Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The story of England

" & y am—syker mot ȝe be— " Hated for þe loue of þe. 7644 " Þou art my sone, for þys skyle, " Þou hast [has.] my doughter; as lawe hit wyle, " Y am þy fader, als in honour " To be þe a god conseillour; 7648 " ¶ ȝyf þou wilt regne, trist on me wel, " & help on my partie som del. " ȝyf þou wilt greue þyn enemis, " Y schal þe conseille by god auis, [I. sall þe counseill a gode vis.] 7652 " Send after my sone, sire Octa, " & ffor his cosyn Ebsa, [Ebissa (in Wace, and Geoff. too).] " & ffor a noble knyght [man. The first scribe begins again.] [Petyt folio 46a:1] Kerdyk; " in al Saxoyne nar [sessone ere.] non þem lyk; 7656 " Þey ar fighters, & noble iustours, [þise ere feihters nobill in stours.] " & queynte men & werreyour[s]; " Gyf hem lond y þe norþ to lende,— " Þy werre comeþ euere in by þat ende, [See p. 235, l. 6703-4; p. 259, l. 7399, 7400, &c.] — " ffro þyn enemis þey schul [sall.] þe were, 7661 " þat nought of þyn schulle þey [sall robbe ne.] dere; " So myght þou haue, til þy deses, [may þou haf to þi decese.] " O þys half Humber þy lond in pes." 7664 ¶ Þen seyde þe kyng, " send after þo, " & of þe beste, ȝyf þer be mo." Hengist hadde his sonde [had his sondes.] sone; Þem to brynge þey were al bone; 7668 Wyþ hem cam a fflute of fflode, Þritty schipes [à trois cent nès, Wace, i. 335, l. 7231; cum trecentis navibus, Galf. Mon. vi. 13.] alle gode; Knyghtes þat wolde wende for wages, Wyþ Octa wenten to þe ryuages. 7672
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Title
The story of England
Author
Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
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Page 269
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London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]
1887.
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Great Britain -- History

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