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I.

[A] Si? en ? e sege & ? e assaut wat3 sesed at Troye, [Fol. 91a. ]
? e bor3 brittened & brent to bronde3 & aske3,
? e tulk ? at ? e trammes of tresoun ? er wro3t,
4 Wat3 tried for his tricherie, ? e trewest on erthe;
Hit wat3 Ennias ? e athel, & his highe kynde,
? at si?
en depreced prouinces, & patrounes bicome
Welne3e of al ? e wele in ? e west iles,
8 [B] Fro riche Romulus to Rome ricchis hym swy? e,
With gret bobbaunce ? at bur3e he biges vpon fyrst,
& neuenes hit his aune nome, as hit now hat;
Ticius to Tuskan [turnes,] & teldes bigynnes;
12 Langaberde in Lumbardie lyftes vp homes;
[C] & fer ouer ? e French flod Felix Brutus
On mony bonkkes ful brode Bretayn he sette3,
wyth wynne;
16 [D] Where werre, & wrake, & wonder,
Bi sy? e3 hat3 wont ? er-inne,
[E] & oft bo? e blysse & blunder
Ful skete hat3 skyfted synne.

[Sidenote A: After the siege of Troy]
[Sidenote B: Romulus built Rome,]
[Sidenote C: and Felix Brutus founded Britain,]
[Sidenote D: a land of war and wonder,]
[Sidenote E: and oft of bliss and blunder. ]

II.

20 Ande quen ? is Bretayn wat3 bigged bi ? is burn rych,
[A] Bolde bredden ? er-inne, baret ? at lofden,
In mony turned tyme tene ?