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Lir in ealdum larum wæs Bretta Cyning. His spell atellaþ Gosfreið of Monmuþe in his unstærlicum bec [Seo Stær þara Cyninga on Breten]] in þæm twlft gearhunde. Be Gosfreiðes bec wæs Lires cynedom ymbe þæm eahta gearhunde beforan Cristes tocyme, se is in ðære ilde ðærin wæs Romburg staþoled.

Willelm Shakespeare eac ðisne tellað in his pleg Lir Cyning

Cyningas