The Brut (MS. Otho)
[MS. Caligula] (above)
[Parallel Texts]
Line numbers are taken from the longer Caligula text. In the original, they were printed in the gutter, between the two versions.
vnder þan com tẏdinge : to vortiger þan kinge.
þat ouer séé weren icome; swiþe selliche gomes.
þreo sipes gode; i come were mid þan flode
5 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.
þeos comen to þan kinge and faire hine grette.