Fram dyverse places to Artho_ur_ come
to Arthur. Hys wyll_e_ to werk & to done:
Thus he sembled a full_e_ gret Ost;
To Cornewayle he drawe[th] hym fast 596
After [th]at Mordred [th]e trayto_ur_
[Th]at hadde do hym Much_e_ dyshono_ur_.
That treto_ur_ hadde gret strength
And fulled [th]_a_t lond on brede & length_e_, 600
He gives Mordred Such_e_ a batell_e_ as [th]ere was redy [th]o
battle. Hadde neuer Arthour byfore y-doo:
They fow[gh]t tyl [th]er come dou_n_ bloode
_Bellu_m_ As a(.) Ryver or (.)a(.) flood; 604
arthuri ap_u_d [Th]ey fow[gh]t euer sorest sadde;
Camelerton_um_ Men nyst ho [th]e betere hadde;
in Cornubia._ But at [th]e last Certeyn
Mordred is slain: Was Mordred & alle hys y-sclayn; 608
Arthur wounded, And Artho_ur_ y-bete wy[th] wou_n_de,
and carried to He Myght not stonde on grou_n_de;
Avelon, or But on lyter ry[gh]t anon
_Auelona .l. Was brow[gh]t to Auelon_e_, 612
insula pomor_um_ [Th]_a_t was a place fayr & Mury;
Glastonia._
[Arthur is Buried At Glastonbury.]
Glastonbury, Now hyt hoote[th] Glastyngbury.
where he dies, Ther Artho_ur_ [th]at worthy kyng
Maked hys lyues endyng; 616
But for he skaped [th]_a_t batell_e_ y-wys,
Bretou_n_s & Cornysch saye[th] [th]us,
"[Th]at he leuyth [gh]ut p_ar_de,
And schall_e_ come & be a kyng a[gh]e." 620
At Glastyngbury on [th]e qweer
and is buried [Th]ey made Arto_ur_ez tou_m_be [th]ere,
A.D. 542. And wrote wyth latyn vers [th]us,
Hic iacet Arthurus rex quonda_m_
rex que futur_us_. 624
Thys was [th]us forso[th]e ydone
_Anno d_o_m_ini_ [Th]e yheer after [th]e Incarnacione,
qu_in_gente_simo_ Vyf hundred (.) fourty & two.
_quadragesi_m_o Now saue vs alle fra woo 628
s_e_c_un_do._ Ih_es_u cryst, heuenly kyng,
& grau_n_t vs alle hys blessyng;
And [th]at hyt Moote so be,
Seye[th] alle Pater & Aue. 632
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