The story of England

                                
                                  Ilk oþer wroþ, ilk oþer swong,
                                
                                  & ilk oþer of sadeles wrast,
                                
                                  . & vnder ho[r]se fet wer cast;
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                                  Non knew oþer, þey were so ney,
                                
                                  But by þer speche or by þer cry:
                                
                                  Bretons cried " [P. inserts þe here.] kyng Arthour,"
                                
                                  & Romayns, "Lucius [P. inserts þe here.]  Emperour."
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                                  Þe Bretons faste on þem abated,
                                
                                  & þe Romayns ful sore þem hated;
                                
                                  Þer couþe non knowe [Non kouth knaw.]  for certeyn
                                
                                  . Whilk was Breton, whilk was Romeyn,
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                                  But by þer speche þat þey spak,
                                
                                  Or any out of þe pres ought [ony out of þe pres.]  brak.
                                
                                  ffayn wolde Wawayn Petron haue,
                                
                                  . & Beofs [Beus.]  wold þey al-gate saue;
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                                  He brak in to þe [tuo þer.]  mykel pres,
                                
                                  To smyte sore wold he nought ses;
                                
                                  On alle sides he smot aboute, [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                
                                  & made þeym rounn [for roume; or roum, room, space.]  þorow-out þe route; [P. leaves out this line.] 
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                                  Was þer non stod in his weye, [P. leaves out this line.]  [Lambeth folio 56a:1] 
                                
                                  Þat his dynt ne dide hym deye. [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                
                                  Sire Ider on þat oþer [on þe toþer side.]  syde,
                                
                                  ffor Geryn durste no Romayn byde; [& Gerin durst non abide.] 
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                                  Ilk on for oþer bolded here hert,
                                
                                  & smyten strokes so grete & [& þer strokes were so.]  smert
                                
                                  Þat no Romayn durst bide þer dynt,
                                
                                  . But fer on bak dide þem stynt;
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                                  Þen was Petron alle a-glyft.
                                
                                  Þe Bretons vp sire Beofs [vp Beus.]  lyft,
                                
                                  & horsed hym ful wel a-geyn,
                                
                                  & toke Petron, þe maister Romayn;

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Title: The story of England
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 453
Publication: London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]; 1887.
Subject terms: Great Britain -- History

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Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
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