The story of England

                                
                                  Þey ne were wyþynne bot a lite,
                                
                                  Or on þe pyles gon þey [are on þe peles þai gan.]  smyte.
                                
                                  Þer myght men se þat stod on brynke,
                                
                                  Schipes in-to þe water synke;
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                                  Þat on vn-to þe toþer hurte, [hurtle. (hurter, Wace, 1. 4347.)] 
                                
                                  Þe mastes faste [falle.]  to-gidere burte,
                                
                                  & somme ouer-terned, & lay on syde;
                                
                                  Bordes ryuen out holes wyde,
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                                  Ropes ryuereled, & swerued [reueld suarled.]  in lyne,
                                
                                  Ilkon dered oþer, & dide pyne;
                                
                                  Lond ne hauene myght þey non taken,
                                
                                  So faste on pyles gan þey staken: [pelis gon þei stake.] 
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                                  In yuel [ille . . nome.]  tyme out þey nomen,
                                
                                  Yuel þey ryued þat þider comen! [Ille þei sailed & þidire come.] 
                                
                                  Cesar saw þat grete vnhap,
                                
                                  Þat in þe water was swylk a trap;
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                                  Iren-schod was ilka peel,
                                
                                  & [he.]  þoughte þat so was ilka del;
                                
                                  Many of þem turned a-geyn,
                                
                                  & seyde þat wendyng was in veyn.
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                                  He dide þem alle gon vp to londe,
                                
                                  Man & hors, þer þey best fonde;
                                
                                  By bankes vp aboute þey wente,
                                
                                  & pyght [piked.]  þeym pauylons & tente.
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                                  Right als þey picched [piked.]  þer pauylons,
                                
                                  Cam Cassibolan wyþ þe Bretons,
                                
                                  Erles, barons, knyghte, squiers, [suaynes.] 
                                
                                  Asperly folle on þe Romayners: [fellid on þe romayns.] —
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                                  His neuew & oþere of his [neuoz & his oþer.]  kynde,
                                
                                  Wyþ alle þe oþere þat he myghte [help þat he mot.]  fynde,

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Title: The story of England
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 162
Publication: London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]; 1887.
Subject terms: Great Britain -- History

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