COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925122dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Buerne and King Godrin of Denmark
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
45v
Image Sequence Number:
045v
Description:
Buerne discovers King Osbright has raped his wife, and gathers his friends to travel to York to confront the king. Buerne then travels to Denmark to seek the help of King Godrin, who is happy to wage war upon the English. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
ydone // And whanne hire lord was come home and saw hire wepe and such mornynge make: he axede hire what she had done and why she made suche sorwe // Sire quod she queyntely and falsly þe king Osbright me haþ don shame & vilonye aȝens my wille and tolde him treuthe how þe king had hire forlayn wiþ strengthe: Wherfo she saide she had leuere to dye þan lyue // ffaire leef be stille quod he. for aȝens strengthe feblenesse is litel worth and þ(er)fore of me shalt þow neuere þe lasse be loued. and namely for þou hast told me treuthe. and ȝif almighty god g(ra)unte me lif: y shal þe wel avenge // þis Buerne was a gret man and a mighty lord and was wel biloued. and grete frendes had and lete sende for þe grettest lordes of þe lande and to ham made his complaynte of despite þat þe king to him had done and saide þat he wolde ben auenged how so þat euere it were and alle his frendes counceilede and g(ra)un- tede to wende toward york. þere þat þe king was. and Buerne nome his mayne and come to þe king. and whanne þe king him saugh: he callede him curteisly Buerne by name: And Buerne him ansuerde and to him saide: Sire J ȝow defye and ȝelde vp feautes ho mages & landes and as muche as J. haue holde of ȝow and so fram þis time aft(er)ward y wil neu(er)e of þe noþing holde and so he dep(ar)tede fram þe king wiþoute more speche or eny abidinge. and nome leue of his frendes and wente to Denmarc and playnede to þe king. Godrin and told him of þe despite þat king Osbright to him had done of his wif and praiede him of soco(ur) and of helpe him to avenge // Whanne king Godrin of Denmarc & þe Danoys whanne þey had herde þe playnt of þis Buerne and of þe prayer þat he had þey were wonder glade in herte for as muche as þey mighte fynde cause for to gon in to Engelond for to werren oppon þe Englissh men and also for to auenge Buerne of þe despyt þat
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 CE
Places Covered:
Denmark
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 417. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
Bibliographic Citation:
Brie, Friedrich W. D., 'The Brut, or, the Chronicles of England / edited from Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library &c.', (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1906-1908)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
500
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Buerne and King Godrin of Denmark
