Layamon's Brut (British Museum Ms. Cotton Otho C.XIII)

Lines 12901 through 13000

+ + + + ++n br+++++ ++++ ++(eald) ++++++ Line 12901 +++ he ig+++ ++ +++ +++++ on spe(re) +++++ ++++++ Line 12902 and his ++++ ++++++++ mid ++++ +++ ++++++ Line 12903 +++ þane ++++++ ++++ +++ smorte ++ +++++ Line 12904 +nde(r) þan breoste; (þ)++ (þe) brunie gan to berste. Line 12905 þat þe spere (þor)h rof and he ful to grun(de) Line 12906 = Line 12907 (Þis is)eh Getron; þat was +++ ++++ral his sone. Line 12908 he +++++++ eorle; mid alle +++ ++++ Line 12909 (a)nd smot hine ++++ ++ þan luft side. Line 12910 ++++ ++ +++ ++(o)rte; þat he +++++ ++++++ Line 12911 Waweyn þat ++++++ +++ he was in þan fih++ Line 12912 = Line 12913 +(a)nd Howel þe hende; þat was his ivere. Line 12914 mid fiftene hundered cnihtes; hii heol[de] to þan fihte Line 12915 = Line 12916 and Waweyn ȝeom oue(non); swiþe moded man. Line 12917 = Line 12918

Line 12918 = Line 12919 Þo w+++ Romleode roulich(e)++++++ + Line 12920 Howel ȝam kepte; W++eyn ȝam imette Line 12921 þar (w)++ +++++lfolle cry; þe wol(c)++ ++weþe. Line 12922 = Line 12923 ourne grete st(remes); of Romanisse blo(des) Line 12924 = Line 12925 (Kinar)þ þe eorl of Strog(oylle). Line 12926 nam mid him Iabius Rimarc and Boclouius. Line 12927 Þ(e)s were þe kenneste men; þ++ eni king hadde. Line 12928 = Line 12929 Hii n+++e for hire mo+++++ +++++; folwy Howel þ++ go++ Line 12930 ++ ++ ȝam-seolf slowe al þ++ +++ +++ come. Line 12931 Þat iseh a rich+ +++ ++ +an Romleode Line 12932 ou Kinarþ þ+ kene; hire folk þar acwelde. Line 12933 and þe cniht gan him alihte; of leoue his stede. Line 12934 and nam him an hond a spere imaked of stele. Line 12935 and he bi-halues gan gon; þar faht Kinarþ þe stronge. Line 12936 = Line 12937 Kinarþ his brunie he vp ahof and þane eorl he +++ ++++ Line 12938 Þo gradde loude; ++ ++++++de. Line 12939 and tornde to +++ ++++tus; and hire tr++++ ++++ Line 12940 +++ folle hehȝe ma++++ þe busie cnih+++ Line 12941 = Line 12942 +++ +++++ to þan grun(de) +++++++ +++send. Line 12943 balder+ +++++++ +++re þar was riue. Line 12944 ++ ++++te lange; þat fih+ +++++ strange. Line 12945 Waweyn wende oueral; an sohte his cnihtes. Line 12946 and gader++e alle; þat a-liue weren ++ lefden. Line 12947 and Howel his ++++ alle forþ gonne wend(e) Line 12948 = Line 12949 +++ riden to Romleode; +++ strangere wreþþe. Line 12950 a+++ +++(r)le forste come; b+++ (hir)e ful-trome. Line 12951 And W(aweyn) riht þer; iseh Luc(es þan ca)yser. Line 12952 = Line 12953 and Waweyn to (him) sweinde; mid stelene swe(o)rde. Line 12954 and þe cayser him; þa(t) gome was wel kene. Line 12955

Line 12955 = Line 12956 s(w)++rd aȝein ++eord sweynde ++l ilome Line 12957 +at fur sprang vt ++ ++ ++++ þe cnihtes wer+ +++++e. Line 12958 Þar was fih+ +++++ +++ong astored w++ ++ ++rde. Line 12959 þe cayser wen++ Waweyn to scende. Line 12960 þat he mihte þar-after ȝelpe for þe dede. Line 12961 Ac Bruttus heom þronge to wroþliche swiþe. Line 12962 and þ+ Romanisse men hire cayser a-redde. Line 12963 and hii to-gaderes heolden; ase heuene wolde (f)+++++ Line 12964 ++ +++ +++ +++t; hii (h)++++ +++++ +++ (f)ihte. Line 12965 one +++++ +++++ +++ ++ sonne +++ ++++++ Line 12966 + + + + + + ++emne Line 12967 ++ ++ ++++ ++ alle; min(e) +++++++ ++++ Line 12968 (and) God sulf ++ +++++ (he)om forto falle Line 12969 +afne þan worde; þo blewe men þe bumes. Line 12970 fiftene þousend; þraste to blowend. Line 12971 hornes and bumes; þe earþe gan to biuie. Line 12972 for þan grete b[l]aste; for þan grete drede. Line 12973 Romleode wende; þe rugges to Bruttus. Line 12974 = Line 12975 floȝen hii þat mihte; þe weyes weren folle. Line 12976 Moche man +++++ was þare; moche +++++ (m)oche care. Line 12977 ne may n(o) +++ (t)elle+ ine boke ne in spelle; * Line 12978 of alle þan hundredes; þat to-hewe were Line 12979 in þan mochele þringe; of þan man-sleahte. Line 12980 Was þe cayser of-slawe selcouþe wis Line 12981 +++ +(u)ste hit no man suþ++ ++ ++(u)ere none cuþ(þe) Line 12982 +++ +++ ++++ beon; þat + + + + + + + + + Line 12983 Bote þo + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Line 12984 + + + + + + + + + + + Line 12985 + + + + + + + + + + + Line 12986 + + + + + + + + + + + Line 12987 Arthur +++++ ++++ ++ ++++ a-midde +ne br+++ ++++ Line 12988 (a)nd þider in lette ++++ Luces þan caysere. Line 12989 and lette hine helye; + + + + + + + + + + + Line 12990 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Line 12991 + + + + + + + +(tle) ++ ++(ork) swi++ +++++ Line 12992

Line 12992 +ne (c)h+++ lange; iwr+++ a(l) mid golde. Line 12993 And letten do þar-ine Luces of Rom(e) Line 12994 +++ was a doh++ man; wile +++ dawes were. Line 12995 Ȝet dude A+th(ur) more; hendest alre kinge. Line 12996 he lette seche kinges; eorles and heredring%ges. Line 12997 = Line 12998 þat in þan fihte weren islaȝe; and idon of lifdaȝe Line 12999 he lette ȝam burie; mid mochelere prude. Line 13000