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

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Layamon's Brut (British Museum Ms. Cotton Caligula A.IX)
Author
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 6201 through 6300

bi þere sæ-stronde bi-side Scot-londe. Line 6201 þer weoren æuere iwuned; þe vt-laȝen to londen cumen. Line 6202 & seoððe heo heom dihten; to bi-witen þa dich mid cnihten. Line 6203 Þa dic & þa wal weoren ȝare; þa næfde Bruttes nane kare. Line 6204 aȝan heo gunnen wenden; to þare burh of Lunden. Line 6205 & Febus of Rome; hustinge bad sone. Line 6206 Þer com moni riche mon; to þan hustinge anan. Line 6207 moni cniht moni eorl; moni þein moni cheorl. Line 6208 moni riche burh-mon; þer wende beon bliðe anan. Line 6209 þa sorh-fulle weoren an heorten; ær þe dæi weoren agan. Line 6210 Febus þe feire cniht; lette beoden his ferde uorð-riht. Line 6211 þat heo comen to hustinge; mid alle heore þringe. Line 6212 & þa sweines at hærberwen; letten heore hors wel ȝærwen. Line 6213 & makien þa heors al swa ȝare; swa heo sculden forð faren; Line 6214 & al þat folc duden þus. swa hit hæhte Febus; Line 6215 & swa heo gunnen wenden. to heore hustinge; Line 6216 Þa þat folc wes al icumen. & ælc his stude hafde inomen; Line 6217 þa hehte me lusten. inne Lundenne; Line 6218 Þa stod him up Febus. þe riche cniht and seide þus; Line 6219 Lusteð me nu Bruttes. þe her beoð bi-halues; Line 6220 Ich habbe eow to suggen. soð word of Rome; Line 6221 Ȝe us sende sonde. in-to ure londe; Line 6222 of þare sorhȝe ful iwis. þe eow duden Melgan & Wanis; Line 6223 & ich mid mire ferde. com to þissen ærde; Line 6224 & ich habbe eower iuan. iualled to þan grunde; Line 6225 & iflemed ut of ærde. Melgan buten uærde; Line 6226

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Line 6226 Nu [ȝ]e maȝen to-ȝere. careles wunien here; Line 6227 of þare ilke uerde. þe islaȝen is on ærde; Line 6228 Ȝe us habbeð ofte imaked wrað. þer-uore inne Rome ȝe beoð lað; Line 6229 for ofte ȝe us habbeð at-halden. þat gauel of þissen londe; Line 6230 & æc [ȝ]e habbeoð ufele idon. i-slæȝe þene king Gratien; Line 6231 & ofte ȝe us bi-hateð. treoðe to halden; Line 6232 & æuere a þan ænde. ȝe wakieð an honde; Line 6233 We habbeð for eower luuen. ilosed ure leoden; Line 6234 cnihtes i þissen londe. an hundred þusende; Line 6235 seoððen Iulius Cesar; ærst bicom her. Line 6236 ah swa we ibiden are; nulle we no mare. Line 6237 ah we wulleð sone; uaren in-to Rome. Line 6238 & bi-tachen eow þis kine-lond; & haldeð hit on eowre hond. Line 6239 & brukeð hit mid [wu]nne; Line 6240 for nulle we nauere-mare. aȝan comen here; Line 6241 We habbeð of þisse londe. ihaued monie þusend punde; Line 6242 þa we habbeð her bi-soht. ah heo beoð ful deore aboht; Line 6243 we beoð ofte hider ifaren. mid wandreðe & mid care; Line 6244 & nu ȝe maȝen wel don. bisecheð eow wepnen a-nan; Line 6245 & werieð eow seoluen. wið vncuðe leoden; Line 6246 Neoren eower ælderen. aðelene cæppen; Line 6247 Heonne to Rome. al þat lond. stod on heore aȝere hond; Line 6248 & al þat lond þat heo iseȝen. sone heo hit bi-wunne; Line 6249 al heo hit biwunnen. mid heore ahte wæpnen; Line 6250 Ah makieð in eowre londe. castles swiðe stronge; Line 6251 and werieð eowre þeode. wið vncuðe leode; Line 6252 & wunieð her hal and hæil. & habbeð alle godne dæie; Line 6253 Þa þeos word weoren [isæid]; þa wes her a strong ræd. Line 6254 næs nauere þe mon iboren; inne nare burhȝe. Line 6255 þe auere mihte tellen; þurh nane spellen. Line 6256 of þere muchele særi-næsse; þa isiȝen wes to folke. Line 6257 Þa weoren inne Lundenne; lað-liche iberen. Line 6258 þer wes wop; þer wes rop. & reoðen vnimete; Line 6259 þa þeo Rom-leoden. riden toward scipene; Line 6260 & Bruttes bilafden. inne þisse londe; Line 6261 mid vnimete reoðe. ne cuðe heo ræd nænne; Line 6262 Þas tiðinde ful iwis. iherde Melga & Wanis; Line 6263 heo hefden ane verde. of vnimete folke; Line 6264 & heo gunnen wenden. in-to Norh-humber-lond; Line 6265

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Line 6265 ȝeond þat lond heo arnden. and sloȝen & barnden; Line 6266 & swa heo forð wenden. þat heo comen to þan walle; Line 6267 þeo þa Rom-leoden. hæfden aræred; Line 6268 Bruttes weoren wið-innen. mid swiðe feole monnen; Line 6269 & Melga wið-vten. & ȝeorne wes abuten; Line 6270 hu he mihte aȝeinnen. þat he weoren bi[n]nen; Line 6271 Heo ræsden to þan walle. ræiȝe þeines; Line 6272 somned alle þa uerde. feole cunnen ærde; Line 6273 þa dich wes swiðe wid & deop. & þa ferde to-leop; Line 6274 & Bruttes weoren igærede. & þene wal weoreden; Line 6275 heo scuten in; heo scuten ut. scalkes þer feollen; Line 6276 arwen fluȝen ouer wal. al abuten ouer-al; Line 6277 swa þicke wes heore uæræ. swulc hit haȝel wæren; Line 6278 þat for þa arewen ne mihte þa Bruttes. ȝemen [n]anes fihtes; Line 6279 ah a-dun of þan walle. iwenden heo alle; Line 6280 & setten to fleme. feond-liche swi[ð]e. Line 6281 & þa oðer breken þane wal; & eoden binnen ouer-al. Line 6282 & after heo droȝen; & swuðe heom sloȝen. Line 6283 heo sloȝen þer muchel wunder; twa & fifti hundred. Line 6284 al of Brutten seoluen; wið-uten þan Scotten. Line 6285 & wið-ut%ten þan Dænscæn; þa inne þere dic bi-læfden. Line 6286 Þus iþæh þis kinelond; a þere Bruttene hond. Line 6287 Whæren Bruttes; cnihtes icorene. Line 6288 ah nu heo weoren alle; swiðe for-lorene. Line 6289 ne beoð heo neuere hæȝe; buten heo hælp habben. Line 6290 of oðere moncunne; for heo seolf ne cunne. Line 6291 Þus ferde ful iwis; Melga & Wanis. Line 6292 Þa Bruttes of Lundene; to Rome sende sone. Line 6293 beden heom swiðe cumen; & don alse heo ær weoren iwuned. Line 6294 þat heo arædde þis lond; & nomen hit al to heore hond. Line 6295 for heom heo hit vðen; bet þane þan vncuðen. Line 6296 Þa ȝeuen heo þus answære; Nulle we nauere þider faren. Line 6297 to þolien þat sw[i]nc & þat iwin. aȝæn þat heðene cun; Line 6298 for þat is Goddes wiðer-sake. Wanis ihaten; Line 6299 & Melgan his iuere. nulle we nauere cumen þere; Line 6300
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