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Arthur - A Short Sketch of His Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century by Unknown
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Camelerton_um_ Men nyst ho þe betere hadde;
in Cornubia._ But at þe last Certeyn
Mordred is slain: Was Mordred & alle hys y-sclayn; 608
Arthur wounded, And Artho_ur_ y-bete wyþ wou_n_de,
and carried to He Myght not stonde on grou_n_de;
Avelon, or But on lyter ryȝt anon
_Auelona .l. Was browȝt to Auelon_e_, 612
insula pomor_um_ Þ_a_t was a place fayr & Mury;
Glastonia._

[Arthur is Buried At Glastonbury.]

Glastonbury, Now hyt hooteþ Glastyngbury.
where he dies, Ther Artho_ur_ þat worthy kyng
Maked hys lyues endyng; 616
But for he skaped þ_a_t batell_e_ y-wys,
Bretou_n_s & Cornysch sayeþ þus,
"Þat he leuyth ȝut p_ar_de,
And schall_e_ come & be a kyng aȝe." 620
At Glastyngbury on þe qweer
and is buried Þey made Arto_ur_ez tou_m_be þere,
A.D. 542. And wrote wyth latyn vers þus,
Hic iacet Arthurus rex quonda_m_
rex que futur_us_. 624
Thys was þus forsoþe ydone
_Anno d_o_m_ini_ Þe yheer after þe Incarnacione,
qu_in_gente_simo_ Vyf hundred (.) fourty & two.
_quadragesi_m_o Now saue vs alle fra woo 628
s_e_c_un_do._ Ih_es_u cryst, heuenly kyng,
& grau_n_t vs alle hys blessyng;
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