Forgotten Ground Regained
Modern Historian’s Riddle
"Cynric... is not a figure in whom historians have felt much confidence"J.N.L. Myers, The English Settlements.
I’m Wessex’s king ‧ or Gewissae’s ruler.I’m son of Cerdic ‧ or son of Creoda.I’m Welsh or Saxon ‧ or sort of both. Now who am I?
I’m a real king ‧ rubbish I’m fake.A monkish figment ‧ made to deludethose Victorians ‧ and their historians.Or I’m a real king ‧ and Creoda’s a fake. Now who am I?
In the five-fifties ‧ I fought at Sarum.Rubbish, I reigned ‧ rather later,or decades earlier, ‧ or the dates are fake,a monkish figment ‧ made to deludethose Victorians ‧ and their historians. Now who am I?
How would I know!?!
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