Inserted in Robert Mannyng’s Chronicle — four long lines of
verse, each containing a couplet and tail rhyme line
Subjects: battle, victory over the Scots by the English, Irish, and Welsh
Versification: —
tail rhyme —
aab
1.Source: London, Inner Temple Petyt 511.7 (Part VII), ff. 176
r2
Transcription:þe Walsh & þe Irish
till our men Inglysh
halp
douhtily
þat we þe scottis had
& to prison lad
&
come till our crie
now is all ent
& home ere þei
went
þe Iris & wals
god gyue at þe
perlement
þe scottis be all schent
& hanged bi þe
hals
Note: This text may extend further than the transcribed portion. The scribe
indicates these interpolations with vertical red lines divdiding the
‘Couwe’ passages into three verse lines. The mark-up here through
1340.
Attributed Author: Couwe (f. 176, margin, in rubric)
Editions: Sullens, Idelle,
ed.
Robert Mannyng of Brunne: The Chronicle.
Binghamton, NY: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1996: 655.