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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Lines 5601 through 5700

for him-seolf Costantin. ne com he nauere-mare her-in; Line 5601 Ah he nom folc & æhte. & Traher bi-tehte; Line 5602 mid muchelere uerde. sende hine to þissen ærde; Line 5603 & for he wes his moder æm. ȝef he mihte Octauus slæn; Line 5604 & he mihte swa wel don. halde him-seolf þisne dom; Line 5605 Traher forð wende. toward þissen londe; Line 5606 mid ferde mid þan mæste. he com to Portchæstre; Line 5607 Þa Bruttes weoren swiðe whæte. & heolden fæsten heore ȝæte; Line 5608 & Traher heom fæht wið. & þæne þridde dæi heo ȝerden grið; Line 5609 & Traher ferde binnen. & Portchæstre wes biwunne; Line 5610 & þonnene he gon wende. riht to Winchæstre; Line 5611 & Octauus wes icumen bi-uoren. in-to þære burhȝe; Line 5612 To-gædere heo comen. heo fæhten & sloȝen; Line 5613 þat slæht ne mihte. na mare beon i fihte; Line 5614 He isæh his muchelne lure. & nom him oðerne cure; Line 5615 & ferde bi nihte. to þære sæ rihte. Line 5616 Ær Bruttes hit mihten iwiten; his ferde wes al iscipen; Line 5617 & forð heo gunnen wenden; i Scot-londe. Line 5618 & [he al Scotlond] iwon to his aȝere hond; Line 5619 & he wende ouer Humbre. mid hæhȝere strengðe; Line 5620 & in þissere Bruttene burȝes he a-weste. Line 5621 Octauus þat iherde; þe king wes an ærde. Line 5622 & he mid his folke; þider-ward fusde. Line 5623 to-gadere heo comen; & fuhten ful sone. Line 5624 Nu hæfde Traher; swiðe muchel folc. þer. Line 5625 Scottes & Peohtes; & Romanisce cnihtes. Line 5626 Traher feht wið Octaues; & he hine sone ouercom. Line 5627 Scottes huuen up muchelne ræm; & Octaues folc nam flem. Line 5628 & Romanisce beornes; sloȝen þa Bruttes. Line 5629 Þa wes Octaues wa; & he wende to þere sæ. Line 5630 bi þere sæ-stronde; þer he scipen funde. Line 5631 in-to þane scipen he lað; & in-to Norwæiȝe he draf. Line 5632 Nafde he of his fihte; bute an & þritti cnihtes. Line 5633 & alle þa oðere weoren inomen; & Traheres men bi-cumen. Line 5634 & fiftene þusend islæȝen; & idon of heore lif-daȝen. Line 5635 Þa wes in Norweoȝen ærd; a king þe hæhte Compert. Line 5636

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Line 5636 Octaues him spæc wið; & ȝernde mildeliche his grið. Line 5637 & seide him hu Traher; mid teone hine hauede iflæmed. Line 5638 & ȝif þu me wult wlsten; mid muchele þine ferden. Line 5639 þat ich maȝen aȝæn cumen; to mine kine-riche. Line 5640 ich þe wulle luuien; & halden þe for lauerd. Line 5641 mid sæhte & mid sibbe; þa while þat ich libbe. Line 5642 & after mine dæiȝen. mine duȝeðe þe bi-tachen; Line 5643 Þa ænswærede Compert. þe king wes of þan ærd; Line 5644 Þu sælt in þisse ȝere. beon mid me hære; Line 5645 & deornliche sende in-to Brutlonde. Line 5646 mid weorden and mid writen; bi monnen þe heom cunnen witen. Line 5647 & senden þine sonden; to þine bezste freonden. Line 5648 bi-hæten seoluer & gold; muchel æhte & lond. Line 5649 ȝif ai mon mihte Traher king; tuhten to dæðe. Line 5650 mid drenche oðer mid dweomerlace; oðer mid steles bite. Line 5651 oðer mid æie crafte; bi-winnen him his mahte. Line 5652 þenne mihtes þu aȝen faren; mucle þe lasse weoren þi kare. Line 5653 þenne wlle I þe aȝan bringen; & makien þe to kingen. Line 5654 Al dude Octaues; Compertes lare; Line 5655 sende his sonde. in-to þisse londe; Line 5656 þurh þan ilke crafte. þe Compert king him tæhte; Line 5657 & Traher wes on Bruttene. king swiðe bliðe; Line 5658 næfde he of Octaue. caræ næuer nane; Line 5659 na mare þeh he nære iboren. oðer i watere for-loren; Line 5660 Traher wes i Lundene. bliðe mid his leoden; Line 5661 fulle seouen nihte. bliðe mid his cnihten; Line 5662 Þa wes i Kent an eorl. Aldolf i-haten; Line 5663 feond he wes þes kinges. for Octaues þingen; Line 5664 ofte he ferde to þan kinge. & hernede tiðinge; Line 5665 Chæpmen bunden heore ware. þa wolde þe king faren; Line 5666 Aldolf ferde him bi-foren; mid feower hundred cnihten. Line 5667 & leop ut of ane wude; wunder wel iwepned. Line 5668 Traher king he þer fond; & mid spere hine stong. Line 5669 & his muchele uerde sette to fleonde; Line 5670 & Aldolf heom after droh. and muchel folc he þer of-sloh; Line 5671 & seððen he uerde in-to Kent. in-to ane stronge castle; Line 5672 & sende an hiȝinge. after Octaue þan kinge; Line 5673 & he anan com. to þissere kineriche; Line 5674 to kinge he wes vnder-fon. þa þuhte hit hi[m] we[l] idon; Line 5675 Heo ferde ȝeond þas þeoden. & sloh þa Romleoden; Line 5676

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Line 5676 þa hæhne & þa riche. alle heo sloh iliche; Line 5677 whar-swa he mihte hine kennen. ne læuede he nauer ænne; Line 5678 & twa & twenti ȝere. he wuneden seoððen here; Line 5679 inne griðe & inne friðe. mid freond-scipe of Brutten; Line 5680 Þa þe he wes wel ald mon. þa com him uuel on; Line 5681 þat vuel hine heold stronge. ah he þreowede longe; Line 5682 Þe king hine bi-ðohte. what he don mihte; Line 5683 wham he mihte bi-tæchen. al his kineriche; Line 5684 and al his duȝeðe. æfter his dæie; Line 5685 Mid carte he for to Lundene. & sette his hustinge; Line 5686 eorles þer comen. riche & wel idone; Line 5687 & alle þa wise. þe wuneden on Bruttene; Line 5688 Þa þe king heom hauede isæid. & bæd heom ræden him ræd; Line 5689 whæm he mihte bi-tæche. al his kine-riche; Line 5690 for nefde he nenne sune. þe his land mihte halden; Line 5691 ne child bute ane dohter. þe him wes swiðe deore; Line 5692 & hire he wolde bi-tachen. al his kineriche; Line 5693 & ȝefuen hire lauerd. þene hæhste mon of þis ærd; Line 5694 Summe him ræden a-nan. þat heo ȝeuen þan eorle Conan. Line 5695 he wes wis and riche. him heo mihte bitæche; Line 5696 oðere þer weoren. þe þis nalden ihæren; Line 5697 I Cornwale wes an eorl god. þe wes ihaten Cradoc; Line 5698 he stod up i þan hustinge. and þus spæc wið þan kinge; Line 5699 Hercne me Octaue. hercne me kinelauerd; Line 5700
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