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[Fol. 91a.] After the siege of Troy Siþen þe sege & þe assaut watȝ sesed at Troye, Þe borȝ brittened & brent to brondeȝ & askeȝ, Þe tulk þat þe trammes of tresoun þer wroȝt, 4 Watȝ tried for his tricherie, þe trewest on erthe; Hit watȝ Ennias þe athel, & his highe kynde, Þat siþen depreced prouinces, & patrounes bicome Welneȝe of al þe wele in þe west iles, Romulus built Rome, 8 Fro riche Romulus to Rome ricchis hym swyþe, With gret bobbaunce þat burȝe he biges vpon fyrst, & neuenes hit his aune nome, as hit now hat; Ticius to Tuskan [turnes,] & teldes bigynnes; 12 Langaberde in Lumbardie lyftes vp homes; and Felix Brutus founded Britain, & fer ouer þe French flod Felix Brutus On mony bonkkes ful brode Bretayn he setteȝ, wyth wynne; a land of war and wonder, 16 Where werre, & wrake, & wonder, Bi syþeȝ hatȝ wont þer-inne, and oft of bliss and blunder. & oft boþe blysse & blunder Ful skete hatȝ skyfted synne.