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&_o take_v he_o say_v &_o bid_v he_o thereof_o to_o be_v king_n till_o that_o he_o come_v again_o for_o as_o moche_v as_o he_o have_v none_o heeyre_n of_o his_o body_n beget_v and_o great_a damage_n be_v it_o that_z so_o noble_a a_o king_n and_o so_o doughty_a as_o he_o be_v have_v no_o child_n of_o his_o body_n beget_v but_o all_o thing_n that_o god_n will_v have_v do_v must_v be_v do_v who_o name_n be_v blessyd_v without_o end_n ¶_o how_o king_n constantyne_n be_v vex_v of_o mordred_n two_o son_n this_o constantyne_n be_v a_o noble_a knight_n and_o a_o worthy_a of_o body_n and_o though_o two_o son_n that_o mordred_n have_v beget_v have_v great_a envy_n of_o constantyne_n that_o though_o be_v crown_v king_n and_o so_o it_o befall_v that_o they_o meve_v war_n against_o he_o and_o assemble_v a_o great_a host_n of_o they_o that_o be_v before_o with_o mordred_n &_o have_v be_v dryven_v a_o way_n &_o that_o do_v moche_v sarowe_n &_o anguysshe_n thrughout_v all_o that_o land_n that_o one_o 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year_n and_o after_o deyed_a and_o lie_v at_o gloucestre_n ¶_o how_o this_o land_n be_v long_o without_o a_o king_n and_o how_o bryton_n choose_v a_o king_n this_o king_n lucy_n have_v none_o heir_n of_o his_o body_n beget_v that_o be_v after_o ward_v great_a harm_n &_o sorrow_n to_o the_o land_n for_o after_o this_o king_n lucy_n death_n none_o of_o the_o great_a lord_n 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 war_n &_o debate_v among_o them self_o l_o year_n without_o king_n but_o it_o befall_v after_o ward_n that_o a_o great_a prince_n come_v from_o rome_n in_o to_o thê_n land_n that_o be_v call_v severie_a not_o for_o war_n but_o for_o to_o save_v the_o right_a of_o rome_n but_o never_o theles_o he_o have_v not_o dwell_v half_o a_o year_n in_o this_o land_n but_o that_o the_o bryton_n slay_v he_o and_o when_o they_o of_o rome_n wist_v that_o severi_fw-la be_v so_o slay_v they_o send_v a_o other_o great_a lord_n in_o to_o this_o land_n that_o 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man_n when_o he_o go_v to_o conquer_v lytell_fw-mi brytayne_v and_o in_o the_o same_o time_n the_o you_o here_o now_o tell_v be_v saint_n albon_n martryd_v through_o the_o woâ—d_a tyrâ—â—â—_n dyoclesyan_a in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o be_v nowâ—_n a_o abbaye_v make_v of_o saint_n albon_n while_n that_o he_o be_v a_o paynym_n but_o he_o convert_v he_o to_o god_n through_o the_o predicacyon_n of_o clerk_n &_o a_o wise_a man_n that_o be_v call_v anâ—â—ble_n that_o be_v â—â—rbourghed_v a_o night_n in_o his_o house_n and_o this_o be_v after_o thy_o carnacyon_n of_o ihesu_n cryste_n ·ii_fw-la hondr_v xxvi_o year_n and_o man_n shalle_v understonde_v that_o saint_n albon_n suffer_v his_o martyrdom_n before_o that_o saint_n edmonde_n be_v martryd_v &_o therefore_o be_v saint_n albon_n call_v the_o first_o martyr_n of_o englond_n ¶_o this_o gowans_n brother_n and_o his_o folk_n that_o be_v sarrasyn_n go_v through_o the_o land_n &_o destroy_v all_o thing_n that_o they_o find_v &_o no_o 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