Þre hundred were euere in o [hundreth were in a.] [Petyt folio 88a:2] couent
Vntil labour set & sent/;
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But on to lyue, had þey nought
But by þer trauail þat þey wrought.
¶ De comitiua Monachorum in Bangor qui noluerunt Augustino obedire, sed omnino eum renuerunt.
Seint Austyn for þe bischop [Les set évesques, Wace, ii. 256, l. 14,276.] sente:
To wite his wille til hym þey wente:
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He seyde 'he was of Rome legat,
' & of Ingelond þe prymat,
" Þer-fore ȝe oughte þorow [auh þorgh.] reson
" Of me receiue þe benisoun,
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" & be bowynge vntil [bowand vnto. (Et estre en sa subjesion, Wace, l. 14,281.)] me."
Alle þey seyde þat schulde nought be:
" Oure prymat, of Kerlion es;
. " He ys our heued, he schal vs bles;
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" He ys confermed of þe Court of Rome;
" We nyl stande at non oþer dome;
" & for Englische mennes [Englis men.] sake,
. " Ageyn þe oughte we [ageyn vs auh.] to take;
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" Þaw a party reson hit wolde, [P. leaves out this line.]
" Ageyn þe Englische we oughte holde; [P. leaves out this line.]
" ffor þey vs chased [cached vs.] out of our fees,
" & wone wyþ wrong in oure contres,
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" & we Bretons ar Cristen men,
" & þey are of lawe Paen,
" & now late conuerted are.
" Oure vilenie certes [for sothe.] hit ware
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