The story of England

                                    
                                      & com til Ohel & til Wawayn:—
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                                      Swilk two knyghte, ful wel þou [knyghtes wele to.]  leue,
                                    
                                      Wer non syn Adam was, & Eue;—
                                    
                                      Þer men & þey were gode ilkon,
                                    
                                      In pres, [pres. (presse ne torbe, Wace, ii. 208, l. 13,177.)]  in pleyn, þey douted non.
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                                      Þo þat first on Bretons brak, [Lambeth folio 58b:2] 
                                    
                                      Þeir cheftayns slowe, dide þem gyue bak;
                                    
                                      Alle þo þey slowe, & dide þem fle,
                                    
                                      & turnde þem ouer, þat men myght se. [ouer Iambe leue.] 
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                                      So harde strokes þe Bretons gaf,
                                    
                                      Þe Romayns route al ouer-haf,
                                    
                                      Þat þe Romains, wold ho, [wild þei.]  [Petyt folio 79b:2]  ne wolde,
                                    
                                      fflede vnto þe Egle of golde.
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                                      (Egle ys ern [Herne.]  on Englische roun;
                                    
                                      Þat was þe Romayns gunphanoun.) [Gomfaynoun.] 
                                    
                                      Þere þey fond þe Emperour,
                                    
                                      & of al Rome þer was þe flour.
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                                      When þey seye þey come so ner,
                                    
                                      Þe Romains were þem ful auster;
                                    
                                      Nere herd þey seye, ne sawe hit writen, [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                    
                                      Swilk a stour to Romayns smyten, [P. leaves out this line.] 
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                                      A doughty erl þat highte Kynmar,
                                    
                                      Wiþ sire Ohel þat tyme was þar;
                                    
                                      Don he hadde gret vasselage,
                                    
                                      Þe Romayns slayn at ilka stage;
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                                      Mighte no Romayn hym a-scape, [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                    
                                      Þat to þe deþ he dide hym rape. [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                    
                                      A fotman þenne his bowe vp drow, [It sais a fote man a disceit drouh.] 
                                    
                                      & Erl Kynmar atte lasste [algate.]  he slow,
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                                      & two þousand of þe Bretouns,
                                    
                                      Wiþoute men of grete renouns. [noble men of ronons.]

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Title: The story of England
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 477
Publication: London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]; 1887.
Subject terms: Great Britain -- History

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