Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The story of England

" Sythen ȝe boþe breþere are, " & of o ffader & moder ware, 2848 " Wherfore has Belyn, & why, " Of þe & þyne swych seygnury? [suylk sengnori.] " Brest a two þat ilke [Brist it þat þou with þe.] bond, " Do hym no seruise for þy lond! 2852 " ffor no lord holdeþ [ffor lord ne holdes.] þe, Belyn, " Namore schaltow holde [no more sall þou hald.] hym for þyn. " Trowe til vs & oure consayl! " To þy worschipe hit wole auayl! 2856 " To non of þy vasselage " Ne seye we neuere do suche outrage! " Þorow whas [whos.] queyntyse, & þorow whas [whos.] art, " Ches Belyn hym þe beste part? 2860 " Þer falles non oþer chesyng to; " Bot most schal haue, þat most [Mast sall haf þat mast.] may do. " More artow worth, & more hardy! " Þat haue we sen fol certeynly 2864 " When þou slowe þe Duk Cenflo [Césio . . . . Moriane, Wace.] " Þat al Morine langede [longed.] to, " Þat al Scotland wolde haue wasted; " Þy doughtinesse to deþe hym hasted. 2868 " I trowe of þys þou þoughte byforn, " Bot priuely þou hast hit boren, " Þat we ne scholde mynge [suld nempe it.] [Petyt folio 19a:1] for drede. " Now [we] rede, þow [we þe.] do hit in dede, 2872 " And forto [fond to.] wynne hit ilkadel. " Doute þe nought, þou may ful wel, " ffor we ne schulle [sall.] þe neuere faille, " Þe while we lyue & mowe [vntill we lyf & may.] trauaylle, 2876
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The story of England
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Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
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Page 102
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London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]
1887.
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Great Britain -- History

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