++Hvte we nu þ`a´nkin ⁊ herien ure hlauerde almihtin gode of ðese witte and of ðese wisdome. ðe we hier habbeð igadered of `h´ishorde. ⁊ of maniȝes [f. 49r] haliȝes mannes ȝeswinkes þe michel {145} sw`u´nken for ðe luue of gode. ⁊ for us to wissin. Hit is riht ðat we heriȝen ⁊ þankin ⁊ bledscin fader ⁊ sune ⁊ hali gast on ða hali þri{n}nesse. se ðe is on soð godd in onnesse. se ðe l`i´ueð ⁊ rixeð aure ma a woreld. amen. Ðat ne forȝeit ðu naure. þat ðu godd ne heriȝe. ⁊ þanke of alle gode. Alswa swa we habbeð niede him to bidden be {150} daiȝ ⁊ be nihte. ⁊ ofte ⁊ ȝelome alswa hit is niede{;} him to heriȝen. Amen. _Veni creator sp{iritu}s mentes tuor{um} uisita implet sup{er}na gr{aci}a que tu creasti p`e´ctora._ [Linenotes: 142. _þankin_] _a_ over _ẹ_. || 146. _swunken_] _u_ over _ị_. || 148. _liueð_] _i_ over _ẹ_. || 149. _forȝeit_] _i_ over erasure.] [[142: error for 143]] XIV. LAȜAMON THE BRUT [[MS description from Notes volume: “i. Cotton Caligula A 9, British Museum (C); on vellum, 216 × 153 mm.; 192 folios in double columns of 32 to 34 lines, written by two scribes in the first quarter of the thirteenth century. It is bound up with another manuscript containing the Owl and the Nightingale and other pieces. “ii. Cotton Otho C 13, British Museum (O); injured in the fire of 1731; on vellum; 145 folios in double columns of 38 lines; written in one hand, of the third quarter of the thirteenth century. “.... Mistakes common to both versions have been derived from an intermediate manuscript X.”]] (MS. Caligula) (MS. Otho) [[In the original text, line numbers were printed only on the MS. Caligula pages. Numbers have been added to MS. Otho when needed to identify linenotes.]] Vnder þan comen tiðende{;}   to vortiger þan kinge. [f. 81r² þ̵ ouer sæ weoren icumen{;}   swiðe selcuðe gumen. Jnne þere Temese{;}   to londe heo weore{n} icu{m}men. þreo scipen gode{;}   comen mid þan flode. þreo hundred cnihten{;}   Alse hit weoren kinges. 5 wið{}uten þan scipen mo{n}nen{;}   þe weoren þer wið{}inne{n}. þis weoren þa færeste men{;}   þat auere her comen. Ah heo weore hæðene{;}   þ̵ wes hærm þa mare. vnder þan com tẏdinge : to vortiger þan kinge. [f. 65v¹ þat ouer séé weren icome{;}   swiþe selliche gomes. þreo sipes gode{;}   i{}come were mid þan flode þar{}on þreo hundred cnihtes{;}   alse hit were kempes. þes weren þe faireste men þat euere come here. ac hii weren heþene þat was har[m] þe more.