The story of England

                                
                                  " Þer-fore ȝit y ne may
                                
                                  . " Leten [leue.]  oure forfadres lay,
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                                  " Þat we longe on haue y-leued,
                                
                                  " & til oure Godes þer-inne y-cheued;
                                
                                  " And ȝoures ȝit we nought ne knowe;
                                
                                  . " Þer-fore we schul byden [sall bide.]  a þrowe;
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                                  " & ȝe are of so fer contre,
                                
                                  " And als pylegryms, so seme ȝe,
                                
                                  " Vs þys newe lawe to preche.
                                
                                  . " And ȝyf hit be soþ þat ȝe teche,
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                                  " And amonges vs [þat ȝe] wil lende,
                                
                                  " Y schal nought be to ȝow vnhende;
                                
                                  " Takeþ ȝour wonyng wher ȝe wyle,
                                
                                  . " & þat yow falleþ to haue in skile;
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                                  " And alle þo þat ȝe may wynne
                                
                                  " Til þat lawe þat ȝe bygynne,
                                
                                  " I graunte ȝow my wille fre,
                                
                                  " ȝyf hit be sike[r] [certeyn. ]  [Petyt folio 87a:1]  þat y may se."
                                
                                  . Þe kyng þem graunted at þer comynge,
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                                  I þe cite to make a [þer.]  biggyng,—
                                
                                  Doroberma [or Dorobernia.]  þe cite þen hight,
                                
                                  . Þat Caunterbury now cald ys [Now Canterbirie is þe name.]  right;—
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                                  He dide þem haue swiche [haf suilk.]  purueaunce
                                
                                  Þat neded for [fell vnto.]  þer sustinaunce.
                                
                                  To preche þe folk he wernde [warned.]  nought,
                                
                                  . But do as good[e] þem by-þought. [as þam gode þouht.] 
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                                  ¶ To þe cite þey come singand;
                                
                                  Þe cros byfore, men bare in hand;
                                
                                  A table þey broughte þeym bytwyx,—
                                
                                  . Þer-on purtraied [purtreite.]  a crucyfix,—
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                                  & þe Letanie þei songe
                                
                                  Alle wyþ o voys & o tonge;

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Title: The story of England
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 523
Publication: London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]; 1887.
Subject terms: Great Britain -- History

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