" Loke y fynde in ȝow no feyntyse;
" ȝe schul me serue of swylk seruise."
On þys manere come þe Saxouns [sessouns.]
Þorow ffortyger among þe Bretouns.
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Hengist tok leue at þe kynge,
To Londone [lond.] for to brynge his þyng;
& sone com to þe court agayn
Wyþ manye faire knyght & swayn.
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¶ De Bello inter Saxones & Pyctos.
Wel sone after þat [was it not long sethen.] þey were come,
Þe Scottes & Peytes bataille nome,
And comen faste in-til þys lond,
Pylede [robbid.] & brente al þat þey fond;
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Right [reght.] to Humber water þey cam.
Þe kyng wyþ Saxons [sessons.] ageyn þem nam.
Þe Saxons [sessons.] were þer-of ful blyþe,
Þey arrayed hem wel, & þydeward swyþe, [dyght þem wele & þidir swiþe.]
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Þey smyte to-gedere bataille smert;
Þe Peytes were euere ful egre of hert,
Þey stode wel furst & hardyly;
ffor þey were wond to haue þe [wer won haue.] maistri.
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Þey wende haue had þer elde custume,
Þe lenger ageyn þe Bretons þey nome.
Þer wenyng þat day þey tynt,
ffor þe Saxons [sessons.] did þem bakward stynt,
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9 [& were discounfet at þat dai;
þe Sessons bare þe prise a-wai.] 9 [9-9 From P., representing lines 6995-6 of Wace (i. 323).]
Þen was þe kyng a ioly [ioiefull.] man
Þat he þe bataille of þem so wan;
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