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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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Þeir Crowne of frau_n_ce þere þey loste.
Arthur takes Than wente Arthour in-to paryse
Paris. And toke þe castell_e_ & þe town at hys avyse. 104
Worschuped be god of hys grete grace
Glory to God. Þ_a_t þus ȝeueþ fortune(:) and worschup to þe Reme;
Thanke ȝe hym all_e_ þ_a_t beþ on þis place,
Say ye a Pater And seyeþ a Pater noster w_y_t_h_out any Beeme. 108
Noster therefore.
Pater noster.

Artho_ur_ fram paryse went w_y_t_h_ hys Rowte,
Arthur conquers And co_n_quered þe Cou_n_tre on euery syde aboute;
the countries Angeoy[2] , Peytow, Berry, & Gaskoyne,
around, Nauerne, Burgon_e_ | Loreyn & Toreyne; 112
He dau_n_ted þe proude | & hawted þe poure;
He dwelt long in Paryss after in honoure;
He was drad and loued in cou_n_treis abowte;
Heyest & lowest hym Loved & alowte; 116
And vpon an Esto_ur_ tyme sone afterward
He fested hys knyght_is_ & ȝaf ham gret reward;
distributes To hys styward he ȝaf Angers & Au_n_geye;
them among his To Bedewer hys botyler he ȝaf Norma_n_dye; 120
knights, He ȝaf to Holdyne flau_n_drys parde;
To Borel hys Cosyn, Boloyne þe cyte;
And eche man, after þe astat þat he was,
He rewarded hem alle, boþe More & lasse, 124
and returns to And ȝaf hem reward, boþe lond and Fee,
Britain. And turned to Breteyn, to Carlyo_n_e ayhe.

[And then Holds a Great Feast.]
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