Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The story of England

ffor vnto twey [in tuo. L. has an old w and a modern el (wel) after ffor.] þousand or mo Þe Troiiens slowen [slouh.] sone of þo. Þo twelue batailles þe Troiens brak, & dide þe ffrensche arere hem [did þe frankes go.] bak. 1652 Þe ffrankysch þenne cast [frankes þan kest.] a cry, [Lambeth folio 7b:1] Þerfore men drowe to þeym ney, [foreyn men drouh þam nehi.] & stode ageyn, & smyten [MS. snyten.] sore, & þeir folk wax [wex.] ay more, 1656 Þey come ay fresche, & stoden wel, & drof [drofe.] þe Troiens to þer castel. Þen had þe ffrankysche [frankes.] þe fairer ende, Þat ded hem wyþ force a-geyn [MS. ageym.] to wende; [with force agayn did þam wend.] Alle a [þat.] day þey held hem fight 1661 Tyl hem failled dayes [day.] lyght; Þey wyþ-drowen, to [withdrouh till.] logges þey ȝede, Þe nyght was come, þey moste [com nere þei most.] nede. 1664 Þe Troiens þat had ben yn turpel, [tirpell. [trépel, (trepidatio,) Wace, l. 981, p. 48.]] At midnight tok þey [þer.] conseil, Þat Coryneus out scholde [suld.] go Wiþ his owen ost, & no [oþer.] mo, 1668 & busche hym in [busse in.] a wode byside: " Þe frankisch ost ȝe schul [frankes ost ȝe sall.] here bide, " & whan þer ost ys al [be alle.] [Petyt folio 11a:1] comen, " & ȝe haue [be.] a-geyn þem nomen, 1672 " Þan [MS. þt an. þen, P.] schol [sall.] þey se þat ȝe ar fo, " Þey schol [sall.] nought drede on ȝow to go.
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The story of England
Author
Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
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Page 59
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London,: Longman & co.; [etc., etc.]
1887.
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Great Britain -- History

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