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i þan seouen-nihte; mid alle his cnihten.
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wenden þa Rom-leoden; þat he wolde to heore vn-neode.
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þat he wolden fehten; aȝan Valentin & Gracian.
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for a heo weoren a-uare[d]; of Maximian and of his hirede.
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Ah anan heo wende; toward þissen londe.
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& swa he gon liðen; into Londenne.
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fair-lac he gon bringe; Octaue þan kingen.
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& þe king him for-ȝef; his dohter to quene.
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Þa wes king Maximien; hit þuhte Bruttes i-don wel.
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& Conaan eorl mid wraððen; wende to Scotten.
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& monie Scottes him buȝen to; & ane burh bigunnen.
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næs þa in al þan ende; burh al swa hende.
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Þa þeo burh wes al i-maked; mid muchelere strengðe.
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he sette hire æne nome; æfter him-seoluen.
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ofte he ræd hire þurh & þurh; & hehte heo Cuninges-burh.
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nu and æuere-mare; þe nome stondeð þere.
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Conaan ledde ferde; in þan norð ærde.
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he hatede Maximien; þat abohte mo[n]i mon.
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Þa wise men of þisse londe; þe luueden þas leoden.
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makeden hustinge; bitwexen Conaan & þan kinge.
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þer heo iwurðen sæhte; & þer heo iwurðen som%me.
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& make((de)) i þissen londe grið; god mid þan bezste.
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& þe king him bihæhte a-nan; to makiene riche mon.
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swa he dude seoððen; þet abohte moni mon.
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mid gr[i]ðe he wuneden here; fulle fif ȝere.
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Þa hefde Maximien; gærsume vni[m]ete.
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for he næfde of his londe; na gauel isende to Rome.
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Þa þe fif ȝer weoren agan; þa sæide Maximian.
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þat he wolde ouer sæ uaren; & fehten wið þan Frenscen.
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& ȝif he þere mihte speden; to-ward Rome he wolde riden.
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to wreken his teone; on Gracien and on Valentin.
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þe monie him hæfden idone; teonen inne Rome.
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Þus spæc Maximien; uor him wes to murie.
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for þis lond wes þa swiðe god; & he hit hæfde al vnder fot.
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& him ne stod æie to na-þing; for dæd wes Octaues þe king.
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Maximien bæd ferde; feorliche store.
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þe king hafde kene men; & vnimete gærsume.
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forð he gon wenden; ut of þissen londen.
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forð he gon liðen; ut þissen leoden.
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he makede him-seluen muchel clond. ne isæh he nauere æft þis lond;
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Ouer sæ he wende. and wel com to londe;
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[in ane londe] swiðe riche þe hehte. Armoriche;
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Þa scipen urnen a ðen lond. þat folc wenden uppe strond;
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Heo bigunnen ænne castel. god mid þan bæzsten;
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heo riden ȝeond þæn leode. & nomen þer muchele prude;
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heo funden herre-feng inoh. & lædden to heore ferde;
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& æc heo nomen. wummen. wunder ane monie;
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& duden þat heo wolden. ȝeond Ærmoriche londe;
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Þis iherde Humbald. þe wes lauerd i þa lond;
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hu þe king Mæximien. amerde his riche;
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Humbald sende sonde. ȝeond al þan londen;
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þer he æine freond hæfde. þe him helpen wolde;
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& þohte þat he wælde. heom driuen of his londe;
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Heo comen bi dæie-lihte. to ane stronge fihte;
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Bruttes heom ouer-comen. & Humbald heo sloȝen;
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& fiftene þusende þer weoren i-slaȝen. & idon of lif-dæȝen;
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Þa þis feht wes i-don. þa wende Maximien;
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aȝen in-to herberȝe. to resten hine seolue;
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A-marȝen þa hit dæi wes. duȝeðen heom gereden;
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heo wenden to þere heȝe burh. þe Nantes is ihaten;
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ne funden heo þer-inne. noht of moncunne;
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þe heom wið wolde stonden. & þa burh heolden;
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al hit wæs a-wæi ifloȝen. and of þan londe iboȝen;
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buten a lute wifmen. þe weoren þer wið-innen;
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Þa burh nom Maximien. & sette mid his monnen;
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þeo cleopede Maximien. to þan eorle Conaan;
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Conaan þu ært god cniht. þu hæfuest ihalden wel mi fiht;
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& ich þe wulle mede muchele bi-tæche.
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for þu hæf[d]est al Brutlond; i þire aȝere hond.
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ȝif ich hit nere; þu weore king þere.
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and þe eorl Caredoc; þe is of mine cunne.
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ȝet hit mai ilimpe; hit is þe an vnðonke.
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Ah loke wulche wætres; & wunliche londes.
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whulche wurð-liche wude; whulche wilde deores.
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whul[che] liðe londe on to libbenne;
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Þis lond hehten Armoriche. þis ich þe bitæche;
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& muchele mare her-to. ȝif ich hit mæi ifo;
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her-of þu scalt beon king. & þas riche aȝen;
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Vt ich wullen driuen. al þat ich finde on l((i))ue;
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ȝungen and alde. vt of þisse londe;
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and wulcne swa ich mai here ifon. i þan stude he beoð fordon;
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& sende ich wulle to Aðionærd. þe is min aȝene stiward;
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eorl he is treowe. for æue((r)) he is að-neowe;
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for him ich habbe wel bi-tæht. Brutlond to witene;
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& he me s[c]a[l] senden. in-to þisse londe;
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wapmen and wifmen. of wel feole cræften;
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cnihtes & þeines; & al heore sweines.
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sixti hundred cnihten; þe gode beon to fihten.
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ten hundred þeines; seoue þusend sweines.
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seoue þusend burh-men; þe sæle beon on æhte.
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þritti þusend wifmen; þe wel beon ifunden.
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Þenne þis folc bið hider icumen; & heo stude habbeð i-numen.
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þenne bið al þis fæire lond; iset Brutten an hond.
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æfter þine leoden; bi-tæche heom name;
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Brutlond þat lasse.
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Nu and auere-mare; þe nome stondeð þere.
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& þus Armoriche nome; niðer wes auælled.
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swa þat næuere-mare; ne bið he aræred.
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Conaan þeos ȝeue afeng; & iwrað þeos kinges freond.
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mid muchelere wurðscipe; & wel heo hit heolden.
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