A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483: Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British MuseumAnonymous
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A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483: Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum
Anonymous
London (England) -- History -- To 1500; London (England) -- Social life and customs -- To 1500
Satis novit seculu______ ____De lingua Galloru_____
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Qualiter fit speculu___ \ / ___Patens traditoru_____ \
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Quia p' p'fidia________/ _/ \_ \___Pessimam ip'oru______/ _/
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Jam p'dit Vasconia____/ \__Princeps Anglicoru__/
Rex fidem adhibuit Dictus Gallicorum
Egit quod non debuit Nam fraus miserorum
Seriem composuit Quorumdam verborum
Que Regi transposuit Cetus nunciorum
Per verba credencie Nuncii dixerunt
Q'd magnates Francie Simul tractaverunt
Qdq; Regi Anglie Dare voluerunt
Natam Regis Gallie Heu q'd hic venerunt
Ad hec dux Burgundie Quidam nunciorum
Ait q'd in flumine Multi Northmannorum
Perierunt pridie Per nautas Anglorum
Additis hastucie Causis Bayonorum
Ut ergo concordia Pacis jam addatur
Et omnis discordia Prorsus repallatur
Celsitudo regia Francie precatur
Q'd sibi vasconia Totalis reddatur
Proponit brevissime Vos tunc reseisire
De terra vasconie Nec quid deperire
Ius v'r'm certissime Potestis hoc scire
Si q'd petit p'pere Placet exaudire
Si seisinam habeat Per sex septimanas
Tunc mandare placeat Q'd transire lanas
Gens anglor' faciat Et sic causas vanas
Pars utraq; deleat Res collando sanas
Ait vir considera Rex que petierunt
Nova sunt non vetera Hec que tibi ferunt
Pulcram inter cetera Tibi promiserunt
Prout dicit littera Quam Galli miserunt
Hoc audito Langetum Statim prosilivit
Ad regem consilium Dedit sicut scivit
Et Lacy p' sompnium Certe non dormivit
Quin eiusdem devium Seisine nutrivit
Puellam rex diligens Vinculis amorum
Penitus consensiens Dictis consultorum
Fieri precipiens Litteras servorum
Pro dolor nam nesciens Erat futurorum
Demum in Vasconia J. Lacy p'rexit
Litteras ab Anglia Secumq; devexit
Ac sub manu Gallia Vascones contexit
Anglis inutilia Heu' q'd tot aspexit
Gallici Vasconiam Sibi subjugarunt
Et in manum Anglicam Dare recusarunt
Neq; regis filiam In spousam pararunt
Regi dare quoniam Ip'm subsannarunt
Exp'tem Vasconie Foris judicarunt
Magni pares Francie Et exheredarunt
Regem n'r'm Anglie Parum hunc amarunt
Nam causam malicie Sibi demonstrarunt
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