæi þer ilæste; fæht mid þan mæste. Line 4888 a þet þat þustere niht; to-dælde heore muchele fiht. Line 4889 læien a ba halue; cnihtes to-heouwen. Line 4890 þær wes hærm mid þon meste; bi-uoren Ex-chæstre; Line 4891 Þat bi-heold þa quene. Genuis i-haten; Line 4892 særi wes hire heorte. mid hermen a-fulled; Line 4893 cleopede to hire lauerde. þe leof hire wes on heorte; Line 4894 to þon kinge Aruiragus. þæ quene spac wið him þus; Line 4895 Lauer[d] bi-þenc þe. Þine þeowes beoð gode; Line 4896 þu hauest mucle treow-scipe. treowðe staðeluæste; Line 4897 þat beoð þa þingges. þe bi-riseð to ælche kinge; Line 4898 riche men & hæne; ȝif wið seoumen he wule beon clænen. Line 4899 Bi-þenc þu a þine quides; þe þu sulf quiddest. Line 4900
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