blood. Gret rywth_e_ hyt was to seyn
[Th]e feltes full_e_ of men y-scleyn; 472
Lucius is Lucy [th]e Emp_er_our also was dede;
slain, But ho hym sclowh, y can nat rede;
He, for all_e_ hys grete Renou_n_,

[Arthur Wins, and Buries the Dead.]

not able to A[gh]enst Arthour hadde no fusou_n_, 476
stand against No more [th]an haue twenty schep
Arthur. A[gh]enst vyve wolfez greet.
To god be euere alle hono_ur_ez!
The falde was hys & Arthourez. 480
Arthur sends Arthour, as he scholde done,
Lucius's body Sende lucyes body to Rome;
to Rome, Whan [th]e Romeynes say [th]is,
[Th]o [th]ey dradde Artho_ur_ & hys. 484
buries Bedwere Also he buryed Bedewere
and others Hys frend and | hys Botyler,
And so he dude other Echon
in Abbeys, In Abbeys of Relygyou_n_ 488
[Th]at were cristien of name;
He dude to alle [th]e same;
And dude for ham Masse synge
w_y_t_h_ sole_m_pne song & offrynge, 492
And bood [th]ere for to rest,
and stays the Tyll_e_ [th]at wynter was past,
winter, Bo[th]e he (.) hys Men echone
Seruyd god in deuocione, 496
thanking God [Th]ankyng god of hys My[gh]t
[Th]at kepe[th] hys seruau_n_tez ry[gh]t,
And suffre[th] noon for to spylle
for His honour [Th]_a_t hym loue[th] & tryste wylle: 500
to England. [Th]us worschup god dude certeyn
[Of the To Englond, [th]at [th]o was Bretayn;
difference [Th]e More Breteyn Englond ys--
between More As men may rede on Cronyclys-- 504
(or Great) By[gh]end [th]e See Bretayne [th]_er_ ys,
Britain and [Th]at ha[th] hys name forso[th]e of [th]is,
Little Britain.] For [th]e kyng Maxymyan,--
[Th]e next after Octauyan,-- 508
He conquered all_e_ Armoryk,
And to [th]e Reme named hyt lyk:
_Armorica_. Amorica on latyn me cl[e]ped [th]_a_t lond,

[Of the Welsh and Stinking Saxons.]

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