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Britain (Arthurian)

Burial rites or funeral observances are performed, as attested by "faris bretaynwe bolde"

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Britain is captured or taken prisoner (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 18)

Britain dies or is fatally wounded (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 50)

Britain dies or is fatally wounded (letteres pronounce duke fore) (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 50)

Burial rites or funeral observances are performed, as attested by "faris bretaynwe bolde" (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 76)

The Alliterative Morte Arthure

  • attestation: Britain is captured or taken prisoner (Passage 18)

    "The duchez of Bretayne todaye has he takyn,"

  • attestation: Britain dies or is fatally wounded (Passage 50)

    "For duke ne fore dussepere, to dye in pe payne ! M T hane the banerettez of Bretayne broghte )>em to tentes ;"

  • attestation: Britain dies or is fatally wounded (letteres pronounce duke fore) (Passage 50)

    "That ne sail lelely in lande thi letteres pronounce, For duke ne fore dussepere, to dye in pe payne ! M T hane the banerettez of Bretayne broghte )>em"

  • attestation: Burial rites or funeral observances are performed, as attested by "faris bretaynwe bolde" (Passage 76)

    "How faris it in Bretaynwe, with all my bolde berynns ?"

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