Lir Bretta Cyning

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.

Lir Cyning and his dehter in þæm Miclan Cranic (1250)

Willelm Shakespeare eac ðisne tellað in his pleg Lir Cyning