The story of England

                                
                                  Of þe Romayns þey schuld make clene.
                                
                                  He com doun al pryuely,
                                
                                  Þat non ne herde noyse ne cry;
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                                  Byhynde þe bank he cam al hot,
                                
                                  & on þe Emperours side he smot,
                                
                                  & his [þer.]  bataille perced þorow out.
                                
                                  . Þen gon þey baysche þat er wer [þan þei bessed þat are was.]  stout,
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                                  Þe Romayns þenne no lenger [langer.]  byden,
                                
                                  Þe Bretons folewed, & þem ouer ryden,
                                
                                  & al fleynge [& fleand.]  lightly þem slow,
                                
                                  & spoyled hem, & al to-drow;
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                                  Syn had þey no grace to stande,
                                
                                  Ne myghte relye, [recouer.]  but euere fleande.
                                
                                  Þer was þemperour slayn of chaunce
                                
                                  Þorow-out þe body wiþ a launce;—
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                                  Y can nought seye ho dide hym falle,
                                
                                  But sire Wawayn, men seide hit [said þei. (See Langtoft, i. 216.)]  alle;
                                
                                  Y þe laste bataille þat in sprong,
                                
                                  . He was slayn þer [þam.]  among;
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                                  Þe certeyn can þer noman ame, [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                
                                  But sire Wawayn bar þe name;— [P. leaves out this line.] 
                                
                                  Among þe dede þey hym founde, [amang þe dede þei him fonde.] 
                                
                                  & wiþ a spere was his wounde. [lance was his wonde.] 
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                                  Þe Romayns alle faste þey fledde,
                                
                                  & þe Payens for drede spredde;
                                
                                  Whilk of þem þat swyþest nam,
                                
                                  Þe Bretons kept þem as þey cam;
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                                  Þey were wery alle to slo,
                                
                                  ffor wery, manion let [Many of þam lete. P. trans|poses this line and the one above it.]  þey go;
                                
                                  Þe blod ran þer [doun.]  as water stremes

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Title: The story of England
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 484
Publication: London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]; 1887.
Subject terms: Great Britain -- History

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