The Political Songs of England: From the Reign of John to That of Edward II

by Unknown

[APPENDIX.]

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EXTRACTS FROM PETER LANGTOFT’S CHRONICLE.

EDWARD THE FIRST’S WAR WITH SCOTLAND IN 1294.

[From a MS. in the Public Library of the University of Cambridge, Gg. I. 1, fol. 337, written early in the reign of Edw. II.—The Collations are from MS. Cotton. Julius, A. V. fol. 137, v^o. (C.), of about the same age; and MSS. Reg. 20, A. II. fol. 123, r^o. (R. 1), and 20, A. XI. fol. 105, r^o. (R. 2), both of the fourteenth century.]

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Gales soit maldit de Deus e de Saint Symoun!

Car tuz jours ad esté pleins de tresoun.

Escoce soit maldit de la Mere Dé!