Arthur, page 19 by Marquis of Bath
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Saxons.]
Tyl Maxymyan co[_n_]queryd hyt wy_t_h honde, 512 And called hyt lyte bretayne [th]an, So hy[gh]t [th]is lond [th]at he coom fram; Little Britain For per_petuell_e Mynde of grete Bretayne is called after He called hyt lyte Bretayne, 516 Great Britain. [Th]at Men schulde kepe in Mynde & wytt How [th]is lond conqueryd hytt; For Walsch_e_ Men be[th] Bretou_n_s of kynde-- Know [th]at well_e_ fast on Mynde-- 520 Englisch_e_ men be[th] Saxoynes, [Th]at be[th] of Engistes Soones; There-fore [th]e walsch man Bretou_n_ Sey[th] & clepe[th] vs "Sayson" * 524 [* [Th]at ys to seye vpon a reess, "Stynking Saxou_n_, be on pees." ]
How the Welshmen And sey[th] (.) "taw or (.) peyd Sayson
call the English brou_n_t"[8]
"stinking Whan he ys wroth (;) or ellys drou_n_ke; Saxons." Hauyng Mynde of Engystis Men
[Th]at wy_t_h gyle sclow [th]eyre kyn: 528 At [th]e place of [th]e Stonehenge [Gh]ut [th]ey [th]enke[th] for to venge: And [th]at hyt neuere be so, Sey[th] a Pater noster more to. 532 Pater noster.
Arthur is Now turne we to oure labour
preparing to And lat vs speke of Arthour:
cross the He cast on herte sone
mountains to After [th]at to go to Rome, 536 Rome, And spak of Passage & hys wey Forth ouer Mou_n_t Ioye. when he hears And sone after vpon an owr of Mordred's He horde of Mordred the tretour 540
treachery; That hadde all_e_