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& sette heo mid cnihten. þe gode weoren to fehten;
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and hæhte heo wite wel faste. & heoten heo Gloichestre;
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al for his sune luuen. þe leof him wes an heorten;
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þe seoð[ð]e biȝæt al Walisc lond. to his aȝere hond;
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and þerof he wes deme. & duc feole ȝere;
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Þis child me biwuste. inne Gloichæstre;
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& þa þeos þinges weoren idone. Claudius ferde to Rome;
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& ladde þes childes moder. for quene nauede he oðer;
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Þa Claudius com to Rome. tiðende him com sone;
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þat þer wes cumen liðende. into þere leode;
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an swiðe selcuð gume. of Antioge he wes icome;
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Petrus he wes ihaten. he dude þer feole teonen;
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he uerde ȝeond al þat lond. & turnde hit to Godes hond;
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Heonene wes iuaren Claudius. þis lond heold Aruiragus;
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& Genuis his quene. þe wifmon wel idone;
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þa isæh þisses ledes king. þat him ne derede naðing;
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þus he wunede here. mid blisse twenti ȝere;
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Vnder þan comen tiðende. to Aruiragus þan kinge;
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næs þer nan oðer ræd. bute Claudius inne Rome wes dæd;
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Wa wes þisse kinge. swa wes þere quene;
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swa wes alle þon bezsten. þe wuneden an Bruttene;
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An þan timen hit wes. þat Gloi wes swiðe god cniht;
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Þa þeo tiðende. weoren comen to londe;
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of Claudius þen kæisere. & hu hit wes al iuaren;
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þa seide þe king. Aruiragus. & wið his duȝeðe he spac þus;
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Swa ich auere ibiden are. nulle ich nauere-mare;
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þurh nane dome. heren into Rome;
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næ nauere-mare heom senden. gauel of mine londe;
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Ah ȝif heo hider cumeð liðen. leoden to biwinnen;
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her heo sculeð ibiden. bitterest alre baluwen;
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næ biȝeten nan oðer god. buten here ȝeoten heore blod;
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scullen alle heore wif. widewen iwurðen;
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Þus seide þe king. þeh hit soð ((n))eore;
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þer he sæt mid his scenche. an his kine-benche;
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Ah al oðer hit iwarð. inne þan twam wintren;
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for þa Rom-leoden. sende to þissere þeoden;
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hæhte heom senden. here gauel of þissen londe;
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And þe king Aruiragus. wradliche heom answerede;
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hehten heom mucle eiȝe. ut of his æh-seone;
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fleon of þissen londe. ær heo fæiȝe iwurðen;
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forð heo iwenden, into Rom-londe;
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Þa wes i þon ȝere. Vaspasien kæisere;
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þes tiðende him wes læð. & her-fore he was wrað;
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He clupede to ræde. alle Rom-leode;
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& seide bi his liue. þat he wolde to Brutt-londe;
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bi-telen his irihten. þat Claudius ær ahte;
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& ȝif heo nolden gan an grið. he wolden fehten heom wið.
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and al Rom-leoden. þis him gon ræden;
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Vaspasien him forð wende. þat he com to France;
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þa ȝet hit wes al his aȝen. þat he isæh mid his aȝene;
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ladde he þere leodene king. þe hine for lauer[d] icneou;
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vorð mid ((im))-seoluen. touward þissen londen;
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To þere sæ he wende. scipen he þer funde;
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þat to-ȝenes him weoren ibonned. þe ȝet þe he wes i Rome;
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He ibad þes wederes. wind com on oueste;
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in he wende at Wit-sond. & æt Doure he þohte nimen lond;
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Aruiragus þer-of wes war. & atliche him biuore uerde;
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& draf hine ut mid stre[n]gðe. forð mid sæ-strame;
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Mid him hafde Vaspasien. swiðe gode sæ-men;
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s[t]rahten vt here lof. & leiden æfter vðen;
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forð bi sæ-side. seileden swiðe.
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An hiȝende ful sone; to Tottenas heo come.
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strahten scipen to þan londe; & eoden uppen stranden.
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Heo nomen heore wepnen; & forð gunnen wenden.
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to-somnen heo riden uaste; þat heo comen to Æxechæstre.
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he wen[den] wel to bi-stelene; in-to þare burhȝe.
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Ah þet burh-folc wes war; & wel hine wusten.
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wel heo closden heore ȝeten; & ȝareweden heom to fehten.
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& þa burh bi-wusten; wel mid þan bezsten.
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Seouen daȝes fulle; Vaspasien mid his monnen.
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læiȝe at Exchæstre; & bilaie heom swiðe ueste.
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Þat iherde Aruiragus; þat he wes icume þus.
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he nom al þa ferde; of Brut-londes ærde.
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& sone he gon faren. in toward Cornwalen;
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in-to Ex-chæstre. þa burh wes þa fæstre;
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Aruiragus wes þer-innen. mid Bruttisce mennen;
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Vaspasien þer-vte. þa burh bi-læi abute;
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A-marȝen þa hit dæi wes. duren heo vntunden;
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cnihtes heom gereden. grundliche feire;
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blewen þa bemen. heornes gunnen dremen;
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heondleden scæftes. & gold-faȝe sceldes;
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riden ut to-some. ræȝe Brutes.
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þritti þusend; þe þræt wes þa mare.
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Þer-ute wes heom to-ȝæn; þe kæisere Uaspasien.
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to-gadere heo tuhten; & laðliche fuhten.
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hardeliche heuwen; helmes þer gullen.
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stercliche to-stopen; mid steles egge.
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Alle dæi þer ilæste; fæht mid þan mæste.
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a þet þat þustere niht; to-dælde heore muchele fiht.
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læien a ba halue; cnihtes to-heouwen.
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þær wes hærm mid þon meste; bi-uoren Ex-chæstre;
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Þat bi-heold þa quene. Genuis i-haten;
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særi wes hire heorte. mid hermen a-fulled;
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cleopede to hire lauerde. þe leof hire wes on heorte;
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to þon kinge Aruiragus. þæ quene spac wið him þus;
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Lauer[d] bi-þenc þe. Þine þeowes beoð gode;
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þu hauest mucle treow-scipe. treowðe staðeluæste;
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þat beoð þa þingges. þe bi-riseð to ælche kinge;
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riche men & hæne; ȝif wið seoumen he wule beon clænen.
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Bi-þenc þu a þine quides; þe þu sulf quiddest.
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