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year_n and_o after_o die_v and_o lie_v at_o gloucetre_n how_o this_o land_n be_v long_o without_o a_o king_n and_o how_o the_o breton_n choose_v a_o king_n ca_o xl_o this_o king_n lucye_n have_v none_o heyr_n of_o his_o body_n bigoten_a that_o be_v afterward_o great_a harm_n &_o sorrow_n to_o the_o land_n for_o after_o this_o king_n lucyes_n death_n none_o of_o the_o great_a of_o the_o land_n will_v suffer_v a_o other_o to_o be_v king_n but_o live_v in_o be_v &_o in_o debate_n among_o hem_o l_o year_n without_o king_n but_o it_o befall_v afterward_o that_o a_o great_a prince_n come_v fro_o rome_n in_o to_o this_o land_n that_o i_o callyd_v severye_n nought_o for_o to_o be_v but_z for_o to_o save_v the_o right_n of_o rome_n but_o netheles_o he_o have_v not_o duellyd_v half_a a_o year_n in_o this_o land_n that_o the_o briton_n ne_o slay_v he_o when_o they_o of_o rome_n wist_v that_o severye_n be_v so_o slay_v they_o send_v another_o great_a lord_n in_o to_o this_o land_n that_o i_o 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sail_v in_o the_o see_v he_z make_v greâ—…e_a lamentation_n &_o so_o do_v all_o though_o that_o be_v with_o he_o and_o say_v dedisti_fw-la nos_fw-la domine_fw-la tamquam_fw-la oves_fw-la escarum_fw-la &_o in_fw-la gentibus_fw-la dispersisti_fw-la nos_fw-la and_o than_o bygan_a cadwaladre_n to_o compleyn_n he_o to_o his_o folk_n pytous_o and_o say_v alas_o say_v he_o to_o we_o wretch_n and_o caytyf_n for_o why_o for_o our_o great_a sin_n of_o the_o which_o we_o will_v not_o amend_v we_o while_o we_o have_v space_n of_o repentance_n be_v come_fw-mi upon_o we_o this_o mysaventure_fw-fr which_o chase_v we_o out_o of_o our_o own_o realm_n &_o propre_fw-fr soil_n fro_o &_o out_o of_o which_o sometime_o roman_n scot_n â–ª_o saxon_n ne_fw-fr dane_n may_v not_o exylen_v we_o but_o what_o au_o a_o yle_v it_o now_o to_o we_o that_o before_o time_n oftside_n have_v goten_a many_o other_o land_n since_o it_o be_v not_o the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o we_o abide_v &_o duel_n le_fw-fr in_o our_o own_o 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