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"ggstoria  Craiana." 


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PSEFACE:  >Ma 

L   ISTBODUOnOK :  BT  THI  BET.  QEO.  A.  FAHTOIT               ...  vU 

1L   THB  DULECI  AKD  AUTHORSHIP  ;  BT  D.  DOKALDSON,  SBQ.  liil 

INDEX  OF  BOOKS  AJTD  StTBJECTS  (fbom  thb  hb.)  his 

THE  DESTRUCTION  OF  TEOY  (thb  allitkbatttb  pohm)  I 

KOTES          461 

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In  the  year  1865  I  vas  nqueated  hy  Mr  F.  J.  Fumivall  to  go 
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goff,  to  Bscertaia  if  there  veie  any  wotka  there,  in  manuBcript, 
which  might  he  suitable  for  reproduction  hj  the  Early  Englieh  Text 
Society.'     Among  other  entries,  I  aent  hiin  the  following : — 

"  A  Stately  Poera  called  tbe  Dafmction  of  TVoy,  wrote  by  Joseph  of 
Eiceler,  who  lived  in  the  reiga  of  Kiug  Usury  tlie  Secood,  from  1151 
to  1189.  In  Old  English  verse,  fulio  (on  paper),  written  in  a  small 
cramp  hand." 

Several  extiacte  from  the  manuscript  itself  were  subsequently  for- 
warded, and  determined  the  Committee  of  the  Society  to  print  it 
My  professional  engagements,  occupying  mo  weekly  during  nearly 
the  whole  of  the  honra  at  which  the  Museum  was  open,  did  not 
admit  of  tdj  copying  the  poem,  even  if  its  size  and  formidable 
appearance  had  not  deterred  me  &om  attempting  it.  The  work  of 
transcription  was  undertaken  by  Mr  David  Donaldson,  who  had 
more  time  at  his  disposal  and  much  greater  experience  in  such  work 
than  I  had,  and  it  was  completed  after  no  small  amount  of  difBculty 
and  labour,  which  the  mistake  as  to  the  author  very  materially 
increased.  "While  the  greater  portion  of  the  manuscript  is  certainly 
written  in  a  provokingly  "cramp"  hand,  yet  at  various  parte  the 
writing  is  very  beautiful  and  easily  read,  having  been  executed 
apparently  with  great  care.  Tbe  reason  of  this  remarkable  diifer- 
ence  did  not  at  firat  occur  to  the  transcriber.  The  evident  mistakes, 
or  say  the  curious  combinations  of  letteia  employed  in  the  spelling 
of  the  proper  names  especially,  and  the  peculiarity  of  these  on  being 
pronounced,  at  last  suggested  to  him,  when  ho  was  for  advanced, 

'  "  Ton  oonid  help  ni,  too,  b;  looking  into  the  M88.  at  the  Librar;  at  tbe 
Hunterian  Uuieuin,  There  mutt  be  some  worth  printing  there.  They  have  a 
uaiqaecopjof  Chaucer's  Bewiamnt  i/ tlu Bete ;  and,  lam  told," [bf  the  Bev. 
Joseph  Stevenwn]  '*  a  unique  Poem  on  the  Destruction  of  Troy  In  IS  or  moie 
thousand  linea.  But  it  ma;  turn  out  to  be  Ljdgate's  Trag  Book."  8  Dee.,  186&. 


that  the  carefully  executed  portions  wete  copied  at  leianre  from  pci- 
hapa  the  ordinal,  while  the  test  wsis  less  carefully  taken  down  from 
dictation  by  the  copyist,  who  Beemlngly  did  not  know  the  words  he 
wrote  down,  and  spelt  from  the  sound.  Further  examination,  and 
the  marked  difference  in  the  character  and  formation  of  the  letters 
in  the  "cramp"  and  the  more  carefiilly  written  portions,  served  to 
prove  that  this  conjecture  was  the  right  one,  and  fully  accounted  for 
the  differences  in  the  spelling,  otherwise  inexplicable. 

Much  time  would  have  been  saved  not  only  in  the  work  of 
ttsnacnption,  but  in  the  preparation  for  the  press,  had  meaus  been 
taken  at  an  early  period  to  test  the  correctness  of  the  entry  in  the 
catalogue.  No  suspicion  of  this,  however,  having  been  entertained, 
it  was  only  when  the  first  sheet  was  in  type,  that  a  careful  com- 
parison of  it  was  made  with  the  Bdlum  2>-q/onwm  of  Joseph  of 
Exetei  to  ascertain  vrith  what  fidelity  the  translation  had  been 
executed,  and  it  was  found  that  the  MS.  poem  was  not  a  translation 
irom  that  work  at  alL  A  similar  examination  of  the  Histories,  said 
to  be  by  Dares  and  Dictys,  showed  that,  although  they  had  much 
in  common,  the  poem  was  not  tranelated  from  them  either.  Titus 
baffled,  it  occurred  to  me  that  a  comparison  might  be  tried  with  our 
MS.  and  a  very  fine  one  of  Guido  de  Colonna's  Hiitoria  Trojana, 
in  the  Hunterian  Museum.  This  comparison,  at  first,  was  not  much 
more  promising  than  the  others  had  been.  The  great  diSerence  in 
the  writing  and  in  the  arrangement  of  the  two  MSS.,  the  fuller  text 
of  Guido  at  the  commencement,  and  the  very  considerable  gap 
between  the  first  and  second  Books  of  our  MS.,  the  extent  of  which 
was  then  unsuspected,  prevented  us  from  noticing  the  connection 
between  Guido  de  Colonna  and  the  Stately  Poem,  Though  the 
result  yraa  uneatisfactory,  I  was  unwilling  to  give  up  the  matter 
altogether  without  one  more  trial,  and  requested  Mr  Donaldson  to 
surest  some  testing  passage  at  the  end  of  our  Troy  Book,  with 
numerons  proper  names  in  it,  or  several  well-marked  paragraphs,  in 
order  to  institute  a  further  and  closer  examination.  First  one  and 
then  another  such  passage' was  turned  up  and  tried,  and  it  soon  be- 
came quite  manifest  that  the  MS.  poem  was  a  translation,  though 
not  a  close  and  continuoua  one^  of  Guide's  Sktoria  Trcgana, 


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But  whence  was  the  work  of  Guido  derived  t  was  tlie  next 
question.  A  few  months  ago*  the  writei  would  have  been  con- 
Ettuned  to  leave  this  matter  in  the  doubt  and  uncertainty  in  which 
it  was  left  hy  Warton  and  his  annotatois,  simply  from  the  difficulty, 
if  not  impossibility,  of  getting  a  copy  or  transcript  of  a  sufficiently 
large  portion  of  the  Soman  de  Troie  to  compaTe  with  Guide's  Bdlum 
Tmjanum.  That  dif&culty,  ot  impossibility,  exists  no  longer. 
Thanks  to  the  admirable  edition  of  Monsieur  A.  Joly,  Doyen  de  la 
Faculte  dea  I^ttrea,  of  Caen,  we  have  now  a  complete  text  of  the 
Boman  accessible,  from  which  it  is  evident  that  Benoit  de  Sainte- 
Mani«  is  the  originator  of  that  great  mass  of  romantic  liteiaiuie 
respecting  the  siege  and  dentmction  of  Troy,  so  widely  diffused, 
and  so  popular  during  the  Middle  Ages. 

From  the  exhanstive  reasonii^  and  proofe  of  Mons.  Joly  as  to 
the  peiBOQ  and  age  and  country  of  his  author,  it  is  sufficiently  mani- 
-feat  that  the  Soman  de  Troie  appeared  between  the  years  1176  and 
1185.  The  translation,  or  version,  of  the  Rmitan  by  Guido  de 
Colonna  was  finished,  as  he  tells  ns  at  the  end  of  his  Sistoria 
Troiana,  in  1287.  From  one  or  other,  or  both,  of  these  works  the 
various  Histories,  Chtonicles,  Bomances,  Gestes,  and  Flays  of  The 
Deslruciion  of  Troy,  The  Proieess  and  Death  of  Hector,  The  Treason 
of  the  Greeks,  &c,,  were  translated,  adapted,  or  amplified,  in  almost 
every  language  of  Europe, 

The  Stately  Poem  now  printed  is,  in  all  probability,  the  very 
first  or  earliest  version  of  Benoit  and  Guido  in  our  language.  The 
poet  Batbour  execnted  perhaps  the  second,  of  which  the  fetgments 
otdy  are  now  extant  in  two  MS.  copies  of  the  more  modem  version 
of  Lydgate — his  well-known  Trot/  Book,  The  MS.  Folio,  or  "  Pro- 
digious Folio"  (Laud  K.  76)  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Oxford, 
described  by  Warton,  and  erroneously  ascribed  to  Lydgate,  ie  a 
fourth  version.  Another  Oxford  MS.  (Eawl.  MS.  Misc.  82)  com- 
mencing, «  Here  begynneth  the  Sege  of  Tioyo," 
is  a  prose  adaptation  from  the  same  Bources.  The  best-known  prose 
version,  however,  of  the  story  of  old  Troy  is  that  of  Caxton.  His 
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Dwtruation  of  Troy,  -wHcli  has  been  often  reprinted,  is  partly 
derived  and  translated  ftotn  the  Becueil  of  HiBtoriea  by  Lefevre,  but 
the  Third  Book  ia  a  very  close  translation  of  the  corresponding  por- 
tion of  Guido  de  Colonna.  There  are  other  more  modem  poetical 
Teisions,  more  or  leas  condensed,  snch  as  "  The  Life  and  Death  of 
Hector,  One  and  the  First  of  the  most  puissant.  Valiant,  and 
lienowned  Monarches  of  the  World  called  the  IJyno  Worthies,"  by 
Thomas  Heyvood,  a  copy  of  which  I  possess,  as  also  another  work 
of  his,  Tlie  Iron  Age,  fi'om  the  same  prolific  materials.  This  last  is 
a  drama  in  two  parts — the  first  "  Contayning  ike  Rape  of  Hdlen : 
The  Siege  of  Troy :  The  Comhate  hetwixt  Hector  arid  Ajax:  Bector 
and  Troilw  Slayne,"  &o.  The  second  part  "  Conlayneih  the  Death 
of  PentJiesUea,  Parts,  Priam,  mul  Hecuba :  TJie  Burning  of  Troy  : 
Tlie  Deaths  of  Agamemnon,  MeneJaita,"  Sea. 

From  the  pages  of  Brunet  we  may  see  how  often  and  how 
varionsly  it  was  reproduced  in  the  different  countries  throughout 
Europe;  and  yet  his  enumeration  by  no  means  exhausts  all  the 
versions  of  the  Fall  of  Troy.  I  possess,  or  I  have  examined,  copies 
of  several  others  in  Engllsb,  French,  Spanish,  and  Italian,  of  which 
ho  has  token  no  notice. 

The  old  atoiy,  as  elsewhere,  appears  to  have  been  very  popular 
in  Scotland,  and  for  a  long  period  too.  The  MS.  (MSS.  Cat.,  vol. 
V.  600,  Kk,  5.  30)  in  Cambridge  University  Library,  which  is  a  copy 
principally  of  Lydgate's  Troy  Book,  was  written  in  Scotland,  pro- 
bably by  the  same  copyist  who  executed  the  Donee  MS.  148  in  the 
Bodleian,  Oxford,  at  the  end  of  which  we  are  told 

"  Here  eodis  ye  Sege  of  Troye  written  and  mendit  at  ye  Instance  of 
ane  honorable  chaplane  Ser  Thomas  ewyn  in  Edioburgli." 

In  the  first  of  these  MSS.,  a  Scotch  one,  formerly  in  the  Duke  of 
Lauderdale's  collection,  when  examined  by  Mr  Bradshaw,  Librarian 
of  the  University,  to  ascertain  the  changes  made  in  the  author's 
language  by  the  Scottish  copyist,  were  discovered  the  remarkable 
remains  of  Barbour's  version.  Mr  Bradshaw  thus  describes  his 
interesting  and  most  valuable  discovery : 

''■It  was  on  the  11th  of  tliis  month  (April,  1866)  that  I  took  down 
from  the  shelf  in  ttie  University  Library  a  copy  of  Lydgate's  TVt.y 


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PREFACE.  Xi 

Boot.  I  only  koew  that  it  was  a  Scotch  maaoscript,  formerlj  in  tlis 
Duko  of  Landerdale'e  collection,  which  was  sold  hy  auction  in  1692, 
add  that  it  had  been  bought  with  several  otheiB  from  the  same  libraiy 
bj  Bishop  Hoore,  and  tranaferred  with  the  reat  of  his  books  to  the 
UniTeraity  by  the  moniricance  of  King  George  in  1715,  My  immediate 
object  was  to  see  bow  far  Lydgate'a  aonthern  English  had  been  modi- 
fied in  the  process  of  tranacripticn  by  a  Scottish  acribe.  The  original 
volume  was  mntilated  both  at  beginning  and  end,  and  the  miasing 
parte  bad  been  eapplied  in  writing,  from  the  printed  edition  of  1555,  by 
one  Sir  Jamea  Hnrray  of  Tibbermare,  who  owned  tlie  book  in  1612. 
However,  on  turning  over  a  few  leaves  near  the  end  of  tha  original 
acribe's  work,  I  was  strack  with  a  line  in  larger  handwritiog  (that 
naod  thronghont  the  volamo  for  mhrics),  running  as  follows: 

'  Her  endis  the  monk  ande  begynnis  barbonr ; ' 
and  on  tnraing  back,  I  fonnd  a  similtu'  rubric  near  the  beginning: 

'  Her  endis  barbonr  and  begynnia  tha  monk,' 
It  waa  farther  apparent  that  the  lines  before  this  note  at  the  beginning, 
aa  &r  aa  they  were  preserved  (abont  600),  and  after  the  note  at  the  end 
(abont  1600  or  1600),  were  not  Lydgate  oonpleta  of  versea  of  five 
accenta,  hot  Romance  conplets  of  verses  of  four  accents.  A  few  lines 
were  enoogh  to  shew  me  that  tha  language  waa  anything  but  aouthero 
English ;  and  I  had  little  doubt  that  I  had  stumbled  upon  some  frag- 
menta  of  a  large  work  by  the  earliest  known  Scotch  poet,  of  which  I 
did  not  recollect  to  have  seen  any  notice.  ....  It  is  difficult  to 
nndeistand  how  these  fragments  came  to  occupy  the  place  which  they 
hold  in  the  present  MS.  The  only  explanation  I  can  suggest  is  that 
the  Scotch  scribe,  wisliing  to  make  a  copy  of  Lydgat^'s  story  of  the 
Destruction  of  Troy,  was  only  able  to  procure  for  his  purpose  s  copy 
mutilated  at  beginning  and  end;  and  that,  in  transcribing,  he  sup- 
plemented his  original  by  taking  the  missing  portions  of  the  story  from 
the  antiquated  (snd  in  his  eyes  less  refined)  translation  made  by  his 
own  countryman  in  tha  previona  century.  King  Janios  sooms  to  have 
carried  back  with  him  into  Scotland  the  knowledge  of  the  Euglish 
poetry  of  his  day.  There  is  ample  evidence  of  the  popularity  of  Chau- 
cer in  Scotland  in  the  latter  half  of  the  fifteenth  century  ;  several  of  his 
smaller  poema  are  only  known  to  us  from  Scotch  copies  of  them  ;  and 
one  indeed  is  among  the  earliest  productioos  of  the  Edinburgh  press. 
It  need  not  then  he  matter  of  surprise  to  us  if  the  great  popularity  of 
Lydgate  in  England  had  spread  his  fame  across  the  border.  I  still 
thought  that  anonymous  copies  of  Barbour's  Siege  of  Troif  might  have 
been  preserved  either  entire  or,  aa  here,  combined  with  Lydgate'a  work, 
and  suggested  this  to  my  friends  in  Scotland ;  but  at  preaent  all  that  I 
can  say  is  that  they  know  of  no  poem  of  the  kind  lying  unclaimed. 
While,  however,  so  many  libraries  remain  unexplored,  it  ia  veiy  pro- 
bable that  a  more  oomplete  copy  may  yet  be  discovered 

"  F.9.  Uy  conjecture  has  been  veri6ed  to  some  extent.     I  have  aincs 


hwl  the  good  fortatie  to  discover  in  the  Douce  Collection  a  copy  which 
fumighea  about  1200  additionsl  lines  towards  the  close  of  tlie  poem. 
Being  at  Oxford  for  Bome  weelie  this  summer,  I  was  eaabled,  thaaks  to 
the  unequalled  kindDesa  of  Mr  Coie,  to  explore  at  mj'  leisure  whole  de- 
partmeDta  of  the  Bodleian  Library.  I  was  Bearching  for  pribted  books ; 
but  seeing  a  MR  of  Lydgate's  Troy  Book  in  an  adjoining  book-case,  I 
was  tempted  to  take  it  down,  although  I  knew  that  all  the  Bodleian 
Ljdgafes  had  been  just  recently  examined  with  great  care  for  the  com- 
mittee of  the  Early  Eaglish  Text  Society.  It  is  a  Scotch  MS.,  and  was 
probably  copied  from  the  Cambridge  MS.  before  ours  was  so  much 
mutilated.  The  beginning  is  Lydgate,  the  volume  closes^  with  the  last 
few  lines  of  Lydgate's  poem,  and  the  rubrics  about  Barbour  and  the 
Monk  are  omitted ;  so  that  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  evea  Mr 
Douce  himself  should  have  overlooked  it,  to  say  nothing  of  more  recent 
investigators." 

That  the  two  M8S.  may  have  had  a  common  origin,  and  been 
written  and  "  mendit,"  at  the  end  at  least,  by  the  same  chaplain  that 
executed  the  Donee  copy,  is  very  probable  and  likely,  bat  that  the 
one  was  copied  from  the  other  is  disproved,  I  think,  by  the  various 
differences  existing  between  them,  as  shown  by  parallel  extracts, 
which  I  have  had  token  from  both.  The  Douce  MS.,  for  example^ 
has  not  the  conclnding  portion,  if  indeed  it  has  any,  of  the  first  600 
linefl  of  Barbour,  which  are  found  in  the  other.  In  the  Cambridge 
MS.  these  linea  conclude  thus  : — 

"  And  tbns  of  Medea  fynd  I 

Becordyt  in  alt  poetiye 

Bot  qnjiethir  it  be  suth  or  lese 

the  werray  Storye  sais  Scho  wes 

Mast  perfyt  in  aatronomye 

And  ek  into  gramancye 

Of  all  that  lyfTyt  in  hyr  quhill 

So  Soneranly  scho  was  snbtill 

That  thar  was  neaer  nane  hyr  lyk 

No  nener  sail  be  pure  no  ryk. 
Her  endia  Barbour  and  begynis  the  monk 

Because  of  certane  interleuerations 

Of  dynerse  Cerclea  and  reuolutions 

That  maked  bene  in  the  heneo  aloft 

Which  causen  ws  for  to  failen  oft." 

'  From  an  extract,  now  before  me,  from  this  H8.,  the  case  really  stands 
ihxa:  Folio  S3Q  and  last  oommenees  with  four  lines  of  Barbour,  then  follow 
32  lineB  of  Lydgate  ;  the  long  epiaodioa]  address  to  Henry  V.,  in  which  ha  de- 
scribes hima^f,  mentiona  Chaucer,  Sen.,  consisting  of  236  lines,  ia  omitted,  and 
then  the  "  mendit "  poem  concludes  with  the  last  five  Ihiei  of  LydgaUh 


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The  COTTespondmg  passage  in  the  Douce  MS.,  fol  26b.,  is  as  follows  : 

"iQnlien  he  moris  onder  eliptike  lyue 
The  dip«e  mougbt  follow  as  aactoares  list  diasyne 
So  ysit  jar  be  b^  yar  diacriptioun 
Of  boitb  twayn  full  couiuactionQ 
And  yat  ye  sone  with  Iiie  beiueB  reid 
Haae  hia  duelling  in  ye  dragoDs  bed 
And  ye  mone  be  set  eke  in  ye  tale 
As  by  natore  yan  It  may  nought  fale 
Tljat  yn  [yre]  must  fall  eclipse  of  werray  neid 
In  Byndry  bakes  Ijke  as  ye  may  reid 
Becaase  of  certane  latersecatJouDS 
Of  dinersse  clerkes^  and  reaolutioDS 

That  maid  er  in  ye  hewyn  alolt  [U.Ua.] 

Quhilk  causis  ws  for  to  fale  oit." 

The  firat  ten  lines  of  this  extract  are  I-ydgate'a,  modified  in  spell- 
ing by  the  Scottish  copyist,  and  it  is  T017  manifest  that  the  last  two 
were  not  copied  from  the  corresponding  lines  of  the  Cambridge  MS. 
Perhaps  were  the  two  HSS.  themselves  examined  and  compared  to- 
gether, the  real  truth  of  the  matter  regarding  their  connection  and 
production  might  be  ascertained  exactly.  Failing  such  comparison, 
a  satisfactory  conclusion  might  he  arrived  at  by  a  carefiU  examina- 
tion of  Bofficiently  copious  extracts  taken  from  both — ^if  photo- 
graphed, all  the  better. 

I  bad  not  gone  over  much  of  the  Stately  Poem  in  proof  before  I 
was  stmck  with  the  number  not  only  of  words,  bat  of  expressions 
and  phrases  occurring  in  it,  that  ace  still  in  common  use  in  Scotland. 
This  had  also  struck  the  transcriber ;  and  when  it  was  ascertained 
that  the  work  was  not  a  translation  from  Joseph  of  Exetor,  or  from 
the  historians  Dares  end  Dictys,  more  attention  was  paid  to  these 
woids  and  phrases  than  heretofore;  and  as  the  proofs,  wlien  collated 
■with  the  MS.,  were  read  al<ntd,  the  Scottish  or  Northern  peculiarity 
became  eyery  day  more  manifest.  Indeed,  whole  lines  of  the  poem, 
and  even  passages  of  some  length,  would  be  intelligible  to  the 
common  people  in  many  parts  of  this  country  at  the  present  day, 

'  lo  Uarsh,  166!!,  tbese  tiro  lines  are 

"Whan  so  he  meueth  under  the  Clyptik  lyne, 
The  Gipse  mott  fo1o»  ae  Anctoura  list  diffiue." 
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and  might  even  be  spoken  hy  them,  mthont  the  slightest  euspicion 
that  the;  were  uttering  anTthing  either  aichaio  oi  foreign.  In  my 
native  oonntjr  of  Fife  many  an  orchin,  "yonge  and  yepe,"  or 
"yanp,"  not  long  introsted  vith  "hreeks,"  were  be  visiting  Cnpar, 
the  capital  of  tbe  ancient  "Kingdom," 

"  Hit  is  the  Soveraiyne  citie  of  tbe  soyle  ever, 
Of  leoglit  and  (oQ  largenea  looely  to  see. 
Well  bilde  all  aboute,  and  mony  buemes  la  " — 

might,  on  his  return  home,  give  an  account  of  his  expedition  very 
much  in  the  words  of  tbe  poem,  and  tell  that  be  bad 

"Steppit  up  to  a  etreite  streght  on  bis  gate. 
As  (he)  past  on  the  payment  the  pepult  behelile, 
Haden  wonder  of  (him)  and  wilfulde  desyra 
To  knowB  of  (his)  comyng  and  the  canee  wete, 
Of  what  centrS  (he)  come  and  the  caase  why. 
So  faJro  folke  nppon  fote  was  ferly  to  bb. 
Thai  bowet  to  the  hrode  yate,  or  thai  bide  wold, 
And  led  (biro)  furtho  lyuely  into  a  large  halle, 
By  leve  of  tbe  Lord  that  the  lond  aght, 
Oaid  up  by  a  greee  all  of  gray  marbill. 
Into  a  chamber  full  choise  (chefe)  on  there  way, 
That  proudly  was  ptunted  with  pure  gold  oner," 

The  "gnde  folke"  at  home  wonld  not  only  understand  every  word, 
"  grese "  periiaps  not  excepted,  of  this  accoont  taken  or  made  up 
from  the  passage  301 — 372,  but  consider  tbat  the  account  was 
expressed  in  most  appropriate  hroad  Scotch,  tangbt  hivn  by  "  bom 
selvyne ; "  and  if  told  tbat  tbia  was  South-Midland  English,  they 
would  "thiepe,"  and  with  s  "birr"  too,  that  it  was  no  more 
English  than  it  was  French  or  Gaelic.  It  must  indeed  he  ad- 
mitted, however,  tbat  were  the  same  orchin  sufficiently  advanced  to 
be  in  Latin,  and  translating  Cteaor  into  bis  vernacular,  he  and  they 
wonld  as  stoutly  aver  that  be  was  turning  his  author  into  JEngliah, 
I  question  if  a  South-Midland  peasant,  or  EngUsbman  &r  south  of 
the  Tyne,  could  even  pronounce  some  of  the  wotds  in  this  passage, 
and  yet  were  I  reading,  more  SeotHco,  those  lines  and  many  other 
similar  ones  to  a  claas  of  boys  or  girls,  able  to  write,  in  a  parish 
school,  I  venture  to  say  that  I  would  "belyve"  get  them  back, 
almost   in  the  very  guise  or  form  in  which  they  are  "bievit"  in 


.A^ooglc 


our  "Boke."^  And  there  are  paesoges  moreover,  not  a  few,  in 
irhich  occur,  irithin  a  Bhort  epoce,  several  undeniably  Scottish 
or  Northern  woids  of  peculiar  meanings,  atUl  retained  in  use,  and 
spelt,  cnrioDsIj  enough,  almost  exactly  as  now  pronounced.  So 
that,  leoBoning  accoiding  to  the  mere  doctrine  of  chancea,  it  may  be 
concluded  with  certainty  that  so  many  could  never  have  come 
together,  or  been  used  in  their  present  connection,  nnleea  the  author 
had  been  a  Scotsman  or  Northnmbnan,  to  the  manner  bom.  I  may 
give  here  two  or  three  such  passages. 

"  SteppU  up  to  a  streite,  itregH  on  hi*  gait"  351 

"  Gate  masons  fall  many,  that  mykuU  fete  eouthe}  1629 

Wise  wrightis  to  taaU,  werkjs  to  caste ; 
Qaariourt  quseme,  qnaint  men  of  wit. 
Sone  he  raght  vpon  rowms,  ndnpAe  dj/iit." 
"  Priam  by  parpoa  a  pales  gtrt  make,  1629 

Lonely  and  large  to  logga  in  bym  aeloyD, 
Si]]]  worthaly  toroght  and  by  wit  caste, 
And  enyn  at  hia  ellyng  Ylion  was  cald." 
"  He  throng  ioto  thicke  wodei,  theater  witliin,  2362 

ffor  tliornes  and  tres  I  tgnt  him  befyite. 
Than  I  sesit  of  my  snt^  and  sofUy  tlotm  Ught." 
"  Iff  tglaun  tolce  tetU  what  sbuld  ^pd  worth,  2462 

Of  aede  that  ia  aawen,  by  seayng  of  briddes, 
Sbnld  neTer  come  for  care  be  caste  vppon  erthe." 

There  are  scores  of  such  passages,  one  of  which,  longer  and  more 
peculiarly  note-worthy,  will  engage  our  attention  further  on. 

Bat  the  author  of  the  Stately  Poem,  while,  I  believe,  a  Scota- 
m&n,  was  something  more.  Other  passages  still  more  remarkable 
and  specially  characteristic,  describing  the  sea,  its  storms,  and 
Toy^ing ;  woodcraft,  rural  and  silvan  acenea ;  \rar,  its  conflicts  and 
bloody  work ;  courts,  vith  theii  receptions  and  feastings  ;  councils, 
thrar  deliberations  and  debates,  &o.,  when  translated  or  amplified 
from  Guide  de  Colonna,  show  not  only  the  skill  of  the  poet,  but  are 
often  hit  off  with  an  appropriate  ease  aaA  deftness  of  hand  that 
mark  the  experienced  sailor,  hunter,  warrior,  courtier,  and  statesmaiL 
The  author,  experto  erede,  if  a  landsman,  muat  have  been  at  sea 


.,  CJooglc 


more  than  once,  and  out  of  Bigtt  of  land  too,  to  describe,  as  he  does, 
its  Taried  tempera  and  "  ythes,"  with  the  doings  of  his  sailors  in  fiiit 
weather  and  foul,  and  in  "  Schippes  and  Cogges  little  and  hoge." 
And  80  too  with  his  other  pictures  of  "  Weghes,  knightes,  kynges 
and  other,"  yiith  their  doings.  Not  lees  obviously  certain  is  it  that 
he  had  not  only  looked  upon  these  aa  a  witness,  but  shared  in  tbem 
as  an  actor,  and  could  say, 

"  Eonim  magna  pars  fui." 
Such  passages,  which  are  no  mere  poetical  translations  of  Guido 
de  Colonna's  text,  bat  often  paraphrases  rather,  and  additions  to  it, 
are  not  positive  proof  of  who  the  author  of  oar  work  was,  but  they 
indicate  not  obscurely  what  he  must  have  been.  They  are  not  only 
not  ineonsiBtent  with  the  supposition  tliat  "  JlTic/ioiene  of  the  Aide 
Ryale"  whom  we  believe  to  have  been  the  author  of  the  Stalely 
Poem,  was  "  Tfui  Gude  Schir  Heio  of  Eglintoun"  mentioned  .by 
iDunbar  iu  his  Lament  fur  the  Makaria,  but  they  niaterially 
strengthen  the  presumption  that  he  was.  Sir  Hugh  of  Eglintoun, 
from  his  connection  by  marriage  with  the  royal  family  of  Scotland,  tlio 
substantial  crown  grants  which  he  received,  and  the  public  services 
he  rendered,  was  precisely  the  man  whom  we  should  expect  to  he 
named  "  of  tlie  AwU  RyaU,"  and  possessed  of  the  ability,  experience, 
and  means  to  write,  or  cause  to  bo  written,  such  a  work  as  the  Troy 
Book.     We  may  here  give  from  Dr  Irving  wliat  wo  know  of  him  : — 

"  When  we  ascertain  that  Sir  Hugh  Eglintoun  was  connected  with 
tlie  Scottish  court  in  the  Biicceasive  reigns  of  David  11,  and  Robert  11., 
we  seem  to  have  obtained  some  additional  evidence.  He  belonged  to 
the  distinguished  family  of  Eglintoun  of  Eglintoun  ;  and  as  it  appears 
probable  that  he  was  knighted  when  a  young  man  in  the  year  13-12,  we 
may  perhaps  venture  to  place  his  birth  about  the  year  1320.  During 
tbe  Bummer  of  1342,  King  David  led  a  numerous  army  into  Northumber- 
land, and  ID  the  course  of  this  expeditiou,  he  liberally  distributed  the 
honour  of  kuighthood :  but  tlio  army  was  commanded  by  a  monarch 
who  possessed  no  share  of  his  father's  talents ;  and  some  of  the  newly 
created  knights,  who  endeavoured  to  approve  their  chivalry,  having 
fallen  into  an  ambuefa  laid  by  Robert  Ogle,  five  of  their  number, 
Stewart,  Eglintoun,  Boyd,  Craigie,  and  Fullartdn,  were  taken  prisouers. 
The  Christian  name  of  Eglintoun  is  not  indeed  mentioned;  but  from 
the  time  and  the  occasion  it  appears  suESciently  probable  that  this 
individual  was  the  good  Sir  Hugh.     We  find  him  described  as  Justiciary 


PUEFACS,  XV  it 

of  LotLian  in  the  year  13C1 ;  and  ia  1367  ho  was  ooe  of  tlie  commis- 
■ionera  for  negotiating  a  treaty  with  England,  He  mairied  Egidia  the 
half-eister  of  Rohert  II.  ■.  slie  waa  the  widow  of  Sir  James  Lindsay  of 
CrawroTd,  who  died  about  the  year  1357.  Sir  Hugh  Gglintoun  is  sup- 
posed to  have  died  Booa  after  the  year  1376.  His  daughter  Elizabeth, 
who  inherited  his  numerous  and  extensive  estates,  became  the  wifn  of 
John  Montgomery  of  Eglisham,  ancestor  of  the  noble  family  of  Eglin- 

The  passages,  to  which  we  have  alreadjr  teferred,  were  noticed  and 
pointed  out  to  me  by  the  transcriber  while  still  engaged  is  his  work 
of  copying,  and  when  casting  about  for  the  author  of  the  Stately 
Poem,  these,  with  the  pecnliar  oft-i«curring  phraseology  of  the  MS., 
Tocalled  to  his  memory  the  similar  descriptions  and  phraseology  of  the 
Morte  Arthurs,  printed  by  the  Society,  vhich  ho  had  recently  read, 
I  had  only  cnisorily  and  silently  read  some  portions  of  this,  when  it 
appeared,  without  noticing  anything  remarkable,  the  somewhat  florid 
spelling  having  concealed  its  real  nature,  and  much  that,  on  closer 
examination,  was  obvious  enough.  As  Jock  Jabos  said,  "  There  was 
oae  missing  it,  ance  ane  was  set  to  look  for  t." 

On  treating  the  Morte  Arthure  in  the  same  way  as  our  proofs 
had  been,  that  is,  on  reading  portions  of  it  aloud,  and  pronouncing 
them  more  Seottieo,  as  the  spelling  seemed  to  direct,  it  was  just  as 
plain  OS  it  had  been  in  the  case  of  the  Stately  Poem,  that  the 
language  was  truly  Scottish  or  Northern.  This  was  manifest  not 
only  in  single  words,  but  ia  expressions,  which  seem  to  have  been 
indigen&iu,  and  ore  yet  native  to  Scotland.  On  closer  examination, 
the  truth  of  this  was  still  more  manifest  by  the  idiomatic  precision  and 
correctness  with  which  the  various  particles,  such  as  ajtd  or  an,  »cn  or 
ain,  ayne  or  seyne,  aytJien,  Uke,  ilke  a  and  ilkaiie,  hot  and  or,  with  their 

'  From  1348  to  1375,  the  name  of  Sir  Hugh  Eg1[ntoun  frequently  occurs 
Id  tlie  Accounts  of  the  Great  Chamtierlama  of  Scotland.  On  three  different 
oocaiiona  he  appean  among  the  Auditors  of  Blchequer  (toI.  ii.  pp.  19,  46,  76). 
Besides  the  entries  relating  to  payments  of  the  annual  sum  due  to  bis  lady 
from  lbs  euatoms  of  Dundee,  we  find  various  others  relating  both  to  h[g  puhlio 
and  private  tiansaotionB  (vol.  i.  pp.  289,  360,  374  ;  vol.  ii.  pp.  ET,  E8,  62,  SO, 
84).  From  1358  to  1369,  Eglintoun  paid  frequent  visits  to  England,  ss  appears 
from  the  safe  condacta  reoorded  in  the  Ratuli  ScoUae,  vol.  i.  pp.  S23,  683, 
873,  8T6,  893,  917,  9&2.  Under  the  date  of  1367,  be  is  one  of  the  parties  in  an 
indeature  for  preserving  the  peace  of  the  Scottish  and  English  marehes.  His 
name  very  frequently  occurs  in  the  Begittrum  Magni  SigiUi  Stgum  Seotanua, 
printed  in  18U. 

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different  meanings,  or,  aTe,f<n-hy,  helyva,  til,  gif,  &c,  were  conjoined 
with  their  respective  appropriate  words  or  expressions,  proving  satis- 
factorily that  none  but  a  Scotsman,  oi  one  using  the  same  language, 
could  have  written  or  used  them  as  they  stand.  And  then  when 
once  we  have  got  into  the  way  of  the  spelling  and  pronounced 
accordingly,  the  nationality  of  the  work  cornea  out  still  more  forcibly. 
There  are  portions  which  Allan  Eamsay  or  Eobert  Bums  might 
have  written,  and  bits  which  oor  Scottish  lada  and  lassee  of  the 
present  day  might  lilt.  The  spelling,  indeed,  is  not  quite  uniform, 
but  veiy  many  of  the  words  are  spelt  as  in  Barbour's  Bruee^  Wyn- 
town's  Cronykil,  and  Henry's  Wallaee,  and  if  the  rest  were  stripped 
of  the  redundant  letters  attached  to  them  by  E,  Thornton  or  other 
previous  transcribers,  and  the  lines  divided  as  in  the  original  MS., 
it  would  be  difficult  indeed,  if  not  impossible,  to  point  out  the  differ- 
ence between  the  Scottish  of  the  Bruce  and  the  so-called  soutii-of- 
Tweed  English  dialect  of  the  Marte  Arihure.  Or,  what  is  the  same 
thing,  if  the  latter  were  composed  by  an  English  author,  and  written 
in  the  Ejtglieh  spoken  and  written  south  of  the  Tweed,  then  it  wae  not 
a  dialed,  for  it  must  have  been  the  sarcie  language  as  that  spoken  and 
written  as  far  north  as  the  Grampians,  if  not  further.  Mere  spell- 
ing, if  words  are  indiOerent,  I  hold, — and  every  one,  however  little 
conversant  with  manuscripts,  will  soon  be  convinced  of  the  same 
thing, — is  and  must  be  a  very  unsafe  criterion  not  only  of  their 
language,  but  of  their  authorship.  So  long  as  the  literary  pro- 
ductions of  England  or  Scotland  were  tionfined  to  writing  alone,  and 
especially  while  the  language  of  both  countries  was  in  a  transition 
state,  there  was,  and  there  could  be,  no  exact  or  uniform  system  of 
spelling  of  the  language  of  either.  The  same  may  be  af&rmed  of  all 
the  languages,  Komance  and  other,  employed  for  literary  purposes 
during  the  Middle  Ages.  Each  author  followed  his  own  system,  if 
he  had  one,  and  each  transcriber  followed  his ;  or,  at  most,  each 
Scriptorium  might  issue  works  that  were  in  some  decree  uniform. 
As  well  shown  by  Mons.  Joly,  just  in  proportion  aa  an  author's 

'  Not  a  few  of  the  words  of  the  poem,  ntth  their  meanlDgs  and  spellings, 
ooineideremarkably  with  those  met  with  in  the  volumes  of  the  Ssrjh  lUeerd* 
qf  the  aty  nf  Edinburgh,  reoeotly  printed.  These  Beoords  b^in  with  the 
CArijr  part  of  the  lEth  oentarj'. 


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voik  was  popular,  and  it  was  often  copied,  would  it,  in.  procuss  of 
transcription,  bave  leas  and  less  of  his  ongiiiikl  impress  or  spelling, 
and  the  language  in  consequence  would  come  to  be  very  mucli  dis- 
guised ;  but  the  vorde  Utemselves,  aa  I  shall  have  occasion  further  on 
to  show,  often  wonderfullj  kept  their  ground. 

In  the  Morte  Artkure,  on  running  one's  eye  over  the  p^es, 
many  words  of  spellii^,  little,  if  at  all,  removed  &otn  thoir  ancient 
and  present  pronunciation,  arrest  the  att«ntion,  such  as 

1%  besekes,  atde  (auld),  bathe,  noghte,  tak,  leeker  (aiccar),  faviU, 
ZatmdM,  amgku  (owed),  dynte,  ynowe,  ynoghe,  aUea  (as),  rogh,  ragh,  gal, 
tnldt,  Sonmdaye,  Manondaye,  Tyuday,  Seterday,  fra,  wan,  natu,  ana, 
apo«e  (upon),  glared  (glowred),  offore  (before),  than,  withouitsne,  m,  or, 
Imae,  naat,  ding,  rynnea  (runs),  bygede,  &c,  &<i.^ 

And  then  of  idiomatic  words  and  phrases,  still  in  general  use,  to  be 
found  in  every  pa^e  of  Morte  Artkure,  what  more  expiessive  or 
better  calculated  to  prove  its  Northern  or  Scottish  origin  than 

Biuh,  Bield,  bj/de,  douglU^,  btfie,  won  the  gret,  on  the  bente,  in  the 
moldei,  grippe,  gird,  graytke,  toechei  and  loarloMi,  elieil  or  attel,  reke, 
eleica,  erU$,  mog»,  hethan,  Jorhs,  ferde,  iheltrom,  threpe,  /ey  or  fay,  dede 
IkraiD,  ding  to  dede,  &<s.  Ac, 

Of  these  and  a  great  many  more  that  we  have  marked,  not  a  few 
do  not  appear  in  the  Glossary*  at  all,  while  of  others,  the  meanings 
are  only  guessed  at,  or  mistaken  aJtogethei,  and  yet  they  are  quite 
common  at  this  day,  and  racy  of  the  Scottish  soiL  We  may  give 
examples : 

I .  The  very  first  word  that  caught  my  attention,  as  a  well-known 
and  common  one,  was  furelyienede  In  the  pass^e  in  which  Sir 
CadoT  of  Ckimewayle  says  of  himself  and  fellow  knights  of  the 
Sound  Table, 

"  We  hafe  as  losels  liffyde  many  longs  day,  252 

Wytb  delyttes  in  this  land  with  lordchippez  many, 
KoA  foretgtmede  the  loos  that  we  are  layttede." 

'  Of  conrae,  Tery  many  of  these  and  following  words  are  to  be  found  In 
Hampole  and  other  Northem  anthora ;  but  that,  U  it  doee  not  make  for  what 
we  contend,  aertalDl]>  does  not  make  againBt  It. 

'  Since  this  was  writtsn,  In  1870,  a  sueond  edition  of  thia  work  has 
appeared,  nnder  the  oare  of  Mr  Brock.  The  GloflSary  has  been  entirely  re- 
written, and,  with  the  hdp  of  the  Ber.  W.  W.  Skeat,  ia  now  a  model  of  what 
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On  turning  to  the  Glo&sar7,  out  of  mere  cnrioBity  to  see  the 
meaning  given  there  for  /areli/tenede,^  I  found  "  decreased,"  a  mis- 
take, frhich  the  author  of  the  Glossary  might  have  avoided,  as  for- 
lete  occurs  in  Chaucer.  Forlete,  /orleit,  forliet,  or  forlyte,  in  Scot^ 
land,  is  need  to  eignify  to  forget,  or  rather  to  foisoke.  "  We  have 
lived  long  as  wretched  caitiffs,  and  forsaken  the  glory  that  we 
formerly,  or  but  lately,  regarded,  or  sought." 

2.  The  three  "halefulle  birdez,"  in  attendance  upon  the  giant 

attacked  by  Arthur,  „  l-   u     l     ^v     *  inon 

"his  brochez  they  tome,  1029 

That  byddez  his  bedgatt  his  byddynge  to  wyrcbe." 

Of  "byddez  his  bedgatt"  a  conjectured  meaning  is  given  in  the 
Glossary — "  Are  his  bedfellows  "  ! !  But  pronounce  the  line  more 
Seotiko,  and  the  meaning  is  obvioua  enough  : 

"  That  bide,  (or  wait  on  him  till)  his  bed-going  or  bed-getting,  to 
wort,  or  do  his  bidding."  And  here,  by-the-bye,  the  word  "gate," 
meaning  way,  is  always  moat  corractly  used  in  the  Morte  Aiikura 
and  Geete  Hyatoriale,  precisely  as  at  the  present  day  in  Scot- 
land, in  such  phiasea  as,  "  of  hie  gate,"  "  on  his  gate,"  "  ony  gate," 
"  a  gate,"  &c. 

3.  At  Une  1041  we  are  told  of  Arthur  that 

"  To  the  SMore  of  the  reke  he  aoghte  at  the  gayneste." 

■\Vliile  "sowre"  is  not  noticed  in  the  Glossaiy  at  all,  "reke,"  we 
are  informed,  means  a  "path."  If  "the  sure  of  the  sonne"  means 
"  the  rising  or  eoaring  of  the  sun,"  then  "  the  sowre  of  the  reke  " 
will  mean  "  the  rising  of  the  path," — a  mistake  which  no  Scotsman 

'  Forelytenede,  if  not  "mendit,"  I  regard  ai  luiother,  and  perhaps  older 
form  of  what  at  a  later  period  appeared  taferlUted  and  forieited.  "  OUiera 
were  for  declaring  that  Uie  king  hai  /orlieled  the  kingdom." — Life  of  Sir  G. 
HackeDiie,  Workt,  I.  xiiij.  "  Wee  Bstceme  theee  desolate  aod  foreieiUd 
places  to  be  full  of  foule  spirits." — Forbes  on  the  Bevtlation,  p.  ISl.  There 
vrero  very  likely  two  forms  of  the  vflrb,  as  in  the  oaae  of  gloppe,  gleppen, 
mak^n,  &o.  Mr  Skeat  cODBiders  tha  verb  in  the  text  to  be  derived  from  Ijft, 
and  asBumea  an  A.S.  verb  forlyt-n-iajt.  Tliere  may  have  been  such  a  vert>, 
but  I  hardly  think  that  tlie  author  would  have  written  ttiat  these  "loseilB" 
had  "  deoTMsed,"  or  lessened  the  glory  or  reputation  wMch  the;  onlj  Bought^ 
and  which  was  not  yet  tlieirt ;  whereas  it  was  very  oatuntl  to  say  that  they 
had  forsaken,  or  left  <^  tlie  pnnuit  of  It.  "iJlliaffde  Godd  forrlaetenn." — 
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would  mftke.  Why,  "reke,"  or  "reek,"  means  mnoke,  wlience 
"Auld  reekie,"  the  common  name  for  Edinbargli ;  and  in  tlie  passage 
1>efore  ns,  ^rthar  hied  him  to  "  the  rising  of  the  amoke,"  of  the  fire, 
to  wit,  to  which  he  had  been  directed  hj  the  "wery  wafulle 
wedowe,"  and  at  which  the  giant  "bekez  his  bakke,"  &c.,  all 
"  brekleeee,"  like  a  very  Highlander  as  he  was.  And  here  I  may 
lenutik  that  in  presence  of  a  crowd  of  weans  such  ae — 

"  I  sappoa,  qnha  than  walde  eeke 
Araang  thaim  all  wee  noncht  a  breke," 

a  Jock  JaboB  of  the  present  day,  and  in  the  neighbouring  street, 
might  speak  of  a  horse  aa  Arthur  did  of  Sir  Fererre, 

"Then  wills  be  flayede  for  a  flye  that  one  thy  fleache  lyghttes," 
and  not  one  "  SrekUsse  "  loon  within  his  hearing  would  miss  his 
meaning,  or  for  a  mom^it  dream  that  an  English  ostler,  Yorkshire 
or  Midland,  was  T"i*li'"g  remarks  about  kis  "  obs." 

4.  At  line  2542  we  have  "one  lyarde  stedea,"  and  ^ain  at  line 
3281  we  read— 

.  "  The  lokkea  lyank  and  longe  the  lenghe  of  a  jerde." 
Jn  the  Glossary  the  last  is  explained  "  disordered."     The  word  occurs 
in  Chancer  as  lyard,  and  the  meaning  is  given — "  a  grey  horse."    As 
hjart,  the  word  is  given  by  Henrysone  thus, — "  lyart  lokis  heir," 
which  expluns  itself;  and  few  know  not  the  line  of  Burns — ' 
"  Hie  lyart  haSets  wearing  thin  and  bare." 

5.  "Wlien  the  Boman  envoys,  glowred  at  by  Arthur, 

"  nischte  to  the  erthe 
ffor  (the)  ferdDeaae  of  bis  face,  as  tbey  fey  were," 

they  were  not  dead,  as  the  Glossary  tells ;  nor  were  the  Britons 
dead,  whom  Arthur  encourages  his  followers  to  fight  fiercely,  telling 
them,  "  fellis  downe  yone  feye  folke."  Arthur  himself  was  not  by 
any  means  dead  when  the  "  wery  wafulle  wedowe  "  warned  him 
against  the  giant,  saying,  "Thou  arte  fay,  be  my  faithe;"  and,  in 
fine,  be  was  not  yet  dead  when,  mortally  wounded  after  the  tiaitor 
Mord  red's  death, 

"  In  'aye,  aays  the/<y«  kynge,  sore  me  fore  thynkkea." 


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la  all  these  poesagea  fey,  pronounced,  I  doubt  not,  witli  a 
diphthongal  sound  which  now  onl;  a  Scotsman  can  give,  has 
the  Bame  meaning,  modilied  in  each  case,  aa  it  still  has  in  this 
country — mad,  deatk-doomed,  or  fiend  poMetaed  before  death.  Sir 
"Walter  Scott,  in  Ouy  Mcmnering,  at  once  uses  the  word,  though  not 
spelt  as  naual,  and  explains  its  meaning  in  the  passage  regarding  the 
unfortunate  Gaogar,  Eleimed;,  when  excited  by  the  combat  between 
the  sloop  of  war  and  the  smuggling  lugger,  joflt  before  he  hurried  to 
destruction. 

"  '  I  think,'  said  the  old  gardener  to  one  of  the  maids,  '  the 
ganger's  fie,'  by  which  word  the  common  people  express  those  violent 
spirits  which  they  think  a  presage  of  death."  The  passage  in  Morie 
Arihure  describing  the  last  mad  and  fatal  onset  of  Sur  Gawan,  while 
oontaining  the  word,  also  explains  and  most  exactly  exempMcs  its 
meaning  -. 

"Thare  mighte  no  rente  hjni  areste,  his  Tcaone  was  passede! 
He  Telle  in  a  franeye  for  feiseaess  of  herte, 
He  feghttiB  and  fellis  dowoe  that  byine  before  etandisi 
ffelle  never /aya  mane  siche  fortuDs  in  ertbe."  8lo, 

And  here,  by  the  way,  if  the  "  Great  Unknown  "  bad  not  acknow- 
ledged his  works,  and  we  had  been  called  upon  to  seek  oat  an 
author  for  this  novel  from  which  we  have  just  quoted,  and  bring 
home  to  the  "  Makkor  "  his  handiwork,  surely  it  would  not  be  &om 
the  spelling  of  such  words  as  "  £e,"  &c.,  as  given  by  him,  but  from 
the  words  thomselTes,  and  the  way  in  which  they  were  used  by  the 
characters,  that  we  would  seek  to  prove  its  nationality.  What 
Englishman  fai  south  of  the  Tweed,  what  Irishman  or  Welchman, 
could  write  the  racy  Scottish  language  as  Meg  Merrilies  and  Daudie 
Dinmont  are  made  to  speak  itt  Ay,  or  understand  and  pronounco 
all  their  truly  characteristic  expressions,  somewhat  diluted  though 
they  occasionally  are  by  the  author?  In  my  tirae,  at  home,  in  the 
colonies,  and  in  America,  I  have  often  heard  Englishmen  and  others 
attempt  to  pronounce  such  expressions  as  the  following,  but  the 
Lowland  vowel,  diphthongal,  and  guttural  sounds  bafSed  their  vocal 
powers,  and  a  somewhat  laughable  "  claiver,"  in  Scottish  ears,  was 
generally  the  result : — 


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"nifl  blanker  that's  biggit  the  bonnie  lioiue  down  in  the  Iiowm, 
Nane  o'  oar  fowk  wad  stir  yaor  genr." 

"  Sign  wi'  cioea,  and  sain  wi'  maes. 
Keep  the  houe  free  reif  and  wear." 

"  What  do  yon.glower  after  our  folk  for  ?  " 

"' Te  maim  come  hanie,  air — for  my  ladj'a  in  the  dead-thraw.' 
Bepeatiog  the  word^  '  in  the  dead-thraw  1 '  be  only  aaid, '  Wife  and 
bairn,  baith — mother  and  eon,  baith- — Bair,  gair  to  abide,' " 

"Hegclaughtthe  baim  anddenljout  of  the  ganger's  annB — and  then 
lie  rampauged  and  draw  hia  Bword — for  je  ken  a  fie  man  and  a  coBser 
fears  na  the  deil.  So,  sir,  she  grippit  him,  and  clodded  him  like  a 
■taae  from  the  sling  ower  the  craigs  of  Warrochhead." 

"  We'll  ding  Jocb  o'  DbwhIdd  Cleugh  now  after  a' " 

"  He  was  to  have  a  weaiy  weird  o't,  till  bia  ane-and-twentieth  year. 
1  kenn'd  he  behoved  to  drie  hia  weird  till  that  da;  cam." 

"J'U  lak  the  gate — je  tnaanna  apier  what  for" — "It  wag  a  bljitlie 
bit  ance ! "  said  Heg.  "  There  was  an  auld  saugh  trae  that's  maiat 
blawn  down,  and  it  bangs  ower  the  bit  bnm — mony  a  day  has  I 
wroght  my  stocking  and  eat  on  my  sunkie  under  that  saugh."  > 

Now  strange  to  say,  every  one  of  these  extracts  haa  its  precisely 
Bimilai  parallel  passage  or  countetfeit  ezpreasions  in  the  Aforle 
Artkure  and  Geele  HyHoriale.  Kay,  more,  the  parallel  passages  are, 
in  some  instances,  more  than  once  repeated,  and  the  expressioas 
varied  with  marrelloUB  precision,  just  as  used  in  Scotland  at  the 
present  day.  And  then  in  sach  proper  names  as  Deracleuch,  Byde- 
the-bent,  Cleiknm  Inn,  &c.,  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  which  are  character- 
istic and  Scottish,  if  ever  words  were  or  are,  we  have  compounds  the 
simple  words  or  elementa  of  which  are  to  be  met  with  in  many  p^;es 
of  both  poems.  There  ia  a  difference,  of  course,  in  the  spelling, 
especially  in  the  case  of  the  Morte  Arthure,  but  this  difference  ia 
often  more  apparent  than  real,  owing  to  the  final  and  other  e's  which 
UB  moet  profosely  and  often  perhaps  unnecessarily  expended  orer 
the  latter. 

On  looking  over  the  Glossary  appended  to  Tlie  Heart  of  Mid- 
lothian, as  just  issued  in  the  centenary  edition  of  Sir  Walter  Scott's 
vorka,  I  find  upwards  of  fifty  words,  every  one  of  which  may  be 

'  A  oarloos  corroboration  of  the  truOi  of  our  remark  ooonrred  in  the  set- 
ting-np  of  theae  very  lentences.  In  the  firet  proof  sent  for  correction  there 
w«re  ntore  miat^ee  in  the  spelling  of  them  than  hi  all  the  preface  btsidea. 


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repeatedly  found  idiomatically  used  io  the  Morte  Arthurs  and  Getfe 
HydoriaU.  In  tbo  Glossary  attached  to  the  Bride  of  Lammermnir 
there  are  upwards  of  sisty  similar  words  ;  while  on  looking  over  the 
pages  of  the  latter  I  find  that  I  could  very  largely  add  to  the 
number — the  compiler  of  the  Glossary,  douhtless  a  Scotsman,  having 
passed  over  seYeral  to  which  he  was  so  accustomed  as  to  forget  that 
they  were  peculiar  and  Scottish. 

In  the  volume  entitled  Syr  Gawayiie,  containing  a  collection  of 
ancient  Romance  poems  by  Scottish  and  English  authors,  edited  by 
Sir  F,  Madden  for  the  Bannatyne  Club,  1839,  the  editor  discussee  at 
some  length  the  questions  respecting  the  age,  the  author,  &c.,  of  Syr 
Oammjne  and  the  Grene  Knight.  His  remarks  have  a  most 
important  bearing  upon  the  authorship  not  only  of  that  poem  and 
the  Morte  Arthure,  but  also  upon  that  of  the  Qeste  Hyitonah, 
now  printed  for  the  first  time  by  the  £.  K  T.  Society. 

"Tliis  curious  poem  is  printed  for  the  first  time  from  a  mauuscript, 
believed  to  be  unique,  preserved  in  the  Cottooian  collection,  and  marked 
Nero,  A.  x."  "  It  will  not  be  difficult  from  a  careful  inspection  of  the 
manuscript  itself,  botli  in  regard  to  the  writing  and  illuminations,  to 
a^BJgn  it  to  the  reign  of  Bichard  II. ;  and  the  interaal  evidence,  arising 
from  the  peculiarities  or  costume,  armour,  and  architecture,  would  lead 
us  to  aasign  the  romance  to  the  same  period,  or  a  little  earlier.  There 
are  three  other  metrical  pieces  in  the  volume,  all  most  unquestionably 
composed  by  the  author  of  the  romance,  and  these  I  have  carefully  read 
over  with  the  hope  of  detecting'  some  more  direct  indication  of  Uie  age, 
but  without  auiiceaa."  "  In  regard  to  tlie  author  of  these  poems  much 
uncertainty  also  exists.  There  is  HulHeient  internal  evideuce  of  their 
being-  Northern,  although  the  manuacript  containing  tliera  appean  to 
have  been  written  by  a  scribe  of  the  Midland  counties,  which  will 
account  for  the  introduction  of  forms  differing  from  those  used  by  writers 
beyond  tlie  Tweed, 

"  It  ia,  I  think,  certain,  that  the  writer  of  the  romance  must  have 
been  a  man  of  birth  and  education,  for  none  but  a  person  intimately 
versed  in  the  gentle  science  of  woih-craft  could  so  minutely  describe  the 
various  sports  of  the  chase,  nor  could  any  but  an  educated  individual 
have  been  so  well  acquainted  with  the  early  French  literature.  Of  his 
poetical  talent  the  pieces  contained  in  the  MS,  afibrd  unquestionable 
proof,  and  the  descriptions  of  the  clisnge  of  the  acaaonB,  the  bitter  aspect 
of  winter,  the  tempest  which  preceded  the  destruction  of  Sodom  and 
Qomorra,  and  the  sca-slorm  occasioned  by  the  wickedueas  of  Jonas,  are 
equal  to  any  similar  passages  in  Douglas  or  Spenser.     The  indivi-luel, 


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who  haa  the  best  claim  to  be  recognised  as  the  anthor,  is  '  Suehmme  of 
the  AwU  Mgah,'  meationed  bf  Wyntown,'  who  writes  of  him  thus  : 

....  'Men  of  gud  dyscretyowne 

Suld  excDse  and  loue  Hucbowue, 

Tbat  cvnoand  wee  in  literature  ; 

He  made  the  Grel  Gat  of  Arlhure, 

And  the  Awntyrb  of  Gawax, 

The  Pyaiil  ala  of  Sioele  Swtane. 

He  tBta  cuTymt  in  hy»  ttyle, 

Fayre  orfacund,  sod  aubtile, 

And  aj  to  plesane  and  deljte 

Made  in  metyre  mete  hie  dyte.'  ^ 
"Mr  Chatmers  waa  of  opinion  tliat  this  HucliowneandtheiSCr  Hugk 
of  Eglintoun,  mentioned  by  Dnnbar  in  his  Lamml  for  the  Makkarit, 
wlio  flourished  in  the  middle  of  the  14th  century,  and  died,  it  is  supposed, 
about  the  year  1381,  were  one  and  the  same  person  ;  but  there  are  so 
many  difficaUies  in  tliis  Bupposition,  as  justly  to  prevent  out  yielding 
assent  to  it  without  soma  additional  evidence.^  Admitting,  however, 
Uuchowne  to  be  the  author  of  tho  romance,*  we  are  singularly  fortunate 
In  possessing  probably  all  tho  pieces  written  by  him  noticed  by  Wyn- 
town,  together  with  those  others  on  allegorical  or  scriptural  subjects, 
hitherto  not  pointed  out.  It  is  very  evident  on  the  chronicler's  au- 
thority, that  the  Grel  Gul  of  Arthure,  the  Gest  Hy»loryale  and  the  Ge»l 
<f  Broyttyt  AvM  Story  are  one  and  the  same  poem,  and  relate  to  the 
exploits  of  Arthur  and  liis  knights  against  the  Romans.  In  this  work 
Hnchowne  makes  Luciut  Hibtrlut  emperor,  in  the  time  of  Arthur, 
whereas  Wyntown,  fullowing  otiier  authoritios,  names  Leo  as  emperor. 
He  first  defends  himself,  and  then  good-naturedly  ezouaes  his  pre- 
decessor, by  saying  that  in  the  Bnele  (l)y  which  he  here  means  Geoffrey 
o(Monmoalh)  Lucius  is  called  Procurator,  which  was  more  correct,  but 
that  if  Hnchowne  bad  done  so, 

'That  had  mare  grcoyd  the  cadens, 

Than  had  releuyd  the  sen  tens.' 

'  Wyntown  was  elected  prior  of  St  Serre  in  Lochleven,  in  1396,  so  that  he 
must  have  been  contemporary  with  Huchowne,  His  chronicle  was  not  finiahcd 
till  the  year  1420—1*24. 

■  Crmykil  of  Seotiand,  vol.  i.  p.  122,  ed.  Macphenon,  1796. 

'  8ee  the  notices  of  thU  Sir  HngL  collected  ia  the  admirable  editioa  of 
Donbar'B  Foenu  by  Hr  Luing,  vol.  ii.  35S  ;  and  his  remarke,  vol.  i.  p.  38. 
Consult  also  the  Select  Bcmaint  of  the  Popular  Poetry  of  Scotland,  pref.  to 
I^tt'd  of  Sumji,  4to,  1822  ;  Lyndtay'i  Workt,  b;  Chalmers,  vol.  i.  p.  132,  note, 
Svo,  1806 ;  and  Ts-Uer's  Hittory  of  Scotland,  vol.  ii.  p.  S6T,  8vo,  1829. 

*  Ur  Guest  regards  as  the  most  decisive  proof  of  wbat  is  here  assumed,  the 
fact,  that  in  the  void  space  at  Ihe  head  of  the  poem  in  the  MS.,  a  hand  of  tho 
ISth  century  (Ur  O,  says,  "  not  much  later  than  the  year  1600,")  has  scribbled 
the  name  Stijo  de,  aa  shown  in  the  facsimile  annexed  to  the  description  of  this 
MS.,  but,  I  confftu,  to  this  I  do  not  attach  much  weight.— Sir  F.  it. 


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"Hod  Sir  Walter  Scott  ever  read  tbrongli  t\te  Ar&ow  and  Marlin  of 
the  Anohinleck  US.  ha  would  have  knowa  that  it  could  nat  be  the  Gttt 
referred  to  ia  the  above  passage  hj  Wyatowa  ;  and  Mr  Turobull,  tbe 
editor  of  this  romance,  is  leaa  excuaable  on  this  acconnt  in  repeating 
the  error  without  correction.  Bnt  of  what,  in  all  probabilitj,  U  the 
veritable  Ottt  of  Arlkure  compoaed  b^r  Huobowne,  and  written  in  alliter- 
ative metre,  I  posaeea  a  transcript,  from  a  H3.  in  Lincoln  Cathedral 
Librai7,  which  may,  probably,  at  BOtne  future  period  be  given  to  tbe  press." 

This  MS. — tlie  Morte  Arthurs — was  first  printed  by  Mr  EalliweU, 
in  the  year  1817,  and  again  b;  the  Society  in  1865,  edited  by  Mr 
Perry,  who,  on  the  authority  of  Dr  B.  Morris,  asserted  it  to  be  not 
Scottish,  bat  composed  in  one  of  the  Korthumbrian  dialects  spoken 
south  of  the  Tweed.  And  upon  the  same  anthoiity,  tbe  Statdy 
Poem  of  Hi6  Destruction  of  Troy  bas  been  pronounced,  in  one  of  the 
Society's  Eeporta,  to  be  the  work  of  an  English  writer  of  the  Midland 
counties. 

The  sufficient  inUnud  evidence  to  which  Sir  F.  Madden  refere,  an 
proving  the  Tiorthem  origin  of  Sir  Gawan,  of  the  three  metrical 
pieces  referred  to  on  page  xxiv,  and,  doubtless,  also  of  the  Morte 
A}ihure,  must  mean  the  words,  expressions,  or  language  of  the  poems, 
as  distinguished  &om  tbe  mere  spelling,  or  peculiaritieB  of  form, 
which,  in  his  estiniation,  can  only  indicate  the  transcribers  or 
copyists  of  the  M8S. 

The  latter — tbe  spelling  and  external  forms  in  a  MS. — the  pro- 
duction or  handiwork  of  one,  or  it  may  be  of  several  transcribers,  as 
we  have  already  remarked,  may  point  out  or  prove  the  country  and 
perhaps  even  the  county  of  the  last  transcriber ;  but  unless  they 
are  component  parts  of,  or  inseparably  connected  with,  the  words  or 
expressions  themselves,  they  are  and  must  be  no  very  stroi^  founda- 
tion on  which  to  rest  the  proof  as  to  the  real  source  of  the  language 
and  the  authorahip  of  a  work.  And  yet  it  is  upon  the  ground  of 
the  spelling  and  external  forms  of  the  words,  mainly  or  wholly,  that 
it  has  been  contended  that  the  Morte  Arthure  is  If  orthumbrian  and 
Midland,  and  that  tbe  Stately  Poem  is  Uidland,  withoat  the 
Northumbrian. 

It  may  be  more  than  doubted  that  we  have  yet  a  sufficiency  of 
MSS.,  and  especially  a  sufficient  number  of  examples  of  each  work. 


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printed  or  accessible,  to  furnish  tlie  external  tonus  and  reliable 
criteria  by  which  alone,  and  without  other  evidence,  we  may  de- 
tennine  otherwiae  than  generally  the  authorship  and  localities  of  oui 
unnamed,  or  unknown,  early  Engliah  literature.  That  the  words, 
langoage,  or  vocabulary,  of  unknown  works,  alone  and  irrespective 
of  other  internal  evidence,  do  not  in  all  cases  form  a  perfectly  safe 
guide  either,  must  be  at  once  admitted.  When  words,  however,  are 
combined  into  phrases  and  compound  expressions,  the  ground 
becomes  firmer.  Much  has  been  done  with  Glossaries,  but  very 
much  more  must  be  accomplished  before  we  can  draw  out  a  list  of 
test  words,  the  presence  of  which  will  enable  us  to  define  the  exact 
limits  within  which  a  work  was  originally  produced.  But  although 
it  may  be  difficult,  or  even  impossible,  to  compile  such  a  list  at  pro- 
sent,  if  ever,  yet  it  wonld  be  quite  possible  from  the  works  of 
Barbour,  Henry,  Wyntown,  Bellenden,  and  other  early  Scottish 
writers,  to  produce  a  list  of  words  and  phrases,  the  absence  of  which 
from  any  work,  or  the  expression  of  their  meaning  by  other  and 
Sonthem  words,  would  conclusively  prove  that  it  could  not  be 
Scottish,  whatever  else  it  might  be.  Such  a  negative  test,  if  we 
may  call  it  so,  both  the  Morie  Arthvre  and  the  Statdg  Poem,  wo 
are  satisfied,  can  stand. 

The  writer  of  this,  in  the  course  of  his  investigations  in  connec- 
tion with  the  present  poem,  has  examined  personally  or  by  deputy 
several  MSS.,  or  versions  of  Guido  de  Colonno,  and  of  Lydgate's 
Troy  Book,  and  has  had  many  portions  of  these  transcribed  for 
reference  and  comparison.  Amongst  others  he  baa  had  transcribed 
several  passages  from  Douce  MS.  148,  one  very  long  one,  containing 
Lydgate's  account  of  the  rebuilding  of  Troy  by  Priam.  This  MS., 
like  that  in  the  Cambridge  University  Library,  Kk.  5.  30,  was  the 
transcript  of  a  Scottish  writer  who  tells  ns  at  the  conclusion, 

Stir  endit  yt  tege  of  Troye  imfien  and  mendll  at  ye  Irulance  of  ane 
kouorahU  chaplaru  Ser  Tkomat  etoyn  in  Edinburgh. 

Ifow  from  these  long  passages  of  about  400  lines,  did  we  not 
know  whose  work  the  MS.  was,  we  could  very  easily  produce  from 
tbe  spellings  anil  peculiar  forms — from  such  words  as  thai,  ihar, 
iliaim,  quAat,  qnhllk,  quhom,  qvhar,  qukylome,  thir,  war  eaUit,  mak. 


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couUi,  ticht,  erukit,  fer4  (fourtli),  text,  ttraike,  am,  ayre,  polj/st, 
chdkker,  has  ordanyt,  for '  hath  ordeyned,"  one  rates,  for '  a  rowe,'  &c. ; 
and  especiaUy  front  such  lines  aa 

"  For  thir  pepill  deetroyit  war  certane,"— 

"  Cosyng  lasoD  tak  hed«  qahat  I  sail  aayue ; " — 

"  Beayd  aae  holt,  he  saw  quhar  etude  aoe  tre ; " — 

occurring  in  ttiem — an  amount  of  evidence  to  prove  tliat  portions  of 
it  were  originally  written  by  a  Scottish  author,  quite  as  complete 
and  sufQcient  as  may  be  advanced  to  prove  that  the  Aforte  Arihure 
is  Northumbrian  and  Midland,  and  that  the  Staidy  Poem  is  Midland. 
Had  a  second  'honorable  chaplane'  taken  the  MS.  in  hand,  and 
especially  bad  it  been  written  to  dictation,  as  our  Poem  evidently 
has  been,  the  remaining  portions  in  which  Sei  Thomas  Ewyn  was 
more  faithful  to  hia  copy,  and  which  in  consequence  are  manifestly 
English,  would  have  been  thoroughly  "  mendit,"t  and  all  obvious 
traces  of  its  Southern  origin  removed,  such  as  en  from  the  infinitives, 
y  from  the  perfect  participles,  &c.  And  yet  upon  comparing  these 
Axtracta  with  the  parallel  passages  in  the  printed  version  of  Lydgal« 
executed  by  Marah,  it  is  remarkable  to  find,  among  all  the  changes 
of  spelling,  &c.,  how  few  words,  if  any,  have  been  changed  for 
others  by  the  Scottish  transcriber.  The  first  word  that  I  noticed, 
aa  quite  different  from  that  in  Marah,  was  ythakkede,  which,  from  its 
form  and.  from  its  occurring  in  a  portion  apparently  untouched,  I 
am  of  opinion  ia  Lydgat«'s  original  word — Uie  change  to  covered 
having  taken  place  in  the  modernized  version.  Had  the  MS.  been 
again  transcribod,  it  would  have  probably  become  ikdkked,  and  if 
written  to  dictation,  either  thekyd  or  Iheikldt,  as  respectively  in 
Wyntown  and  Bellenden.^  The  passages  from  both,  in  which  the 
change  has  been  made,  are  as  follow  : 

"  lien  to  wolken  to-gidder,  tweyn  and  tweyn, 
To  kepe  hem  dry,  when  jti  it  dyde  reyn, 
Or  hem  to  save  from  tempest,  wynde  or  tbondre. 
If  yat  hem  lest  to  achroude  hemself  ysr  wndre, 
And  eneryohe  house  ythakkede  was  witht  lede."  Ais. 

Douee  ifSS.  US. 


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"Men  to  waike  togitbera,  twaine  and  twaiDS, 
To  kepe  them  drye  when  it  bapped  to  rayne, 
Or  tbem  to  save  fro  tempest,  wiDde  or  thuiidre, 
If  that  tbam  lytt  scbroude  them  aelfe  there  uiider. 
And  every  bowse  covered  waa  with  lead."  &a. — Marth,  1555. 

Two  01  three  othei  differences  were  foundj  npon  a  second  and 
cloaet  examination,  but  with  respect  to  tlieee,  one  only  excepted,  it 
would  be  difficult  to  say  on  'which  side  tbe  change  had  taken  plac& 
In  the  case  of  that  one,  aahaped,  stunned,  as  in  Marsh,  it  is  evident 
that  the  transcriber's 

"  Copie,  auld,  mankit  and  mutUlait," 
bad  fuled  him,  and  he  made  no  bad  guess  in  ay  teepU,  still  wept, 
which  he  supplied.  It  may  be  a  question  whether  another,  BalaUede, 
in  the  Donee  MS.,  is  the  original  word  or  changed.  It  is  brelexed 
in  Marsh.  Another,  engina,  in  Douce,  is  most  likely  the  original 
word,  which  in  Marsh  has  lieen  changed  oi  glossed  into  great  gonnes. 
One  word  alone  may  have  been  intentionally  changed  in  the  case  of 
'  yates  of  ^etten  binsse ',  molten  or  fused  brass,  which  in  Marsh  are 
'gates  of  s/iining  brass.'  The  word  occurs  in  Douglas  as  yelt  and 
jyi;  but  it  is  also  in  the  Ormulum,  17418.  It  occurs  as  yettingia 
aas  poem,  1  8175;  and  'yetUn  of  the  gun'  occurs  in  the  Royal 
Chamberlain's  Accounts,  Scotland. 

By  some,  Hiichowne  of  the  Awle  Ryale  may  be  considered  only 
a  myth  or  ghostly  shade,  while  coolly  appropriated  as  an  English 
poet  by  others ;  although  Wyntown  designates  him  so  as  evidently 
to  be  recognized  by  his  fellow  countrymen  and  contamporary 
readers,  and  he  eulogizes  and  defends  his  writings  with  an  affection- 
ate warmth  and  zeal  by  no  means  natural  towards  a  Southron. 
Lydgate  is  not  a  myth,  however ;  while  most  of  the  works  ascribed 
to  him,  and  especially  his  well-known  Troy  Book,  are  no  myths 
either.  Of  the  latter  we  know  of  fire  different  M8S.,  from  all  of 
which  we  have  various  extracts,  and  there  are  scores  of  others ; 
while,  in  addition,  there  are  two  printed  versions  of  the  work,  viz. 
those  of  Pynson  and  Marsh.  There  can  be  no  doubt,  then,  of  the 
solidity  of  our  ground  here,  and,  reasoning  from  tbe  known  to  the 
unknown,  may  we  not  conclude  that  what  has  taken  placq  in  tMs 


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case,  in  tlio  trtmscriptlon  of  an  English  work  into  tlie  Scottish  form 
or  dress,  will  not  be  yeij  unlike  what  would  take  place,  were  the 
order  reversed,  in  the  trauacriptioa  of  a  Scottish  work  into  the 
English  form  or  diesat  Here  we  know  our  author,  we  know  hja 
language,  and  we  see  what  changes  a  Scottish  tnnscriber  makes 
in  tiie  expieeaion  of  it.  Sow,  if  so  very  few  words  be  changed, 
if  changed  they  be,  wiUi  one  exception,  in  auch  a  lengthened 
specimen,  may  we  not  conclude  that,  in  the  case  of  a  Scottish 
author's  work  transcribed  by  an  Englishman  or  by  Engliahmen, 
there  would  be  similar  stability,  so  to  speak,  in  its  wording  or 
.  language,  whatever  became  of  the  spelling  or  external  forme  t  If 
BO,  then  we  are  warranted  in  concluding  from  the  many  undeni- 
able Scottish  words,  &c,  in  the  Morte  Artkure,  that  it  is  the  work  of 
a  Scottish  man  whose  language  has  been  externally  disguised  some- 
what in  spelling,  or  changed,  if  you  will,  by  Midland  fonns,  but 
which,  for  all  that,  still  remains  substantially  the  language  of  its 
original  author.  In  this  connection,  we  may  give  in  an  appendix 
five  or  six  specimens,  which  will  bear  out  our  contention  most 
satisfactorily.^ 

We  return,  however,  to  the  remarks  of  Sir  F.  Madden,  After  a 
Tory  careful  and  repeated  examination  of  the  passage  in  Wyntown 
from  which  he  quotes,  we  are  more  and  more  convinced  of  the  correct- 
nesa  of  his  opinion,  and  that  the  Morte  Arthure,  copied  by  Thornton, 
and  printed  by  the  Society,  is  the  Gret  Gest  of  Arthure,  the  Gest  Hye- 
toriale  and  the  Gest  of  Broyttys  Avid  Story,  to  which  Wyntown  was 
expressly  alluding  aa  the  work  of  Huekovme  of  the  Awle  Ryale.  The 
passage  in  Wyntown,  Lib.  V.  cap.  xii.  L  251 — 362,  thus  begins : 
"And  quben  this  Leo  was  Bmperowre, 

Kyng  of  Brettane  wee  Arthowre, 

TTiat  wan  all  Frawns,  and  Lumbardy, 

Gyane,  Qaskoyn,  aud  Normandy, 

Burgoyne,  Flawndrys,  and  Braband, 

Henawnd,  Holand,  and  Gotland, 

Swes,  Swethryk,  and  Norway, 

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And  all  the  II7B  in  the  Se 
Subject  ware  to  liis  Powste : "  &c. 

There  can  be  veiy  little  questJon  that,  when  composing  these  lines, 
Wyntown  had  before  him  the  following  passage  of  the  Morte  Arthure, 
L  26—17. 

"Qwena  that  the  kyn^  Arthnre  bf  conqaesta  hade  wowifne 
Caatellea  and  kyngdoms  and  contreei  many, 
And  be  had  coverede  the  coroane  of  the  kjih  lyche 
Of  alls  tbat  Uter  in  erthe  anghte  in  his  tyme, 
Orgayle  and  Orkenay,  and  alia  this  owte  iles, 
Iralanda  nttirly,  as  ocoyane  lynuys ; 
Scatbylle  Scottlande  by  skylle  heakyAyH  as  hym  lykyi, 
And  Wales  of  were  he  wane  at  bys  wille, 
Bathe  Saondrez  and  firaanca  fre  til  hym  selvyne  ; 
Eolaand  and  Henswda  tbey  belde  of  hyme  botba, 
Borgayne  snd  Brabane,  and  Bratayne  the  leeee, 
Gyane  and  Qothelande,  and  Orece  the  rjche. 

He  was  piyace  holdyna, 

.   .'K)rNBverne  and  Norwaya,  and  Normaandye  eke, 
Of  Almayne,  of  Eatricbo,  and  Other  ynowe ; 
Demaarke  he  dryesede  alle  by  drede  of  hym  selvyne, 
Fra  Swynne  nnlo  Sw ether- wyke,  with  hia  swerda  kene." 

It  will  be  observed  that,  with  one  exception,  and  that  moie  apparent 
tbAii  real,  all  the  countries,  provinces,  &e.,  mentioned  by  Wyntown, 
occur  in  the  Morte  Arthure,  and  in  such  order  or  curious  conjunction, 
that  it  is  impossible  this  could  have  happened  by  chance  or  mere 
coincidence.  The  one  passage  must  have  been  compiled  from  the 
other.  Then  follows  mention  by  Wyntown  of  "The  hawtona 
message  til  Arthoro  send,  that  wiythyn  in  the  Brwte  ia  kend." 

The  passage  in  the  Mtrrte  Arthure,  I  78,  Ac.,  in  which  the 
embassy  of  the  Senator  of  Bome  is  described,  was  as  certainly  befora 
Wyntown  when  he  thus  alluded  to  it  in  hia  chronicla  It  ia  in  this 
passage  tbat  we  meet  with  the  line, 

"  Sir  Lucius  Iberias,  the  Emperour  of  Roma  " — 
which  Wyntown  made  tlie  text  of  the  defence  of  his  own  "  cunnaiid- 
ness,"  or  accurate  learning,  and   of  the   defence,   not    excuse,    of 
Hucbovne'a  "  snthfaetness  "  01  historical  fidelity. 

"  Had  ha  cald  Lucyus  procuratnre, 
Qabare  that  ha  cald  hym  Emperwre, 


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That  bad  mare  grevjd  tlie  cailene, 
Tban  had  relevyd  the  aentens. 
Ads  Gmperoure  in  propyrt^ 
A  comawndoure  Buld  cailjd  be  : 
LiicyuH  Ewylk  myctit  heve  bene  kend 
Be  the  message  tbat  be  Bend." 

The  old  chronicler  dofenda  the  propriety  of  this  deaignation  of 
LucioB  as  Emperor  manifestly  upon,  the  ground  that  Imperator 
ori^nally  meant  supreme  leader,  commander,  oi  general  of  the  Roman 
army,  and  even  when  the  name  was  home  by  the  Ciesare  and  their 
auccesaors,  as  Supreme  Bulera  of  the  Boman  Empire,  it  continued  to 
include  this  ita  original  meaning,  as  refeiniig  to  the  most  important 
of  their  powers  and  functions.  In  other  words,  Huchowne,  according 
to  Wyntown,  applied  the  term  Emperor  to  Lucius,  aa  the  best  Eng- 
lish equivalent  of  Imperator,  and  intended  that  it  ahoiild  have,  not 
so  much  ita  later  compound  meaning  of  supreme  magistrate  and 
leader,  as  ita  aimple  original  one  of  General  Or,  if  both  functions 
of  m^strate  and  general  were  to  be  included,  then,  in  his  case,  most 
of  the  latter  waa  indicated-  Accordingly  Wyntown  saye,  "Ane 
Emperoure  in  propyrt^  a  Commawndoure  auld  callyd  be."  &c. 

In  connection  with  this  designation  of  Lucios  as  emperor  by 

Huchowne,  and  Wyntown's  defence  of  ita  propriety,  it  is  most 

important  to  remark,  that  in  the  Desfruclion  of  Troy,  when   the 

Greeks  "  walit  hom" — choae  Agamemnon  aa  their  leader,  1.  3670, 

"  Thai  ordaot  hym  Emperoure  by  opyn  assent," 

Almost  invariably  thereafter  in  the  poem  he  is  designated 
"Emperor."  When  he  reeigna,  8927 — 8950,  and  Palamedea  ia 
chosen  in  his  atead,  in  like  manner, 

"  FalomydoD  for  prise  the  pert  kjnges  toke, 
And  ordant  hym  Emperour  by  oppyn  aaaetit, 
Tbe  est  for  to  honour,  and  agh  hym  as  lord." 

At  the  death  of  Palamedea,  slain  hy  Paris  with  a  poisoned  arrow, 
the  Greek  lords  again 

"Grauntid  Agamyoon  the  gre  for  to  have, 
Ches  bym  for  chieftain  &  cbargit  hym  therwith," 

And  when  again  spoken  of  by  title,  he  is  designated,  as  before, 

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"  Emperouie,"  979S.  Thia  almoBt  inTariable  use  of  the  term  on  the 
part  of  our  author  is  not,  and  cannot  be,  a  mere  coincidence  only, 
la  not  this  an  undesigned  proof  that  be  and  Hucbowne  are  one  and 
the  same  person  i  May  not  Wyntown,  when  defending  Huchowne 
for  hie  use  of  the  term  in  the  case  of  Lucius,  have  been  wetl 
acquainted  vith  our  larger  poem  and  its  author,  and  so,  with  a 
most  ^gniiicant  meaning  and  authority,  have  written, 
**  Ane  Emporonr  io  propyrtd 
A  CommawndoDre-  suld  callyd  be  "  ? 

The  renuuning  portion  of  the  passage  in  Wyntown  that  we  have 
been  disoossing  is  mainly  a  general  view  or  summary  of  contents  of 
Hnchowne's  Grei  Gest,  concluding  with  Mordred's  treason,  Arthur's 
mortal  wound,  and  the  appointment  and  succession  of  Schyr  Con- 
stantine,  "hys  awyne  cusyne,"  as  "king  of  Brettone  hale."  This 
enmrnary,  in  the  order  of  events,  their  conclusion,  &c,  remarkably 
coincides  with  the  matteia  treated  of  in  the  Morte  Arthurs.  Indeed, 
the  whole  pass^e  I  regard  as  just  one  continuous  and  convincing 
proof  that  the  Morte  Arlhure  of  Thornton  is  the  Orel  Gest  of 
Arthur.  Wyntown,  in  this  passage,  begins  at  the  same  point  and  in 
the  same  way,  and  goes  over  the  same  ground  as  the  Morte  Arthurs  ; 
he  describes  and  criticizes  the  work,  characterizes  the  author  and  bla 
«tyle  in  aueh  a  manner,  and  gives  so  accurate  an  idea  of  the  whole, 
that  I  qnestion  if  it  would  he  easy  or  possible  to  produce  a  review, 
of  the  same  compass  or  bulk,  from  our  modem  periodical  press,  that 
would  be  equally  comprehensive,  or  that  with  equal  effect  would 
describe  a  work  and  equal  correctness  designate  its  author. 

To  conclude,  the  abundant  Internal  evidence  furnished  by  the 
language  of  the  Morte  Atihure,  joined  to  that  which  we  may  gather 
from  the  passage  of  Wyntown,  makes  up  a  body  of  proof  as  to  the 
nationality  and  authorship  of  the  work,  we  think,  conclusive  and 
satislactoiy.  If  this  be  so,  then  it  must  follow  that  in  the  Morte 
Arthurs,  the  Fj/ttit  of  Sweet  Susane,  and  Sir  Oawane  and  the  Green 
Knight,  aa  Sir  F.  Madden  remarks,  we  have  the  .three  works 
mentioned  by  Wyntown  as  the  productions  of  Huchowne.  But  more, 
in  the  Stately  Poem  we  have  another  work  of  his,  and  it  may  be  to 
that-work — the  Deitrticlion  of  Troy — that  Wyntown  refers  in  tiie  line, 


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"or  writ  he  mncL"  Feibaps  also  it  is  to  that  work  that  referenco 
is  made,  when  he  speaks  of  "  soothiastnesse  " — a  special  chaiacteristic 
of  the  Destruetion  of  Troy  heing  its  aoothfastnesa,  as  shown  hy  the 
author's  constant  leference  to  Dites  whom  he  follows,  and  in  his 
earnest  care  to  say  nothing  but  "  as  the  Eoke  tellis  ; "  and  in  this  he 
copies  the  prominent  characteristic  of  Benoit,  as  shown  by  Mona. 
J0I7,  and  of  hiB  translator  Guido,  who  also  was  especially  careful, 
like  Benoit,  to  back  his  statements  with  the  testimony  of  Dites  and 
Dares. 

That  Wyntown  was  well  acquainted  with  our  poem  appears  from 
his  Prologue,  ths  commencement  of  which  has  been  evidently  com- 
posed with  that  of  oar  anthor  in  view. 

"  Quhar-for  off  swylk  antyqwyteys, 

Tbiu  that  set  hale  thare  delyte 

Oeet  or  story  for  to  wryte, 

Owtbir  in  metyre,  or  id  prose, 

Floryside  foyrjy  tbaire  purpose 

WyUit  queynt  and  curyoos  circumstance, 

To  rays  hartis  in  plesance, 

And  the  beraris  tyll  ezcyte 

Be  wyt,  or  wyll,  tyll  thaire  delyte. 
As  Qwido  de  CoIumpDa  qwhille, 

The  poete  Omere,  and  Vyrgj'Ue, 

Fayrly  fowrmyde  thaire  tretis, 

And  ouryowaly  dytyde  tliare  storis. 

SotQ  oyside  bote  in  plane  manere 

The  dedia  dwne,  and  thare  mate  re 

To  wtyte,  as  Dares  of  Frygy 

Wrate  of  the  Trojanys  the  story, 

Bot  in  to  plane  and  opyne  style, 

But  curyouB  wordis  or  suttyle." 
"To  rays  hartis  in  plesance.  And  the  heraris  tyll  excyte,"  is 
nncommonly  like  our  author's  "  boldyng  of  hertes ; "  and  Wyntown's 
remarks  on  Omere,  Yyrgylle,  and  Dares,  are  not  nnlike  what  is 
'brevit'  much  more  fully  in  our  'hoke.'  Like  other  early  writer^ 
Wyntown  was  in  the  practice  of  cutting  short  his  narrative  and  of 
referring  his  readers  to  other  authors  and  their  works,  when  the 
matter  h^d  already  been  described.  Keeping  thia  practice  in  view, 
it  is  most  instructive  to  note  what  he  gives  and  what  he  withholds 
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biator;  which  does  not  appear  in  oar  poem,  he  abruptly  breaks  off 
and  refers  to  Onmius  for  further  particulars.  A  short  passage 
follows,  which  seema  a  reanmd  of  what  ia  told  at  pi^e  353 ;  then 
comes  another  piece  of  information,  which  ia  finally  wound  up  with 
"  Thare  Orytliya  wes  dede, 

Penthaaaale  tas  in  hjr  alede, 

Hyr  doucbtyr  and  hyr  ayre  oFTale 

TLat  tyll  hyr  suld  o£f  profyt  fale. 

Tliis  lady  prowyd  gret  douclitynea; 

Quhen  the  Qrekys  assegeand  vea 

The  town  off  Troy,  wytbt  thare  powere, 

Thare  wytli  liyr  ost  scho  come  off  wore, 

Aa  in  the  story  weiil  is  kend." 

And  trae  enot^h  Penthesilea  and  her  'gret  doucbtynea'  are  very 
folly  aet  forth  in  the  Stately  Poem.  The  following  chapter  on 
"The  Astegii  of  Troye"  ia  not  less  suggestive  of  Wyntown's  ac- 
■luaintance  with  that  poem. 

The  Troff  Book,  it  may  easily  be  acen  by  simply  putting  it  down 
Bide  by  side  with  the  E.  K  T.  Society's  Morla  Arthure,  has  not  been 
in  all  cases  to  such  an  extent  disguised  or  overlaid  by  the  Ttlidland  or 
other  forms,  from  which  it  has  been  concluded,  somewhat  hastily, 
we  consider,  that  the  work  was  Midland.  The  Scottish  past  tense 
and  perfect  participle  are  found  in  the  Troy  Book  ending  in  it,  yt, 
or  et,  very  geaeraUy,  indeed  quite  as  generally  as  they  are  so  met 
with  in  Barbour  and  in  the  Lowland  Scotch  of  the  present  day, 
while  the  present  participles  in  -and  have  been  more  frequently  tani- 
pered  with,  and  appear  sometimes  in  -ond  and  sometimes  in  -aund. 
If  y,  aa  a  prefix  to  the  past  or  perfect  participle,  is  a  mark  of  a 
Southern  dialect,  then  it  never  occurs  once  from  the  beginning  to 
the  end  of  the  poem  ;  and  juat  so,  en  marking  the  infinitive  is  never 
met  with  either.  The  final  ea  of  the  past  participle,  sometimes  as 
yn,  and  sometimes  aa  on,  occurs  on  every  page ;  for  example,  that  art 
founden,  be  holdyn,  thou  be  taken  ;  ^  and  so  thai,  thaire,  thaim,  £c., 
and  indeed  almost  all  the  peculiarities  specified  in  Morris's  Speci- 
mms  of  Early  English,  as  indicating  a  work  to  be  Northern  rather 
than  Southern,  are  exemplified  more  or  less  frequently  throughout 
the  whole  poem. 

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On  comparing  difForeot  portions  of  the  Gloaeaiy  to  Wyntown 
with  corresponding  portions  of  the  Glossary  to  our  poem,  the  pro- 
portion of  common  words  of  the  some  spelling  and  meanings  was 
found  to  vary.  In  one  instance,  out  of  122  words  in  the  former  56 
were  found  represented  in  the  latt«r ;  which,  considering  the  differ- 
ence of  the  two  works,  is  a  laige  proportion.  On  comparing  the 
words  and  phrases  of  the  Avmtyrs  of  Arthtire  and  Gotagros  and 
Gatuane,  ascribed  to  Clerk  of  Tranent,  with  those  of  the  StaiiHtj 
Poem,  we  find  the  proportion  of  snch  as  ai«  common  and  identical 
to  be  higher  still,  almost  every  word  of  some  stanzas  appearing  in  our 
Glossary.  Very  many  of  these  common  words  appear,  as  was  1«  be 
ejipected,  in  the  Glossaries  of  Iforthem  works,  not  so  many  in  that 
of  William  of  Paleme.  It  is  note-worthy,  however,  that  in  not  a 
few  of  those  common  in  our  poem  and  William  of  Paleme,  there  is 
yet  a  difference  showing  the  Northern  origin  of  the  former.  For 
example,  Ayre,  an  heir,  is  the  word  used  in  our  poem,  the  form  to 
bo  found  in  Scottish  writers  and  onr  city  Eecords,  while  it  is  eyre, 
or  eiV,  in  William  of  'Paleme.  Similarly,  Burde,  a  table,  is  horde, 
and  ettle  ia  attle  in  the  hitter.  Ahide  and  alighi,  in  the  latter,  have 
nsoally  the  Northern  or  Scottish  forma  bide  and  light  in  oar  poem. 
When  the  words  are  precisely  the  same,  as  mar,  or  marte,  to  harm, 
-  the  inflection  is  difierant — marred  in  the  one  being  marrit,  or  mart, 
iu  the  other.  If  kepe  and  hej^  are  the  same,  then  the  latter  has  in 
our  poem  meanings  not  found  elsewhere,  viz.  to  catch,  meet,  or  stop. 

If  we  are  correct  in  the  conclusion,  already  adverted  to,  viz.  that 
the  more  carefully  written  portions  of  our  MS.  were  copied  lelsnrely 
fo}m  an  earlier  and,  perhaps,  the  original  Scottish  one,  then  we 
should  expect  to  find  that  in  the  portions  thus  copied  more  unchanged 
Scottish  words  and  more  of  Soottiah  fomu  of  words  would  occur 
than  do  in  those  portions  more  carelessly  or  hurriedly  written  to 
dictation.  Such  forms,  in  fact,  would  be  occasionally  copied  by  the 
transcriber,  per  incttriam,  so  to  say,  even  were  he  minded  to  modify, 
change,  or  modernize  his  work.  The  very  first  passage  of  the  kind, 
that  was  tried  to  discover  whether  the  fact  would  turn  out  so,  gave 
precisely  the  result  one  would  have  expected.  The  passage  occurs 
at  the  bottom  of  page  389,  and  extends  to  page  396,  with  perhaps 


cccasional  'breaks.  The  very  common  if  not  peculiar  oi  idioipatic 
Scottish  words,  of  which  there  are  not  a  few  in  this  passage,  are  spelt 
almost  invariably  as  we  £ad  them  ia  the  p^cs  of  Barbour,  DunbaTi 
Douglas,  and  other  Scottish  writers.     Such  are 

Graith,  graithet,  swithe,  dere,  wait,  dite,  dole,  ettid,  wale  (o.  and 
adj.),  etlid,  stitho,  Btitliely,  tene,  tenyt,.  triet,  warpit,  lak,  here,  laitbiH, 
laithyt,  fere,  graidly,  burd  or  burde,  wode,  pyne,  fele,  speryng,  braid, 
wyn,  merk  (to  devote),  gyrd,  gkath,  &c. 

Then  with  respect  to  Scottish  forms  and  constructions,  ws  meet  with 
Gedryt  and  gedrit,  liir  aune  (awne),  wan,  haldyn,  takyn,  ffele  dayes 
bedeoe,  totbir  or  totbyr,  lady  bad  leuyt,  ordant,  thai  dang  bir  to  deUie, 
Ac.,  as  in  Barbonr,  yates  or  yatis,  nogbt,  atrawet  and  streckltt,  britnet, 
■terte,  on  seaod,  gret,  launcband  lowes,  wroght,  soght,  thoght,  brogbl^ 
mony,  ynogh,  eanle,  lause^  noqwere,  qwile,  beeeke,  &c. ; 

almost  all  of  which  are  unchanged  Scottish  to  this  day.  The  past 
tenses  and  perfect  participles  almost  invariably  end,»s  we  have  said, 
in  it,  yt,  or  et, — as  nmhit,  dimsruyt,  mttrtheret,  &c.  At  the  end  of 
L  12111  we  have  wyn  fo  with  its  peculiar  Scottish  sense;  and  at 
L  12056  we  have  ehUdur,  while  at  L  12130  we  have  brahir,  both 
undeniably  Scottish  forras.^  At  1.  12089  we  have  io  an  end,  but  at 
1.  12103  the  older  Scottish  form  has  taken  its  place,  and  we  read 
led  tell  hir  Uut  end.  The  transcriber  at  1.  12112  has  lio  for  she,  and 
it  occurs  twice  again  within  the  next  tliree  lines,  but  at  12148  we 
find  the  original  »cho,  and  twice  again  ivithin  feur  lines.  In  "  aelio 
bete  horn  bitturly  "  we  have  the  past  tense  of  to  bite  as  it  is  still  to 
be  heard  pronounced  everywhere  in  Scotland,  ^rok  and  lad,  that 
follow,  are  also  yet  quite  common. 

It  b  curioos  that,  while  generally  throughout  the  work  we  find 
the  adv.  and  conj.  then  written  "than,"  in  this  passage  it  has  been, 
as  if  by  design,  carefully  changed  into  "  t?im."  Immediately  before, 
and  throughout  the  passage,  we  have  such  expressions  as — 

No  Sonne  herd,  light  np  a  lowe,  pattyn  to  delhe,  hedit  no  harme  ne 
no  hate  thoght,  noght  dred  thai,  dungyn  douD  yatis,  ertid  bis  baniio, 
etlid  to  bide,  withoaten  dyn  more,  tbe  lovet  wele,  ee  hit  leme  on  a 
lowe,  gert  for  to  send,  teghit  hir  hondis,  steynjt  hir  to  dethe,  graithet 
a  toumbe,  myn  bit  for  ever ; 

'  Henry,  Wyntowa,  BeUeaden,  Soot.  Burgh  Law^  &c. 

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espieasions  peculiaily  and  idiomatically  Scottish,  to  be  heard 
unchanged  to  this  day,  while  they  are  to  be  met  with  in  every  page 
of  the  undoubted  Scottish  poems  of  the  period.' 

With  one  of  thoae  W6  have  compared  portions  of  our  Troy  Book, 
and  been  still  more  conclusively  satisfied  of  ite  Scottish  origin. 
This  is  the  Knightly  Tale  of  Oolagrat  and  Gatoane,  reprinted  in 
1827,  by  Mr  David  Laing,  and  of  which  he  thus  remarka, 

"  Ttiis  very  ancieat  and  singular  romaace  belonga  to  a  class  of 
CompositioQB  UBUally  regarded  as  peculiar  to  Scotland.  The  laeguage 
of  this  romance,  which  appears  to  have  obtained  do  inconsiderable  share 
of  popularity,  is  so  remarkably  uncouth,  and  the  atnicturo  of  tlie  verse 
so  siugutar,  as  to  warrant  ns  in  amigQing  it  to  a  very  early  period  of 
our  literature,  certainly  to  some  time  prior  to  the  middle  of  the  14th 
century." 

"  It  would  be  a  fruitleaa  endeavour  to  enter  into  any  diacossioD  with 
regard  to  its  autlior,  ainco  we  poaac^s  no  direct  evidence  bearing  oo  tlie 
subject.  Two  of  the  ancient  Scottish  poets — Clerk  of  Traasnl,  and 
'Hucheon  of  the  AuiU  Ryaie,  aro  celebrated  as  having  written  the 
AdomitvrM  of  Gaiocme  ;  but  whether  tlie  present  romance  be  that  which 
is  alluded  to,  must  remaio,  we  fear,  a  matter  of  conjecture."  "The  only 
tiling,"  says  Dr  Leyden,  "  wluch  can  he  affirmed  witli  certainty  is  that 
Sir  Gawan  was  a  favourite  character  with  the  Scottish  poets  ;  a  circum- 
stance accounted  for  by  his  northern  origin,  and  his  reputation  for 
ancient  courtesy,  especially  among  the  Welsh,  by  wboDi  he  is  deno- 
uiinated  Qwalchmai,  the  goldea-Umgued" 

Very  many  lines  from  this  poem  of  Qdagrua  mid  Oawaae,  such 

^  "And  he  godly  fnrth  gaes,  and  graithet  bis  goir, 

And  buakit  bym  to  battel!  without  mair  abaid  " — 

might  with  a  very  alight  change  take  their  place  in  the  Troy  Book, 
and  not  be  distinguished  from  others ;  while  similarly  not  a  few 
lines  of  the  Trot/  Book  might  he  transferred  to  Golagnu  and 
Gawane  with  the  same  result.  In  both  poems  we  find  the  same 
words,  the  same  forms,  and  the  some  phrases  or  expressions — the 
same  peculiar  character  of  verse,  and  the  same  alliterations.  The 
Glossary  of  the  Troy  Book  is,  so  far  as  we  have  tried  it,  quite 
sufficient  for  the  Knightly  Tale,  and  with  all  these  in  common,  we 

'  The  various  other  similar  passages  doubtlasa,  if  carefully  gone  over,  nill 
yield  the  same  results ;  and  that  these  purer  Scottisb  portions,  if  we  may  bo  call 
them,  may  be  compared  with  others,  they  will  be  indicated  at  the  end  of  the 
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do  not  Bee  how  tbo  conclusioa  can  he  avoided  that,  if  Oolagnu  and 
Gateane  is  Scottish,  the  ^atdij  Poem  nrnat  be  Scottish  also. 

Having  referred  to  Glossaries,  ive  may  farther  here  remark  that, 
just  aa  the  Glossary  of  Sir  F.  Ikladden's  voliune,  containing  Syr 
Gatoayne  and  the  Grene  Knight,  vith  the  two  poems  named  before, 
&c.,  serves  as  a  Giossaiy  for  Moris  Arthure,  very  few  words  ex- 
cepted, and  the  words  in  both  occmring  very  much  in  the  same 
proportion,  so  also  will  that  Glossary  be  found  to  serve,  in  a  great 
measura,  for  the  Statdy  Poem.  More  words  in  the  latter- are  not  to 
he  found  in  Sir  F.  Madden's  volnme,  but  that  arises  from  the 
greater  extent  tuid  variety  of  the  work.  N'ot  a  few,  however,  of 
those  awanting  may  he  auppliod  from  Barbonr'a  Brace,  or  Jatnieson, 
And  in  this  case  too  the  same  proportion  obtains  in  the  marked 
occnrrence  of  certain  pecoliar  words,  and  their  use  in  connection 
with  others. 

Independently  of  mere  words,  expressions,  or  language,  Scottish 
and  idiomatically  Scottish  too,  which  may  he  found  with  the  least 
poasihle  trouble,  as  occurring  in  common  in  all  the  four  works  that 
we  have  ascribed  ia  the  same  author,  there  are  very  many  whole 
littee  to  be  found  in  almost  every  page  of  each,  which  have  their 
parallels  or  counterfeits  in  some  one  or  other  of  the  rest.  These 
linea  are  manifestly  produced  by  tbe  same  mind — they  are  medals 
struck  in  the  same  mint,  and  from  the  same  dies.  These  similar  and 
almost  identical  common  lines  are  foand  sometimes  in  two,  some- 
times in  three,  and  occasionally  in  all  four  of  these  works.  We 
might  give  specimens  of  these  lines,  hut  this  head  of  proof  labours 
under  a  perfect  emharreu  de  rieheggee,  and  the  difficulty  is  to  select, 
as  our  notes  and  scraps  are  quite  covered  with  thorn.  It  is  not 
necessary  here,  however,  to  go  very  largely  or  exhaustively,  ot  iadiicd 
at  all,  into  this  branch  of  proof;  as  Hi  Donaldson,  at  a  very  early 
period,  made  a  selection  of  these  parallel  lines  occurring  in  out 
author's  works,  and  embodied  them  in  an  Introductory  Essay,  which 
it  is  intended  shall  follow  this  Preface. 

That  Huchowne  was  the  author  of  the  Stately  Poem,  our  TVoj/ 
Book,  most  satisfactorily  accounts  for  the  various  references  to  Troy, 
and  to  Trojan  and  Greek  leaders,  which  we  meet  with  in  Morta 


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Arthure,  S]/r  OaiBoyne  and  the  Grene  Knight,  &c  In  tte  opening 
lines  of  Sj/r  Qaaayne  we  almost  Beem  to  meet  with  a  qnotation 
from  tlie  conclusion  of  the  Stately  Poem ; 

"  Sitben  the  scge  aod  the  aesant  was  sesed  at  Troye, 
The  borgh  brittened  &  bteot  to  brondee  &  aekea, 
The  tulk  that  the  trammea  of  treeoun  tber  wroglit, 
Was  tried  for  bis  tricherie,  the  trewest  on  erthe  ; 
Hit  WAS  EnDias  the  athet,  &  bis  bighe  kyode, 
That  sithen  depreced  proutDces,  &  patrouoes  bicome 
Welneye  of  al  the  wele  in  the  west  ilea,"  &c. 

These  lines,  and  similar  ones  at  the  end  of  that  poem,  eeein  the 
natural  outpouring  of  a  mind  that  had  been,  or  was  still,  engaged 
with  such  a  subject  as  the  Destruction  of  T107. 

While  quite  at  sea  as  to  everything  else  legaiding  the  MS., 
except  that  it  was  partly  a  translation  and  partly  an  amplified  para- 
phrase of  Goido,  one  passage  especially  drew  my  attention,  as  giving 
no  uncertain  sound  with  respect  to  the  nationality,  if  not  to  the 
authoiship,  of  the  work,  and  to  that  passage  we  may  now  advert  at 
some  length.  It  occurs  on  page  63  of  the  Gesi  Hyutoriule,  at  line 
1580,  and  thus 


"  There  were  Btallis  by  the  strete  stondyng  for  peopull, 
Werkmen  iota  won,  and  thaire  wares  shewe. 
Both  to  sella  and  to  ee  as  thaim  selfe  lyked, 
Of  all  the  craftca  token  as  there  course  askit,"&c. 

In  the  description  of  the  rebuilding  of  Troy  by  Priam,  Guide  de 
Colonna  has  a  similar  passage,  to  which  there  is  nothiug  correspond- 
ing in  the  Eoman  de  Troie  of  Benoit  de  St-More,  whom  he  translates 
or  paraphrases.  This  passage  contains  an  eniuneratioa  of  the  various 
artists,  mechanics,  and  tradesmen  who  had  their  "  stationer  "  in  the 
streets  of  the  new  city.  Quido  enumerates  11  or  42  classes  of  these 
artists  and  tradesmen,  of  whom,  while  several  have  classical  designa- 
tions, so  to  say,  the  great  majority  are  manifestly  the  craftsmen  and 
mechanics  of  Italy  in  bis  time.  In  the  corresponding  paraphrase  of 
our  author  there  is  also  a  list  of  40  different  craftsmen,  but  the  two 
lists  of  names  have  very  few  in  common.  With  the  names  of  several 
given  by  our  author  I  was  especially  struck,  as  very  obviously  and 
undeniably  Scottish.   Indeed,  the  whole  list  looked  like  the  counter- 


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part  of  that  in  Mwtland's  History  of  Edinburgh,  or  tbat  whicli  we 
meet  witli  in  tte  Sintorical  Account  of  the  Blue  Blanket,  or  Crafia- 
tnen'a  Banner,  while  the  concluding  lines, 

"  With  Barbnra  biggit  in  boorderB  of  the  stretea ; 
With  all  Haigter  meo  that  on  molde  dweliia, 
Ooeatly  euabit  in  entiia  aboute" — 

at  once  stamped  the  author  as  at  least  quite  familial  with  the  peculi- 
arities, if  not  even  a  denizen  of  Aold  Reekie. 

There  may  not  be  mach,  indeed  there  would  be  nothing  in  this 
conjunction  alone,  as  the  name  Entry  is  far  more  eitenaively  used 
than  from  out  inquiries  we  were  at  first  disposed  to  believe.  "We 
were  aware  that  it  was  used  in  the  North  of  England,  but  with  a 
meaning  difTerent  from  that  which  it  bears  in  Edinburgh,  In 
Hunter's  Glossary  of  Hallamshire  wordfi  an  Entry  is  "  a  narrow 
passage  among  buildings,"  or  what  in  Edinburgh  is  a  dose.  The 
editor  of  the  Toienlet/  Mysteries  applies  the  word  to  a  '  lobby  in  a 
farm  house,'  oi  what  in  Scotland  is  called  a  trance.  The  term  is 
used  in  Belfast,  where  its  introduction  may  be  accounted  for,  and  in 
other  places,  as  with  us;  while  in  Suffolk,  I  am  informed,  it  is 
applied  "  to  the  little  passage  inside  the  &ont  or  back  door  of  a 
cattle  or  small  farm-house."  This  is  the  porch,  as  it  is  called  now 
in  Scotland— the  space  behind  the  door  separated  £rom  the  rest  of 
the  house  by  the  partition  wall  or  Italian  of  olden  times.  But  the 
question  is,  where,  not  of  recent  introduction,  is  the  term  applied  in 
any  place  to  the  same  thing  as  in  this  country ;  and,  along  with 
Entries,  is  there  proof  from  early  public  records,  such  as  Edinbm^ 
or  some  other  of  the  larger  towns  of  Scotland  can  enpply,  that  the 
crafts  or  trades  of  the  city  or  town  were  at  or  about  the  date  of  our 
poem  named  as  they  are  in  it,  and,  with  one  exception,  as  they  are 
in  the  Ancient  Burgh  Laws  and  City  Secords  of  Edinburgh!  The 
question  ia'  relevant,  because,  as  we  shall  see,  one  place  with  Entries 
has  an  old  list  of  its  crofts  that  materially  differs  from  that  of  the 
poem.  The  poem  has  been  ascribed  to  a  Midland  author,  and  in 
these  days  of  public  research  it  would  not  be  difficult  to  ascertain 
how  the  matter  stands  with  other  Midland  towns. 

To  every  town-horn  Scot,  and  especially  to  every  one  &miliar 


jclii  PEKPACE. 

with  EdmboTgh  and  its  dwslliuga  of  the  olden  time,  an  entry  is  tha 
very  place  to  wluch  he  Tonld  look  for,  or  in  which  expect,  a  conn- 
tryman  to  apeak  of  the  dwellings  of  Master  Craftsmen  to  be  found.' 
The  ciicnmscribed  apace  and  peculiar  site  on  which  Old  Edin- 
burgh stands  rendered  ita  lofty  houaes,  eight  or  tea  stories  high, 
with  ita  entries,  vrynds,  and  closes,  absolutely  necessary ;  and  similar 
peculiarities  elsewhere  in  Scotland  have  pitiduced  similar  building 
arrangements,  and  hence  the  name  entry,  like  wynd  and  close,  is 
perfectly  familiar  to  every  town-bom  native  of  the  country.  For 
the  benefit  of  others,  however,  it  will  be  necessary  to  say  that  the 
entry  was,  as  it  still  is,  the  covered  or  arched  passage  at  the  end  of  a 
house  leading  from  the  street  to  the  back,  where  the  common  stair 
to  the  upper  stories  commenced.  This  covered  entry  might  lead  into 
a  court  or  back  square,  or  into  a  close,  'or  narrow  aUey.  Such 
common  or  public  entries  or  passages  were  necessarily  at  all  times 
open,  and  expressly  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  magistrates.  Some 
entries,  however,  were  private,  and  closed  especially  at  night,  of 
which  not  a  few  examples  yet  remain  throughout  the  countiy.  The 
old  house,  in  a  country  town,  in  which  the  writer's  youth  was  spent, 
had  such  a  private  entry,  like  many  others.  The  house  itself  was 
an  ancient  Temple  tenement  of  three  stories,  the  undermost  being 
occupied  as  shops.  It  was  bmlt  upon  a  strong  vaulted  substructure, 
like  a  church  crypt,  on  which  had  probably  stood  long  before  a 
small  monastic  fortalice  of  the  Knights  Templars.  The  entry,  in 
this  case  at  the  end  of  the  house,  was  a  flagged  passage  raised  one 
step  above  the  level  of  the  street,  and  closed  by  a  heavy  two-leaved 
door.  It  terminated  in  a  square  space  with  the  main  entrance  to 
the  bouse  on  one  side,  and  a  flight  of  steps  on  the  other  leading  to 
the  o£&ces  and  garden.  In  the  same  street  a  tenement,  quite  as  old, 
but  larger  and  more  imposing,  had  its  entry,  not  at  the  end  of  the 
house  as  usual,  but  right  in  the  centre.  The  wide  door-way  was 
arched  and  closed  with  a  ponderous  gate.  The  spacious  Sagged 
passage  leading  to  the  back  was  several  steps  below  the  level  of  the 

'  The  phrase,  or  expression,  besideB,  is  the  ver;  one  still  nsed  in  Seotland. 
Persons  are  said  Ut  live  in  tlU  entry,  although  their  dwellings  may  be  tht 
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street,  having  tbe  house  entrance  in  the  middle  of  the  one  side,  and 
the  writing  chamheiB  of  the  owner  on  the  other.  It  terminated 
beliind.ia  the  first  of  b  sciiea  of  garden  terraces,  which  doped  down 
to  the  riverside  or  "  Water  £nda."  Such  entries,  it  will  at  once  be 
Been,  were  the  very  places  where  the  "  Maistei  Men  "  and  sabatantdal 
Buigessea  of  these  times  would  "  enabit." 

The  "  Siatumee"  of  Guido,  translated  by  our  authors  "Stallis," 
into  which  the  "  Operarii,"  or  "Workmen  won,"  in  all  likelihood 
suggested  the  Luckea  booths  and  the  Cremee  oi  Xiames  of  the 
High  Street  of  Edinbni^h;  and  then  bow  natural  to  name  the 
**  Crafles,"  of  Incorporated  Trades  and  Guildry  of  the  city  and  its 
"Entris  ahoute."  In  the  Ancient  Laws  and  Customs  of  the  Bu^ha 
of  Scotland,  A.D.  1124 — 1424,  the  "Biu^and  the  Marchand"  take 
precedence,  but  the  very  first  craftsmen  that  are  mentioned  are  the 
"Baxtaris  at  .bakis  brede,"  and  they  are  the  first,  too,  named 
in  the  City  Records  of  Edinbnrgh  nndei  date  April  9th,  1443. 
As  a  eumame  how  common  Baxter  is  in  Scotland  any  one  may 
sea,  while  Baker,  except  in  one  or  two  of  the  larger  towns.  Is  un- 
known. 

In  the  '  Ancient  Laws '  mention  is  next  made  of  '  thaim  that 
sellie  fjwibe,'  what  '  gif  fleachewara  graythia  ivil  flcsche,'  '  gift 
sowtaris  that  makis  echone  be  barkaris,'  '  oJt  wobstaris  tbat  thai  mak 
out  lang  thryms,'  '  off  Eadillaris  that  mak  sadillis  of  grene  tymmer,' 
'tailyeouria  that  sow  with  fals  graith,'  'of  coukcs  makand  reddie 
flesche,'  'ekynnaris  that  mak  gluvis,'  'of  wyn  tawemaris,'  &e.  In 
the  City  Kecords  these  craftsmen  ore  also  named  as  well  as  GoId< 
Smyths,  Aimoreris,  Elaksmyths,  Cutlaris,  Masons,  Wrights,  &c., 
with  such  business  as  '  setting  of  mylnis,'  and  such  words  as  '  woU 
wroght  na  lyttyt,'  '  chese  thaim,'  '  werkaris,  byggyt,  ordanyt,'  and  a 
great  many  more  that  appear  in  our  poem.  In  the  Decreet  Arbitral 
of  James  VL,  which  determined  the  "  sett "  of  the  bu^h  in  his  day, 
we  read  of 

"the  choosing  of  the  Deakens  of  Crafts,  quhilks  are  fourteen  [n 
number,  to  wit, 

"  Chirurgyans,  Qoldstnyths,  Skynners,  Furriers,  Hammermen, 
Wrights,  Masons,  Tailyeours,  Baxters,  Fleshera,  Cordioers,  Webslera, 
Waalkers,  Bon  uet- mak  era." 


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X\W  PtlBFAGB. 

Of  these  foarteen  lacorporftted  Trades,  or  Crafts,  in  the  enumeration 
of  om  poem  the  names  of  six  appear  identically  the  same,  viz. :  The 
Goldamythes,  Taliours,  Wrightes,  Websteis,  Walkers  of  Clothe,  and 
Baxters,  while  Masons  are  named  at  L  1S39.  Tho  Cordiners  are 
represented  in  the  poem  bj  Souters,  the  earlier  and  more  usnai 
Scottish  designation.  For  the  sake  of  alliteration  and  Tarietj, 
doubtless,  as  Flechours,  arrow-makers,  appear  in  the  list  elsewhere, 
Fleshers  are  replaced  by  the  Korman  French  Bochers.  That  Chimr- 
gyans  and  Barbars  formed  the  same  cr^  and  meant  the  same 
persons  is  well  known,  and  is  abundantly  evident  from  their  Seal  of 
Cause — in  which  we  read, — 

"  The  Eirk  Master  and  Bretlier  of  the  Surgeons  and  Barbaria  with- 
in this  Bruglie."  "  Item,  That  nae  maner  of  PersoD  occupy  nor  use  any 
Poyatfl  of  our  saida  Crafts  of  Surgery,  or  Barbar  Craft,  within  this 
Brugh,  but  giC  he  be  first  Trie  Mau  and  Burgee  of  the  eamen,  aad 
that  he  be  worthy  and  expert  in  all  the  Poyuts  beloogand  to 
the  satds  Crafts,  dilligently  aod  avisedly  examined,  and  admitted  by  the 
Masters  of  the  said  Grafts,  &o.  3tio.  And  that  nas  Barbar,  Master  uor 
Servand,  within  this  Burgh,  hant,  use  nor  exerce  tlie  Crafts  of  Surgery 
without  he  be  expert,  and  knaw  perfectly  the  Things  aboue  written ; 
that  is  to  say — Anatomia,  ftc," 

The  SkynncTS  are  repreaentod  in  the  poem  by  Glovers  and 
"  Coriours  of  ledor,"  who  were  of  the  same  incorporation.  The 
Wrights  and  Masona,  aftoTwaids  united,  included,  with  others,  the 
Painters,  the  Bowyera,  and  "  Flechouig,"  The  very  comprehensive 
craft  of  the  Hammermen  has  no  fewer  than  nine  representatives 
in  the  poem,  viz.  the  Bladsmythia,  Armurers,  Arowsmythis, 
Cotelers,  Sadlere,  Brasiers,  Fynners  or  Fin-makers,  Bel-makers  or 
Founders,  and  Sporiora  or  Lorimers,'  all  of  whom,  with  others, 
as  we  may  learn  from  Maitland,  were  membera  of  the  Craft.  If 
"  GirdiUere "  are  the  same  as  the  Girdlers  of  London  and  meant 
Beltmakers,  then  we  have  another  branch  of  the  Hammermen; 
but  we  are  rather  inclined  to  believe  that  they  meant  Girdle- 
makeia,  i.  e.  manufacturera  of  giidlea,*  or  round  iron  plates- on  which 

'  Bridle-bit  makers, 

'  CalroBs,  in  Perthahire,  irnB  TaTnonB  for  its  girdles  In  ancient  times, 
"  Tour  bread  is  baked,  ye  may  lay  by  Ilia  girdle."  "  The  ajre  sal  hafe  .  .  a 
rostjng  ;me,  a  gird'dU,"  &o. — Lega  Burg.  czvi. 


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Bcones,  bannockB,  and  oat-cakea  were  fii«d,  as  thej  are  stUL  Tho 
"CondletB,"  or  candlemaiera,  were  at  one  time  a  Bioat  ihflueutial 
and  vealthj  body  in  the  city,  and  have  left  behind  them,  as 
memorials,  their  quaint  Hall  and  a  street  called  after  them  Candle- 
maket  Row,  irhich  the  all-derouring  city  impiovemente  have  not 
yet  swallowed  up.  In  conclusion,  the  Tapstera  are  named  in  one 
of  the  city  charters  along  with  the  Vintners,  as  liable  to  certain 
costoms  or  excise ;  from  which  it  is  evident  that  they  were  the  Inn- 
keepeis  of  the  time,  and  not  mere  drawers  of  beer,  boys  or  women, 
as  in  England. 

Thus  in  tbis  list  of  forty  crafts,  and,  with  masons  mentioned 
before,  forty-one  in  all  enumerated  in  the  poem,  there  are  not 
fewer  than  twenty-seven  that  we  can  identify  with  the  fourteen 
incorporated  trades  of  Edinburgh,  and  their  different  branehea,  and, 
with  one  exception,  easily  accounted  for,  named,  along  with  several 
others,  precisely  as  they  are  in  the  records  and  charters  of  the  city 
and  early  Scottish  Literature.  That  this  should  he  so,  and  that 
moreover  a  list  of  "  Craftis,"  evidently  meaning  Incorporated  Trades, 
should  commence  with  "  Goldsmythes,"  probably  tho  oldest,  and 
certiainly  the  most  important  craft  in  Scotland,  and  be  followed  by 
such  undoubted  Scottish  designations  as  Glovers,  Girdillers,  Sonters, 
"WebsteiB,  Walkers  of  Clothe,  Baxters,  Sporiora,  Spicers,  Condlers, 
&£., — designations  most  of  them,  in  use  to  this  day — in  a  passage 
Oiat  tells  of 


Ooestly  enabit  in  entris  aboute," 

altogether  makes  up  a  combination,  or  coincidence,  utterly  impossible, 
it  will  euiely  be  admitted,  unless  the  'author,  whoever  he  might  be, 
ynx  familiar  with  the  trades  or  crafts  of  the  Scottish  capital  or  other 
laige  Scottish  town. 

This  remarkable  passage  bas  several  naturalized  French  names  in 
the  list,  which  renders  it  still  more  likely  to  be  the  list  of  the 
Scottish  Crafts  and  Guildry,  the  intercourse  between  Scotland  and 
France  being  in  these  early  times  both  frequent  and  most  friendly. 


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Xlvi  '  FRBFAOE. 

For  example,   we  have  Taliouia/  Telew,'  March&ndes,  Pamtere,' 
Bochera,  Fferrara,*  Spicera,'  CarpenteTs,  and  Coucheoure.' 

While  conviaced,  from  the  Scottish  names,  that  this  wae  a 
Scottish  list,  and  further,  that  this  was  the  list  of  the  Crafts  and 
Guildry  of  the  Scottish  capital,  because  containing  the  namea  of 
some  trades  that  conld  not  possibly  exist  or  be  found  in  any  smaller 
or  less  important  town  than  the  coital,  by  comparing  it  with  the 
tradesmen  named  in  the  Banes  of  the  Cheater  Playi,  with  the  very 
full  and  exhaustive  catalogue  in  Codce  Lordlea  Bote,  and  with  those 
in  the  Liber  Albm  of  London,  it  was  manifest  that  it  was  not  the 
compilation  of  an  Englishman,  either  of  the  Midland  Counties  or 
of  London.  Below  we  give  the  full  list  of  the  Chester  Graflsmen 
in  alphabetical  order/  The  "  Drawers  in  Dee "  stamp  the  locaUty 
of  the  list,  which  has  no  equivalent  for  not  leas  than  19  of  the 
Craftis  of  our  poem.  It  will  be  seen,  moreover,  that  the  Scottish 
Souter  is  a  Corvisor  in  the  Cheater  list,  a  Webster  is  a  Waver  or 
Weaver,^  the  Walker  of  clothe,  usually  conjoined  with  the  Litster, 
is  represented  by  the  Dier,  a  Baxter  is  a  Baker,  a  Teler  is  a  Linen- 
draper,  a  Tavemer  is  a  Merchant  Vintner,  a  Conor  of  ledur  is  a 
Skinner  or  Tanner,  a  Marchand  is  a  Mercer,  a  Carpenter  is  a  Fuster, 
and  a  Condler  is  a  Wax-Chandler.     In  Cocke  LoreUes  Bote  we  have 


'  Deeorators,  from  Parementler  or  Panunentier,  Lat.  Parator.     Chaucer 
has  parementi,  omamental  furaiture  or  clothes. 
Ferre,  or  feare,  from  ferrarlus. 

*  Elgpicier,  now  fpicier, 

*  Stone-setters  or  jewellers,  from  eollocare.  Couched  work  was  applied 
teohnlcaV;  to  artist's  work. 

"  Alle  of  palle  werke  fyne 
.    Cowohida  with  newyne,"— 3/^S  JAneolu,  A.  I  17,  fol,  133. 
Chaucer  has  "couched  with  pedes,"  laid  or  trimmed  with  pearla. 

"Stoffit  and  coutchit  fuli  of  ime  and  lede."— iJuiiy.  Virf,  141.  11, 
Coucheour,  however,  may  mean  a  couch,  or  bed-maker,  in  Oocke  LorelUt 
Bate,  an  Upholsterer. 

^  Bakers,  barbers,  bowyers,  buchera,  cappers,  cloth-workers,  cookes, 
ooc^eis,  corrisora,  diers,  drapers,  drawers  in  dea,  fish-mongers,  fleohours, 
fuBters,  glassiera,  glovers,  goldsmiths,  hewsters,  ironmongers,  linen-drapers, 
raasous,  meroers,  merchant- vintners,  painters,  saddlers,  sliermen,  skinnerr^ 
slaters,  smiths,  stringers,  tanners,  tajlours,  water-leadar*,  wai-ohandlers, 
wavers,  wrights. 

'  But  the  last  is  "  The  Websters  Playe." 


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Cordwainer  and  Cobeler  for  Souter,  Spinsters  and  Vestment  Swoera 
for  Semffteria,  FuUera  and  Cloth-thickere  for  Walters  of  clotho, 
Airowheders  for  Arowsmythia,  Fleshmongera  for  Bochers,  Welibers 
for  'Websteia,  Bakers  for  Baxteta,  Tapestry  workers  and  Gomishcra 
for  Famters,  Grote  Clyppers  for  Monymakers,  &c. 

In  the  lAber  Alhva  of  London,  as  the  compilers  did  not  always 
translate  the  names  of  the  craftsmen  into  Latin  and  Norman  French, 
we  get  fitill  more  evidence  that  the  list  of  the  poem  was  not  made 
up  Irom  the  workmen  and  craftsmen  of  that  city.  The  Baxter  is 
usually  represented  hy  the  Not.  Ft.  Festoni ;  but  as  a  compound, 
we  meet  with  py-bakeree.  The  Glover  was  a  Gaunter,  the  Spynner 
of  Cloth,  or  producer  of  yam,  was  the  Buriller,  while  the  Weaver  of 
woollen  cloth  was  the  Telour  or  Telarius.  The  Spicer  was  a  GrosBour 
or  Fepperer,  the  Belmakei  was  a  Belle-jetter,  and  hence  Bullitei 
Lane.  The  Walker  of  Cloth  was  a  Fullour,  Souters  were  Cord- 
waners  and  Cobelers,  Feireia,  or  Shoo-Smiths,  were  Mareschalls, 
Monymakers  were  Moneonrs,  and  Condlers  were  Wei-Chaundelers. 

Before  leaving  this  passage  it  may  not  be  uninteresting  or  unin- 
stractiye  to  compare  it  with  the  parallel  passage  of  Lydgate,  which 
we  shall  give  here  entire  as  it  is  given  in  the  Douce  MS.  Oxford, 
supplying  from  the  Bigby  MS.  two  lines  that  are  awanting  in  that 
and  the  Cambridge  MS. : 

"  Goldsmythes  furat  ande  ryclie  lewelerei, 
Ande  by  heiuself  crafty  Broderes, 
Wewars  also  of  wolne  and  lynnyn. 
Of  clothes  of  golde  of  damaske  and  satjn. 
Of  welaes,  sondele  aiide  double  samyt  eke, 
Aude  eveiyche  cloth  yat  men  lyst  to  Befce. 
Smythes  also  |)Bt  conde  forge  wel 
Swerdes,  poUex,  and  sperya  sharp  of  stel, 
DartoB,  daggers  for  to  msyne'  aod  wounde, 
Ande  qaarele  beddea,  sharpe  and  aquare  ygroande. 
Thare  waa  aleo  crafty  anaourera, 
Bowers  eke,  aada  fast  by  fleggerera, 
Ande  sucbe  as  couth  maken  yacbaftes  pleyn, 
Ande  uthere  eke  yat  dyde  yar  beeye  peyn  ; 
For  ye  wcrre  to  make  also  trappouere, 
Bete*  bannera,  and  ryole  cote  Armonrea, 

'  ^  for  "  mayme,"  to  maim.  *  Bmbroldured.  Sir  Aiima. 

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Ande  bj  dewyse  etandarB  ande  petiQODB, 
Ande  for  ye  felde  ireache  ande  gaj  ghetooa. 
Ande  everyche  craft  yat  may  yreknede  bo 
To  tellen  schortly  was  in  yat  Cit^." 

On  esamination  it  will  be  aeen  that  Lydgate  has  evidently  horrowed 
or  adapted  his  list  fjcom  that  of  our  author,  for  of  Uie  ten  or  eleven 
Crafta  expressly  named  or  indicated  in  this  extract  it  may  be  re- 
marked that,  only  two,  viz.  Goldsmiths  and  Weavers,  are  found  in 
Guide's  list,  as  aurifices  and  textorea  respectively,  while  the  order  in 
which  these  two  occur  renders  the  borrowing  or  adaptation  still 
more  probable.  Goldsmiths  are  the  first  named  in  the  list  of  our 
author  and  the  first  likewise  in  that  of  Lydgate,  and  may  have 
suggested  the  ryche  lewelerea,  represented  by  "  Coucheours  fyn,"  1. 
1597.  Then  follow  in  the  next  line  of  Lydgate  Crafty  broderes, 
who  are  manifestly  the  "  Semsteris  fyn"  in  the  next  line  also  of  the 
Slatelt/  Poem.  The  "  Taliours,  Telers,  Websters  and  Walkers  of 
clothe  "  that  come  nest  in  our  poem  have  evidently  suggested  the 
"Wewaia  of  wolne  and  lynnyn,"  and  of  various  other  "clothes" 
given  next  by  Lydgate.     Then  follow  in  our  poem 

"  ArmarorB,  Arowsmytlite  with  Axes  of  Werre," 
and  further  on,  "  Bladsmytlm."    And  just  so  follow  in  Lydgate 
the  "  Smyihea  that  coude  forge  wel  awerdea,  jpollex,  sperys,  dartes, 
daggers,  and  quarele  7i4ddes,"  and  the  "  Crafty  Armourera."     Again 
in  our  poem  we  have  next — 

"fferrers,  flecchoura,  fele  men  of  crafte;" 
which  Lydgate  duly  in  order  caps  with 

"  Bowers  eke,  ande  faeto  by  fleggerers." 
That  this  should  be  so  is  surely  more  than,  a  mere  coincidence.  If 
Lydgal«  has  not  borrowed  or  adapted,  it  is  very  singular  that  hs 
should  have  given  juat  these  names  and  in  this  order ;  for  while  all 
the  various  workers  in  metal  are  named  by  Guide,  such  as  Gold- 
smiths and  gilders,  silversmiths,  coppersmiths  or  bissiere,  plumbers, 
founders  or  bell-makers,  pin-makers,  spindle-makere,  ite.,  curiously 
enough,  smiths,  blacksmiths,  or  forgers  in  iron  are  not  mentioned, 
nor  is  a  single  weapon  of  war  named.     Lydgate,  however   u  he 


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often  does,  Laving  opened  ont,  or  set  off  in  a  particular  line,  bo  to 
apeak,  continnea  it,  and  ao  having  given  the  weapons,  the  atom 
realities  of  vax,  he  gives  as  an  appiopiiato  finishing  its  ornamental 
gamitnre,  viz.  its  trappouers,  bete  banneia,  cote  annonTee,  etandars, 
pennona,  and  gay  ghetons — the  skilled  vorkmonahip,  we  have  no 
doubt,  of  the  "Famteis,"  and  perhaps  "Coacheonis  f^"  There 
ore  in  the  two  poems  very  many  similar  parallel  passages,  &om  which 
it  may  be  seen  plainly  enough  that  Lydgate  was  much  beholden  to 
the  Degtruetion  of  Troy  for  words,  expresaione,  and  texts  or  hints, 
which  don't  appear  in  Gnido,  whom  he  piofeaaes  to  translate.  "Wa 
may  give  here  one  each  example.  Priam  had  determined  to  rebuild 
Tray  strong  enough  to  withstand  all  future  assaults  &om  Greeks  or 
other  foea. 

"  Hino  eat  quod  quaesitia  undiqae  (sbriB  et  peritia  iu  aedificandia 
artibna    et    marmoriie   Celaturis,  lapidariia,  et  doctissimis    architeoUs, 
omnia  geueriB  marmora  coegit,"  &e. 
Bo  wrote  Guido,  and  we  may  translate  his  words  literally  thus  : 

'  Acoordingly,  having  from  all  quarters  sought  for  workmen  and 
such  as  were  skilled  in  building  arta  and  in  marble-earring,  atoner 
cnttera,  and  the  most  akiirul  buildeie,  he  collected  marble  of  werj 
kind.' 

Onr  author  haa, 

"  Gate  masons  full  mouy  that  mykuU  fete  coathe  ; 

Wise  wrightis  to  wala,  werkys  to  caste  ; 

Qwarioura  qweme,  qwaint  men  of  wit ;. 

Mynors  of  marbnil  stou  &  mony  other  thinges." 

Gnido'e  three  lines  Lydgate  has  contrived  to  paraphiaae  oi  ex- 
pand into  41,  thus — 

"  And  all  abonte  the  countreyes  enairon, 
He  made  seke  in  euery  regyon. 
For  sncbe  workemen  aa  were  curyoua, 
Of  wyt  iuventife  of  caatyug  memaylons. 


TBOT. 


And  for  eaei;  such  as  was  a  good  deuysoor, 

Haaon,  hewer,  or  crafty  qnaireonr. 

For  euery  wrighte  and  pasayng  carpenter, 

Or  eoch  aa  had  connynge  in  their  head, 

Alatiaster  other  white  or  read. 

Or  marbell  grey  for  to  puUyahe  playne,"  Ac, 


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Tbe  passage  in  the  StaUly  Poem  has  evidently  been  the  ^zt  from 
which  Lydgate  lias  amplified  tlie  portion  above,  every  word  almost 
of  the  four  lines  ha-ring  been  copied,  enlarged  upon,  and  cleverly 
set,  or  couched,  in  this  piece  of  poetical  moeaio.  As  ve  have  ex- 
amined and  compared  scores  of  snch  passages,  ve  have  most  earnestly 
irished  that  we  had  Lydgate's  Troy  Book  and  other  similar  works  in 
a  more  accessible  form  than  the  MSS.  of  our  public  libiariee,  at 
blackletter  reprints  of  the  16th  century — a  wish  that  we  hope  we 
may  live  to  see  yet  realized. 

There  was  a  method  or  line  of  proof  which  the  writer  of  this 
thought  of  and  attempted  to  follow  out,  in  order  to  show  that  the 
aathor  of  the  Deatruction  of  Troy  was  a  Scotmnan,  bnt  from  which 
he  \ras  deterred  by  the  time  that  it  would  have  involved,  and  the 
space  that  it  would  have  occupied  for  its  complete  and  satisfiictory 
prosecution.  This  was  the  making  out  of  a  pretty  full  list  of  those 
peculiar,  idiomatic,  Scottish  words  and  phrases,  which  are  still  in 
common  use  throughout  Scotland,  and  which  occur  in  almost  every 
line  and  sentence  of  our  poem,  and  marking  bow  often  they  occur, 
and  then  tumii^  to  the  Qlosearies  respectively  of  Pien  Ploughman 
and  Chaucer,  and  to  Stratmann's  DicUcmaTy  of  Old  EngliA,  to 
ascertain  how  often  they  occurred  in  known  En^ish  authors,  if  they 
occurred  at  all,  with  what  meanings  they  were  used,  and  in  what 
connection.  So  far  as  this  line  of  proof  was  pursued  the  result  was 
curious.  While  not  a  few  were  found  to  occur  occasionally  in  one 
or  other  of  them,  some  of  these  words  and  phrases  were  conspicuous 
by  their  absence  &om  them  alL  And  the  farther  we  went  the 
stronger  did  the  conviction  grow,  that  what  was  written  and  espe- 
cially spoken  in  Scotland  was  a  language,  and  no  mere  dialect  oi 
form  of  that  of  En^and,  formed  or  evolved  &om  it,  or  exclusively 
derived  &om  the  Anglo-Saxon,  bnt  an  original,  independent  toi^e 
of  itself,  already  formed  and  spoken  along  with,  or  by  Uie  side  of, 
these,  if  not  even  before  them.  This  was  the  idea  of  Oeoige  EUia, 
Dr  Jamieson,  and  the  late  Dr  Clarke  of  Aberdeen,  and  it  bos  been 
tbe  opinion  of  many  more  who  have  studied  the  subject ;  bnt  this  is 
not  tbe  place  or  the  occasion  to  enter  upon  the  question.' 

'  We  may  ref*r  Mpeoialljr  on  (Us  point  to  tfae  Ihtrbdneloir  remarks  of 


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In  the  table  of  contenta  to  the  poem,  the  last  entry,  vhioh  refers 
to  the  xxxvj  boke,  tella  ua  "  Of  the  detha  of  Tlixes  by  his  son. 
"Wiiche  endJB  in  the  story  w'  the  nome  of  the  Knight  that  causit  it 
to  be  made,  &  the  nome  of  hym  that  tranalatid  it  oat  of  latyn  into 
englyaahe."  Had  this  promiae  been  fulfilled,  these  names  would 
have  rendered  nnneceaBaiy  our  lengthened  inquiry  into  the  nation- 
ality and  authorship  of  the  vork,  and  very  materiaUy  lightened,  if 
not  altogether  removed,  the  difficulties  that  have  attended  oar 
labours.  Such  a  signatiue,  or  colophon,  like  that  which  attests  the 
work  of  Guido,  would  have  been  invaluable,  not  merely  as  marking 
the  author,  or  authors,  of  the  Stately  Poem,  and  handing  them  down 
to  posterity,  but  as  settling  one  or  two  other  questions  which  are 
yet  undecided.  It  might  have  settled  the  point  whether  Sir  Hugh 
of  Eglinton  and  Hnchowne  of  the  Awle  Byale  were  one  and  the 
same,  or  different  persons.  If  they  were  different  persona,  it  might 
have  told  tia  whether  Sir  Hugh  was  a  Maecenas  at  the  court  of  the 
Stuarts,  with  whom  be  was  connected  by  marriage,  or  an  author  in 
his  own  person  as  welL  We  might  have  learned  whether  Huchowne 
of  the  Awle  Kyale  was  the  real  name  or  the  nom  de  plume  of  the 
author,  or  only  a  half  jocular,  half  endearing  sobriquet  applied  to 
him  by  his  friends.  We  might  have  learned  something  about 
the  execution  of  the  work.  Whether  it  bad  been  first  trans- 
lated into  English  prose,  like  Quido'a  Bellum  Trojamim,  and 
then  rendered  poetically,  or  had  been  at  once  rendered  into 
alliterative  veise.  We  might  have  learned  something  of  the 
literary  partnerships  of  the  age,  or  might  have  known  for  certain, 
what  we  can  only  infer  or  suspect  ftom  the  inequality  of  its  execu- 
tion, that  more  than  one  were  engaged  in  the  work ;  and  especially 
we  might  have  learned  who  was  the  author  of  those  fine,  truly 
poetical  portions,  which  owe  little  to  Guido's  Latin,  but  have  very 

Hr  BUia  Id  bis  ^ciment  ef  the  Early  IhiglUh  Poeti,  vol.  1,  chap,  Iz.  kts, 
"  Woald  it  be  verj  absard  to  BapposB  that  oar  oommon  language  was  e^ar- 
atelj  formed  in  Uie  two  conntiiea,  and  that  it  has  owed  its  identic  to  its 
iMiag  coDStmoted  of  similar  materialB,  bj  similar  gradatioiiB,  and  by  naUoos 
In  the  moB  state  of  soaiety  I  II  this  opinion  ebould  bs  tbougbt  very  im- 
probable, mait  we  not,  at  least,  admit  that  the  miKradon  of  our  language 
from  Knglsnd  Into  Scotland  bai  not  yet  been  fully  established,  and  that  much 
remain*  for  the  investigation  of  futura  antiquaries  I " 


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lii  FBEFACfl, 

innch  in  common  with  similai  passages  in  the  Morie  Arlhura  and 
other  works  to  which  we  have  bo  oit«n  adTerted.  AH  theae  qneatlons 
and  interestiiig  points,  we  hope,  maj  some  time  or  other  be  answered 
&ud  resolved.  The  MS.  from  which  the  present  text  haa  been  taken 
is  as  yet  nnique ;  but  in  the  searches  now  being  made  in  the 
libraries  and  muniment  cheats  of  our  old  families  and  nobility 
thtonghont  the  countiy,  some  other  and  more  complete  copy  may 
yet  torn  np,  and  other  complete  copies  also  of  Barbooi's  vetsion  of 
the  Deetruction  of  Troy,  of  which  we  possess  only  the  fragments  in 
the  ])>TSS.  at  Oxford  and  Cambridge. 

To  Principal  Barclay,  for  his  kindness  in  granting  permission  to 
copy  the  MS.,  to  Professor  J.  Toung,  the  cimitor,  and  to  Mr.  J. 
Toong,  the  keeper  of  Ae  Hnntorian  Moseom,  for  their  obliging 
courtesy  in  giving  access  at  all  times  to  the  Stately  Poem  and  other 
HSS.  for  transcription  and  collation,  the  editoia  offer  their  best 
tliB"kT  and  grateful  acknowledgments.  They  haye  also  to  thank 
the  Bey.  Walter  W.  Skeat,  which  they  most  cordially  do,  Tor  his 
yaluable  saggestions  and  help  when  the  Glossary  was  passing 
through  the  press. 

These  prefiitory  remarks  were  mainly  written  nearly  three  years 
ago.  As  to.  the  conclusions  that  the  poem  was  originally  Northern 
01  Scottish,  and  that  large  portions  at  least,  if  not  the  whole  of  it, 
were  the  work  of  Hachowne,  or  the  same  aathoi  that  produced  the 
poems  ascribed  to  him,  the  Committee  of  the  Society  are  not  respon- 
sible for  them,  or  in  any  way  committed  to  them.  We  were 
expressly  informed  that  they  disagreed  with  us  on  both  points. 
Working,  however,  apart,  independently,  and  upon  different  grounds, 
we  arrived  at  the  same  result ;  but  as  we  have  no  theory  to  serve, 
and  are  simply  searching  after  the  tmth  like  others,  on  due  cause 
shown,  we  shall  most  roadily  confess  ounelves  mistaken. 

It  bnt  remains  to  say  that  it  has  been  the  great  object  of  the 
editors  to  present  the  members  of  the  Early  English  Text  Society 
with  as  faithfhl  a  transcript  of  the  Stately  Poem  as  possible  ;  and 
no  labour,  no  effort,  and  no  expense  have  been  spared  on  their 
part  to  accomplish  thia.  The  completed  volume  might  have  appeared 
much  sooner,  and  the  writer  personally  regrets  exceedingly  that  it 


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haa  Iteen  bo  long  delayed.  He  hae  done  wliat  he  coold  do  to  expedite 
its  appearance,  and  liad  the  matter  depended  solely  upoo  him,  the 
long  delay  vould  have  been  obviated,  bnt  over  the  arrangementa  for 
its  production  he  had  no  control.  Not  to  dilate,  however,  upon  this, 
he  lejoices  that  so  important  a  work  haa  been  rescued  6om  the 
oblivion  of  the  dusty  shelves  of  the  old  Hunterian  Museum,  and 
trusts  that  other  works  of  no  less  value  may  yet  see  the  light  through 
means  of  the  Society. 

G.  A-P. 
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THE  MS.,  DIALECT,  AND  AUTHORSHIP. 

Thb  MS.  of  this  work  is  a  folio  volume  written  on  paper,  and 
consists  of  316  leaves  with  36  lines  on  each  page.  It  opens  with  on 
apparently  full  and  carefully  drawn  Index  to  the  Books  and  Subjects ; 
and  tbey  follow  as  there  indicated,  and  the  work  ends  with  the 
usual  Amen.  A  little  examination,  however,  shows  that  the  woik  is 
incomplete);  for,  foL  189  6*  oontainsonly  22  lines  and  a  few  words 
of  the  next:  then,  fol.  190  is  blank,  and  191  begins  with  quite  a 
different  subject.  From  this  point  the  story  moves  on  smoothly 
enough  till  we  reach  foL  201  b,  which  has  only  8  lines,  where  it  stops 
abruptly  in  the  account  of  Tel^onus'  return  to  his  mother  after  the 
death  of  Ulyasea :  then,  foL  202  is  blank,  and  203  opens  with  the 
words  with  which  189  closed,  and  continues  the  account  there 
interrupted.  The  story  then  moves  on  in  clear  order  till  we  reach 
foL  214,  where  there  are  only  13  lines  and  a  few  words,  that  really 
are  the  catch-words  for  fol.  191  a  j  and  the  remaining  portion  of  the 
MS.  is  certunly  the  conclusion  of  the  work,  but  incomplete  at  the 
h^inning. 

Evidently,  then,  fols.  203—214  ought  to  be  placed  after  fol.  189  ; 
and  fols.  191 — 201  should  then  follow  :  *  in  other  words,  the  two 
sets  of  fols.  should  be  transposed.  When  so  arranged  the  story  is 
regular  and  complete  on  to  the  return  of  Telegonus  after  his  father's 

■  As  fol.  ISO  bag  been  lost,  189  ol  H3.  beoomea  190  In  the  Text. 
<  For  the  resson  Bt&ted  Id  laat  noEe,  fola.  203—211  are  li)l— 202  in  the 
Texl^  and  191—201  are  203— SflS. 


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liV  THE  UANCSCBIPT. 

death,  where  there  ia  a  slight  gap  includmg  the  winding  up  of  the 
Btory  of  the  Odyseey  and  the  opening  of  the  list  of  chiefe  killed 
at  the  ai«ge.  But  aa  the  MS.  stands,  not  only  are  different  stories 
Ruxed  up,  but  the  account  of  the  death  of  Ulysses  comes  before  the 
story  of  his  wanderings  after  the  siege ;  and  particulars  are  referred 
to  as  already  told,  which  we  find  recorded  some  pages  farther  on. 
Yet  the  Books  are  all  properly  arranged  according  to  the  Index. 
Kow  what  do  these  particulars  teU  as  regarding  the  MS. !  1.  That 
it  ia  not  the  original  MS.,  but  a  copy  of  an  older  one,  that  had  some- 
how got  disarranged  into  the  order  in  which  it  now  stands ;  and  2. 
that  the  copyist,  obaerring  the  confusion,  but  not  the  cause  of  it, 
thought  some  portions  of  the  story  were  lost,  and,  after  copying  in 
the  catch-words  at  the  bottom  of  the  page,  left  a  blank  folio  at  each 
place,  that  the  ntissing  portions  might  be  inserted  when  recovered. 

Besides  these  fanlts,  there  are  two  gaps  in  the  MS. — between 
fols.  6,  7,  and  179, 180  :  the  first,  contmning  the  account  of  the  first 
landing  of  the  Greeks  at  Troy,  and  consisting  of  three  or  perhaps 
four  leaves,  was  no  donht  a  gap  in  the  MS.  &om  which  the  existing 
one  was  copied ;  and  the  second  consists  of  one  leaf,  which  has  been 
lost  or  torn  from  the  set. 

The  MS.  affords  further  evidences  of  being  a  copy  from  an  older 
one,  and  gives  some  information  as  to  how  the  copyist  worked  at  his 
task.  The  writing  is  in  a  hand  of  somewhere  about  Uie  middle  of 
the  15th  century,  and  in  two  distinct  styles  :  one  (in  which  the 
larger  portion  of  the  work  is  written)  is  the  common  cursive  style  of 
the  period,  cramp,  and  often  careless,  shewing  no  regularity  in 
spelling  and  contractions,  confusion  of  the  lettera  t  and  e,  a  and  o, 
with  a  decided  preference  for  the  o  sound  :  the  other  (in  which  only  a 
few  folios  and  scattciod  portions  are  written)  is  a  fine,  clear,  Saxon, 
copying  style,  shewing  greater  regularity  in  contractions  and  spelling, 
and  a  more  frequent  use  of  the  older  forms  of  letters,*     Tet  they  are 

■  The  portions  that  are  written  in  the  copTinir  xlyle  are  II.  4203— SO,  SIOI 
— 82,  6260—328,  6592—664,  e«73— 941,  6976— 701E,  Rubric  and  flret  10  lines 
of  Bk  XVI.,  7416—61,  XIX.  RokB-7858,  8511—26,  9728—33,  9783—88, 
11244—98,  12016  to  the  middle  of  12158,  12167—200,  12231 — 64,  12617— 
27,  12650—98,  Bubrio  and  flrat  22  lines  of  Bk  XXXTV^  13671—69*,  13672— 
738,  1SM6-81. 


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THB  MANPaCBIPT.  It 

'tbe  work  of  the  same  hand,  foi  the  two  stjles  again  and  again  mn 
into  each  other:  and  a  caraful  comparison  preaenta  differences  of 
fonn  and  spelling,  pecoliaritiea  and  mistakes,  vhich  an^eat  that  when 
the  Bcri.be  osed  the  copying  stjle  he  had  the  text  before  him  and 
worked  careAillf ;  and  that  when  he  used  the  cursive  style,  he  wrote 
for  the  most  part  to  dictation.  In  the  notes  at  the  end  of  the  work 
the  reader  will  find  abundant  evidence  to  that  effect,  to  which  the 
following  may  he  added  ;  in  I.  2552  the  MS.  has  tororow  euer  foe 
aormajar  euer;  L  3704,  tiltide  for  tUd ;  4i76,  a  little  to  >e  Grate* 
for  allU  to  pe  Q-rekea;  fi406,  vxUomth  fat  worthy  for  leeleomi  ^t 
worthy  ;  10627,  he  was  hengyag  ioT  he  aae  lengyng  ;  11721,  Knowith 
hit  yowsel/e  for  Knoteis  hit  yovrsel/e;  13462,  bueme  for  bume; 
13640,  ^fter  \ai  were  for  at  ^  right  ayre;  and  confusion  of  the 
pronouns  hym  and  horn.  But  perhaps  the  most  striking  proof  (of 
which  examples  are  given  in  the  Notes)  ia  the  use  of  wh  for  qw  or 
guih,  by  which  the  alliteration  is  aometimea  spoiled,  as  in  11.  3028, 
4202,  and  11726;'  and  which  could  not  have  been  used  by  one 
who  was  simply  copying.  Indeed,  this  alteration  alone  suggests 
something  more  than  mere  writing  ki  dictation, — it  suggests  that  the 
writer,  who  was  evidently  a  West  Midland  man,  adapted  the  work 
to  his  own  (Ualect,  with  an  honest  intention  no  doubt  of  simply 
rendering  it  more  readable  for  himself  and  friends  :  and  the  work 
being  in  a  different  dialect  quite  accounts  for  the  writer  preferring  to 
have  it  dictated  to  him. 

From  these  particulars  it  is  evident  that  ttke  existing  MS.  ia  not 
the  original,  nor  even  an  exact  copy  of  the  one  &om  which  it  was 
made,  but  a  rendering  of  it  by  some  one  who  was  a  native  of  the 
West  Midland  district.'     A  thorough  analysis  of  the  language  and 

■  Compare  with  11.  1809,  1928,  2693,  2737.  305S,  497S,  eSGl,  6051,  11783. 

*  At  the  end  of  ths  HS.,  and  apparently  in  the  stune  hand,  !■  written 
"  lfat«kitrH ; "  and  on  one  of  the  blank  apacM  already  referred  to  oocnrs  the 
following  In  a  later  hand:— "John  Chethaum  unne  and  hejrre  of  Tbomai 
ChethaiD  late  of  Notehorst  Deoenj'd  is  the  verey  awner  of  thja  Boke  to  be  an 
bere-loine  at  Notehunt  locordlng  to  )»  tenour  and  effeo  of  my  fathert  wUl, 
la  witness  whetof  J  haue  written  this  saying  w'  my  awne  hand.  Jane  lohana 
Chetham."  Certainly  the  'laying'  suggests  mors  than  ownership.  Note- 
hurst  ii,  DO  donbt,  for  Nuthunt  :  bnt  there  are  two  plaora  of  that  name,  on« 
near  Htnaham  in  Sassez,  the  other  in  Solihull,  Warwickshire,  which  moat  be 


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\n  THE   DIALECT. 

etnichiTe  of  the  vork  will  yield  ob  important  porticalaTB  legarding 
the  dialect  in  which  it  was  vritteu,  ite  date,  and  perhaps  author- 
ship ;  hut  meanwhile  the  following  sketch  and  reaulta  may  be 
eofficient. 

The  pliuala  of  uoims  generally  end  in  eg,  is,  or  y» ;  and  Rom&- 
timee  th«  same  word  ocoin  in  all  these  forms,  as,  lordee  (1411), 
lordis  (1082),  lordys  (263).  ffouna  of  more  than  one  syllable  take 
$  only,  as  baieU  (91),  girduls  (1373),  nuxten  (1454);  and  even 
when  they  have  w  oi  u  the  alliteration  ahews  that  the  a  only  is 
sounded  (eee  the  list  of  trades  in  p.  63,  also  1.  1683) ;  and  a  further 
proof  is  giren  in  11.  1367,  1372,  where  fiorint  ia  written  florenee. 
Some  nonna  have  different  plurals,  as  doghter  (1474),  deghter  (1489) ; 
Kwier  (1495),  tuttert  (1726);  hrotlier  (8368),  brether  (6810); 
ekOder  (1356),  ehUdw  (1382),  children  (1418) ;  but  the  en  form  of 
plural  occurs  only  in  children,  me,  and  exin.  As  peculiar  forms  of 
plural  we  note  allhing  ^  all  things  (281),  monyfreik  (1429),  mony 
lede  (6961),  mony  tulke  (6911),  where  mony  =  many  a ;  this  form  of 
plural  is  pretty  common. 

The  genitlTO  singular  is  sometimes  in  es,  u,  or  s,  as  mannee  satde 
(4445),  bysa?toppie  bone  (7895),  emperoun  avme  ^i^(5143);  but 
more  ireqaently  there  is  no  termination,  aa,  fader  deihe  (1464), 
wemen  dueyre  (2920) :  indeed  a  marked  feature  of  the  longuf^  aa 
represented  by  this  work  is  the  tendency  to  drop  all  terminations. 

The  adjectives  shew  no  inflexion  for  number  or  case :  but  we 
note  a  few  peculiar  words,  as,  nwre  in  more-halfe  (13303),  more- 
ynde  (8631) ;  fer,  ferre,  used  as  pon.,  eomp.,  and  taper,  (11.  78,  95, 
110,  216,  3960,  8272),  andasanirf/,  anofjtr.,  aada«&.  (seaGloss.); 
ierre  ^  higher  (1102),  pronounced  sometimes  as  a  monosyllable,  aa 
in  herhond  (707S,  7362) ;  heghett  (1640)  is  hext  (13604) ;  mo  = 
more,  in  ofer  mo  ^  others,  some  others  (819);  miehe  occurs 
occasionally,  but  mekeU,  mykyll  ia  much  more  common,  and  is  used 
also  as  an  ado.  and  a  eh. ;  Uke  a  ^  ilka,  each  (423,  3656) ;  mydtcard 
e=  the  middle  (7324),  aa  in  The  Fiicke  of  Conscience,  1.  435,  and  yet 
mydeU  occurs  in  the  same  line;  lyuye  (3466,  13543);  lagker^ 
lower  (9152),  feghnr  =  fewer  (7822).  The  participial  forms  and, 
aund,  ond  are  often  used,  as  tearchand  (1238),  pletaund  (2885), 


TEB  DIALECT.  Ivil 

thryuond  (4103) ;  and  the  same  word  sometimes  appeaTS  in  all  these 
fonna.  The  ordmal  numerals  are  first,  seeund,  ihrid,  fourt  (5446) 
tioA.  fouTihe,  fyfte,  eext,  aea'jptt,  eght  and  eghtid,  rut/nt,  tent,  fyftene, 
Kxlens  (see  Rubrics  of  the  Books  and  the  orders  of  the  haMl*  in  pp. 
198 — 207,  also  the  reckoning  at  the  close  of  the  work).  Often  we  find 
the  'on  =  the  one,  and  the  fofAt'r  ^  the  other ;  but  only  in  1. 13828 
have  we  seZ/s  :=  same,  llany  of  the  adjectivea  are  used  adverbially ; 
and  the  prefix  m«,  the  terminationa  fid  and  ly  are  often  employed. 

Adverbs  fr.im  adjectiTes  end  in  ly  (never  in  liehe),  or  take  the 
prefix  on  or  o,  very  rarely  a;  and  we  note  the  forms  hethyn  (763), 
thethyn  (8790),  Hlhen  (66),  Kthyn  (456),  mjdelyng  (7320),  hedlijngea 
(7485),  hedatmipia  (6fi38),  furthe  (2242),  uiwith  (11753),  vnneth 
(10881),  fo-gat  (5207),  ihu»-gale  (1768),  thue-gatU  (4500),  iw-gatis 
(612),  KM  (7258),  uppon-mfi  (6677),  ay  (6205),  »yn  =  since  (1106), 
syne  =  afterwards  (2561),  he-}an  =.  by  that  time  (383),  ogliter  = 
any  longer  (1898),  to-morw  (11366),  on-a^ryg  ^  crying,  screaming 
(11801). 

The  personal  pronouns  have  only  two  case  forms  for  each 
number, — one  fbr  the  Nom.,  and  one  for  the  Dat.  and  Ace, 
thus: — 

Singakr.  Floral. 

Horn.  Dat.  k  Aoo.  Nom.  Dat  &  Aoo. 

1.  I,  me.  we,  us, 

2.  Ju,  thou,  fe,  the.  je,  ^on,  jou,  yow. 

3.  he.  hym.  pai,  the,  horn,  ^aim. 
ho,  seho,  sho,     Mr,  hur.                  rarely  thei. 

bit,  it,  yt,  hit. 

The  possessives  are  used  like  adjectives  and  have  no  inflexion  for 
case,  thus : — 

Bingnlor.  Plnra). 

mi,  min,  mine.  out,  oure. 

f i,  Jin,  fine.  your,  youre. 

his,  hys.  >ere,  Jaire,  hor. 

In  L  3327  we  find  to  me  4^  to  myns;  and  in  IL  1171-S,  tome^ 
to  myne,  to  yow  ^  to  yours.    The  demonstiativeB  aie  fie  or  fige,  fat 


Iviii  THE  DIALBOT. 

OT  ai,  with  their  ploitds  ^fis  or  \eae,  ^,  ])05  or  ^uae  ;  sometimes  we 
find  Jn'ctf  for  ^eta.  The  relatives  are  wo,  v:lio,  qmo,  Dat.  and  Ace 
qwoTn,  ^at,  qieat,  what ;  wo-ao,  who-eo,  gwal-to :  and  the  dietriba tires, 
aither,  eu^er,  other,  iothir :  while  the  substantive  fonna  the  ton,  the 
fothi'r,  ooctir  frequently.  The  terminations  sel/e,  teluott,  are  added 
to  singular  and  plural  personals  indiscriminately,  as  hym-eelfe  (969), 
hym-eeluon  (1236);  homsel/e  (983),  homseluon  (752),  yaim-eel/e 
(1582)  J  pi-gelujpi  (3508). 

.In  the  verbs  we  note  a  marked  simplicity  of  inflexion,  and  great 
variety  of  forms  and  spelling.  For  the  Infinitive  there  is  no  ter- 
minal mark,  but  it  is  very  frequently  preceded  by  the  preposition 
*r,  aa,  /or  to  say  (1839),  for  to  mde  (1933),  for  to  grew  (2766). 
In  the  Present  tense  there  is  no  termination  in  the  1st  person  sing. 
&nd  pin.,  as,  I  thanke  (554),  I  prit  (557),  we  for»  (1929),  ue  lam 
(1930) }  but  frequently  we  find  the  3rd  per.  sing,  of  the  impeieonal 
verb  with  the  1st  personal  pronoun  in  the  ace.,  as  me  mervelle  (G014), 
rm  mervellie  (1864),  me  temye  (4229),  vi  gwemea  (1928),  tw  gayne* 
(11306),  v»  likes  (11657);  and  euch  irregular  ot  contracted  forms  as 
vie  think  (1932,  3156),  ve  liste  (3631).  This  impersonal  form  of  the 
verb  is  found  in  all  the  persona  of  the  Present. 

The  2nd  and  3rd  persons  sing,  and  pin.  generally  end  in  «,  ee,  is, 
ys,  and  w,  as,  thoti  lee  (870),  thou  get  (2089),  ^u  mase  (1402),  tk<m 
Tiset  (11339),  fa  telUs  (11299),  30W  eeehis  (11274),  you  beae  (3487), 
ye  maee  (1851) ;  he  louea  (1932),  he  bee  (3389),  he  karpea  (829), 
men  tumya  (2926),  men  puitea  (2927) :  but  sometimes  there  is  no 
termination  in  the  2nd  and  3rd  per.  plu.,  as  ye  kepe  (1845),  ye  have 
(1851),  men  rauiathe  (2926),  ^ai  ckaunge  (2933) ;  and  sometimes  in 
the  same  sentence  we  find  verbs  with  and  without  termination,  as  in 
11.  2926-7.  There  are  also  a  few  examples  of  the  plural  in  en,  on, 
yn,  as  je  menen  (5027),  ^e  demyn  (11255),  men  holdyn  ^  taken 
(2723-4). 

In  the  past  tense  the  aingular  and  the  plural  of  weak  verbs  are 
geneially  alike,  and  end  in  d,  ed,  id,  yd,  I,  et,  it,  yl,  as,  apird  (823), 
i«!nd=wened(6653),  waited  (9476),  asaentid  (1 1371),  erlyd  (11335), 
aiigurt  (2615),  comburt  (11331),  teaivet  (9476),  deirit  (9484),  knrlyt 
(9483) ;  but  the  t  termination  is  by  far  the  mot«  frequent, — a  result 


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certain  to  follow  when  the  Bcribe  vrote  to  dictation,  and  wa  find 
many  verbe  vitli  botli  fomu,  aa  pamd  (11S20),  past  (U640); 
obajecU  (135),  obeU  (605) ;  wailed  (1070),  mUet  (2842).  Strong 
verbs  commonly  take  en,  on,  yji,  in.  the  plural,  bat  many  of  them 
appear  both  with  and  without  terminatioii,  and  some  have  all  the 
Tarieties  of  it,  and  assnme  different  forma,  aa  tokya  (11431),  ioke 
(11461) ;  tougklon  (1376),  sogkt  (1623) ;  Jleddon  (59S6),Jled  (5951) ; 
/oghien  {1002S}, foghton  {G7il),fog7ity>i  (n85),foght  (6859), /cyAi 
(6410) ;  caecked  (4520),  cuchU  (4674),  eachtfn  (1077),  eaghC  (5900), 
eagTUtm  (11449);  locket  (5729),  laeeken  (6192),  lavigkien  (6162); 
/ed  (6951),  jleddon  (5996),  flagh  (6850),  ;Iotte«  (10077) ;  smre 
(11447),  «Mir«  (11381),  swora  (11834),  eaer^  (11837).  Aa  a 
specimen  of  the  peculiar  preterites  that  occui  in  this  work  take  the 
following:  tide  (81),  tjfd  (2864),  tid  (1202);  geve  (6822),  ga/ 
(6800);  come  (11328),  cam  (7292);  gegh  (7436),  w  (1317);  sogkt 
(X623),  taglU  (7670);  waii  (6888),-  wdt  (4418);  ra?Af  =  eeiied 
(3883),  raght  =  wrought  (1533);  tag7it  =  taught  (6117),  light  = 
alighted  (11802),  here  =  bore  (11803),  gird  (7471),  Bend  (7539), 
daTtg  (7740),  roo/e  =  rived  (1234),  lep  (8646),  jiAare  (1233),  wan 
=  got  (6523),  mm  =  won  (316),  rai  (6977),  m/i  =  reft  (7788), 
gnmlt  (911),  trorf  (865),  upofte  (7479),  bull  (7476),/™n(  (6984), 
»«rfp.7  (7476),  bond  (7627),  ftei  =  heated  (2054),  Itit  =  hied 
(13492). 

The  preeeut  participles  end  in  and,  aund,  ond,  ound,  itig,  yng, 
and  very  rarely  in  end,  as,  tpekand,  prayaund,  lemond,  Uaaoujid, 
Idkend,  wepiitg,  toailyng;  and  sometimes  the  same  reib  takes  both 
the  nd  and  the  jtg  termination,  as,  lemond  (459),  lemt/ng  (699).  The 
past  participles  of  weak  verbs  end  in  d,  ed,  id,  or  t,  et,  it,  yt,  but  the 
t  forms  are  the  most  frequent,  as  kild  (9752),  Icept  (164),  enarmed 
(67),  aaim  (157),  namet  (104),  aragU  (231),  awngyt  (220);  and 
many  verbs  have  both  the  d  and  the  t  termination,  as  caid  (162), 
coif  (6204);  ittTd  (9762),  JbtV^  (1343)  ;  and  there  ie  a  strong  tendency 
to  contraction  (which,  by  the  way,  ie  not  confined  to  the  participial 
terminations,  but  is  common  to  all),  as  ctdlid  (167),  eald  (162); 
ieppit  (161),  kept  (164).  Of  strong  verbs  the  termination  is  w  or 
en,  vatying  into  ne,  on,  yn,  as  gon  (11714),  t<me  (1010),  taken  (464), 


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iakon  (11828),  i<^n  (7427) ;  and  many  verba  of  thia  class  have  no 
tenuination  in  the  past  part.,  as  set  (279),  put  (305),  light  =  lighted 
(11792),  >i  (11795). 

But  the  most  important  forma  are  those  of  the  Imperative,  which 
in  the  sing,  and  plu.  genoTallf  end  in  g,  or  es  varying  into  m  and  y«, 
aa  bee  (649),  euffers  (2641),  liouee  (4605),  notet  (2630),  coidU  (627), 
heilys  (2623) ;  but  often  there  ia  no  termination  at  all,  as  leve  = 
believe  (239),  deme  (528) ;  and  sometimes  the  same  verb  takes  both 
forms,  as  bee  (6265),  be  (6270);  leete  (1893),  wetis  (2786);  Jet 
(22Z9),'-iettis  (2237):  indeed,  in  almost  every  speech  we  find  the 
Imperative  both  with  and  without  termination,  and  in  U.  2630 — 66 
all  the  varieties  of  form  are  found.  In  this  section  of  the  verb  too 
there  ia  the  same  tendency  to  contraction  and  to  drop  the  termina- 
tions, which  we  hare  before  noted  in  the  other  sections,  and  which 
is  apparent  in  all  the  inflected  parts  of  speech,  and  especially  in 
words  that  are  li^uently  used. 

Of  the  anomalous  verbs  may  be  noted  the  forms  bee  (occurring 
in  speech  and  dialogue,  elsewhere  the  usual  fonna  of  'o  Ae  are 
generally  employed),  gar,  ger,  with  prets.  gaH,  gert ;  lia,  han,  has, 
hose;  ma,  mas,  mase;  ia,  las,  tase,  tan,  tane;  mun,  mon,  mut ; 
btu,  bud;  ges  =  gives;  pai<i  =  went;  aght  =^  owed;  aght  ^ 
possessed,  owned ;  tliar,  f/turt  ^  need  be. 

Eegarding  the  prepositions  the  following  peculiarities  may  be 
noted  :  the  almost  constant  use  of  for  with  the  Infinitive,  as  for  to 
idle,  for  to  here;  and  with  the  verbal  sb.,  as  for  lernyng  of  v8,for 
likyng  to  liere,  where  it  has  the  force  of  fur  the  purpose  of,  to  he  fit 
for :  for  is  also  used  in  the  sense  of  in  spile  of,  as  for  all  po  lapes 
(890), /or  wepyn  or  other  (6439),  and  in  this  sense  it  is  still  used  : 
tai  =  to  (131,  11249,  U786),  of  =  through,  by  (6410),  furgh  = 
through,  furght  ^  throughout,  again  and  again  through,  at  =  to, 
at,  by  (6096),  out  by  (9300) :  and  often  the  preposition  is  omitted 
after  the  object  of  a  verb,  as  in  L  6838,  refe  hym  hie  foe. 

From  the  foregoing  analyaia  we  find  that  the  elements  of  thi» 
work  are  Northern  and  West  Midland ;  but  their  combination  ia  not 
so  regular  and  constant  as  to  permit  the  idea  that  we  have  here  an 
example  of  a  mixed  dialect,  but  rather  a  mixture  of  dialects.    In 


TBB   DUXBCT.  Isi 

those  portions  of  the  work  that  aie  in  the  copying  style,  and  in  the 
portions  that  are  written  more  carefully,  there  are  fewer  West  Mid- 
land pectdlaritiea,  and  more  decided  marks  of  Korthern  origin ;  and 
in  those  passages  that  seem  to  have  been  written  to  dictation,  it  is 
in  N'orthem  words  and  fonna  that  we  find  Uie  most  evident  mistakes, 
and  the  most  peculiar  spelling. 

It  is  in  such  passages  only  that  he  has  spoOed  the  alliteration  by 
the  nse  of  wh,  as  has  been  already  stated ;  and  in  ereij  case  it  is 
Bet  right  by  nsing  gw  or  gwh.  Besides,  many  words  and  phrases 
occor  throoghont  the  work,  that  are  peculiarly  fforthem ;  and  there 
are  references  to  varioos  subjects  that  only  a  native  of  the  Korth 
would  make,  and  one  who  was  intimately  acquainted  with  the 
ITorthem  metropolis ;  and  very  many  of  our  author's  iavourite  forms 
and  phiaBes  are  still  common  in  the  Lowlands  of  Scotland.  Hence, 
we  conclude  that  the  work  was  originally  in  the  Northumbrian 
dialect,  and  that  its  present  West  Midland  peculiarities  were  got  in 
transcription. 

Another  line  of  proof  leads  us  to  the  same  result :  the  work  is 
undoubtedly  by  the  same  band  as  the  Morte  Arthur,  which  certainly 
is  of  Northern  origin.  When  mnTring  the  transcript  of  the  MS.  for 
our  society,  I  recognized  many  of  the  peculiar  words  and  phrases 
that  I  had  noted  in  the  Morte  Arthur  only  a  few  months  before ; 
and,  when  preparing  the  work  for  the  press,  the  points  of  resemblance 
were  so  many  and  so  striking,  that  I  resolved  to  make  a  careful  com- 
parison  of  the  two  works.  In  this  I  was  much  encouraged  by  the 
opinion  of  the  Rev.  W.  W.  Skeat,  who  detected  the  resemblance  in 
some  of  the  first  sheets  that  were  sent  to  him,  and  pointed  out  some 
interesting  partit.ulars  connected  with  the  alliteration  that  greatly 
assisted  me  in  working  out  the  proofs  of  the  identity  of  authorship.' 
As  Cbese  are  given  very  fully  in  the  notes  at  the  end  of  the  work, 
they  need  not  be  stated  here :  suffice  it  to  say  that  the  result  of  the 
comparison  of  the  two  works  not  only  established  'Uie  point  that 
they  were  written  by  the  same  author,  but  that  the  present  work 
must  hare  been  the  earlier  of  the  two.    The  diction,  the  alliteration, 

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nodes  of  thought  and  expresBion,  pictures  of  battle  and  of  the 
seaaons,  all  contribnted  proofa  to  that  effect ;  and  not  the  least  jn- 
teteetiiig  particnlar  of  the  comparieoa  is  the  marked  superiority  and 
finish  of  the  pictoies  of  the  Morte  Arthni  oyei  the  similar  ones  in 
the  Destruction  of  Troy. 

"Who  then  was  the  author  1  Neither  of  the  works  ^tos  us  the 
slightest  hint ;  but  we  should  have  known  at  least  his  name  if  the 
MS.  of  the  present  work  had  folfilled  the  promise  of  its  Index,  ot 
latlier,  if  the  MS.  &om  which  the  existing  one  was  taken  had  not 
been  defectire  near  the  end :  and  strange  that  it  was  defective  just 
at  the  place  where  the  story  ends  "  with  the  nome  of  the  knight 
that  causet  it  to  be  made,  and  the  nome  of  hym  that  trsnslatid  it  out 
of  latyn  in  to  englysshe."  Every  reader  of  onr  old  htemtare  has 
monmed  over  the  meagreness  ot  nothLngness  of  pt^culais  r^rding 
the  old  poets :  in  many  instances,  as  here,  not  even  the  name  has 
come  down  to  us.  Yet  in  how  many  cases  besides  this  one,  may 
Hiai  not  hare  turned  upon  the  loss  of  a  leaf, — even  a  portion  of  a 
leaf  of  a  MS.  1  And  yet  the  one  who  wrote  the  Morte  Arthur  must 
have  been  a  poet  well  known  among  his  fellows ;  and  the  one  who 
translated  the  stoiy  of  the  Fall  of  Tray  from  Latin  into  English 
must  have  been  famous  as  a  scholar  and  a  poet ;  but  the  one  who 
did  both,  and  could  picture  life  in  court  and  camp,  in  peace  and  war, 
in  the  streets  of  the  capital,  and  on  board  ship  in  a  storm  at  sea,  as  he 
has  done,  most  have  been  at  once  a  poet,  a  scholar,  and  a  nobleman 
famous  all  over  the  island  :  yet  even  his  name  has  been  almost  lost. 
We  say  almoet :  for,  fortunately,  he  wrote  some  other  works  which 
hare  been  preserved  to  us,  and  regarding  which  we  hare  a  passing 
record  by  a  brother  poet  who  must  have  been  contemporary  with  him. 
In  '  The  Orygynale  Cronykil  of  Scotland,*  Bk  v.  ch.  xii,  Wyntown 
mentions  a  poet — Hnchowne  of  the  Awle  Ryale,  who  wrote  '  The 
Awntyr  of  Gawane,'  and  '  The  Pystyll  of  Swete  Susane,'  and  who 
was  "  cuiyws  in  hys  style  "  and  "  cunnand  in  literature."  How,  in 
'  Oolagros  &  Gawane,'  and  '  Susanna  &  the  Elders,'  we  no  donbt 
hare  the  poems  referred  to,  and  these,  with  'The  Awntyrs  of 
Arthure'  (which  ought  to  he  rather  'The  Awntyrs  of  Gawane')  are 
a  set  of  poems  of  the  same  age,  by  the  same  hand,  and  frxim  internal 


THE  AUTHOBSHIP.  Ixlii 

eridence  oi^inally  in  the  eame  di&Iect,  althongb  the  '  FjatyU,'  like 
oat '  Destniction  of  Troy,'  has  been  rendered  hj  a  West  Midland 
scribe.  Wyntown  tells  ua  also  that  the  same  suthoi  "  made  the  gret 
Geet  off  Aithoie,"  and  gives  some  partictdars  regarding  the  vork 
which  enable  tu  to  identify  it  in  the  '  Morte  Arthure,'  as  haa  been 
coDclnsively  done  by  Sir  Frederic  Madden  in  his  volume  '  Sir 
Gawane.'  And  not  only  is  the  'Morte  Arthnre'  by  the  same 
anthor,  as  internal  evidence  cleady  shews ;  bat  the  particular  apon 
which  Wyntown  dwells  in  asserting  the  "  suthfastnefl  "  of  the  author, 
forms  a  strong  proof  that  this  '  Destraction  of  Troy '  came  irom  the 
same  hand.  In  bis  plea  for  his  brother  poet,  Wyntown  juetifiea  him 
for  calling  a  great  military  leader  an  emperour ;  for. 


and  empeionr  is  the  title  by  which  onr  author  calls  J 
leader  of  the  Gi«eks ;  and  when  Palamedee  was  chosen  to  auccned 
him  in  command,  the  Greeks  "ordant  hym  Emperoor  by  oppyn 
assent."  And  this  is  but  one  of  the  many  proofs  which  might  be 
adduced  to  the  same  effect,  and  which  the  reader  will  find  in  onr 
ITotefl  at  the  end  of  the  work.  In  both  poema  we  find  the  same 
peculiar  words  and  phresea,  the  some  peculiarities  of  thought,  the 
■ame  favourite  snbjecte,  and  the  same  methods  of  viewing  and 
lepieaentiiig  them :  even  the  di&rencea  of  thought  and  expression 
an  such  as  could  be  presented  only  by  the  sam^  mind  in  different 
moods.  But  beyond  the  name  we  know  almost  nothing  of  our 
author.  Tfia  works  shew  bim  to  have  been  all  that  Wyntown 
claimed  for  him  as  a  scholar  and  a  poet ;  his  pictures  of  the  seasons 
and  of  scenery  testify  that  he  had  travelled  much  and  observed 
keenly :  and  his  representations  of  life  and  manners,  especially  in 
the  court  and  the  camp,  together  with  his  iatimat«  knowledge  of 
localities  and  ^miliar  use  of  peculiar  local  names,  suggest  that  he 
was  probably  a  nobleman  connected  with  the  Scottish  court  in  the 
latter  half  of  the  14th  century. 

The  work  is  now  brought  to  a  close  with  deep  feelings  of  grati- 
tude and  regret : — regret  for  the  many  imperfections  that  mar  it,  for 
Qie  many  hindrances  and  delays  that  have  befallen  it,  and  chieOjr 


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that  my  fellow  labourer,  the  Rot.  G.  A.  Fauton,  did  not  live  to  see 
it  completed:  and  gratitude  for  the  friendships  it  has  been  the 
means  of  forming,  and  for  the  kindnesses  those  Mends  have  shewn. 
I  thank  them  heartily,  one  and  all ;  particularly  Mi  FnrniTall,  and 
especially  the  Eev.  W.  W.  Skeat,  who,  in  the  kindest  manner, 
rendered  me  much  valuable  assistance  and  advice. 

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M  taaaj  of  the  following  oomottoni  eonrist  of  ths  addition  of  llital  -«.  it 
may  b«  well  to  Etalo  thal^  where  the  oontraoted  form  of  that  letter  appesrs 
distiiiotly  in  the  H3.,  the  letter  U  given  In  the  Teit  or  Emta ;  and  wherever 
it  ia  doabtful,  which  It  bequentlj  i^  the  letter  hw  been  omitted.  OooaaioQ' 
Ally  the  liber^hoa  been  taken  to  alt«r  a  small  letter  to  a  capital  at  the  begiu> 
ning  of  a  line,  and  in  a  proper  name. 

p.  1,  i.  4,  /er  end  read  ende 
p.  1, 1.  11, /or  mind  read  mynde 
p.  2,  L  28,/or  Btryfe  read  e^jSe 
p.  2, 1.  M,/0r  fablls  read  flabUs 
p.  2,  I.  *a,/(w  traiet  read-Uiniei 
p.  S,  1.  is,  for  Ou;d  read  Ouyde 
p.  a,  1.  i9,/ar  Vipgm  read  Virgille 
p.  2, 1.  SG,  /er  weghai  read  w^hes 
p.  3, 1.  GT,  /or  amemely  read  tMomWj 
p.  8,  1.  62, /nr  loged  read  logede 
p.  3,  1.  63,/iir  tothyr  read  totber 
p.  3,  1.  66, /m-  dM  read  SiU 
p.  S,  1.  69,  /or  ouerraght  read  oner- 

nght 
p,  S,  1,  liy/er  grace  read  gratia 
p.  8,  L  79,/0r  dedea  read  dedis 
p.  3, 1.  80,/or  gromides  read  grounds 
p.  3, 1.  S3,  /or  kTDgee  .  .  ,  cofitea  read 

kynge* .  .  ,  coBt«» 
p.  S,  1.  B4,/(T  Dukff  read  Dnkee 
p.  3,  L  til, /or  kyngea  enanued  read 

kyngM  enannede 
p.  8, 1.  89, /or  ihalkei  read  shalkM 
p.  4,  L  92,^  dyutea  read  d;ntM 
p.  i,  1.  S3,/i>r  aftor  rMif  after 
p.  4, 1.  94, /or  Ehall  read  dialt 
p.  4,  L  96, /or  tier  with  nmi  f>#rwith 
p.  4, 1.  9S,/(>rinat«r  rood  mater 
p.  i,  titK  for  exit  .  ,  .  Qolde  read 

£iiit .  . .  golde 
TIiOT 


.  5,1.  104,/or  aread  [ia] 

.  B,  side-note  2,/0r  ytaile  read  jitaile 

>.  S,  1.  llSi/orloatreiuflonta 

.  8,  L  1 14,  /or  brofier  read  bro))#r 

>.  G,  last  side-note,  delete 

.5,1.  t22,/iirdn>wpyattenMj2dro«p- 

ynge 
.  S,  I.  123,/(ir  Ovid  ,  .  .  Eydoa  read 

OTide  . . .  Erofdoi 
.  6, 1.  126, /or  said  read  aalde 
.  6, 1.  132,/i>r  WeU  read  Wele 
.  6,  I.  140,/orlBke  read  toke 
.  6,  I.  141, /or  wold  read  woide 
.  6, 1.  U2,/0T  prioket  rooif  priakat 
.  6.  L   147,  for  bethoght  read  be- 

thoDght 
.  6, 1.  H8,/or  ware  read  war 
.  6, 1.  156,/0r  flamand  read  flamanda 
.  7,  1.  163,  fm-  enohanntemontee  .  .  , 

god  read  enohauntement^  .  . .  gode 
.7, 1. 168,/orfuastjngroaJ  tnas^g 
.  T,  1.  170,  /or  nelue  rtad  nelne 
.  7, 1.  174, /or  wold  read  wolde 
.  7, 1.  189,/i)r  King  read  king 
.  7,  L  190,  /<rr  gobbott0t  ...  hid 

read  gobbetto* .  .  .  bide 
.  8, 1. 19S,/pr  printed  read  pHatade 


.A^ooglc 


Ixli  EBB 

p.  8, 1.  197, /or  janiey  readjotiraej 
p.  8,  I,  198,  for  Bem;d  . .  .  him  read 

Mmyde  .  .  .  hyta 
p.  B,  L  203, /ct-  hood  read  honde 
p.  6,1  20S,  fir  tho^t  read  thought 
p.  8,  I.  211, /or  Mid  read  salde 
p.  8,  1,  216,/or  go  read  goo 
p.  8, 1.  221,/in-  jrou  rsoii  ^ 
pi    18*,   1.   S12,  /er    iwongba    read 

iwoughe 
p.  18*,  I  867,  fer  iTiianis  read  ijuflniH 
p.  19,\.Bi3,jfffriBaeme»readj«aeraM 
p.  23,  1.  GG7,  for  Baid  read  salde 
p.  2tl,  1.  S01,/or  BBcrifloe  read  Sftcriflee 
p.  12,  1.  1242,/Dr  jyneria  read  jyuerU 
p.  49, 1.  149fi,/irr  feira  r««2  ferr« 
p.  60, 1.  ieO8,/0r  color  read  oolow 
p;  60,  1.  1506,  fir  in  read  on 
p.   61,   L   1632,   /or   thrioomg  read 

thrtoohing 
p,  62,  L  1663, /or  besta  raod  bestM 
p.  66,  1.  ie80,/in-  of  god  read  of  [a] 

god 
p.  67,  I  1720, /«■  gremy  rwiJ  grem> 
R  67,  L  1726,  /w  uk  read  aib 
p,  61, 1,  1837,  fir  umbly  read  tmnblf 
p.  61,  L  1863, /or  Be  Bir  rend  Ben  Bher 
p.  62, 1.  ie93,/<n-  to  read  of 
p.  62,  1.  1894,/<fr  lofo  read  lora 
p,  68,  1.  1919,/iw  onryng  read  orryng 
p.  86,  L  ■1977,/(n-  fere  read  ferd 
p.  65,  1.  1978,  for  Left ,  .  .  fle  read 
^  liBKt.,.A%  and  delete  aonmanfttr 


p.  6B,  1. 20G2,/ar  harmes  read  harmys 

p.  69,  L  7f!ni,for  too  r*aii  to 

p.  6^  t  2098,  far  MterioU  read  aete 

rioll 
p,  70, 1, 212e,/i>r  winter*  read  wintorle 
p.  71, 1.  2144,  for  mth  read  tithe 
p,  lis,  1.  8*91,/or  gremy  read  grem^ 
pi  128,  L  8798,/orwordyo  read  wordya 
p.  137,  L  8917,/(rr)GnffniHrM4f  jeu«nu 
pi  128,1.  S9G6,/i»-Iaffurerm^famure 
p.  164,  L  4764,/in-  gremy  read  gTem)> 
p.  166,  L  4796,  for  booe  read  bone 
p.  166,  L  6106, /or  dame  to  read  demo 

[me]  to 
p.  186,  1.  G733,/i)r  ihont  read  ihont 
p.  196, 1.  6O68,/0r  felona  read  felons 
p.  199,  X  6127,  /or  Tnwyly  read  vn- 

wyilj 


p.  199,  L  6133,  for  lene  read  lena 
pi  280,1.  7127,/orffoimetr«a^S'oQiiat 
p.  284,  L  7273,  for  demly  read  derulr 
p.  2S9,  1.  7S83,  deUU  eimma  after 

p.  274,  1.  8444,  for  vnfittyng  read  m* 

eittyng 
p.  276, 1.  4TT,/or  feld  read  flld 
p.  278,  L  8642,/i»-  feld  read  felds 
p.  279,1. 8679,/in'GlomOHrreadclamw 
p.  279, 1,  8601, /tfr  Birord  read  ewordo 
p.  286,  1.  e767,/ar  bold  read  bolde 
p.  287,  Bubric, /or  Dethe  read  Deaths 
p.  287, 1.  8840,  Ar  Fatroculkl . . .  alM 

read  Fatroculun  ,  .  .  ala 
p.  287,  !.  8842,  for  Xanoipun  read 

Xanclpun 
p.  288,  1.  8867,.^  Terr  read  ferre 
p,  289, 1.  8889,/or  bold  read  holda 
p.  289, 1.  8910,  for  werra  read  werre 
p.  290, 1. 8921. /or jjomyng  read  Comyiui 
p.  292,  I.  8971,/or  ferr  read  ferre 
p.  294,  1.  9040,/or  well  read  welle 
p.  294,  L  9048,/>ir  gird  read  girds 
p.  296, 1.  9100,/or  wend  read  wende 
p.  297,  1.  9133,/(jr  y»rne  read  yerin 
p.  301,  L  9263,  for  wold  read  wolde 
p.  806,1.  9400,/ifr  tumyd  read  turoyde 
p.  316, 1.9662, /urraiked  r«adraikede 
p.  820,  1.  9836,  for  ded  read  deds 
p.  831,  L  9B42,/tir  birr  read  birre 
p.  823, 1.  98G9,  for  entrid  read  ontrido 
p.  323,1.  9876  j^DT  ground  rradgrouDde 
p.  833,  1,  9903,  for  vmbraid  read  vm- 

p,  836, 1.  10391, /ar  laited  reo^laitedo 
p.  S37,  1.  10320,  for  end  read  ende 
p.  344,1. 105i6,/orMuyanrMii»eyuon 
p,  849,  1.  10706,  for  Betneene  read 

Betvene 
p.  849,  ].  10713,  for  damp  read  dnmp 
p.  366,  1.  10903,/i>r  bed  read  hede 
p.  359, 1. 1 1015,  for  wordee  read  wordei 
p.   3T3,  ].   11462,  fir  groaund   read 

groDond 
p.  379,   1.   I163S,  for  Ainphimaoo«« 

read  Ampbynaoui 
p.  389,   1.  11942,  fir  poltuhit  read 

polldiit 
p.  892,  !.  12038,  for  company  read 

company 
p.  403,  L  1236S,/i>r  burgh  read  burglia 
p.   406,   1.   134S4,  far  mertrid  read 

mutrid 


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p.  406, 1. 12617, /or  leymood  read  lej- 

monde 
p.  412,  1.  12639,  far  Bklandwr-  read 

p.  lis,  1.  1272B,  for  Oute  read  OuE 
p.  «7, 1.  in9i./or  lond  reed  londe 
p.  419,  1.  12867,  for   Boerdaad  read 

enerduide 
p.  421, 1. 12906,/iir  bo-fell  read  befeile 
p.  427, 1. 13070,/or  Billed  read  eiilede 
p.  432,  1. 18201,/!^  kyd  read  kjdo 
p.  433, 1.  13263,  for  epird  read  spirda 
p.  437,  1.  13371,/in-  lord  read-  lorde 
p.  438,  I.   13399,  /er  Oumond  read 

Oumoode 
p.  460,  L  13794,  /or  gljaBODOnd  read 

glfieoDODde 


.tA.  Ixvii 

p.  4S2,  1.  13803,  for  luked  ...  bed 

read  oakede  .  . .  beds 
p.  466, 1.  13904,  /or  hold  read  holds 
p.  465, 1.  13913,/ar  hond  read  bonde 
p.  456,  !.  13930,/nr  birr  mad  bir» 
p.  162,  L  6, /or  They  atuk  read  Thsj 

p.  467, 1.  10, /or  EydOB  read  Eroydos 
p.  490,  note  to  11.  1977-S,  delete  eemma 

qfter  tene 
p.  491,  note  to  1.  1996, /or  damp  into 

belle  read  dump  into  hells 
p.  498,  nots  (o  1.  3703,  /or  BtUl  used 

Tor  read  still  applied  to 
p.  498,  DOte  to  L  3746,  delote  See  note 


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PE  DESTRUCTION  OF  TROY. 

[INDEX  OF  BOOKS  iHD  SUBJECTS.] 

[Li  the  MB.,  aa  hu  been  stated  in  pp.  Uii— !▼,  Books  XSXII— TI  ara  dis- 
Bmuiged,  Mid  tbe  Index  foliowB  the  diBorder :  in  the  Text  the;  ue  properly 
■rrsDged,  and  the  Index  Is  alteced  acoordingl;.] 


The  Prologe  of  thia  Boke         [1] 

Tho  £ist  boke ;  how  Kyng  Pelletu  exit  lasou  to  get  the 

goldyufleae  [5] 

The  ij*  boke :  how  the  greke*  toke  loud  vpon  troy.     Cawse  of 

the  firet  debate     [12*] 

The  i^*  boke :  how  Medea  enfoimyt  laeon  to  get  the  flese  of 

gold  [24] 

The  iiij'^  boke :  of  the  dlstruccos  of  the  first  Troy  by  Ercnles 

Alaeoa      [38] 

The  T**  boke :  of  the  fonndyng  of  new  Troy,  &  of  the  i^werell 

of  Eyng  Fmm  for  hifl  fader  deth  [61] 

The  sezt  boke :  how  Kjng  Pmm  toke  coonaell  to  wei  oa  tho 

grekM        [68] 

the  T\i^  boke :  how  Paris  want  into  greee  for  Elan [90] 

The  yuj^  boke :  of  the  connsell  of  the  greke*  for  recoru/Tiig 

of  Elan       [116] 

The  ii**  bote :  of  the  nowmber  of  shippes,  &  the  Nany  of  tha 

grekw         [IS!] 

The  x**  boke :    how  the  grekea  sent  vuto  delphon  to  bane 

omwar  of  a  god  of  fiere  lomay     [135] 

The^"  boke:  bow  the  grekes  eaylet  fro  Attbens  to  Troy  ...  [H8] 
The  x^*^  boke :  bow  the  grekis  sent  two  kyngw  in  message 

to  £yi]g  Prtam  for  restitacon  of  ^«re  h&nne        [^^^^ 

The  zi^*'  boke :   how  the  giekes  sent  AcbiUes  and  Tbebefon 

for  vitaill  for  the  oste  mtoMeeson  [168] 

The  xii(j*'  boke :  how  &6  grdkes  eailet  &o  tenedon  to  be-e^e 

of  the  Cite  of  troy,  &  of  the  couDsell  of  Dyamed  to  stir 

the  Cit^  &  the  deth  of  Protheaseloa  by  Ector  slayn,  &  of 

the  strong  fight  at  the  Ariuall       ... [161] 

The  3^  boke :  of  the  ordinounce  of  the  troiena  to  the  secnnd 

batell,  &  of  the  deth  of  Pattsclos  by  Ector  alayn,  &  other 

Uiingfiavtiq  [197] 


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The  xvj"'  boke :  of  a  trew  takyn  two  monythee,  &  of  the  iij* 

bateU         [230] 

Tlie  ZTJj'^  boke :  of  ttie  counsell  of  the  grekst  for  the  detb  of 

Ector,  &  the  iiij'^  batell [238] 

The  rriij"' boke ;  of  the  fyuet  batell  in  the  feld  [246] 

The  xii"' boke :  of  the  Beit  batell        [25+] 

The  ix""  boke ;  of  the  vij"'  batell  &  akyrtnychis  lafltjng  jxx 

dayes  betwene  the  towne  &  the  teutte*    ...        ...         ...  [2G6] 

The  xzj*^  boke :  of  the  Tiij  batell,  and  of  the  drem  of  Ector 

wyf  [274] 

Thexxyboke:  of  the  EUeuynt  batell  of  the  Cit4      [292] 

The  xxiy  boke;  of  the  xJj  and  the  xiij"  batell  [30S] 

The  xiiiy  boke :  of  the  liiy  and  the  rv*  batell  of  the  Cit^  ...  [314] 
The  xxY  boke :   of  the  sextene,  seynentene,  the  eghtene,  and 

thexix  batell        ...         ...[322] 

The  xxvj  boke:  of  the  XX  batell  of  the  Cit6 [331] 

The  xxvij  boke :  of  the  xjy  batell  of  the  Cit4  of  Tioy  . . .  [352] 

The  xzTivj  boke :  off  the  coancell  of  Eneas  &  Antenor  of  tieson 

oftheCit4  [364] 

The  zxix  boke :  off  the  takyng  of  the  tonne  &  the  deth  of  Kyng 

Pnam         [386] 

The  XXX  boke :   of  the  atryfe  of  Thelaraon  &  "Vlyxes,  &  of  the 

deth  of  Thelamon,  with  the  exile  of  Eneaa  &  Antenor     ...  [397] 
The  xxxj  boke :  of  the  passage  of  the  grekea  firo  Troy  ...  [407] 

The  xxx^  boke :  of  the  lesyng  that  was  made  to  Kyi^  Ifawle, 
&  of  the  dethe  of  his  son  Palamydon  :  the  dethe  of  Aga- 
mynOQ,  &  the  exile  of  Dyamede  by  )iere  wifes    ...         ...  [410] 

The  xxxiij  boke :  how  Orest  tote  venionae  for  his  fader  dethe  [423] 
The  xxxiiij  boke  :  how  hit  bappitTlixes  aftur  the  sege  ...  [429] 
The  xxxT  boke  r  of  Pirroa,  &  hia  paaayng  firo  Troy,  &  of  hia 

cronyng,  &  of  his  deth       [*38] 

The  xxxvj  boke,  &  the  laet :  of  the  dethe  of  Vlixea  by  his  son. 
Whiche  endis  in  the  story  w'  the  noine  of  the  knight  fi' 
cauaet  it  to  be  made,  &  the  nome  of  hym  that  trana- 
latid  it  out  of  latyn  in-to  englysshe.  And  how  long  the 
eege  last,  with  the  nowmber  of  grek^  &  troiena  that  wera 
elayn  ;  &  what  kynges  Ector  ^ogh :  whom  Paris  slogh  : 
whom  AchiUee  slogh  :  whom  Eneas  slogh  ;  whom  Pinna 
slogh :  and  Laudes  deo [^^^] 


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Maistur  in  Dugest^  maker  of  AUe,  (fiiLia.) 

Eudles  and  on,  eaec  to  last ! 

Now,  god,  of  ^i  grace  graiint  me  Jii  heipe, 

4    And  wysshe  me  with  wyt  fiis  werke  for  to  end ! 

Off  aonteTB  ben  olde  of  annaetris  nobill,  or  the  lubi*  inn 

And  filydjn  vppon  tihlepe  by  aloineryng  of  Age : 

Of  B^the  men  in  stooro  strongeat  in  armes,  undofttMiiaDt 

6     And  wisest  in  wei  to  wale  in  hoT  tyme,  ' 

pat  ben  diepit  wttA  deth  &  yav  day  paste. 
And  most  oat  of  mynd  for  }wre  mecnll  aga,  tn»  iohh  tan 

Sothe  stories  ben  stoksn  Tp,  &  stranght  ont  of  tonottu;  whut 

12    And  swolowet  into  swym  by  swiftenes  of  yeres, 

Ffbr  new  ^at  ben  now,  next  at  OUT  bond,  '     srt)ii>H<irnion 
Breuyt  into  boke»  for  boMyng  of  herte«  j  mwdid  m  booki 

On  luBti  to  loke  witft  lightnea  of  wiUe,  Ji^*"***^  '^ 

16     Obsnyt   tbioughe    cbaunce    &    cbaangyng  of 
peopull; 
Snm  tra  for  to  traiat,  triet  in  ^  ende,  «»» ■»  trw  wd 

Sum  feynit  o  feie  &  ay  false  vnder. 
Tcbe  wegh  as  he  will  watys  bis  tyme,  tth  dMin  lo 

20     And  bas  lykyi%  to  teme  ^  hym  list  after.  Wm  nmt. 

But  olde  stories  of  e^tlie  ^t  astate  belde,  Batentiateiat 

May  be  solas  to  Gum  Jiat  it  segb  neuer. 


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msrdad  bi  nan  Be  vn'tyng  of  Tees  pat  wist  it  in  dede, 

uwiD  mv  <i*U(h(      21    With  sight  for  to  serche,  of  horn  ))at  euet  after, 

Mw  ii«u.  To  ken  all  the  crafte  how  Je  case  felle, 

By  lotyng  of  lettnra  (wt  lefte  were  of  olde. 

Tte  Poat  daeiuH  flow  of  Ttoj  forto  telle  is  myn  entent  euyn, 

UHunhMihwii        2d     Of  the  stonie  &  pe  stiyfe  when  it  distioyet  was. 

^™  hu  ]}<*f  f^l^  yeree  ben  faren  syn  )>e  fight  endid, 

""^  ™'  And  it  nieuyt  out  of  mynd,  myn  hit  I  thinka 

"ui-  •  '■)  Alss  wise  men  haue  writen  the  wonles  before, 

32     Left  it  in  latyn  for  lemyng  of  tb. 

Bat  Bum  poyetis  fiill  prist  pa.t  put  horn  ^erto, 
WiU  fablie  and  falehed  fayned  fen  epeche. 
And  made  mote  of  pat  mat«r  faa  horn  maifiter 
were:  Q 

36     Sum  lokyt  oner  litle  and  lympit  of  the  eothe.     ' 
Amongee  ^t  menye, — to  myn  hym  be  nome, — 
HoDwr,  ■bo  It  Homer  waa  holden  b«it:bill  of  dedis. 

uui  how  On  Qvilea  hia  dajes  endniet,  detiiet  of  other 

40     ]ptX  wi'tA  the  d'ckye  was  gret  &  of  grioe  comyn. 
foit  ftmnu  ukt  He  feynet  myche  fals  was  neoer  before  wroght. 

And  traiet  pe  truth,  trust  ye  non  other. 
ootr  neb  HUM.  Of  his  trifitls  to  telle  I  haue  no  ttone  n6we, 

44   .Ne  of  his  feynit  fare  put  he  fore  with : 

How  goddw  foght  in  the  filde,  folke  as  Jiai  wore, 
And  other  errours  vnable  pat  after  wore  knowen, 
That  poyetis  of  pnee  have'  preuyt  Tntrew  ; 
48    Ouyd  and  othir  fiat  onest  were  ay. 
Virgin  fe  virtuuB,  verrit  for  nohill, 
Thee  danipnet  his  dedys  &  for  doll  holdyn. 
But  p«  truth  for  to  telle  &  pe  text  eayn 
52     Of  pat  fight  how  it  felle  in  a  few  yerea, 
]}Bt  was  clanly  compilet  wtt&  a  clerk  wise, 
OnidoaiCoioDni  On  G-ydo,  a  gome,  pat  graidly  hade  soght, 

thi'foiiSin"'  -*"'!  ^*  "^I  f®  works  by  w^hea  he  hade, 

■'"'■  66    That  bothe  were  in  batell  whUe  the  batell  last. 


And  eujjsr  sawte  &  assemely  see  viih  (lej-e  een,    t>hidii.Hmipii.d 
Thai  wrote  all  Jie  werke*  wroght  at  fat  tyrae. 
Is  lettuis  of  ))ere  laagoge,  aa  f  ai  lemede  hade  : 

GO     Dares  and  Dytes  were  duly  ^em  namys.  OuvudDiayi 

Dites  full  dere  was  dew  to  the  Grelcjs, 
A  lede  of  ^at  lond  &  logcd  host  with  :  (rai-ia.} 

The  tuthyr  waa  a  Ij^Ue  out  of  Troy  selfe, 

64     Dares,  fat  duly  the  dedys  be-h«lde.  DHn.vbom 

Aither  breuyt  in  a  boke  on  fere  best  wise,  dIS^i.i,irii  h* 

That  eithen  at  a  cite  somyn  were  founden  M.Ttatar7o('ih» 

After  at  Atthenes  aa  aunter  befell ;  2^^'"*" 

68     The  whiche  bok«o  barely  bothe  as  f  ai  were, 
A  Romayn  ouerraght  &  right  hom  hym-aeluyn, 
That  Comelirfti  was  cald  to  his  kynde  name.  cimtanKr^-m 

He  translated  it  into  latyn  for  likyng  to  here,       iM\n,  imi  «> 

72     But  he  shope  it  so  short  fat  no  shaike  might       work  hid  utC 
Haue  knowlage  by  course  how  fe  case  felle  ;         q™""*  ^' 
ffor  he  brought  it  so  breff,  aud  so  bare  leuyt, 
()at  no  lede  might  have  likyng  to  loke  ferappon, 

76     Till  fia  Gydo  it  gate,  as  hym  grace  felle. 
And  declaret  it  more  clerc  &  on  dene  wise. 
In  this  shall  faithfully  be  founden  to  the  fei  tnihiihinorj 

All  fe  dedea  by  deno  as  fai  done  were ;  wmaa»^ 

80     How  fe  groundes  fitst  grew,  &  fe  grete  hate, 

Bothe  of  torfer  and  tene  fat  hom  tide  aftur. 

And  here  fynde  shall  ye  faireof  fefello  peopull,  ofiiitorifiinud 

^Vhat  kynges  fere  come  of  castes  aboute  t      ,      ir.ii  ofih.  Kingm 
84''[0f,DukM  full  douehtv.  and  of  ^^^p'e  Erlea.  r       "^'^  ""^  ^^ 

Tliat  assemblid  to  fe  citie  fat  sawte  to  defend  : 

Of  fe  grekjB  fat  were  gedret  how  gret  was  fe 
nowmber. 

How  monyknightef  fere  come  &  kynges  enarmed, 
88     And  what  Dukes  thedur  droghe  for  dedis  of 

What  Shippes  fei-e  were  shene,  &  shalkes  with  in, 


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Bothe  of  barges  &  buomes  Jiat  broght  were  fro 

grew  : 
And  all  the  batele  on  bent  ]ie  buerneit  betwuue. 
What  Duke  Jxit  was  dede  throughe  dyntes  of 

bond. 
Who  ffalkn  waa  in  ffylde,  &,  how  it  fore  aftur : 
Botbe  of  truse  &  trayne  |)e  tnithe  shall  ^u  here. 
And  all  the  ferlios  fat  fell  vnto  the  ferre  ende, 
Sio  this  prologe  I  passe  &  part  me  fer  with, 
ffrayue  will  I  fer  and  fraist  of  fere  werke«, 
If  eue  to  my  mater  nnd  make  hero  an  ende. 

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$elUus  exit  lason  to  set  i>t  fSes  of  dSo^t. 


In  Teeeaile  hit  tyde  as  thiia  in  tyme  oliie,  j 

100    A  ptouynce  app^pret  aperte  to  Rome,  J 

An  yle  enabit  nobli  and  wele  * 

With  a  msner  of  mea,  mermydoiis  colled  : 
There  was  a  kjng  in  )iat  coste  fat  ^e  kithe  ought, 

104     A  noble  man  for  |ie  nouest  ia  naniet  Pellens. 
That  worthy  hade  a  wyfe  walit  hym-eeluon. 
The  truthe  for  to  telle,  Tetyda  ebe  he^^t : 
lX!8  gret  in  pere  gamyn  gat«  horn  betwcne, 

106     Achilles  by  channce  chiualrouii  ia  amies. 
(More  of  thiee  Myrmydons  mell  I  not  now, 
Enabit  in  (fat  aile,)  {ne]  EtiU  wiU  I  ferre,  [ 

How  Mawros  were  mea  made  on  a  day  s 

112     At  fie  prdyer  of  a  prinse  ^at  peopull  hade  lost.) 
This  Pelleue  pert,  prudest  in  armys. 
Hade  a  brojter  of  birthe  bom  or  hym-seluyn,         i 
That  hetre  was  &  Eldiat,  and  Eaon  be  hight.        i, 

1 16  Till  it  fell  hym  by  fortune,  faintyng  of  elde, 
Unstithe  for  to  stire,  or  atigbtiU  the  Realine, 
And  all  were,  &  weike,  wautide  his  eight,  { 

Of  Septnr  and  soile  he  sesit  his  brothir, 

120     And  hym  crownede  as  kyng  in  {wt  kithe  liche. 
Eeon  afterwarde  erdand  on  lyfle. 
Endured  his  dayes  drowpyaite  in  age, 
As  Ovid  openly  in  Eydos  tellua, 

124     How  Medea  the  maiden  made  hjin  all  new, 


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6  JA30S   AND   THE   OOLDEK    FLEECB. 

Bonk  1.  By  crafte  fat  she  koutli  of  hit  coint  artys. 

Kson,  fut  elde  man  fat  I  er  said, 
Hade  a  sou  of  hym-eelfe  eemly  to  wale, 
j««<in,»nnf  128     And  Jason,  fat  gentill  aioynet  was  to  name  : 

titba-i  uircM.  A  faire  man  of  foture,  &  felliat  in  armye, 

As  meke  as  a  Mayden,  &  mery  of  liia  wordia. 
This  Jason  for  Ids  gentris  was  ioyfull  till  all, 
132     Well  louit  -aith  pe  lordes  &  the  londe  hole ; 
All  worshipped  pat  worthy  inwonea  about«, 
No  les  ])an  ^e  lege.  pa,t  horn  lede  ehuld  : 
And  he  as  bainly  obeyede  to  the  bueme  his  Eme, 
136     Ab  poi  hifl  ayie  hade  the  soile  &  septure  to  yeme, 
Pelleus  persayiiit  the  people  anone. 
That  the  londe  so  bym  lonede,  lorde  as  he  were. 
And  ay  drede  hym  on  dayes  for  doute  ^t  might 
falle, 
1 40     Leet  he  put  hym  from  pri'uelage  &  hifi  place  take. 
Of  Tcsaaile,  as  truths  wold,  to  be  trew  kyng. 
Thiia  Pelleus  wtVi  payne  was  pricket  in  hcrt, 
ffull  egurly  witA  enay,  &  euer  hym  bethoght, 
144     "With  a  course  of  vnkyndnes  he  caste  in  his 
thoghte, 
The  freike  vpon  faire  wise  ferke  out  of  lyue, 
Fiiiu  dnbB  uw  And  he  tio  daunger  nor  deire  for  pat  dede  hauo. 

JHoniBiMrrti  He  bethoght  hym  full  thicke  in  his  throo  hert, 

ttm.  148     And  in  his  wit  waa  he  ware  of  a  wyle  Eone, 

Of  a  fame  pat  fer  in  fele  kynges  londftj, 
ifoLtt.)  And  borne  was  a  brode  for  a  bare  aunter. 

Whwundho*  Out  in  the  Orient  Orible  to  here, 

fMi-wt.  152     In  a  cuntre  waa  cald  Colchos  by  name, 

(ifB.hu •'lu.'')  Waa  (an)  aunter  in  a  nyle  pat  I  nem  shall, 

Beyonde  the  teraga  of  Troy  as  Jie  trety  sayse, 
Therewasawonderfullwethur  weglies  to  be-holde, 
166     WitA  a  flese  pat  was  fj-ne,  flamond  of  gold  ; 
And  pe  Kyng  of  pat  coste  callid  was  by  name 
Cbethes,  for  sothe,  as  soucrayne  Sc  lord : 


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HOW   THE  FLEECE   WAS 

He  Mfoa  niighty  on  nioltle  &  mekull  goode  hade,         Book  r. 
160     Ht3  priJe  well  ouerput,  past  into  elile.  £n«,Mi«n 

This  whethur  and  f  e  wole  were  wonderly  keppit 
By  the  crafte  &  the  cure  &  conyng  of  Mara, 
That  wi't/t  chanues  &  enchauntementes  was  chefe 
god- 
16i    Thus  coyntly  it  kept  was  all  with  cleue  art,  Th.  vitmr 

By  too  oxen  oribull  on  for  to  loke,  aimudftitai 

And  a  ijerfe  dragon  drcde  to  be-holde.  4™gon. 

These  balfull  best««  were,  as  ^e  boke  tellus, 
1 G8     ffull  flauniond  of  fyre  with  fuastyng  of  logh. 
That  girde  thurgh  ther  gorge  vfith  a  gret«  hete 
A  nelue  brode  ail  Aboute,  fat  no  bneme  might 
ffor  the  birre  it  abide,  but  he  hrente  were,  * 

172     And  wo  this  wethur  shuld  wyn  biide  wirke  as  whimtrwoui. 
I  say,  ,nMt MiwtZ 

Ayre  euyn  to  ^  Oxen,  ontre  hom  in  yoke,  i^tS«"J^aM 

WitA  striffe  or  witA  stroke  till  fai  stonde  wold  ;  ^^  ""  "* 
Aftur  ayre  vp  the  erthe  on  ardagh  wise. 
176     Sythendrawe  to  fe  dragon,  &  be  derfe  qwelle,      Htrau.itiKB 
Girde  out  the  gret*  teth  of  the  grym  best,  Si«u,i!.'^ 

And  alse  sede  in  )ie  season  aowe  it  on  fw  erthe,     JJ|^'»-"™»ii 
ITian  a  ferlyfull  frute  shall  he  fynde  after  : 
180    The  tethe  shall  ti/me  tite  vato  knightea  The  imh  mu 

Armyt  at  all  pesea,  able  to  were  tZ^^^ 

Thai  to  falle  vpon  fight  as  fomen  belyne,  5S!t,!"'«^ 

"WjtA  depe  woundes  and  derfe  till  all  be  dede  °*"- 
euyn. 
184     All  thee  perels  to  pasao  wiVi-outen  payne  other. 

That  the  flese  wold  fecche  &  ferke  yt  away.  iM.sa) 

Of  this  wonderfull  wethur  for  to  here  more, 
■Why  it  kept  was  by  craft  on  so  coynt  wyse  ; 
188     Hit  was  said  oft  sythea  and  for  sothe  holden,        whjihe««r. 
That  Chethes  the  same  Kyng  had  a  sora  hoge      J^rl^T^iu 
Of  grete  gobbottea  of  gold  in  the  ground  hid,       Sft^,^^'™ 
And  80  kepid  it  witA  craft  of  hia  coynt  artys  :      ^111^1^11.'"* 


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JA80N   ESTICED   TO   00   I 

192     And  for  to  get  of  this  gold  &  the  grete  aommys, 
ffor  eouetous  fere  come  knighte«  full  ofte. 
And  endit  in  Auerya  to  ay  laatand  aorowe. 
This  Pellou!)  witA  pyne  printed  in  hert 
1 96     Iff  he  might  nleghlj  he  sleght  &  eletyng  of  worded, 
Gar  Jason  ■wit/i  any  gyn  the  iomey  vndertalie ; 
He  were  eeker  as  hyia  semyd  for  sight  of  him 

euer, 
And  most  likly  be  loate  &  his  los  kej)j)tt. 

200     Re  purpast  hym  plainly  in  his  pure  ivit 
ffor  to  tyae  hym  ferto,  if  it  tyde  might. 
To  take  it  hortely  on  hond  in  a  high  p)-/ile, 
And  (le  way  for  to  wylne  v/tth  wilful!  desyro, 

20-1     He  cast  hym  full  cointly  be  cauBO  of  this  thyng, 
In  a  Cit4  be-syde  to  somyn  a  fest, 
WitA  princes  and  pi-elatee  &  priso  of  the  lond, 
Xhre  dayes  to  endure  wit/i  dainten  ynogh. 

208    The  iij*  day  throly  he  thoght  in  hia  hert 

ffor  to  mele  of  thia  niat^  pat  he  in  niynde  hade  : 
He  cald  Jason  in  his  Japis  vM  a  Joly  wille. 
Before  the   baronage  at   ther    burde    thus    fe 
bueme  said, — 

213     "  Coayn,  it  is  knowen  ))at  I  am  Kyng  here. 

And  niekyll  corofords*  me  the  crowne  of  this 

kjde  real  me  ; 
But  more  it  Joyea  me,  Jason,  of  f  i  just  werkw, 
}jat  so  mighty  &  meke  &  manly  art  lioLIyn  : 

21 6     Now  pi  fame  shall  go  fer  &  fu  furse  holdyn, 
And  all  pjouyns  &  pertes  pi  pea  shall  desyre. 
To  tessaylc  a  tresiire  tristy  for  euer. 
Thy  aelfe  to  be  eene  and  in  auche  fame, 

220     By  pi  name  |)us  anoisyt  &  for  noble  holden, 

Whyle  you  rixlia  in  this  Reame  no  riot  we  drede, 
But  all  fferd  be  fperfore  and  frendship  dyssire. 
Hit  wold  sothely  me  set  as  aouerayne  in  Joye, 

224    Iff  our  godd^  wold  graunt  Jiat  fu  grace  bade, 


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THB  RKWARDS   PROHIBBD. 

That  the  Ifiese  ))at  is  ffreshe  flamond  of  gold 
Were  brought  throw  pi  boldness  into  ))is  byg  yle 
And  ]>at  wold  doutlea  be  done  &  no  dere  In, 

228     Wold  fa  aSone  >e  Jinrfore  and  )ie  fight  take, 
Be  of  gouemance  graithe  &  of  good  wille. 
Yiff  pa  puttea  pe  fiistlj  ))is  point  for  to  do, 
Thou  ehail  araj-it  be  full  ryoUe  wt'tA  a  route  noble 

232     Of  my  Baronage  bolde  &  my  beet  wise.  t 

I  Bhall  epare  for  no^spence  &  fu  spcde  wele,         ■ 
And  do  pi  Aeuer  duly  as  a  duke  nobill : 
Thou  sbalt  haue  holly  my  hert  &  my  helpe  alse, 

236  And  be  lappid  in  my  luife  all  my  lyffe  after. 
pa  may  be  glad  for  to  get  such  a  good  name, 
And  haue  for  pi  hardynes  a  full  hegh  mede  : 
Leve  piB  for  loll,  me  list  it  perfourme, 

240     And  to  hold  it  viUt  bort  ))at  I  hete  nowe, 

I  will  fayne  pe  [no]  faintie  vnder  bith  wordee. 
When  my  dayefi  be  done  fu  sbalt  be  Duke  here. 
And  haue  ]>e  Crowne  to  kepe  of  ])i8  Kyd  Realmc  ; 

244     And  while  I  liffe  in  this  londe,  no  lesa  )an  my 

Halfe  for  to  haue  &  hold  for  )ii  name, 

And  wiV(  all  wegbis  to  be  worshipt  to  pa  worlde* 

Whbn  Pbllbub  his  proses  hade  puplishit  on  j 
highe, 

348     And  all  eoburly  said  wttA  a  sad  «-iUe, 
Jason  vas  Joly  of  his  Jnste  woidiu, 
^t  in  prveens  of  the  pepull  ]io  profere  were  made. 
And  mony  stythe  of  astate  etonding  aboute. 

252  He  hedit  not  the  harme  ))at  in  his  hert  lurkyt,  i 
Ne  the  ifalshed  he  faynit  vnder  faire  wordes ;  I 
He  drede  no  dissayet  of  his  dera  Tncle,  |, 

fint  hooped  full  hertely  it  come  of  hegh  lone. 

256     Pen  he  trist  hym  full  tyte  in  his  tried  strenght, 


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1"  THB   BUILDINO  OF  AKQO. 

""ii  !■    _  Thurghe  hardynea  of  bond  hopit  to  spede  ; 

He  put  noght  vapossible  pelleins  wordes, 
Ne  thfi  kyng«  eouetous  cast  not  before  ; 
HithtrtftuT  260     Jjen  he  grauntis  to  go  wi'tA  a  grete  chei«, 

uteinking  villi  And  all  thies  ffeilj^s-to  fraiet  he  fursly  awouet. 

FE[j:.BUS 

piuuiigM.ind  Pelleua  of  the  proffer  \vas  proude  at  liis  bert, 

hairlHiiDUw 

pnpuiuioiii  liir  And  glad  of  |ra  graunt  before  the  grete  lordje  ; 

264     He  ertid  to  an  end  cgurly  faat, 

pat  no  taiying  shuld  tyde  ouei'  a  tyme  fiet ; 

And  ^et  ffortime  rnderfougea  |iat  he  feile  shall, 

And  irill  put  hyra  fro  purpos  fat  he  presya  after. 
268     He  conaydret  fat  Calcos  was  closet  in  an  yle, 

J)al  no  creature  might  keuer  for  course  of  the 

Sut  Tt'tA  ship  fat  shapou  were  fur  fc  shyro 
wsghes. 
Hfmnmiudi  ]}aa  he  comaundet  to  come  of  |)c  crafte  noble, 

Duiaiu,  to  bdM      272     A  vright  fat  was  wise  fis  werke  for  to  ende  ; 
wiiich  i>  oditd  ^^'^  Argus  fat  after  van  abill  of  his  crafte, 

^"^  Sone  he  dressit  to  hie  dede  &  no  dyn  made, 

And  made  vp  a  mekyll  ship,  fe  moat  vpon  erthe, 
276     })at  aft«r  bym  awne  selfe  Argon  was  cald. 
Sum  sayn  full  sure  &  for  sothe  holdyn, 
Ifit  was  fe  formaat  on  flet«  fat  on  flode  past, 
put  euer  saile  was  on  set  vpon  salt  water, 
280     Or  encr  kairet  ouer  cost  to  cuntrie  0  fer. 
J|ow  onlaut  was  althing  oneetly  fere, 
And  abundantly  hroght  fat  bom  bild  might, 
WitA  all  stuff  for  fe  stremes,  fat  bom  strenght 

Umx  nMt  man      284     Monv  noble  for  f  e  iionest  to  f  e  note  yode, 

JolnOit  ^  '  r  J         ' 

upedWoD,  ciiW  Tryed  men  fat  were  taken  of  tessayle  rewrae, 

(ifli.«M  To  this  Journey  wtt/i  Jaaon,  as  the  geat  tellus  : 

All  ontred  into  Argon  after  anou. 


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i  STORY   OF  HERCDLE8. 


288     There  was  honerable  Erculea  egiir  of  willc,  H«niiM,miof 

,  ,     ,     . ,  .  3"^i  S^-"^  Jui^wt  Mid 

As  poyetes  haue  pntked  of  his  ppse  fader :  ajedum,  wift  at 

He  was  getton  of  n  god  on  a  gret  latly, 

J3at  i^oinet  was  Icbeter  to  hia  iust«  nome, 
292     And  bis  modor  full  mylde  Aluieim  was  clepid  : 

She  was  wyffe  as  I  wene  to  worthy  Amphitrio. 

This  Ercules  eu^rmore  egur  &  hobill, 

The  worde  of  his  werkea  thurghe  ];e  worlde 
sprange : 
296     So  mony  grounden  he  for-justtide  &  of  ioy  broght. 

That  no  tunj;  might  horn  telle  pot  it  tytoe  hade. 

Hit  is  tolde  in  hia  tyme,  wo  fat  trawe  lyst, 

In  his  bastines  he  higbyt  vnto  helle  yatee,  whodnnitdtiK 

300     A  |)Te  bedet  hounde  in  his  honnd  ct^bt,  Cutamtrom 

That  was  keper  of  the  close  of  fwt  curset  In : 

So  dang  he  [lat  dog  wi'tA  dynt  of  his  wappon, 

)3a,t  pe  warlag  was  wete  of  his  wan  atter, 
304     And  tburgh  voidyng  of  venym  \fitii  Toniett«« 
grete, 

Mouy  prouyns  and  parties  were  put  out  of  helle. 

All  ^at  poites  haue  pricket  of  his  pn'se  dedis, 

I  haue  no  tome  for  to  telle  ne  tary  no  l«ngur. 
308     But  pa  wonders  p&t  he  wrogbt  in  pm  world  here, 

In  ycbe  cuntre  ben  knowen  vndcr  Criste  euyn. 

Tow  pyllers  he  pigbt  in  a  place  lowe, 

Vppon  Gailes  groondeft,  ^t  he  gotton  bade  :         uid  hi  up  tm 
312     Too  whiche  pyllers  prute  as  prouyt  is  before,       which  mnniied 

The  mighty  ftfassidon  Kyng  maist^  of  All,         HmoiK 

The  Eniperour  Alexaunder  Aunterid  to  come ; 

He  wan  all  the  world  &  at  his  wille  agbt. 


A  bialai  occun  here  in  the  MS.  of  pcrhapa  two  nr  Ihrcr  pagea. 
Tfae  eiteut  oF  the  obTioiugapat  the  be^nninK  of  Book  II.  wu  not 
■UBprcI'd,  till  it  vu  aaeertamed  that  ue  wurk  was  a  trsnilatioB 
from  tiuido  de  Cnliinna.  The  foUowing  eitrecta,  from  the  Stru- 
barg  Hlitirm,  U39,  comtmie  the  nlorj. 


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LANDING  OP  TUB  OBGEKS. 

ouk  I,  Obt«nta  ergo  a  rege  Pelpo  Iwion  nauigUDdi  lic^ntta  novA 

■]iDwtdM~  "'''^*  niaria  cum  Heroule  et  Buis  complicibua  navi  nova  oiyuB 
Ji  Htrnilia  ^^'*'  *''''''  BeconduB  rentus  imbuit  et  eJuB  intlat  afflatus  look 
npu/,  Thesali«  cognita  deeerit  vnlde  cito  et  ad  iucagoita  mariB  loca 
nr  from  oitioa  disBiliC  veloci^aimo  cursu  huo.  Uultis  itaque  diebtu  ao 
""^  nootibua  uavigautibus  illis  sub  dueto  Thesalioi  Philotete  el( 
jrBu:ii«4  diBcrete  notantibus  BttUanim  oureum  visibilium  exiBtcDtium 
miM%  juits  polum  mojoris  urse  scilicet  at  miuoris  que  nunquain 
thaoonduct   occidunt,        *•»••* 

**^»  Noverat  enim    PbilotelcB   Btcllarum   curaua  et    motum    ii 

Hchtlit  alii|uiB  eat  in  illia  taaquaro  ille  qui  caUHa  navigationia  emt 
of  TtDy,  multuni  eipertuB.  et  imo  aura  necunda  perflaule  tamdiu  recto 
id  It  Uii  remige  narigavit  donee  ad  oraa  phriglu  regni  Trojaui  Tidelieet 
stowta.  pertineiitiaB  nova  navis  applieuit  in  poTtum  Boillcet  qui  tunc 
dicebatur  ab  incolis  Simoeuta. 


l,tber  ^ecuntius. 


d  Ored  ftutem  mariH  fatigatione  lawAti  nt  pn^enenint  in 
\}  tflmm  in  ipsam  deficenJere  quietja  oauBa  lilienti  animo 
mnlJuntur  et  dewendentea  ibidem  receoUR  aquas  a  fbntibua 
hnuriunt  et  ibidem  pro  majoria  refrigerationis  gratia  moram 
ppr  dipB  aliqiios  statueront  non  ut  iocolis  molestiam  inferre 
disponerent  nee  nociuis  dinpendiiB  eon  ledere  aliquatenua  al- 
templnrent.  Sed  iuvida  fatonim  series  quie  semper  quiele 
virentibus  est  molesta  ab  inopinatia  insidiis  sine  eausa  tnimi- 
citinrum  et  scandnli  causaa  Iraiit  propter  quae  tante  cladis 
diffusa  lues  oibem  terrarum  infecerit  ut  tot  reges  et  principea 
bellict^a  nece  suecumberent  et  tanta  et  talis  civilas  qualis 
eztilit  magna  Troja  verea  fuiEViet  in  ciuerem  tot  viduatis  muli- 
eribua  viris  suis  orliatin  parentibus  et  tot  pueris  et  tot  puellis  et 
dpmum  jugo  servilutia  addictis.        *        •        •        •        • 

Subsequenter  describit  historia  quod  lasone  et  Heroule  cum 
•  (liis  in  portu  quioscentibus  Simoente  de  eis  ad  Laomedontam 
regem  Trqjauum  fama  peirenit,  quod  gens  qua'dam  Trojanig 
incognita  scilicet  gens  gnscomm  novo  remigi  Frigias  partes 
intravit  eicploratnra  forte  archana  regni  Trojani  Tel  potiug 
Trojip  provincinm   vasUturs.     Ent  autent  diebuE  iUis  l^qja 


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THEIR   RECEPTION   BY  LAOHBDOH.  13 

Don  tants  mi^itudiniB  qualis  fuit  postmodum  da  novo  QrmaUk,         Book  □. 
et  in  e»  regnabit  tunc  rei  predictua  Laumedon  nomine  qui   ~  IZZ" 

aainpto  damnoso  oonsilio  cjuod   utinam  non  fuiaset  legatum  "L"?"™™" 
Euuin  in  comitin  muHorum  ad  Iiwonem  destinavit ;   quo  ad  •engo'.  wbo  Mli 
Ltaonem  reoiente  legationem  guum  eipiicat  in  h«a  verba.   Rez  UHldng'inirprlH 
lAomedon  hujoa  regni  domlnua  de  adventu  yestro  valde  miratnr  ■*  •*"  mirmM 
qaare  le[T»Di  Busm  iotrftTistia  ab  eo  liwntia  non  obtenta  cujua  'j-Tiji 'l,,^'*^ 
eat  intantio  snb  (ranquilla  pace  earn  tenere  ;  hoc  iHBtaatiMiine  nnliidi^'  'rt^ 
mandat  vobis  ut  inoontinenle  debeatis  Uiram  ejus  eiire  ita  mmi  d<|jut  Uu 
quod  advenienla  die  wquenti  ■oiatvoa  ab  omnibus  teme  bub  h*7im«4v.« 
ftoibua  receaBiaae  ;  quod  si  mandaWrom  Buorum  senlietvogooD-  ^IJJJJ*'**^ 
temptores  pro  certo  Doveritia  ipsum  jubere  Buie  in  offeneionem 
vwti»m  iimere  et  depopulationem  rerun  et  vestrarum  finale 
difpendium  peisonaruin.     Postquam  lason  totam  seriem  lega-  Juou.Ui<iRiiighlr 
tionis  audivit  totus  in  it»  etdolore  cordis  eiacprbatus  intrin-  jinragK^iiiiirBwi 
aecuB  anteqiiam  ad  legatjonis  dieta  verba  mutuala  relorquerat,  KmimMUmUiL 
conversus  ad  Buos  lie  locutas  est  eis.     Laoroedoa  rex  hujus  iniulllnc  dli- 
reg;ai  dominuB  mirabilis  difdeooriB  iqjuriain  Dobis  infert  cum  miui. 
absque  alicujiu  offenaonis  causa  nos  ejici  a  sua  terra  man- 
davit.     lUqae  «i  eum  regia  DobiliUw  aniniMBet  noa  tnandare 
debniaset  hononiri.     Nam  bl  casus  lumilis  ilium  in  Gmciam  LKmedon  would 
additxiset  Bcivissel  eibi  illatnm  a  Grtecii  non  dedecns  sed  ho-  hive  twn  mhcr- 
Dorem.    Sed  ei  quo  magis  sibi  dedecus  quam  honor  applauait,  'J''*  '™"J ,['' 
HOB  etiam  ai^laudimuB  ut  itii  et  ab  ejus  regni  liuibus  recedamus  jeirly  iudt  bis 
cum  posset  contingere  et  leve  sit  quod  ejus  enonne  oonaillum   Dnwemt;  ocm- 
mt  cariasimo  pretio  redempturuB.     Deinde  conCinuatia  verbia  ^•^<*- 
conreTBua  ad  nuntium  dixit,   Amice  1    legfttionia  tuie  verba  ^       ™()!'    I-j 
diligenter  audivimua  et  dona  quie  per  regem  tuum  nobis  more  miXiiu  t^  a> 
DobJUum  Eunt  transmisM  recepimus  aicut  decet,  deos  noBtroB  in  taann;  utotulij 
dei  veritate  teslsmiir  non  ei  propositi!  terram  tui  regis  intr»sse  ^  fmrri  them 
nt  offeniam  ingereremuB  in  aliquem  more  predonio  vlolentiam  ^.^  forihwiUi 
Ulatuii.     Bed  com  ad  remotiores  partes  confeire  DOB  nuperrime  b>  inline— othen 
intendiunuB  oecea^taB  in  banc  locum  diverlere  necessario  nos  mlghtannRc 
eo^t.     Die  CTgoregi  tuo  nosde  sua  terra  sine  mora  postposita  '•i»lr"lu«tn'nit. 
receBBOTDS  soituro  pro  certo  qood  etsi  non  per  DOS  poterit  forte  """ifl!^  ''*' 
per  alios  qui  preaentem  injuriam  nobis  illatam  audierint  non  tSVonrlijiur 
lucra  sed  pressoraa  et  dampna  infallibititer  obtinere.     HercuteB  go  lo-marTinr.'  "* 
Tero  verbis  laaoniB  non  oontentuB  regis  nuncio  ref  udit  hsso  bol  out  ■  di>  of 
verba.     Amice  quisqniB  eg  eeourereferas  regi  tuo  quod  ad  plus  l]!!,"'''^.!'"' 
die   crastina  de  terrs  nis  niatione  penitua  diiicedemuB,  Bed  e„  "i^lIviiuTe 
eequentis  lertii  annl  die*  non  erit  eiitura  dio  illi  qunm  nos  BhaiLiHuianciiof 
videbit  Bi  vivet  in  lerram  suam  velit  aolit  anchoraa  irijecisEe  et  o"  hi"  ■llon^ 
de  danda  nobis  tunc  recedendi  licentia  non  erit  Bibi  plena  !!'''' I" ij?"" 
libertai  cum  talis  litis  ad  presens  inchoaverit  questioneni  quod  ^  luy." 
priusqnam  de  eo  possit  auperare  victoriam  ignominioBi  dede-  Tbainioy 
ooriB  pondere  depremetur.     CujuB  regis  nunoiuB  rei^pondendo  rBpUtt.— Ii  )• 
rio  dixit,    Turpe  satis  est  et  nobili  et  precipue  strenuo  minarum  ^^fj^^^jZ 
aagittss  immittere  neo  mihi  qui  Bum  misiua,  eat  commissum  a  worii,  be  mid 
i^e  ut  erga  vos  litiglosia  verbis  insistam.     Dixi  vobis  quie  dtUvtndUi 
mihi  oommissa  fuenint,  ai  aapienter  agere  placet  vobia  do  con-  "**?!**'  "i 
ailium  bonum  ut  ab  hac  term  recedere  non  ait  grave  priusquam  ^^^^  MOinnt  in 
ponitia  incurrere  giaviora,  cum  leve  non  sit  personas  perdere  pmctsnirarH 
qwe  Be  pomuDt  consilio  salubri  tueri.     Et  poat  bsc  a  Qnccis  luppoud. 
petita  licentia  suum  remeavtt  ad  regem.  2* "'"°"  ■"  "■• 


12*  THE  CITT  OF  COLCHIS. 

Book  II.  lasoD  vera  et  Hercules  nulla  mora  protracta  Philotete  vocato 

'          ~  jubet  nnchoram  a  niari  subtrahi  et  omnia  coiligere  quie  in 

„1J^^  tortii.  t«r™n>  Bdduierant  causa  quiotis.     Bciebant  enim  si  voluissent 

wtth  «tlitli  ^  Fbrigioa  inaultare  non  esse  eis  in  congreasu  pares  vel  equalea 

■nclior;  knowing  in  viribuB  neo  in  pol£atia  fortiores.     Ergo  Argoa  ascend unt  et 

ihuthajmuW  elevatis  velia  diia  duciliua  Frigia  desenmt  litlora  et  suloaBles 

FfenriuKthiT  ™^'^a  Tentis  afflantibus  proaperig  non  post  multos  dies  in 

ntuii,  uidwon  ColcM  insuUm  salvi  perveniunt  etdegideratumfeliciterportum 

nmb  tfaair  da-  intrant.     In  inHuta  i^lur  ColcoB_  erat  tunc  lemporis  qutedam 

■ind  hiTwi— o»  oivitas  nomine  laoooites  caput  reirni  pro  sua  mairnitudine  oon- 

Uuid  at  Colchofl r  a       r  o— 


That  was  Jocund  and  J0I7  and  Jacomede'  tiigtit, 
Hit  WRS  Jie  souerayno  Citie  of  the  Soyle  euer. 
Of  lenght  &  largenea  lonely  to  nee, 
Well  wallit  for  werre,  watrit  Bboute. 
Crete  toures  full  toute  all  pe  toune  vmbe, 
Well  bilde  all  aboute,  &  mony  buenies  In, 
Wt'tfc  proude  pala  of  prise  &  palj^s  full  noble. 
There  was  the  aouerayne  Cytie  of  Shetee  fe  kyng, 
Wi'tA  hie  baronage  bolde  &  buernes  full  noble ; 
Mony  Knightfis  in  his  courtte  &  company  giete. 
'ITier  were  fyldes  full  fairs  fast  fere  bosyde, 
Witfi  gret«  medoes  &  grene,  goodly  to  shows. 
With  all  odour  of  herbis  fat  on  vrthe  springes  ; 
The  boui'deris  about  abaet^het  wttA  leuya, 
Wi'tA  slioteo  of  shire  wode  shene  to  beholds  : 
Grete  greuea  full  grsne,  grecfull  of  dt-rs, 
Wilds  bestea  to  wals  was  fere  enow  : 
HerdM  at  f  s  bond  ay  by  liolte  sydes, 
Vppon  laundes  fai  lay  likyng  to  see. 
Vmbe  the  sercle  of  ths  Citie  was  sothely  A  playue, 
ffuU  of  flonrea  frssshe  fret  on  f  e  grounds, 
WitA  leis-alea  vppnn  lofte  lustis  and  fairs, 
"ftiik  to  ffolks  to  refrssshe  for  faintyng  of  bets, 

Wtt/i  voidera  vnder  vines  for  violent  sonnea. 
There  waa  wellit  to  wale  water  full  nobill, 
In  yehe  place  of  the  playne  with  plentius  atrsmss, 
'  rrobibljr  for  Ma,  the  capital  of  Colchis. 


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AT   COLCHIS.  13* 

WiU  a  swonghe  aiid  a  sivetnes  sweppit  on  pa        B»k  ii. 

gTOUn(te,  Alt  uonnd  rnlKli 

And  all  fowles  in  ffuther  fell  pen  vppon,  maranaai 

344     ffor  to  reckon  by  right  fat  to  lyuer  hftunttea,        ™,g,  ^  uii,. 

Small  briddec  aboue  in  po  bright  louya 

Witti  shriknt  full  shrille  in  the  shire  bowes  ; 

The  noise  was  full  noble  of  notes  to  here, 
348     Thnrgh  myrth  &  melody  made  vppon  lofle.  ifci.Tt.; 

To  this  BOue/Tij-ne  Citie  (rat  yet  was  olofte, 

Jason  [a]ioynid  and  his  iust  fferis,  a>  Jbwi  uid  hit 

Steppit  vp  to  a  streite  etreght  on  hie  gate.  iheiranjtvUi* 

352     As  pai  past  on  the  payment  pe  pepull  beheld,  "' 

Haden  wonder  of  tho  weghes,  &  wilfulde  desyre 

To  know  of  (jcre  comyng  and  the  causft  wete,        thi  p»pi«  mn- 

))at  were  so  riaUy  arait  &  a  rowte  gay.  trhnx*  in  i  whj 

356     So  faire  freikca  vppon  fote  was  ferly  to  se, 

So  jonge  and  so  yepe,  ^ynoruJMf  wiDe, 

ffoike  fraynide  fast  at  tho  fre  ^crnes. 

Of  what  ctmtre  J»ai  come  &.  the  cause  why. 
360     Was  no  wegh  fat  A  word  warpid  hom  too, 

But  sewid  furthe  to  the  sale  of  Chethes  the  kyng : 

p&i  bowet  to  the  brode  yate  or  fai  bide  wold. 

The  Kyi^  of  his  curtcssy  Eayres  hom  vnto.         King  Xtia 
364     Silet  fiirthe  of  his  Citie  eerisunttes  hym  wi'tA,       ui  [hIi«. 

Mony  stalwoTth  in  stoure  as  his  oetate  wold ; 

Than  he  fongid  fo  frcikes  wi'tA  a  fine  chere, 

Wt'tA  hailsyng  of  hed  bare,  haspyng  in  armys, 
368     And  led  hom  furthe  lyucly  into  a  large  halle, 

Gaid  vp  by  a  grese  all  of  gray  nuirbill. 

Into  a  chamber  full  choise  (chefe)  on  fere  way,    (1ib.Ii« ««».■,■•; 

J)at  proudly  was  painted  w/tA  pure  gold  ouer; 
372     And  fan  sylen  to  sltte  vppon  silke  wedis, 

Uadyn  wyn  fur  to  wale  &  wordes  ynow. 

Then  Jason  to  fc  Just  King  (Joyuely)  can  say     (ws.  im*  -jwh- 


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All  the  cause  of  his  come  to  Calcos  was  pa.u : 

376     ilbi  the  flunimond  fles  )mt  fi>le  had  deayriU, 
He  hade  wille  for  to  wyn  &  away  lede, 
By  leue  of  the  lord  ))at  ])e  lond  ^ht. 
After  caat')rae  to  ke])e  as  the  Kyn(,'  set, 

380     Chethta  full  soburly  &  wiVi  sad  wordes. 
Has  gruuiitid  godely  fiat  he  go  sliutd, 
Soiome  [tere  a  season,  assay  wiien  hym  lyke. 
Be  fan  bunles  were  bred  in  the  brade  haJIe, 

384     And  )to  mighty  to  racite  meuit  belyue, 

y^itli  all  deintes  on  dcse  ^ut  were  dere  holden  ; 
Walid  wyne  for  to  wete  wantid  fai  nuiie, 
In  grete  goblette*  of  gold  yche  gome  hade. 

338     The  Kyng  was  full  curtois,  calt  on  a  maiden, 

Bede  hia  doughter  come  downe  &  his  dere  heiro. 
To  ait  by  J»at  semely,  and  solas  to  make. 
This  maiden  full  mylde,  Medea  was  callid, 

392     Wlian  she  sought  into  sale  salute  horn  all, 
WiVi  Idutyng  full  low  to  hlr  lefe  fadir, 
Slie  was  eldiat  &  hcire  etlit  to  his  londat, 
Hym  chefet  thurghe  chaunse  childer  no  mo  ; 

396     And  ahe  at  bond  for  to  baue  husband  for  age, 
Byg  ynoghe  vnto  bed  w/t/i  a  bold  knight. 
She  was  luffly  of  lere  &  of  lore  wise, 
And  kyndly  hade  conjng  in  the  clene  artia  : 

400     pere  was  no  filisofera  ao  fyn  found  in  (lot  lond, 
Might  approche  to  frtt  precious  apoint  of  her  wit 

TIIR   CRAFTC  OF   MEDEA. 

Of  uygraniafijii  ynogh  to  note  when  she  liket. 
And  all  the  fetea  full  faiie  in  a  few  yeres. 

404     Wyndis  at  hir  wille  to  wakyu  in  the  aire, 
Gret  showrea  to  shede  &  shynyng  agayne, 
Haile  from  the  heuyn  in  a  hond  wliile, 
And  the  li^^lit  make  lea  aa  hir  lefc  thought; 

408     Mcrkc  at  the  mydday  &  the  nioue  chaungc, 


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To  clere  Sune  into  Clippis  &  the  cloude*  dym ;  Book  n. 

The  ElemcnW  ouertume  &  the  erthe  qwake, 

fBodes  with  fane  flow  agayne  the  hilles ; 
413     Bowes  for  tobeire  in  the  bane  nlattar, 

ITor  to  floriaehe  faire  &  pa  frute  bryng ; 

Yong  men  yepely  yarke  into  Elde, 

And  the  course  i^yne  calle  into  clere  youtfae. 
416    All  thiee  Japea  ho  enioynit  as  Oeutils  beleued, 

All  thies  maistres  &  mo  sht:  made  in  hir  tyme, 

Als  put  ia  in  poise  and  prikkit  be  Ouyd, 

)Mt  feynit  in  his  fablls  &  other  fele  stories.  HidOrtdiinigi 

420    Hit  ys  leUy  Dot  like,  ne  oure  belefe  oskys,  inpouiiiit  m  • 

)>at  suche  ferliea  ahold  fall  in  a  fiale  woman  ;       teimigi  ooiy  m 

But  only  gouemauBse  of  God  {lat  fe  ground  *^' 
wroght. 

And  ilke  a  planet  hase  put  in  a  plains  course, 
424     liat  tuntys  as  fere  tyms  comys,  trist  ye  non  other. 

As  he  formed  horn  first  flitton  ^ai  neuer  ; 

Ne  the  cleie  Sune  ncuer  clippit  out  of  course  yet,  Th*  Mgiit  •«> 

Bat  whan  Criste  on  the  crosse  for  our  care  deghit;  ratDr^^netm 
428    Than  it  lort  hade  the  light  as  our  lord  "Vold,        ''J^^^'^ 

Erthe  dymmed  by  dene,  ded  men  Rooee, 

The  gret  tempull  top  tomed  to  ground. 

This  Medea  the  maiden,  fat  I  mynt  first, 
432     t)at  gay  was  in  garmentes  &  of  good  chere, 

And  als  wemen  hane  wille  in  pere  wilde  youthe. 

To  fret  horn  wttA  fyn  perle,  &  ^re  &ce  paint, 

Wiih  pelur  and  pall  &  mony  proude  rynges, 
436     Euyn  set  to  ^  sight  and  to  seme  faire  ; 

This  gentill  by  Jason  ioinet  was  to  sit,  ((m.»o.) 

Asbecomaundementincourtte  of  hir  kynd  fader.  dmHdiiu 

Hit  is  wonder  of  the  wit  of  this  wise  kyng,  „  g,,  J^ 

440    Wold  assent  to  pat  sytting  fot  hym  aowet  after,  '™'""™*'' 

And  his  doughter  to  dresse  in  daui^er  of  loue, 

To  sit  wttA  )>at  semely  in  solas  at  ))e  meite. 

Syn  wemen  are  wilfull  &  Jiere  wit  chaunges. 


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»"''  "■  Hi     And  BO  likrus  of  loue  iu  likyng  of  yowthe, 

J)U  vnivanies  of  wit  wrixlis  hys  mynd. 
What  fortheps  pi  fare  and  fi  false  goddes. 
And  Jfara  the  mighty  fat  fu  mykill  tristl 
448     Agayne  )ie  wyles  of  wemen  to  wer  ia  no  bote, 

THE   BODEH    HOTB  LOUE  OF   UBDBA. 

whm  uxiHi  ii  ^\Tien  this  mylde  in  hir  maimr  was  at  be  meite 

•hima.  wiih  Betwene  hir  fader  and  |)e  freke,  )iat  I  first  ment, 

•iw(Linmu"'  Hir  shire  tface  all  for  shame  shot  into  rede, 

452     And  a  likyng  of  loue  light  in  her  hert ; 
Hir  Ene  as  a  treudull  tmnpd  full  rounde, 
flirst  on  hii  fader,  for  feare  ^at  she  hade, 
And  setbyn  on  fai  semely  wVi  a  Bad  wille  ; 
456     Sniale  likyng  of  lotie  lurkit  in  bir  myndc, 
And  she  light  on  Jidt  lede  wi't/t  a  loue  egh  ; 
liirst  on  his  face  fressho  to  beholde, 
And  his  lookes  full  louely  loinniid  as  gold, 
460     And  all  ffetuTS  to  ffjiid  fourmed  o  right. 
«Dita fxtmnii  The  sight  of  fat  semely  sanke  iu  hir  herte, 

DEiitaer  (u  not  And  muysshed  hir  radly  f  e  rest  of  hir  sawie, 

Sho  hade  no  deintithe  to  delo  witA  no  deire 
meite, 
464     And  hir  talent  was  taken  for  tAstyng  of  wyne. 
Soche  likyng  of  loue  Inppit  hir  witA  in. 
That  euyn  full  was  fiat  fre  and  no  fode  touchet 
CfcL»»-)  And  (lilt  keppit  she  close  in  hir  clene  hert, 

Bui  ihg  kMps  It       468     That  no  wcgh  fat  hir  waited  wist  of  hir  thought ; 
■ndiiKiikaiha  But  hir  scmhlauud  so  sad  was  scmond  to  hom. 

lifiiny  thoughtw  full  thro  thrangc  in  hir  bieet. 
And  fus  sho  spake  in  hir  sprete  if  ho  spedc 
myght : 
72     "  I  wold  yonder  worthy  weddit  me  hade, 
Bothe  to  burde  &  to  bede  hlessid  were  I  : 
So  comly,  so  cleano  to  clippe  vpon  nighiet, 


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USDEA   IN   LOVE   VITB  JA90H. 

So  hardy,  so  hynd  in  hoU  for  to  se, 

476    So  Inffly,  ao  lykyng  wi'U  lapping  in  armys ; 

Well  were  that  woman  might  weld  hym  for  ener." 

DiBeyring  full  depely  in  her  deme  bert, 

As  maaer  ie  of  maydons  pat  maynot  for  shame, 

480     ffor  to  langaysshe  in  lone  till  pero  leie  chann^ : 
Shentyng  for  shame  to  shew  forth  Jiere  emd,' 
As  fnd  wylne  to  be  woghit  Jure  woiship  to  sane. 
Mony  bnidya  bene  broght  to  )iaiTe  bare  dethe, 

464    |lat  wondyu  for  wonderffiil  |iaire  wille  for  to 
ahewe. 
Whan  Jie  feat  and  ye  fare  was  loieu  to  the  ende. 
And  bordes  borne  downe,  tnimea  on  fot«, 
Medea  myldly  meyet  to  ohanmber 

488    Be  lene  of  fe  Undet  and  ye  ledya  alL 

The  Elnightes  at  the  Syng  cachyn  yen  lene, 
Intill  a  ohaumbei  fall  choise  choeen  Jere  way    • 
Be  comanndement  of  ]re  Kyng,  &  Jie  couitte 
Toidet. 

492    Medea  the  mylde,  Jiat  I  ment  fiiet, 

Woz  pale  for  pyne  in  hir  priuy  chamber, 

In  a  longyng  of  lone  as  the  lowe  hote, 

Wt'tA  a  Sykyng  vnaonnde,  pat  sbuet  to  hii  hert ; 

496    She  compaat  kenly  in  hir  dene  wit 

ffor  to  bring  it  abonte  &,  hir  bale  Toide. 

Thus  sbo  diof  forth  hir  dayes  in  hir  depe  tJioght, 

WttA  weping  and  wo  all  the  woke  ou«r, 

500  Till  it  fell  hir  by  fortone,  as  I  ^d  here, 
On  a  day,  as  the  Bukea  were  ousr  dee  set. 
And  comynd  wi'tA  the  Eyng  of  Knighthode  in  kidcj 

Chethea  for  ^at  semly  sent  into  chamber, 
504     Bade  hia  dooghter  come  doune  to  bir  dete  fader 
And  aho  obeit  hia  bone,  &  of  bonre  come 
In  clotbea  as  be-come  for  a  kyngea  dooghter, 
Ami  obeit  the  bolde,  and  bowot  bir  fader : 


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608     And  he  asaignet  hir  a  eeite,  }Kit  lur-eelfe  liket, 
With  chore  for  cheiys  the  chioalnie  Knightee, 
As  manerwoa  of  t^idonea,  wi'tA  hir  myld  chere. 
His  commandment  to  kepe  ebo  hir  ooime  held, 

B12    And  Joynet  by  Jaaon  lastly  to  sit; 

And  he  welcomed  fab  worthy  aa  he  well  koatlw : 

A  litill  set  hym  on  syde,  A  a  aeet  leaet, 

ffor  to  mele  witA  ])at  maidyn  &  hir  mode  here. 

616    The  Kyng  witft  other  knightea  hade  oomford  to 
speike 
Ercules  of  aimes,  &  atmtiee  to  telle 
Of  chiualry  &  channce,  fat  cheuyt  hym  before, 
))at  no  lede  was  lelly  Jk>  Iohbts  botwene, 

620    Batfai  might  say  hyhom-self  all  Jure  sadwille. 


The  woman  was  war  fat  no  wegh  herd. 

And  mder  shadow  of  shame  shewid  forth  hir 

WttA  a  compas  of  clennes  to  colour  iai  speche. 
624     In  sauyng  hii-seluen  and  eerche  of  hie  wille, 

"  Now  ftynd,"  quod  fat  faire,  "  as  ye  bone  fro 
holden. 

Will  ye  suffer  mo  to  say,  and  the  eothe  telle  1 

Voidis  mo  noght  of  Titius,  [ne]  vilans  of  tonge ; 
628     Ne  dome  no  dishonesty  in  your  derfe  hert, 

\>oi  I  put  me  fus  pertly  my  pMrjios  to  ahowe. 

Hit  sittM,  me  semeth,  to  a  sore  knyghte, 

|)at  ayree  into  vnkoth  lond  auntres  to  aeche, 
632     To  be  connseld  in  case  to  comfTord  hym-e^uyn. 

Of  sum  fro  fat  hym  faith  awe,  &  fe  teto  knoweth ; 

This  onrtysy  he  daymea  as  for  clere  dot, 

And  be  chaunce  may  chere  hym  &  chene  to  fo 
bettor. 
6S6    I  wot  BSJr,  ye  are  wight  A  a  wegh  nobill, 

Anntros  in  annee,  &  able  of  person ; 


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AND   JASON. 

A  storro  man  of  BtrengM  A  of  atueme  will,  s* 

That  wilnea  for  to  wyu  this  wethnr  of  gold, 

540    And  pnttes  ;oa  to  perell  in  pointia  of  armee. 
And  likly  for  litle  your  lyffe  few  to  tjne. 
I  hane  pittye  of  yoni  peiaoa  &  yoni  pert  fiice,      bh*  pim 
And  jeueraM  of  jowtlie,  ^ot  jomers  in  my  hert,  wainht 

SH     }9at  causes  me  with  counaell  to  caste  for  your 
helpe. 
And  pat  yoa  in  plite  your  purpos  to  wyn, 
In  Bound  for  to  saile  home  &  jaur  sate  sU, 
Both  the  whethir  &  ^  wolle  a-way  for  to  lede, 

548    On  a  forward  before,  Jut  je  me  faith  maio,  icta  wiii 

In  dede  for  to  do  as  I  desyre  wille. 
And  my  wille  for  to  witke^  if  I  wele  same." 

Tb[e]  OVBViSS  OF  JASOir  TO   HKDXA. 

Jason  was  full  ioly  of  hir  iuste  wordys, 
652    And  ))at  comly  can  clip  in  hia  close  armee. 

He  onawared  hir  onest{l]y  opynond  hia  hert, — 
"  Now  lonely  and  leell,  for  your  lefe  specho         ji«  Ui 
I  thankfl  yoa  a  tiiowsaasd  tymes  in  my  thto 
hert, 
556    Jiat  ye  kythe  me  soche  kyndnes  wttftonten  canee 
why; 
And  heie  I  put  me  fiiU  phunly  in  your  paie  (adi 

To  do  wt'tft  me,  damaell,  as  your  desyre  thynhe, 
ffor  this  gloriose  graunt  glades  me  mekylL" 


MEDEA.  (M.  II  a.) 

560  Than  saide  ^t  semely  to  ^  sore  knyght, — 

"  Sir,  wete  ye  not  the  wochis  ^t  this  wethir  vtiiam  b»  n 

jemea, 
The  keping  in  case  is  vnkuowen  to  yowe, 
And  the  trathe  ot  the  tale  untold  to  your  erel 

561  The  p«rlouse  pointt£«  ^t  passe  you  behoues. 


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Hit  ia  mlike  an^  lede  with  his  liffe  pae, 
Syn  it  is  ^ato  wi'tA  a  gode  &  no  gome  ellis. 
And  ye  may  atriTe  Ti'tA  no  stueme  but  of  yoNr 
etrenght  nabill. 

668    Wo  shuld  pas  oat  of  perell  bo  yo  pcoode  oxiii, 
)>at  wttA  flamys  of  tyn  haa  so  fume  hete  1 
Woso  bydis  fere  bir  Ib  brent  into  askys. 
Or  fat  dragon  80  derfe,  as  fe  denyll  felle  % 

072     There  is  no  gome  ynder  gode,  fat  bym  grcue  may. 
And  if  ye  highly  haue  bet  in  your  bote  yowtbc, 
And  folily  be  Batjn  out  of  fer  londea, 
}et  tome  your  eutent,  &  betyme  leno ; 

576     Wirket  as  a  vise  man,  &  your  wille  clumngo, 
ffot  fere  is  doutles  no  dede  but  fe  dethe  thole." 

ih[b]  onscaoe  or  j^bon  to  iibdsa. 
The  vegh  at  hii  woidee  wratUt  a  litill, 
And  Swiftly  to  fat  ewete  swagit  bis  yie. 

580     "  A  !  damsell  full  dere,  wi't^  your  derffe  wordys, 
What  lure  b  of  my  lyfe  &  I  lyffe  here  : 
I  hope  ye  found  mc  to  fere  &  my  faith  breike  ; 
And  if  destyny  me  demys,  bit  is  dere  welcum 

684     Ot  it  were  knowen  in  my  contry  &  costis  aboute, 
That  I  faintly  sbnld  fle  and  fe  fight  leue  j 
Among  knigbte*  accounted  coward  for  euer, 
]tfe  were  leuer  here  lefe  &  my  life  tyne, 

588    J)an  as  a  Inrkei  to  lyue  in  (ylka)  lond  after. 
I  wole  put  me  to  perell  and  my  payne  thole, 
Do  my  deuer  yf  I  dar,  &  for  no  detbe  wonde. 
ffor  yche  wise  man  of  wit,  fat  wilfully  hetis 

692    Any  dede  for  to  do,  and  demly  avowes, 

Shuld  chose  bym  by  chaunce  to  chaunge  out  of 

lyue, 
Ere  he  &yne  any  faintes  &  be  fids  boldyn." 


MBDEA. 

Medea  full  myldly  vnto  fe  mon  said  ; — 


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96     "  It  is  playnly  your  purpos  to  put  you  to  dethe, 
'With  Biiche  fyndes  to  fight  till  ye  fay  worthe :      h 
I  haue  pitie  full  playn  of  yow  proude  wille,        n 
And  I  efaall  fonge  you  to  forther,  <&  my  iftith 
holds. 

00     I  will  Bhant  foi  no  abame  of  my  shene  fader, 
Ne  no  hede  to  my  heale,  ^at  I  thee  heipe  shall  j 
But  this  forvaid  to  ^lle,  fiiat  ye  me  sweire,     ,,  ^  ^ 
And  with  no  gauuys  me  hegyle,  ne  to  grein 
brynge; 

Oi     But  in  dede  for  to  do,  as  I  desyro  wills." 


"  Moste  woreliipfiill  woman,  wisest  on  erthe, 
What^uffr  ye  deme  me  to  do,  &  my  days  laste,    '<w»  vnp 
I  hete  you  full  h^hly  wit7t  hert  to  fuIfiUe, 
60S    Andyourwillefortowirkeiwittenesourgoddea." 

HEDBA. 

pea  Medea  wttA  mowthe  motys  fua  agayne; — 

"  And  ye  wede  me  witft  worship  &  to  wifie  holde,  ifhairinwi 

Lede  me  witA  likyng  into  your  loud  home ;  him  u  gtt  i 

612^  No  gatia  me  hegyle,  ne  to  grem  brynge,  onrcumeii 

I  hete  you  full  hertely,  fat  I  you  helpe  shall      .  i™««^ 
The  flese  for  to  fecche,  and  fefke  it  away ; 
And  witAstond  all  the  stoure  fiat  it  strait  jemys ; 

616  Ooarcome  horn  by  crafte,  and  no  care  thole. 
I  haup  only  fat  annter  of  all  fat  are  q^uyclce, 
The  mightes  of  MaiB  make  to  distroy,  (u.  u  < 

And  hii  beping  by  crafte  out  of  couis  bryng." 


"  Ah  !  this  glorins  gyste  &  this  grete  mede,  j 

That  ya  hete  me  so  hyndly  to  haue  at  my  wille  I  p 
(Tour-selfe,  fat  is  sathely  the  semliest  on  lyue,    ' 
And  fe  freBshist  and  fairest  fed  vpon  erthe ; 
Aa  the  Roose  in  hiu  Radness  is  Bichest  of  flouiee, 


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In  tbe  moneth  of  May  when  medowes  are  grene, 
So  passis  pi  proporty  p«rte  vemen  all) 
And  help  me  to  haue  pat  I  hidur  secha ; 

628     Oat  of  daui^«r  &  drede  deliuer  me  too : 
I  wot  me  vnwortliy  |iis  wirdia  to  Bail. 
He  pat  sadly  fot-eoke  Boclie  a  euro  proffer, 
And  so  giacioB  a  gyete,  )iat  me  U  grauut  here, 

632    He  might  faithly  foT-fonnet  be  a  fole  holdyn. 
Whorfore  I  beqwelho  me  to  your  qweme  epouse, 
To  lyue  wttft  in  lykyug  to  my  lyfes  ende ; 
Aa  wyfe  for  to  wede  in  worahip  and  Joye : 

636     Aud  pia  forward,  in  faith,  I  festyn  wt't/t  hond." 


Medea  was  mery  at  this  mene  graimt, 
And  to  ^t  souerayn  full  aoberly  aaid  ( 


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"  fTrynd,  I  am  ffayne  of  pia  taixe  heste, 
640     And  wale  I  hoope  pa  will  holde  pat  )>u  here  said  ; 
Alore  suerty,  for  sothe,  yet  I  sue  fore ; — 
Yow  swiftly  shall  sweiie  vppon  swete  goddes, 
This  couenatoit  to  kepe  i,  for  no  ^^  chaunge. 
utJuonnvi        644     But  this  tyme  is  so  tore  &  we  no  tome  haue, 
iXtarmt'  We  will  aeasae  till,  now  sone,  the  sun  he  at  rest, 

J'i^^hh  -All  buemea  into  bede  on  hor  best  wise, 

'°7foL  Hw"  ^^  y^^®  ^^*'  **  ''y™  ^^  lullit  on  alepe. 

hlJ'irtuJlHb^    648    I  wull  send  to  you  Bone  by  a  sure  maydon : 
«'  f^-  Bes  wjJiond  and  warly ;  wyn  to  my  chamber, 

Kg.  lot  p6K  swiftly  to  sweire  vpon  swete  (hah>ghes), 

'•""^'l  AH  tbiBforwardtofulfiUyefestwttAyowrhond: 

652     So  may  ye  surely  &  sounde  to  my-selfe  come, 
Wtt/i  daliannce  to  dele  as  yowr  dere  wyffa. 
I  will  you  faithfully  enforme  how  ye  fare  shall. 
Your  worship  to  wyn  and  |ie  wethor  haue  : 
656     All  your  gate  and  your  gouemannse  graidly  to 
tt-llo." 


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AND  JASON. 
JASON. 

The  Eni^t  tbs  cujIbs,  &,  kendly  lie  eaid  : — 
"  Most  loDeaom  lady,  youi  lykyng  be  done  ! 
As  ye  wilse  for  to  wirke  &,  yoot  wille  folowe,      i 
660    In  dede  be  it  done,  as  ye  deuysede  hane." 
The  lady  wtVt  lontyng  Jwn  hii  leae  tase, 
ffirst  at  hir  &dir  and  other  &«  buemee. 
Past  to  hii  prine  chamlwr :  A  here  a  paa  endia. 


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L   WIDOW  TO  lABOS. 


Efiiitr  Softe :  !|oto  fiRfOta  enformeU  lason  to 
get  t1)e  fSUst  of  ffioRie. 

Here  tellus  )re  tale,  woeo  toids  after, 
How  the  wethir  was  wonen,  &  away  borne 
The  grete  goldyn  flees  wjtA  a  greke  noble^ 

668    Thurghe  wylea  of  [a]  woman,  )>at  ]>e  wegh  louet 
Whan  Medea  the  maidou,  ^t  I  mynt  have, 
Was  chosyn  into  chamber,  &  on  hir  charge  thoght, 
Of  hir  Janglyng  wttfc  Jason  &  hir  ioste  wordys, 

672    Hit  n^ht  to  ^e  night  &  the  none  past : 

Sone  the  day  oumboghe  &  the  derte  eutrid, 
And  all  buemes  vnto  bed  as  hom  beet  liked. 
Medea  fall  myldly  moTede  aboute, 

676     Waynet  up  a  window,  the  welkyn  beheld, 
Persauyt  pertly,  wi'tft  hir  pure  artis, 
When  the  dre'g!h  was  don  of  pe  derke  night, 
pai  all  sad  were  on  alepe,  seruond  &  other. 

680    fiayn  was  )>at  lie  and  for])er  ho  went, 

Waknet  vp  a  wydow,  fat  hir  wetA  dwellit, 

And  sent  to  fiat  semly,  as  ho  said  first. 

He  bosket  &om  his  bede  &  )>e  buide  folowid, 

684    Till  he  come  thui^e  a  cloyster  to  a  clene  halle, 
))ere  Medea  the  mylde  met  hym  hii  one, 
And  witft  myrthe  at  Jwre  metyng  mowthet  to 

gethir; 
)]en  enet  ^i  wit%  solas  into  a  sure  chunber. 

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JASON   FBOMI8B8  TO   WED  HBDBA.  25 

688    The  old  wodo  on  hii  way  wendys  belyue,  ■     Book  m. 

And  ^  lotiers  lio  lev^  lightly  to-gedui. 

Medea  the  maidon  meajt  to  ]>e  dore, 

Barret  it  bygly  on  hir  best  wise ; 
692     )}an  she  bronght  forth  )>e  bold  to  hir  bedde  ayde 

In  BoUs  full  Boberly  he  sat  hym  ])eron. 

She  went  fiom  ^at  worthy  into  a  wale  chunbnr, 

A  triet  Image  she  toke  all  of  true  golde,  HKto  Mimt  ui 

696     Halowet  was  hertly  in  a  hi^e  nome  goO.     '°" 

Of  Joae,  ])at  gentillis  held  for  a  iuet  god, 

And  broght  to  the  bneme  on  fe  beddis  syde, 

WitA  light  that  waa  louely  lemyng  ^er-Iit 
700  '  Of  saergya  semly,  ^  set  were  abonte. 

)>&n  wightly  thies  woides    to    fat   woithy  ho 
said: — 

"  Here  I  aske  you  bertely  fat  ye  may  bet  hen,    mt  ma>  Jann  to 

WttA  a  Bolenme  sacrement  on  this  sure  gode,       taiti  lU  ua 

704  All  Jw  forwud  to  fulfille,  fat  ye  £ret  made, 
And  ^  conenaundef  to  kepe  witA  a  clene  bert ; 
And  for  your  felow  &  fere  me  faithfiilly  hold, 

Etwr  ftom  this  owre  to  the  ende  of  your  lyffe ;         (fiJ.  u  m 

705  ffor  no  chaonce,  ^t  may  cheue,  channga  your 

wiUe: 
And  I  heghly  shall  holde,  I  het  yon  before." 
Jason  granntede  fnll  goodly  w/tA  a  glad  chore. 
And  swiftly  be  sware  on  fat  (Sbene)  god ;  (hs.  hm 

712    AH  tho  conenanndes  to  kepe,  &,  foi  no  caose  let, 
IVbill  b3rm  laste*  the  lyffe :  he  laid  on  his  bond. 

THB   POETE. 

But  ToMthfull  freke,  witA  )ii  fals  cast,  Ob  U»  fiddir 

|)at  Eucb  a  lady  belirt  with  pi  lecbni  dedes,  ocJaHo. 

71 6    Pai  put  bur  so  plainly  }ii  power  mto, 

AH  ^  wille  for  to  wirke,  )>i  worehip  to  sane : 
And  ^w  bedis  not  the  banne  of  ^t  bend  lady, 
Ne  tentw  not  thy  trouth  |)at  fcm  tynt  has. 


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JASON  a  UNFArmPDLNBH. 

720     Soche  a  maiden  to  mar  ^t  ])6  most  looet, 
}Mt  fbnec  hii  fader  &  hir  &e  londe, 
Wlien  the  Boile  &  ]ie  Septur  was  Bothelj  hur 

And  ^e  tretnue  ahe  toke  vatroly  for  the«  ; 

724     Anntiede  Mr  to  Exile  euer  for  ^i  sake ; 
Wan  ^  thy  worebip  &  wilfull  deeite  : 
Eeppit  ]>e  iro  oombniianBe  &  fro  cold  deth, 
Stoiet  thee  to  strenght  &  ]ii  s^the  londes, 

728    And  dawly  hir  diatitDr  of  hir  deie  fader. 

WtlA  ehame  may  faa  ahunt  &o  ^i  shiie  othea, 
So  &1h  to  be  fonnden,  &  |)i  iaithe  breike, 
To  betrant  BOoh«  a  trew,  ))at  pe  trust  In: 

732    And  ]n  god  has  ^n  grauit  vith  )>i  grete  filth. 
Wete  for  [d  weike  fat  )>e  shall  wo  happyn, 
And  myechefe  fiill  meklll,  pt*n  art  muiBwome : 
Jhm  f aUes  not  in  faith  of  a  fowle  end. 

736    And  |iow  Kedea  so  mad,  what  myndee  had  )um 
}>en1 
Syn  jum  wiet  tfanrgh  wit  werdia  to  come. 
What  serait  it  your  scienae  of  fe  seoon  artw, 
^ SSTtaa.  That  ^  sogh  not  jotir  sorow,  fiat  thee  suet  after ! 

740     But  fen  sothely  may  say  p&i  jotir  sight  failed, 
And  )k>w  loket  not  large,  for  lust  ))at  fe  biyndit 
And  oft  in  astronamy  hit  aunties  to  falle, 
Jut  domee  men  deasams  &  in  donte  bringee. 

744     ifor  hit  pasab  ^  power  of  any  pure  mon. 

All  ^e  course  for  to  know,  ))at  is  to  cum  after : 
Sane  God,  )iat  all  gouernee  wttA  grase  of  his  hondfi. 
Now  tume  to  our  tale,  take  )«re  we  lefte. 

748    When  he  swiftly  hade  swome  to  ^t   awete 


)^  entrid  full  evjn  into  on  Inner  chamber, 
f»i  was  riaUy  an^ed  wt'tA  a  riohe  beds ; 
And  bothe  all  bare  busket  ^sre-in. 


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MEDU   tNSTBDOn  JABOH. 

752  {Mi  BoUrt  horn  aamyn,  as  hom-eelnon  liket, 
VfAh  Tenas  «erke»,  ])at  horn  well  pleaaid : 
(mt  aanlj  deeaaais,  &  men  to  boidw  law^B. 
Whan  ^  day  vp  dioghe  &  tike  dym  Toidet, 

756    Thne  Jaaon  fall  ioyfdll  to  fab  gentill  Bald  : — 

"  Hit  is  best  ^t  w«  buske  &  of  bede  riie,  * 

Lest  ye  day  tb  bo-da^e  &  ow  ded«s  knowen,     f 
And  we  foandBn  in  fere  &  oure  fame  loete ;  a 

780    And  I  vofonnet  in  &ith  how  I  &re  shall. 
Of  1^7  ded»  to  do,  as  ye  me  deie  hegbt. 
Iff  Jw  any  thing  have  amyt  abill  ms  to, 
)>Bt  ^  me  &itbfully  infimne,  &  let  me  bra 
hetiiyn, 

76 1    My  deofr  firr  to  do  &  my  deth  roide ; 

Jpat  I  mi^t  lede  fe  with  luff  into  my  bnde  home, 
Wede  ye  wttA  womhip,  and  to  wiffe  hold." 
Uedea  to  ^t  mighty  myldly  anawaiit : — 

768    "  A !  my  loid  &  my  loue,  more  lefe  ))an  my 
seluyn, 
I  have  mynde  of  youre  matw  meet  of  ttU  othei : 
I  will  AiUy  enforme  yow  or  ye  fare  hethyn. 
How  ye  d«wly  shall  do,  &  no  drede  haae- 

772    Byse  we  now  fiill  radly,  lest  here  no  longer, 
And  I  shall  tell  you  full  tyte,  &  taiy  no  thing." 
'Diau  pai  cladde  horn  alenly  vppon  cleee  wise  : 
The  burd  bowst  &om  ^e  beds,  broght  hym  in  i 
haste  ii 

776    An  ymage  ftdl  nobill,  ))at  he  naite  shnlde,  h 

flat  qwaint  was  &  qwem,  all  of  white  silner, 
Channet  wi'tA  enchanntment,  &  oha^t  hym  to 

holde. 
Hit  was  wioght  all  by  wit  &  wilee  to  helps, 

780    And  myghty  snohe  mawmentiy  made  to  diBtroy : 
8ho  bade  hym  kepe  it  full  close  on  his  clene 

body. 
An  oyntment  pat  was  noble,  anon  she  hym  set,   i 


HBDE&   tSBTRVCTS  JASOH. 

Toke  hit  hym  full    tyte   &   tolde  Lym  these 
woide* : — 

784     "  This  strongly  distroy  shall  fe  atrenght  of  (w 
Tenym, 
And  fade  all  the  ffyr  and  Jie  furse  lowe." 
Thau  ho  ranght  hym  a  ring  wit/t  a  riche  stone, 
)}at  no  poison  enpaiie  might,  pe  power  is  soche : 

788     And  if  it  home  were  in  batell  on  his  bare  flesahe, 
He  shnlde  slyde  forth  eleghly  &  vnelayn  worthe. 
Achates  it  calde  is  wHA  clene  men  of  wit, 
And  in  Cicill  foTBothe  eene  vas  it  fiiet : 

792     Eneas  it  name  &  in  note  hade. 

Whan  he  to  cartage  come  vnknoven  ■with  sight. 
And  ])Ein  ho  broght  hym  a  href  all  of  brode  letrea, 
paX  was  oomly  by  crafte  a  cleika  for  to  lede ; 

796     And  enfoimyt  him  fayre  how  he  foie  shuld, 

"When  he  [h]ie  deaer  hade  done  &  diow  to  ^ 

whethir, 
fToT  to  knele  on  his  knea  to  the  cold  erth, 
And  gret«  all  his  godde«  wi't^  a  good  chere ; 

800     And  the  rolle  fot  to  rede  or  he  rest  thry, 

As  witA  sacrifice  to  shew  &  seniice  to  goddes, 
))at  hym  grauntede  of  grace  fat  gifte  for  to  bane, 
}}at  he  might  worthely  it  welde,  &  away  belie. 

804     And  ^an  sho  gafe  hym  a  glasse    with  a  good 
lycour, 
And  bade  whan  he  bnekyt  to  the  bolcle  £zin, 
To  werke  it  with  itaeeure,  &  in  hor  moathe  caste, 
And  ^ai  clappe  shall  Ihll  dene^  &  nensr  vnclose 
aftor, 

806     Ke  neuer  dere  hym  a  dyse  witA  no  dede  efte. 
Thus  enfourmet  ho  fiat  fro  of  }ie  fete  euyn, 
How  ho  wyn  shnld  his  worship,  &  his  woche 

And  ]»eR  lacches  his  leae  &  his  lone  kyat, 
812    Past  farth  priuely  and  fat  pert  leuyt, 


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Enon  Inrkya  to  his  loge,  &  ]aide  hym  to  slepe.  Bookiii, 

By  the  raoke  hade  hym  reetid  lyses  the  sun, 
BrigbtiB  all  the  hu^he  and  the  brode  yolis  j 

816    Uenyt  on«r  the  mouuteyna  men  to  beholde. 
Jason  feynit  wi'tA  fare  as  he  hade  fast  sleppit, 
And  now  rapis  hym  to  ryse  &  rom  from  bis  bede.  Jwn  hhiku 
Wi'tA  Ercules  and  o))er  mo  of  bis  aune  men,         p**  lo  dmm 

820     He  Bues  fuith  on  )ie  aoile  to  Chethea  the  kyng, 
In  company  of  kyngea  and  o^er  dene  bumea. 
Whan  be  was  waie  of  ^  wegb,  welcomed  hym 

faire, 
And  epird  at  hym  specially  what  bis  spede  were. 

824     Than  Jason  vnioynid  to  the  gentill  speche  : — 

"  Ldrd,  and  it  like  you,  longe  am  I  here  I  hi  hIci 

Wold  ye  giaunt  me  your  grase  goodly  to  wende,  divut, 
I  wold  bonne  me  to  batell,  and  take  my  ban 
anntCT*, 

828    Yon  worthy  wethir  to  wyn,  &  yoar  wille  bo," 

THB  C0U58ELL  OP   0HBTE8  TO   JASOK. 

The  Kyng  ])an  fall  vurtesly  karpes  agayne  ;  a«h  ti^iim 

Sais,  "Jason,  this  Jomey  is  no  ioye  in,  UwdUirpiiM 

I  am  ferd,  by  my  faith,  of  }ii  fiele  ypwtb, 

833     ^t  hit  lede  ya  to  lofise  and  ^i  lyffe  tyne, 

And  me  barme  fot  to  haue  of  thy  begh  wills, 
To  be  Bclatmdret  of  ])i  skathe,  tc  \era  skape  nogbt. 
))erfore  ffiynd,  by  my  faith,  vppon  feire  wise, 

836     I  connsell  )ie  in  kyrt,  kaire  to  )n  londe, 

And  put  of  J)is  purpos,  for  perille  fat  may  folowe."  bm  indini  m 
Jason  catpes  to  the  kyng,  conyngly  he  said,  pvnn^ 

"Sir  I  hade  connsaill  in  f is  case  er  I  come  here,       (U.ut.) 

840    And  ye  shall  boldly  be  blameles,  yA  me  bale 
bapfyn, 
Jjat  I  wilne  of  my  wit  &  wilfoll  deeyre." 
jMn  the  kyng  to  Jw  knight  carpea  these  wordes; —  i»  n^jm  iii"" 
"  £&ynd  ^oa  shall  fully  haue  fauei'  to  wend, 


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to  -^  IfEDBA    MOUnitS  FOR  JAflOK. 

»«*ni.  844     And  ouer  godde*  fe  graont  grace  of  fi  hele." 

He  lowted  the  lege  kyng,  it  hie  leue  toke, 
Dreesit  hjm  for  his  dede,  doee  hym  to  goo. 

Jn  an  yle  ^t  was  ocgh  f9  noble  kyuge*  sete, 

■KBMikitiM       84g    This  cleneflesevasmcloBede  all  witAdeie  water, 
and  irtMC*  lb*  ' 

MMkkipt.  Enon  a  foriong  Jwrfro,  &  fully  nomote. 

Jason  to  ])ie  Jorney  ioynes  hjrm  belyffe, 

Bowee  eiiya  to  ^  banke  &  a  bote  fonde, 

662     Entria  wi't/t  armur  &  all  his  other  gete, 
ffore  to  p6  fer  syde,  noght  afeid  was : 
Gird  Tp  to  }ie  grounde,  gripes  his  weppon, 
Annur  &  all  thing  atlet  before, 

866    pat  Medea  fe  maiden  myldly  hym  betaght, 
Mm,  ta  ucnr  And  past  furth  prudly  his  pray  for  to  wyn. 

twiom  tmxii  Moomyng  the  maiden  made  in  hir  thought, 

Lest  fe  fiyre  shold  hym  feie  of  ^  fuetse  bestw, 

860    pat  was  blasonnd  of  bronston  vritk  a  bi«m  lowo. 
Sho  went  vp  wightly  by  a  walle  syde 
To  the  toppe  of  a  toura,  &  tot  oner  the  vatsr 
fibr  to  loke  on  hii  lolfe,  longyng  in  hert. 

864    So  ferd  was  >at  tn,  &  he  faile  shuld, 

Bho  brast  out  bright  wal«r  at  hir  biode'een. 
Thus  sykyng  ho  said  wtt&  a  Bade  wills : — 
"  A I  Jason  my  ioye  &  my  gentill  knight, 

868     I  am  ferd  lest  fenx  faile  of  my  fyn  lore, 

And  for  jenemes  for-jeto  ])at  fo  jeme  shnld ; 
Thou  d&wly  bee  dede,  Alto  doll  broght, 
Neuer  fie  comly  to  kysse,  ne  cli|^  in  myn  annys. 

872     Now  full  pristly  I  pray  to  my  prise  goddes, 

pat  I  may  se«  thee  come  sounde  to  ^ia  sale  enys, 

And  me  comford  of  thy  couisse,  kepe  I  no  more." 

(fiiL  i«  •■)  When  the  knight  was  comyn  into  }e  cliffe  feire, 

ntitawitftbi       876     He  waltea  Tmbe  hym  wightly,  ft  was  wa»  Bone 

bTfcUn  OHot.  Of  >e  orible  oxin,  Tgsome  to  eea, 

P&t  fyie  out  {hast  with  a  fuerse  lowe, 


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HOW  JASON  WON  TBB 

|>at  no  buerne  might  abide  but  he  brent  were  ;  Booitin. 

880     Hit  gild  from  the  grytu  with  so  gret  hete. 

HOW  JASOH  WAN   THB   ^FLBSK  OF  OOLDH. 

The  tokyn  hym  t^ht  waa  of  a  tm  maidea 

He  foTjet  not,  but  jepely  ^arkit  hym  Jwrfore, 

And  anoyntide  hym  anon  witA  Ma  noble  boyste,  i*  nuiBta 

-J        >    blmHlfj  HtaOis 

86i     Bothe  the  face  and  be  fete,  &  all  be  fore  perte.     wnd  muoj 

udmdiUH 

His  noble  ymage  at  his  necke  for  neghyng  of  fyn,  roii. 

And  faia  rolls  fan  he  lede  as  he  to  reete  toke; 

ffore  evyn  to  |)e  ^ht  wi'tA  ^o  felle  best«s: 
888     So  Jie  fuerse  by-flamede  all  wttft  fyte  hote, 

Jiai  brent  vp  hia  brodo  sbilde  &  bia  biggs  speirs ;  >■•  •■■Md  ud 

And  Jason  for  all  fo  Japes  bad«  ubts  hia  ioy  lost, 

Hade  hia  licour  ben  to  l^te,  fat )« leds  caght, 
893    And  caste  it  be  coQise  into  the  core  hete :  BicnuaUie 

Hit  stake  7p  tiie  atitb  lippee  as  atifTe  bonnden,     upi  oriiM 

As  fa  chaltiede  were  choisly  wiih  ohenya  of  ami. 
yeme, 

PtX  abatods  the  breme  hete,  brent  it  no  more, 
896    All  cold  it  became  &  the  conise  helde, 

Bothe  of  yraor  &  aire,  after  I-wise. 

fbyne  was  the  f^ike  &  fore  to  f6  homes  h«  ihai  them  bj 

Of  pe  balefoU  bestu,  &  horn  aboute  ladde  ;  nnauj  nimiii  k 

900     i)ai  were  made  ab  meke  as  maistur  hehoaet,         idoDgti  ngi  ■ 

And  as  bowande  to  ^e  bowee  as  any  besta*  might. 

Jynerly  the  jepe  knight  }okit  hom  belyae, 

F^ht  hom  into  ploghe,  pilde  vp  the  vrthe, 
904     Biaid  Tp  bygly  all  a  brode  field : 

And  all  the  gayra  of  the  ground  feni  fe  gome       (M.i«t.) 
leayt 

Draw  enyn  to  the  dragon,  dressit  hym  to  fight,    Ha  tutcMt  t)i« 

And  he  gird  him  agayne  wttA  a  grym  noyse :        it  niih«  lonrA 
908    Mony  slecyngM  Tnslogh  throughe  hya  slote  yode.  ■ndBoiH. 

As  Jw  welkyn  ahold  wait,  a  wondarfoU  noyae 

Skiemyt  vp  to  tii6  akrov  wttA  a  skryks  fTelle. 


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HOW  JASON   WOK   THE   FLXBOB. 

WitA  a  smorther  &  a  smoke  amult  Uinnigli  hia 


912    He  rut  oat  roidly  wt'tft  a  rede  hete, 

jMt  all  blasit  the  bent  on  a  bieme  lowe ; 
And  as  he  tilt  out  his  tang  with  his  tethe  giym, 
He  etiaght  fro  hjni  stremea  all  of  atyth  Tenym. 
nhjHUi}         916    The  freike  was  a-feid  of  )>at  felle  beste, 
miaion;    '  And  raght  to  bis  Ryng  in  a  Tad  haste, 

divan  wiih  Held  it  high  in  his  bond,  ^at  he  b^old  might. 

^toou.  ffci  chynyng  of  the  cheue  stone  he  shont  wtti 

his  hede, 
920    And  wiVi-drogbe  the  deiie  of  hie  deie  attnr ; 
All  dropet  the  dole  as  he  degh  wold. 
))Ib  stone  full  of  strenght,  as  pe  etoiy  tellus. 
Is  erdand  In  Jud^',  as  Isoder  aaia  : 
924    Be  it  smethe  owfiei*  smert,  smaragden  hit  bat. 
pere  is  no  derfie  dragon,  ne  no  da  odder, 
Ve  no  beste  so  bold  wi'tA  no  bale  atter, 
May  loke  on  |ie  light,  but  lie  his  lyffe  tyne, 
928     |)is  stone  wiUt  his  sttemys  stroyed  all  the  venym, 
And  diepit  the  dragon  to  the  dethe  negh. 
thamrcrdiM  Jason  grippede  graithly  to  a  grym  sworde, 

•dfbiwoBBd^  Dange  on  the  deny  11  with  a  derfiJe  wille, 

932     Tyll  the  atremys  of  stynke  &  of  stythe  venom 
Past  out  in  the  place  pyne  to  b»'holde. 
He  laid  on  fat  loodly,  lettyd  he  noght, 
WitA  dynttes  full  dregh,  till  he  to  detbe  paste, 
936    And  be  Enfecte  the  EBrmament  witfi  his  felle 
noise. 
Jason  of  his  iomey  waa  ioyfull  ynogbe, 
n  cDi*  off  u*  Gijrppet  a  giym  tools,  gyrd  of  his  hede, 

iHth.  Ynioynis  the  Jamnys  jiat  iuste  were  to-gednr : 

(toLiTi.)        940    Gyid  out  the  grete  tethe,  grippet  bom  sone, 

Sew  horn  in  the  soile  or  he  sesse  wold, 
vttotnp  Stythe  knight6«  and  stoure  steit  yp  agayne, 

ri^*^  Aimet  at  aU  peaes  abill  to  fight. 


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JASON   RBTURHa   TO  fBTBS. 

944    Delt  djnttes  full  derffe,  geuyn  depe  wouiides.  b« 

Theee  talefull  brether  batell  bo  longe,  Unj  da 

Till  none  left  waa  alyue  ne  o  lofte  stode. 
Sow  thies  charmys   &,  eachauntementtea    ace 
cheuit  to  noght, 

948    Dede  js  the  dragon  and  the  derSe  kniglitw, 
The  exin  left  on  f  e  lond  Tnneth  lyfe  in, 
He  past  all  hia  penHa  and  no  pyne  tholed.  a"  u» 

By  the  crafte  bo  coynt  )>at  hym  kend  were,  Jhoo  o 

952    He  glydiB  forthe  gladly  to  the  golde  IBeBe,  '"'*"' 

Wynnes  to  the  wethir,  wn^ht  hym  to  dethe, 
fflypit  of  the  fQese  fibldet  it  eomyn ; 
Thonke«  gretly  his  goddia  Jtat  hym  grace  lent 

9S6    The  flese  for  to  fonge  and  no  fay  worthe. 
Jaaon  vaa  ioly,  hade  Juels  ynogh, 
Busket  to  the  bank  and  the  bote  tok, 
Stiid  oner  the  Btreame  str^ht  to  fie  lond, 

960    tieie  he  found  all  hia  feris  fayne  of  his  werke ;     'm™J' 
ErciJes  and  ofer  ))at  euer  were  abyding,  .   thar  all 

))8t  fayne  were  to  fonge  Jiat  freite  Tppon  lyue. 
Jason  witA  ioy  and  bis  ioly  ffellowee 

964     Soghten  euen  to  the  Sete  of  Chetes  |)e  kyng. 

And  he  as  wee  fhll  of  worship  welcomed  bom  all  «>»  i»' 

Wt'tft  a  faynyng  fare  vnder  faire  chere ; 

Hade  no  deynt4  of  the  dede  bnt  dere  at  his  hert, 

968     He  of  ryches  so  Biall  )>at  the  Benke  hade : 
He  assignet  hym  &  sete  by  hym-selfe  euyen. 
The  flaiamyng  of  ^e  flese  was  ferly  to  see, 
jet  merueld  hym  more  how  Mars  was  distroyed, 

972     Getei  of  his  good  and  a  god  holdyn. 

Medea  the  maydeu  wi't/i  a  mylde  chcie,  (tot 

Was  Joyfoll  of  Jason,  Aioynit  hym  to,  thu  u 

Kyst  hym  full  curtesly,  and  of  his  come  fayne.     hmj. 

976     By  fat  aemly  he  sate  as  hir  syie  bode, 

Ho  prayet  hym  priuely  all  wi'tA  port  wordee. 
To  bow  to  hir  bede  boldly  at  euyn ; 


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JA80K   ELOPES  WITB  HEDU. 

And  he  hir  graunted  ^at  gat«  witft  a  good  wille. 
When  it  tumyt  to  ))a  tyme  as  I  told  eie, 
He  bowoa  to  hir  bed  fen  he  ben  hade, 
And  ]aj  ^re  in  lostes  pa  long  night  ouer. 
In  Solas  on  soche  wise  as  hom-selfe  thoght. 
And  spekyn  of  hor  spodo  while  ^  apace  hade, 
ffot  to  fare  on  |)e  fome  into  fer  londe« ; 
But  Medea  mouet  hym  a  moneth  to  lenge. 
J^en  leuyt  ])ai  the  lond  and  no  leue  toke, 

968     Stale  firom  )«  styth  kyi^;  atyllu  by  night; 

WitA  fe  maiden  Medea  &  myche  o^  goodes, 
J}u  turns  into  Teasoile  wiVi-outen  tale  more, 
Hit  vp  into  a  havyn  all  the  hepe  eamyn. 

992     Pellens  not  prowde  hade  pyne  at  his  heit, 
pai  Jason  of  his  Jomey  Joifully  hade  sped. 
And  iaynet  ay  faire  wordes  vnder  felle  thoghtes. 
Holy  bet  horn  to  have  fe  heatos  before, 

996    Ja«on  of  his  Jomey  was  ioyfuU  ynoghe, 

]}at  he  hade  fongit  ^  flese  &  ]»e  &esshe  gold  ; 
He  hedit  not  the  heste*  ne  the  h^^  othes, 
Ne  he  keppidno  couenaund  to  ]re  kynd  maydou. 

1000    Bat  a  Sonidyng  witA  eourgram  sanke  in  his  hert, 
■  And  a  louiekand  lust  to  Lamydon  the  kyng : 

Eiculea  wttA  Enuy  was  enmy  also. 
\}el  oomynd  in  the  case,  oast  horn  fertoK, 

1004     Comyn  enyn  to  the  kyng  &  }«  cause  tolde 
Of  dyshoner  he  did  and  his  detfe  wordes, 
J)at  the  giettyst  of  Grise  gremyt  ^erat ; 
And  h€glily  to  helpe  heghtyn  |Mi  all, 

1008     As  I  shall  telle  you  the  tieuthe  truly  here&ftur. 


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^tct  its^nntli  l>e  fCourtfi  ioht. 

et  Pe  bsstrucion  of  Pt  fffcst  2Drog  tg 

(SxmUe  antr  £at(an. 

.All  clurge  of  Jiia  chaunae,  chefe  bow  it  Till, 
Ercules  Tppon  bond  lieitely  has  tane ; 
He  aped  hym  vnto  sport,  sparit  lie  noght^ 

1013     )}at  a  cimtre  is  cold  of  ])e  coBte  of  Rome. 
Toir  blether  full  bold  abidyog  per-ia, 
Bothe  Vyngea  of )«  kythe,  Castet  was  one, 
And  Pollux,  ^e  proude,  prutly  ^t  other, 

1016     Aa  pojretia  ban  put,  plainly  )h>  two 

Were  getyn  by  a  gode  on  a  giete  lady, 

pa  faiieet  of  ffetois  )kit  euer  on  fote  yode : 

And  a  enater  to  fe  eame,  sothly,  was  Elyn,  o 

1020    Getyn  of  )>e  same  god  in  a  goode  tyme. 

To  these  kyngM  he  come  ft  his  cause  tolde, 
And  to  bane  of  hor  helps  hertely  disayred, 
And  fta  grauuted  hym  full  goodly  wi'tA  a  0ad 
cheie. 

1024     l>ea  he  laccbea  hia  leoe  and  ^ai  loidas  ])onkit, 

Bnet  forth  to  (Salame)  in  a  aad  haat«,  (■ 

pat  gonemet  was  in  gtyse  by  a  gome  noble, —     i 
One  Telamon  tiewly,  aa  p»  text  aayse,  g 

1026    pat  was  kyng  in  the  coet«  &  ^  coroa  hade, —     ' 
A  bold  man  in  batell  A  byg  in  hia  lUwme. 
Erculea  of  heipe  hym  hertely  beeoght. 
And  he  gnuntid  to  goo  witA  a  good  wille, 


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THE  BXFEDITION   TO  TBOT. 

A  IV-        1032     "WitA  ;noTiy  bold  men  in  latell  and  biggnst  in 
Annes. 

To  Felleus  pertly  fen  past  be  agayne, 
.  ley.)  ABsemblid  of  Soudioura  a  full  eadde  pepuU, 

I  to  Of  the  tidiest  of  Tessaile,  toie  men  of  Btreoght. 

J,  ad  to    1036     )pen  to  Fhilon  ^  freike  ferkit  in  haat«, 

To  a  Duke  )Hit  was  derffe  &  donghti  of  honde, 
1^  ITestor,  A  noble  man  naitest  in  veire, 

pat  hade  loiiyt  hym  of  long,  &  his  lefe  frynde ; 
1040    He  hight  bym  full  bertely  fat  he  haae  aholde 

flertlierj'Ug  to  his  £ght  wi'tA  a  &e  wille. 

pen  lenee  pe  lede  &  of  lond  paste 

To  Pelleufl  priatly,  Jnt  pumiannce  hade  made 
1044    Of  twenty  shippes  full  shene,  shot  on  fe  depe. 

All  rcdy  to  the  Koode  of  pe  roghe  ythea, 

Witft  mony  barona  full  bold  &  bnemes  fer-in. 
lb  Dfuii  J>en  comyn  thies  kynges  fro  fer  kyth  evjn, 

-HiHwij]  1048    Saylyng  full  sound  wt'tA  seasonable  vyndes; 
o(Ui.  At  Teeaaile  fnll  tyte  tjimyt  into  havyn, 

in  AriH.  ff<"  ^  f"^  ^  f***  ffo^  ^'lA  *  ffryke  vrille. 

'  ■" '"  Pus  it  tyd  ae  I  telle  fe  tyme  of  fe  yere, 

1062    p«  sua  in  his  sercle  was  set  rppon  high, 

Entrid  into  Aries  vnder  a  aigne, 

And  enyn  like  of  a  lenght  pe  light  A  fe  derke. 

P%  clondes  wax  clere,  clensit  the  ayre ; 
1056     Wynter  away,  watris  were  calme; 

Stormes  were  still,  fe  sternes  full  clere , 

JeforUB  Boftc  wyndia  Soberly  blew ; 

Bowes  in  bright  holtes  buriont  full  faire ; 
1060    Greuyswei  grene  and  )«  ground  swetej 

SwoghjTig  of  swete  ayre,  Swalyng  of  hriddes ; 

Medowes  ft  monnteyns  myngit  wi'tft  ffloursB, 

Colord  by  conrse  as  fairs  kynd  Bflkit. 
i064    At  Mid  Aprille,  the  moue  whon  myrthee  begyn, 

The  season  full  softe  of  fe  salt  wst«r, 
L  !■■.;  And  the  brenmes  abated  of  the  brode  ythes, 


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Thies  kyugtf*,  vWt  knightat  in  companies  grete,        Ba^kn. 

1068     Faat  fro  port,  palled  vp  fere  sailes, 

Were  borne  to  fe  hrode  bo  &  the  banke  leuyt; 
Sailed  fourthe  soberly  witA  eeaaouable  vindes 
Till  )>ai  comen  [to]  the  cost,  as  ))e  course  fuUe,      At  nmHt  thgr 

1072     Of  tbe  terage  of  Troy  &  tumyt  into  hauyn,  ud  ui  u  uiciik 

jMt  sothly  was  said  Segeas  to  nome.  '^' 

Sy  tkies  rialles  aryven  were,  to   rest  was  pe 

And  B^hed  to  ^e  u^ht,  noy  was  fie  more  : 
1076     Kosto  ancres  full  kens  into  pa  (cold)  water,  (iis.bH 

Coggee  wttA  cablis  cachyn  to  londe, 

And  lay  so  on  lone  the  long  night  ouei*. 

Wen  the  detke  was  done  &  the  day  spiange, 
1080     And  Ughtid  o  lofte  ledia  to  beholde. 

The  Grekya  in  hor  geyre  graithid  hom  to  bonke,  Th«Oredui«nt 

pitrh  Ihrir  tont^ 

Launchid  vp  tightly  lordis  and  other.  w>d  hi  guinii 

The  kyng  had  no  knawlache,  pat  the  kith  aght,   n  I'lrinoriiHir 
1084    Of  the  folke  so  furse  fiat  hym  affiay  wold,  *nni. 

ffor-^i  vnkeppit  were  pa  costs*  all  pe  kythe  oner. 

))ai  hailit  vp  horses  &  hemes  of  maile, 

Aimur  and  all  thinge  euyn  as  horn  liked : 
1088     Tild  vp  fere  tentia  tomly  and  faire, 

Skaiien  oat  skonte-wacche  for  skeltyng  otharme, 

Annyn  horn  at  all  peces  after  auon. 

Er  the  aun  vp  soght  •with  his  softe  beames, 
1093    Fellens  full  prestly  the  peopall  did  wame  Prim  mBnoou 

To  appere  in  his  presens,  pnnces  and  dukys.         u  meet  m  hk 

WM-out  tarying  to  his  tent  tytly  fai  yode,         *"'" 

And  were  set  all  samyn  f  e  soneraia  before. 
1096     When  the  pcopull  were  pesit  he  proffert  pea 

Sais,  "  Ye   noblist  of  nome   fat   neuer  roan  ti*  kmumi  of 

adonted, 
The  worde  of  your  werke«  &  your  wight  dedis, 
And  the  p«ae  of  your  prowes  passes  o  fer !  (fcL  u»j 


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PELBDB   IK   COmrCIL. 

1100  Hitwae  iieuerherd,a8lliope,aith  heuynwas  o  loft, 
In  any  coet«  where  ye  come  bat  ye  were  dene 

victonns, 
And  happet  the  bene  hond  to  haue  at  fa  last. 
Lamydon,  ^t  is  lord,  has  vs  ledde  hedor, 

1 101  ffoT  to  wreke  T8  of  wiathe,  &  fa  wegh  hanne  : 
jMt  is  the  cause  of  the  coarse  pat  we  come  hidur. 

I  And  syn  our  goddes  haue  ts  graunt  fe  ground  foi 

to  haue, 
Hit  is  spede-fnll  to  speiks  of  our  q>ede  for, 

1 106     And  of  gou«maunce  groithe  at  our  gret  neds, 
ffoi  to  fillyn  our  taio  &  our  foa  hanne ; 
Hald  all  our  heates,  harmlea  our-seluyn ; 
The  tresour  to  take  ^t  to  Troy  longee, 

1112     );at  US  abides  in  the  burgh  &  we  ^  better  haue. 
Hit  is  knowen  in  cuntres  &  coatis  o  fer, 
P&t  the  tresour  of  Troy  is  of  tyme  olde, 
Oat  of  nowtnber  to  nem  &  nedefiill  to  vs ; 

1116     Iff  va  falluB  in  fight  fa  fairer  at  eode. 

We  shall  haue  riches  full  riffe  &  red  gold  ynogh 
Our  %ne  shippee  to  fille  and  our  ftaght  make : 
How  iraist  we  before  how  fairest  wilie  be, 

1120     And  speike  for  our  spede  while  we  space  haae." 


Then  Ercules  the  ATntme  onawaiid  Anon, — 
"Sothely,  Sir  kyng,  ye  haue  said  wel], 
Wise  wordw  I-wia  &  of  wit  noble  j 

1124    Iff  it  be  worship  &  wit  wisdom  to  shewe, 
I  Hit  [is]  sothely  more  eoa«ran  to  see  it  in  wcrke. 

I  will  say  for  myself,  sauyi^  a  bettor. 
As  me  thinkes  full  throly  wi'tA-outyn  throp  more. 

1128    Let  us  dres  for  our  dede  ei  fe  day  springe, 

And  thrugh  lemys  of  light  fe  lend  vs  perscyue : 

Fart  we  vs  pertly  ]f»  pupoll  in  two, 

In  the  ton  shall  be  Telamon,  ^t  is  a  tore  l(j^g. 


FREPAItATIONfj   FOR   BATTIA 

1132    WiVi  all  the  fere  ^at  hym  folowoa,  furse  men  of 

And  je  sothelj  youf-Bolfe,  fat  soaeran  are  liew,    « 
With  your  company  clene  as  ya  come  hider.  ], 

Jason  fuU  iustly  aioynet  to  my-Beluon,  ^ 

1 136     "Witft  a  soume  of  soudioura  assignet  vs  wi'tA,         ^ 
Draw  fnrthe  in  the  derke  er )«  day  springs,         * 
Wyn  OS  to  f e  vallis,  wacche  fere  mdur, 
Ymset  all  the  Citie  ei  fe  son  rise ; 

1140     Luike  vnder  lenys  logget  -wiifi  vinos 

Till  tithaundes  in  tonne  be  told  to  f  e  kyng. 
Of  our  come  to  f  ia  coate,  and  fe  case  wist. 
He  will  aray  hym  full  rod  vrii/i  a  route  noble, 

1144    And  shape  hym  to  our  shipper  with  his  ehene 
knightes; 
Ynirar  of  onr  werkea  veto  ts  not  fdre.  » 

)}at  ofer  part  of  our  pupull  put  we  in  thre  ;  h 

NestoT  with  a  nombur  of  noble  men  all,  ^ 

1 1 48     ifaie  shall  before  the  forward  to  lede :  *'' 

Castot  wt'tA  his  company  come  next  after,  " 

Pollux  witA  his  pnpull  pnreu  on  the  lasts. 
These  batels  on  the  banke  abide  now  here, 

1 152    ffeght  with  hym  faersly  and  his  fell  pnpull ; 
The  Citie  to  sese  in  f  e  same  tyme. 
We  shall  found  by  my  feith,  or  ellis  fay  worthe : 
8o  may  we  eonyst  the  eouerain  dietrye. 

1156  To  weike  on  this  wise  and  our  wille  liaua, 
I  hope  it  shall  happen  in  a  bond  w[h]ile." 
Hit  likit  well  f e  loides  fat  fe  lede  said,  ti 

And  plainly  the  pupnll  purpast  ferfore.  ^ 

1160    Then  Telamon  full  tyto  wi'tA  a  triet  pupnll,  " 

Pelleos  with  a  power,  &  fe  priao  Ercules, 
Jason  full  iustly  and  Joly  knightes  moo, 
WitA  all  the  here  fat  fei  hade  highet  belyne, 

1164    Armet  at  all  peces  abnU  to  fight; 

Wonen  vp  wynly  vppon  wale  horses, 


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BATTLE  BEFORB   THE  WALLS. 

Sileu  to  tho  Citta  softly  and  faire; 

Lurkyt  vndei'  lefe-aaU  loget  wi'tA  vines, 
1168    Basket  vndur  banker  on  bouideis  wttA-onte. 

J}ea  oyer  bateU  at  ttie  banke  abidyng  full  stille, 

The  kyng  for  to  kepe  and  pere  course  holde. 

And  whiles  fiese  reakes  )ius  rest  [lan  rises  )*e  sun, 
1173    Bredis  wi'tft  his  beames  all  )e  brode  vales. 
I  Hit  was  noiset  anon  fiat  a  noiimbu)-  hc^e 

Of  Grekes  were  gedret  &  Je  grouude  hade. 

"When  ^e  kyng   hade   knowyng   he   comannd 
behue 
1176     J3at  the  Citye  sarayn  were  asscmblet  In  haste, 

Iche  biieme  on  his  best  wise  hatell  to  yelde. 

Comyn  to  pB  kyng  in  companies  grete, 

Mony  stithe  man  in  stoure  on  atedis  enarmyt, 
1180     All  redy  for  fe  rode  Arayet  for  the  werre. 

The  kyng  depertid  his  pupull,  put  horn  in  twyn, 

In  bat«]3  on  hia  beat  wise  for  boldyng  hym-seluyn. 

Vnwar  of  )ie  weghes  fat  by  the  walles  lay, 
1 1 84     (He  knew  not  the  caste  of  [le  curste  pepull, 

Nq  dred  no  dissait  fat  hym  derit  after,) 

He  busket  to  f  e  banke  wi'lA  a  bolde  chere, 

WitA  his  fteikea  in  filde  to  fe  fight  on  f e  playne. 
1188     J3e  Grekes  hyin  agayne  w*tA  a  grym  flare, 

ffaryn  to  fie  fight  vith  a  frike  wille. 
'  Duke  Nestor  anon,  nobli  aiayod, 

Countrea  the  kyng  -with  a  cant  pupidl ; 
1192     Bothe  batels  on  bent  bnissliet  to-gedur ; 

"Wii/i  stithe  strokes  and  store,  strong  men  of 
armys, 

Shildes  throgh  sbote  ehalket  to  dethe ; 

Speires  vnto  sprottes  sprongen  oner  hedes, 
1196     So  fuerse  was  the  frueshe  when  fiai  first  met 

All  dynnet  f>e  dyn  the  dales  Aboute, 

When  helmea  and  hard  stele  hurlet  to-gedur; 

Knigbtes  cast  doune  to  fe  cold  vrthe. 


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L40SIED0N   BNCOUtlTBBS   SESTOB.  41 

1200     Sum  swalt  in  a  ewym  ^tA-outen  aware  mora,  Book  iv. 

Mony  peiysahet  in  fe  plaso  er  f e  prise  endit       Mmr  pmwi  a 

The  Troions  were  tyd6,  &  tid  Jiere  Jte  bethtr, 

And  the  grekes  on  ]ie  ground  were  gn^atly  as-  n*  Onaki  au 
toynet. 
1204     J)en  Castor  the  kyng  comya  Tpponone,  mnucwair 

Hostoris  horn  witA  strenght  )iat  diatroyet  were. 

)>en  )«  crie  wax  kene,  cnisshyng  of  wepyna. 

And  the  fight  so  felle  of  p6  fresahe  knightea, 
1208     ))e  Troiena  were  tome  tynte  of  ^ere  folkes.  Tin  Tr^uu  n* 

Idmydon,  fat  horn  led,  as  a  lion  fore,  Ltomcdon  tiaiH 

Bare  don  mony  bolde  &  biittonede  to  detbe  ;       uiaonA/^n 

Mony  kilde  the  kyng  to  fe  cold  vithe,  "'^ 

1212     Mony  woundit  we  from  his  weppont  psstfi.    ' 

So  fueisly  he  fore  ivith  his  felle  dyntte«, 

pat  fe  Greke*  witi  gremy  geuyn  hyra  way, 

J)en  Pollux  aperit  wt'tft  pepull  ynogh,  poiha  bringi  nv 

1216    BniBshit  into  hatell  &  moche  hale  WTOght ;  doHm'^ 

Also  wode  of  hia  wit  as  f  e  wild  iTyre,  dinug*. 

Mony  bolde  bnenia  on  ^  bent  the  bold  king 

(alogh),  (ifB-hu 

Mony  twrnyt  witft  tene  topsaylea  ouer, 
1220    }>at  hurlet  to  )io  hard  vrthe  &  pere  horse  lenyt. 

Lamydon  at  the  laste  lokit  besyde, 

Segh  his  folks  so  &ro  &.  his  fos  kene, 

fibr  wothe  of  )>e  worse  &  of  weirdis  fehle, 
1224    He  wttA-drogh  hym  A  draght  &  a  dyn  made,  im.  n  ^) 

Oedrit  all  his  gynge  And  his  grounde  held. 

Ihike  Nestor  Anon  nemly  persaynit  iiHi<ir  iwotra 

J>at  he  was  prinse  of  pe  pepull  &  fie  power  led,    Lumnian. 
1328     He  left  all  hia  ledia  &  a  launse  caght. 

Launches  euyn  to  Lomydon  wttft  a  light  wille. 

)}e     king    consayuit    his    come,    keppit    hym 
switho, 

Bicchis  hie  reynys  &  th  Keenke  mctys :  Th^  meat,  hM 

1 252    Gitden  io-gedvi  via  Jwro  grete  apeirea.  i-<™don  thn-,. 


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CA8I0B   AND   POLLUX. 

The  king  share  thmgh  his  shild  wi'tA  ])e  Bhaipe 

And  the  rod  all-to  loofe  right  to  hJs  honde ; 
The  Duke  had  dyed  of  Jm  dynt  doutles  anon, 

1 236  But  the  souerayn  hym-seluon  was  surly  euanny^ 
And  the  kyng  with  the  canpe  cast«  to }»  ground, 
Wt'tft  a  warchand  wounde  thuigh  hiB  wedis  alL 
He  feynyt  not  for  ^  fall  ne  ))e  felle  hurtte, 

1240    But  stert  yp  etithly,  atraght  out  a  eweide 
And  flange  at  the  freike  with  a  fi'yn  wUle. 
A  jODge  knight  and  a  ;epe,  ^yneris  of  hert, 
Uigh[t]  Sedar  for  Bothe,  miet  to  |re  Ihike 

1244     "With  a  bir  on  ^  brest,  fat  backeward  he  joda, 
And  faenly  of  hia  foole  fell  to  ^  giounde. 
)>e  king  fayne  of  ))e  falle  and  )ie  Ireke  segh, 
And  bare  to  f  e  bolde  wtV^  a  bi^e  aworde. 

1248    The  boarder  of  his  basnet  breete»  in  sonder, 
And  videt  the  Tiser  with  a  vile  dynt, 
Gaffe  hym  a  great  wounde  in  his  grete  face. 
He  hade  alayne  hym  alighly  for  al^ht  fat  he 
couth, 

1252     But  a  gret  nowmbwr  of  Grokeff  gedrit  hym  vmbe. 
And  put  hym  fro  purpoe  ))of  ))ai  payn  ))olit : 
J)ai  hurlet  hym  fro  horee  fete  &  of  hond  toke. 
Set  hym  in  his  sadill  ]iof  he  Tusound  were. 

1256'^Cafltor  the  king  conceyuit  beliue, 

That  Neator  wit/t  noy  was  nolpit  to  ground. 
He  Bichet  his  Reynes  and  hie  loile  stroke, 
Suet  Tnto  Sedar  witft  a  sore  wepyn, 

1260    To  deyre  hym  wtVi  a  dynt  for  fe  Duke;  Bake. 
And  er  he  come  to  the  king,  so  his  coutbo  fell. 
One  caupet  wt'tA  hym  kenely,  a  coayn  of  Sedars, 
And  set  hym  a  sad  dynt,  Secorda  he  h^b[t]  : 

1264    His  shafte  all-to  sheu^t  the  sholke  was  unhurt. 
And  Castor  in  the  caupyng  the  knight  euyll 
wondyt^ 


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CASTOR  AS'D   FOUjUI. 

A  Sore  dynt  m  the  syde  &t  the  same  conrBse. 
Sedar  was  aotj  for  sake  of  bis  coeyn,  a 

1368    Came  euyn  at  Castor  viih  a  kene  Bworde,  i 

]K  shilde  away  shore  mto  the  afayre  necke. 
And  all  ]ie  haspes  of  hia  helme  fat  pe  hede  jem  jt ; 
yfitA  a  Bwinge  of  his  sworde  awappit  hym  in  }o 

1272     Ban  hjnt  oner  backewaid  to  >e  bare  vrthe. 
When  ye  feeke  was  fallen  &  on  foote  light. 
He  laid  vppon  lyoely  A  no  lede  sparit, 
3ald  ItTm  not  ^et  for  ^Tiiernea  of  hert.  -^ 

1276    ))Ha  pollnx  foil  pertly  aptochet  in  haat  r 

With  aenjn  hiindrithe  sad  men  asaemblit  hym  b 
witft,  " 

fiochit  into  f%  froimt  i,  a  fray  made  ; 
Box  backewaid  the  batell  &  bis  brother  toke, 

1280    Hoieit  hym  in  haste,  balpe  kym  olofte ; 

And  poUnx  vt'tA  a  proude  wille  prickit  to  an- 

o^, 
One  £UataB,  a  lede,  and  hym  o  line  broght.  (i 

The  kynges  son  of  Cartage  &  a  knight  noble, 

1284  Aliet  mto  Lamydon  by  his  lefe  soster, 
Coayn  to  the  kyng,  A  he  bis  kyde  Em, 
Fite  of  jMt  pert  knight  perait  hia  hert, 
J}at  the  ahire  water  shot  aaer  hia  ahene  cbekya. 

1288  Mycbe  woo  bade  ^e  wegh  for  )«  wale  knight, 
And  asaemblit  bis  aad  men  on  a  aoppe  hole, 
WVtA  a  home  )wt  he  bade,  in  a  bond  while, 
(Seuyn  tbonsand  be  aowme  all  of  auie  knight«,) 

1293     And  cbargct   bom  cbefely  for  channse  vppon 
Trtbe, 
ffor  to  deie  for  the  dethe  of  hie  dere  cosyn. 
jfea  the  Troiens  full  tite  tariet  no  lengar,  t 

Gird  enyn  to  the  Greksa  with  a  grym  fare  ;  u 

'1296     Slogb  bom  downe  aleghly  A  alaunge  bom  to 
gronndc; 


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DBFBAT  OP  THl  TBOJANB. 

Wondit  of  J)e  wightiat,  warpide  bom  vnder  ; 
Put  bom  fueraly  to  flight,  folowet  horn  after 
To  the  banks  of  the  brode  see  fere  botie  were 
leuit. 

1300     fere  Lamydon  fem  leoyt,  for  a  lede  come 

WitA  tithfDges  fro  tbe  towne  told  to  the  kyng; 
One  Dotes,  with  dyutea  fat  dedlj  was  wondyt, 
Said  the  Citie  vraa  seait  &  sod  men  f  ere-in, 

1304    Of  our  fos  full  fell,  fuerse  men  in  Armys, 

A  gcete  nowmber  of  Grekia,  &  fe  goodes  takyn. 
\>B  kyng  for  fat  care  coldit  at  his  bert, 
And  eiket  full  sore  vitJi  eytyng  of  teris, 

1 308     Hentte«  bis  borne  and  hastily  bkwes  ; 
Assemblit  bis  sad  men  on  a  aop  bolle, 
Left  the  Grekes  on  f  e  ground  by  the  gray  water : 
Sogbt  to  f  e  Citie  on  soppee  to-gedur 

1312     Tho  fat  left  were  on  lyue  fogh  fai  bte  were. 
The  kyng  in  hia  comyng  kest  vp  hia  egh, 
Segh  a  batcll  full  hieme  fro  f  e  burghe  come 
Frtckand  full  preat  vppon  proude  atedya. 

1316     He  bhiBshed  ouer  backeward  to  fe  btode  see, 

Se  the  Grekys  come  girdand  wjtA  a  grym  noise, 

J3at  fled  were  before  &  fe  Kid  leuyt 

He  was  aatonyet  full  etithly  to  be  stad  bo, 

1320     Betwene  tbe  batels  on  bent  &  so  bare  leuyt, 
Vmfoldyng  wt'tA  hia  foa  fat  he  ne  fle  might. 
Pea  to  batoll  on  bent  fai  buaket  anon, 
A  felle  fight  &  a  fuerse  fell  bom  betwene, 

1 334     But  Tnmebe  was  tbe  Maccbe  at  f  e  mene  tyme  : 
The  Grek««  were  gtym,  of  a  grete  nowmber, 
And  bte  of  fat  other  lede,  fat  on  lyue  were. 
Tbe  Troiens  full  tyte  were  tyrnyt  to  f  e  grounds 

1328     Vtith  batell  on  bothe  halfes,  blody  beronyn, 
Wyde  woundes  &  wete  of  bor  wale  dyntes. 
Ercules  yreful  euer  vponone. 
Pricket  furthe  into  priae  and  full  playne  maOe, 


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1332     Gild  gomes  Tnto  gronnde  witA  vngayn  strokes,  bwhiy. 

Bere  the  batell  a-bake,  jaouj  bneme  qwellid. 

The  £reke  vaa  so  faene,  the[j]  fled  of  his  gate ; 

All  shoduit  as  shepe  shont  of  bis  vay, 
1336     Non  so  derSe  to  endure  a  dynt  of  his  bond, 

ffoi  all  loste  ^  l^e  ^at  ^e  lede  toochet. 

7HB  DETH  OP  LAMTDON  BT  ERCULBS. 

Tyll  be  come  to  fe  kyng  in  a  keae  yie,  h*  tuit  npan 

DaDg  hym  d«rffly  don  in  a  dad  hate,  hin.  ud  anm 

1340    Grippit  hym  grymlf,  gird  of  his  hede,  auwd  m  Trcjiiu. 

Jjrew  it  into  )iroiige  of  bis  ^  pepull ; 

))at  ntoche  soiowe  for  ^  eight  &  sobbyng  of  teres, 

When  fairs  kyng  was  kylt,  horn  be  coaiae  felle. 
1344     Sosit  was  the  CitJe,  eocour  non  bere,  Ttadtyiitiitti, 

Jfain  fomea  bo  felle,  and  so  iev  other,  ih  is  uh  wootM. 

The  Grekes  gird  bom   to  grannde  &  to  grym 
dethe  : 

Of  the  dite  &  fe  dyn  was  dole  to  be-faolde. 
1348    The  Troiens  wttft  tone  tumyt  fe  bake, 

ffleddon  in  fare  and  ^  filde  leuyt. 

Oner  hilles  &  bethes  into  holto  woddes^ 

pat  left  'weie  on  lyue  with  mony  laithe  hiutes, 
1352    When  the  Grekys  hade  the  gte  &  the  grounde 


THE  TAKTSa  OF  ))B  TOWNE. 

Thai  sc^ht  into  the  Cit<  vpon  sere  haluys,  AtthfOneki 

Strc^ht  into  atretis  and  into  stronge  bouses,  dir,  ii»  ir^i 

There  were  wetnen  to  wale,  A  vondurfull  aowm- 
hur, 

1 356    CbUder  full  choise  and  of  chore  febill, 

"Wyth  ohle  ffolke  ynfere  ferly  to  see.  {iw. »  w 

AU  tight  to  ^  tempull  of  )iere  tore  goddes,  mh  to  tii> 

fibr  diede  of  the  dethe,  &  myche  dynne  made. 

1360     Mony  vrynee,  for  woo,  of  fere  wit  past, 


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46  TBOT   TAKEN   AND   PILLAGED. 

Book  IT.  And  [icre  bamea  on  brest  ben  In  ^ere  annei^ 

Hyd  bom  in  houlea  and  bymye  aboute. 
Maydons  for  momyng  baue  ^ere  mynde  loste, 
1361     (Socbe  payne  of  a  pepull  was  pitie  to  be-holde) 
ud  in  thdi  hula  Hurlet  out  of  bouses,  and  no  bede  toke 

■oodi  UhuuL  Of  golde  ne  of  gannenttc*,  ne  of  goods  Btonys ; 

ffongit  no  florence,  ne  no  fyn  peaya, 
1368     G^mys  ne  gevellis,  ne  no  ioly  vessell, 
But  all  left  in  bor  logea  &  Inikit  away. 
The  Grek««  wero  full  gredy,  grippit  bom  belyue, 
Thi  •di)'  ia  Prayen  and  pyken  mony  priney  cbambur, 

dMnrad.  1372    ffongit  ^«re  florence  and  o^  f^n  gobl, 

Geton  girduls  full  gay,  mony  good  stonys  ; 
Wele  vrantid  no  wegh  wale  wbat  bom  liste. 
A  monyth  on  Jiia  maner  meuyt  no  fene, 
1376    But  songbton  vp  the  Git^  vpon  aere  balnys, 

Grippit  vp  the  grounde,  giidyn  doun  ^  vallye, 
Prowde  pales  of  prise  puttyn  to  grounds ; 
Brent  vp  tba  byggyngea  &  full  bare  maden ; 
ThtpHpiaul      13S0     Tbe  t«mp1e  ouer-tumyt,  tokon  ^e  foUie, 
(npUn.  Dydden  all  to  tbe  dethe  &  for  ne  diede  lettyd  ; 

Wemen,  wale  cbildnr,  &  other  weike  pupnll, 
Madens  full  mony  &  of  mete  Age, 
1364     Sesit  bom  sone  in  eeruage  to  bolde. 

KXIOHA,  THB  EINQBa  DOnOHTER  LAUTDOK, 

When  tbe  palea  was  put  doun  of  fm  prise  kyn^ 
HHi(i«,dH«hia  tm  fonde  )er  a  fee  faire  to  be-bolde, 

£nyn  of  his  owne  doughtei  Exiona  was  callid. 
Bonnet  wortbe  tbe  bale  tjme  ^at  bo  borne  vaa, 
ffor  the  caie  Jat  fere  come  because  of  bir  one, 
Ercules  egerly  euyn  Tponone 
Betoke  hir  to  Telamon,  for  he  the  towns  enbid, 
1392    In  reward  as  by  right  for  his  lanke  wille. 

POBTA. 

But  caitif  unclane,  for  tby  curst  dede  I 


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Syn  the  fortune  felle  ^t  faiie  into  hcnde, 


.  pit  wu  cnntly  and  olene  and  a  kingw  doughter,  iianii*^  ^u 
1 396    pan  Bliald  have  holdyn  ^t  hynd,  hod  hir  ^i-flelfe,  mi,  aohu  ntn 
Weddit  vriih  worehip  and  to  wife  holdyn.  JS^tJbi'to^ 

And  f<m  bo  doggetly  has  done  in  ^  derie  hate,    ^wtUS^rS™ 
Jnwt  hb  Tnder  >raldam  with  J»i  Jro  hert,  IJSHJt^ 

1400    To  a  kyng  fat  is  curat,  of  vndeno  lyfe,  HT 'SIl"''" 

ffor  to  lede  in  hia  lechery  all  hie  lyf«  after.  Tmmi^ 

Thurgh  Tnhappe  of  )iat  hynde,  yat  )wa  a  hoie 

Myche  grenaunce  shall  groo  &  a  gronnd  hate ; 
1404     War  vakyn  &  wo  for  fi  vickede  dede, 

Mony  boldM  for  ))at  bri^t  in  batell  be  kylda. 

y/ hen  the  tounewas  onertymyt,  tokyn  fte  godys, 

pe  Grekea  b>  )«  gray  water  gyrdyn  belyoe ;  ibaOwki 

1408     Shottyn  into  shippea  all  ]w  shone  godis,  udmouamr 

Launchet  furthe  lightly  &  the  lend  pasait,  iwripou., 

Giidon  oner  the  grym  waghes  into  grece  samyn. 

All  fere  loides  wete  light  fat  fai  lyfle  hade, 
1412    fiayne  of  fere  foitime  &  fere  fine  telikee, 

Didyn  sacrifice  solempne  mto  sere  godde*. 

All  fere  Rewmes  wax  riche,  hade  relikM  ynowe,  -hion  •uriob 

AndlongtymewitAhomlast&Jieielefechildien.  ti»ir diiMm (or 
1416    When  the  Cit£  was  sesit.  as  I  said  ere,  uta^^oMic 

And  lAmydon  the  lege  kyug  out  of  lyfe  broght,  "*      '"" 

'Wemyn  &  wale  children  vnto  wo  put, 

Sot  vndei  s«ruage,  soiow  fot  ener, 
1430    The  kynge*  doughtai  caght  &  out  of  kythe  led. 

And  in  horedam  holdyn,  harme  was  fe  more. 

8e  now  the  sorow  fat  fere  suet  after ; 

And  yche  wegh  fat  is  wise  &  of  wit  atable, 
1424    Light  hamies  Let  oner-passe,  Lap  noght  in  yre        (m.u».) 

ffoi  foly  fat  may  falle  of  a  fcUe  hert. 

A  FHODEBBE. 

A  word  fat  Is  wrappid,  and  in  wiath  holdyn,       """""l^^rf 


48  '  A  PROTZRB. 

Boofc  I?.  May  feston  as  a  fyre  vith  a  fuerse  lowe, 

hutj  mu,  iBt     1 J28     Of  a  spaike  imaBpied,  eprod  vnder  askys, 
nnnoUnid  uaoni  May  fuston  vp  fyre  to  mooy  freike  Borow  ; 

!!^  m  irerfftii"  So  Inrku  wiW  lorde»  of  a  light  wrathe, 

**"■■  J)at  growBS  into  gronnd  harme,  greuyB  full  sore. 

{MB.iu.  1432    (Happye)  is  fe  here  In  no  hate  lengis, 

Ke  ietia  hele  ia  hie  breet  wherof  bale  rises, 
Ke  myunea  no  malis  ^t  ia  of  mynd  past ; 
As  yt  happes  here  harme  for  to  come, 
1436    And  wreke  to  be  wnight  for  wordes  a  few ; 

Soche  a  kyug  to  he  kylde,  A  cuntre  dlstroyed, 
ffele  folke  foifanm  with  a  fiehle  ende, 
Gyf  an  end  hade  ben  now,  &  neaer  noyet  efter, 
1440     Bothe  of  lure  &  of  loa,  &  oure  lorda  wolde. 

Hit  was  euyn  bot  a  venture  of  Aagur  to  come, 

And  a  Sesyn  of  sorow  ^f  fiere  suet  after. 

Eight  as  Lamydon  )ie  lorde  was  of  lyue  broght, 

1 444    ffor  he  gretbit  with  ft  Grekys  Jiat  on  his  ground 

lay; 

TMiraiidn  So    He  Maidon   shalbe  mator  of  full  mekull 

■luU  t*  (ha  , 

MOM  otaiHA  harme, 

^di,  ^m  «i  ^id  mony  londea  to  lure  jiat  euer  ho  Ijffe  hade. 

„j_  „^^  Lo,  how  fortune  ia  felle  &  of  fer  caste, 

1448     )}at  drawea  in  a  dede  hate  in  a  derke  wills. 

And  of  a  litill  hath  likyng  a  low  for  to  kynduU, 
)}at  hepis  into  lianne  in  a  bond  while ! 
By  Jiis  matet  I  meane  what  myschefe  befell, 
1452    }}ere  no  cause  was  to  ken  but  vnkynd  wordes. 
wiiDtditnabi  And  while  ^is  Lady  was  on  lyffo  in  a  lend  fer, 

ant  ud  And  all  thies  maters  in  mynde,  ^at  I  mens  here, 

Crete  Troy  was  vp  tild  wi'tA  mony  toures  vmbe, 
1456     )}at  was  meruelously  [made],  &  mekell  to  shew, 
And  Sesyt  was  sython  &  to  sorow  broght, 
And  mony  kynges  were  kyld  &  knightes  ^rfore. 
What  ledys  were  lost  &  of  lyue  done, 
1460    Xow  I  tnme  for  to  telle,  whiU  I  tyme  Laue. 


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PRIAM  S    FAMILT.  49- 

arr  king  pbtah  *  his  childrett.  boiaiv. 

This  Lamydon,  fat  was  lord,  hade  a  lefe  son,       J^  ^  "tt"   . 
A  pert  man  Jat  wag  pnnse,  &  pnam  he  hight ;    "i*!".  Prt™  wm 
A  man  witty  &  wise,  wight,  wildist  in  Aimea.     "wnw  wu  with 

1464     Hit  felle  hym  [by]  fortnne  at  his  fader  dethe, 
He  waa  feryn  to  fight  in  a  fer  londe, 
To  riche  hym  of  Eebellfta  fat  of  fe  rewme  held  ; 
To  cache  a  castell  fat  waa  kene  holdyn, 

1468  And  to  wyn  it  witA  werre,  went  fere  a  while 
WitA  his  hooshold  hole,  &  here  fat  he  wait. 
He  hade  a  woman  to  wyne  worthy  &  noble,  ayUiTih 

Oneat  &  abill  &  Ecuba  ahe  hight :  onKuudtKn* 

1472    By  jKit  same  hade  he  sonnes,  aemly  men  all, 
flyue  fat  were  &iie  &  fueise  men  of  annea, 
And  free  doghter  by-dene  fat  were  dere  holden. 
Of  hiasonnee  to  say  or  I  sew  fern,  mtHuirgn. 

1476    Ectoi  was  oldist  &  heire  to  hym  selnyn ;  Hector 

And  most  is  in  mynd  for  his  mykyll  strenght. 
The  secirnd  of  his  sonnos  sothely  was  parys,         P'^-  v 
Or  Alisaunder  ewther  was  his  other  name  ;  hB»a>  tniKi. 

1480     He  was  fairest  of  fo  freiku  ■&  a  fyne  archer, 
A  bowman  of  fe  best  ft  a  hneme  wise. 
The  frid  was  a  fro  knight,  frirand  in  Aimya, 
DefFebns  f  e  donghty  on  a  derfe  stede.  impbatMi^ 

1484     The  fourth  was  a  philosoffer,  a  fyne  man  of  lore,  ^jj^""  * 
In  fe  Syenae  full  sod  of  f e  senyn  Artes. 
The  fyfte  of  the  fre,  fat  I  fiist  nemyt,  im.um 

Was  Troylus  the  true,  tristy  in  wer,  wdTroUm. 

1488    That  mykell  worship  wan,  witties  ye  of  story. 
Of  his  Deghtsr  by  dene,  fat  were  deie  holdyn. 
One  Crensa  was  cald  kyndly  by  nome,  "» ■''P**'™ 

(Wit  Eneas  afterward  Elit  to  wed,  wtnotA™. 

1492     )>at  spokyn  is  of  specially  in  onr  spede  after. 
And  Tirgill  of  his  werkea  wntis  also. 
After  takyng  of  fe  tonne  how  hym  tid  fen. 
The  second  of  fe  siistcr  for  to  say  feire, 


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P1U4H'B  fauilt. 

1 496    Gassandia  was  cald,  clennest  of  wytte, 
]nt  Eufoimet  waa  faiie  of  ^  fre  artis, 
And  hade  knowyng  by  course  of  ^  clere  stemja. 
The  last  of  yoa  lefe  clkildien  was  a  lysae  faire, 
■B4Piiijini.tta  1500     Polexena  the  pert,  prise  of  all  other  ; 

Of  hir  fieturs  Se  foiihed.  is  ferly  to  telle, 
Alee  aoble  for  pe  nonj^t  sa  nature  cold  deuyse 
Bothe  of  color  &  clennes,  to  declare  sU. 
atMrnOum.       1604    This  prisa  kyug  Priam  hade  of  pert  chUdeT, 
■oui  uid  Dibw  Threttr  eoones  besydea,  als  other  vemen, 

■ooaiUiiB.  pat  lie  gate  in  hia  gamen,  goode  men  ot  Aimya, 

And  felle  men  in  £ght,  aa  we  ahall  fynd  after. 
1606    Now  I  tnme  to  my  tale  &  tory  here  a  while. 


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Jim  begmnss  tfie  #sfte  ISofte :  ®t  tfte 

/oanl>|rng  of  0eb)  Ecoge  anii  of  t1}e  WnttttL 

of  3^2119  $ciam  &r  trUf  fCatier  lietlje. 

Now  as  ^  kjng  vmbe  the  Castell  lay  clodt  sbute, 

WttA  his  folks  all  in  fere  &  his  fyn  childui, 

He  was  eufonnyt  of  be  &re  A  of  his  fader  dethe:       (M.  ■<•.] 

*»  Pri.m  l.y 

1512     How  histowne  vaBlokonandtimyttogroimde;  bafimtiiaaa 
His  Suster  sesyd  and  soglit  into  syde  londia; 
His  koightea  downa  l^lde  ynto  cold  vrthe. 
Soche  aikyng  and  sorow  sanke  in  his  h(^ 

1616    WttA  pjt4  and  complaint  pyne  for  to  here^ 
He  toke  vp  his  teiit««  &,  the  towne  leayt, 
Teght  horn  vnto  Troy  wi'tA  tene  ]Nit  he  hade, 
Segh  the  bayldyagM  brent  &  beton  to  groimd. 

1620    Soche  wo  for  ^at  werka  |)an  pe  w^h  thowlit, 

Jjat  all  his  wongys  were  weto  for  weping  of  teres, 
Thie  dayee  froly,  witfc  thriccing  of  hondya, 
And  drowpet  of  dole  as  be  d^h  wold. 

1524     J)en  he  sesit  of  sychtm  &  his  sorow  voidet, 
Mendit  his  mode  A  his  mynd  stsblit, 
Toke  connceU  in  the  case  &  his  care  leayt 
The  atyft  towne  to  Beetore  &  bo  strong  make, 

153S    ffor  dannger  and  drede  of  euny  derfe  enmya. 

Gate  masons  full  mony,  ]iat  mykull  fete  coathe  j 
Wise  wrigbtis  to  wale  werkys  to  caste ; 
QwariomB  qweme,  qwaiut  men  of  wit ; 

1632     Mynon  of  marboll  ston  &  mony  o}er  tbingM. 


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DESCRIPTION    OF    TROY. 

Sone  he  raglit  vpon  rownie,  rid  Tp  ]ie  dykia, 
Serehit  vp  the  soile  fen  fe  Citie  vaa. 
And  bjld  vp  a  hjgge  towne  of  fe  bare  vrthe, 
1536     la  the  nome  of  Keptune  )wt  was  a  noble  god. 

TUB   DIS0An>CIOK  07  TBOTB. 

This  Cite  was  sothely,  to  seiche  it  aboute, 
pM  iorneys  full  ioinUy  to  ioyne  hom  by  dayes : 
Was  iieoer  sython  vndet  Boa  Cite  so  large, 
1640     Ife  neuer  before,  as  we  fynd,  fourmyt  in  Trtho,  . 
if-  Mti.)  Tfonso  luffly  on  to  loke  in  any  lond  oate. 

The  walles  vp  wroght,  wonder  to  ae, 
"Wi'tA  grippes  full  grete  waa  fe  ground  takon 
1544     Bothe  Syker  &  Sad,  Jiat  Belly  were  fit 
f&o  the  vitha  vpward  Tne  of  a  mesuie. 
naibiii  h™  Of  the  walle  for  to  wete  to  )>e  wale  top, 

XX  Cnbettes  be  coursse  accounttid  full  enyn, 
built  of  Burtiit  of  1548     Jjat  of  marbill  waa  most  fro  fe  myddee  Tp, 
rrom  uh  rniddis  Of  diiie?^  colours  to  ken  craftely  wroght 

Jjat  were  sheae  for  to  shew  &  of  shap  noble, 
Mony  toures  vp  tild  fe  tonne  to  defends, 
1552     Wroght  vp  wt'tA  the  walle  as  fe  werke  rose, 
One  ncgh  to  Ano^er  nobly  deuysct 
Large  on  to  loke,  lonely  of  shap, 
b  th>  •»ib  uum  In  the  Sercle  of  the  Cite  were  sex  ^re  jates,    ■ 

1656     flbr  entre  &  ysaue  &  ease  of  )>e  pepulL 
aiMDH^ui.  The  furst  and  the  fairest  fourmet  was  Dardan, 

T^Mfc^  Tricerdft,  ITietas,  Xroiana,  f  o  foure  ; 

^Jj^"^  Anchinordes,  Hyliaa,  heght  fe  two  other, 

••*■*  1560    WttA  gtete  toures  vmb-tUde  &  torettis  ahout«, 

Well  wroght  for  the  werre,  wacchea  0  lofte. 
Ymagry  oner  all  amyt  Jwre  was, 
Of  beete  and  babery  breme  to  be  holde, 
1664    Boat  out  of  fe  best  )ie  bjg  louiea  vmbe. 
The  wallis  in  werre  wikked  to  assails 
Wiih  depe  dikw  and  detke  doubull  of  watei. 


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DESCRIPTION  OP  THOT.  5S 

Vfithia  the  Citie,  for  aothe,  semly  to  ken,  Bogkv. 

1668    Giete  palia  of  prtae,  plenty  of  houses,  wiihin  ttw  dv 

Wele  bild  all  aboate  on  the  beet  wiae.  v^^t-nct 

The  werat  walle  for  to  wale,  >ere  any  wegh  i^i^"'^ 

Was  faulty  cabettea  by  courese,  to  count  tco  the 
TTthe, 
1572    And  all  of  marbili  was  made  wiUt  meruellufi 

Of  lions  &  Libard«0  &  other  laithe  wonnes. 

The  Stretis  were  streght  &  of  a  stronge  brede,  Ubl  ir  «j 

ffoi  ymur  &  aire  opon  in  ]»  myddiB ;  ^^  •*'»'•  •«■ 

1S76    By  the  sydes  for  sothe  of  eotell  denyse,  uutDpm.uid 

Was  archet  full  Abilly  for  aylyng  of  shoures,       "wita. 

Pight  vp  wttA  pilera  all  of  playne  marbill, 

Weghia  into  walks  for  wetyng  of  layn. 
1580    There  were  stallis  by  jte  Gtrete  stondyng  for  '^•"•*"it»in 
peopull,  of»wiTWj»d. 

Werkmen  into  won,  and  ^re  wares  shewe, 

Bothe  to  selle  and  to  se  as  ^aim  selfe  lyked, 

Of  all }«  crafbes  to  ken  as  }erv  course  askit : — 
]  584    Ooldsmythoe,  Glouere,  GirdiUera  noble ; 

Sadlers,  iionter^  SemsteriB  fyn ; 

TalioniB,  Telers,  TumeiH  of  ve8Belle« ; 

Wiightes,  webeters,  walkers  of  clothe ; 
1 588    Armuiera,  Aiowsmythis  with  Axes  of  w«ne ; 

Belmakere,  bokebyndeis,  brasieTB  ijB ; 

Uarchandra,  Monymakeis,  Mongers  of  fyche ; 

Pamtera,  painters,  pynners  also ; 
1592    Bochen,  bladsmythis,  baxters  amonge ; 

fierrere,  Hecchouis,  fele  men  of  Crafte ; 

Tatternera,  tapsters,  all  the  totme  oner ; 

Sporiors,  Spicers,  Spynneis  of  clothe  ; 
1596     Cok£«,  condlers,  coriours  of  lednr; 

Carpentonrs,  cotelers,  coucheoois  fyn ; 

WitA  barbura  bigget  in  bourdera  of  the  atretes ; 


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DEBORIPTIOM   OF  TBOT. 

WttA  all  m&ister  men  Jut  on  molde  dwellis, 
1600     Oneetly  enabit  in  entru  Aboata 

Tttnrgh  myddis  ]ie  mekill  tonne  meayt  a  water, 
>  And  diaseueit )»  Cite,  ^t  Xanthus  liight. 

There  were  bild  by  the  bankes  of  ^e  brode 


1604     Mylnes  full  mony,  made  for  to  giynde, 
fibr  solas  of  the  Cite  Jrat  anet  horn  to. 
The  water  by  wisahyng  went  vnder  houses, 
Gosshet  throngh  Godsrdys  &  other  grete  vautefl, 

1608    And  clensit  by  comae  all  ^e  dene  Cite 

Of  filth  and  of  feum,  throughe  fletyng  by  neth& 
In  Ensample  of  this  Cita,  Bothely  to  telle, 
Bome  on  a  Bluer  rially  was  set, 

1612    Enabit  by  Eneas  after  full  longe, 
Tild  vpon  Tiber  after  Troy  like. 
Priamus  pertly  the  poopull  ylkon, 
)Mt  longit  to  bis  lond  &  logit  0  fer, 

1616     Gert  sue  to  ]>e  Cite  sothely  to  dwelle, 

And  fild  it  wi'tA  folke  flieise  was  f%  sowmber, 
Of  lordea  of  ^  lond  And  o^  lesse  peopull. 
In  })at  Cite  for  sothe,  as  saith  vb  the  story, 

1620    Mony  ganmes  were  be^nneuf>egTete  for  to  solas. 
The  cbekker  was  choisly  fere  chosen  ]ie  first. 
The  diaghtee,  the  dyse,  and  ojmr  diegh  gaomea, 
Soche  Boteltle  Jioi  soght  to  solas  hom  wttA ; 

1624     The  tables,  the  top,  tr^tra  also, 

And  in  the  monetb  of  may  mekill  }wi  rsit, 
WttA  flonres  and  feesshe  bowes  fecchyng  of 

Somuc  qwenes,  and  qwaintans,  &  o])er  qwaint 
gaumes, 
1628    Therefoundynwasfint,&yetbenforUieliannted. 

THE  HAKYNQ  OF  TLI0:T. 

Priam  by  purpos  a  pales  gert  make 


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TBS  FALAOB   OF  FBIAM. 

Witfiin  the  Cite  fall  Solempne  of  a  eete  liall,  Be<n.T. 

Loaely  and  lai^  to  logge  in  hym  seluyn,  niSu  Si 

1632     ffuU  worthely  wroght  &  by  wit  caste,  tobtboiitsir 

And  euyn  at  his  etlyng  Ylion  was  cald ;  »u«i "  I'm. 

Cloait  wttA  a  clene  wall  craatrit  viiA  towrea, 

Eayn  round  aa  a  lyng  richely  wroght, — 
1636    Sjne  hundrith  fete  folly  the  heght: — 

WttAoate,  tomes  full  tore  torret  ahone,  (M.no.) 

)Mt  were  of  heght  so  hoge,  as  I  heie  fynde, 

J)at  the  clowdes  horn  clede  in  vnclene  ayre. 
1640     In  |«  hegheet  to  houe  and  befaolde  ouw, 

All  the  loud  for  to  loke  when  hym  lefe  thought. 

To  all  the  pronyns  fai  apperit  &  pertia  ofer,         "•  *°^^ 

With  mekyll  solas  to  se  in  mony  syde  londis :      trfUupromii!. 
1614    Of  crafty  colours  to  know,  all  in  course  set, 

Mode  all  of  marbyll  vHh  maaon  deayse, 

"With  ymagty  full  honest  openly  wroght. 

In  comols  by  couise  clustret  o  loftc 
1648     The  windowes,  worthely  wroght  in  a  mesnro, 

Shapyn  full  shone  all  of  shyre  stones, 

Camen  in  Criatall  by  crafte  of  Entailo, 

Fight  into  pilers  prudly  to  shewe 
1652     The  basea  &  hourdurs  all  of  bright  perle. 

WttAin  thia  palia  of  pn'se  was  a  proude  hallc^ 

))at  large  was  of  lenght  &  louely  to  ahewe, 

Painted  full  prudly  wi'tA  pure  gold  oner, 
1696     Drapred  by  dene  witA  a  deae  rialL 

Then  were  bordia  full  bright  aboute  in  )at  sale. 

Set  in  a  sercle,  d  Sedur  tn  fju, 

Oret  Tp  fin  ^  ground  rppon  gray  marbilL 
1660    With  a  flore  fat  was  fret  all  of  fyno  stones,  Sl^THiSf  "^ 

Pauyt  prudly  all  vith  proude  colonra, 

2bde  after  musycke,  men  on  to  loke. 

In  the  cheffe  of  ^  choise  halle,  choeen  for  )>e 
kyng, 
1664    Was  a  grounde  vp  graid  wi't/t  gresie  of  Matbill, 


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£6  THK  fALACR  HALL. 

"""y-  And  a  tabill  atyret,  all  of  triat  yuer, 

tinV^^l^  ^"^"^  *^"*  ^  ^^  bright  Aumbur, 

Silf^trtie'Sf  ''*''  ™^^''  ^  *  smethe,  smellia  full  swete) 

^'^Sw^    1668    WitA  taato  fox  to  touche  the  tabuU  abonte. 
■  thmu.  ffo;  the  sanarayn  hym  selfe  was  a  aete  rioll, 

(M-  MW  Pighi  full  of-perrieris  &  of  proude  gemya, 

Atyret  wttA  a  tabernacle  of  Eyntayill  fyn. 
iii*"^"*    ^*^^     AtthetotherhedeofJ«haIl6T™a,lieghirppoloft«, 
■J'^p™*™'  A  irondflrfoU  werke  veghes  to  beholde; 

With  prsciose  stones  of  price  &  perlW  ynogh. 
An  anter  enoumet  in  nome  of  a  god, 
1676     Ooond  vp  by  a  gieee  all  of  goode  stones, 
Twenty  paee  vp  pight  all  of  pure  cristall, 
\)B,t  were  shynyng  fiill  sliene  slialkef  to  denyaei 
oi  tba  (iMftcwd  Yob  oppon  ^  Auter  was  amyt  to  stond 

1680    An  ymage  full  noble  in  ^e  nome  of  god, — 

f^tene  cubottes  by  coarse  all  of  clene  leoght^ 
Shynyng  of  shene  gold  &  of  shap  nobill. 
Dubbed  oner  with  dyamondes,  }ai  were  den 
holdyn, 
1684    )}at  wt'tA  lemys  of  light  as  a  lamp  shone : — 
Of  Jubit«r  ^e  lost  god,  ^t  ^  ioy  veldis. 
In  qwhom  Friam  prt'nsipally  put  his  belene 
In  saayng  his  Citie  and  hym  selfe  alse ; 
1688     Vfith  long  dayes  to  endure  &  tro  dethe  kepe. 

THC  OONaeLL  rOB  THB  lUSTITUOlON   OF   pE  QREKM3. 

Qwhen  this  Citie  waa  set  &  full  sure  made, 
Ab  Priam  hade  purpost  all  vith  pure  wit. 
Then  meuyt  to  his  mynde,  as  yt  most  nede, 

1692     pat  his  Cite  was  sure  of  hym  selfe  wroght ; 

"With  mekyll  pepull  of  prise  &  proude  men  of 

Arrays, 
Biches  full  lyfe  &  relikes  ynow ; 
All  abundaunt  in  blisse  blent  witA  hia  folke, 

1696    ))at  wele  wantid  no  wegh,  ne  worship  in  vrthe. 


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pan  a  sorow  fall  sodeuly  sanke  in  Mb  hert,  b«*t- 

'  A  Kemoreo  of  maters,  ^  hym  mys  lyket ; 
Hov  ^e  Grekw  bym  gieayt  and  to  ground  pat, 

1700  Hia  iader  &  his  gyndis  ferkit  out  of  lyue, 

And  his  snst«r  into  sentage,  ^ot  hym  aore  nojet        (m.iss.) 
Then  he  somond  all  be  Cite  vppon  sore  halays,   hsojw* 
To  a  connsell  to  come  for  a  cause  hegh,  ''*">>»  °>tr' 

1701  And  his  wille  for  to  vete  as  hom  vele  aght. 
When  the  grete  were  gednit  &  )>o  graitbe  all, 

With  his  semly  sonnes,  ^at  hym  sate  next,  oibiitaw,«rij 

Saue  Ector, — ^was  onte,  as  annter  befelle,  aiwii. 

1708    In  a  conntre  by  conrsse  fat  of  J>e  coron  helde, 
Assignet  by  his  sooerayne  ft  cerben  hym  witA, 
ffor  play  or  for  purpos : — pas  we  )ier&o. 
When  f  e  souerayne  was  set  in  a  sete  rioll, 

1712    As  become  foi  a  kyng  in  counsell  with  lordes ; 

All  pese  Vmbe  fe  plase,  pepull  wbre  stille,  BOmnhiTiBf  . 

Be  comaundement  of  )>e  kyng,  as  be  come  weU  ;  ura  opmi  Ui 
jKn  he  menyt  of  fe  mater  all  witA  mylde  woides, 

1716    And  touchet  his  entent,  as  I  telle  shalL — 

"  Now  loidys  of  my  lond  &  other  lefe  pepuU,      5!^^^??^'' 
Hit  is  knowen  to  f is  court  and  ofer  kyd  fiynde»,  """'  >°  ■"■"^ 
Of  fe  harmys  fat  we  haue,  &  fe  hoge  lose;         uutibiOrHk* 

1720  ThattheOreksKinhorgiemyvstogrefebroght, —  tiMcsmiiT. 
Bothe  to  me  &  to  myne  mykull  Tnright, 

And  to  yow  &  also  yours  jomeryng  for  ener. 
How  our  fadeis  before  fitlsly  were  slayns, 

1721  And  my  suster  Eziona  in  s^mage  is  holdyn, 
J)at  IB  comen  of  eoche  kyn,  coldea  my  hart ; 
Tour  soEterB  foi  aotbe  &  o^t  dk  &yndes, 
Wyues  &  wale  children,  Jmi  away  led, 

1728     pat  ben  set  vnder  semage  &  Borow  for  ay. 

And  oni  Cite  for  sothe,  fat  sum  tyme  was  hare, 

Brent  Si  betyn  downe  to  fe  baie  Tithe ; 

Onr  golde  Ss  out  godys  gripped  in  hond ; 
1732    Sobbet  onr  riches,  onr  renttes  distroyet ; 


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Bookr,  Token  all  our  treaonre*,  tmasit  into  griBe  ; 

(biL»».)  Kyld  all  cure  kyimMmen  into  colde  dethe ; 

And  other  wron^  vs  wioght;  &  to  wo  put. 
TandmUKH     1736    Thes  rodnTse  to  pche  by  rode  of  jou  all, 
HiTUaurfiid  Hit  vers  nttjng,  me  semyB,  &  to  sue  fore. 

pntMT.  We  haue  a  Cite  full  sure,  &  sad  pepull  in ; 

Well  wroght  for  the  werre,  wallia  full  high ; 
1740    fEblke  of  defence,  and  to  fight  able; 

Mony  knightes  full  leant,  &  kyd  men  of  Annya. 
We  hane  riches  full  hfe,  red  gold  fyn ; 
Clothes  Aill  comly,  and  other  clene  Jnellis  ; 
Tbnimnita       174i     Armur  and  all  thing  abill  Jierforo. 

Well  Titeld,  I  wis,  for  wynturs  ynow  ; 
ffele  tryndee  &nd  fauer  ont  of  fer  londys, 
Wi'tA  a  liaunee  full  large  of  other  lege  kyngis, 
1748     )}at  we  to  helpe  tb  may  hane  in  a  bond  whyle : 
tnd  ih>  ib»  And  now  tyme,  by  my  trauthe,  to  take  it  on  bend, 

To  mene  tb  witA  manhode  &  onr  mys  wreke. 
BatUMtMtDiHiit  Bat  the  fortune  of  fe(^t«T8  may  be  fell  cbannse, 

•^mu  uim,  wid  1762    And  Biker  were  to  sit  and  solas  TB  here : 
to  Bjor  than-  But  ]>e  barme  and  the  hethyng  of  my  kynd  suster, 

*"  Jjat  is  set  Tndw  seruage,  &  in  syn  holdyn, 

GrenyB  me  so  gretly  &  my  greme  ekys, 
175S     jMt  it  reuys  me  my  met  &  my  right  hele. 
irui*  ooBBdi  Bat  it  likis  yon  loidia,  at  a  lite  woidTS, 

tfalnk  K.  Ill  irlU  '  ' 

■md  >  uMkfB  to  Thns  gate  to  b^yn  er  we  goo  ferre  ; — 

tba  ts  rcMm  J}at  I  sond  foT  my  Buster  on  a  softs  wise 

(DCfttsu  1760    To  ^  Greke^  tea  to  goo  wt'tA  a  goode  wille 

And  restore  wttAoutyn  strife  into  pis  stide  homs^ 
My  rister  Exina  soberly  &  &ire ; 
To  qwit  claym  all  querela,  &  be  qweme  byndes. 
1764    Of  all  oni  duiee  ^  n  did  &  daunger  for  eu^, 
All  account  and  Enuy  after  to  TOide, 
Neusr  to  deire  for  ya,t  dede  fe  dayes  in  our  lyue." 
When  the  souerain  hade  said,  fen  sesit  he  here, 
r'lU^inT'  1766    And  it  liket  weU  the  loidys  A  >e  ledia  all : 


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DEPARTURB  OP  ANTKNOR.  09 

Of  his  wit  &  his  woides  &  his  wise  speche,  veAJ. 

la  dede  thus  to  do  Jnd  demyt  it  alL  cm-  "aJ 

When  Priam  hade  peruynit  all  pen  pme  ville, 
1773    HecheMhTinachetemanthechaigefortubeire.  pnuBdMOM* 

AjitonoT  he  toke  for  his  tiiet  wit ; 

H«  was  gret,  it  gisithe,  &  a  gome  aoble, 

Wisest  of  wordes  and  will6  J»erta 
1776    He  spake  to  hym  speciallj,  Jtat  he  speda  shnld    m  cmundi  un 

WitA  isoBT  and  &ir  woidM  hia  ftenship  to  }ian&  lur  wonuu 

And  he  lowted  hia  l^e  wi'tA  a  low  chere, 

And  granntid  to  go  wiU  a  goode  wille. 

HOW   AITTBHOR  WEKT  OK  ItBSSAQB  TO   THC  OREKTS. 

1780    Then  he  shops  hym  to  ship  in  a  sharp  haste,       Sllu""'*"* 

And  dreaait  for  ^  depe  as  hym  den  Jnight ; 

Halit  into  havyn  in  a  hond  while, 

Shippit  hym  full  shortly  &  his  shene  folke ; 
1784    Orippit  Tp  a  gret  sayle,  gMia  on  fe  water, 

Sailet  on  soberly  and  ^  se  past ; 

Tceht  into  Teaaaile,  turuTt  into  haayn,  h*  nuiM 

There  FeUeiu  )ie  pioude  was  a  prise  kyng,  mtibcni^ud 

176S     At  Mansua  for  mirtli  in  Jm  mene  tyme,  Kim  p*i«b. 

A  hanyn  toon,  as  hap  was,  ^sre  )»  hind  lay, 

Antenor  not  tariet  ne  no  tome  hade, 

But  went  to  the  wale  kyng  on  his  way  aone, 
1 793     Hailsit  hym  hendly,  A  he  his  honde  toke, 

And  welcomyt  hym  worthely  as  a  wegh  noble,     ""  *^  ** 

And  fiaynit  hym  vit&  finndship  qwat  the  fra  kUnUrHkiuia 
wold. 

Atitenor  fall  tite  told  of  his  wille : — 
1796     "  ffro  Pnam  foil  prut  put  am  I  hider. 

As  a  messynger  made  at  pie  mene  ^rme. 

Thus  he  sent  me  to  say  to  your  will  euyn,  Antmor  mmiidi 

nor  to  mene  to  your  mynds,  as  I  most  nede,        tw  b*  b^i 
1800    The  haimys  and  yo  heuenys  hym  happit  of  yow.  wiunatouM; 

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BwifcT.  His  Cite  and  his  Syb  men  to  Borow  for  eld ; 

<"'■'•  *J  Hia  londes,  hie  legcmen,  ont  of  lyuo  broght ; 

1601    His  suster  into  s^ruage  &  to  bjd  put ; 

And  ofier  Bednre  full  lyfe  in  hia  Bewme  dyd. 
Hia  golde  and  his  goodis  grippit  also  ; 
Fikked  all  his  prouynce  &  fall  poro  leuyt, 
1808    Wit/touten  cause  but  of  couetoua,  Jiat  come  of 
your  saluyn. 
K'JSJSm"  "  Qwherfore,  to  qwemo  qwyt  of  all  other, 

mraS^^Sni,  ■'■*'  ^^P^  ""*  "^  statlie  and  sklaundsr  to  falle, 

hamus naton  j^  obregyng  of  batell  A  buemee  to  sane, 

1812    As  ye  ben  wegb  full  of  wit  &  for  wise  holdyii, — 
To  Bend  hym  ayater  vne  in  sounde  home, 
And  all  giltis  for  gyffen  &  greoanse  for  Ay." 

nThen  Felleus  persayuit  )>iB  in  a  proade  yie, 
pdmiMhFriua  ig^g    Sodsulv  he  souidlt  tnto  souie  iFTeme, 

■  ftioL  ud  oom-  ■'  . 

And  Priam  leproayt  as  a  puie  fole, 
"WM  hethyng  and  hate  aa  hya  h^h  wordoe. 
Antenor  tail  tyte  to  troaae  he  comaundes, 
1820    At  the  most  in  a  moment  of  hia  mold  passe, 

Or  he  dontles  shold  degb  for  hia  dwfe  woidya.- 
Antenor  vntomly  tumet  his  way 
HbHiib  Wttftoutyn  lowing  or  lefe,  lengit  he  noght, 

la,  wiun      1824     But  &8t  vppon  fote  ferkyt  to  shippe. 

And  hasted  to  the  hegb  see  in  a  bond  while  ;  ■ 
Sailit  on  soundly  as  hym  selfe  lyket. 
On  dayes  and  derke  nightee  diyuyn  on  the  ythes, 
1828    At  Salame  fall  eonnd  ^ai  set  into  hauyn. 

That  tyme  in  the  tovne  was  Telamon  po  kyn^ 
To  soioume  a  season  aa  hym  aelfe  lyked. 
Antenor  ai^ly  aimtrid  of  ship 
1832     And  wentto  ^at  worthy  his  wjlle  for  to  shew, 
MirTst"  ^°  welcomyt  fat  w^h  wttA  a  wille  feble, 

u  ouua  o(  jfi3j  i^g  louet  not  his  lede  of  long  tyme  before :  ■ 

i-  n  ■-)  Yet  be  fraynit  at  ^t  &eike  trhcdui  he  faro  wolde, 


ANTEHOR  AND   TBLAHON.  Ul 

1836     And  the  cauBo  of  hia  come  to  hia  courtte  fan.  »«*'■ 

The  Troiane  fuU  umbly  tolda  tym  Anone ;—       Animot  ■«■»«. 
"  f&o  Priam,  full  priBt  haue  I  presit  hedur,         Borti™.  wiiun 

Tdiiii«nk«iit» 

And  vonea  oaer  the  ^™ghie  bis  wille  for  to  Bay,  •BmcnWiw. 
1840     That  in  Troy  truly  is  a,  triet  kyng, 

And  lord  of  ^e  londe  aa  he  lyne  oLde  ; 

J)at  now  of  youj-e  nobilte  newly  desyies 

Hia  Syeter  to  be  sent  to  his  syde  Bewme. 
1814    pat  hynd  for  to  helpe  faertely  he  prayes, 

Pai  ye  kepe  in  youre  company  on  mclene  wise. 

As  aubiecte  vnto  ayn,  vneemyng  for  you. 

Soche  a  lady  of  lynage  &  of  lordia  comyn,  aaeb  >  it&j 

1848     That  were  knowen  for  kynge«  of  cuntre  fele,         iuitM  vi'oi»  ° 

Sho  might  haue  bene  mariede  to  mors  |)en  your  Munon. 
aelfe, 

fibi  voiship  to  wed  aad  as  Tvife  holde, 

That  ye  bane  thus  in  hething,  &  a  hore  maee. 
1852     And  ober  dishonor  ye  did  to  hia  dere  fader,  Boi»ii  wm  ^^^ 

•  -'  '  fonrinm  If  lie  i>in 

All  he  grannies  to  forgyue  &  neuar  to  graue  after,  onir  Hud  Huoh 
Iff  ye  send  hom  ))at  aemly  )at  I  sew  fore, 
That  he  may  menske  hui  witA  mariage  Jiot  ye 
mart  haue, 

1856     And  Itestore  hir  astate  in  sum  straunge  lewme  : 
lliia  is  the  cause  of  my  come,  I  couet  no  more 
But  a  graunt  of  your  good  wille  )iat  grat  for  to 

haue." 
When  Antenor  had  tolde  &,  hia  tale  endtt, 

1860     The  kyng  was  caste  into  a  clene  yra  ; 

And  WTotiie  at  his  wurdes  aa  a  wode  lion,  Triuiwn  ii 

He  Anawaies  in  Anger  Awrthwert  agayne  ; —      uod;       ' 
"  Be,  sir,  who  bo  enr  ))oa  be,  wttA  ])i  bold  speche, 

18^4     Mb  memellis  of  bi  momlyng  A  bi  mad  wordes ;    numii  •^  Rch 
Syn  he  uo  knowlage,  ne  Aooyntouuse  of  my  con 

ITe  I  hudely  herde  of  hym  hade  in  my  lyue, 

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»*Ay.         1868     I  un  not  purpost  plainly  his  prayer  to  liem, 
u4  wui  not  bnr  Ne  hifl  wiile  for  to  wiike  wete  Jwu  for  sotha. 

Enowen  be  it  to  ^i  kyng  of  Jut  case  wele, 
HtUdiUmMU  Tliat  Iwj'tA  Eicules antrid  hia  rewme, 

tedfOHwUh       1872     When  Lamydon  waa  o  lyne  &  the  lond  aght, 
■iiocatiiaiudTv  ffor  to  wreke  ts  of  wnthe,  &  the  wegb  hatme 

Botfae  of  akatlie  &  of  Hkame,  as  we  skylle  hade. 
Thei  ynlQi  bstell  at  the  bui^  I  my  blode  ehed, 
1876  Depe  woundes  to  the  dethe,&  mony  deife  stroke^ 
And  the  Cite  I  sesit  Boneet  of  other ; 
Was  cause  of  the  conquest  witA  my  dene  strenght ; 
nutUwMTkii  And  for  ariche  leward  of  my  ntnke  irille, 

moiigrUiirHt    1880     All  the  eoueranis  by  assent  assignet  me  hir, 
""'™'"  ffbr  to  wirke  witA  my  wiUe,  A  weld  as  myn  owne; 

And  for  lesse  hir  to  leae  ^  I  hir  luff  boght, 
I  think  not,  by  my  thriAe,  for  no  |)ro  wordya. 
1684     Syn  fie  be  is  so  faire,  A  so  fele  vertua, 

So  corins,  so  conyng,  &  of  so  dene  nDrtoi, 
Me  is  not  lefe  hii  to  leue  and  to  lyue  after. 
Therfore,  say  to  thy  souerain  Jiot  ye  sent  hydur, 
■wi  tM  ihiun      1888     He  weldis  not  that  worthy  but  wtV*  wale  strokM, 
htonrord.  AndwitAswappyngof  BwerdyB,}K>f  hesweltwolde, 

And  ^n  faithfully  a  fole,  A  a  freike  mad, 
Hay  be  uountid  in  this  case  for  )n  come  hider, 
1892     Soche  a  mesSBge  to  make  at  thie  mene  tyme. 
Wete  Jwu  full  witterly  in  wamyng  to  other, 
Baue  I  let  for  my  lofe,  ^ou  ahuld  ^i  lyffe  tyue  ; 
And  be  done  to  the  dethe  for  ^i  deife  speche. 
On  Hn  •!  iki  llto'  1896     Pas  fro  my  prssens  on  p^ne  of  ^i  lyffe, 
mHiiM.  And  rape  of  my  rewme  in  a  rod  haste, 

Or  )ion  ehall  lelly  be  lost  and  ))ou  leng  ogfatar." 
Antenor  for  anger  auntert  no  ferre, 
1900    Lut  not  ^  lede^  ne  no  lefe  toke, — 
(M.oa.)  Shot  enyn  into  ship  o  Jre  shire  waghis, — 

Hade  Inr  at  his  bak^  and  )ie  bankes  leuyt ; 
Ha  Ah  Bill  M  Siulet  furtb  soundly  ft  ^  see  patrt^— 


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TBB  ANSWER  OT  CASTOR  AKD  POLLCX.  &3 

1904     Come  to  Acaxon  pere  Castor  was  lord,  Baokv. 

And  Pollux  fe  proude,  Jwt  waahis  purebrothir:  *^^'°Jj|^ 

Bothe  nynit  in  ^t  Kern,  as  I  red  first 

To  ps  courtte  of  fe  kyng  come  he  beliue, 
1908    His  message  for  to  make,  as  I  mynt  hane.  HturiTHUthiir 

He  salut  ))0  eemlf  all  wt'tA  sad  wotdys,  uwn,  wd  nUw 

And  told  furth  of  his  tale,  taried  no  longur,  Pctan*!  miMigi. 

Of  the  dole  and  the  dethe  of  his  dere  bder, — 
1912     How  ^e  lewme  was  rabbet,  ledurs  ynow, — 

His  Sister  ^t  was  sesit,  his  Cite  distroyet ; 

And  couet  pat  cleane,  as  I  declaret  hane, 

ffor  to  lede  to  his  londe  rppon  lyue  home. 
1916    All  priamus  purpoe  plainly  he  told, 

Of  his  message  by  movthe  as  I  mynt  ere. 

When  Castor  hade  claoly  consayuit  hia  wille,       OHtornpUH,-- 

He  onsvated  hym  honestly  witA  oniyng  a  Utlll;— 
1930    "  Now  fiynde,  vppon  faithe  and  at  sad  woniefl. 

We  purpost  neuer  plainly  Priam  to  wrathe, 

Ne  offend  Ms  Jirendeship  viik  no  felle  dedis. 

Wtti  oaten  caose  of  Tnkyndnes,  fiat  was  kyda 
ailfir, 
1924     His  &der  va  forset  witA  his  fowle  wille,  "Tiiit  Lwni« 

Did  hething  and  harme  to  our  hede  Bewmes  j      ami  m  mr,  ihv 

We  wrekit  vs  with  wonndis  &  )«  wegh  slogh,      llc^dhUonDtlr'' 

Did  our  lykyng  in  Ma  londe  as  vs  leue  th<^L 
1928     Qwerfoie  vs  qwemes   noght  now  his  qwaint 
q>eche; 

We  fors  not  Ms  frendsMp,  ne  fere  of  his  hate,      nu  tti  iHin. . 

We  lone  noght  his  lede,  ne  his  land  now^ ;       MndiUp  u4 

Ife  charge  noght  hie  chateryng,  thogh  he  cMde         "^ 

1932    He  laoes  )«  Aill  litull,  lede,  as  me  tMnk,  nu  u.  muuc 

To  make  )ie  Jiis  message  for  to  mels  here  :  iiBaiwiHaUn 

And  p<m  hardly  no  hede  of  pi  hele  toke,  111,1^'™*' 
N e  thy  lyfe  was  not  lefe  ne  Insty,  it  semys,  (m.  a  ^1 

1936    When  poa  entrid  our  He  pis  erende  to  beire. 


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A.HTBNOR  AND   RECTOR. 

But  loke  ]>at  no  lettyng  ger  fo  lenga  here, 

Ne  no  tarying  the  tyde  for  tene  Jiat  may  folow  j 

ffor  and  ^mi  do  ^oa  ahalt  degh,  dome  ^e  non  o^r." 

19iO     Qwen  Antenor  ^ia  aunter  angerly  herd, 

He  tumft  hym  tyte  wit%  outen  tale  more, 
Hatrtit  hym  hertely,  highit  into  bote. 
Wound  vp  full  vightly  all  hia  wale  Ancies, 

1944    Caght  in  Cablis  of  pe  caluie  water, 

Biaid  Tp  a  biode  aaile,  bade  brethe  at  hio  wille, 
ffore  enon  to  Philon  wtVt  his  feris  all : 
Aroue  ])ere  full  radly,  rest  in  a  bauyn, 

1948    )Mre  Nestor  the  noble  Duke  was  n^h  nt  his 
bond, 
WitA  a  company  clene  in  Ms  close  halle. 
■-  The  man  with  his  message  menys  him  to. 

As  legate  and  lege  fiom  his  lord  comyn. 

1952     He  mekyt  to  fat  mighty,  and  vitlt  mowthe  said 
His  chaige  full  choise,  chefe  how  he  might, 
Euyn  fairly  by  fourme,  as  I  firate  said. 
S'eator  anone  noyet  fere  wit7i, 

19S6    And  wait  at  his  wonle«  into  wode  yre ; 

He  frothet  for  foils,  and  fais  face  chaunget ; 
His  een  flammet  as  fc  fyre  with  a  fells  loke ; 
And  lonret  on  Jie  lede  wttA  a  liuthe  chere, 

I960    Onswaret  hym  angerly  witA  Awthwert  woidjs. 

THE  ONBWARB  OF  NESTOR  TO   AHTXNOR. 

t  "  Thou  sot  witft  TUsell,  s«niand  of  o  fe  weret ! 

,  How  duTst  Jmju  80  dernly  f  is  dede  vndertake. 

To  appere  in  my  preaens  wt'tA  so  proude  woide^ 
1964     )}at  iiiyn  eris  ahuld  negh  the  noise  of  ^i  spechel 
But  for  noy  of  my  nobilte  &  my  nome  gret, 
I  shuld  tere  out  pi  tunge  and  ])i  tethe  euyn. 
And  chop  Jini^he  ^i  cheke*  for  ^lalei^ng  ao 
high  :— 
1968     Spede  the  to  spille  in  apite  of  fi  kynge, — 


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A  STORU   AT   BEA. 

To  be  hurlet  wtVt  horses  vpon  Ixard  stones, 

And  draven  aa  a  dog  &  to  dethe  bniglit : —  ^ 

Brittonet  f  i  body  into  bare  qwarters,  ^ 

1972     And  caste  vnto  curres  aa  caren  to  ete.  ^ 

Sile  fiirUi  of  my  eight  in  a  sad  baste  : 
And  ^oa  taiy  in  )iis  towae,  or  any  tide  lenge, 
J}on  shalt  h&ne  fiat  I  hute  1l  }oa  benca  worth." 

1976     Antenor  arghet  mtA  austeme  wordes,  * 

Hade  doate  of  tbe  Duke  Jk  of  bis  detbe  fere,        •: 
Left  tbe  tyrand  in  his  tene  hade,  turnyt  hym  to  fie. 
He  highit  full  hastely  A  of  his  bond  past ; 

1980     Shoke  euyn  into  ebip,  &  tbe  shaike  leayt.  ^ 

A  stitbe  man  to  the  Bt«re  hade,  &  a  stoute  wjnde, 
Were  blouen  to  ^e  brode  se  in  a  bir  swithe. 

A   TBMPAST  OH   )}B   BEB. 

There  a  twnpeet  hom  toke  on  J»  torres  hegh : — 

1964    A  rak  and  a  royde  wynde  rose  in  bor  saile,  J 

A  mjHt  A  a  merkenee  was  meraell  to  se ;  ' 

WttA  a  routond  rayn  rathe  to  be  boldo,  u 

Thoniet  full  throly  with  a  tbicke  haile  ; 

1988     Wtti  a  leuenyng  light  as  a  low  fyre, 

Blaset  all  tbe  biode  see  as  it  bran  wold. 
Tbe  flode  wj'tA  a  felle  coura  flowet  on  bepia, 
Rose  vppon  rockes  as  any  ranke  bylles. 

1992     So  wode  were  tbe  wagbea  &  pQ  wilde  ythcs, 
All  was  like  to  be  lost,  pai  no  lond  hade. 
The  ship  ay  shot  forth  o  pe  shire  waghea, 
As  qwo  clymbe  at  a  clyffe,  or  a  clent  hllle, — 

1996    Eft  dnmp  in  tbe  depe  as  all  drowne  wolde. 

Was  no  etightlyi^;  vith  eteie,  ne  no  stithe  ropes, 
N'e  no  sayle,  ^t  might  seme  for  vnsound  wedur. 
But  all  the  boemeB  in  tbe  bote,  as  hom  beat  liked, 

2000    Becoght  vnto  aaintte*  &  to  eero  goddes ; 

WitJi  knelyi^  &  crie  to  fere  kynd  halowes, 
And  witA  solempno  sacn'fice  to  soke  fai  awowot. 


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ANTBN08  BKT0BH8  TO   FRIAX. 

J^  dayea  Jroly  J»i  Jirappit  witA  Btormya, 
200i    EufrinpoiiitfortoperyseheinthepaleBtremys; 

WM  daunger  and  diede  duret  vnder  hacche, 

ffor  wete  of  ^  vaghes  fiat  wastis  OMer  hed. 
r  The  fiirthe  day  fell  all  ]ie  fuerse  wyndee, 

2008     And  the  wodenesof  iraghee  wightly  wtVi  dit^he; 

Tlie  86  vex  sober  and  Jie  aun  clere, 

Stormes  were  atille,  Stremes  abated, 
'  All  calme  it  he  come,  comferd  ^e  peptilL 

2012     pai  kairen  to  ^  cordis,  kuitten  vp  ^e  saile, 

Atyrit  the  tncle,  tokyn  ^ere  herte  ; 

Kachya  on  kyndly,  &  Jiaire  course  held  ; 

£uyn  tumit  to  Troy,  taried  no  lenger; 
2016     Fnst  into  port,  pronde  of  |>ere  lyuen  ; — 

Lepyn  vp  to  ^  lond,  leuyn  pere  ship. 

%»per  bueme  all  bare,  on  pen  beat  wise, 

Soghtcn  to  sainttw  &  to  sere  goddys, 
2020     As  pM  beghly  hade  het  in  pe  h^h  stormes. 

When  ))ai  hade  melit  wi'tA  ])en  mowmette«  & 

made  pere  ofTrond, 
PsHburmet  fere  pilgramage,  pmyera  and  all, 
•  AuteDoi  Amyt  after  anone 

2024    To  the  palia  of  prise  of  pnam  the  kyng. 

Among  Lotdys  full  li^t  &.  o^r  lespeopull, 

L  ffull  glad  of  pat  gest  and  his  gayne  come, — 

P&t  hym  happint  wt'tft  hele  hit  vnto  londe. 

2028    When  pe  soaemn  was  set  pat  )»e  soile  aght, 

And  pe  lords*  of  pa  lond,  wi'tA  hie  lefe  children, 
Antenor  his  tale  titly  began. 
And  rekont  by  row  all  fere  rogh  apeche  ; — 
2032     The  pronde  wordia  &  ps  prt'se  of  Pelleud  the 
kyng; 
The  tene  &  the  torfor  of  Telamon  after ; 
The  Beprafe  and  prise  of  Pollux  &  Castor ; 
The  noy  and  fe  new  grem  of  Nestor  the  Duke^ 


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RESULT   OF  TEE   EHBABST.  6< 

2036     With  the  fere  and  the  fare  of  his  fell  chere  ;  b«*t. 

And  all  fe  manaa  of  po  men  he  witA  mowthe       (w.mo.) 

tolde, 
As  it  was  said  to  hym  aelfe,  euyn  with  sad  nordes. 
When  the  kymr  hade  coneayuit  all  his  clere  tale,  w*™  ""  *'"« 

2040  And  fo  Authwart  ansveree,  hym  angert  full  soie,  M017, 
That  his  message  was  manast  0  bo  men  all. 

And  reproued  wt'tA  jniae  in  f&v  proode  yre  ; 
And  of  hie  sustw  sorili  set  out  of  hope, 

2041  Seaer  to  haue  hir  at  home,  ^n  Ms  hert  chaunget,  ^'  d^mniiiM  u 
And  pot  hym  in  purpae  no  peaee  for  to  make,  wilm  iii>  entmi» 
No\?  wackons  yp  weire  as  ye  shall  note  after. 


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^ttam  tofte  couiuteU  to  Witrct  on  i>t  ffirettgd. 


Now  Friam  peraaynit  all  ^ese  proude  woides, 
2048     The  gmne  of  fw  Grekys,  and  pe  gret  yre, 

How  ^M   maistene   Jiere  malis  mth  manas  & 

pride; 
Uncertain  of  his  Sister  for  seyng  hir  euer, — 
N«  redresse  for  pe  detbe  of  his  dere  fader, — 
2062    Ne  to  barmne  ))at  he  hade  was  no  hede  takyn ; 
Soche  a  sorow  &  a  eonr^freme  sanke  in  hie  hert, 
)]at  his  harme,  as  a  hoto  low,  het  hym  with  in 
MoTO  frike  to  ^  fight,  feller  of  willa 
2056    Pan  he  purpoat  plainly  wi'tA  a  proiide  ost, 

ffoT  to  send  of  hia  sonnes  &  ofer  eibbe  ftyndo, 
The  Greket  for  to  greve,  if  hom  grace  felle; 
To  wreke  hym  of  wrathe  &  hie  wrong  liche. 

A  PROnBRBB. 

2060     But  say  me,  air  kyng,  what  set  in  fi  hede; — 
I  What  wrixlit  )ii  wit  A  f  i  wille  chaunget ; 

'  Or  what  happont  thee  so  hastely  wiUi  hardnea 

of  wille. 
To  put  fe  to  purpas,  ^t  pynet  )ie  after. 
2064    What  meuyt  the  wi'tA  malis  to  mya  on  pi  harme. 
And  to  cacche  soche  a  connee,  to  combir  bi 


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WttA  daunger  and  drede  of  a  dcde  hate, 

ffor  a  lure  )>at  waa  light  &  of  long  tyiue  ; 

jMtwold  jepelj  haue  bene  foi^eton  in  ^erea : 

ADdneuermeiiit  witAmowthebut  ^uTghmiahap.  ""^ 

Thow  ea  not  ^at  aothely  eaid  ys  of  olds, 

And  oft  happee  to  liit  qwo  so  hede  taa : —  'tb^r^l^ 

2072    "  He  Jrat  giidis  wi'tA  grete  yre  hia  grem  for  to  'VK.i.u».t 
venge,  ihuia.- 

Ofte  shapb  hym  to  shote  into  shame  ferre, 
Vfith  hoge  harmee  to  haue,  &  his  hert  sarre." 
Hit  ia  flikei,  for  eothe,  and  a  Bagh  comyn, — 

2076     "He  bat  Btalworthly  atondes,  rtir  not  too  Bwithe,  •n»«>»t«i» 

'  ■'  ■  hlfh  ilKnltl  1 

Lest  he  faile  of  hia  fotyng  and  a  folle  haue ;  wir  tw  qnid 

ffoT  be  ^t  set  is  full  sad  on  a  soile  euyn, 

And  pight  boa  his  place  on  a  playn  ground,  I^^dl^' 'Ji 

2080    Hym  )>ar  not  hede  to  be  hurt  with  no  begb  Mle, 

Ne  be  lost  )>uigb  his  lip  to  ^  low  ertha 

But  fou  put  fe,  pmm,  to  so  proude  Aunter,         Butpmm.i 

ffor  to  beuyn  on  fi  banne  in  a  begb  yre 
2084     And  fi  fall  was  so  fueise  wi'tft  so  fele  other.  • 

Thy  Cit4  and  ^i  soile  sesit  of  ^i  hand ; 

Thow  dungen  to  dethe,  and  [>!  dere  sonae  ; — 

Thi  lege  men  lost,  and  of  lyue  done. 
2088    Tburgh  vnwaruea  of  wit  ^t  Jii  wirdis  cast, 

Thow  ges  mattV  to  men  mony  day  after, 

fforto  speke  of  (li  spede,  &  witA  spell  herkyn 

Of  ^i  lure  and  ^i  losse  for  a  high  wills. 
3092     Sow  what  felle  Jw  be  fortune,  Jb  ^i  fre  pepull, 

All  in  couisae  how  it  come  I  will  carpe  ferre,        ' 

And  tume  ^ayne  to  my  tale,  qwill  I  tome  haue. 

f  nam  by  purpos  a  perlament  assignet, 
2096     And  gedrit  all  )«  greto  in  hia  grym  yre  : 

£nyn  into  ylion  )iai  entrid  by  dene,  { 

There  ^  souerain  waa  set  in  a  aeterioll, 

And  all  fe  Iord«<of  ))e  lond,  wt'tA  bis  lefe  childui. 


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2100     Then  carpea  the  kyng  and  his  cause  t«llas. 

Why  the  metyng  was  made  at  pe  ineue  tyme : 

ffoi  to  aerche  of  ^  sounde  &  to  say  ferre. 

"  Now,"  quod  the  Boueroiu,  "  aa  your  assent  woi, 

2104     The  man  )iat  with  message  meiiyt  fro  tb  all, 

By  assent  of  my  solfe,  &  sythen  of  ^e  lorde»,— 
He  is  comyn  to  ^b  courttc,  as  ye  know  wele ; 
And  )ie  Anthwart  anawares  ))at  Auntrid  bym 
pere, 

2108    Ys  knowen  to  ^is  company  be  course  of  his  lale. 
Thai  hede  not  the  hething,  ne  fe  barde  greme, 
Ne  the  wrongat  )«i  wroght,  ne  wiUe  to  amend; 
But  witA  sklaunder  and  ekome  to  skathet  agayn, 

2112     In   fere  pompe   and  fere  pride    &  fere  pure 

Our  goddM  wi'tA  grace  get  vs  ferfro  ! 

]}at  noner  \a  happon  bo  haid  wi'tA  bom  to  be  spit. 

God  will  nogbt,  y  wis,  our  wirdis  enpaira, 

2116     Socbe  dedis  to  redresse  A  our  dethe  voide. 
Let  ys  purpos  a  power  pas  into  grese, — 
Stir  furthe  with  etrenght,  atroy  of  fere  londes, — •'. 
Get  my  aueter  agayne,  or  sum  grate  other, 

2 1 20     And  wreke  we  full  wele  of  weghes  full  nobill. 
We  Me  bigger  in  batoll,  bane  a  burghe  strongs, 
Wele  wallit  for  fe  werra,  watris  abont^ 
ffew  folke  to  defende  fro  a  fiierse  ost ; 

21 2i    And  are  knigbt«a  in  our  cuntre  kyddiBt  in  Amiys, 
flell  men  to  fight  a  full  fiierse  nowmber ; — 
Wele  viteld,  y  wis,  for  wintora  ynow, 
Stuff  of  al  maner  store  fat  ts  strengbt  may : 

2128    We  full  of  defense,  &  no  feute,  haue 
Help  vppon  ycbe  bond  highond  ts  to. 
I  And  now  eotbly  it  eittes  ts,  as  semith  to  me. 

By  assent  of  youre  selfe,  A  ye  so  wills, 

21 32     ffor  to  pwrvey  a  popuD  pniddest  of  werre. 

And  gird  furthe  into  grese  wtt/t  a  grat  batell ; 


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Pas  into  ^em  prouyiis,  pray  in  hor  loadya, 
Djng  horn  to  deth  er  any  dyn  ryae  ; 

2136     £r  any  batell  be  bonne,  horn  to  bale  worthe, 

J)at  TDwamyt  of  our  werkes  or  hom  wo  happen. 
Thus,  I  say  for  my  selfe,  hit  aittia  va  all, 
ffor  to  pmfier  our  pei-aojiB  &  our  puTe  goodea, 

2140    To  range  of  onr  velany  and  our  vile  horme, 
And  our  etote  to  reetore  wi'tA  strokes  of  hond. 
Let  not  fere  you  the  fiay,  ne  the  Telle  chaunse, 
That  the  GrekM  vs  greuyt,  &  to  ground  brogtit ; 

21 44     ffor  ofte  aith  hit  is  sene,  and  in  aere  londes, 
That  a  victor  of  a  victe  is  vil6  ouercomyn  : — 
So  1  hope  hit  shall  here  with   helpe  of  our 


t|WEN  the  kyng  had  hie  counsel]  declaret  to  Tbt  ocuikII  miipt 
theende,  tb.p™p.^ 

2148     Hit  likit  all  the  l^s  )iat  the  lorde  said ; 

And  affiimet  it  fast  witA  J»ere  fn  wille, 

To  pnme  with  ^«re  peiBons  &  jiaira  pure  goodea. 

Than  waa  priam  full  proude,  preyaet  his  lordeg,     «ndPriMiii.giiLd«i 
2152     iMnket  hom  ])roly,  )irappit  no  lengur ;  uwtu. 

fFoll  glad  of  the  graunt  vitfi  a  great  joye, 

More  feruent  to  fight,  ftoerser  in  heit, 

Mychecomforthliecaght  of  ^ire  kyndspeche; — 
2156     And  ))ua  pertid  pe  persona  &  presaet  to   fere 

Orr  conNBELL  OP  the  kikoss  children. 
When  the  pepull  was  depertid  &  the  prmae  Tiwceiineji 

Voidet,  Kiwd.UiekinR 

Saue  the  kyng  and  ^e  conrtte  wiUi  his  cleoe  uunudhmii;. 

childur, 
jTat  he  wan  on  his  vifi'e,  as  ye  wiat  ere, 
2160    And  other   aonnes  vpon   ayde  all  wttA   faire        < 

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72  THB   APPEAL  TO  UECTOR. 

BmHiYi.  J)8n  Ector  was  one,  as  aunter  befullo, 

firo  the  parties  of  payeme  present  at  home, 
By  comauudement  of  ^e  kyng  fat  was  his  kynd 
feder. 
hub«  Ruiihw  2164    And  when  Jra  eons  all  somyn  were  the  Syre 

rmnd  Uia,  Prtuu  , 

irlth  lan  VmbO, 

mtinmM.  EujTi  stondyng  full  still,  as  Jiaire  astate  as^, 

Thus  carpcs  the  kyng  to  his  clene  childur, 
WitA  weping  and  wo,  wateryng  of  ene, 
BM.  M  cj       ^^^S     Sobbjug  and  sikytig,  Syling  of  terys. — 

"DonotUM  "Now  synke*  not  in  your  sowle  )ie  sorow  of 

ESTrirt  S^  yo«'  graunser, 

j™  "^ '  And  the  dulfull  dethe  of  your  dere  fryndes. 

The  seruage  of  Ezina,  )«t  is  in  syn  holdyn, 
2172     And  hade  in  horedam  for  hethyi^  of  tb  ; 

And  we  so  mighty  on   molde  &   of   majne 
strei^htt 

ft  «ui  ba  tiH  ^^^  ^  '"**  "^  ""^  lyuesi  and  we  let  sholde 

AMtuoToar iih  Qqj.  jq  wieke  VB  of  WTatho  for  any  wegb  oute. 

■nngitiitm.       2176    Aod  ye )rat  are  jope  kuightee,  A.  in  yowthe  alse, 
Sbuld  highly  take  hede  in  hert  for  to  venge 
The  slaght  of  )ie  sonerayne,  fat  was  my  sure 

And  my  wille  for  to  wirke,  as  ye  wele  aw. 
It  crinM  OH,       2180     J)at  greuys  me  foil  gretly*  &  to  groimd  bringes, 
"rSS""  Hit  dinld  com  you  b,  co™, ,»  of  k,nd  ohMer, 

•errf  tor  mj  To  be  Bory  for  my  sake,  &  soner  fen  I ; 

And  part-taker  of  my  payne  wttA  piickyng  in 
hert. 
2184    And  fo\i  my  son,  for  sothe,  soneet  of  other. 

TOBOTOR. 
AKiUuniHwtor, 

■DTuviiiinahdr,  Ector  the  eldist,  and  heire  to  my  selfe, — 

«t :— ibog  Antms  in  armys,  ablist  of  person, — 

wf  *«wf  oMi  Boldest  in  batell,  and  best  of  fi  bonder  , — 

pv^.-  '"'  2188     Thou  ehiild  hede  to  my  barmes,  horkon  my  wille, 


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HIS   ANSWBB. 

Piirsew  to  my  purpos,  present  myn  astato ; 

To  lede  all  my  legis  vitii  likyng  in  werre. 

Thy  brether  obey  shall  thy  biddyng  vnto ; — 
2192    All  )«  Benkes  of  my  lewme  will  )n  red  folowe, 

Aa  etorest  of  strenghl  to  atightill  thy  foose. 

And  Boche  tftandfs  to  tamo,  ^t  tb  tene  wirkea. 

"WHJt  haidynea  of  bond,  &  vitlt  hole  might, 
2196     Ger  horn  bowe  as  a  beralet  &  fi  blithe  eeche. 

I  Aioyne  thee  this  iomey  vri'tA  ioy  for  to  take, 

And  the  charge    of  )ie  chaonse,    chef  as  fou 

may.  ibiTbudn™!!-' 

This  burthen  f  ou  beiie  Bball,  biggei  (wn  I, 
2300     Wightur  in  werre,  and  of  wale  stren^t. 

Lusty  and  likyng,  and  of  lite  yerea, 

Highty  and  monfull,  maiatns  to  wirke. 

And  I,  oumaad  in  elde  wttA  arghnes  in  heit,  (M.mm 

2204    My  flouiea  bene  tallen,  &  my  firike  ^e, — 

I  grannt  thee  fie  gouemaunse  of  fia  grot  mode, 

And  shake  it  on  fri  sholdeis,  shape  ^  J'^rfore." 

THE  ONSUABB  AMD  THB  OOVMSBU,  OF  ECtOB  TO  PBIAH 
Hie  PPADEB. 

When  Priam  hade  his  prologs  preched  to  ende, 

2208     Ector  hym  answaiede  esely  and  faire, 

WttA  woidys  full  wise  vnto  his  wale  kyng, 

Vnder  shadow  of  shame  shewed  in  his  dieie. — 

"  Host  wonhipfull  fader,  &  my  &e  kyng  I  •  Hnt  wonhf pAu 

2212     Hit  is  kendly  by  conise  &  custome  of  men,  bin  ut!^-"' 

))at  any  hardlaike  has,  or  a  hede  shame,  !hi^!^™'°' 

ffor  to  wreke  in  hor  wrathe  of  wrangos  before,       •»>■"([•- 
And  if  we,  fat  are  worthy,  &  wight  men  in  Aaditwi,  who 

2216    Take  harms,  other  hethyng,  or  burtys  vnjoldyn,  JII^j°JLT|i;l' 
Of  any  erdyng  in  ertbe  euenyng  to  vs,  •  "i™* 

Hit  were  shortly  a  shame  &  a  shire  greme. 
&br  }e  more  he  is  mighty,  f&t  the  mysse  thoii^ 


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THE  ANSWER  OP  HBCTOB. 

2220  The  took  the  greuaunoe  ie  grete  &  to  gref  tumys. 
If  we  deeyre  no  lediease  of  dedk  before, 
We  may  boldly  vs  byld  wrtA  bostia  out  of  Reaaon. 
Nov,  dere  fader,  in  fiiithe  of  all  my  fre  brother, 
aratiiBMtwBf  2224  NoD  ifl  hoMyn  so  highly  the  harme  fortovenge, 
Sbmnr.     *  Of  my  graaneers  grefe  so  gretly  as  I : 

ffoT  I  am  Eldest  and  heira  aiter  hym  belyue. 
And  the  first  of  ts  fyue,  as  &lles  by  chaunce. 
andtdadniiM     2228     8o  first  will  I  found  his  fos  for  to  greoe, 
f^  And  couet  it  by  course,  as  comys  in  my  hert, 

Wm  my  body  to  by,  and  my  byg  atrakes. 
On  light  bond  shall  horn  i«ue  pe  rest  of  p6 
saule, 
2232    That  my  graunser  wttA  greme  gird  vnto  dethe, 
And  sloghe  all  our  Site^yns,  &,  our  sad  pepull 
Brittoned  to  bale  dethe,  and  ))ere  blode  shed. 
Bat.fldtutai(M)w  But  laithful  fader,  A  our  fre  kyng  1 

Mk  OH  tuaK—    2236    I  aske  of  you  0  thing,  — ^but  anguie  you  noght,  — 
mfTj,  Lettis  mene  to  your  mynde  at  fiis  metie  tyme, 

"■  And  consider  to  oure  cause  WitA  a  clene  wit ; 

Let  ourc  gate  hb  so  gourmet,  ^t  no  grem  folow, 
2240     Ne  no  torfer  betyde,  ne  no  tenu  after. 
Goer  lokes  all  lures  to  the  last  ende, 
PobdnHHTiup  What  wull  fallo  of  ]»  first  furthe  to  JiQ  middis ; 

udoc^dwwiiM  S"B  forthe  to  ^second,  sercheit  wttA  in, 

mviuppon'        2244     And  loke  to  )w  last  end,  what  lure  mayhappyn. 
TtiKiiKitit  Hit  isnocounsell  toencline,  ne  to  calle  wise, 

oriaoiUwtog,  Nc  not  holsom,  I  hope,  ^at  hedis  to  ^  first, 

Ihibc^^ili^  -^^  for-sees  not  the  fer  end,  what  may  &lle 

after. 
2248     What  proffet  any  pjwwes  w»tA  a  prowde  entie, 
To  begyn  any  goode,  on  a  ground  febill. 
And  fortune  it  faile,  and  haue  a  fowle  ende  ! 
"  "  sldT'iriid  ^^  ^  '"^  ■^°'  *"  ""y**  soche  a  wilde  counaeU, 

aoBMi,  2252    And  put  of  a  p«rpoe,  fiat  enpaire  might. 

Or  Jwt  Trayueris  in  wer  what  shall  worthe  of ; . 


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A  VARNIHO.  7S 

Licker  at  fa  hat  end  in  langoie  to  bide,  »oo1iti. 

And  tume  vnto  torfer,  fen  any  triet  ioje.  "  ™"  "**  "■ 

A  FBOnEBBB. 

22S6    A  bliafull  b^ynnj^  may  boldly  be  eud,  •ntmht" 

Pat  ffolow  to  fe  fer  end  and  bath  a  Mxa  yasne.    uuen  mik  ■  yMr 

ffall  witty  to  vale  &  worshipfoll  Eyng  I 

I  Say  not  this,  sotliely,  to  sea  of  your  wills, 
2260    Se  pntpyon  fro  pttrpOB,  ne  platnly  for  fere  ; 

Bat  to  wisBhe  you  witA  wit,  fat  woraMp  m^t 
folow. 

And  eschew  eoche   a  chaunse  Jiat  cheuys  to 
nogbt 

Te  wetyn  fjs  full  wele,  woishjpfull  fader  I  r«  tmm  lui 

2264    t>atall Anffiike&£Dropeai«vnd«rferepoweT, —  UAdUAHniu! 

Sittyn  to  horn  aabiecta,  &  mony  syde  londes,        m^i^^ a*' 

J»t  fild  are  all  fdl  of  fiierse  men  of  ^rmys  ,■—     ^ Jj  2^" 

Of  Enightfif  full  kene,  lie  cant  men  of  wille, 
22S8     And  of  comyna  to  count  out  of  course  mony, 

ffull  wise  men  of  wer,  and  war  of  hor  dedys. 

There  an  not  in  Asia,  to  Ame  all  the  pepull,  (•*.»;».) 

So  fele  flgfatyng  folke  be  a  f uerse  nowmber, 
2272    As  the  6reke»  may  gedur  &  get  when  horn  likes. 

Hit  semee  more  sertain,  sotbely,  to  me, 

YfF  we  wackoa  vp  wene  wttA  w^hea  so  fele,      tiunfin  uw« 

That  are  bigger  in  batell,  boldest  in  Armys,         .ith  uum,  x 
2276     Hit  may  n«gh  V8  w»tA  noy,  but  neuer  to  our  ioya  ^."taTDtvtru 

La^B  to  our  lyving,  and  likyng  we  haus  J''- 

Of  pes  A  of  piowes  out  prouyns  aboute ; 

Of  Riches  full  ryfe,  of  rest  at  our  wille ; 
3280    fiUl  atithe  of  astate,  &  atondyug  at  eee. 

Why  couet  we  combraunse,  ot  cachyug  of  harme,  wiv  mm  w* 

In  enpayryng  of  our  persons  &  pyllyng  our  ^SST^binni 
goodes,  ^ 

And  to  put  TB  fro  pee  ^yne  for  to  thowlel 
2264    Sothely  your  suster  dttee  va  not  so  bard^ 


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HEoroR  DiesuADBa  fbom  war. 

'  To  dianngn  for  hii  choisly  the  cheiijet  of  tb 
here ; 

Or  all  so  myght  Aunter  to  atter  for  en^. 

To  Bfke  ^,  in  certaTO,  bit  eemyB  not  enyn ; 
2286  And  put  ts  all  in  perell  for  pyne  for  hir  one, 
I  Jxtt  long  sytben  was  laght  &  out  of  load  broght, 

And  mey  be  dnpit  with  dethe  in  yerea  a  few ; 

And  all  the  ^meryng  for  yetcn.  in  yerea  A  lyte. 
2293     Notrhoopeyenot^hyndefader,  neinheit  thinks, 

That  I  caxpe  thus  for  cowardys,  &  be  course  ferde, 

Or  for  the  sake  of  my  aelfe  in  sauyng  alone  ; 

But  I  doute  it  for  deatany,  and  drede  at  )>e  ende, 
'  2296     ffor  lure  and  fot  losse  of  the  londe  hole  ; 

Bothe  of  soile  &  of  Septor,  soueraynly  of  you  ;— 

That  we  falle  into  forfet  wi'tA  our  fre  wills, 

And  chese  ts  a  chaunse  pat  cheuys  to  noght. 

2300  While  we  may  atithly  abstsyne,  &  atond  at  out  ese. 
Hit  is  leifuU  to  leue  syche  lykyngeg  in  hele ; 
And  put  of  a  purpos  of  a  pioude  sate, 

pat  harmea  at  fie  hynder  ende  &  heuy  to  beire." 

2301  When  Ector  hade  answaret  &  endet  hia  tale. 
He  enclynet  the  Eyng  &  closit  his  mowthe. 

THE  OOUHBBLL   OF   PARIS   ALBXADHDER. 

Than  paiya  aprochyt  And  put  hym  to  say, 
And  come  with  hia  counsell  dectaret  his  wit. 

2308     "  Now  fader  ful  faithfull,  and  our  fre  Kyng  ! 
Will  you  suffer  your  son  to  aay  at  thia  tyme, 
And  tent  to  my  tale,  it  tuiTiya  to  the  best  ? 
I  shall  put  you  to  purpoa  and  plesauns  at  ende, 

2312     Who  might  faithfully  be  ferde,  or  fortune  to 
dradi 
Syne  we  are  put  in  proeperite  &  pepull  so  fele, 
And  Riches  so  Rife,  and  Reames  beside ; 
Wi'tft  a  Cite  full  sure,  and  set  fnr  the  werre ; 

2316    With  Armure,  and  all  things  abill  to  fight. 


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FABIS  OBOES  IT. 

We  mlglLt  say  ttiis  for  certen,  &  suppose  it  in       b«*ti 

bert, 
Sjn  wo  ara  put  in  proaperite,  and  pepull  bo  fele, 
That  any  care  or  confusion  shnld  come  to  our 

2320    Therfor,  fkithfnU  &doT,  fclow  your  wUle; 

Send  fiirthe  a  soume  All  of  sura  knightes ; 

Let  hom  giid  into  Grise  with  a  grym  &re, 

fifight  with  your  fooe,  fonge  of  thaire  goodes, 
2324    That  tb  haimyt  bo  highly,  &  our  hede  aloghe ; 

Our  pepnll  to  pyne,  pild  all  our  londe. 

And  yfr  it  UIu)  yoni  Aliegiannce,  fat  J,  jour 
lefe  son, 

Be   sent  fiom.  your  seluon  with  sure  men  of 

2328     An  aioyuet  to  fis  Jomey  with  iuete  men  &  sure ;  >  ^(U  "f°i«  t^ 
I  am  Biker,  for  eothe,  it  shall  tb  wele  like,  Inn^i 

Worship  to  wyn,  and  our  wHle  haue. 
ffor  my  goddis  me  gronntid,  &  of  grace  lent,        ti-'xvp'^^' 

2332    The  Grekea  for  to  grefe,  A  of  grem  bryng ;  u>™uwur», 

Confound  of  hor  cunbes,  kylle  of  hor  pepuU, 
And  the  luatist  lady  in  hor  lond  wyn  ;  »na  to  win  u« 

Bryng  hur  to  ^is  burghe,  &  no  bale  suffer,  tiiiiiiimiL 

2336     That  be  chaunget  by  chaunse  for  your  choise 
Sister. 
And  yf  ye  wilne  for  to  witte  how  hit  worthe 

ahulde, 
I  shall  telle  you  the  trewthe  how  me  tyde  euyu ; 
And  all  the  case  how  yt  come  know  yf  ye  lyste. 

TBI  TI8T0N   OF  FABI3. 

2340     "  Hit  is  not  meuyt  of  mynde  ne  mony  day  past^  ^<* '«« ■(», 
Syn  I  was  leut  in  a  londe,  ^at  ie  lefs  ynde,  i*wi  «im  inb 

Your  hiddyng  to  obey,  as  my  blithe  fiader.  "^  "**■' 

In  the  se.-ison  of  somer,  er  the  sun  rose, 

2344    As  it  come  into  causer,  and  be  course  Entied, 


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78  THE  VISION   or   FARIB. 

Ba*n.         ^1       Hit  fell  me  on  a  fiyday  to  fete  Tppon  huntyng. 
lr™mNiFrtJw  WitA  myrthe  in  the  momyng  A  mony  other 

to  hunt  wtth  DeDnlL 

All  went  we  to  wod  the  wilde  for  to  cacche ; 

2318     And  labnrt  full  long,  laytyng  Aboute. 

nuniUayv*  Till  myddsy  and  more  myght  we  not  fynde, 

bat  vbm  (ns-  ffoF  to  wyn  Bfl  foT  waithe  in  ^at  wode  biode  ; 

"^  ""  Tyll  liit  entrid  to  euyn,  &  eaynaong  was  past 

2352     Then  it  fell  me  by  fortune,  fer  on  e,  playne, 
ibgiu)id*h«t  ^  I  beheld  buigh  a  bolte,  a  hert  for  to  ae, 

■11  ■lou.  p&t  pastured  on  a  playn  pertly  bym  one ; 

And  I  cast  me  be  comae  to  com  bym  before. 
Fut  from  aj       2356     ffast  fro  my  felowes  &  fuerely  I  rode, 
■iidmn  KfttKun  Eu^er  Icdo  hade  I  loat,  A  Idl  me  behynde, 

And  ewaruyt  out  ewiftly,  might  no  ewajne  folo. 
On  thrrnvh  tiu  So  I  wilt  in  the  wod  and  the  wilde  holtis, 

tmiauDatoi      2360    Ser  fro  my  ferea,  and  no  freiko  herde, 
iHt^idw.  '^'^  I  drogh  to  a  derke,  and  the  dere  lost. 

He  f  rong  into  f  icke  wctdee,  fiester  witft  in, 

ffbr  thomee  and  tres  I  tynt  bym  belyua 
ThmioHHdiBi  2361     Than  I  aesit  of  my  ante,  &  softly  doun  light, 

Beheld  to  my  hoiae,  ^t  hoto  was  of  Rennyn^ 

All  awoty  for  swyme  and  his  swift  cottrse. 

That  atremya  from  bym  straght,  &,  atert  Tppon 
))e  erthe, 
2368     And  dropia  as  dew  or  a  danke  rayna 
All  w<MT  I  All  wery  I  wex  and  wyll  of  my  gate, 

Hiiiiv  iba  renn.  And  taght  to  my  reyae,  riobet  o  lenght, 

taTb^'-""  Bound  vp  my  blonke  to  a  bogh  eiiyn  ; 

^'oiHrmi  ™  "^^'^     ^^  graithed  mo  to  grounde  as  me  gode  liked, 
■miiw  uh  bri«M  In  a  shadow  of  shene  tres  A  of  ahyre  floures, 

Oner  hild  for  Jie  hete  bengyng  wttA  leues. 
«Bdpi»rfBgnv  My  bow  fiat  was  bigge,  A  my  bright  qwyuer, 

u  ■  irfitw,  I  KM  2376     ArowoB  and  other  geire  atled  I  anon. 

Fight  as  a  pyllow,  put  vnder  my  hode  ; 

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I  drow  into  a  dreme,  &  di^hly  me  thought  """ti. 

2380    That  mercxaj  the  mykUl  God,  in  Jw  meue  tyme,  J,''™'"i,Sui» 

Thre  goddes  hade  gotten  goyng  hym  bye,  •'i™  vM—^ 

That  come  in  hia  company  clere  to  beholde : —  '*"■  *•  ■■' 

Ven»M  the  worthy,  bat  Tremen  ay  plesyn  :  Tmn",  Piiiin 

■'    '       '      '  pad  ]a,oa,  ftood 

2384     And  Palades,  wt'tA  pore  wit  ^t  passea  all  other ;  MbnmiL 
And  Jono,  a  iiistiB  of  ioyes  in  erthe. 
These  ladia  he  lefte  a  litiU  beayde, 
And  sothely  hym  seluyn  said  me  thiea  worde*.     Thitnermij 

2388     '  To  the,  Paris,  I  appere  witA  Jire  pn'se  goddes,    .-pirin  i  irpw 
That  are  atad  in  a  strife  here  etondyng  besyde  ;    thHcuma 
And  haue  pat  horn  full  plainly  in  \A.  pure  wit,     Xr^ao^na 
To  deme  as  [«  dere  thinke  Sb  ^i  in  dede  holde,   ^[il'^^'^^dh 

2392     When  treuthe  ia  determynet  St  tried  by  the. 

Thus  it  be  fell  hom  by  fortune,  faire  aa  I  telle ; — 

As  ))ai  sate  in  hor  solas  sarayn  at  a  fest,  ilJJl^Tj^  *( 

An  appull  of  a  new  shap,  ^t  neuer  man  hade  aene,  ■  b*"  •>i>pe  ■•• 

2396     Coyntly  by  crafte  was  cast  horn  amonge. 
Hit  was  made  of  a  mater  meruell  to  shew, 
Wi'tA  greto  lettura  of  Grace  grauyn  fere  vmbo.     JJf^Il^^f" 
To  rede  it  by  reson  rank**  might  aa,  fcinwiboom 

2100  That  the  fairest  of  >o  fele  Hholl  >at  fn  haue  : 
And  duly  this  dome  haue  f>ai  done  o  ^i  selfe, 
And  put  on  fi  person  hor  pese  for  to  make.  T^  °"^  ""'■• 

The  is  hight  for  to  haue  h^hly  by  me,  ™*  tt>«jp™i>i" 

2104    A  mede  of  ^o  mighty  to  mend  the  wi'tA  All, 

As  in  rewarde  for  to  ricche  of  hir  )>at  right  has : 

That  ye  iaithfully  shall  falle  &  not  faile  of. 

Yf  bou  Juge  it  to  Jono,  this  ioye  shall  Iwu  if  joa  MJnUg*  tt 

\  '  r        t«Juno,j«i.li.a 

haue, —  bomiH  Che 

2408    To  he  mlghtieat  on  molde,  &,  most  of  all  other : —  mh.     °° 
This  ho  giauntis  ye  ki  gyffe  of  hir  good  wille. 
And  if  bou  put  it  to  Faladee,  as  for  lonr  pj-ise  ifi»p«ii«p- 

lady,  •wutiiifyeti: 

Thou  shnlhe  wisest  of  wit, — this  wete  ^ou  for 

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TKNira   TINB  THE  APPLE. 

241 2     And  know  all  the  conyng,  ^t  ky ndly  ia  for  men. 
Iff  ^u  deme  it  in  dede  duly  to  Venus, 
Hit  shall  faUe  the,  to  fortune,  pQ  fairest  of  Grice 
To  haue  and  to  holde,  to  )ii  hegh  mede.' 
2416     Wben  mercuiy  hade  menyt  this  taaier  to  ende. 
And  gmnnt  me  )iiBe  gyftis  hit  gladit  my  hcrt. 
I  onswaret  hyin  eaely  euyn  vponon  :— 
'This  dome  is  in  dowte  to  demyng  of  me, 
2420     The  certayn  to  say,  hut  I  hom  aegh  naked  ; 
And  waited  hom  wele,  fo  worthy  togedur, 
The  hodies  ahoute  with  my  bright  Ene. 
Than  shuld  I  fiiU  Bone  Etay,  as  me  thought, 
2424     And  telle  you  the  truthe,  &  tory  no  leugur.' 
KtrewT  Bid  1—  Then  mercuiy  wt'tA  mowthe  Jnia  roenyt  (^yne ; — 

dHin.'  '  Be  it  done  euyn  in  dede  as  ^i  diseiie  ia.' 

^(duiiiniu.  Thau  nakuet  anon  full  naitly  were  all, 

2428    And  broght  to  me  bare :—  I  bluaahet  hom  on. 
I  waited  hom  witterly,  as  me  wele  thoght^ 
All  feturs  in  feie  of  }o  fre  ladys. 
Hit  semit  me  for  certayn,  &  for  sothe  dom, 
Trair.VHimni  2432     J3at  Venus  the  Tertuua  was  verclj  the  fairest, 
iwudid  bti  Um  Host  excelent  of  other,  and  onest  to  wale  : 

And  I  duli,  be  dom,  demyt  hir  the  appulL 
And  ho  fayn  of  jiat  faire,  &  frely  me  bet 
2436     That  the  mede  ehuld  be  myne,  pat  mercuiy  said& 
TiiM  r  Mwokt,  jjgQ  wightly  ])ai  went.     I  wackonet  witA  fat, 

And  grippet  my  gayre  &  my  gate  helde. 
Now,  howpe  3e  not  hertely,  ^at  f\a  h^h  godde^ 
I  u.  nrtiin.        2440     Will  faitbly  fuliille  ))aire  forward  to  ende  1 
•ani  Into  on«»,  I  am  ceiten  and  sure,  be  I  sent  forthe, 

i^'iJf*  The  brightiest  lady  to  bryng  of  po  brode  londys. 

^h«*ijrf,,(  ^0^'  ™e^e  fader  and  raylde !  fie  message  to  do, 

2444     Ye  deme  your  dere  son,  &  dresse  me  f  erfore : 

Hit  ehall  glade  you  full  godely  agaynes  your 

gret  angw. 
And  fiUe  you  witA  faynhod,  in  Mtbe  I  you  hetc" 

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THS  OOUHSKL  OF  DSIPH0BU8. 

When  he  told  hade  his  tale  tomly  Ig  the  eude, 
2448     He  euclinet  the  kyng,  and  Corpit  no  more. 

THB  OOUMBKLL  OF   DBFFEBUS. 

Then  Deffuhns  diogh  negh,  dieseit  hym  to  say, — 
Com  before  the  Kyng,  &  Corpit  on  highe ; 
All  Boherly,  for  sothe,  &  sylena  he  hade. 

34£3     " Now,  dere  fader Tppon deee,  &  otu  due  Eynge  I  "nwtuiHri 
SoJTers  yoMr  son  to  say  at  thia  tyme  : —  ••>  ;- 

And  fe  dome  of  yche  dede  were  demyt  before,     "I)'*!!?'''' 
To  giepe  at  fe  begynnyng,  what  may  grow  after  j  J™t>  i"*""- 

U56    To  Berohe  It  full  Bosily,  and  se  to  ^  ende, 
Witft  due  deleberacion  for  doutis  of  Angor ; 
Who  ehuld  hastely  on  bond  an  heuy  charge  take  ?  ,^^'^y  ^^ 
And  he  cast  be  coarse  what  shuld  corns  after,       JjJjJJ^ """' 

2460     Shuld  nener  purpoe  TBperiaahit  be  patto  A  yBsn ; 
Ne  nener  no  man  no  note  to  no  end  biyng. 
Iff  tylmen  toke  tent  what  shuld  tynt  worth,        J^^SSJI]^ 
Of  Bede  fat  ia  sawen,  be  Beeyng  of  briddM,  ""*  "*  "» 

2464     Shnld  nenn- ciHne  for  care  be  caste  vppou  erthe :  Bauibcaidnw 
Ne  neuer  dede  afauld  be  done  but  ireea  fiirth  to 
nt^t.  < 

Therfore,  iader,  it  is  faireet,  fat  ye  a  flete  ordan,  '^j^^^  ^J^ 
Wj'tft  a  nauy  full  nobill,  Jiis  note  to  b^ynne ;      Jjl?"  *"■* 

2468    Puttia  it  to  Farya,  &  Let  bym  passe  fuithe. 

As  he  said  yon  hym  selnyn,  is  sothely  the  best : 
"  Mo  pure  man  may  pertly  preue  it  for  other. 
And  if  it  bappon  hym  to  haoe  any  hynde  lady,    J^"J?  *'""'' 

2472     Or  any  worthy  to  wyn  &  Away  lode, 

Hit  may  cheae  you,  be  chaunse,  to  channge  hir  TB^aajAvat 

to  acliuvE*  h«r 

agayne,  tot  jont  ■««,•• 

Yoar  snater  to  sese  and  in  sound  wyn, 
)}at  our  fame  so  defoulee,  &  is  in  filthe  holdyn."  ' 

2476     When  Deflebus  hade  done,  he  diesdt  hym  to 
8i*» 
By  leae  of  tlie  Iorde«,  fat  liket  his  wordes. 


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U  OP   ELINPa   TIIK  BYSBHOP 

Then  Elinw^  efteaoncs,  (^ras  £ldiRt  of  birtbe 
After  DeffebuB,  by  destyny)  he  drest  hym  to 
say  J — 

2480    Come  beforo  the  kyng,  declarit  his  wit, 

And  warpet  these  wordes,  as  ye  wete  shaU. 
"  A  I  comly  kyng  coronid,  fat  fis  kith  aw ! 
Lot  no  blyndnea  you  Wenke,  ne  yowr  blisse  faide, 

248i    "Vnwisely  to  wirke  In  yojw  wUde  yre. 

I  know  mo  so  konyng  in  the  clene  Artis, 
Thui^h  gifte  of  god,  &  your  goode  fyndyng, 
J)at  I  wot  all  the  wordyB,  &  the  wildn  Angles, 

2488     J)at  be  course  are  to  come,  &  the  canse  why. 
Tout  seluyn  sothely  asayot  haue  before, 
I  told  you  neoer  tale  in  tyme  fat  is  past. 
Bat  ye  faithfnUy  bane  found  it  fore  as  I  said. 

2492     Theifore,  putte  of  this  purpos;  Let  Paris  not  go 
On    no  wise  in  this  world,  for  woo  fat  may 

happyn. 
I  say  you  for  ceit^n,  &  it  so  worthe. 
That  Paris  be  put  furthe  hie  purpos  to  holde, 

2496     Gird  vp  into  Grese,  &  any  grem  wirks ; 
This  Cite  full  solempne  sesit  be  fen, 
WitA  the  Greke*  to  ground  gird  Tnder  fot«, 
And   we  exiled  foi  vaer:    this  Aunter  shatl 
falle. 

2500    Abetene  fen  stithly,  fat  no  stoure  happon, 

))at  dnwghes  to  oni  dethe,  vndoyng  for  euer. 
Soche  bargens  are  bytter,  fat  hafe  a  bare  end. 
Turne  your  entent,  lest  it  tyde  after, 

2504    J)at  ye  be  drepit  wttA  dole,  and  done  out  of 
It  lyue ; 

And  Ecuba,  your  owne  wife,  atigur  to  fole; 

J  Tour  sonea  vnsoberly  slayne  in  the  place.  j 

All^thiea  cases  ahall  come,  I  know  it  full  wele, 

2508     Yt  Paris  pas  forth,  aa  purpos  is  takon. 


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TROILirS   DROBS   IT.  6: 

This  is  sothe,  fat  I  say,  8»>,  witA  your  leue  :  Bockn, 

Now  'wirkys  by  wit,  as  yoa  well  likes." 

Then  he  bowet  the  bueme  &  huaket  to  ayt, 
2513     Seyit  forth  wttA  sory  cheie,  and  his  sete  toke. 

When  the  kyng  hade  conaayoit  of  his  clere  wit^    *^  u>k  <«• 

And  hia  woidys  full  wise,  all  his  wille  chatmgetj  •umuini; 

He  wan  stonyt  fall  stille  &  in  a  stody  tate, 
2516     And  ferd  ef  fw  felle  wordes,  }iat  ))e  freike  saide. 

AU  the  buemes  aboute  ahaashet  fer  wiih,  ■»  *«« 

B«  OMise  of  the  kyng,  ))«re  countenatuiae  &iIod : 

Was  no  wee  ftA  a  worde  warpit  ^t  tyme, 
2920     But  all  atodyn  fnll  atille  :  astoneide  ))ai  were       *»<  iiood  am. 

tfoi  ^  wordys  of  wit,  ^t  ^  wegh  toMe  ;  dtonuhML 

And  doote  of  his  dome  for  deetyne  feloU. 

THE  OOUNSBLI.  Off  TBOTLDS. 

Than  Troilos  fiill  tyte  talkm  wtt&  mowthe, —       TraUn  itwn 
2624     ]f>aX  was  ]m  yongiat  of  yeris,  &  a  jepe  knight, —^ 
Stake  Sylease  belyue^  and  abrode  saide  : — 
"Al  Qobyll  men  of  nome,  what  noyee  your  'AhiiiDbitmnKi 

hert«1  "™.-hj» 

Why  are  ye  trowblit  bis  tyme,  and  yonr  tung       (ULUa.i 

tnobMud 

2528     And  menyt  so  mykell,  for  a  mad  prwte,  noimimKiod"' 

That  nener  oolde  of  no  knighthode,  but  in  a  SJiSJr'^'" 

kiike  chydet 
Hit  is  propuxti  for  a  preste  porellis  to  diede, 
S«rd  be  for  fight,  and  0  fer  shun  it, 

2532    KeUe  hym  wttA  mekenee,  ^at  hym  moit  louya, 

Delyte  hym  in  Diynke,  and  o^  d«re  meyt^,      iSSaiiolS 
Set  hym  to  solas,  aa  hym  selfe  like*.  aw-wmi.' 

Who  may  tell  it  for  tni,  or  trnst  hane  ^erin, 

3536    pat  any  gome  ahuld  be  giaiihe  of  our  goddei 
wille. 
Or  haoe  knowyng  of  case  for  to  come  after  t 
llieie  is  no  wyse  man,  I  wene,  ^  will  it  suppose,  ifoaiawp 


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THU  O0UN8BL  OP  TBOILtTS. 

J)at  a  foole  stiuld  be  forwiae  soche  ferlies  to  know. 
2540    If  Elinuf  be  aigb,  &  oumea  for  ferde. 

Let  hjm  tegh  to  po  tempnll,  tallce  wM  hia 

Deuyne  aeroice  to  do,  and  bo  diode  kepe  ; 
udMixharinai,  j^^  let  Other  men  Aunter,  abiU  Jerfore, 

to  >ipa  oiu  oar      2544     ffor  to  shimt  tb  of  shame,  ehend  of  oof  foos. 

And  vei»ge  Ta  of  Telany  &  of  yile  gremy, 
WhT.  bthar,  ■»  Why  fader,  in  £dth,  are  yo  bo  for  toouhlet 

•tbuvordir  At  his  wordya  of  waste,  &  hia  wit  febill  1 

CcmuiMiiA  Out      2548     Comannd,  air  kvng,  fiat  a 'clene  naoy 
nxir,  ud  ftiUj  Be  redy  to  rode  on  ^e  nigh  aee, 

Of«iu  <riu  (fi*i*  AH  wall  foi  }e  werte,  wttA  wight  men  ync^h : 

uwiun.  Syne  the  Grekea  witA  greme  may  giefe  vb  no 

wa  ■■nroM-)    2552    Bat  it  syt  horn  so  sore,  fat  )iai  sorrow  euer." 
^[SS^uftu  When  Ttttilus  hade  told,  &  his  tate  endit, 

(i>d,uda^-  Hit  blithet  all  tiie  baemee,  ^at>b(mte  etode, 

■BouMU  '   Of  his  wit,  &  bis  wille,  &  wordet  fall  bolde ; 

2556    And  confennyt  his  coansell  by  comyn  assent. 
Ttaa  mm  thm  Than  comaund  ths  kyncr  the  oonrtte  for  to  >yse ; 

Askit  water  wi^tly,  weotton  [to]  meyte. 
Bothe  hym  aelfs  and  his  sonnes,  wttA  sera  loidea 

2560  Maden  all  inmy,  menyt  ^ere  apecbe. 

TBB  ORDIH^miBK  TOR  PABIS  INTO  flltBBB. 

When  etyn  hade  all  men  &  at  ese  hene, 

Bordys  avay  borne,  buemes  on  fote ; 

The  kyng  syttyng  hym  8e1&,  &  his  eete  helde : 

2561  He  comannd  for  to  cnm  of  his  kynd  sons. 
Parye  apperit,  pert  Deffebus  alse, 
Comyn  to  the  kyng,  knelit  full  low,  -    - 
ffor  to  wete  of  his  wille ;  &  f  e  w^h  saide  : — 
"I  bid  ])at  ye  buska,  and  no  bode  make; 
Pas  into  Payone  fen  pnee  knightM  dwellid, 


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THX  EXPEDITION    OF  PABIS  PBOPOBBD.  85 

Doughty  of  dede,  derfe  men  in  Aimys.  Boakvi. 

Aseembte  yott  Boadioars,  Sara  men  &  nobU], 
2572     Shapyn  in  shenB  ger,  witA  ehippia  to  wynde, 

The  Giebys'to  greue,  &  in  giem  biynge." 

pAa  fsi  lacchyn  hor  leae, — lowtoa  hor  Icyng, — ■ 

Cayren  forths  to  fo  coate,  &  hor  coarse  belde.       "^  •«  mu  .»* 
2576     Aseemblit  sondionra  anon,  many  sad  huodiith ;    omm. 

And  lengit  while  fem  list,  Jie  lend  was  («re  owne. 
.  The  Bocund  day,  eothely,  for  to  say  feire,  .  SwTiTraran™ 

When  he  hie  sons  herde,  ha  somond  his  lordee     w«  iord>. 
-3580    And  all  the  knjghtdt  to  come,  &  clene  men  of 
wit, 

To  appere  in  his  prssena  a  purpoa  to  take.  ' 

When  ^  souerain  waa  aet  witft  aere  lords*  vmbe, 

Then  caipea  the  kyng  his  kuighW  vutilL  SlJlt^iJirt™ 

2584     "  Now,  loidss  of  my  lond,  &  lege  pepull !  U"  o™*»i 

The  case  is  well  knowen  to  your  clene  mynde, 

How-  Jie  QiekM  ts  greuit,  &  to  groniid  broght, 

And  pnt  Ta,  wttft  hor  pnde,  to  pouerte  full  loV. 
2688     Of  our  nonerans  &  aih  men  B«ruondis  to  he, 

Ay  hengis  in  my  hert  |)e  hethyng  I  thole ;  uJStJi^udiD. 

Of  my  Sast«r  in  aernage,  &  in  eyn  holdyn,  i>i»'i"i"i 

Hit  meuye  into  mynd,  &  mekill  me  noyea ; 
2693    And  I  sothety  haue  sent,  as  ye  see  qU,  ^^^!!Za 

Antenor  to  aske  hir,  &  Augur  no  more.  "•  ••*"'» 

He  bade  not  of  horn  bat  hethyng  &  skome, 

Gcete  wordis  &  gief,  &  moche  giym  ^to; 
3696    ])at  donblia  my  dole,  &  to  deUie  bryngis. 

Now  wonndya  ahalbe  wrogbt,  wegbea  to  aotow, 

And  dyntM  Aill  dedly  for  }o  deie.sake, 

I  haue  purpaat  Paiys  wttA  priae  me»  ynow,         1^*5^^'''°^ 
3600    Into  Qieee  for  to  go,  &  bom  to  gteme ;  :    aphUUooimAar 

Kylle  of  hoi  knighte^  knocke  bom  to  dethe;  (ibLUa.) 

(riype  of  hor  godea,  and  ^yne  wyii.  pinndw  tn* 

Hit  may  chefe  hym  by  chaunce  to  get  sOm  choise  ^^l^itd^ 

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66  ro  Bt,  OR,  vat  to  bi. 

Book  TL       260i     Or  sum  vontan  to  wyn.  Jut  worthy  U  holdjn, 
^^(^  **  Biyng  to  tfaia  buighe,  (&  other  brode  godes. 

Oar  wonhip  to  vyn  &  oni  will  luiue,) 
That  majr  chfife  by  duunae  ohaunge  for  ExiniJ. 
2608    This  I  will  ^t  ye  wete,  &  you;  wills  ahewe  ;— 
HOurmMm  If  ye  deme  it  in  dede,  ^ub  I  do  will; 

vHiiHTTHaMi  And  punue  on  my  purpos  plainly  to  ende. 

u,  ha  vui  gc  no  And  if  ye  liat  it  be  lefie,  let  ms  wete  sone, 

*''*^-  2612    And  I  wiU  soberly  aese,  &  sue  it  no  fane. 

]}of  )>ai  tooahe  me  witA  tene,  all  these  tore  hannei^ 
All  the  comyna  be  coniBe  hane  cause  for  to  say; 
ffor  it  Angnrt  bom  all,  &  out  of  eee  brought : 
2616    And  as  wise  men  iritnes,  &  in  writ  ahewea, 
^t  at  longta  to  lenge  on  a  lall  oomyns, 
Shnld  propnrly  be  a-preuyt  hj  the  pepull  hole." 

THB  ODDHBKLL  Of   FROIHEUB. 

nf  hen  tale  of  the  trew  was  triet  to  ^  ende, 

£620     And  ailens  on  yche  tfyde  sit^g  fall  stillo, 

A  Btueme  of  yo  stithe  wen  atondyng  aboute, 

Pn«bn^  MB  (4  A  pia^  man  of  pure  wit,  piothena  he  bight, 

pbiiii»i>iu>r,  tiHB  ^at  was  sotbely  tbe  son  of  souaran  Ewaebij, 

;j^""       2C24    A  PhyloBofer  f^e  fefe  yeres  past, 

J5»t,  Ouyd  in  old  tyme  oponly  telluB, 
Had  all  the  <a»fte  &  conyng  in  bis  clere  wit, 
cx**«««'  ]}at  piotagoras  the  pate  god  poeseesiant  was  of. 

2628    This  protheua  pertly  put  hym  to  eay, — ■ 

To  the  kyng  in  the  court  oarpie  tbiea  woidM  :— 
"Aii,iuUikiii(i  "A  Inobill  ijaa  &  nomekowthel  notwinyour 

^tmimaia  hett, 

And  sufiora  me  to  say,  Symple  yol  I  be  ; 

2633    Let  mene  to  your  maiesty  ^  mynde  of   tny 

tale, 

Hedya  me  wi'tA  heryng,  &  in  hart  kepe : 

I  will  telle  myn  entend  vpon  tiew  wise, 

»M*^"i"  And  say  yon  in  sertain  }nt  ye  mon  sure  fynda 


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87 

2638     Hit  is  knoweu  to  you  kynd  lord  &  your  court        Bootvi. 
bole, 
That  my  fader  was  a  philisofeT,  Sc  of  fele  yeres, —    "J  ***"  "•  ■ 

•*  '  pUloHfitaflri 

To  the  nowmber  of  nene  skowre,  &  his  nome      (iw.«w 

wlu>kiwwav«T 

KOUthe, UuniiClaRiiiil 

And  fully  was  enformet  of  forUme  deuyse, 

8640    What  he  course  was  to  oum  of  care  &  of  ioye. 

Ofte  ho  Bflid  me  for  Bothe,  &  for  sure  tolde,  ^  *^J°1  **"* 

)Mt  if  Paiya  vn'tA  a  pepull  past  into  Grese,  puHdims 

In  purpas  to  pray,  or  profet  to  gete, 

2641    An  wan  Jmie  a  wife  &  away  led, 

>itgret6TrojeBliiildbetane,&(yrnyltogpound,  ^^^^^^ 
And  all  the  buyldynge«  brent  into  baid  askys : 
Tour  selfe  &  your  sons  sothely  be  dede, 

2618    WttA  the  Orekes  in  hor  grefe;  &  }ia  ground  loat 

Wherfore,  wbeme  kyi^  I  for  what  fat  may  come,  wtimfor^  <iav 
Let  your  lordship  lystyu  wttA  a  lone  ere, 
And  wiike  after  wit,  fiat  worship  may  folow : 

2652    8yn  wordys  of  wise  men  is  no  wit  to  dispise. 

And  nomely  in  ^  not«,  Jiat  noise  not  ymtr  selfe, 
Ife  hnrttec  not  your  hegh  Astate,  ne  no  harme 

dos; 
And  peraiaeraonse  of  purpos  may  quit  you  to  lure, 

2666    Tom  landys  to  lose,  &  langur  for  euer. 

Why  couet  ye  be  course  to  cum  out  of  ese, —       whj  lonnw 
Tour  rost  into  Boboy  &  to  ryfe  p^vllis,  nibter)'  tat 

Bothe  in  dam^ei  and  dieds,  Se  may  diyfe  of  t      ^ 

2660    Absteyne  yon  stithly,  ^at  no  atoure  fall ; 

And  endtue  fiirthe  your  dayes  at  your  dere  ese, 
In  lykyng  to  lyue,  &  yonr  ledie  all, 
Wttftouten  heuynee  or  hamia    Hedis  to  fat, 

2064    And  pnttis  of  ^t  purpos ;  let  puis  not  wend  ;     Pui  en  Uut 
Let  ano)ier  do  ^t  note,  if  hit  nede  shaU.  «>  Puti  io. 

This  is  my  counsell,  air  iyag,  eaxpe  I  no  fer."       ^t'SSw.f 
At  ProtheoB  profeai  Jte  pepuU  made  noise,  "  " ""* ^" 

S668    Myche  Bomur  &  rud  speche  at  his  red  sonue ;     TiwpMpitmoDk 


TSE  BOKROW  OF  CASSUIDBA. 

His  olde  fader  fBntaai  ))ai  filet  in  heit, 
'  And  repugnet  ]k>  pointte*  vitA  a  proade  wille ; 

As,  lord,  gjfh  fiai  leuyt  hade  for  Inie  ^t  come 
after, 
2672    Hit  miglit,  by  fortune,  baoe  fiulet  of  ^t  fonle 
end. 
But  it  was  deateynid  by  dome,  &  for  due  boldyn 
Hit  pleeit  wele  the  pepnll  at  paiya  to  Tende : 
Thay  affennyt  hit  fully,  &  &ren  to  fen  Innea. 

TBI   HOROV  or  OASSAHVEA  T&X  KTNGTS  DOUOHTUt. 

2676    Hit  come  to   Caasandra,  )iat  vas  the  fcyngea 


That,  be  ooimBell  of  the  kyng  Se  oomyna  aesent, 
Paiys  was  pnrpost  wttA  poner  to  wende 
Into  Qieee  for  a  gay,  all  on  gcete  irifl& 
2660    All  in  aikyng  &  eomv,  viifi  syling  of  tons, 
Ho  blast  out  vitA  a  birre  from  hir  bale  hert, 
And  all  frathly  ho  foie  in  hir  fyne  irittea ; 
Warpet  out  woides  wonder  to  heie. 
2684    WitA  a  caiefnll  die  caiping  ho  sayde  :— 
wk^ iMnsdiis  "Al  nobill  Tioye,^noy  ^neg^yeathond! 

intiMad,tt.  What  Tnhappe  &  haidehip  bapnee  the  to  I 

All  )i  tourea  &  iHiet  ahalbe  ^myt  mder; 
2688    And  thy  buyldyng  betyn  to  ^e  bare  erthe. 
Jtaiwut"  ■*■ '  ™happy  hegh  ^ng  what  hazdsMp  is  to  the  I 

'"*'*»«^  •*  Piiani,  &  Jd  pepnll,  be  put  to  Jw  detiie  j 

Ynder  aenuge  set^  Se  aotow  for  ay. 
<M«»4  2692    What  defense  has  ^  done  to  onj  deie  goddwt 

amuh^o  And  faa  qwene,  ^at  mqwemyt  has  on  mm 

qwaint  wise, 
The  augur  the«  is,  Ecaba,  entnmd  on  honde  1 
t)at  all  ^i  sons  shall  ^n  se  slayn  wttA  ^  ene. 
p^  C^      2696    Why  puttw  >on  not  Parys  his  pttrpos  to  leue  J 
pupaHP"  That  shall  be  caTiae  of  snche  dtaa,  fai  wnll  come 

after." 


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fATE  tniBT  BB  TVLgtUjm.  89 

Ho  loa  faa  full  mdly,  &  ran  to  }ie  kyng,  BwtvL 

Wi'tA  teris  don  trickelyng  of  hir  tore  ene,  ■**  "»  "  *• 

2700    And  a  aembland  foil  aouie^  sorow  to  be  holde, 

She  pmyet  hym  fall  pitotuljr  his  purpoe  to  Iraa  II!l'™u,'''"  " 

As  Ito  ^t  iriBe  fras  t^  wi^  &  wist  it  be-fore         porpcH. 

Hkingb  craft  of  bir  conyng  &  comae  of  ^  aternys, 
2704    &ia  aaid  hym  full  sadly  with  soiowlViIl  irordys, 

AH  shnld  tume  hym  to  tene,  &  ])e  tovne  lose. 

But  fortune,  ^t  is  felle,  forUiers  his  ^me ;  Botuait 

Hastis  to  vnhappe,  having  no  lewarde ;  tana  mf^iui* 

2708     Ordans  an  yssev,  euyn  as  hym  lyst ;  pvpiM. 

Tnniys  all  entent,  ^t  hym  taiy  void ; 

Caches  forthe  his  cold  viidis  with  cnrnpas  to 

Bnt  I  may  eothely  say,  &  for  sate  holde, — •  ^t^Ht^  *** 

2712    Hade  the  connsell  ben  kept  of  the  knight  Ector,       (M-at.) 

And  the  Emyst  speohe  Eftward  of  EUnn^  the 
Bysahop, 

Cassandras  care  considret  witA  all, 

WttA  the  prophesy  of  Protheos  put  into  hertys, 
2716    Troy  iritft  fi  tonres  hade  bene  a  tonne  noble,       '^^i^^'SSL 

And  wond  in  bis  weile  to  the  woAdee  end&         ttr.ia. 

Bat  no  man  t«ntee  to  tene  er  fe  tyme  come, 

He  ferd  is  for  fortone  till  it  fsOle  ta 
2720    And  ^f  bit  cbannees  to  chefe  pat  men  chaiga 
litill, 

To  grow  into  gionnd  harme  &  grenys  fall  sore  ; 

When  the  t«ne  ib  be  ^e,  &  titniyB  to  fe  went, 

Men  demyn  hit  for  des^y,  &  for  dne  holdyn ; 
3724    And  takraiyt  to  >at  entent  :&  hen  a  tale  euciea. 


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&m  t^gnius  t^e  iSntgnt  Boftr : 
^lAa  ^arss  tomt  into  ffirrae  for  ®Ian. 


1m.^«  **"  ^^'  J^  Ensrmore  ertia  to  skathe, 

•di*r,  rata  Syzlea  full  Svfa  in  her  ranke  hertee. 

••inui*  bauti.  This  forward  waa  festyuit  wiVi  a  felte  wills, 

2728    And  all  the  purpoe  plaiiil}'  wttA  pouer  to  wende. 

Bit  betid  ^  in  tyme,  as  X  telle  shall, 

When  ait  Tas  [the]  Sun  ^eae'sigitea  betwcne, 
]T|"'~  Entred  in  yodos,  efler  as  it  fell ; 

2732    And  the  planet  of  pliadea,  wtVt  hia  playn  course, 
win.-nwm)  Into  tauie  was  tumyt  as  the  tyme  asket. 

Um  Hnth  of  In  the  moneth  of  May,  when  medoes  bene  greite, 

adon  *n  And  all  floiisshet  with  SomeB  ]>e  fildee  aboute ; 

"^  *°"  2736     Buriona  of  bowes  brethit  full  awete, 

fflorisshet  bill  &iie ;  frutas  were  kuyt ; 

Greuys  were  giene,  &  Jo  ground  bilde ; 

Hit  waa  likyng  in  Laundys  ledya  to  walks ; 
rbtribta'  2740  Paiys  the  pert  knight,  And  hia  pure  brother, 
*'*'iS"*°  Comyn  Tnto  courtte  wt'tft  company  giete, 

(jita.  Of  thra  thowsaund  frro  knight«^   ^uand  in 

Aimys; 

The  praddiat  of  payone,  pn'se  men  of  honde, 
ptmaUc*       2744     Shippea  were  ahot  furth  on  the  shyre  water, 

All  boune  on  the  biode  aee,  wttA  botys  amonge. 

To  nem  you  the  mowmber  naytely  be  tale, 
™S^nro,  There  were  twen^  and  too,  to  twyn  horn  in 

.1  irtobuiiHi  Bonder, 


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PRIAH8   ADDSBBS.  91 

2748    Stithe  Btuppea  &  stoure  stuffet  wttt  viteU,  B">vn. 

All  liill  Tpoa  flote  with  fyne  pepull  in. 

The  kyng  oomannd  to  some,  &  oold  hym  aoon,     naUnicaik 

AntenoT  alstite,  and  Aonteros  Eneas,  •»'  Pnijdnia, 

2752    And  Polidanuw  prut, — a  full  pert  knight, 

Antenor  Ayme  son,  aldiet  of  yens ; 

Bads  liom  boake  &  be  bonn  &  no  bode  make,       «nBHBdi  tb« 

To  pas  fnrthe  wi'tA  parys  &  bor  pnae  knightof,    ■»  "ix  p>rii 
S7S6    Bowne  on  Iior  beet  wise  in  bor  blight  wedie. 

And  ^  gnnutid  the  gtete  viOi  a  glad  cbere, 

And  ahope  bom  to  ship  in  a  eharpe  haate. 

All  the  pepull  to  appera  Fiyam  comanndit,  Th*paiipi>>iio 

2760    That  ware  purpast  to  pas  on  the  pale  atremys,     PuHipiiZr 

And  wightly  thiee  words*  watpit  bom  to,  b*>niJi«ui*:- 

WiU  a  Sembland  full  sad,  er  be  see  wold  : — 

"  Hit  nedya  iwt  now  our  nayes  to  telle,  WtMMtk* 

2764     Ne  mony  woidw  to  warp^  for  it  ie  well  knowon.  npawko. 

All  wete  ye  tny  wille  why  ye  wand  shall, 

The  (hek«  foi  to  grata,  if  your  graoe  happe, 

And  hanne  witft  your  bond,  ^  our  hede  alogli ; 
2768    To  range  of  onr  velany,  &  onr  vDe  gram 

And  hardlaike  we  hade  of  horn  in  }ie  londe : 

And  most  ia  my  mynde,  &  I  might  bane,  •jogiimjMir 

My  Sister Exiona  feo  B«raage  to  brynga  SSmh™ 

S778    That  ehalbe  choialy  yo««-  charge :  chefe  &  ye  may  eWrf  ""*  .- 

WttA   all  yovr  migbt«  to  meno,  &  moet  to 
punew 

Ob  horn  ^  hir  holdis,  &  va  haime  dyd.  w.  m  »o 

We^  hit  all  wele :  wi'tA  outen  any  cauao 
S770    pat  }o  dayeos  yon  dent,  &  to  diede  hcoght ;        lomtt.  ondci 

And  for  Bedui  &  ranka  haime  (tf  mright  dedi^ 

We  may  tyre  t8  wttA  tmthe  to  tane  horn  agayne^ 

And  wxeke  ts  of  wiathe  &  wrangea  before. 
8780    1  hid  yon  now  baily  wttA  bennes  at  all, 

)Mt  ye  set  you  most  aouerainly  my  snster  to  geta.  ■ 

ITow  is  ^ma  moat  tore  to  tente  }sn  abmite^ 


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DIPABTDBE  OF  THS  FLEET. 

And  to  aonter  on  our  Enmys  wt'tA  annBB  in  irene, 
2764    Out  Enjglithode  to  Ejthe,  &  ooi  dene  atrenght ; 

And  mraie  ts  wUh  monhode  maiab;  to  vyn. 

Wetis  all  vela :  &  yon  wont  <%ht, 

~0r  any  case  to  you  come  oomford  to  hane, 
2788    To  be  snppooeld  by  eelfa  &  my  aad  belpe. 

And  if  it  falle  you  be  fbitimB  to  foitber  yotir 
ville, 

My  Syetor  to  sese,  or  any  anre  lady, 

Te  haue  ehall  my  belpe  &  my  bole  atrenght, 
2792     To  pas  -witA  a  power  to  Jaire  playne  londys, 

t>at  all  tbe  dayena  ts  doato  eball  foT  our  derfe 

And  be  war  tb  to  wratbe  to  ^  worldea  end, 

Prtns©  of  Jiia  pouar  Paiya  abalbe, 
279S     And  leder  of  these  ledys  &  the  lefe  pepoll ; 

And  Deffebus,  my  dors  son,  I  dem  hym  fo  next ; 

WitA  counsell  &  comford  of  dene  men  of  wit, — 

Of  Antenor,  &  Eneas,  &  other  fiill  noble, 
-3800    )»t  fere  shall  in  feie  &  feliship  to  gedur." 

When  the  Kyng  hade  dedarit  all  hta  clene  willc^ 

Than  entrid  the  osto  evyn  into  shippe. 

Paris  wtt&  pyne,  &  his  pure  brother, 
2804    Toke  louo  at  >ere  lege  wttA  loutyng  &  tens ; 

Shot  into  ship  with  shene  men  of  Armys; 

Lanset  lonpis  &o  the  le ;  lachyn  in  Ancres ; 

Brode  sailee  Tp  braid ;  bonkis  ^  lenyt. 
S808    WftA  Jono,  the  Jnsto  god  Joynat  to  >e  see. 

And  YenuB  the  worthy,  ^t  horn  well  plesit, 

Thay  sailed    forth    sonndly  witft    saascaiable 
wyndee, 

Tyll  \iai  comyn  of  the  cost  of  Caudeda  in  spase : — 
2812     Of  tbe  regions  of  Kene,  &  rods  ^ere  in  havyn. 

Gayn  ynto  Greae  on  ^e  gray  water. 

By  the  B^ons  of  Hens  rode  ^i  farre,  . 

Stteit  by  the  stremys  of  the  stithe  losdya ; 


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ARRIVAL  AT 

2816    Ay  l>oim  to  the  bao&e,  when  hom  best  tiioght^        BoofcTit. 

Sot  to  light  on  ft  londe^  &  Ung  on  hoi  ese. 

Now  it  felle  hom  by  fortune,  as  fni  fere  so, 

MoQolay  for  to  mete,  the  mightieBt  of  &ese,        JhrSf*  "TT* 
2820    Come  sayland  by  eyde  &  the  see  held ;  .  _  wv  to  pju* 

PuipoBt  vnto  Pyle  by  prayer  of  Nestor,  (ms.  hu  put) 

To  solas  hym  a  season,  &  soioume  vitA  the  I}ni& 

This  Menelay,  fat  I  mene,  the  mighty  before,       ^'i!^^^ 
2824    To  Agamenon  the  graithe  was  a  gay  brother ;       ^jj'™'™^*' 

And  had  weddit,  I  wis,  &  to  wif  held 

Elan,  )>at  aiturward  angert  hym  sore. 

Of  hir  feirehede  &  feturs  is  ferly  to  here, 
2828     I  shall  telle  you,  when  I  tyme  hane,  tomly  her- 
aftwr.  ■ 

Ho  was  sustei for  sothe,  as  I  said  ere,  shmiinnof 

To  Pollux  the  pert  kyng,  &  his  pere  Castor, 

})at  soioumet  the  same  tyme  at  the  Cite  Emsoor, 
2632     As  l^is  in  hor  owne  londes,  a  lonely  hom  wi  t^ — 

Ermonia,  a  Afaydon  ^t  ))ai  moche  lonyt, — 

A  doghter  full  dere  of  dame  £1an  the  quene. 

"When  the  Grekes  se  the  grete  natty,  bai  girdon  Tin  and»  k—f 

■•ny'HHBtbg 

o  rowme,  bb*. 

2S36    And  menyt  £n>  fere  metyng  at  the  mene  ^me. 
Kawther  company  by  course  hade  Kennyng  of 

But  past  to  JieiQ  purpoa  Si  no  pWse  made, 

And  sailet  vpon  syde  vnto  sere  costya. 
2840    Parys  and  his  pepull  past  by  the  atremys,  fuh  at  his 

Hadyn  wynd  at  hor  wllle,  &  the  wedur  calme,     hvcmniiitwindi. 

And  sailet  to  Sithera,  and  set  into  hatiyn ;  ^^cv^T*' 

A  ground  of  the  Qrekes,  as  hom  grase  fells, 
2844    And  now  cald  is,  by  course,  of  hom  Jut  coetc« 
hauntyn, 

Sytrinoa  forsothe,  wtt/i  Sailors  to  nome.  ffcti**.) 

There  aiofe  all  the  rowte,  as  fai  rede  toke. 

And  halit  into  hauyn,  &  houyt  full  stille ; 


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THB  TBHTLE  Of  VKKtTB. 

*^"-      2848    Caste  ancies  full  keae  witA  cables  to  grouado ; 

-    ffestonit  tbd  flete,  aa  horn  Uljk  thoght ; 
«™i«*il°  BuBtja  into  botys,  wew  bome  to  Jie  loud, 

To  eolas  horn  a  amBon,  as  horn  Bel&  liked  ; 
2853     And  waited  yppon  hor  wirdea  for  wynnyng  ot 
godya. 
In  Sj^hero,  for  sothe,  vas  a  Bolempne  tempuU, 
Of  VenuB,  I  wis,  fat  worthy  Taa  holdyn, 
fibundet  beToie,  fela  jreres  past, 
2856     And  enabit  of  old  ^en  aontras  were  Bene. 

WitA  Riches  fbll  Rife  &  myche  Banke  godys, 
The  yle  well  enabit  &  onest  vitJt  in, 
And  lyuet  after  law  of  Jie  lell  gentils, 
2860     pat  Venus  the  worthy  worahippit  for  god, 

And  most  honourat  of  other  wtt&  oneet^  ^ere. 
Then  aontsrod  hom  oft,  onsware  to  haue. 
When  Jiai  put  hom  wi'tft  pmjer  fai  prise  for  to 
seche. 
2864    Thus  tyd  hit  |>ttt  tyme,  as  I  tsUe  wille, 
J^J^  )Mtthepraicipall<JipnBefestof  ^erepuTOgoddys 

HUivUa  W»  holdyn  ^  high  dayes  wiiA  hom  ]>at]>ere 

dwelt; 
And  other  folke  rpon  fer  fell  tfiedui  thicke, 
2868    With  myknll  press  of  pepoll  of  prcmynce  abontcv 
■  Soght  to  ^  solenit4  sacrifis  to  make. 

Worthy  wemen  to  wale,  wete  ye  forsothe, 
))at  pKst  are  of  pilgrpnee  to  pas  oner  lond 
2872    To  waite  after  wondree,  &  wiUiiU  desyre 

Uoie  Janglyi^  of  Japes  fea  any  Joste  warkM, 
And  for  boUs  &  sight  ^en  Bacn£co  to  do. 
When  paiys  peraaymt  had  the  pepuU  anon, 
2876     He  cacchis  &  compony  clenely  aiayed. 

And  to  the  tempull  fiill  tyte  toke  he  ^  gate, 
ffall  mylde  on  his  maner  menit  witAin. 
.    On  a  side  he  hym  set,  as  semyt  for  a  straungior, 
2880    In  pniyeis  foil  prist  the  pepuU  beheld. 


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BELEN  LONGS  TO  BKE  PlBia.  99 

He  oflert  onestly  in  lioDOur  of  Tenns,  Bsak  Tit 

A  gobet  of  gold,  fat  gyngye  miglit  ge ;  111^*"  ""• 

And  aylid  for^othe  on  the  same  vriae, 
2664    ffor  Bolempnite  of  sacTiike  in  sigjit  of  |ie  pepnlL 
Paria  was  puie  iaiie,  &  pleeaand  in  sight, 
A  Rtoie  man  &  a  atonte,  full  etithe  hym  be  eemyt ; 
fiaireet  be  ferre  of  his  £re  buemes, 
38B8     Wenien  waited    hym    well,   hade   wondtw  of  H«i««dmLrBi 
hym  one,  in*»n. 

That  of  shap  for  to  shew  was  shene  to  beholde. 
And  dad  as  a  kyng  in  dothye  full  fjoB. 
He  was  loayt  witA  ladys,  lappit  in  hert. 
3893    As  course  ia  of  kynd  &  comyn  desaira, 

Ich  on  fiaynet  at  his  fere  be  frekrs  to  know,        ALiwondirind 
Of  what  lond  weie  ^  lonely  hit  list  hom  to  wete,  ^  ««. 
And  prinsipoll  of  Farys  the  pepnll  deaeiiet, 
2896    Of  |)at  eomly  to  Ken,  &  hia  cause  here. 

And  o  siUien  it  was  said,  &  for  sothe  tcdde, 
That  Faiys  was  Fiyam  son,  fai  prtnse  is  of  Troj, 
By  comaondement  of  his  kyng  comyn  into  Grese, 
2900    WitA  a  company  dene  his  coayn  to  get& 
Exiona  sothely  he  soght  for  to  haae, 
That  TeUmon  hade  takon  &  witA  tene  held. 
And  set  vnder  s«niage  Jot  hom  sore  greayL 
2904    This  epeche  fbrth  sprede  &  spiange  rppo  ferre. 
Oner  all  into  yies,  so  annter  befelle, 

Into  the  Eres  of  Elan  hit  entiid  belyne.  iw«i  )hui  oi  hm 

The  prishede  of  paiya  was  praisit  bo  mekyll,        ana  gmt  bmur ; 
3908    With  ferly  of  his  fiumes,  &  his  &e  bneinee^ 

8ho  was  lappit  in  longyng  fat  lonely  to  se,  mI'"*""" 

And  to  wete  of  fat  worthy  wtti  wilf oil  desyre.        iw-  *•  *  i 
As  wemen  are  wonnt  in  Wantonhede  yet, 
3912    WitA  a  lityng  fall  light  in  loue  fi>F  to  falle. 
That  hetys  into  hertye  and  hnrtcs  sene  after ; 
So  longid  this  lady  with  lust  to  the  Temple,        Lottinipftowr 
WUh  Sacralice  solempne  to  seehe  vnto  Yeniw. 


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OM   IMHODESTT. 

3916    This  ha  tolde  hir  entent,  as  ^  tyme  «aket, 
And  to  Htue  0  )>o  atoate,  &  hir  astats  shewe 
To  the  folke  of  the  fiigie  with  a  Bnko  wille : 
Holdut  ^en  holjues  bappont  so  then. 

THB  FOIET. 

2920     Hit  ia  wondwr  to  wit  of  wemea  diBsyre, 

J)at  shunt  not  for  shame  to  shake  ouar  hade, 
To  glogh  vppoQ  gomee  at  gedering  of  folke. 
And  prese  vnto  playes  pepoll  to  behold^ 

2924     )}at  ledis  vnto  looe  witA  lostea  Jut  foloves. 
Tong  men  &  yepe,  yensros  in  heit, 
Bauleshe  hom  Radly  &  ^aiie  lede  iuraye  ; 
Puttee  hom  to  purpos  ^at  pynes  hom  after. 

2928    SochestiiryiigAsgarstamUe,  fiatstidlaetwoldbe. 
,     Vfiih  Bight  at  BSBemblis,  &  sythen  ■witA  speche, 
yfitit  flatery,  &  Jure  wordys  fallyn  to  godur, 
Acoyntyng  hom  Ttt&  kiasyng  &  cUppyng  in 
Armes, 

2932    WM  Soasyngs,  &  Sotelte,  Settyng  of  cases, 
The  willea  of  mmen  wightly  fai  chauoge, 
To  fitllo  Tpon  foly  Si  hor  fame  loee : 
Ifow  fey  be  )»  iieike  }nt  it  first  oidant. 

2936    Soche  Riot  &  Bevdl  ao  rynely  to  haunt. 

Of  yonge  men  &  yenerus,  fat  ynmes  to  gaomes 
To  dannae  amonge  danis^ ;  drawing  of  gtovis, 
WttA  comouyng  in  company,  |K(t  cornea  but  to 
hanao, 

2940  Gen  maidues  be  mart,  mariage  fi»  done ; 
Btyngat  wynes   into  wondu)-  ^aim  worship  to 

And  ertes  ay  to  enyll  ende  &  emyst  by  the  last. 
Thn^h  whiche  treason  betydes,  &  ternys  vm- 
.qwhile 

2941  Bolde  men  to  batell  and  biker  wttA  bond  : 
Jjst  draghes  vnto  dethe,  &  deiis  full  mony. 


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OH  mUODESIT.  97  ' 

Theifoie  euutes  to  seche  and  to  sere  halowea,  b»*vil 

And  tnme  vuto  Templia  atyrit  vitA  pnde, 
3948    |N)f  it  be  UifuH  to  ladys  and  ojwi  lea  women, 

^t  it  ledis  Tnto  laithnes  and  vnlefe  werku ; 

And  ahotia  into  ahama  aa  shene  haa  ben  olt«. 

But|wuElan,  Jathflldynwaahedeofallladya,  ^SSSJ^ 
2952    And  the  faiiest  of  fetus  formyt  in  erthe, 

What  wiixlit  )ii  wit  &  pi  wille  chaimget, 

In  abaena  of  })i  aoiurayne,  for  aaghes  of  pepnll. 

To  pas  of  ^i  palajs  &  pi  pnae  cliamber, 
2956    To  loke  on  any  lede  of  a  londe  etraangef 

J}at  might  iaiie  haue  refraynit  wi'tA  ^i  fre  wille ; 

Haue  Bauyt  thy  septal  &  fi  aelfe  alse. 

Hade  ^mi  holdyn  |ie  at  home,  hedit  ))in  aatate, 
2960     And  not  cayiet  fto  coort  pen  company  waa  gedart, 

To  waite  aftor  wondura  for  a  votde  light. 

Hit  were  aittyng  for  sothe,  &  aomly  for  wemen,    "  '""V,^ 

l)uie  honaea  to  haunt  &  holde  bom  witA  in ;        ■«  '"""■"*__ 
2964    Eepe  hom  from  company  &  comonyng  of  folke ;  uiiiTbiH>gBr. 

And,  ouer  all,  Jtere  onesty  attoll  to  saue, 

Whethir  a  aliip,  ]iat  is  shot  on  pe  ahire  wawes, 

Shuld  drowne  in  the  depe,  &  it  drye  atode, 
2968    Halyt  into  havyn,  harlit  with  ropea. 

Ne  a  woman,  I  wis,  pat,  wisely  will  goueme, 

Shall  not  into  feme  but  of  hir  fie  wille. 

Tbon  disflyret  full  depely,  dame  Elan,  pi  aeluon  ^'^  ■'■■"  '•^™' 
3972    To  pas  fro  )ii  palls  <&  }ii  pn'uey  chamber,  odronhippiiKit 

And  seche  to  Sytheiia  vitA  solempne  Avowe ;     HOfhi  w  m 

In  colour  of  ^i  cauae  pau  conet  to  se 

pat  Btraunge,  ^t  yna  stonte  Sc  stare  hym  vppon  ; 
297S     So  poa  light  in  vnlefulnes,  pat  lefiilly  semyt, 

Thurgh  fi  Licrus  Inst  )<at  Lurkit  in  fi  hert.  '^^  "  *■> 

ffor  Jw  sight  of  ^t  semely,  aotheli,  was  vennm,    J^^^"*" 

pat  enfecte  pa  faiie  loue  to  ^e  fairist  of  Grise, 
3980     And    mony  Greke    with   grem    vnto  gconnde 
broght 


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HELEN  eOB8  TO   OITHERA. 

Ail  tlie  frigiee  Tniure  vuder  figM  endiL 
Now  tarier  how  it  fdle  I  will  faiie  telle. — 

Olto  assemblid  hii  B^ruandM  wttA  a  sad  wille, 
2984    Hade  horn  ndly  arayed  for  ]>e  rods  fuith ; 
Bryug  hoTsefl  to  gioimde  and  bemea  anon, 
To  sacbe  to  Sitlieiia  for  eolempne  avowe ; 
And  Ventw  to  worship,  as  hir  wele  awe, 
2988    As  ho  heghly  iiade  het  for  helping  before. 
This  Sitheria,  for  aothe,  from  ])e  same  yle 
Of  Kenelay  Jte  mighty  was  but  a  mene  spas. 
And  he  souerain  hym  selfe  &  fa  soile  aght. 
2992     lite,  viik  outyn  tariyng,  atiiit  were  all, 
Horaea  in  haste  &  to  bond  biooght ; 
The  lady  Ml  louely  was  lifte  vppon  on, 
A  palfray  of  pWse,  pnidly  atyrit, 
2996    And  glod  on  fiill  gayly,  ^  gayulet  to  the  bonke. 
There  light  )iai  iiill  lyfely,  lept  into  bote. 
And  weie  set  ouer  soundly  into  the  same  yle 
Kight  vitit  a  Pother,  and  Eayket  to  bonke. 
Atth* umpii  mbt  3000     In  bir  atire  to  )w  tempull  tomly  bo  yode, 
prMomuous.  Jjere  onestly  eho  ofTert,  honourt  hii  godds< 

WitJt  giftea  of  golde  &  of  gode  stones ; 
Tariet  in  the  tempull,  tentit  to  goumea ; 
3001     Ho  B^h  not  [lat  semly,  pea  set  hir  to  ground 
And  proffert  bir  prayers  to  ^e  prise  goddea. 
Ti«ngiofii«  These  tytbande*  full  titely  told  were  to  Parya, 

Full  I  ^at  bonarable  £laa  was  entrid  in  ^e  tempull, — 

3008     Menelay  mody  wife  pat  he  most  loujt. 
bitnunibi  He  araiet  hym  full  riolly  wttA  a  route  noble, 

^thi,  IB  fl.)  And  past  tburgb  ^e  prese  into  }>e  proud  tempull 

He  was  eoformyt  before  of  pa.t  fre  lady, 
3012     j)at  bo  to  Castor  ^e  kyng  accounttid  was  euon, 
And  to  Pollux :  pure  sueter  pristly  to  botbe. 
Of  hir  fairehede  feltymes  hade  )»  freike  herd. 
Mih  bn  bmaij,  ffio  he  ^e  semly  bade  aene  he  set  so  his  egh. 


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THB  rUHNBeS  OF  HELKIT. 

S016    He  pioSert  no  pn^er  to  no  piiae  goddis,  »i^t»- 

STe  lie>^  noght  hertoly  but }«  bfflid  lady ; 
Ke  no  lede  on  to  loke  saoe  lelly  liir  one. 

THS  ruBHse  OP  klah. 

All  the  feton  of  ^  fte  wm  fonnnyt  so  well,       h«  tetany 
3020    And  ho  of  ftiraea  bo  fele  wu  feil;  to  se. 

Hie  hoe  of  hir  hede,  huyt  u  the  gold,  '"  r»^'°  ^ 

Bost  oat  Tppon  brode  bright  on  to  loke  : 

The  ahede  >iHghe  the  ahjro  heia  shone  aa  >e  My, 
3024    Slight  aa  a  atrike,  straght  >nigh  tiie  myddee, 

Dep«rtid  the  pioadfall  pertly  in  two, 

Atiiet  in  tneais  troaeet  AiU  fiuie. 

Hit  forhed  full  freasbe  &  fte  to  be-holde,  SmJ"  «!'.'.'' 

3028    Quitter  to  qweme  |iea  ]>e  white  snaw,  ■ow- 

Kou^  lynea  ne  lerkas  but  fall  lell  stieght ; 

VfitA  btowee  full  brent,  brightist  of  hewe, 

Bamyt  aa  ^ai  aet  were  sotely  wttA  honde, 
3033    Ckmtyng  in  Compos,  Si  in  coarse  Bounde, 

ffall  metly  made  &  meaored  betwene. 

Bright  aa  the  bient  gold  enbowet  ^  were. 

Hii  ene  wall  full  oneat  euyn  of  a  meaum,  Bmwm  lUaii 

3036     Shynyng  fall  aheoe  as  )>e  shiie  ateraya, 

Or  any  ataring  atone  fat  atithe  is  of  Tartae; 

flail  aatelly  set,  Serklyt  wi'tA  heria 

On  the  browee  bo  bryght,  bordoret  fall  done, 
SOiO    Stondyng  fall  atepe  and  stable  of  ohero.  [»■«».) 

Hir  nosa  for  the  nonest  waa  nobly  sb&pyn,  Htmopfc 

Stondyng  fall  atr^t  &  not  of  ator  lenght, 

If e  to  short  for  to  shew  in  s  ahene  meaure  j 
3044    Hogbt  giowen  to  grete  ne  to  giefe  emalle ; 

yfith  fhrilles  nof^t  thrat  bnt  thriftUy  matte,— 

Kawther  to  wyde  ne  to  wan,  but  as  hom  well 
semyt 

Hir  chekiM  tuh  choiae,  aa  the  chalks  white,  Vmn-A^ 

3048    As  the  loee,  waa  the  nid  ^t  laiked  hom  in^ — 


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THB   PAIRNEBB  OF  HELSK. 

MeQgii  witJi  mesure  in  hir  mylde  face 
To  tha  lippns  full  lofflf ,  aa  by  Ijn  wroghl, 
M&de  of  a  meaae  vmb  ^e  mowthe  swete, 

3052     As  it  were  corayn  by  crafte,  colonid  witA  honde, 
Proporcionet  pertly  witA  pointeres  deayse. 
To  teUo  of  hir  tetha  Jwt  tryetly  ware  set, 
Alee  qwyte  &  qwem  as  any  qwalle  bon ; 

3066    Wele  cumpast  in  cours  &  cleuly  to  gedm 
By  rule  ia  )ie  lede  gomye,  as  a  rose  ^re, 
t)at  wi'tA  lefea  of  Jio  lylly  were  lappit  by  twene. 
Hir  chyn  full  choiso  was  the  chekys  benethe, 

3060    With  a  dymptdl  full  deme,  daynt^  to  se. 
In  the  hew  of  ^t  hand  vas  a  hegh  ioya 
Of  fiiieniee  so  fele  in  hii  &ce  shewide. 
The  slota  of  hir  slegh  biest  sl^ht  for  to  showo, 

3064    As  any  cristaU  clere,  ^at  clene  vas  of  have, 
Shene  for  to  shew  &  of  shap  noble. 
WttA.  a  necke  for  Jte  nonest  of  natuis  deuyse, 
Glissoiiand  as  the  glemes  fat  glenttef  of  ^e  snsv; 

3068     Nawjiar  fulaom,  ne  fat^  but  fetia  &  round, 
ffuU  metely  made  of  a  meane  lenght. 
WitA  ehuldere.full  shaply,  shenost  of  hewe^ 
ffoll  pleasatmd  &  playn,  wi'tA  a  plaae  lava 

3072     Ooyng  dovne  as  a  gotar  fro  the  gorge  euyn. 
Hir  armys  were  auenaund  &  abill  of  shap, 
Laige  of  a  lenght,  lonely  to  shewe. 
Hir  houdes  fatis  &  iaiie,  wi'tA  fingnn  fall  small, 

3076    With  nailes  at  the  nafer  eadet  an  a  nape  vhita. 
The  brede  of  hir  brest,  bright  on  to  loke, 
Waa  pleasaund  &  playne  pluttide  a  litull, 
firesshe  and  of  iyne  hew  as  ^e  fome  clere  : 

3080    WttA  two  propnr  pappes,  as  a  peira  rounda, 
ffatis  and  &ira,  of  fauour  full  swete. 
Hir  ooree  [was]  comly  &  of  clone  shap, 
Euyn  metely  made  of  a  madill  deuyse, 

3064    As  nobly  to  f»  nethur-most  as  nature  cold  shapsi 


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MEETING  OF  PABIB  ASD  HELHK,  101 

Paiya  atode  in  a  stody  &  atr^ht  on  hir  loHt;  °«*^"- 

ffoete  by  fat  fm  freashe  of  araye ;  ^"^  muowhJ, 

Beheld  hir  fall  hertely,  hade  no  rewarda  »*«. 

3086     To  prayer,  ne  pepiill,  ne  prayer  wit/iin. 

So  he  hedit  Jiat  hynde,  &  ho  hym  agayne 

With  a  lokyng  on  lenght  in  hoi  loue  ene, 

)}at  Paiia  lio  pryaet  in  Mr  pufe  mynde, 
3092     Of  fetura  &  founne  fairer  by  myche, 

)»a  he  vppon  hii  hertely  couthe  fynde  : 

And  thua  ho  thought  fiill  thiange  in  hii  tiuo 
hert, 

P&t  BO  samely  a  eight  ho  ae  neuer  before, 
3096     Se  BO  comly  a  creature  to  hir  clene  wil^ 

Ne  no  lede  to  hir  lykyng  halfa  ao  luff-*ble.  J^^^^S^ 

Ho  tentit  not  in  Tempull  to  no  tall  praytaa, 

ye  no  melody  of  moutha  made  at  ^e  tyme, 
3100    Ne  apecha  of  no  apiritualtie,  vitA  epeciall  ne 
other; 

But  ay  ataiyt  0  bat  atoute  witft  hire  atepe  Ene.    aan  tw  i»» 

There  most  vas  hir  mynd  in  Jtat  mene  i^while ; 

And  Farys  p«roeyait  the  print  of  hir  aigbt, 
3104     And  lokit  on  Jiat  lonely  with  a  light  chere, 

Till  aithei  sight  iras  aadly  eet  yppon  otQier. 

So  be  lokyng  of  lenght  with  a  loue  ohere, 

Ayther  kyndly  by  course  knew  o)>dr  wille. 
3106     Then  Farys  pertly  proffert  a  seigne,  uiiPiriimam 

ffoT  to  telle  his  entent  yf  ho  tome  hade ;  umm 

And  ho  onswaret  Jiat  Abill  after  agayne,  ""■  **•' 

By  aeignee  on  the  same  niae  soboily  to  come ; 
3112    And  beckonet  hym  boldly,  when  bourdys  were  J^i^^" 
tbicke, 

And  pepoll  in  play,  hia  place  to  Bemere. 

Farya  lietinet  lyuely,  let  for  no  shfune, 

But  diogh  to  ^t  dere  &  dreaait  to  aitte, 
3116     And  Boftly  by  him  aelfe  said  what  him  liket  (mb.  i«  ■fc.-i 

While  ofer  tentid  in  the  temple  tomly  to  playea, 


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THl   lUTIBHIKa  OF  HKLmT. 

And  QOght  hedit  ^t  hynde  hertely  in  lone. 

And  |iE>l  hade  laiauTe  at  liut  ffere  \ikyng  to  eaj, 
3120     And  wiixle  ^ere  wit  &  fen  iriUe  ehewe : 

Ayther  vnto  oper  orghit  hom  noght. 

]}ai  were  assentid  full  aone  eittyng  to  gedui, 

And  feetoned  fere  forward  how  fai  fare  aholde. 
312i     )}aii  pertid  }iai  pn'oelf,  Paris  toke  leue, 

And  loutad  fat  lonely,  &  ho  hnr  luf  l^ste. 

Tha  knight  wttA  bia  company  kayred  &o  )» 
tempoll, 

And  sho  beheld  to  fat  hynd  honyng  fiill  stille, 
3128     Lokyng  on  lenght  wi'tA  a  lone  ee, 

Ay  folowyng  on  fei  till  he  was  forthe  paat. 

THE  SAnrSHTNO  09  BLANK. 

Then  Parys  forthe  paat  pronde  at  hifl  hert, 
Wele  labnrt  witA  louo  longit  full  aoie  ; 

3132    £vyn  Bhoke  to  bis  Bhippea  fere  ehene  men  were 
in, 
And  gednit  all  the  great  greidly  anon. 
And  said  hom  full  Boberly,  er  he  seee  wolde, 
Thes  wordys  I  wis,  as  ye  weto  ahalle : — 

3136    "  Now  faithfidl  felowes,  &  my  fre  bnames ! 

Hit  is  knowen  to  yon  kendly  fa  causa  of  our 

ioui-ney, 
Why  Pryam  has  put  vs  fes  paitiH  vnto. 
This  wae  truly  his  entent,  &  takon  vs  in  chaige, 

3140    His  sister  Eziona  to  sese  &  we  might, 

By  any  Vfaj  in  this  woride  &  Wiidis  v>  demyt : 
And  if  TH  liappynt  not  hir  to  haue  at  our  willsy 
The  Gieke*  for  to  grene  on  sum  gret  wise, 

3144    WiVi  all  fe  might  fat  ws  may  our  malice  to 
kytho. 
And  0  nowise  may  we  wyn  fat  woman  to  gete, 
WttAoaten  hatell  full  bigge  &  a  bieme  oste. 
Telamon,  the  tore  kyng,  tentes  hir  so  wele, 


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TBI  BlTiaODIO  or  BBIBH.  103 

5148    And  is  fiieraer  of  folks  by  a  felle  nowmber,  t*ATn. 

And  lappis  in  hiilooe,  ^  leoe  bii  lie  nyll         aiiiiMcit* 
BntwiU  Btrenght  of  etiokjB,  oi  vtik  store  fight; 
And  we  ledis  to  lyte  Jiat  lady  to  wyn,  falJ  tT™^ 

3152    Or  any  Cit4  to  seee  by  a  aavte  now,  *<i°>- 

)Mre  pepnll   are   so   plaintioee,  &   placis    of 

strei^ht. 
And,  sers,  eyn  he  so  is  be  aouspans  of  goddie, 
Vb  may  falle  here  by  fortane  a  folfaire  gifte, 

31.56    }}At  shuld  lelly  be  laght,  as  me  leoe  thinka 

Hera  is  a  tempnll  atyret  all  wiVt  triet  godys,        Bnt  bn  n  & 
And  the  giettist  of  Grise  gedrit  ^erin,  wixnui  m* 

As  of  wemen  to  wale,  worthy  &  nobill,  UMinodu* 

3160    And  pn'ie  of  )iis  prouynae  are  in  yond  pioude  ^^Aoa 
ye.  otMmltm. 

The  most  of  tho  mi^ty  is  menelai  wife, 
Lady  of  ^is  lond,  full  lonely  to  ehew, 
The  grettiet  of  gnae  and  a  gai  qwhene. 

3164    Yf  we  take  this  fiill  tite,  Se  tary  no  lengur, 
Bothe  pepuU  &  pilage,  &  put  int»  ship, 
Hit  is  a  proffitable  pray  of  parsons  me  thinka, 
And  godis  fbll  grete  of  gold  &  of  sylusr  ; 

3168    ffoT  the  tempnll  is  atyiet  all  wtth  tryst  clothes, 
Bassona  of  bright  gold,  &  o^er  hrode  vessell, 
Chaundelen  full  chefe,  &  charbokill  stones. 
And  other  Riches  full  Bib  Jiat  we  may  tad 

3172     What  fairor  ohnld  TB  Mle  and  we  fer  Boght  IM.»M 

Tf  ye  dame  it  to  do  be  denyse  of  yon  all. 

Hit  sittM,  me  semes,  sons  in  the  night 

We  arme  tb  at  all  peces,  &  matter  ^en  on 
3176     The  temple  to  take  and  all  the  trtet  ladya.  mmmIwk 

Golde  and  o)kx  good^  gripe  it  by  dene,  iutt  off>ii 

And  shote  into  ouf  shippes,  shake  on  onr  way :  ]«wiim,  ua.  ibor* 
-     And  Elan  of  all  thing  we  annter  tb  to  take,  ■"■  ""^ 

3180     Yf  we  ^t  lufQy  may  lacuhe  &  lede  mto  troy. 


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104  THE  RA7ISHIK0  OF   HSLEIT. 

Book  ni.  Priam,  oat  pnse  kyng,  may  preeQj  anppose 

His  suater  to  seae,  sent  by  eschannge, 
And  Mb   couet^ng  to   cacche  because   of  fiat 
bright 
BhaDirtatunpt    3184     Lokys  HOW  lynelf  I  wlmt  list  you  to  do! 
tUaotmoDr-  To  molle  in  fia  mater,  or  tomenefenet 

Aod  aseai  if  we  suSse  our  aeluyn  of  might, 
Tf  we  pat  T8  to  pillage,  er  we  pyne  fole." 
3188    At  ])e  last,  when  the  lede  hade  left  of  hia  apeche, 
ffele  of  )>e  folke  febull  it  thughten  ; 
But  jrcbe  lede  by  the  laet  aliet  Jwrto, 
Aiiiant.  And  asaentid  to  his  saw,  &  suet  his  rede. 

3192     When  coimseU  was  ta^t  of  knightes  &  o>«r, 
And  all  things  examTnt,  so  aunter  befell. 
The  neght  drow  negh  anon  vppon  )iia, 
And  the  mone  in  the  merke  myghtely  ahone^ 
3196    As  come  it  by  comae,  &  cast  a  giet  li^^t. 
jbtj  umind  Wi  aimyt  horn  at  all  peces  abill  to  wetie ; 

S^whS  To  the  tempull  full  tito  token  >««  gate, 

tbv'»«^  Prayen  &  piten  all  the  pure  godea ; 

3200     Affrayet  the  folke  fueraly  by  dene, 
Seeit  &  slogh,  slongen  to  ground  j 
Grippit  the  godys  and  the  gay  ladys, 
And  all  the  company  clene  closit  hom  wtt/tin. 
PMkniHiHiini  3304    Farys  )ien  piedt  to  )»  pioude  qweue, 
Ua  (hip.  And  sesit  hii  sone,  as  hii  assent  was ; 

(foLH»)  j^  j^  j^y^  lyuely,  lefto  hir  in  shippe 

Ynder  sight  of  sure  men  set  hir  to  kep« : 
BrtnniBftstk*    3208     And  to  the  tempull  Ml  ^T^  tumyt  agftyne. 

Clamour  &  crie  was  Comyns  amonge, 
Hoge  noise  for  pe  nonest  in  night  for  to  here  ; 
3212     Lelly  of  the  ladies,  ^t  lener  were  d^h 
•  J3an  be  led  out  of  lande,  lowde  waa  fe  noiaa. 

wa,  bm  'ivtmi  The  noise  vpponone  neghit  to  f  e  Eris 

Of  Soudioure  beayde  in  a  sure  caatell, 


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THB  RATIBHIMO  Or  HELSN.  105 

S216     That  the  tempuU  was  taken  &  tolkw  )wnn,  BoakTn. 

And  earn  |iat  were  slayne  &  slungen  to  gToand. 

By  trekjB  fat  fled  for  ferd  to  ^e  holde, 

Bietracte  were  ]iai  atithly,  &  atonyt  by  dene, 
3220     And  hiaid  to  fen  bright  gere,  buakit  horn  furthe : 

The  soudioura  by  assent  soghten  to  )w  tempidl.   soWntoiiH 

In  the  castell  wen  a  company,   kyd   men  of 
Arrays, 

]}at  enfounuet  were  of  fyght,  &  the  fet  couthe ; 
S224     Jlai  tomyt  to  the  troiens,  tarit  horn  longe, 

ffoghten  wttA  hom  felly,  frusahit  hom  abake ; 

Hopit  WTtft  hbndia  to  hew  hom  to  dethe, 

Prfeoners  to  pike,  &  the  pray  lyuer. 
3228    tTell  was  ))e  figbt  |io  fiieise  men  betwene, 

Monyderfe  ^ere  deghit,  &  dungen  to  grOQiid; 

But  the  Troiens  ware  Torer  &  tentymes  moo,        Th»Tn(o« 

And  greuit  the  Grekes  gretly  wttA  strokys ;  thn  u  imir 

3232     Opprvssit  hom  with  pyne,  put  hom  to  flight, 

ffcdowed  hom  fueisly,  felle  hom  wttA  swoidys, 

Till  ffd  come  to  pen  caaiell  &  caght  hade  pen 


Xhen  tornyt  the  Troiena,  tariet  no  lengur, 

S236    And  went  vnto  water  with  fere  wale  godya  : 
Lefte  lu^bt  vnlaght  ^at  lykyng  was  in. 
Myche  Biches  tvU  Eife  and  relikee  ynow, 
)}ai  shot  into  shippe :  the  aheltran  to-gedor, 

3240     ))at  flld  wei»  witA  folks  &  ^na  gold  to  wale, 
Sesit  Tp  Jwre  sailes,  set  hom  to  wyndea. 
Cairet  on  the  colde  ythes  cogges  &  other, 
Agfat  dayes  benJene  &  the  derke  night««, 

3214     Till  pM  comyn  by  course  to  the  cuntre  of  Tn^ ; 
Hit  hom  into  hanyn,  as  hom  hap  shope, 
At  the  caatell,  Jiat  cald  was  kyndly  by  name, 
Tenydon,  and  tomly  tariet  pen  in ; 

8348    )7at  sothely  was  sex  myle  fro  the  cit^  enyn. 


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lUO  ABBITAL  AT  TBKIDOB. 

ft^TiL  Hiere  Mofe  all  the  Boirt«  &  Testdd  a  whyle, 

And  were  welcom,  I  wia,  m  weghea  to  ^^pe  ownn ; 
Honourt  w/tA  all  men,  as  jure  astote  frolde. 
^J^Jl^T^^      3252     Parya  foil  p™tly  puraait  a  meeaage, 
'•^i-  And  sent  to  his  soiurain  in  a  aad  haato. 

Of  thiea  titbandM  to  telle  how  hom  tyda  hade. 
The  meaaanger  maynly  menyt  to  the  kyng 
3266    To  Troy,  or  he  iume  'wolde,  and  told  hym  in 
haste, 
|)at  hie  sons  tten  in  sonnd  &  hor  sate  hoU 
At  Tenydon ;  and  told  bow  bom  tyde  hade, 
As  hym  aelnyn  bade  sene,  ^t  sothely  was  }iera 
prtM^^y  3260    pryam  ^aa  pronde  of  these  pert  dedis,— 
au^  BMm  to  ^g  &ineet  freike  in  Uthe  ^  on  fbte  yode, — 

And  gedrit  witA  gsmyn  tbe  grettist  of  Tioye, 
And  eum  of  tbe  Citizens  assemt^t  witA  all ; 
3261    ffestid  horn  &ire  frely  wttA  hym, 
""■  ■■"  "*»"")  And  iolde  hom  Jwse  tythingea  tomly  to  end  : 

All  maden  ]iai  meiy  &  mekyll  ioye  haden. 
As  Paiya  and  bis  peptdl  were  in  hor  pride  samyn, 
3266     At  Tenydon  Jut  tyme  talkyng  to  gedar, 
HfUn  udtaor  Hit  Auntrid  bat  Elan,  with  other  of  hir  lede 

tiu.  pai  were  takon  in  the  tempnll,  as  I  to|de  first, 

Wera  aorowfall  aobbyng  -with  eyling  of  Teres ; 
(U-Ko-I       3272     All  tonmiet  wtth  tene,  tremblit  in  hert, 
Wailyng  Si  weping,  wringyng  of  hondys. 
Hit  was  pit6  to  the  pepull  the  pyn  Jut  ho  Jiolet, 
And  aaid  in  bir  aikyng  wttA  a  aofte  apeohe : — 
3276    "A  t  myhnsband  fall  bynd,  &  my  beds  brother  I 
Uy  Doubter,  my  Derlynge,  &  my  dere  rewme  I 
Whetbni  I  ee  yon  in  solas  or  in  eonnd  euer." 

TO  LATE. 

puB  bemoumet  full  mekoU  &  no  meite  toke, 
3280     But  wttA  care  &  complaint,— comford  away. 
I^iys  hade  pyt^  hir  payne  for  to  se, 


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On  fat  Ifldy,  his  laae,  witA  langour  ft  wo.  B»Am. 

He  kaint  to  fat  comly  wttA  comfortable  wordys,  p»^  W"  «« 
3384    And  menyt  hii  in  mau^r  hii  moumjiig  to  Toide ;  m  viin. 

Yet  aedt  sot  lur  aoroir  for  solas  of  hym. 

Ke  noght  ^ad  of  fat  gestc^  bat  greatly  anoyet, 

Paris  grenit  at  fat  grete  &  giid  oat  in  yre ; 
3268     Sfdde  bir  fall  soberly  dttyng  these  wordes : — 

"Wbat  lyffe  is  fie,  lady,  toUde  on  \aa  wise?      HathnchUa 

N^oght  aesyng  of  sorow,  ft  sobbyng  Tofture  giitf. 

On  dayea  to  Endnre,  wUh  dronping  on  nightfi: 
3292    Wbo  Bothely  might  suffer  fe  soiow  fat  foa 

WiiJi  care  ft  -with  complaint  oomynly  ay  : 
Lamentacoun  &  langoitr  the  long  night  ouer  t 
Thna  tonrment  wttA  tene,  &  tides  non  end, 
3396     Se  hopis  fcm  not  it  baimys,  &  thy  hew  cbaunges ; 
And  enpaiiea  thy  person,  &  proSkittee  no  moie! " 

THI  W0BDB8  BBIWEVK  PABTB  &   BLUI  AT  TEMTDON 
DT  THB  OABTSLIi. 

In  foithe  the  buide  fell  of  falling  of  teiye. — 
"  And  foa  drnnkyn  hade  dewly  as  mony  da  sopis, 

3300    Ab  shotte*  of  sbiie  water  has  shot  iro  )iin  ene, 

Thoa  &ithfally  were  fillid  Tnto  J)i  faire  swyre.     I^^JJ^j"" "^ 
Therfora,  lady,  ft  it  like  yon,  lighten  your  chere ; 
Comford  yon  ^ndly,  kacches  snm  rest ; 

3304    ffor  in  this  riall  Berne  of  my  riche  &der, 

Ke  iknte  shall  ye  %nde,  ne  your  fire  baemes.  (M-"*-) 

The  tnily  fat  are  taken  and  temyn  to  you,  ttitblui^^ 

Sbalbe  pleeit  witft  plenty  at  Jwre  playne  wille,     rour  niu.) 

3308     And  hane  riches  ftill  lyfe :  led  ye  non  ofsr. 

And  ye  sothely,  yonr  aelfe,  sonerain  of  all,  J"  ^^^Tf* 

Shalbe  worehipped  worthdy  ft  your  wills  haue,  "i"*"- 
And  bonouret  of  all  men  as  your  astate  shuld ; 

3312    To  be  gouemet  in  your  grettenes,  most  godely 
of  other, 


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TP-  All  daiates  to  you  dight,  ^t  ue  dere  holdyn, 

Pkiatioose  in  yclie  f  lace,  aa  a  prue  qwSDe ; 
And  all  your  ledye  ddiiurt  and  lose  out  of 
baodyB; 
3316     At  your  comaoiideinent  clene  all  your  choiee 
pepnll; 
And  lyue  in  ^  lond  witA  hiatea  at  ease, 
Alae  eykei  and  Boie  als  ^  set  were  at  home." 
pUsr-  J}en  onsvaied  El&n  easely  agaync^ 

3320    And  driet  the  dropis  of  hir  di^h  tetis : — 
"I  "I  wot,  air,  witterly,  will  I  or  noght, 

>rMr  Your  wills  I  moste  wirke,  waite  I  non  ot^er; 

Syn  weikenee  of  wemen  may  not  wele  stryre, 
3324     }Te  haue  no  might  tawarde*  men  maistries  to 
fend: 
And  nomely  in  on  nnkythe  lond  nedye  hom  so. 
And  what  daunger  or  dysese  fiat  done  is  tb  here, 
Aatber  me  or  to  myne  at  this  myschefe, 
3328    Hit  may  bappon  yon  in  haste  haae  aoche  another. 
Thurgh  giftes  of  onx  goddys,  ^t  ts  grace  leuy^ 
We  most  eufier  all  hor  aenndes,  iS:  soberly  take." 
Than  Paiys  wHA  pleeaonce  appeiit  agayne : — 
3332    "  Dere  My  full  leell  I  your  lykyng  to  do, 

And  alt  your  wille  forto  wirke,  yche  wegh  shall" 
Pea  he  hent  hir  by  the  bond  haately  thece, 
And  a  littyll  agayne  lost  lifUs  hir  yp  awithe ; 

r  i»  b7  Into  a  place  well  appareld  all  witA  prise  clothes, 

And  moche  onestly  oidainit  for  esmint  of  hir : 
pat  fo  Bouerains  by  bom  eelfe  might  say  what 
faom  liket, 
3340    Aitbar  ynto  other  as  onesty  wolde. 

jKn  Paiys  to  |iat  pore  partly  can  say  : — 
J^'  "Hope  ye  now,  bynde  Lady,  ^at  your  hegb 

■"'If"  goddjs 

Haue  pat  you  to  ^  prouyuse  pyne  for  to  thole ; 


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PARIS  AITD   HBLSH, 

3344     And  lei  yoa  be  led  vnto  this  lond  hjdur, 

Pat  BUche  a  chaimge  ahold  you  chefa  to  a  dioisa 

febUl; 
And  don  £ro  deUtes  depely  to  angur, 
Ifoght  abundonet  in  blia  ne  blithe  in  jour  hertt 

3348    Trowe  ye  not  Troy  is  tore  of  all  godis,  * 

As  plaintiotiBe  in  yche  place  t 

Achaia, 

At  is  doublit  of  delitiB  &  druria  at  sill  L^S'i" '™' 

JSe  trawes  not,  tro  lady,  ^at  I  take  wolde 

3362     Thy  ladyship  to  loaae,  na  in  lust  bolde. 

Tboa  ehalt  baoe  ricbea  moie  Eife,  &  Rankei  of 

godis, 
J)an  any  lady  in  Jii  land,  leoe  me  for  sotbe ; 
And  moie  likandly  lyf  &  fi  lost  hane, 

3356    Bothe  in  veile  &  in  vorsbip,  aa  a  wee  noble. 

And  me,  Jtat  am  mete  &  of  more  power  wJ^Cihlo 

JJen  hym  ^at  ]wu  bade  and  held  for  ^i  lorde,       himjoBiui, 
Wyuly  to  weld  ;  &  I  the  wed  shall, 

3360     To  lede  with  }ii  lyf  as  a  leala  spouse. 

TbiB  I  purpos  me  plainly  in  pleasanns  of  goddes, 
Vndei  Sacnunen  solempne^  your  souerain  to  be ; 
And  so  lede  ]w  wit&  likyng  to  my  lyues  end. 

3364    Sappoe  not  ^i  selnyn,  ne  for  sothe  holde, 

J>of  foa  left  haae  a  litle  lond  lightly  at  home, 

J>at  iwn  ne  hertely  shall  haue  hwe  a  weD  la^er,  ^^^^ 

And  Jii  cbaunge  to  chefe  cboisly  the  bettur ;        Mnjaom 

3368    Syn  Asia  is  anenond  of  yies  ynow, 

jMt  are  attendant  to  Troy  witA  tiesour  ynogh, 

J)at  obey  Je  shall  bunly,  &  bow  to  )ti  willa         i^bowiotfcy 

ITe  for  )m  mysse  of  ^i  maister  make  Jjon  no  soiow, 

3372  That  neueryet  ofnobley  An  enei^ng  tome,  SSuTJ^^m 
Ne  of  dedis  bo  donghti  Jw  dayes  in  his  lyue,  JJi^  "iT^ 
Ne  BO  lufBy  to  a  lady  wi'Ui  lokyng  at  egh.  ^m^^ 

And  I  in  longing  am  Laght  A  Lappit  full  aore         (ti-itt.} 

3376     With  hete  of  Jti  hegh  loue,  fat  my  hert  waimys; 


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110  PARIS  AMD  HBLUr. 

bm>  th.  _  And  of  hym,  fat  }<m  hopifl  motit  hortely  ^  Ioujb, 

Wetd  foa  full  wele  most  wonbipfiiU  to  haun. 
Sea  now  of  sorowe,  sobui  yi  cbere, 
DiTTTOt*^      3380     Wond  «f  fi  wepii^,  whipe  7p  f i  tera ; 
tra^"  If  one  fe  to  myrthe,  &  monmyng  foivaake, 

Cast  fe  to  comfcod,  iever  fi  wille  : 
This  I  pray  fe  full  prestly  with  all  my  pure 
bert, 
3381    J)at  fou  bede  me  viih  beryng,  it  my  heet  kepe." 


Than  aiuwaied  jut  honerable  oneatly  agayne : — 
•wboasuu  "  Wlio  might  Btithly  absteyne,  oi  stable  of  teris, 

tain,  tt.  ))at  prsBtly  were  pn'cket  with  paynea  so  fele, 

3388     Ajtd  witA  sorow  onerset  sothely  as  1 1 
Bii  iiDa  u  niut  But  Byn  hit  now  bes  noD  other  nomly  of  me, 

"  I  ahall  appres  mo  wtti  pyne  your  prayer  to  here ; 

Syn  me  botis  not  barly  your  biddyng  witA 
stonde, 
3392     Ne  of  power  to  put  of,  ne  of  playn  streught" 
Pea  ho  sesit  of  sykyng,  sobirt  hir  chere, 
At  the  prefer  of  Faiys  and  his  pn'se  wordya,    ' 
When  Jiat  semely  waa  sesit  &  eorow  foi^yetyn, 
Fiirii  )>B>T«( bar.    3396     The  lordo  toko  leue  wilA  full  lowo  speche, 
And  went  fro  fat  worthy  his  weghis  vntilL 
Atntrewiw  When  yt  seyit  to  Sopertyma  he  seruyt  hir  well 

WttA  all  daintes  on  deee  ft  diynkea  ynov, 
3400     And  cberisahed  hir  full  choisly  with  cheie  of 
hym  seluyn. 
Naddv.  When  the  derke  was  done,  ft  the  day  comyn, 

■nv*<i  Paiys  full  pristly  with  preciouse  araye, 

Worehippit  fat  worthy  in  wedye  fall  riche, 
3404     Afl  qwemot  for  a  qwene  ft  qwaiutly  a^nt, 
)Mt  Priam  hade  purueit  &  to  f  e  place  sent 
He  broght  furth  fat  bright  with  buemys  full 


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To  A  palfra;  of  prise  fall  prodl;  srajet ;  gw^^n. 

3408    Set  hir  in  a  sadiU  aerklyt  w»tA  golde,  SS?*"" 

i&et  oiur  witii  fjne  perls  frsBshuit  of  liew, 

yfiiA  a  brideU  fuU  bright  botha  of  a.  aewte. 

Other  tnlkM,  ^  weietakyti,  atraet  wen  alee  (M.Ma.i 

3412    Hastelf  on  hoisee,  u  hor  aetate  aakit, 

A  oompany  clene  of  knightea  bom  vith ; 

And  Paris  full  priete  on  a  proude  steda, 

DeffaboB  dif^t  on  a  dere  horae, 
3416    Antenor,  Eneaa,  all  other  grate, 

Polidamas  )«  pert,  &  pajones  ynow, 

All  arayet  in  a  Kowte  rfdeii  to  pe  qwene  ; 

Worshippit  Jiat  worthy  A  wanton  all  samyn. 
3420    Tumet  &o  tenydoa,  taiyt  no  langur. 

Soberly  a  soft  pas  samyn  ^  rode, 

Enyn  takand  to  Troy  tomly  o  fen  way. 

And  er  Jiai  comyn  to  oourte  jaa  onnqwny  &ii^ 
3424    Priam  full  pmdly  wttA  mony  pert  knightef,  fii™  t^  u> 

To  welcom  to  ^t  worthy  went  on  fen  gate,         tannuiitkaa* 

And  fonget  fall  feira  all  bir  fre  buemeo. 

To  fe  lady,  ^t  lege  kyng,  witA  a  light  wille, 
3428     Fast  foil  pertly  all  wttA  pn'se  wordya; 

Obeit  ^t  bright  all  wi'tA  blithe  chere  ; 

WttA  worship  &  wyn  welcomyt  }e  grete  ; 

And  BOmyn  to  }ie  Cit^  softly  )iai  rode. 
3432    At  the  buigbe  wrae  abyding  witAonte  the  brode  At  »•  m*m  nt 
;ate  font  mam* 

Giet  plenty  of  pepnll, — all  the  plaoe  full, —        BinMni^Hid 

So  mony  on  molde  was  m^rnell  to  se  j  a»«». 

Wi'tA  synging,  A  solas,  and  aitols  amonge ; 
S436    With  myrthee  of  mynstnilsy,  musike  wAA  all ; 

Dannsyng  of  Damsele,  Dynnyng  of  tnimpya, 

WitA  A  ledy  Ml  lusti  &  lykyng  to  here. 

BSSa  HI   DO  TIDI  ! 

Priam,  the  pn'se  kyng,  prestly  down  light,  Prfik-  ni^i^ 


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112  THE   UARBIAOB  OF   HELBN. 

"""■"J'-       S440     And  was  first  Tpon  fote  of  all  of  hia  freeshe 
knightes. 
"J^J^^^,  He  raght  to  the  leyuea  of  pa  riche  qwene, 

dtj,  ud  oo  III  And  led  furth  ^at  lonely  long  ypon  fote, 

SoAe  into  ^  Cit6  tym  seluyn  witA  bonde 
(M.  M  u      3144    On  a  worahipfull  wyse,  -mih  mony  wegh  noble^ 
Tnto  the  paLues  of  price,  pen  pepuU  full  fele  ; 
And  led  hir  vnlight  into  a  laige  halls, 
Vp  into  ylion  ynth  honour  ynogh ; 
ibiBBdiutihir     3448     And  toke  hir  fall  tite  into  a  triet  chamber, 
BUBiL  pere  Beraanndss  fiiU  snbiecte  assingnet  hir  to  : 

And  noblay  yni^h,  was  notfayng  to  laite. 
In  the  Cit£  forsotbe  was  solempiiita  made, 
moMoctiiiai*    S162     Wt'tft  myrthee,  &  melody,  A  mony  gret  feste, 
ffor  ioy  of  pie  ioniay  and  pia  gentdll  lady ; 
And  )iat  Faiys  in  point  repaint  was  honu 
With  hia  felowea  in  fere,  fiiyne  was  pe  pepull, 
3456    And  lynys  in  hor  lykyng  }«  long  night  auer. 
OntiuHiniadw  Xhe  secund  day  snyng,  sais  me  the  lyne, 

BgiBiiiniiiwiM  All  the  grete  were  gedret,  as  horn  grose  felle : 

Apsua.  Paria  wt'tA  pn'de  and  hia  pT-ise  lady, 

3460     At  Appolynes  owne  tempnll  after  were  weddit. 
))ere  made  was  |)at  manage  wttA  myrthea  ynow, 
Wiih  solempnite  &  Bacrofice  p6  Cite  thurgha 
out; 
TUdUuua  ^niJ  double  fest  bat  day  derely  was  holdyn, 

Onjt.  3464     With  all  fie  reuell  &  lioltd  pat  Keukw  coutbe 

deuise, 
J)at  enduret  by-dens  wi'tA  daintee  at  wille, 
Af^t  dayea  oner  aU  after  the  dede. 
■   <         When  Cassandra  hade  knowyng  how  j«  caw 

3468     Pat  the  manage  was  made  po  mighty  betwene^ 
She  brast  out  in  a  bine,  bale  to  be-bolde. 
WitA  a  mighty  noise,  noye  for  to  here, 
Playnond  witft  pytie,  no  pleasurance  at  all. 


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THE  WAIL  OP  CASaABDBA. 

3472    Wttft  Bykyng  &  Borow  said  on  this  -wise : — 

"  A I  fonnet  follce,  why  faro  ya  thus  now, 

With  solas  full  sore,  and  sangea  of  myithe, 

At  the  veddyng  of  the  weghes,  yat  ahaH.  to  -wo 
tume. 
3476     Wtth  haidlayke  &  harme,  )nt  happyn  shall 
after, 

Te  dowtles  man  degh  for  ded«  of  J»  two ; 

And  your  iryndea  full  fey  tsilyn  to  ground, 

Your  Bonya  be  elayne  in  sight  of  your  ene ; 
3480    Youi  husbandff  hewen  wttA  hondys  in  peeis, 

Wyues  made  wedowys,  &  wayling  for  euer. 

A  I  Troy,  fat  is  tore  -wiOi  touiee  full  h^h,  (m.  k  o.) 

Mycbe  baiet  shall  fon  bide,  &  hetyn  to  ground,  Tw^  "*  "• 
3484    And  be  stithly  dostroyet,  &  ^i  strenght  lost  1 

A  !  Modris  so  mylde,  what  myschefe  is  to  yon  1 

Moche  care  is  to  come  to  your  cold  hertya ; 

Moche  baret  on  your  hirthe  yon  beee  for  to  se , — 
3488    Dyssmnabrit  as  marten,  &  mnrtherat  to  dethe. 

And  the  boweb  out  braids  of  hire  bare  aydes. 

A I  Ecuba,  Jiot  enermora  eaaely  base  leuyt,  H*e«s»  mi  h«r 

What  grelyng  &  giemy  growee  Tuto  J« ) 
8493    To  se  ^i  sones  be  slayne  in  sight  of  )iin  ene. 

And  the  blode  of  ^o  blithe  blent  witA  the  erQie  t 

A !  balefoll  bnomes,  &  l\ill  biynd  pepull,  umiwvi^ 

The  hard  detha  is  you  dight,  Jtat  ye  donte  litis  I 
3496     Why  wrought  ye  so  wantonlyin  yowr  wildeyre^ 

fibrto  nayaahe  Tniightwieely  ^  riche  out  of 
Giece, 

f&o  a  man  ])at  nensr  mys  did  to  Jiis  mens  load. 

Why  haate  ye  not  hetnrly  to  haue  hii  agayne, 
3500    And  restore  bir  stithly  to  hir  stiengbt  hom. 

To  hii  loide  ^at  is  lell  &  no  lede  hannys  t 

Venions  and  vile  detbe  to  Toide  fro  ^  Bewme, 

£r  ye  wUh  swerdis  in  awym  be  swongon  to 
gronnd.  '■^- 


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0AS3ODRA   IN   PRia^V. 

350i    Hope  ye  Parya,  playn  Jwfte  vnpouysshet  wQbe, 
WttAouten  Borow  &  Bou^rem  sewjng  JierafteT ; 
And  yoa  angur  for  ener  es[d]Ie8  to  Torclie ) 
A 1  Elan,  TalLappf,  hardiat  of  cbaonse  J 

3508     Soclie  Borow  &  sikyng  ))i  seluya  ts  brisges ; 
Myscbaunse  &  eajll  chefe  ))i  childur  shalbe  I 
A  J  Soiy  Sytizina,  seadis  yoa  fio 
Tlie  smoke  &  smorthei,  ]iat  Biuytea  to  dethe, 

3512  Qwyle  ye  lawfully  lefe  may  &  yoar  lyf  haue ; 
Jjoclie  dole  ho  dregh  witft  mony  depo  terya ! " 
WttA  pyte  &  complaint,  \ai  pyne  was  to  here, 
)]at  Priam  out  of  pos  piit  ay  anone, 

3516     And  neuer  seait  of  eaghis  &  aoronfull  wordya. 
The  kyng  Jien  comaund  to  cacche  hit  belyne. 
And  fetor  hii  ia&t  in  a  f re  pnsoone^ — 
A  atithe  houae  of  atone, — to  still  hir  of  noiae. 

3520    Hit  aaid  waa  for  aothe,  ho  sate  Jiere  full  longo. 
And  Buffert  moche  sorow  for  hir  sothe  talea. 
J}us  kept  the  kyng  vnkyudly  hie  doughty ; — 
ffor  hir  talea  of  truthe  t^hit  hei  is  yemes. 

632i    But,  hade  Jtai  herkont  ))at  hyode,  &  in  hert 
!'  keppit, 

Troy  hade  bene  truly  out  of  tone  yet  j 
And  (lera  fortune  full  felle  iaiie  ouer-paate, 
])at  all  the  world  hade  wamyng  of  ^en  vo 
sythen ; 

3528    And  eaar  mynde  wulbe  made  of  faire  mjshap, 
Enduryng  till  domyaday  for  doole  jiat  J)ere  was. 
Now,  what  felle  of  hot  foly  faire  will  I  tell ; 
And  ye  hastely  ehall  here,  and  ye  houe  stille. 


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^gflt  Bofu.   ®£  t^t  Counsell  of  tfie  fficeKgS 
fior  Xlecouergns  of  (l^sne. 


3532    Sone  after  Jiis  saute,  aothdy  to  telle, 

l>at  the  Troiens  ia  the  Temple  tokya  fie  qwene. 
And  the  richea  hade  Sobbed  wt'tj^  rehkes  ynow, 
£r  ^ai  tenydon  hade  takoa  &  tumft  into  liauyn, 

3536     The  qieche  of  hom  spiange  &  apred  into  Grise, 

And  giet  noise  of  fere  noie  naitly  ouer  alL  >■ 

Tnto  Mmtelajr,  the  mens  tjme,  mowthly  was  tc 
told  '■ 

Of  the  Tape  miightwia  of  his  Kiche  qTene, 

SB40     And  he  etythely  aatonyt  stroke  into  sorowe. 

Jit  present  at  pil£  with  the  pioude  Duke,  (' 

The  pit^  of  his  pepull  pricket  hym  so  sore; 
The  murther  of  hie  men  &  hia  mylde  qwene, 

3344    The  robbyng  of  bis  Riches  &  his  riall  temple, 
Of  his  sabiectee  sesit,  in  e«niage  to  dwelle 
fibr  tene  &  for  torfer,  of  his  triet  lady, 
Jjat  he  luffit  so  lelly  no  lesse  ^n  hym  seluyn ; 

3548    Thee  harmea  so  heterly  hepit  in  his  mjrade 
"WitA  Borov  so  sodunly,  ])at  his  sight  failet ; 
ffainted  for  febnll,  and  felle  to  ^  groond 
In  a  swyme  &  a  swogb,  as  he  swdt  wold.  t 

3552    Whrai  he  past  of  his  payne  &  his  pale  hete. 
And  resort  to  hym  selfe  &  his  sight  gate^ 
He  pl)unt«d  full  pitiously,  was  pyn  for  to  here. 


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IIS  -THE  QRIEP  OW   MENBLACS. 

BockYUL  Of  the  harmea  A  tlie  Lethyng  liym  Lappont  to 

™«Krf«'*"  thole. 

3556     And  for  his  worehipfull  wife,  that  hym  woTBt 
liket, 
pB,t  faien  was  oner  the  fome,  &  hir  fame  loate  ; 
And  other  freike«  shuld  fotige  in  a  fer  loude 
Wit/t  ]iat  semly  to  solas,  hit  sate  in  his  hert. 
3660    And  of  delite«  full  dere,  ^t  dight  were  at 
home, 
Lest  hii  la«kit  euche  lustis  in  a  londe  straunge, 
JjQche  mones  he  made  &  moamyug  ynoghe, 
WitA  wailyng  &  wepii^  wo  for  to  here ; 
3564    Jwt  it  neght  to  non  end  fe  noie  fat  he  tholet. 
JS^rtST  "  Vnto  Nestor  anon  Jiis  naytly  was  tolde, 

Of  pe  momyng  &  myscheffe  to  Menelay  was 

comyn; 
Vnto  fot  worthy  he  went  wisly  anon, 
3568     'With  Borow  for  Jiat  ayre  4  aylyng  of  tens. 
He  comford  |)at  kyng  villi  his  clene  speche, 
To  sober  hym  somwhat  &  sese  of  his  chsie, 
peai  hyet  he  yfith  haste  home  to  his  lewme. 
J^^JjfJ*        3572    And  Nestor  anon,  wi'tA  a  nowmher  grete 
^iWit***  Of  knighte*  &  cant  men,  cairyt  him  wit/i 

J™'^*^^  Lynely  to  his  londe,  &.  leuyt  hym  noght ; 

iKAvBuamBB,  And  by  aaaent  of  hym  sone  sent  for  hb  brother, 

3576     AgamyuoQ  fie  graithe,  in  a  gret  haste, 

By  a  messf^e  on  molde  Jut  he  mekyll  triate ; 
In  his  cause  for  to  cum  wUJi  counsell  of  wit, 
Aa  he  ^t  was  helply  and  highest  of  other. 
autiir,>Bi  3580     To  Pollux  the  proude  &  hia  pere  Castor, 

Jjat  all  highit  in  haste,  houyt  no  lengur  j 
But  comyn  to  pe  kyng,  pat  the  care  tholit, 
To  helpe  hym  in  haste  &  here  of  his  noye. 

THB  COUNBBLL  OP  AOAMtNON  TO  HBNEU.T. 

3584    When  agamynon  the  grete  the  greuaunce  beheld^ 


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TBB  COnKSBL   OP  AQAlUMKOir.  117 

And  the  bale  of  his  brother,  fns  the  buemo      bm^t'ii. 

Balds: — 
"  Why  dK^hifl  Jwu  fis  dole,  &  deris  ^leeloyiiT    "wiiriiiaK«uin 
Lefe  of  fiis  Laogore,  as  my  lefe  brother,  an.  k  ».) 

3588    pai.  pattes  ^  to  payne  and  peires  ^i  Bight.  oawthi* 

If  Jiu  has  caoae  for  to  care  for  vnkynde  weike*, 
And  witA  sy^ng  onerset,  A  Borow  at  Jti  hert,       "t  in*  concta 
Hit  were  wit,  as  I  wene,  to  were  it  fiio  noise, 

3693    And  &o  knowyng   of   comyna   &   of   course 
opon; 
ffor  a  Borow  ^t  is  seue  on  a  sib  frynde,  ou  K>rm« 

Mas  ^e  moumyng  more  of  men  pat  hym  lofEe* :   nd.  ud  foa 
MikuU  comfordes  his  care  all  his  kene  fos,  *^ 

3696     And  engendree  Jiaire  ioy  all  his  iaste  eorow. 
ffayne  euer  feire  cbere  in  ])i  felle  anger. 
Whan  Borow  is  most  sad,  set  all  at  litle; 
Lete  of  it  lightly,  ))at  no  lede  veto, 

3600    pi  Borow  &  ]ii  Bikyng  set  all  at  noght. 

And  in  maters  ))at  menya  )>e  ytith  might  for  to 

stir, 
There  is  no  vorship  in  weping,  ne  in  wan  teree ; 
But  desyre  ]ii  redreese  aU  wz'tA  derfe  strokis  : 

3604    Wi't/i  fi  sweide  Lb  to  swinke  &  not  witA  swym  b;  jaat  mtd, 
thogbtea.  ^^I^i^ 

ffor  in  Borow  may  be  Bene  who  is  Bad  wise  ;  ^^ 

{full  propurly  to  prene  in  bin  pale  angre, 
When  hym  comya  by  course  contrary  thingea ; — 

3608    He  I»t  opreseit  not  wttA  payne  his  prinsepall 
witte^ 
Iffl  oaersett«s  not  his  saule  wiVt  sorow  fullhoge. 
)}eifore  wackon  Jii  wille  into  wight  dedis,  *JSI!^  "*" 

And  )>ere  as  sikyng  &  sorow  slees  the  wt'tUn, 

3612    jMt  ^hanne^t  ^  has,  and  bethyng  witA  all, 
Pas  noght  vnponisshed  for  pit£  ne  other, 
But  p6  dedes  ))at  tb  dcirus  be  foil  dere  boght 
PerfoK  sobbyng  &  sorow  ses  nt  ^is  tymc, 


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118  THE  OOUNSEL  OF  AQAMBMMON. 

gMfcTi't-      3616    And  wreke  J»  on  weghia  fat }»  wrathed  base. 
Oar  kbnitaii.  -Yovi  know    bat  our  kvncdomes  are  of  dene 

■n  (Iniiii  J  and  '  '  ^ 

« tuv»  mwgr  atren^t, 

And  we  haue  felowea  full  fele  Jiot  ts  fiutli  owc^ 
To  wreike  va  of  wratlie  &  our  wronge  riccho. 
Aiionnwiu     3620    All  Orec«,  for  Jiis  grefe,  witfi  Jere  greto  OBtis, 
Wilbe  red;  to  ijso  wi'tA  a  raoke  pepull ; — 
£u«r7  kyng  for  to  aim  with  knightes  enumyt, 
(fbi.  9T  i.i  ffull  stoutly  with  Btrenght  lo  stir  on  our  foa. 

wtihiidwtw*     S624    WttA  a  nauy  full  nobill,  naite  for  f e  werre, 
Tuff  i-  We  ahall  tyre  vs  to  Troy  tomly  to  gedor ; 

And  if  hit  tyde  tb  out  tentis  tild  on  yen  londe, 
Hit  shalbe  heri  &  haide,  &  happi  vnlike, 
3628    J»t  any  frigies  vs  feie,  or  to  flete  diyue  ; 

But  it  happon  horn  harder  in  a  bond  while, 
And  the  dernjBt  be  dede  vriiA  dynte  of  our 
hondw, 
Kui  um  ptopii,  Jjoira  pepull  &  hor  power  to  pyne  aa  tb  liate, 

MUHgnnnd.       3633     Tloy  and  )re  tresoure  tako  at  OUT  willo, 

Eeto  downe  the  hildyngfu  to  pe  bare  ertbe. 
Aad  pirii  ihin  And  paris,  ^t  ia  prinaipall  of  our  pure  hate, 

ftks.  Iff  hit  happe  ts  to  hent^  hongit  shalbe 

3636    As  a  felon  &laest  foundyn  wt'tA  thefte. 

Hit  is  Bothely  to  sese  of  Borow  in  mynde. 
And  to  all  the  kyngea  by  course,  fat  knowen  are 
in  Greco, 
TotUiodMa  Dukes  by  dene,  &  other  detfe  Erlea, 

■iiibaUiwatii     3640     Let  vs  send  to  bom  salus  solemli  by  leX/v, 
'"'™'  Fiaiand  hom  prestly  wttA  all  our  pure  herti^ 

To  helpe  vs  in  hast  our  harmys  to  venge. 
And   dyshouour   and    daunger    done   to  our 
wwmeB," 

3641     Vf  t^n  AgamynoQ  the  gnuthe  hade  geuen  fm 
to  red, 
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A   LRADBB   IS  CHOaXM. 

To  all  the  giete  of  Glrece,  tro  AgamysoD  db  hym, 
Tnder  sailes  of  those  son^rams,  eamyn  to  wend 

36i8    By  CBiTouria  to  yche  cost,  ^gee  to  wame :        "»'"■ 
And  all  agreit  to  ^  gate  wtt&  a  gode  ville. 
Tho  fiiat  of  }io  &eiie«,  fwt  to  the  fight  come, 
Was  Achilles,  a  choiae  kyng  &  cheHallns  in  AiIiUIh. 
armyei 

3652    And  Pattocnlos  the  pioade,  a  pme  tnou  of  werre ;  p*irodu>. 
Wtth  Iliomed,adonghti  tnon  &  demist  of  houd, —  uomxia. 
A  stronge  man  in  stooie  &  stuemist  in  fight 
Sone  the  cause  was  declaiet  witA  a  clene  wit, 

3656    Of  the  dede,  ilke-a-dale,  to  po  derfe  kyngas ;        Ji^J^,' 
And  opunly,  by  one  assent  I'd  oidant  hom  all. 
With  grym  oat  for  to  go  &  a  grete  nany,  "^" ' 

Elan  fiieraly  to  fecche,  and  hor  fos  qwell, 

3660  And  venge  on  fera  Tslany  &  ffere  vile  harms. 
And  for  exploit  of  fers  Bpede,  fax  spekyn  in  fere 
To  cheae  hom  a  cheftayn  to  be  chefe  of  fiem  all. 
To  be  pn'nse  ia  ]xit  pri'so  and  Jre  prese  hauc  ; 

3661  All  the  ost  for  to  honour  &  his  best  kepe. 
And  be  gouemett  by  thiV  grete  by  grement 

of  hom. 
J)eu  by  assent  of  |>ose  soui^rans  somyn,  fai  yode 
And  walit  hom  a  wcgh  by  wit,  as  hom  th<^ht. 

3666     To  Agamynon  )>ai  giffen  fe  goon-naunce  hole,       Acnognmo 
fFor  worthiest  of  wit  Jtat  worship  to  haue ;  tka  npadiv 

And  ordant  hym  Emperoui  by  opyn  assen^ 
"With  power  full  playn  fe  pepoll  to  lede, 

3672     And  obey  to  ^at  bolde  his  biddyng  to  wirke. 

THE  DBOWHTKQ  OF  POLLDS  &  OABTOR. 

Pollux  the  pert  kyng  and  his  pcre  Castor, 
When  bor  sister  was  sesit,  saies  me  the  stoiy. 
In  hope  for  to  hent  hir,  highit  to  ])e  ee  cutor  ud 

3676     WilA  a  nauy  full  noble  anon  by  hom  selnyn  ; —  Tnlm. 
The  Troiens  io  take  was  fem  intent  euyn. 


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120  A  SlOIUt  AT  SEA. 

BoctTiir.  And  hor  sister  to  eeso,  with  aaHyng  )>ai  wend. 

Sunt  telljn  ])ie  tale,  &  for  true  holdyn, 
3680    )Mt  Jiu  bode  not  the  biddyi^  of  ]ie  bneme 
Menelay ; 
But  when  tithycg  was  told  of  hoi  trt'et  sister, 
Jjai  fore  to  )ie  fome,  as  I  before  eaide. 
But  how  it  tide  of  fat  tale  this  is  tni  sothe, — 
3661    To  fe  water  pal  went,  po  weghis  to  gednr, 
Paris  to  puiaew  witA  prise  men  of  Aimea. 
Thai  aailit  not  soiinde,  sothely  to  telle, 
Two  dajes  by  d^ie,  as  horn  deie  felle^ 
A  Mann  bono     368S    When  the  heuyn  in  hast  hepit  witA  cloudis, 
otuiiMm.  Wex  merke  as  fa  mydnight ;  mengit  fe  ayre ; 

flbLUiLi  lifo  light  but  of  Liute,  ^t  lannchet  aboue ; 

Thunret  full  thioly ;  thrappit  the  windee  ; 
(ia.bMt"mCH.-i  3692     Soderily  J>o  saU[ei]e3  were  sorely  beatod. 
WitA  a  ropand  rayne  rugh  was  the  se. 
The  wyndes  full  wodely  waokont  anon, 
But  vp  the  rnghe  se  on  lokkes  abonto ; 
3696    As  hilles  hit  hepit  in  a  bond  while. 

So  ]>e  bie  and  the  brethe  buibelit  to  gednr, 
JSat  hit  spirit  vp  spitioufily  fyue  speire  lenght 
Wt'tA  waiter  and  wawea,  fiat  fe  wynd  diyuea 
3700    All  foie  aa  a  fyre  fie  firmament  ouer. 
Witft  an  ugli  noise  noye  foi  to  here, 
MiiuidnpM  Hit  snndrit  ferv  sailes  &  fiere  ead  lopis ; 

Cut  of  fere  cables  were  caget  to  gedur. 
(■  t,hi*."-rti^  3704    All  fere  takyll  was  tynt,  tylude  ouer  horde ; 
The  nany  wex  naikit ;  noy  was  on  honde. 
.  The  shippis  wttA  shiie  wynd  shodert  in  twyn, 
Diyueu  fiirth  on  the  depe  dole  to  he-holde. 
3708    The  two  brother  were  abidyng  bothe  in  a  ahippe, 
pai  was  stird  with  the  storme  streght  out  of 
warde; 
ii»  ihiiH  at  Kut  on  a  Bocke,  rof  all  to  poces. 

ndu;  cmU    .  The  hordes  all  to  hiast,  bmssbet  in  the  wator ; 


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CASTOB  AHD   rOLLUZ  DOOWNED,  121 

3712    The  Dukes  were  drounet,  &  ojwr  dere  folke.  bmatih. 

All  the  sort  bat  hom  suet  Biinkyn  to  siDund         umFoUuHd 
A  brode  in  the  breme  se,  boigee  &  other.  pvtih. 

And  Byn  the  dethe  was  in  doul«  of  ^o  dera 
kyngM, 

3716     Ufa  non  certayn  cold  Bay,  oe  for  aothe  telle, 
What  worth  of  )k)  wight  in  the  wilde  Be ; 
The  gentila  aiuges  hom  two  iuste  goddis,  OBMrt^d*"'"' 

Lyuond  in  the  lofte  witft  lordshipe  in  heuyn,       •^''»"- 

3720     Tran[a]late  truly  into  triet  ioy. 

And  poites  hane  pat  of  ^o  pn'se  brothir, 
)}at  ^ai  £auichit  were  radly  into  ])e  red  ayie, 
And  Bet  in  a  se^e  |»t  zodias  is  callid  ; 

3724     That  demyt  iB  to  JtiB  day  duly  witA  clerke*,  "^  **  "■' 

Gemini  Aiu^et  in  ^era  iuste  aitia. 
ffoi  the  sun  vnder  zodias  Bettis  hym  to  leng 
Two  dayea  betwene,  &  diynes  no  feire 

3728     Mo  in  his  mouyng  )iea  any  mone  other. 

But,  what  is  sothely  be  aaid  of  ^o  sure  biethur, 
ffor  fe  sute  of  fere  sister  aomyn  were  fai  drouny  t 
Let  Foyetis  go  play  hom,  &  passe  to  our  tale, 

3733     J£era  Darya  in  his  dyting  duly  anisys 

ffor  to  telle  in  his  tale  )ie  talke«  of  Grece  ; 

Of  fare  ship  for  to  shew  and  fere  aheae  colour, 

Of  the  worthiest  fere  were,  to  wale  hom  be  nom. 
3736     \}\ia  he  breayt  in  his  boke  of  fo  breme  kynge^ 

ffor  he  s^h  hom  in  Bight  at  sembles  full  ofle, 

(Aa  in  tymee  of  tm,  Jiaiie  tentw  wi'tA  in) 

And  waited  hom  wele ;  for  fe  wegh  thoght 
3710    To  myn  hom  in  makyng  in  maner  aa  |>ai  were. 

TUB  BHAPS  AND  COhOUa  OF  THB   KYNQXI  OF  OSICI. 

Agamynon  fe  gay  was  of  a  gode  mykull ;  ^^ZZ, 

Hia  colour  of  fat  Icyng  all  of  clene  qwite.  ""*•■  "^  "^ 

He  was  store  man  of  strengbt,  stouteet  in  amies, 


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THK  K1N08  OF  OHEECE. 

3744     WitA  lymea  full  large;  light  of  his  ffUl,    - 
Meke  as  a  maideo,  meiy  with  all ; 
Wode  in  hia  wrathe,  wild  aa  a  lion, 
He  wae  witty  Jwr  witA,  &  wegh  hardy, 
3748    And  of  faciund  full  faire,  fife  of  his  apecbe, 
Menelay  the  mighty  was  of  meaae  ehap, 
Noght  BO  la^  of  his  lymee  aa  his  lefa  hrotber; 
In  mesure  was  made  of  a  medull  site, 
375'2    Betwene  the  large  &  the  litill ;  likyng  of  colour 
Aimtnis  in  ann}^,  eger  of  wer, 
A  bolde  Loan  in  batell,  &  of  bieme  wille. 
t^^!^^, '  Achilles  the  choise  was  of  chere  faire, 

l^wlTli^   3756     Likyi^!  &  laffiy,  a  laige  man  witA  alL 
^  ud  prcd«*-  Ctispe  herit  was  the  kyng,  colooret  aa  gold. 

ibi.  wa.)  Stokyn  ene  out  stepe  wt't/t  a  atranght  loke ; 

Hia  loke  was  fall  looely,  when  ledya  wore  opyn. 
3760    VfitA  a  hieat  pat  was  biode,  byg  of  his  shuldeis ; 
Giete  armys  in  the  gnpe,  growen  fuU  rounde ; 
A  lai^  man  of  lenght  wttA  limis  full  brode. 
f™fjj^  A  stythe  man  in  stouie,  storest  of  wiUe, 

•lui  hi  rtimgih  8764     WasnogrekeonJiatgroundeofBogreatstienght, 
Ay  bowse  vnto  bat«Il,  boldist  In  aimys, 
Godely  of  giftes,  giettist  in  expense, 
Ay  fune  on  his  fos,  and  to  fight  £ady. 
tSJI^S^"**  3^^8    Tontelus  the  tore  kyi^  was  ft  tulke  hoge, 
JUU"  T"  Borly  of  brede,  &  of  big  atrenght ; 

and  had  luga  "Welo  colouTet  by  Course,  clone  of  hia  face, 

•qniui^  Kede  roicond  in  white,  as  )>e  Hoose  besahe  ; 

3772    WitA  grete  Ene  &  gray,  gleyit  a  litiU ; 
Meke  of  his  maners,  &  inanly  in  werre. 
*J"  <K''".  ■  Aiax  oelius  was  outrage  ante, 

vnj  lull,  kri*-  ^^    °         ' 

iiBbgd  mu :  I3rode  of  his  brest,  byg  in  his  armys  : 

dno  to  If  lug.  '     ■'*  ■'     ' 

3776     A  large  man  of  lyma,  lengoat  of  stature. 
Costius  clothyi^f  ay  ^  kyng  weiret ; 
Noght  lowraud  wi'tA  laitho  chere  leee  foe  to 
speike. 


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THE  KINGS  OF  QBXSOS. 


Tolamoa  truly  was  a  tulke  full  laire, 


3780    Bkke  horit,  abous  breehis  aad  otlier  Tiiuuntii* 

bHulKBli  tall 

Serklyt  of  liom  eeluyn,  semly  ■wi\Ji  all.  ^imA  hnir  id 

A  Sotell  man  of  soug  wi'tA  moil;  sere  uotya,         tmw  -,  ■  f»>t 
And  mellit  hym  yrith  moaike  &  myithee  also. 

3784  He  was  doughty  of  dedja,  derfs  of  his  hond  ; 
Pompe  and  proude  wordie  ay  ^  pn'nae  hated. 
UlexeB  the  lefe  kyi^  was  louelieat  of  other,  dijimi^  iba 

He  was  the  fiuieat  by  ferre  of  all  the  felle  grekes,  uwt,  m*  i>i>h 

3788    And  falsest  in  his  fare,  and  fdl  of  diaseit  ^.^  «'«i 

Yndettaker  of  treyne,  of  talkyng  but  litill,  ' 

Ifetur  myrth  in  his  mouthe  meuyt  wttft  tong : 
Sad  of  his  semblanndes,  sober  of  ohere. 

3792    And  of  &coimd  faiiest  with  a.  tn  specbe, 

HehadenDmakeof)K)meninmeujngof  wotdye. 
Dyamede  po  donght^  was  a  dere  kyng,  i 

Stronge  of  his  etatare,  stitlie  in  his  annys,  , 

3796    Brode  in  his  brest,  byg  in  his  sholdera,  ^ 

Wt'tft  a  loke  Jtat  was  laithe  like  out  of  wit  c 

Sab  of  his  forward,  felle  of  bis  bond,  \ 

A  derffe  man  in  dede,  dyesirus  of  bateU. 

3800    Tnsober  wi'tA  aematoides,  sorofoll  in  bert, 
Dredfiill  in  dole  for  diesait  pat  he  vaib 
Lo^y  to  lecbeiy,  mlell  of  bis  troathe^ 
And  mony  harmes  hepit  for  het«  of  his  looa 

3804    Off  Bnke  Nestor  to  deme,  doughty  in  werre,        i 
He  was  long  A  large,  wt'tA  lemys  full  grete.  t 

A  ffreike  )iat  was  fre,  and  a  fiiire  speiker,  t 

Wise  in  bia  woidys,  witt^  of  connsaille  ;  * 

3808    Tni  of  his  trowthe,  trUty  to  loue, 
Meke  of  his  manan  malise  to  pese ; 
And  if  be  walte  into  wrathe,  wode  as  a  lyon. 
Bat  be  lengit  not  loi^  in  bia  lothe  hate ; 

3812  flaithfoU  of  frendship  to  &ekys  >at  be  louyt, 
The  bertist  to  belpe  of  all  the  high  kyngM. 
Protheseltis  the  pert  kyng  was  of  pure  shap,         I 


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tTHi.  Semely  for  sothe,  &  of  Syse  faire. 

^^     ^^^    Dooghty  of  dedJB,  derfe  of  his  honde^ 

None  wighter  in  werre,  ne  of  wills  bettur. 
■mu  ih*  Ifeptolon  nobill  waa  non  of  Jie  lest ; 

A  stote  man  of  atatnre,  stubill  of  chore. 
3S20     Hia  here  was  hard  hlake,  on  his  hods  stode. 

Giet«)  £nB  and  gray,  'witA  a  grym  loke. 

Boande  eydes  for  aotho,  sober  of  wille  ; 

His  shuldeis  were  shapon  of  a  clena  biede. 
3824     Bytell  browet  was  the  bueme,  Jut  aboae  met; 

And  stntid  full  stithly,  ^t  stynt  hym  to  speka ; 

But  ha  -was  lemyd  of  ^  lawe,  &  in  his  londa 


kiprloklj 


Sat  to  comyn  in  a  case  hade  a  clere  vit. 
3S28     Palomydon  the  puie,  he  was  prinee  fairs  ; 
IrfB^tol^^rf  Kanlus  son  fe  nobill  kyng,  &  hia  neit  childe. 

imiiL  boli^nd"  ^^'^  made  of  a  mene  in  the  medyll  shap, 

dutagi  >  nobii  Large  of  a  lenght,  lyuely  &  small, 

nnitmu  ud      3632    Ifoght  boToly  no  brode,  but  as  hym  best  eemyt. 

A  stythe  man  of  his  stature,  stiiond  of  ville, 

Menyt  hym  to  mouy  tiiinge^  &  of  mynde  gods ; 

Kobill  tolkw  vitA  taleSf  tretable  alse, 
3836    Curtas  &,  kynde,  cnrious  of  honde. 
Fodiifrioi, hun  Folidariua  was  pluccid-as  a  porke  fat, 

!^*^iii^T»S  ^fi*^  8"**  ">  **'^  grippe,  all  of  greae  hoge. 

^^^.'^\_  So  bolnet  was  his  body,  fat  burthen  hade  ynoghe 

hymiiiinu."        5840     The  fetfi  of  fat  freke  to  fofke  hym  abouto, 

Ot  atond  vppo  str^ht  for  his  strong  charge. 

Aparty  was  ho  pioude,  presit  after  Be?^ys, 

He  wold  not  gladly  be  glad,  ne  glide  into  myrthe; 
3844    But  euermore  ym^^and  &  ontrond  in  thoghW. 
^,^,„^_  btottw  Machaon  the  mody  kyng  waa  of  a  mene  atature, 

rf^SSiT'  ^o^^  to  long  ne  to  litis,  lusty  to  se, 

pnnd  Hxi  v-  Proude  &,  preenmptii»,  prouyt  of  wiUe, 

3848     BaUit  was  the  buerne  wttA  a  brode  face  j 

Neuer  slept  ))at  slegh  for  sloutho  vppon  day. 


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THE   EINa   AND  PRINOBS  Or  TROT.  125 

Dares  in  hU  dytyiijj  dulj  fua  teUns,  »»*''"'■ 

)}at  for  the  helpe  of  these  hende,  &  hertely  of 

o))er, 

3853    Of  Perse  come  the  ptoude  kjog  wifi  pepuU  full  Tutkuigaf  p«>u 

withkmubuKi 
taanj,  id  tauiin  ud 

Aitd  a  company  of  knightes  comly  to  ae,  '  kn^u!^  " 

)nt  tollis  his  Atyre  &  his  triet  Btran^t. 

He  was  large,  &  long,  &  of  lene  shap, 

3856     WttA  a  face  somwhat  fat,  felliat  of  colour. 

The  here  of  |)at  hathell  was  huet  as  ^  fiit^ 

Bothe  o  berde  &  abone  all  of  bright  leda 

Of  the  tnlka*  of  Troy  telle  we  now  ferre,  or  ib*  Tnij«a 

3860  Bothe  of  mesnre  &  mykyll  whille  I  mynde  hane, 
As  breayt  is  in  boke  and  aboue  set, 

ffull  duly  by  Dares  endited  of  olde.  (^  «•  W 

Priam  fe  prwe  kyng  was  of  pure  shap,  ^'^™^'  !|^ 

3861  A  large  maa  &  a  longe,  liuely  &  amall.  x*!"  t^^^  "t 
A  faire  man  in  feturs  &  hade  of  fuise  steiiyn. 
Wight  in  his  werkea  &,  of  wit  redy ; 
Delited  to  the  deiur  on  dayes  be  tyme. 

3868    Noght  ferfdl,  ne  futse,  faoeret  full  wele, 

lionet  he  no  lede  )iat  lustide  in  wrange ; 

He  nilet  hym  by  Beason  &  the  right  spake. 

Songis  of  BoUmnite  and  Bonges  of  myrthe 
3872    He  wold  horkon  full  hertely  in  his  high  wit 

Was  ■aeaer  kyng  vnder  cloude  his  kuightoi  more 
louet, 

Xe  gretter  of  giftes  to  his  goode  men, 

Ne  lellier  louyt  ledys  of  his  aune, 
3876    fie  wit&  Riches  so  Rife  rawaidet  his  pepulL 

Of  all  his  Bonee  for  sothe,    ))at  semely  were 
hotdyn, 

Kon  was  so  noble,  ne  of  nait  strenylit, 

Aa  Ector,  )ie  eldiert,  &  aire  to  hym  selayn. 
3880    He  was  truly  in  hie  tyme  trletiest  of  other 


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THt  PBINCGS  or  TROT. 

pat  leoit  in  any  londe,  &  a  litle  he  stotid. 
This  prinae  wit/i  his  pure  strenght  pkinlj  auer^ 

come 
All  Auutres  in  Aimys,  |)at  he  euer  laght : 
Xon  so  stuente  |iat  wtVistode  a  stroke  of  liU 

He  "was  mawy  &  mekull,  inade  for  ^  iiooeat, 

Neaer  Troy  do  tynie  soche  a  tulke  bred, 

So  graithe,  ne  so  good,  ne  of  so  gret  myght. 

Buly  &  rightwise,  a  roghe  man  of  hon. 

He  epake  neam-  dupituosly,  ne  spiset  no  man ; 

Ne  warpit   neu«r   worde  of  wrang  witA  hia 

movthe. 
!fe  sa^  flat  was  vnsemond,  slipped  hym  iro, 
Bat  ay  mekeasamaydon,  &  nylde of  his npechc. 
Neuer  hatfull  to  hym  to  hygh  Into  l>ateU, 
Neiw)"  weiy  of  fat  werke,  ne  of  wegh  ffetde, 
He  swat  neaer  for  pat  swynke,  ne  in  ewayme 

felle. 
Was  neurtr  rod  in  no  Somanse  of  Benke  vpon 

ertlie 
So  well  louyt  wttA  all  ledys,  |iat  in  hia  lond 

dwelt. 
Farys  was  pare  fatre,  and  a  pert  knighte ; 
Here  huet  on  his  hede  as  haspis  of  silke, 
And  in  sighkyng  it  shone  as  the  shyie  golde. 
He  was  bowman  0  fe  best,  holds  wi'tft  a  speire, 
A  wilde  man  to  wale,  wode  on  his  fos ; 
ffull  Biker  at  aeaye,  &  a  sad  knight. 
Of  hunters  he  was  hede,  &  hauntyd  it  ofte. 
Deffebua  was  doughty  &  derfe  of  his  bond, 
Ths  Jjiid  son  of  )>e  sute,  &  his  sore  brother 
Elenus,  the  eldiet  euyn  after  hym. 
J)o  freihes  were  founnet  of  feturs  [ajlike, 
Bothe  of  hyde  &  of  hew  to  hede  of  a  mykelt ; 
ffor,  to  loke  on  jw  ledys  with  a  light  egh. 


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The  ton  &o  )«  tuther  was  tore  for  to  kea 
3912    In  Bight  at  ^  aodan,  somyn  <&  ^ai  were. 

The  fonnne  of  fo  frmkes  was,  faithfiUly  to  se, 

Bight  suche  as  the  eyre,  ^t  I  eaid  fiist ; 

Vadiffeient  to  deme  teo  per^  dere  fader, 
3916    8aae  Friani  the  pnse  was  past  into  eld, 

And  yai  of  yeris  full  yong,  jeaerua  of  wllle. 

Hie  ton  was  a  triet  knight,  tristy  in  armys, 

A  v^ht  man  for  to  wale,  &  wise  of  his  dedis ; 
3920     The  tother,  eotele  of  syenae  to  seke  in  a  lond, 

And  a  corios  clerke  wttA  a  clone  wit. 

Tioilus  p»  tru  was  full  tore  mekoll, 

SnU  masBely  made,  &  of  mayn  strenght ; 
3924    And  yet  hoger  of  hert  &  of  her  wille, 

HedemenytwellhiamanerB.&bemeeuiewtoght  ] 

Amirans  vnto  Maidens,  &  mony  hym  lonyt,  (lu.ait.) 

And  delited  hym  in  dole  W!'tA  damsels  ofte  ; 
S938    Bat  he  mesnret  his  maners,  ^f  he  ^  myrth  vsid, 

)Mt  it  impairyt  not  his  person,  na  his  purpos 
lettid. 

In  strenght  ne  in  stiyfe  pen  atxokea  were  delte,  m  latua  h*  m* 

He  was  Ector  eftsones,  or  ellis  soohe  another.       UHtor. 
S932     la  all  the  kyngdome  &  cuntie,  Juit  to  ^  eoion 
longit. 

Was  no  yong  man  so  jepe,  ne  jeneros  of  dedis, 

Ne  so  hardy  of  hond  boldyn  in  his  tym& 

Eneas  was  eoermore  ^r  of  wille, 
3936    Biode  in  his  brest,  &  of  body  litilL 

Wise  in  his  werkes,  &  of  wordys  sober,  numa, 

A  Mrs  speiker  in  a  spede,  speciall  of  wit,  ' 

1  A  clone  man  of  coimsell,  wi'tft  a  cloise  hert, 

9B40     Of  litterure  &  Ungoge  lumyt  ynoghe. 

A  man  full  of  mdenes  &  mery  of  hie  cheie. 

ffiure  Ene  hade  pe  freike,  &  of  fyn  colour,  »»*  •"• 

Glomyt  as  pe  glasse  and  gliet  a  little.  laqaini, 

S941    Of  all  the  tulkes  of  Troy,  to  telle  >em  1^  name,  Tnr. 


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AyTENOR,   UBBIONBS,  AND   HXOUBA. 

"*""•  Was  non  so  riche  of  EentW,  ne  of  leuke  godos, 

Of  casteU  full  close,  &  many  cleue  tonnes, 
ortbimia  Antenor  also  was  abill  man  of  wit, 

tnittatu;  3948     Long  man  &  l&rga,  lyaely  &  small. 

Uony  wordys  hade  the  wegh,  wise  of  his  dedis, 
In  fble  thiuges  forvise,  &  a  fet  caster. 
Wele  louyt  of  his  lege,  delited  hym  in  myrthe, 
3953     Bontdfull  among  baemes,  blithe  of  his  wotilis, 
HethyngfoU  to  hathela,  but  it  harmyt  not. 
Polidomas  jie  pert  jiat  was  his  pn'se  son, 
ffull  jener  and  ^epe,  and  a  yong  knight, 
3966     ffure  man  of  faffure,  &  of  fyn  strenght, 
Worahipfoll  in  wer,  wise  of  his  dedis ; 
•™ Ml, •gill,  A  large  man  of  tenght,  delyuar,  &  small, 

tall  ikUHT; '  £uyn  foormyt  as  his  fader  of  feturs  &  other. 

3960     A  full  strong  man  in  stoure,  atumyet  in  Armys, 
(toi.««.)  Wtothe  witi  a  worde  &  away  sone  : 

His  colour  blent  was  in  blake,  wit/i  a  blithe  chere. 
H^sii^  tjng  of  Merion  the  mighty  kyng  was  masaely  sbapen, 

iatiiin,wvmA-     39S4     A  faire  m an  of  fourme,  &  a  fre  knight. 
Vnight,  wtita  ertitp  Grete  aydea  to  gripe  growon  full  sad, 

biukiTduba:  Brodo  shuldcrs  aboue,  big  of  hia  annya, 

ftnwiu  imrior.  ■*-  ^^d  brest  haJe  )ia  buerne,  &  hia  back  awara. 

3968     Urispe  heiis  &  cleno,  all  in  cours  yelowe. 
All  the  borders  b)ake  of  his  bright  ene. 
A  felle  man  in  fight,  faeise  on  his  enimys, 
And  in  batell  fall  b^ge,  &  myche  bale  wit^bt : 
3972     Giete  worship  he  wan  while  the  wer  laste. 
Ecaba,  the  onest  &  onerable  qwene, 
Was  shewyng  in  shap  of  a  shene  brede, 
Miksaily  made  as  a  man  lyke. 
3976     She  hade  a  wonderfull  wit  a  woman  to  bene, 
Alse  sad  in  ))e  syens  aa  semyt  for  a  lady 
Wele  norisshed  JerwttA  ;  wiae  of  hir  dedis, 
Meke  of  hir  maners,  myldost  of  chere; 
3980    Onest  ouerall,  as  aght  hir  astate, 


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CABBANUKA   AKD  POLYXBITA. 

An  delited  Mr  deply  in  dedie  of  chariU. 

Andronuca,  auenonde  abill  of  person. 

Worthy  Ector  wyfe,  waa  a  we  &ire. 
3984    Long  body  hade  the  bnrdde,  bright  of  hir  colour. 

Ho  was  mesaniblj  made,  as  ^e  mylke  white. 

Hir  ene  Samjag  fnaabo,  aa  any  fyne  stonea, 

Rnd  as  f%  Boose  roikede  in  hir  chekea. 
3988    Hii  hppes  were  lonely  litlid  wttA  reds. 

Gilde  horee  hade  ^t  gay,  godely  to  Be. 

Most  onest  of  other  eugr  in  hii  tyme, 

And  all  hir  dedia  full  doly  done  by  a  mesare. 
3992     Gassaudia  the  clere  was  a  Clene  Maydon, 

Semely  of  a  Sise,  aa  the  silks  white, 

Womonly  wroght,  waike  of  hii  colour, 

Godely  of  gouemounce,  and  gleyit  a  litle. 
3996    Of  wemen  verkss  wilnet  ho  none, 

Moat  was  bir  mynde  hir  maidonhede  to  kepe. 

Mony  caa  for  to  cum  ho  be  course  wiste, 

By  artys  of  astronomy,  &  ame  of  hir  wit, — 
4000     By  statyug  on  the  stemys  thurgh  bir  etithe  lore. 

Folezens  tbe  pert  was  prise  of  all  other,  poijmimwuhj 

Of  fetuTS  &  fborme  the  fairest  on  lyue  ; 

ffull  tendor  of  hir  tyme,  triet  of  bewe. 
4004     Of  hir  foimes  fele  may  do  &eike  telle, 

He  no  w^b  has  wit  ae  wordya  Jwrfore, 

ffoi  to  lahur  so  longe  of  hii  lefe  sbap  ; 

But  truly  I  teUe  as  ]»  text  sais, 
4008     Ho  was  of  bewte  aboue  all  bome  in  hir  tymo,      ^ 

To  wale  ^urgh  tbe  world  of  wemen  bydene, 

Alae  noble  for  fie  nouest  as  natar  cold  deayse. 

To  paint  in  ycbe  place  tbntgb  his  poie  etady, 
4012     (pat  eirit  not  in  anytbyng  of  abilt^  ^, 

Sane  he  demyt  bii  dedly,  when  hii  day  come.) 

And  ay  clieiiste  bir  cbastit^  wi'tA  a  cboiae  wills, 

To  }iat  abnndattnaeof  bewte  ho  was  best  norieabed. 
4016     Witt4  to  irale,  wantid  no  tbewee  j 


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Voidet  all  vanities,  &  virtaa  dlaajret 
paa  Daiea  in  Ms  dyting  deuyses  |ie  Bhap 
Of  ))ese  freikw  in  fere,  fat  I  before  tolde  ; 

4020    Of  kyi^««  &  knightet  &  oyer  clene  ladies  ; 
Of  Dokff  by-dene,  Jiat  were  deie  holden  j 
Of  the  gretist  of  Gnce,  &  of  gret  Troy, 
jMt  he  hade  comjng  -with  in  company,  &  knew 
well  ye  persona, 

1024    Ab  the  ^^orthie3t  to  wale  &  wildest  in  Anuya. 
Of  these  nomly  to  neuyn,  &  nobill  men  other, 
How  ^  here  hom  in  batell,  I  boske  me  to  say  ; 
And  telle  how  hom  tyde,  whlll  I  tyrae  hane. — 

4028     Stir  fiiorth  to  our  stoiy,  &  stynt  here  a  while. 


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aiitt  ^t  jBaug  of  tfjc  ffireftts. 


uomyn  waa  by  course  Jtat  the  cold  wyntitr 

Was  waatid  &  went  vith  his  wcte  shourea.  wintn  «h  h 

ffroates  vera  &ren,  aad  the  fell  cold  ; 
4032     The  alippond  slete  alidon  of  the  ground  ; 

fBodjB  were  falljn  into  furae  vales, 

And  into  caues  be  coarse  cleufit  the  erthe. 

Wyndia  wagtid  away,  warmyt  the  ayre  ; 
4056    The  rede  beames  aboue  bluashet  wiU*  hete  ; 

Ver  entrid  full  euyn,  eger  w/tA  all.  SJS,''"''" 

The  sun  in  his  serkyll  set  in  ^e  last, 

Passyng  fro  pisahes  Tudor  playn  course ; 
4040     ffeaeiyere  faryn  wt't/i  his  fuerae  windes 

At  the  metyng  of  Marche  wi'tA  hie  mayn  droghte. 

The  grete  Kauy  of  Grekes  wi'tft  a  grym  oste,        ^^ '^?™* 

Entrid  into  Attena,  euyn  at  hor  wille ;  onsk.  tnum 

4044  And  holly  in  hauyn  }ere  houyt  p&i  to^edur,        auiui. 
ffor  to  rast  in  )>e  Bode  &  hor  rede  take. 

Now  wete  yche  wegh,  )iat  wiityng  beholdi% 
Or  ^at  stares  rpon  stories,  &  stirs  in  bokys, 

4045  ))at  eya  the  firmament  was  fourmed,  ie  fblke 

vpon  erthe, 
Syche  a  Nauy  was  seuer  of  nowmber  to^dur ;   vmr  iii  ibo 
Ke  Bochs  a  company  dene  of  knlghte*  &  other ;  ooUnM. 
THe  so  fele  feghtyng  men  in  a  fDete  eomyn.  iM.au 

4052    Of  the  worthy  fere  were,  thna  fe  write  sais : — 


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THE   LEADERS  OP  THE   GRBEEB, 

Agamynon  the  grct,  was  gide  of  horn  all, 
Leder  of  {to  lordie,  fro  his  lond  broght 
A  hundrith  shippes  full  ahene  vitJi  sharp  mea 
of  tamya, 

4066     I^ht  full  of  pepull  &  mony  pn'se  knight 

Meaelay  the  mighty,  ^t  waa  his  mete  brother, 
Come  fro  his  kingdom  vrit/t  clene  shippes  Sixti, 
WttA  noblll  men  for  fe  nonest  a  nowmber  full 
hoge, 

4060    And  sped  hym  fro  spart  hia  awne  apilte  Rewme. 
Out  of  boyse  was  fere  brought  wiV*  bold  men 

two, 
Archiaaliis  was  an,  auntnia  in  werre. 
And  Protheno,  a  pn'se  kyug,  prestly  fat  other. 

4064     In  hor  company  coTae  clone  shippes  fyfW, 
Wt't/i  abill  men  of  armys,  auntrua  in.  fight 
pet  suet  of  Siche  semly  men  two, — 
Aacalaphus,  a  skathilduko  &  skant  mon  in  wer, 

4068  And  Helminus,  a  hede  vrlo,  hadyn  to-gedur 
Thretty  ehippes  full  ahene  o  fie  ehire  water, 
Wi'tft  barons  of  the  best  &  bold  men  wt'tAin. 
Ephistaphus,  a  pert  kyng  Ss  pn'nse  out  of  focce, 

4072     And  Tedios  )iat  tothir,  fat  was  his  trew  felowe: 
%fty  shippGS  in  fere  folowet  bom  two, 
WitA,  a  company  of  knighted  cast  for  the  wer. 
Telamon,  the  tore  kyng,  tide  for  to  haue 

4076     ffyfty  nhippes  full  faiie  of  his  fiieise  Bewme  ; 

And  of  the  Cite  of  Salame,  fat  suyt  hym  after. 

In  his  company  come  mony  clene  Duke«, 

And  Erles  also,  wtt/i  mony  gret  lordis. 

The  Duke  of  Teucor,  to  telle  truly,  was  fere  j 

Amphimakua  also,  auntrus  in  war ; 

Donori,  the  derfe  Eile,  &  doughty  Theseus. 

Kestor,  the  nobill  Duke,  fat  was  an  old  man, 

4064    ffore  out  of  Phylon  -mtk  fyfti  grot  shippee. 
Toax  fro  toyl6,  fat  waa  a  true  kyng. 


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AND  THEIR  SQCiDItOira, 


ffyfte  shippea  in  fere  to  the  fflete  broght 


Aiax  oeliua,  aonteroiia  in  werre,  witt»»uji 

4088    Thrett;  ahippea  full  thriste  throng  into  hanyn ;  »*ipn»nd« 
And  sex  of  a  eort  ^at  eayt  hym  afler. 
Polibos,  a  proude  kjag,  &  hia  pere  Amphimake, —  pi^mm  nd 
J»i  come  out  of  Calydon  wt'tA  a  clene  pepnll  ;      ctijiao,  wim 

4092    Andfouresconrefyneahippestotliefletebro^t  *""•* 

Oat  of  Trasy  fere  tiimet  triet  Vlexea  the  kyng,    mjmtt  from 
"With  fyttj,  in  a  forthe,  all  of  fueise  veaelL  u  lUia. 

Duke  Melioa  the  mighty  met  in  a  hauyn,  xamiba  frnm 

40&6    And  aoght  fro  his  Cite  sotbely  of  Pygre,  lUph 

Wt'tfe  Elenon  od  ahippes  abill  to  werre. 
I'oterhas  &  Protesaelon,  bo  proude  Dokes  twoo,  ?«*«"••  «»* 
pu  fecchid  out  of  Fhilace,  ^at  was  fere  fre  londe,  rtifitia,  wiiii  h 

4100    %ft£  shippea  in  fere,  Ss  fore  vuto  Attens. 
M'acbaos  &  Polidus,  pria  kynges  bothe, 
Tnmyt  out  of  Triaion,  &  triet  ahippee  bn 
Two  &  thietty  fidl  thiyuond,  &  f  rong  into  prise, 

4104     Out  of  Phithes,  |)e  faire  Cit^  folowet  Achillea,      ^^j,^ 

ffift^  ahippes  full  shene  strode  fro  fa  depe,  wuiim  Mjt, 

Kyng  Thelephus  tomly  toke  from  his  hauyn,        ^S^^" 
Twelue  ahippea  well  ahapon,  &  ahalkes  wt'tAin,     ^tipL 

4108    Of  his  Rewme  nc^bt  Biche,  Kodan  was  cald.       (biu>i«i 

Bnfirus  the  rrche  nght  fro  hia  Rewme,  Eamiuftmn 

_  SliiTaa,»Uh 

)>at  Sicham  was  said  sothely  to  nome ;  m  iMpi. 

And  fj&&  ahippes  foil  ahene  fojpwet  hym  after. 
4112    Two  Dukes  full  derke  droghen  in  fere, 

I  shall  neme  you  fen  nomes  now,  er  I  pas  :— 

Antius  &  Amphimake,  auntirone  in  werre.  ADUphu  u< 

]}ay  were  loides  of  a  londe  )wre  ledis  in  dwelt,     ttan  wm,  wtih 
4116    That  were  bioustioua  of  beiryng,byg  men  witA  all,       (umk.) 

Enerdond  by  hor  one^  &  Myda  hit  hight 

jxd  broght  to  the  Brym  XL  bigge  ahippes. 

Folibethea,  a  proud  kyng,  pert  of  his  dedis,  Vttrtatm,  wuti 

4120    He  bntght  to  the  brym  bargea  eleivan,  p»8Ui^n«.  or 

Frothylua,  a  pert  kyng,  put  on  the  water  ma^ 


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THE  LEADEBS  Or  THE  0KBEK8. 

ffytU  shippes  tyn,  fall  of  folke  all, 
Uf  Deymoa  duly,  his  owne  deie  londe. 
•'t™^      4124    Kyng  Sapmon  for  sothe  soglit  fro  fat  hanyn, 
Opiiiu)  VfitA  alsmony  abill  sbippea  aantrid  hym  seluyn, 

)Xit  Capidoiee  cald  is,  the  contre  so  hat, 
BobuI,'^  n  TheoriiM,  a  tryet  kyng,  toke  fro  his  Eewme, 

•Up*.  4128    And  hioght  of  his  brode  lond^  fat  Boisa  is 

callid. 
Two  &  thretty  thried  ahlppes  f  rast  full  of  pepnll. 
And  when  thies  soneranns  weio  eomyn,  sothely 
toteUe, 
Tin  mm  of  om  Of  kyngeg  fidl  kene,  &  of  kyde  Dnk©^ 

1b  •11,  ud  111*       4132     The  Bowme  for  to  Bet  was  eexty  &  neiie. 
■hipiiruitnj  The  nowmber  of  the  noble  shippes,  fat  to  )ie 

note  yode, 
*  fibr  to  telle  hom  by  tale,  was  truly  a  thowsaaiid 

Twa  hundrothe  &  twenty,  &  twelue  o  fe  last, 
4136     Without  Palomydon  fe  pioude,  fnt  pj-eset  hom 
after 
Witft  a  nauy  full  noble ; — Jtawlns  son  the  grnto. 
When  thes  graidly  were  gedret^  &  ginl  iulo 

hanyn, 
JKu  come  |)ai  to  counsell,  as  T  shall  kythe  after. 


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Selpljon  to  lia&e  mistnare  of  a  goU  of 
tliasre  Soumag. 

4140    LengQ  we  a  little  wtt&  lykyng,  to  telle  (fcLvoj 

How  thies  byngs*  witA  boi  knightw  caipyn  to 

gednr. 
When  all  were  at  Attens,  aontsr  b^ell,  wmh  a*  6mt 

AgamynOQ  the  gret  gedrit  in  fere,  jLcuwuua 

4144    Into  a  place  Jiat    was    playne    wttftont    the  mI^m, 
prise  Cit^,  """^ 

There  Setis  for  |io  soueranfi  Sothdy  waa  maked, 
ffot  kyngea  ^t  ^ere  coma  A;  other  kyde  Duke^ 
Bothe  Erles  &  almen  after  }en  estate. 

4148     Wheal  all  set  were  in  sercle  ])e  Bousrayn  ahouta, 
And  silence  on  jche  syde  the  serkyll  wi'tAin, 
Agamynon  the  graithe,  ))at  the  gomes  led, 
These  wordes  he  warpid  f  o  worthy  vnto  : — 

4152     "  Ye  pn'nces  full  preat,  fat  present  are  here  1 
J)at  with  poaer  of  pepoU  presit  are  hider. 
And  uoytit  to  ))is  Jorney  Juatly  to-gedur, 
CousidiTS  to  thifl  company  A  the  clene  atren^^t, 

4166    What  bolde  ye  haoe  broght  into  Jiia  biods 
hauyn  I 
What  fighting  folke  yche  freike  has  1 
Who  sothely  hath  aene  soche  a  pepull  ore ) 
Neoer  wegh,  as  I  wene,  syn  fe  worid  atode, 

4160    Se  at  a  Semly  socbe  a  sight  hoole  RmciuMtiw* 


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196  THE   OOtlNBEL  OF   AOAXEMNON. 

""^^  Of  kyngM  in  a  company,  &  of  kyde  Dnkw, 

Wnc^i dHt  Erlee  and  other  men  all  of  assent ; 

™*  >»*■  "<  2f  e  of  one  purpas  in  a  place  pepnll  eo  fele  j 

ndoMi  4164     Somony  yong  men  &  jepe,  ^enerua  of  wille; 

So  od  men  in  armyg,  &  egiir  to  fight^ 
To  faro  in  a  furde  onr  foa  to  distroy. 
*|* *|j™  J>ai  are  blyndit  with  baiet  &  vitA  bare  sorow, 

wbabinnntd   4168     Jmt  wEcfeons  vp  TeTTe,  A  wiathuB  T8  in  hert. 
Or  etirie  ra  witA  atrenglit  vpon  atnenie  wiae. 
ffor  in  thifl  aemly  for  sotlie,  soche  men  I  know 
A  hnndrith,  ^t  wtiA  bondes  onr  harmyB  might 
wreike, 
[sd.  N  k)      4173    Peifounne  oni  pwrpos,  and  put  it  to  end, 

Jmt  we  BO  mony  and  bo  mighty  aie  menyt  to  do. 
Tb*  pwpoH  a  Te  weton  all  full  wele  bo  worthy  ben  here, 

knvntaau.  Of  daonger  &  deaeee  is  don  to  onrlondis ; 

4176    Of  shame  &  of  shenahip  shapyn  Tsalate; 
■     Onr  fiyndya  defelet,  and  fonget  our  godya. 
p^  hannea  we  hane,  &  hethyng  witA  all, 
Hit  sittee  vb  fall  sore  to  saffer  on  lyne. 
4180    Hit  menya  va  wttA  monhede  fat  malis  to  venge^ 
And  Annter  ys  in  aimya  our  Enmyes  to  greae  ; 
WttA  atrengbt  for  to  atryve  &  strokes  to  dBle, 
iitaiouka  The  Troieoa  to  tone  Jiat  trespas  haue  done. 

Tniluii  for  thg      4164     All  Bomyn  by  Aseent,  witA  a  Bad  wille 
mwi/ht       "  To  venge  of  onr  velany  A  onr  vile  greme. 

And^tisrightwise&TeasonabletorichQTs^erto; 
Bomar  nut  u  fSist,  to  Refrayne  the  fame  fat  men  epeikes, 

Xtw^mLtbt   4188    And  wipe  of  onr  wianges,  Jk  virdis  va  done ; 
■laa^  i  g^  j^  Troiena  fro  fiia  tyme  take  not  on  bonds 

To  aapyo  va  witA  spite  in  no  epede  efta 
J)at  all )»  w^hea  of  |)e  world  be  wamit  by  bom, 
4193    And  fat  no  tale  may  be  told  in  tyme  for  to  come, 
Ne  witnee  in  wn'tyng  by  w^hes  heiafter, 
))at  any  lord  of  out  londe  ahuld  lacche  soche  a 


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THE  0OD58BL  OP  AOAMBHKOH.  13 

Tnwrokyn    witA   wondle  t    )>ot    weghes  may       b«*^- 

knowen, 
4196    Ne  we,  fiat  are  bo  vorthy  &  w^ht  men  ynogh, 
Shall  not  elely  let  slide,  ne  slip  out  of  mynde, 
jMt  onr  Buccessoares  may  say  sotbely,  ne  holde     ttai  p«t«iiT 
DysaehonoMr  of  onr  dedys,  &  dom  vs  for  feble.     1^,;;,^^  " 
4200     8yn  we  now  bene  of  noble  men  in  nowmber 

so  fele. 
And  of  strengbt  so  Btem  stondyog  in  one. 
Who  Ib  now  80  qweme  or  qwaint  of  his  wit,         Wbo  h  bold,  or 
That  couthe  raesuie  our  might,  or  witA  raonthe  dMythtmightiK 

hU  ndiutlUuio*! 

4204     The  pouer  of  our  pepull,  &  our  playn  strenght  t 

Wlio  so  hardy  durst  bode,  or  on  bond  take 

To  wrathe  vb  bo  any  way,  or  wirk  vs  dyssese  1 

Saue  )iea  fonnet  foike,  )ie  frigisB  of  troy,  Nona  bat  Uu 

4206     pat  vnwyiiely  has  wroght  wi'tA  wyttia  fiill  febill. 

And  offendit  onr  ftenchyp  thurgh  foli  of  hom 
sduyn. 

Ne  raynd  not  fws  mew  of  fe  mykyll  harms,  •'»  i»"  i»« 

That  a  sone  of  our  folka  before  bom  has  done^      ipMiiMn  of  onr 
4212     When  lomydon  was  lord  &,  pa  lond  eght,  •ai(»a.'™ 

That  was  Ikler  to  the  freike  that  oEfena  mas  j 

Eyld  all  bis  Kuightes,  cambrit  his  rewme^ 

Sesit  bis  eit',  sloi^  it  to  ground, 
4316    And  fele  of  his  folke  fon^t  on  lyue, 

Led  into  our  londys,  ^t  lengis  fer  jet, 

In  seruage  and  sorow  set  for  to  dwells. 

Jjerfore,  sotly  hyt  semyB  not  Biirfetus  haide 
4220    Ifo  vnpossibill,  thys  pupull  perfourme  in  dede, 

That  fyuetymes  fewer  before  home  has  done.        ih«r  knw  u 

)>ai  wetyn  full  wele  fe  wyllys  of  vs  bsie,  ewi^  to  h^/idl 

That  we  purpos  a  poaer  to  put  in  hor  lond,         J!S»otIiito 
4224    To  noy  hom  wi'tA  note  and  negh  hom  belyne.      ow™»«- 

Sun  helps  for  to  haue,  bast  hom  fiay  wytl. 

Of  ledys  of  other  load  lyond  hom  gayne. 


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138  THB  mSSAOB  TO   DBLPB08. 

Bill*!.  To  w»tft«tond  TB  witA  etrenght  &  staoy  of  our 

pnpyll, 
4226     And  ^aire  cuntre  to  kepe  with  cutnpany  grete. 
jMifoi,  eotly  me  semys,  &  yow  ao  lyke, 
>nn^  Er  ve  pasae  fio  yia  pott,  ot  poll  Tp  oar  saylys, 

(OL  ul.)  That  we  make  vs  a  message  of  men  of  aatate, 

inqsin  of  Apollo    4232     Duly  to  Delphon  deuoutly  to  wende, 
To  the  yle  fere  Appolyn  erdia  with  in, 


In  Iiast  foito  herkyn  of  ^o  hend  goddea, 
What  shall  falle  va  by  ffortune,  or  we  feire  pas, 
4236    Of  ])is  mater  jiat  tb  meuye,  &  mo  of  oar  dedye. 
JAb  is  clerely  my  counsell ;  coDceyuis  hit  all." 
When  the  aouerayn  hade  said,  he  sedt  anone. 
Of  hor  willes  to  wete,  fo  worthy  by  dene, 
4240     Bothe  kynge«,  &  knightec,  &  other  kyde  Dukes, 
*]j™"' i" "»  All  aasentid  horn  sone,  fat  his  saw  herd. 

This  message  to  make  po  mighty  deuyset 
AchuiHud  Achillea  the  chenalrous,  by  ])ere  choise  wittee, 

•ant  (o iMpha.     4244     And  Fatrocolua  the  proude,  his  pore  for  to  be. 
fTor  proffet  of  po  prtnsee  and  hor  priee  folko, 
)}ai  were  demyt  Tnto  Delphon  this  dede  to  per- 

Of  )>ere  uoyus  note,  &  an  onswaro  to  haue, 

4248     With  offeiyng  at  appolyn,  if  aunt«r  might  &]Ie, 
Worship  to  wyn  and  wreke  on  hor  fos. 
Tiier  wt  u]i  Wt'tA  out  tarying,  full  tite  yal  twrnyt  into  hauyn, 

Achillea  full  chere  and  his  choise  felaw, 

4252     And  saylet  furth  soberly  as  hom  selfe  lyket ; 
Hade  wedur  at  fere  wille,  &  the  water  calme, 
Diyuon  Tnto  Delphyn  &  no  deire  f  olet, 
Vmclosit  with  a  courae  of  the  colde  ythos, 

4256    WttA  a  s^kle  of  the  ae  pat  soght  fere  aboute, 
Nd  ixipboi,  but  Ifot  Delphon  but  Deloa  sum  demyt  hit  to  bet, 

J)at  is  the  myddis  &  )>e  most  of  mony  smalle  ylea, 
8et  in  a  sorcle  fe  same  place  vmbe, 

4260    As  f ai  are  fourmet  witA  the  flode :  fyft^  &  thre, 


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TBK  WOnSHIF   OF  APOLLO. 

To  leokon  by  tow,  )ie  rodys  is  the  moate. 

In  pat  yle,  Bais  ysidir,  euyn  on  a  hylle,  a 

Ts  Appolju  hoDOuret  and  also  Diana. 

<264    There  vaa  fonudyt  a  &iie  temple  of  a  ^  werke. 
With  wallis  rp  wroght,  vyn  to  beholde, 
JD&K  Appullo,  the  pan  god,  was   principally 

worahippid. 
Deloa,  who  demys  hi^  is  duly  to  say  n 

4268     Shortly  to  sholke^, — '  a  ahewyng  on  opnn' ; 

And  &o  )iat  soils,  for  sothe,  the  Bun  fiist  aprait, 
And  the  mone  in  the  merke,  to  men  of  {«  Innd ; 
J^rfore  gentila  aiu^et,  &  for  inste  held,  t 

4272     )>at  in  pat  bare  yle  bothe  boms  were  f&i  fiist.       i, 
J}at  lede  in  pere  langage  lynely  can  call 
The  pure  su/t  in  hit  pride,  appoUue  donghter  j 
And  Ediana,  also,  pai  amyt  hit  to  nome. 

4276     The  mone  in  his  myldnes,  pai  menjt  to  hat 
Ortigia,  oner  all  honouiet  witii  greke«. 
Of  pis  mater  nomore  but  mene  to  our  tale. — 
In  this  Temple  was  a  tor  ymage,  all  of  triet  gold, 

4260     In  honour  of  Appolyn,  pat  I  ere  snide. 

J}of  it  defe  weie  &  douraho,  dede  as  a  ston, 
The  gentils  hit  aiiigget  as  a  iiiste  god, 
"With  errour  vnahle  pat  erat  horn  began, 

4264    And  worshippit  horn  wofdly,  for  hom  wit  lacket 
Of  pe  Godhed  giffen,  pat  grew  from  the  sun, 
))at  all  niighty14  miule  &  market  of  noght. 
ffor  lacke  of  beleue  pai  light  into  errour,  ir 

4288  And  fellen  vnto  fals  goddes,  &  faithly  honomt  ■, 
With  worship  on  all  wise  as  weghis  vppon  lyue ;  " 
pat  no  pouer  hade  plainly  but  of  pale  iyn<\et,  ^ 
pai  entrid  into  ymagis  euer  for  dissayet, 

4292    Spekand  to  epecyals,  pat  Bpede  for  to  asks, 

Tbuigh  f^hede  of  fyndes  pe  folks  to  diesayue. 
And  to  ert  hom  in  errour  euermoro  to  lenge. 
X  will  tell  bore  a  tale,  er  I  turns  ferre. 


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140  THE  WORSHIP  OP  PALBE  OODB. 

B°°^»-        4296    Of  Jie  fjndyng  of  false  goddes,  &,  tlie  foule  voe ; 
How  Bprittia  in  hom  spake  to  qwho  fat  apirra 

wold, 
And  how  fowle  ))at  f  ai  fajlit  at  the  ferre  end. 
^te^^ot  Throgh  the  glorious  gyfte  of  goddar  son  of  lieuyn, 

[W.J7M       4300    That  come  to   our   kynde    throdi   a    cleane 
will  \am  mr-  Maydon, 

OfB.  hB  "pu.-)  All  maiunentre  in  myddeleithe  myrtlit  to  pi'MJ 

And  wastid  away  fuigh  wit  of  hjm  one, 
!'»•*•"*•"-  As  the  goepell  of  God,  Jiat  gabbia  not,  saya. 

4304    When  Heraude  in  Angiv  atlede  to  sle 

Ciyste  fuT^h  his  curstnes,  ae  }«  clause  telliis. 
An  angell  anon  n^hed  to  Jasep, 
("fa  (Wo.")  Sent  firo  ]«  Bonerayn  Jwt  in  Cel4  dwellon, 

4308    To  take  the  childe  for  a  channse  &  his  choise 

moder, 

And  eiiyn  info  Egypt  entre  on  his  way. 

wiwuChrirt  When  Crista  in  bat  contra  come  wttii  his  dnuie. 

The  false  goddes  in  feie  fell  to  fe'groond  ; 

4312    Bothe  Mawhownu«   &  mauxaette*  royrtild  in 

Isai  also  oponly  tellus. 

When  Jflju  I^pte  Joynit  witA  in. 

All  Symylacree  for  sothe  soghten  to  ground. 

4316     ]3Bt  WAS  a  tokyn,  he  tellua,  fro  tjme  of  his  come, 
J}at  sacrifice  shiild  sese  vnto  per  goddie. 
))ua  the  Jewes  aiugen,  &  for  iust  holdyn, 
a  ]}at  pmaiell,  of  all  men  erst  hom,  began 

4320  Maumettes  to  make  of  moldes  &  clay. 
And  the  gentils  aiuggen  Jnetly  ano\er, 
Promethem,  prinoipall  of  Jiat  pure  art, 
))at  folke  are  fourmyt  laithly  to  gentils. 

4324     fFor  no  law  in  hor  lede  list  hom  to  holde, 

But.  folowit  >ere  foule  wille  ae  fyndis  hom  tagltt; 
Nawther  cercumsiset  EotJiely  in  sort  wit/»  the 
Jewes, 


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Ne  comyn  wttft  cristenmeii,  ne  on  Criete  leuyn ; 
4328    fiat  barlf ,  as  ^ai  borne  were,  bydou  fei  stiUe, 
And  nauther  law  ne  belefe  leiiton  bom  to. 
The  fiiTst  J^at  was  fonnden  of  pea  fals  goddef, 
Waa  wTOght  on  pia  wise,  as  wc^hes  nan  tedL 

Oyr  BEAI.Ii  THE  OOD   k  BEl^ABUB. 

4332    On  Dolus,  a  derfe  Kyag  )iat  degbit  in  eld. 

Or  Belns,  as  |m  boke  eays,  (bothe  were  his  namys) 
Hade  a  son  |>at  hym  sewit,  sesit  in  his  lend. 
Nine  was  his  name,  &  his  next  beire.  t 

4336    He  brought  hym  to  berynea  on  his  best  wise, 
Ab  be-come  for  a  kyng,  closit  hym  faire 
'With  eolempne  sepuloro,  sothely  wn^bt. 
And  for  bis  fader  shuld  faitbly  be  fer  in  I 
mynd, 

4340    An  ynu^  a  noble  anon  gert  he  make, 
All  gmnyn  of  gold,  &  of  good  etonys, 
Yne  of  mesoie  &  mykyll,  of  his  myld  £a<ler. 
fliill  Bolemly  set  in  the  sight  of  the  pepull,  ■•—-•"' 

4344    WttA  worship  on  all  wise,  )iat  worthy  comanndit 
To  all  the  pepull  of  hia  prouyns,  as  a  pn'se  god. 
That  jmage  to  boooiw-  he  ordant  hym  selnyii, 
And  gert  the  ledis  to  beleue,  fat  in  his  lond 
dwelt, 

4348     pai  the  gome  was  a  god  groimdet  in  blisse. 

And  BO  the  ffigm'  of  his  fader  was  &lsly  honoui'y  t. 
By  assent  of  hym  selfe  fat  the  soile  aght ; 
And  ^n  the  fynde,  yriUt  his  fidshed  &  his  fer  Th«"flnii 
cast.  taJT'Jid' 

4362     Entrid  in  fat  ymage,  A  onswar«t  the  pepolL         ™jj^ ' 
Who  fat  any  thing  asket  after  his  diasyte, 
Jjere  onswatet  opnnly  the  anngell  of  helle : 
And  so  the  ledis  of  the  lond  lyuely  hym  cald,      huH,  •«■ 

4356     Bam  beall,  enm  belns,  sum  bell  fe  god,  mow,  Ma 

8nin  belphogor,  &  belsabnb,  as  bom  best  likes.    ^  la. 


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143  THE  BALBE  OODB. 

B°*^  In  eosample  of  ))at  same  aithTn  other  folke 

Haae  feynit  mony  fala  goddss,  fat  fe  fynde 
pleeit, 
4360     Did  honour  to  dedemen,  &  for  dere  holdyn, 
nanmiru  And  be  Fran  the  Baidon  sothely  a  cod, 

olMApoUa,  „        ,  '         o 

ud  vu  lo  pat  appoUo  the  pepull  put  mto  nome, 

Jrio^  J3at  is  houoKi^t  in  the  yle,  fat  I  of  toUe, 

4364  Delphon,  or  Deloa,  dem  aa  yo  list. 

Thm  On  ctiiir  And  J>an  VeniM  the  worthy  is  worshippit  witft 

ollad  Friiu  ud  811"'. 

'*'™''' '  J)at  of  pianettes  of  pr/se  has  hor  pure  noma 

Jjea  mereury,  a  mighty  god,  ia  moat  in  honour, 
4368    pat  ))ai  aaidon  was  stin  sothely  to  Jobiter. 
(fu.  ca  b.)  Then  the  mone  vas  most  made  for  to  please, 

Tu miwDUM.  That  Diana  fall  duly  fai  demyt  to  hat 

And  fas  in  costes  &  cnntreis  of  fe  cuisit  gontils, 
4372    Jjai  soaght  witli  sacrifice  vnto  sere  godde». 
In  i^pt  was  honourt  Ysam  as  god. 
An  in  the  cuntro  of  Crete  cald  vpon  Jabiter, 
fHuopitaniia.)  Thc  moB  of  Mawsom  moat  hornet  ymbane, 

(PHua.)  4376    And  ]«  latyn  lede  lontid  to  &awn. 

At  Rome  f^  Keiuirenat  vppon  riohe  wise 
(QuiriinB.)  One  qwirion,  a  qwicte  fynde,  &.  qwemlydid  aerne ; 

At  attens  all  folke  aykewaidly  worshippid 
4380     Minerva,  a  m&nment  &  most  on  hym  lenyt ; 
(Pvtaoi.j  At  pauy,  a  pure  god  the  pepull  cald  Venus ; 

[i^mnoi.)  At  Lemno  fa!  loutid  to  a  laithe  fynde, 

(Vnian.}  On  Volcaun  fai  worshippit  on  Jwre  wise  most 

AtNucfl,  iZBi     At  Taxor  fe  vayit  pepull  voidly  hononrit 

"*'  Bachian,  a  hale  fynde,  aa  a  blist  god. 

At  MpiMB,  And  at  Delphon,  duly,  for  derreet  of  other, 

"■  Appollyn  was  honourit,  as  I  here  said. 

4388     In  yche  yle  vppon  erthe,  eftar  hor  deaise. 

Thai  made  mowmett««  of  mold  in  mynd  of  hor 

goddes. 
And  honourit  oner  all  thyng  as  fere  belefe  aakik 

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Thus  )ni^li  folahed  of  pe  fendea  fie  folte  waa    Bh 

dissajuit, 

4392    Tudei  daosger  of  ^  dole  dioupet  fall  longe, 

Of  whose  falahede  &  fomme  in  hia  fiist  mo^ng 

Will  I  Bomwhat  say,  &  sithen  of  his  Enlle. 

(But  |)e  fader,  {lat  first  fourmyt  all  thinge, —        Os^whi 

4396     Both  the  ayre,  A,  Element,  &  A"g«llf  in  heayn. 
Water,  &  wynde,  &  welkyn  aboue, — 
In  the  highest  henyn,  as  holy  writ  s^ 
He  ordant  angels  after  hia  deujse, 

4400     And  set  horn  in  sendee  hym  aeluyn  to  bonoHr. 
But  on  the  oddist  of  other  oidant  om  lord, 
Brightest  of  bMies  in  bllsse  for  to  dwella 
Of  whom  the  proffet  of  prise  plainly  can  say, 
))en  was  no  steme  in  astate  stode  hym  ahone. 
No  no  pert  tre  in  penulise  apperith  to  hym, 
Nb  bmione  se  biannche  to  his  beamys  like.) 
Qod  fourmet  hym  so  fitire,  as  I  fynd  here, 
J}at  mony  legions  his  light  laonchet  aboue. 
Thoi^h  his  Eoirhede  as  fast  he  felle  into  pride, 
Whm  he  eud  of  hym  selfe  his  sete  he  wold  make 
ffoU  noble  in  ))e  north,  ^at  non  shuld  be  here 

441 3     Like  to  ^  lord,  ))at  the  I^ht  made  ; 

Enynyng  in  all  thing  eayn  wi'tA  hym  tielfe, 
Sonehefell  of  hia  &ire-hode,  &  fele  of  his  peree, 
|)at  assentid  to  )>at  eyn,  sonkyn  in  fire. 

4416     Kony  legion  {lere  light  vnto  laitho  fendiw 
WttA  Incifer,  ^t  lyaet  in  delites  abone, 
J)at  wofiilly  welt  &  woundid  to  the  dethe. 
Thus  the  gospell  of  Ood  of  Jiat  grym  tellis, — 

4420     '  I  eegh  satan  hym  selfe  slippe  oat  of  henyn. 
As  ])e  leaenynge*  Ught,  )»t  laches  to  ground.' 
This  fende  was  the  fiist  jtat  felle  for  hia  pride. 
And  lost  has  hia  lykyng,  ^t  lyuyaton  is  cald. 

4424    And  foi  the  case  is  vnknowen  be  course  to  ^ 
lewd, 


4404 


4408 


(Pi.  diL  Ht  u.) 
(Pi.  dT. «,  (.) 


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LUCI7KB  nXDEB  TABIOUB  NA1R8. 

Here  stunwhat  I  say,  er  I  sew  fene. 
And  ysidre  in  ethemol^er  openly  tellis, 
)Mt  bemoth  in  Ebrew  ys  oponly  to  say, — 

4428     '  A  Raid  besle  vnreatonabU,  ^  no  Stile  holdt^.' 
And  for  pe  fende  waa  ao  fob  &  fidl  of  disaait, 
God  at  the  begynnyng  of  hie  gret  falle, 
Wroght  hym  to  a  worme  in  wiidames  like, 

4433  Writheo,  as  the  writte  sayes,  like  a  wjlde  Eddnr. 
And  for  greltnes  of  ^t  Grym  in  hie  gret«  filthe. 
He  is  demyt  a  Dragon  wiUt  Danid  the  prophete. 
In  his  song  of  the  aawter  ^n  he  aais  ^eib, — 

4436     'This  Dragon  of  Dissait,  ]H(t  ^nu  derfly  liath 
fourmet ' : 
So  aethe  in  the  sauter  the  Salme  to  the  end. 
And  loke   of  lynyaton  in   the   IjRe   of  saynt 

Brandon, 
There  fiia  warloghe,  I  wis,  a  watur  eddnr  is  cald, 

4440     pAt  pis  saint  pere  eeghe  in  the  se  occiane, 
fTiill  large  and  long  of  a  ]awe  depnee. 
Closet  pen  be  comaundement  of  his  clene  maker, 
Vnto  the  day  of  dom  dulfully  to  abide, 

4444     Writhyn  is  ^at  warloghe  witA  wilis  ynoghe, 
Mannea  saule  to  diaaaiue  &  in  ayn  holde. 
Jjia  lyuyatan,  leder  of  all  thias  laithe  fyndes, 
To  our  fader  the  first  fello  in  Envy, 

4448     And  put  hym  to  peradise  pmtly  anon 

To  tempt  hom  wi'tA  trayn,  pat  trist  of  non  enyll. 
To  forfet  ^at  faire  place  &  offense  make. 
Haib  a  face  vae  fonrmet  ai  a  fre  maydon, 

4452     And  as  a  sprite  in  hor  spake,  ^t  spede  to  ooi 
harme. 
Or  barly  toke  body  of  fat  bold  eddar, 
And  so  vriUi  falshede  &  faire  our  fadeis  diseayuit, 
And  all  pen  snccesaours  sorily  sent  vnto  pyne. 

4456  Of  fis  mater  of  mawmentiy  nomore  at  thiB  tyme  : 
jDia  sufScis  forsothe.    See  we  now  here, 


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And  tume  to  our  tale  &  take  fiere  we  lefte.  B"^^' 

X  hua  be  diesayt  of  the  douyll,  es  I  declaiet  haue, 
1460    This  appollo  apperit  to  pepull  full  ofte  J^„"Ir( 

In  Delphon,  or  Delos,  dem  as  ye  list.  ujMo^mii 

To  ))ifl  appollo,  )>e  pure  god,  ^ai  pepull  honouret,  bunpi,  or  A)h 

Thies  kynge*  by  course  comyn  nnon, 
4464     Jjat  messengers  were  mide  fro  J»e  maiatera  of 
Grace, 

And  tiimyt  iato  tempuU  fro  ^ere  tore  shippia. 

Be  counsell  of  the  kepeis,  when  the  oouwe  felle,        ("■  T»  •; 

])at  serued  Jtat  Synagod  to  the  eoiy  fyndea, 
4468     Than  entrid  fai  wi'tft  honour,  &  offerond  made, 

Grete  soumes  forsothe  of  siluer  &  of  golde ;  il^'^hrinfr 

Did  bfii-e  deaoGioun  as  horn  dere  thought,  v<tva,aitj 

'  a      '  inqulra  ragu-i 

And  frayned  at  the  fyad  how  bai  fare  ahuld,        UinMuiiot  i 

■'  '  ondwutlnj. 

4472     Of  Jiaiie  Joumay,  full  Justly,  a  Juggement  to 
haue. 
And  fen  Appollo  apperith  wi'tft  a  pn'ue  voise 
To  J»o  worthy,  o  this  wise,  as  Jie  writ  sayea. 

THB  ASSWARS  OP  APPOLLO   TO   AOHYLLES. 

"Achillea  !  Achilles  1  [attle]  to )»  Grekea,  raa.h»t'«« 

4476    Sew  to  the  same  fat  fou  art  sent  fro ;  Aehitioa  i  nti 

Tell  horn  tbi  truth,  )>at  hom  tyde  shall  ontki  thu  u 

In  sotinde  for  to  saile  somyn  vnto  Troy,  ihm'thLy'i^ 

And  mony  batela  on  bent  wi't/t  buernos  to  thole.  ^'!|'7^'^'| 

4480  And  the  tent  yere  truly,  tell  hom  for  eothe,  'ti'i''™"' "" 
Jwre  worship  to  wyn,  &  fer«  wille  haue  ;               "i  ii"i  mr 
All  the  Cit^  to  soso,  and  the  syde  londis ;             wul- 
Kyng  Priam  to  pyne,  &  hia  pure  wife  ; 

4481  All  his  sonnes  to  ale  wt'tA  aleght  of  your  hondu; 
i^aire  Riches  to  Rohbe,  &  fwre  Bife  goodia ; 
And  no  lede  for  to  lyue,  but  fat  hom  selfo 

thinke." 
When  Achillea  this  ohaunse  choiaely  hade  hoiiJ, 
4488     Ho  was  glad  of  fe  graunt,  and  the  god  answai'od  ; 


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APOLLO  TO   OALCHAB. 

And  er  lie  turajt  tto  the  temple,  thus  hit  tid 

eujn. 
A  tulke  out  of  Troy,  testor  aune  eone, 
Jtat  was  a  bisshop  of  the  huighe,  &  a  bueme  vise, 
4492     (Calcaa,  by  course,  was  his  kyd  nome) 

A  Sad  man  of  siens,  sought  to  ^  temple, 
flrom  Priam,  bis  pure  kjag,  pr-tuely  sent^ 
To  haue  answare  at  AppolUn  what  auntei'  shuld 
foUe 
4496     Of  the  ivUkes  of  Troy  and  the  triet  pepull. 

He  meuyt  to  the  mowmentM  wi'tA   hia  mayne 

giftfls, 
Proiond  hym  full  prestly,  as  a  pure  god. 
To  wame  hym  full  wightly  what  wirdis  shuld 
happyu : 
4500     And  ))us  gatia  to  the  gome  fea  the  god  saido. 


THK  ONBWARS  O?  APPOLLO  TO  OALOAB,  BTBSHOP  OP  TBOT. 

"Oiicii«i  "  Calcaa  !  Caloas  I  cair  yow  not  home, 

luKtoT.oy.bot  Ne  turae  aauer  to  Troy,  for  tene  fat  may  falle; 

joiniumif  lo  But  go  witA  the  greke«  into  the  gret  nauy, — 

^"notftonT*     i^^i     \fith  Achilles  the  choise  >.j3ig  chose  on  fe  way. 
uwD^HUTioyii  p^  neuerfro  fat  pepujl,)ie  the  prise  leue, 

ffor  it  is  graanttd  of  goddis  the  grekes  for  to 

haue 
The  fairer  of  fiat  fight  vnio  the  ferre  end  ; 
4508     All  Troy  for  to  take  and  time  at  hor  wille. 

And  your  graithues  may  gretly  the  grekeo  auails, 
■\Vtt/t  couneell  &  comyng  in  cas  fat  will  falle. 
Till   fai   haue  wonen  hor  will  :    wete  pim  for 

CiiiihuUinipw  4513     And  when  Calcas  vith  comyng  hade  kyndly 

to  AiAilla  In  lh> 

tan>p)i.  Thty  persayuit 

SSfS!^**  "  Jjat  Achilles  the  choise  was  in  the  chere  temple, 

JJ^J^iJ^  Ho  wentto  fat  worthy  hia  wille  for  to  shewe  ; 

'**''■  And  cuyn  told  hym  by  tale  as  hym  tide  hade. 


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ACHILLBS  SETURXS  TO  THB  aBffiEKS.  147 

4516    And  felle  of  affynite,  and  fiyndes  be-come,  tootx. 

Acliilles  wttA  cliere  cberisshed  hym  full  meknll. 
And  bi0it  bjiu  hoge  thinge  to  haue  at  his  wille. 
Jjna  went  Jay  to  water,  fKse  wise  men  to  gedm, 

1620    Cacched  in  cables  &  pen  kene  ancres, 

Seait  TV  ben  amies,  &  in  sound  Rowet,  i^  ni«Hi«« 

Paat  oner  the  pale  stremys  &  no  payne  tholet      nw™  to  utuai, 
Entret  into  Attens,  pen  po  osto  lay,  inin<dii«id  w 

4524    Po  shene  out  of  shippe  shake  into  botee, 

Houit  to  Jie  bonke,  the  Bysshop  hym  witA ; 
To  Agamynon  f  ai  gon  wttft  other  gaye  kynge>. 
Bothe  Dukes  &  derfe  Erles  dit^hen  to  gedur, 

4528    That  were  blithe  of  yA  bisahop,  )»at  |iai  broght       nai.iiai 
hade. 
Achilles  to  the  choise  men  all  the  cbaunse  tolde,  Aehoia  mtim 
The  answare  of  Appolyn  what  aunt^r  ahuld  ApoUoiohinwir 

How  horn  grauntid  was  the  gre  by  the  godd«* 
all] 
4532    And  how  Calcas,  the  contrary,  cachit  of  hyni. 

That  fro  Pnam  was  put  to  haue  a  pure  onswaie ; 

And  how  in  batell  hym  bydon  was  abide  yriih 
the  grekes^ 

Till  Troy  all  takyn  were,  &  tinwt  to  ground. 
4536     When  tbies  tythinge*  told  were  tomly  to  end, 

All  the  gcekef  were  glad,  &  pen  god  ^ked ;      n*  om^ 

And  for  ii^  of  ^at  iomay  aioynet  a  fast,  o^  )•  k*pt  ■•  i 

As  a  high  day  to  holde,  &  halowet  it  all  S^TtoSS^ 

4640    yfith  worship  to  wale  goddis  on  fairs  wise  did.    ■"**■ 

And  of  the  Biashop  ^  buemes  beldid  were  fee ; 

I^ai   cheriashed   hym    cboisly,   all   bo  cheie  ssttomitifi 

udnmrdsl. 

kyi^es, 
'With  Riches  &  Rewards*  raght  hym  ynogh, 
4544     And  heghten  hertely  pen  hestis  to  kepe. 

Pan  pei  solast  hom  somyn,  as  horn  eelfe  liked. 
And  dtyroB  furth  jnt  day  wi'tA  dalians  to  end. 


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Ei)e  xi  ISolte.  I^oin  tije  ^reftss  satlet  fro 
attemf  to  Erog. 

jfivERT  wegh,  ^t  will  wete  of  ))Bre  weike  more, 
4546     Listen  a  litle,  &  leng  here  a  while  : 

Let  vs  kftrpe  of  thiea  kyngss  or  we  cayre  ferre. 
whniiUiioiT  When  thies  worthy  liade   worshipped  all  ^sre 

Situ- "Sm  wale  goddes, 

^l^^f^^  And  tlie  "iay  wiV*  deuocionn  diynen  to  [le  end, 

•j^*^  4552     The  eectmd  day  suyng  Homyn  were  J>a  grete 

In  AgataynotiB  gay  tent ;  gedrit  for  sothe, 
fibrto  Bpcke  of  hoi  spede,  whille  ^ai  space  hade, 
dichuoHMwKii  This  Calcaa  in  company  com  witA  Achillea 

tundiu.  4556    And  Patroclua  the  pure  "kyag  into  the  prouda 

tente. 
)>ai  hailset  fat  hynde  &  hertely  hym  welcommyt, 
(ibL  T1 M  And  sithen  to  eit  all  somyn  fiai  yode 

Among  fo  kyugea  in  company,  as  ^re  course 
feUa 
whrnUnn       4560     When  all  the  pepull  were  posit,  Jie  pi-esens  full 

thi..:  still, 

KingrSniM!  Calcas  to  the  kyngeg  catpes  thiea  wordea  : — 

*°*^ibro«M  "  ^®  noble  men  of  nome,  Jjat  to  note  wendyn 

jourto™.  Jq  |,ig  company  clene  !  kynget  &  Duk«, 

•tudi  Tror  t        4564     Erles  &  other  men  onest  of  astate, 

Jjat  are  aiojiiet  to  fiis  Journey  witA  ioynyng 
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CALCHA8  TO   THE  GBBBKS.  14 

Is  not  the  cause  of  jour  comyng  wjtA  company       sookn 

grete. 
To  tume  vuto  Troy,  fiat  you  tenit  has, 
4568    And  are  opunly  your  enmya,  Sc  euermore  you 

Why  taiy  ye  so  tomly,  &  tumyB  not  furthe  t        Wu  thm  do  jt 

And  are  redy  to  |)e  rode,  &  reatis  pva  lenge  t 

)}er«-as  all  thing  is  oidant,  hit  angria  to  abide,     "  *•  ■*■""* "" 

4573     Or  tary  oubt  a  tyme,  when  tulkes  hen  redy.  mJj. 

Se  hop©  ye  not  highly,  Jiat  here  aw  anm  taSa,  Baif^  i»"« 
And  aspies  yoor  spede  witA  spit  fat  )>ai  may,  tniion  unoDg 
To  irrite  to  fat  wale  kyng  your  weikei  by-den  1   infonn  Priun  or 

4576     ))iB  fenyond  fare  is  forthoiyng  to  horn,  tioi  diuj  aUmr 

To  assemble  on  yche  syde  soudioura  ynogh,  ■lUHtowiuittu 

And  fret  hom  wttA  fryndes  fere  fos  to  witAstond,  '™' 
Of  kyngM  &  knightta  in  centres  abowte  ; 

4580     Syn  ye  hane  tarit  ouer  tyme  tomly  at  home, 

And  noght  hastid  witA  harme  your  hethii^  to 

wenge. 
Te  ahold  haue  soght  to  fe  Cit^  eone  oponone !    ^™  ■'™i'  •>■" 
Mony  wekea  are  went  &  f  is  wale  aomar,  Xmj.  Huj 

4584     And  monythes  full  meuyt  of  fe  mylde  aire,  ^Zml  ■»  gm 

Of  seasonable  sailyng  of  f  e  salt  water,  ^r  HuouUa 

Syn  winter  wa«  went  Sc  winds*  were  lithe ;  n!^^  "  ro« 

The  course  of  the  eolde  see  calmyt  wit/t  all, 

4588    Jeforus  witA  softe  wyndes  soberly  blew, 

Flanettee  in  the  pure  aire  pullishet  full  clene, 
And  all  softe  was  the  see  to  sailers  feriu. 
"Why  leng  ye  so  loi^  &  lose  all  this  tyme, 

4592    When  ye  might  soberly  hane  sailet,  &  set  c 

And  haue  flayet  the  fceikes  witA  yowr  felle  haati  J^J^",S^i, 
When  tythande«  hade  ben  tolde  of  soche  a  tore  ^""S^uj.. 

pepull, 
Hit  wold  haue  noyet  hom  anon  fe  nomburto  here. 
4596     Thoche  tarying  ouer  tjnne  twrnys  hom  to  ioy. 
And  hertia  horn  highly  to  hold  you  for  faint. 

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whr  loM  111  ou 


DEPARTURE  OF   THB   FLEET. 

No  hope  yo  not  hertely  Jw  heat  of  yo«r  goddiu 
■ffilb«  faithly  fulfilled,  &  not  faile  of. 
Bat  if  ye  tary  <mer  tyme  )>ai  tene  horn  fn^reat, 
And  in  case  to  fe  contraiy  cast  your  aneiitar ; 
Your  chaunse  for  to  ch&imge  &  chef  yow  ^e 


*•  Jjerforo  hefe  vp  yoar  hertia ;  hast  you  to  oaile ; 

iw  ts    1604     Sette  furthe  to  ^o  bo  j  sitte  no  lengur. 

Has  hamea  oner  hacche ;  highes  in  ancer ; 

ffolowQ  to  yoar  foa  witA  a  fcike  wille. 

Syn  your  goddes  haae  it  groimtid  ^  gie  ehalbe 
youra, 
4608    Highea  you  in  haste,  hodes  here  no  lengur. 

This  is  clerely  my  counsel!,  kithe  if  yon  list  t " 

When  Calcas  his  counsell  had  caipit  to  ^  end, 
'  Icbe  lede  hym  alowet,  fwt  listnet  his  woides  ; 

*"      4612    And  his  coonaell  to  kepe  keston  horn  all. 

Agamynon  the  gret  his  gomys  did  wame, 

Iche  buerne  to  be  boune  at  the  blast  of  a  tnimpe ; 

ffoTto  pas  into  port  &  pull  rp  hor  sailee, 
4616    And  dryne  on  ^e  depe  se  )«  doughti  coroaundet 

AH  the  company  enclinet,  caiiyn  to  ship ; 

Cachyn  in  cables,  knyt  vp  hor  ancies  ; 

Sesit  Tp  hor  s^es  in  a  sad  hast ; 
4620     Bichet  f«re  rapes,  lapit  vnto  see. 
*^  Hokit  out  of  haayn,  all  the  hepe  somyn 

Hods  bit  at  hor  bake,  bkven  to  ))s  depe ; 

Sailyn  forthe  soberly,  somyn  but  a  while, 
■'       4624     Noght  fyftone  forlong  feirly  to  the  end. 

A  STOHUE  ON  THB  as. 

"i  When  sodenly  the  sofle  aire  Tnsoberly  rose ; 

The  cloudis  ouer  cast,  clatenit  aboute ; 

Wyndes  full  wodely  wait  vp  the  ythes  ; 

4628     Wex  merke  as  the  mydnighte  mystoa  fall  thicke  ; 

'4  «  Thunrut  in  the  tbestur  throly  wi'tA  all  j 


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A  8T0BH   AT   BEA.  151 

W»t&  a  lauschant  kite  lightonyd  the  water  ;  BmIi  h. 

j^nd  a  Bopand  ra^e  laiked  fro  the  heajiL 

4632     The  sbirme  waa  full  stithe  wi'tA  mony  stont  TiunTHiiM 
windea,  iii  n  id  'umr 

Hit  wait  vp  the  wilde  se  vppon  wan  hilles.  '  "^ 

The  fiblke  was  bo  feid,  fat  oa  fleto  were, 
All  diede  for  to  diowne  wi'tA  dryft  of  the  se ; 

4636    And  in  perall  wen  pat  all  the  proude  kyngea. 

Then  Colcas  the  coraet,  faX  come  oat  of  T107,      cdchu  d..4un 
To  the  worthy  fere  were  warpit  anon  : —  tiuimht 

"  The  cause  of  our  care  I  know  it  right  well : 

4640    The  goddM  is  greuyt,  fiat  we  are  gon  iro 
At  honoufable  Attena, — auntrus  Diana  : 
Eoz  we  S(^ht  uotto  sacnfice,  hii  seluyn  is  wrothe, 
And  has  wroght  ts  Jiis  wedor :  ^t  wete  I  foi 
eothe, 

4644     Mf  counfiell  is  kyndly,  kjrthe  if  ye  list,  Sf  «^!i^ 

J)at  we  seche  to  fat  same  or  wo  aew  fene, —  *""  *'^  ^ 

Into  the  He  of  Awlida, — all  men  to  gedur. 
There  Diana  the  dere  ys  duly  honourt, 

4648     Our  Emperour,  hym  owne  selfe,  offeraund  to 
make. 
Be  ho  plesid  wttA  prayere  &  other  pure  giftes, 
This  tempest  will  tume  into  tyme  faire, 
And  we  hane  wedur  at  our  wille,  &  our  way 

4652  Jien  keppit  was  the  counsell  ofCalcasbelyne.  t 
All  ttfmyt  Jiaire  tacle  witA  trussyng  of  sailes,  to 
And  atiid  hotn  full  streight  wit^uten  stad  more  ^ 
Into  Awlida  ]ie  yle,  to  honour  Diana, 

46S6    ])at  was  &st  by  the  fiete  but  a  forlonge. 

Agamynon  in  grete  hast  gird  to  the  lond,  a 

Tnmyt  to  the  Temple,  taried  no  Lengni ;  J 

To  Diana  full  derelj  did  his  honowre, 

4660    With  Sacrifice  full  solempne  &  mony  aad  giflea, 
And  woiehippet  fat  worthy  as  a  wale  goddee. 


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I*"-  Then  the  se  wex  sober,  eesit  the  wysdis ; 

•  ■tela.  Cdlme  was  the  courae,  cleneit  the  aire ; 

4664     The  dcrke  ouenirogh,  &  the  dym  Toidet ; 

The  bremnea  abatid  ;  blusehit  the  aun. 

Hade  wedur  at  Jiaire  wille,  wentton  to  ahip, 
Iji!"  And  past  fro  ))at  port  the  pepull  in  fere ; 

4668     HalLt  to  the  high  ae  in  a  bond  while ; 

Sailit  on  soundly  as  horn  self  list, 

lyU  )iai  comyn  to  the  cost  &  oountre  of  Troy  ; 
'  "^  And  fere  hyt  into  haayn  as  hom  happe  fello, 

**■         4672    Vuderacastetlof)iecuDtre,))atcaldwaBSaracbla. 

There  ]»u  fastnet  the  flete  &  the  furee  sbippes, 

Cachit  hom  witA  cables  &  castyng  of  aneree, 

And  logget  hom  to  lei^  in  )>at  le  hauyn. 
'™^       4676     The  kepare  of  the  castell  caghtea  Jere  aimys, 
■**■'  Wcntten  out  wightly  the  water  to  kepe; 

Bowet  to  the  bonke  in  hor  bright  geire. 

To  put  of  fat  pepull  priatly  fai  wend, 
4680     And  foryn  as  folia  ;  for  fai  but  few  were. 

pea.  wiV(  stode  hom  a  atoure  but  it  stad  litle. 
ki  The  folke  were  so  fele,  fat  feUe  to  the  londe, 

XM  Armyt  at  all  peces,  angarly  mony, 

"*'         4684     The  troiena  fai  tokyn  &  timyt  to  dethe. 

And  fell  to  the  flight  in  fere  to  the  castelL 

But  the  Grekea  on  fe  grounde  giymly  pureueyt, 

Swappit  hom  with  swordes  till  tiie  swalt  all, 

468S     Comyn  to  the  caatell,  (vncloae  were  the  yatis, 

*<■  The  cuntremen  for  to  kepe  as  fai  cum  wold,) 

The  Greke*  Ingird,  gripped  the  warders, 
i  And  all  the  fonnet  folke  fell  to  the  dethe; 

4693    Slogh  hom  doune  aleghly,  along  hom  to  ground  j 

Robbit  fere  riches,  raght  to  fere  ahippes. 

Wonen  to  the  wallea,  wait  hom  to  ground ; 

Betyn  doune  the  buyldyngea  to  the  bare  erthe  ; 
4696     Tokyn  the  tresure  ;  turnyt  into  hauyn. 

When  f  is  caatell  was  caght,  kylled  the  pepull. 


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TENEDOS  AeSADLTBD.  153 

And  all  the  shalket  to  ship  'wi'tA  the  shene  godee, 


i>di  paat  fro  p&t  port  with  pillage  ^  hade,  SitTreMdm. 

4700     And  twmyt  vnto  tenydon,  taryt  no  lengni. 

pen  arof  all  the  lowte  witA  )>«re  Ranke  shippee, 

Cast  ancres  with  cables  ^t  kene  vere  of  byt ; 

Let  sailea  donne  slide  ;  elippit  into  botes  ; 
1704    ffestnet  with  fuerse  Bopls  the  flete  in  ^  hanyn ; 

And  buakit  vnto  banke,  the  boldist  ay  fiist. 

At  this  tenydon  truly  was  a  tried  castell,  *'■•"  "'lIILir' 

Wele  wroeht  for  the  werre  witft  Talles  foJl  "riig»nim»ii 

"  Kidnpiillid. 

stronge; 
4708    Evyn  fild  full  of  foike,  fueree  men  &  noble. 

And  Bichea  full  Kife,  Ranks  men  w/th  in  ; 

Wele  Titeld,  I-wisse,  for  winture  ynoghe. 

(Hit  was  sothely  bat  sex  myle  fro  the  Git£  enyn, 
4713    As  I  told  haue  tonJy  in  a  tale  here  before.) 

Tbe  folke  in  ])at  fnerse  hold  vece  feide  of  hom 

Arait  bom  full  radly,  right  to  the  werre. 
In  defense  of  hor  fos,  fat  on  flete  lay,  "f ''^d"™ 

4716     Wenton  oat  wiehtly  wale  men  of  armya,  ib«iroMO» 

igiUnit  Uw 

Andbateldbomonthebankeasbombesttbnglit.  arHfci,i>hohivi 
When  the  Oieke*  were  gethnit  &  to  ground 

comen, 
Mony  fightyng  folke  in  a  fuerse  nowmbur, 

4720    The  pepull  with  hoi  power  put  hom  agayne, 

And  foght  with  hom  felly,  ^f  Jiai  few  were.        a  aerr*iMiit 
Bold  was  )>at  biker  opon  botbe  haluya.  uKnbMiidda] 

Mony  deid  by-dene  of  the  derfe  giekes ; 

4724    And  Troiens  wttA  tene  tynt  of  hor  pepull, 

But  not  BO  fele  at  )m  first  as  of  the  ferre  8id& 

The  Grek«  full  greatly  greuyt  ^eraX,  bn  uu  onak^ 

Oppresset  bom  wttA  payne  &  preset  JieT-eeiter  ;    ich,  ud  (nml. 

4728     ffooght  full  felly,  and  fele  were  fere  fai  elayne :  tmniaifiaii 
Of  the  Troiens  Jwt  tyme  tynt  were  fe  mo.  j^r**"" 

The  frosehe  was  so  felle  of  the  fiirae  grekw,  (w.»*) 


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TKNED08  ASSACLT8D, 

And  the  uovmbei  bo  noyoas,  ^t  neglied  in  haet, 
4732     That  tlie  ffiigiee  floghen  and  the  fild  leayt ; 

Tumyt  ynto  Troy,  and  the  tonne  eutrid. 

And  po  at  fore  not  to  flight  ne  of  foise  were, 

The  greke*  gitd  hom  to  groande  witA  hor  gtym 
everdei, 
4736    And  Mttenit  on  the  bent,  fat  abide  wold. 

Comyn  to  the  castell,  vnclosit  it  aboute, 

fFoghten  wtiA  the  folke,  )iat  defena  made. 

ShoMyn  vp  sharply  at  the  shene  -wallis 
4740    WttA  glayues ;  &  gomes  girdyn  donn  tooiea ; 

Diynen  vp  dartds,  gyffen  depe  voundew. 

Wtt&  alUasteriB  also  amyt  f nil  stieght, 

Wliappet  in  whatlee,  whellit  the  pepulL 
4744    With  speiis  foil  dispitioosly  spuniit  at  the  yatra^ 

Dongen  on  demly  wttA  mony  dede  hnite^ 

In  difTena  of  fo  folke,  )iat  aflroi  made. 

Bat  tbe  wallis  the[y]  were  for  all  the  wo  yet, 
4748    And  fele  of  liot  fos  fellyn  vitA  ont 

)}en  gone  forthe  the  grekot,  giaitbet  engynea, 
•ttNBptMiai*  Batold  hom.  all  abrode  vmbe  the  bare  wallea  ; 

Layn  ladders  alenght  &  oloft  wonnen. 
4752     At  yche  comell  of  Jw  castell  was  cnisahyng  of 
weppon ; 

ffell  was  the  feght  ^o  fueise  men  amonge ; 
Mu;  otikKd  m  Mony  grekes  in  fere  gremy  gird  on  the  hed. 

Till  fai  lept  of  the  ladder,  light  ui  the  dyke, 
4756     The  biayne  out  braat  &  the  biethe  lanyt ; 

A:ad  monydongen  to  dethe  wtt/idynttes  of  honda. 

The  Troiens  full  tit  ware  tiighit  for  iight, 

Wondit  &  wei6  ^at  fai  were  noght ; 
4760     And  the  grekc«  in  eo  grete  nowmber  gedrit  hom 
till, 

Wonyii  on  the  ^vallia  wightly  wj't/i  ladders. 

At  wyndouB  on  yche  nyde-wiae  a  wonduH'ull 


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OAFIURED  AN1>  DEBTBO'fBD.  155 

The  greto  tourea  Jiai  toke,  timyt  tlie  pepnll :  »«*"■ 

4764    Was  no  lede  opon  lyfe  pai  a  iofte  atoda. 

The[7]  chefe  into  chamben  &  ofer  chne  lullis, 

And  yche  freke,  pat  ]iai  found,  felly  p»i  elogh,  (M.nk; 

Old  men  &  other,  with  oumyng  to  dethe, 
4768     Tyll  no  lede  of  Jnt  lynage  vpon  lyfe  was. 

All  the  cavea  in  the  castell  clenely  ^  songht, 

Bobbit  the  Bicbes  &  the  Eife  ptoodes  :  Ttu  cwUa  !•  tim 

Fniyet  &  piket  pat  pioffet  was  m,  jMaij  totn^td. 

4773    And  wonnyn  it  vightly  the  wallia  witfeoute. 

Till  all  was  bare  as  a  bast,  to  ^  bigge  woghes. 

Uynours  then  mightely  the  moldes  did  eerche, 

Oiurtymet  the  toares,  &  the  tore  Talks 
4776    All  dosahet  into  the  diche,  doll  to  be-bolde; 

Betyn  dona  the  buyldynget  &  brent  into  erOie, 

Tyll  the  place  was  playne  &  out  of  plite  broght ; 

And  hegh  Tenydon  wi'tA  tourys  tymyt  all  vnder. 
4780     When  ^  hade  wasted  the  won  &woneR  thegTB,  caX^wtw,.* 

All  the  treeour  thay  toke  &  turuyt  to  ship. 

This  fi^t  is  the  first  and  Am  tb  behonu*. 


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xij*  l&aht.     I^oin  tl)e  0Trltgs  sent  ^o 

Bmsrs  in  Message  to  Itsng  ^riant 

Sor  Xlestttttctan  of  paitt  \iaxme. 

AoBBET  was  ^is  Tonke  hold  &  rynyn  to  gronnd  ; 
4784    All  the  kepara  kild  Tato  eold  dethe. 
TkiOfMkindc'n  ffuU  glad  were  the  gKk.es  the  godie  to  fo&ge, 

And  pat  horn  happit  so  haately  the  haldes  to 

distroy, 
Mery  was  the  menye  &  maden  gret  Joye, 
4788    Aa  Jrai  honyt  in  hauyn  holly  to  gedur. 
AjpniRnnm  Then  AgamynoiL  gmidly,  faire  gay  Emp^roui, 

hoMjuimBtthi  Chaigit  horn  as  cheften  all  his  choiae  pepuU, 

bmwhtukia  P^^  «»y  godie  hade  goLen  at  the  gret  hold, 

uri^'iUrttodT      *^^2     ffor  to  hryng  it  helyue  &  no  bode  make  ; 

<&L  w  bJ  ind  cunt  wightly  [wrw*tft  the  wegliea  horn  selfe. 

To  a  place  [fat  waa  playne  on  f  e  pure  groond. 
And  fai  obeyt  hie  boue.    The  haemes  anon, 
4796     Past  to  the  playne  fere  prince  vntill : 

Tche  gome  witA  his  gode  Jmt  he  gotyu  hade, 
flat  comyn  forth  clcnly  wi't/i  clothes  &  other, 
And  pight  it  on  a  playne  in  a  place  fairs. 
4800     paa  the  sooerain  hym  seluon  soberly  denidet 
Tho  godes  to  his  gomea,  as  hym  graith  thc^ht, 
And  depertid  the  pray  to  his  pr»e  folke. 
To  the  weghes  fat  horn  wan  with  woundes  beforE^ 
tih  boid«  In       4804    'And  put  hom  in  perell,  depertid  fai  were : 
bM  ihin.  He,  pat  boldist  was  in  hatell,  the  best  for  to  haue. 

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'     TBI  OOCNSBL  OP  AOAHKHKOK. 

'\\'lien  p'tB  duly  was  done  by  dom  of  ^e  lorde. 

The  cheftayn  full  choiely  chargit  the  gret, — 
4808     Ail  the  kynges  of  his  company  &  his  kyde  Duk«^ 

Erles  &  all  men  pal  of  ostate  nreie, — 

The  Gecuud  day  euyng  or  the  sun  Kose, 

To  appere  in  a  place  perUy  horn  sduon,  i 

4812    ffor  a  counsel!  to  earpe  &  comyn  to  gedur,  a 

And  to  speke  of  hor  spede  whill  the[y]  space  hade. 

When  the  derk  vbb  don  &  the  day  spiange ; 

Gedrit  were  the  grete  &  to  ^  ground  comyu 
481 6    On  a  place  ^t  waa  playne,  plenty  of  Setis  ; 

Eayn  set  in  a  scrkyll  fe  soferan  before, 

And  pee  in  yche  place,  pnncee  were  stille  j 

Agomynon,  the  gmemow,  godely  did  say 
4820    These  wordia  full  wisely  to  his  weghes  alL 

TBB  OOUKSELL  OF  AQAJIIHON   AFTEB  pE 
TAKTNQ   TBNYDON. 

"Ye  6endai  faithAill,  pat  fueise  ben  in  armys !   < 
Princes  &  prfee  kynges,  preuyt  of  Astate  !  ud  un^^ 

That  are  gedrit  on  the  ground,  tfe&ogrece  comyn.       (fiii.n».] 
4834    The  pouer  of  our  pepull  is  plauily  fall  hoge,         nninmni,  tut. 
And  the  fame  of  our  faersnea  fares  abrode.  aa  Kod^  lun 

The  word  of  our  werke«  thnigh  the  world  eprii^es  1  XIm  wuriBn  or 
Is  not  Bccoontid  of  kynge*,  ne  kyde  men  of  "■'*'■'"■ 

4828  Thnrgh  the  world  for  to  wale  so  worthy  of  dedis, 
By  the  grace  of  out  godde«,  as  grekes  are  now ! 
And  no  pride  in  oor  pepnll  foe  our  pn'se  werke«. 
That  happis  n  to  haue  ^orgb  our  kynd  goddes. 

4632    Horn  Jiroly  we  thanke  pna  thrive  we  fo  bettnr,    rorthiiw* 

And  put  away  prtde  fro  our  prise  heites ;  uid  pot  ■*■;  au 

ffor  it  knowen  by  course  &  cnstome  to  all,  wbich"!!  tn* 

What  harmys  &  Tnhap  has  bastid  ^nrghe  pride,  (Al 

4836    And  what  cumbiaunse  &  care,  in  mony  kyde 
londe*. 


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TOM  OOtnrSBL  OF  iQAUmiNOrl. 

8yn  it  haten  thiae  httgh  godd«  &  hogely  with- 

"'  Btondyn, 

And  ay  the  purpaa  enpajres  with  pride  is  b&- 

gonea, 
Hit  ie  vit  for  to  wayue  or  tb  worse  happon  ; 
'*"  4640     ffoi  proude  men  in  pn'ce  haae  playnlf  no  fryndeg, 
But  enerj  mon  wi'tA  enuy  ertis  hom  Bkathe ; 
-     And  who-80  frend  is  &  felow  to  ^t  fonle  vise, 
Myche  hate  on  bjm  liighes  &  harmys  with  all, 
4844    And  lae.'kes  fos  of  his  freade*  &  fele  )iat  hym 
lonyB. 
•  Let  VB  waive  now  wisely  in  our  werke*  all, 

And  nomly  in  ])is  note,  )iat  now  is  in  honde, 
P&i  no  pride  fro  our  purpos  put  va  abacke ; 
4848     And  rule  tb  by  rightwianea  in  our  Banko  dedls, 
WitA  a  lyue  of  lewte,  |>at  as  a  laiimp  ahynes, 
])at  no  fawte  with  tb  founden  be,  ne  fytyng  of 

pride, 
Now  wet«  ye  right  well,  ^t  all  fiis  wale  pepuU 
4852     Am  comyn  to  thia  coat  wttA  cumpany  grete, 

And  pureuyt  to  Jiia  prouynae  in  pwrpos  to  Tenge 
Of  harmya  &  hegh  grem,  witA  hethyng  full 

mekull, 
)}at  Friam  and  his  pepoll  batb  plainly  ts  done. 
4856     Syn  we  arofe  in  ^ia  Rewme  in  a  rad  baste. 

We  baue  oumyt  hym  wiih  angur,  ertid  bjm 

myMll, 
Tf  he  were  fully  our  foo  forwith  this  tyme. 
To  hate  va  in  bert,  now  here  is  our  cause, 
4860     Thia  wot  I  full  well,  ^ai  wamyt  ate  before. 

And  haue  gedrit  of  gyngys  mony  giym  batelL 
But  fai  wete  not  our  werkea,  ne  oar  wilde  fare  ; 
pat  we  be  negbit  so  negh,  ne  noy  ^t  is  fallyn, 
4864    ffor  if  fiai  might  be  so  mony,  &  of  mayne  atrenght, 
We  mut  bye  it  full  bitterly  |>e  baiet  we  make. 
J7ai  haue  a  Cit^  for  Botbe,  a  sure  &  a  noble. 


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Well  wallit  to  wale,  witA  water  aboute  ;  Boofcxii. 

4SS8  And  ^erfore  sothly  I  eay,  hit  semu  mto  vs, 
t)ai  are  tthr  of  folke,  &  fueraei  by  the  halfe, 
"With  mora  plenty  of  pepull,  &  Je  province  hor 

And  yche  freike  is  fen  frynd  to  filaom  fere  Bpeda  jJ^vH^tT 
4872     J)ia  I  Bay  not,  for  sothe,  aupposyng  in  hert  im^uita 

Jlatof  ourdedeshuldbedoute, — I  demituotao.  »'«™Bti*«i*<rf 
Ne  I  put  not  vnpoesible  ion  place  for  to  take,     ""■  *> '  i««  i» 

r  ^        i^  '       Impiaijbla  ID  uk* 

And  all  fere  folke  in  fight  vith  foree  to  distroy  ;  uhi  dMnix  uh 
^76     Ne  the  GitS  to  sese  and  aerche  wttAin,  mir  work  iriHij 

And  all  the  touree  of  the  tountumbell  to  ground;  £^J^^ 

But  fiat  louyng  &  loee  ahuld  lenge  of  oar  dedia, 

And  our  werke*  all  iriaely  wioght  by  discrecioun, 
4880     }Mt  we  fare  with  no  foly  ne  fonnyng  of  pnde. 

Hit  has  follyn  vnto  fele  men,  fer  in  tymea  past, 

P&t  haatoly  on  hede  has  highit  to  a  note, 

And  keppit  no  counsell,  no  no  clene  rale, 
4884     But  put  horn  vi'tA  pr/de  a  purpoa  vnto. 

Hit  lapit  to  repentaunee  &  mony  ranke  harmys. 

This  knowis  alt  the  company,  fat  the  kyng  iJ^JT^'S. 
Priam,  "I"  »  "MMg*  m 

Koght  leng  sithen  but  late,  a  lede  of  his  owne     —ifi  u  oo^i  to 
4886    Made  on  a  message  vnto  our  menes  londis,  linviiHiDiH; 

ffoi  his  austor  Exiona  to  send  hym  agayne  ;  ^iii,nui»sntd 

This  couet  the  kyng,  keppit  he  no  more. 

And  we,  as  vnwiae  men,  welt  into  pride  ; 
4392     Answarth  hym  awterwart  with  angur  &  skome,  uiuiureair, 

"With  thretyng  vnthn'uand  of  our  thro  lierte*  /     "  (iw.7fl») 

And  manast  his  measanger  wi'tA  malicoiw  pi't'de. 

Hade  we  herkont  hym  hyndly,  hedit  his  wiUe,    u««i»a  to  nu 
4896     Done  his  dissyre,  deiret  not  oui  seluyn,  HS"!^'^ 

The  harme  &  the  hardgrem,  fat  highet  vs  after,  ^J^*"  wwLi 

And  this  sorow  in  Sitheria  had  sothely  not  fallyn ;  »■ 

Ne  Elan,  ne  other  mo  honnable  of  grcce, 
4000     Had  not  Itn'thly  bene  laght,  A  led  vnto  Tmy  ; 


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160  TBI  CXlDNaBL  07  AflAMBHtlOtr, 

B«*m-  Ne  WQ,  Jwt  are  wonyn  ouer  the  wale  atreames, 

J»t  worthy  to  wyn  wttft  weppon  in  fight,  - 
Hade  not  faren  bo  for  out  foa  to  distroy, 
4901     Ne  so  long  fro  out  londe«  lengit  away. 
A^whuRimiH  And,  what  foil  shalbe  fortune,  no  fieke  can  vs 

■hull  ba<kU  u, » 

B..O.BWL  telle; — 

Wethui  wonhip  or  wo  :  wete  we  not  all  1 
TkRiAir^  (In,  ir  IjerforB,  aira,  me  aemys,  if  you  so  like, 

XOO  wlih  to  «TOld  J     '  V 

■noupniiiiir      4908     Yf  ye  deme  it  be  don,  &  in  dede  holde, 
oarpgafiK  To  put  of  all  perells  &  our  popull  saue ; 

All  chaunse  to  excbewe,  &  cheue  tb  the  bettur 

Our  worship  to  wyn,  &  no  wegh  hurt ; 
49 1 2     J}at  we  may  saUe  hom  in  sound  &  our  gute  haue  j 
M  M  Hod  >  Let  make  tb  a  niesaage  to  the  mon  Pnam, 

uid  pnmba  u  J)at  is  kyng  of  the  coste  &  the  kythe  ow, 

iriH  will  Hnd  And  wilne  hym  wisely,  )>at  worthy,  to  send 

uwnMorwc       4916    Honemble  Elan  &  other  of  our  pepull : 
ndna'tbawnni*  -^^  Todiesso  Ts  the  domago,  ^at  he  don  haa 

5^*°  "^  By  Paris  his  proude  eon,  in  our  prise  londis. 

If  Jat  soue*«yne  accept  this  aothly  witA  hert, 
4920     And  do  it  in  dede,  as  our  dis^re  wille. 

We  may  wend  hom  wiVi  worship  &  our  wille 
haue; 

And  saue  so  oui  seluyn  &  our  sute  hole ; 
(iis.hH'nidtr.1  Nauther  redur  ne  rape  to  bis  rem  do. 

nitiH  uiia  oAr,     4924    And  if  Friam  wiUi  pride  this  purpos  refuse, 
Mmdatoifhiin  Two  frend^  haue  fully  to  fight  in  our  cause; 

tb^'MnJufu  ^B  i^  ^ht,  ])at  ts  riches  for  rape  of  oui  godes  ; 

^STmapiw^  ^^  P^'  f'"''  "*  proffer  our  pouer  to  extaint, 

"^"tJ^"  ^^^^    Thurgh  the  world  shall  it  wend  oar  wetke  at 
tuniH  ofonr  fig  tyme. 

Ay  the  mo,  fat  our  mesure  maynly  may  here. 

The  longur  ts  luff  shall  till  our  last  end ; 
(w.n*)  And  the  Troiens  be  told  as  for  triet  foles, 

TIm  Trgjuu  will  ' 

UHeooBtoi         4932     N'e  exciisit  of  ekathe  &  sklaundcr  of  pride, 

IboUi  but  nH«r  '^ 

ou  wDi  umh  n  TomacchevswitAinonheae  Amightof  oorsolfe, 


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ULTBBEB   AND   DIOUEDES   SENT  TO   PBIAH.  X6 

And  wyn  horn  in  wer  with  weppon  in  fighL  Bookzii. 

Keuer  buerne  will  vs  blame,  ne  ban  for  our  deda, 
4936     So  wngli  will  vs  wite  to  Jte  worlds  end. 

Sea  DOW,  your  eeluyn,  my  Baghis  mto, 

And  deuyn  of  ))is  deds  as  yon  dere  think."  'DniHnMH 

When  the  aouerain  hade  said,  J»an  sesit  lie  here,  "  ""'"^  '*"" 
1940     And  mony  of  ^o  m^bty  menyt  ^er  agayn, 

Ifoght  semond,  f&i  said,  ne  sittyng  to  do  ; 

And  part  of  fat  pepull  prouyt  hit  for  wit ; 

And  o  aithln,  all  eamyn  aseentid  ^erto. 
49i4     Two  chere  men  fai  chese  on  ))is  choise  erend, —  ^"^ 

(Onest  &  ebell  Vlexea  waa  one,  ph*"- 

And  Dyamede,  f  e  derfe  kyDg  demyt  ))at  other) — ■ 

AioDet  to  |)ia  iornay  inatly  to-gedra. 
4918    Stiden  vpon  stithe  horse  stird  to  the  Cit^, 

And  weaton  in  wightly  Jo  worthy  hom  selaon. 

Entred  into  Elton,  Jat  honerahle  Palis, 

Ligbtyn  at  the  low,  laiiyn  ^aire  horsea,  Ti»r  inn  u  uh 

4953     Gone  vp  by  the  greses  all  of  gray  marbill,  wTu^taT" 

Hit  into  the  halle  of  the  bigb  kynge. 

Hade  maraell  ftill  mekull  of  fat  mayne  place,      ""'^l^. 

Of  the  wallea  fat  wroght  were  wondtwly  fiure,     mitiiM  of  ib* 
4956     Wit&  high  toores  full  torrit  all  tbe  tonn  ymbe.    und  umn,  te. 

Tet  msraelt  hom  more  ymyddes  the  halle  bmomtui. 

Waaa  tre,  ^t  was  tried,  all  of  tra  gold,  iiT>i»*<tfB«M. 

Memelous  &  mekyll  men  to  be-hoM.  odbagnMhiD. 

4960    The  bole  was  of  bright  gold,  biet  to  ]»  myddes, 

JjaigioT  ))on  a  lawriall  &  leng«r  with  all, 

{xii  cubettat  by  course  all  of  clene  beght)  «  ■»•  <«i" 

jMt  fourmyt  was  full  faire  to  fe  &e  Ix^bes.  muij  tbnud. 

4964    The  brede  of  his  bowes  borly  to  se,  (W.  77 ».) 

Large  and  longe,  (light  as  tbe  eun)  Tba  booghi 

ffro  the  desa  to  tbe  dorse  doblit  on  biede  diii  to  tha  dom, 

And  the  eydys,  by  a  serclo  of  f  e  same  hall.  H^  " 

4968    The  biaunches  were  borly,  sum  of  bright  gold,     ^J"^""  ^ 

Sum  syluer  for  sothe,  semlist  of  hew ;  s^iJ.  "^  "o™ 


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TILTBSBS  TO   PRIAIL 

With  loujB  full  lufBy,  light  of  Jie  same ; 
Wi'tA  burionB  aboue  bright  to  be  holde ; 
And  frot  on  yt  fourmyt  fiureat  of  shap, 
Of  mony  ^nd  y&t  was  kayt,  knagged  abone, 
J)at  sbeinert  aa  shire  R3  any  shene  Btonys. 
Long  abodyn  ttues  bnernes  in  the  bright  hall, 
Or  Jiai  corayn  1«  the  kyng  by  course  for  to 

speike. 
Led  were  ))0  loides  )>ro  mony  long  chanmburs, 
Goand  Tp  by  degres  )>iiigh  mony  gay  Alya, 
And  past  into  a  proode  chaumbttr  fen  Priam 


1980     Among  loidea  of  his  londe  &  ledis  of  hie  owne. 
J)ai  salut  not  pat  eouerain  with  no  sad  wotdea, 
Ne  ■worehippit  no  wegh  Jiat  hym  wi'tA  stode; 
Bat  oujn  agaynat  fat  gret  ])ai  gone  for  to  sit, 

4984  In  the  firount  of  ^o  folke  &  fe  fre  kyng. 
pea  auntred  Ylexes  and  his  erund  said. 
And  wari>et  Jiies  wordes  as  ye  wete  shall 


THE  WORDES  OF  TLIZES  TO  THE  KTMO  PB/&H. 

"  Sir  Pn'nm !   thof  we  pw'ee  not  Ji  person  to 
Imilse, 
4986    Ne  worship  the  as  worthy,  no  wonder  ))on  bane ; 
ffor  we  haue  }ie  in  hate  as  onr  hede  fibo  : 
And  an  enmy  to  anof  er  nothing  it  semys, 
Hailayng  ne  hynd  speche  wi'tA  no  hede  bare. 
4992    Agamynon  the  gret,  pat  on  fi  ground  lys, 
Hriao^aife^  Hsse  made  V8  as messengBM at  this mene  tyme, — 

Hyder  send  tb  to  aay  to  fi  selfe  euyn, 
He  biddf«  the  full  barly  the  bright  qwene  Elan, 
Cii)i,7eB.>       4996     That  you  caght  fro  his  kyng,  &  oper  kyd  pepull. 
Send  hom  in  sound  &  safly  to  hym, 
l!!«it^«  ftr  -^"^  ^*^y  ■^**"  <*  *^^  ^*'*''*  harmya ; 

Oh  buniu  dou  All  Beduis  to  riche  wi'tA  pi  Kanke  goodes, 

phu.  5000     That  yon  pild  in  his  prouynse  by  Paris  pi  son. 


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PRtAH   TO    ULVS8E& 


Iff  yow  do  )>us  in  dede,  bit  doghia  the  bettur : 


And  yf  pon  set  noght  oui  saghe,  se  whatwiU  irrmiwiunot 

.„  dU»,.Hwtut 

"^  ambWUI/ouI 

Of  hamte  in  a  hond  qwhile  h^hand  the  to  ! 
R004    Thou  bes  ded  for  po  dede  dernly  ^i  aelfe ; 

All  )ii  pepull  be  perisshit  &  put  out  of  lyue ; 

Thy  Git6  &  )>i  Sid  londe  sesit  in  were, 

Batyn  and  brent  doun  vnto  bare  askes ; 
6008     The  Eewma  furgh  Eiden,  robbed  >i  goodia, 

Set  vnderBemage  &  sorow  for euer ! " 

THE  0K8WAR8  OF  PRIAU  TO  TLESE8. 

When  Pmm  peraayuit  had  all  his  pronde  wordes, 
He  onawared  Vlixes  vne  Tponone, 
6012    Wt'tAouten  couneell  of  tnightes  or  any  kyde  prtwii  npu»i  > 

ffoll  Boberly  he  said  all  in  sad  speche, — 

"Me  meraells  fullmekill  of  yozir  mayne  ^te,    'tsumiityci 

And  angers  me  full  euyll  your  angaxd  desyie,       ,„„,  d.J^  to 

6018     "When  ye  eouet  by  course,  witA  vntynd  fare,        ^JJomJ,.! 
Satisfaocioun  to  be  sent  fro  my  selfe  enyn,  Sud™i*l'" 

Syn  ye  ate  cause  of  )>is  care,  &  curstly  haue  don. 
Ky  Bouerayn  ye  slogh,  &  my  sybbe  fryndts ; 

5020     My  folke  put  into  pyne,  pild  all  my  Bewme  ; 
Koche  diaseese  ye  me  did,  no  redresse  made. 
Exiona,  my  suster,  in  B«mage  ye  put. 
And  fele  of  my  fflyudes  into  fer  londe«, 

S024     In  hordam  Se  harlatoy  vnhyndly  to  lye  ; 

Ifot  keppil  hir  kyndly,  as  a  kyng»  doughter, 
But  huthly  in  lechery,  lengyng  to  dwelle : 
And  menen  me  witA.  manas  Amended  to  bede  I 

6028    I  Told  sothely,  my  Selfyn,  dttyn  wit^  the  harme       (la  ts  t.) 
Of  the  dethe  &  the  dole  of  my  dete  fader,  fu  dijhk  i 

In  obtyggyng  of  batell,  &  blode  to  be  spilt  uh  im  ormj 

And  on  message  I  made  a  mon  of  myn  owue,       JSmw tojJi" 

6032    Antinor  I  ordant  fat  erende  to  ivende,  pumiringio 


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164  PRIAM   TO   ULTSSBB. 

8«*Pt-  And  sent  for  my  Suator,  sothely,  to  you  ; 

£Stl'»™  ^^  ^  Kilt**  for-gyffen  &  greuans  of  old. 

woou  rMtm  mj  ^i  of  the  awthwart  onewarea  &  angwr  to  hym, 

5036  All  the  wise  how  it  was  ye  wetyn  your  eelfe. 

Hit  ia  knoweu  to  your  kynges  &  comyn  wt'tA  all, 

T(  diihouDnd  Of  the  dishonow  ye  did  to  my  dore  l^at, 

S^ininnnjnwnf  ^^  ^^  V'*^  "*  7°^''  8p«ihe   diapiset  my 

iwuiDatBov       6010    Heie ia  plfunly  no  place  in  ))iB  plit  now, 
dalnii  tawiM  Your  wille  for  to  wirke  for  no  wild  threte. 

of  urtid  uiMU.  J  jj(,pg  thegreka*  in  hor  grem  ehall  neuer  eo  grat 

worthe, 
To  oppreaae  me  wttA  power,"  ne  my  plas  take, 
S044    Ne  iny  godia  to  gripe  agaynes  my  wille. 

I  will  Agamynon  hit  wete,  &  his  weghea  all, 
p&i  for  pes  to  his  pepuU  pray  will  I  neuer, 
Ne  folowe  on  hor  freudship,  ^at  me  bo  foole 
hyndryt  J 
5048    But  I  wond  for  my  woiahip  as  wethenins  shuld 
die  I 
And  ye,so  rehell  and  roide  vitA  your  ragh  specha, 
Wynnes  yow  now   wightly  for  wocbe   of  my 

sight ! 
While  I  ee  you  in  cartain  I  aourde  full  of  yr^ 
6062    And  bolne  at  pe  biest  all  for  bale  augre ! " 

THE  WORDBS  OF  DU3IED  TO  PRIAH. 

When  the  worthy  hade  his  wordes  warpit  to  end, 
Ciamede  full  depely  drough  out  a  laughter. 
And  said  to  fiat  suffrayn  sittyng  agayne ; — 

S6    "  Now  kyng,  yf  wa  be  cauae  of  Ji  kene  yre, 
And  ^ou  vnsaght  of  ^i  sight  sothely  of  ts  two. 
While  f  ou  lyuea  in  pis  londe,  leue  for  toew, 
WitAouteu  noy  be  ]h>u  neun*,  &  fin  ene  opon, 

)0     Hya  the  grekes  on  the  groimd  are  of  so  gret 
pouer; 


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DI0MBDB8  TO   PRIAK.  160 

And  (wo  faithly  shall  fynd,  in  a  felle  haBte,  Vodkxn. 

A  bimdrith  thovsaund  ^ro  men    {ninand  in 

armya, 
The  weghes  to  wonnd  &  warpe  Tnto  detha. 

5064     And  if  Jion  aothely  of  sorow  net  be  bo  foil,  i^'°" 

ffoT  two  buemea  &11  bare  &  of  body  nakyd,  od  ■Mount 

IhopeyourboInyi^witAbreBti&yowrbretheleTie  nun.! hop* 
ToqwhichepoueTjplaynly,  fonproues  no  strenght,  JJ^J'^^^^„ 

5068    Ne  no  Buertie,  may  saue  fro  fere  aid  hannys."      J^tflrfJSl 
Mouy  knightet  in  the  courte,  pat  by  the  kyng  n  umj." 

stode. 
Wax  wroth  at  hie  words*,  wait  into  yre ;  SZTi^  **" 

Warpit  out  woides  full  ewice  at  the  kjug,  Dunaaam,  iba 

5072    And  drogh  tawaid  Diamede  to  dero  hym  anon,     enm  mmai  to 
ffor  to  britton  ^nt  buerne  for  bis  bolde  specbe.     ^''''■>°>- 

THB  W0BDE8  Or  FBIAM  AOAYV. 

Priam  ^n  presit  rp  &o  his  proude  seto,  rrfia  jnrmtt 

Bade  horn  blyia  of  hor  brathe  or  hor  bare  lyuss, 
5076     )>at  no  gome  shuld  hym  greue  wttA  no  grym 
weppon, 
Se  negh  hym  wi'tA  noy  for  nogbt  ^at  be  eaid. 
"  Syn  tbe  wit  of  no  wise  man  shnld  wait  into  yre,  ".*7!"Tf" 
Ne  befuerse  on  afole,  ftot  foutly  bath  wrogbt;    "Tt  "lai  ■  Ri* 

6080  ffor  it  falles  to  a  fole  his  foly  to  shew,  tuuiiij. 
And  a  wise  man  witterly  hia  words*  to  suffei- 

Aa  it  is  &e  to  a  fole  foly  to  carpe. 

So  is  it  wit,  a  wiseman  bis  wordia  to  listyn, — 

6081  Lagbe  at  it  lightly  and  let  it  oner  pas  ; 

ffor  in  specbe  may  man  epia  the  speker  to  know, 
And  wete,  by  hie  wordw,  the  wit  ^t  he  beires. 
I  wold  Botbely,  my-seluyn,  suffer  fall  haida,  '  "'**'' """ 

6068    Or  any  measanger  were  mysdon,  or  rnamt  wiVi  nuMtnficwm 
tend  -  ^orTT' 

WitAin  my  courtte,  or  my  cutnpany,  for  any  ""i™^- 
cause  here. 


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_  Sbr  lightly  a  litil  thyng,  a  lose  may  Iw  tjnt, 

And  a  feme  be  defoulede,  &  fatid  for  saer  ; 
5092     tKrfore  set  you  full  aone,  sober  your  wille, 

And  Qon  proffer,  apon  payne,  to  prase  hym  no 

more, 
Ne  to  warpe  hym  no  worde,  fat  woisbip  may 

hyndur." 
jMn  Bet  ^i  sone,  as  said  horn  the  kyng. 

TBB  WOBDBB  OV  ENE&B  TO  DIAHEDO. 

S096     And  Eneas  efterward  etlid  to  say, — 

)}at  sete  by  the  souerayn<s  non  sothely  betwene, — 
Biebe  out  full  boldely  nil  in  bieme  vordie. 
And  spake  full  dispitously  witft  a  eprete  felle  r — 
6100    "Sir  kyng,  it  eitt«>not,  aotbely,  for  right, 
<"  A  fole  to  be  fanoret  folili  to  speke. 

But  wo  vnwisely  with  wordis  walls  his  speche. 

Hit  is  skille  fot  his  skorne,  pat  he  scathe  thole, 

8104     And  not  eheriat,  hut  chastist,  by  charge  of  his  foly. 

"  I  might  sothely  so  say,  here  syttyng  yow  by, 

I  ];at  ye  wold  deme  to  dethe  for  my  derfe  wordoa, 

\)&t  light  wold  &  leason  by  lewle  of  my-eeluyn. 

5108     And,  saue  your  magiate  so  mykell,  pat  men  will 

*  obey. 

He,  ))at  warpes  thies  wordee  in  his  wild  foly, 
Shuld  d^h,  for  hie  derfenes,  by  domys  of  right ; 
)}at  so  dispitously  hath  spoken  in  spit  otjour 

5112    And  menyt  your  mageaty  witA  his  mad  wordea. 

And  angert  vs  all  angardly  soie, 

W/tA  preaumpcoun  &  prise  of  his  proude  hert. 

I  bid  Jierfore  barly,  Jiat  he  bove  herchyn, 
.^1 16     And  pas  fro  this  place  o  payn  of  his  Ijfe, 

If  he  faine  will  foly  for  a  fyn  wit. 

And  gyrt  on  no  grete  wordis  to  greue  vs  iio 


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TH[b]   (JNSWARB  of   DIAUBDE   TO   BNEAB.  BookXl!. 

Thea  Dyamed,  the  deife  kyng,  mtAoutyn  dyn 

8120  "You, frynde,wttA  (li fare,  what freikeaojjou be,  "Frienii 
I  wote,  b;  your  wordes,  )k>u  ert  no  wise  Juge  ;  tiua  imoij 
But  I  deply  dissyre  in  dedia  to  come,  "X^Ji,"** 

J)at  I  may  fynd  fe  before  fi  frendahip  to  fouke, 

6124    And  mede  the  after  mesore  of  pi  meke  nille, 

To  thanko  the  of  pi  thret  and  ^i  Jiro  wordis.  ifoi.  so  a.j 

Now  I  se  well,  for-eothe,  Bely  is  the  kyng,  i  He  now  iiuinir. 

pat  kepis  the  for  counsell  clene  for  hym  aeluyn,  .ui^^  J^^  JJJ^ 

5128     j}a,t  well  oon  his  worship  wiashe  hym  to  saue,       J^I^^lJia" 
And  rede  hym  to  redurs,  ^at  rixlee  to  shame  ! " 
)3en  "Vlixes,  y/ith  vtteians  vne  vpponoue, 
The  derfe  wordis  of  Diamede  dullit  WitA  speche ; 

6132     And  wyaely  he  waynet  all  his  wild  yre,  5^""™'"^^ 

|)at  he  nomore  in  Jie  mater  ehuld  mene  at  pat  J**™^  "" 

tyme. 
And  to  Priam  [the]  price  kyng  prestly  he  said; —    [Ms.  hH  -m-) 
"  Kyng,  wo  haue  clenly  consaiued  fii  wille.  "Wa  eiwrij 

G136  To  Agamynon  agayne  we  go  with  our  onsware,  joar  ui»w,  uii 
All  fi  s^hes,  for-Fothe,  fat  souerain  to  telle  !"  tonportitto*" 
And  so  fai  past  fro  fat  pales,  preset  vnto  horse,  ' 
Lepyn  on  lightly,  launchct  on  hor  way, 

5140  Gone  to  pe  greke»  in  a  grete  hast ;  i 
Lighten  at  fere  l<^ge8,  leuyn  fere  horsen,  . 
And  ferdon  on  foto  fairly  to-gedur ;  J 
Into  the  £mp«roura  awne  tent  entrid  belyue,       ^ 

5141  Ther  all  the  grete  were  gedrit  Agamynon  before 
And  toldyn  all  tomly,  as  horn  tide  hade. 
The  purpaa  of  Priam  tho  prtuses  vntill. 
Thai  hade  meniell  full  mekyll  in  hor  mynd  all, 

5148     Of  his  authwart  onswares,  fat  hym  arghet  no 

Then  fo  K.ynge«  in  counsell  castyn  hom  anon,      1 
And  oidant  on  all  wise  faire  enmeis  to  greue        p 

Be  wiles  of  wer,  as  ye  shall  wete  after. 


xtij  ISofte.    %otD  t1)e  0re}tss  sent  ^djtlUs 

anb  2Ct)eleton  for  bitatU  foe  t()e  ®s;t  into 

iSe^sam. 

(hiLMfc)       6152    Kthotb  and  knyghtes  and  otber  kjrde  Ihik«^ 
All  the  Boiurayns  hade  selly,  as  I  said  ere, 
Of  pmm,  the  price  Kyng,  ^t  prudl;  hade 
Boide. 
WbuttiMQrMti  Than  sedrit  were  the  greikea  on  b.  ground  feire, 

■  MoiuiiotiniT     5156     Besyde  tenydoa  truly,  to  tolke  of  hor  dedia. 
Ordant  by  the  emperowr  opunly  to  holde 
A  connsell  in  the  oaae,  ■wttA  knowyng  to  all. 
And  procede  on  hor   pwrpos,   u  pnee    men 
of  wer, 
SI 60     When  the  eouemyna  aasemblit  were,  as  I  said 
first, 
uiC^d^wdtbt  Agamynon,    the    goiwmoar,   graithit   hym    to 

»-*"■  speike, 

To  fo  worthy  thi^  wordis  warpit  anone  : — 
•Nobtaiin!  "Noble  sirs,  in  this  note  bit  nedis  tb  to  haue 

nBrthinfo^     fil64     ffode  tOl  ourfoike,  the  formaat  of  other, 

fcrourHldUn;  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

pat  no  hongur  ya  happyn  to  haime  in  our  werre, 
While  oui  bueriies  in  batell  abideu  here  stille : 
(jat  we  faint  not  in  fight,  ne  feble  of  strengbt. 
■Qdionppif       15168     And  mytyll  ia  the  mete  so  mony  bus  haue, 
■•muMhusii  If  we  aball  proffet  witA  proues,  or  auyfose  wyn: 

fTor  JiBTO  AS  failes  the  fode,  faint  is  the  pepull ; 
And  fere  hongur  is  bote,  bertis  ben  febill. 
Tiimigi^iMiu    5172     (jerTore,  highly  in  bast,  I  hold  for  )»  best. 


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OOnNSKL  OF   AQAUBUNOII.  169 

If  ye  deme  it  in  dede,  Dukes  and  other,  Book  xiir. 

J)at  we  mightily  to  Meaaam  ouf  men  send,  ™i "  »"™* 

To  feccho  VB  som  fode,  or  we  firre  paseeL  otftn  ve  pw 

0176     In  fiat  prouyns  is  plenty  all  of  pn'se  vitell,  in  thu  praviu!* 

Of  coTne,  &  of  catell,  &  mony  kyd  Bewme ;         ■bundugi  of 
Jjerfore,  sone  let  vb  Boud  sum  of  our  folke,  JJ^""^*^ 

Worthy  to  wale,  &  wiae  of  hor  dedis,  ^  "*"  •"^^ 

6180    To  trie  of  the  trewist,  &  tume  into  ship,  » miirtiu  ri»r^ 

And  set  forth  to  the  se  wi'tft  soudiours  ynow,      tnn^Be*, 
Paa  to  ])at  p-ouyns,  preeo  to  fe  londe. 
And  make  puruiaunce  plentie,  while  preae  lastie, 

5184    That  may  cum  vs,  by  coarse,  to  comford  our  oet,       tw-  •'  •■) 

And  abundantly  bioght  witA  buemea  betwene,    Vitaiaititjniii 
ffor  to  ataU  our  ostate  and  our  strenght  liold." 
When  fia  counsell  was  kyd,  he  carpia  no  ferr, 

S188     Was  alowet  witA  the  lordia,  &aRfe  ledis  after.  Th*  prat>cw>i  ti 
By  asaent  of  po  sousrains,  &  sithen  of  all,  Ashnin'imii 

Achillea  was  chosyn  chefe  of  pia  erend ;  oam  foniM 

And  Thelephue,  fat  tother,  ton  to  his  fere,  '"'™- 

6192     Was  Erculea  aune  eon  eldisl;  for  aothe. 

))es  aaaignet  for  [«  ae,  witft  aoudiou/s  ynogh,        vuh  n.itibia 
And  fuerae  men  in'fight  a  felle  nowmber :  ihmiaoi mt 

pea  dreet  for  |ie  dede  and  droghen  to  ahip,  """^ 

6196    And  merkit  vnto  Messam  ■wiHi  a  mekyll  nauy. 
In  (lat  yle  was  oneat,  an  honerahle  kyng, 
Aa  men  told  in  hia  ^rme,  and  Teutraa  his  name, 
]}at  his  coontre  in  kuit  hade  keppit  full  longe, 

6200     And  regnit  in  rest  wtt&  richea  ynogh. 

He  hade  fightyng  folke  fele  of  his  owne. 

And  knightef  fall  kene,  &  konyng  of  werre. 

Sum  aain  it  for  sothe,  and  for  sure  holdyn,  soiuiaTthLi 

6204     The  same  yle  I  aaid  you,  Cicill  is  calt,  aioii/.  uid  ■!» 

Ay  abundand  of  bliase,  &  bret  fall  of  vitaiU,        dv  «ruiu  lun 
And  menyt  was  wt'tft  men  MeseaR  to  nome  ;  "  ' 

ffor  a  cit^  in  the  eame  lond  eo  gat  was  cald, 

6208     Bild  on  a  banke  at  a  brodc  hanyn. 


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EXPEDITION  TO   HESS  AM. 

ffull  longe,  &  Iat^,  loiiely  wiHi  all, 
And  a  peaable  port  pight  full  of  shippes, 
))at  conien  for  come  to  contres  aboute  ; 

6213     And  became  of  the  corne,  cald  was  it  Messan, 
•  i»t  past  &o  the  port  to  prouyns  o  fer. 

And  sum  of  hit  sain,  &  for  sare  holdjn, 
)]at  the  Cite  was  so  calld  by  a  snie  kjng, 

5216    That  biggit  the  biu^h  bigly  hym-aelujn. 

And  callid  it  Messan  be  mowthe,  in  mynd  of 

his  nome ; 
But  Dares,  in  his  dyting,  devlj  noght  t«lluB 
Of  the  Cit4,  for  Bothe,  ne  the  selfe  lond ; 

6220    But  how  po  mighty  were  mode  to  Messan  to 
wende, 
fibde  for  to  fecche  to  p6  felle  ost. 
Som  othii  Cicill  hit  sothly  myght  be, 
)}at  was  geynde  to  grece,  ^ea  the  grete  yle, 

5224     )]at  ferly  was  fei  b&-)oad  fele  Eewmee. 

Into  this  prouynce  past  (lo  pepull  t<>gedur, 
Achilles  the  choise,  and  his  chore  felow, 
With  thre  thowsaad  triet^  all  of  fro  knightes, 

5228     And  mony  shippea  full  shene,  ehot  o  fe  depe, 
P&t  bit  into  hauyn,  houyt  not  longe. 
But  bounet  to  ^e  bonke  fo  buemys  anon. 
Then  the  kyng  of  f  e  cuntre,  wttA  oumpany  giete 
k  5232     Of  fell  fightyng  folke,  >at  on  fote  weie, 
Past  to  ^  port,  fere  the  pn'nse  lay. 
The  grekys,  fat  were  gedrit  &  to  grounde  comyn, 
WttA  all   fere   cumpany  clene   of    the    cloise 

6336     Segh  the  kyng  of  the  cnntre  cum  hom  agayne, 

WiVi  fele  folke  -vppon  fote,  fat  hom  fray  wold. 

J)ai  wan  to  fere  weppon  wightly  anon. 

In  defense  of  fe  folke,  fai  fuerely  were  armyt, 
5240     And  girden  to-gedur  witA  mony  grym  dyntus. 

Bigge  was  the  batell  opon  bothc  haluys, 


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Mony  Mlyn  were  fey  of  ^  fell  grekes, 


But  mo  of  the  meny,  )iat  mellJt  hom  tvttA.  mut  (ui  oh  bou 

5244    Jtof  the  grek«  were  giym  &  of  grete  inyght,         sndu  -m 

J)ai  hade  no  atrenght  to  witftatonde  («  Btriff  of  ^^^  ihur 

l)at  were  }»ro  men  in  threpe,  &  thielyma  mo.         "»">'•■■■ 

pen  tiie  grekes  hade  grymly  ben  giid  vnto  dethe, 
5246    Hade  not  Achilles  ben  cheualroos  &  choiseof  Aisniuo  boui]' 
his  dedis. 

He  shot  thuigh  the  sheltrone  &  shent  of  hor       'toLUn.) 
knighta  SfTli^lXS 

Mony  doughty  were  ded  thurgh  dynt  of  his  hond.  ""  '"'""'^■ 

All   fiat  wamyt  hym   )«    way  he    warpet  to 
ground, 
6252    Till  he  come  to  |>e  kyng,  1>e  course  as  hym  list, 

And  flaug  at  hym  fdetsly  vith  a  ^ne  sweide  ;     h*  mukm  iht 

The  haapea  of  hia  helme  heturly  braat ;  gnmai  huAiiir 

Braid  of  his  basnet  to  ^e  bore  hede ; 
5256     Woundid  hym  wickedly,  worpit  hym  to  ground. 

He  waa  wode  of  hia  wit,  wild  as  a  lione, 

Wold  haue  brittonet  the  bold  wttA  a  bare  swerd.  ■»*  i«  •t*™'  i" 

kUI  talm  with  > 

Hof  vp  his  hond  heturly  to  atrike,  "of* 

5260    WjtA  a  fouchon  felle  to  ferke  of  his  hede, 

And  Thelephus,  fe  tothir,  titly  persayuit  "i™  tsi^m 

That  Teutra  wttA  torfer  shuld  tyat  haue  his  liff.    •iroiK.  nmvH  n 
He  steit  vndet  the  stroke  wttA  a  stoie  shild,        udbgpAcniuM 

6264     And  keppit  by  course  the  caupe  of  hia  aword  ;      i».pin.u»kirg. 
And  Achilles  the  choise  kyng  cherly  he  prayit, 
To  let  the  lorde  haue  his  lyfTe  for  lewt^  of  hym. 
That  woundit  waa  wickedly  to  ]ie  wale  dethe ; — 

5268    pat  he  gnant  wold  godly  jmt  gome  for  to  leue. 
^n  to  Thelsphus,  ^e  tore  kyng,  tomly  can  aay; — 
"  What  cauaea  ye,  by  cootse,  so  kenly  to  pray,    "whj.pmiiw 
This  eyre  for  to  saue,  ^at  is  our  aad  eumy  ;  nuaKiuiiainrr 

5272     And  haa  wackout  vs  wer  ^mghe  will  of  hym 


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173  THE  KlSa  HORTAU.I  WOUNDED, 

Book  iiiL  And  hAFmyt  vs  hoge]y  vrith  bis  bond  ODe. 

HiMiiMni  8yn  he  boldly  witA  bate  fia  baret  began, 

um  b«Bn(to  Gode  falthe  will  he  first  fall  in  hia  trnne." 

6276     J»n  Thelaphua  tomlj  talkyt  B^yne  : — 

"  He  waa  a  frynde  tu  my  fader,  &  a  fyn  louer, 
Worehippit  hym  on  allwise  &  his  will  did. 
-on»  I  cum  Hit  felle  me,  be  foitone,  forwttA  ))U  tyme, 

JftnunTuid'^    52&0     Into  this  coste  for  to  come,  Tiiknoweii  my  seUe  ; 
(M,git.,  And  he  worship  me  voithely,  &  his  weghea  all 

S^^ki^dil^i  "V^t'tA  gift^  fiU  gay  &  of  bis  goda  mekyll, 

liTta  Iw^'pui  Asaignet  me  sotteraines,  siiio  men  ynogh. 

todwth."  5284    2it  Bothely  wi'tA  aorow  sounys  to  my  hert. 

To  Be  J)at  doughty  be  deda  &  don  out  of  lyue." 
pea  Achillea  to  fat  chere  choisly  can  aay  : — 
-dbwUIi  Mm  "  Tate  hym  here  tyt,  &  tent  ae  ye  Hat, 

^p.'™         6288    And  wirke  witA  >at  woriJiy,  as  ye  wele  likes." 
Thns  halpe  he  ^t  hynd  iro  bond  of  Achillea, 
And  dio  hym  fro  detho,  as  for  }at  due  tyme  : 
ThaithibMtia  Bo  the  batell  was  barly  broght  to  an  end. 

•iid,>ndT<nuiu    5292     The  grekes  hade  }ie  gre  &  gone  into  ahip, 
™  luur.  And  Teutra  the  true  kyng  was  trust  on  a  Utter, 

Had  horn  to  his  halle,  halfe  out  of  lyue. 
At  whose  prayer,  full  prestly,  fo  pjf'ae  men  two 
5296    Wentte  witA  Jurt  worthy  vnto  bJs  won  richo, 
Beceyuit  wi'tA  ren«rence  &  renke  of  astate, 
Honouret  wttA  all  men  oneetly  &  well. 
And  all  daintethes  horn  digbt  dere  for  pe  nonyst. 
Hannkandtr      Q300     When  few  dayea  iaren  were  pe  &e  kyng  Teutra 
HI  dHth  dreir  Wex  weika  of  his  wound  &  widrit  to  detha  ; 

™iSi  S'  *"  ffehlit  Ml  fast  of  his  fyn  strenght, 

Tsiiphai.  Qg  jjig  dgthe  on  hym  diogh  dressit  hym  Jwrfoie. 

530i     He  sent  aft^r,  sothely,  pe  aoueTsin  Achilles, 

And    Thelaphe,    )>at    tothir,    vnto    hia    owne 

cbaumbw. 
When  ^ai  comen  to  pa  kyng,  ^o  curtes  to-gedur, 
t>en  fond  pai  pai  fre  febill  in  his  bed 


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8BNDS  FOB   TELEFHUB.  ITS 

6308    All  in  point  for  to  pas  wiU  pajnee  of  dethe.  Bosk  sm. 

Then  Teutra  Jo  triet  men  tretid  o  Jiie  wise : —  wh™  u  ih>  point 

"  Te  woTsbipfull  weghes,  well  be  yoa  euer,  tMm-t  u>n 

And  gode  hele  mot  ye  haue  witA  hop  of  your  °"~ 
lyuea ! 

6312     I  eaj  you  now  sothely,  as  my  sad  fiyBdes, 

My  lif  is  not  long  lastand  in  ortlie.  -i  im  ncnr 

Done  are  my  dayea,  I  draw  to  an  end ;  „i^ u^  om^ 

And  non  eire  of  myn  own  neu«r  yet  I  hade,  ibuJ^ w«^ 

S3 16     )}at  I  my  londes  might  leue,  lynely  to  kepe,  '*"''■ 

That  I  getton  haue  &  gate  wttA  mocha  gret  (roUMa.) 

tiauell, 
And  holdyn  of  hard,  &  with  my  hond  went 
Ynto  now,  fat  wi'tA  noy  is  myn  end  comyn. 

6320    The  whiche  lond  I  hade  lost  long  tymes  past,  unaiwhwi 

_    ,  ,     ,         ,  .    ,  ,       ,  <™ildli«v.bwn 

Hade  not  helpe  ben  of  hym,  was  hardiest  of  iortioii;iei>,ba( 

,.  IDrtlMlwIpaf 

othir,  HdoiiiH,  uh 

MoBt  doughty  of  dedis,  dteghist  in  armys, 

And  the  strongest  in  stoure,  fiat  etaer  on  atede 
lode, — 
6324    Erculea,  )iat  honerable,  edist  of  my  knightes. 

He  was  ))i  fader  bo  fiierse,  ^t  me  faithe  eght, 

t)at  preset  at  my  prayer  to  this  pure  lewme, 

In  hast  ma  to  helpe  with  his  hede  stienght, 
6328    When  my  fos  were  so  fell,  &  fuerse  me  ^ayn, 

)}at  ^  occupiet  ouer  all,  euyn  as  horn  list, 

And  I  vnoertayn,  for-sothe,  to  sese  it  on  lyuo. 

Bat  he  eothely,  hym-selfe,  of  his  ead  etienght, 
6332    Thoigh  haidynes  of  hond  &  helpe  of  hym  one, 

All  my  foB  in  fight  felly  distroyit ; 

Broke  all  Jere  batells,  britaed  hom  to  dethe, 

And  BO  rid  he  this  rewme  of  my  ranke  fos, 
6336    £udr  sythen,  for  eothe,  to  |)is  same  tyme, 

And  deliuert  ne  |iis  lond,  &  left  it  is  pes. 

Thus  the  septur  &  the  soils  rithyn  haue  1 
jemyt. 


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174  TBLEP11U8  APFOISTED  XIKQ 

Boofcint.  Noght  Bothely  fu^h  my  selfe,  ne  my  sad  dedis, 

itwMbrrMir      5340     Bnt  JnughetPrendship  of  ])i  fader,  &  lusfrehelpe. 
(iiuawmtiw  Now  son,  I  will  ray  the,  aa  my  sad  tiynd, 

«(„,.  Syn  pi  fader  in  fuerse  wi'tA  hia  fre  will. 

Rid  me  pis  Rewme  out  of  lonke  Enmys, 
5344    And  wan  it  fuU  worthely  witA  woialiip  bym- 
selnyn. 
Hid  N  b«n  Hade  he  lyuyt  in  lede,  he  hade  ben  lorde  here, 

iw*<  dmh  Mn(  Daly  after  my  day,  be  domys  of  right 

MMrtit.uhu'  -^^  ^7°  onr  goddia  wold  not  grount  grace  to 

5348    This  eoile  &  the  septui  pi  selayn  shall  haue, 

ffor  to  reigne  in  this  rewme  by  right  of  pi  fader : 
Thus  our  goddes  the  granntte*  of  hor  grace  now. 
Tbanfon,  I  now  Here  qwemly  I  beqwetbe  pe  to  be  qwem  kysg' 

khw  oTiu  mr      9352    Of  all  my  lond««  full  laige,  &  my  lefe  godis, 
youto'p™"*  ffo'  ^  goueme  &  to  get,  as  ye  good  pinke  : 

"J^^^™  pia  I  take  the  be  testament,  as  my  trew  aire. 

(fcii.  ss  t.)  And  bryng  me  to  berenes  on  pi  beat  wise, 

Boir  ■»  with       5356     As  be  comys  for  a  kyng  in  his  kyde  rewme ; 
buamM  B  kii«."  And  honour  me  with  obit  as  ogb  myn  astate." 

He  wrote  thus  his  wille,  &  vightlr  asselit. 
And  deght  pen  full  dawlily,  aa  destyny  wold. 
Triapbiubiititd    5360     And  Thelapbus  a  toumhe  trietly  gart  make, 
toSb.'Jiih'Zr™  -A  riche  &  a  riall,  with  mony  ronke  stonys. 

^J^^^l^^^  On  a  worsbipfull  wise  warpit  hym  perin, 

"With  all  the  pn'ncea  of  pe  pronyns,  &  othei 
prowde  folke, 
6364     And  socritJcee  full  aolemne,  soche  as  pai  vait 
He  puniait  a  proude  atone  of  a  prise  hogo. 
His  course  for  to  couer  clenly  aboue. 
JjOB  the  wegh  gert  write  vmbe  the  wale  aides, 
6368     WttA  lettura  full  laige,  ledia  to  be-holde  :— 
"  Teutra,  the  true  kyng,  here  in  tombe  lis, 
)7at  Achillea,  with  a  chop,  cbaunsit  to  sle ; 
p&t  to  thelaphon  betakia  all  hia  triet  liewuie, 


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6372    Bothe  septnr  &  soile,  as  soui^rain  to  haue." 

WLan  Jwa  dedis  were  done,  &  the  dede  leuyt, 
All  the  lotdea  of  the  londe,  &  the  l^e  pepull, 
Thurgh  the  Citis  dyd  aend,  and  )ie  eoile  oner, 

6376    ffor  to  com«  to  the  coronyng  of  Jie  kyde lord,       iw^''""^™ 
'With  honour  &  homage,  ae  aght  hom  of  right ;    "fJj^S""" 
And  to  coll  hfin  aa  kyng  in  cuntrca  ahonte, 
pa,t  before,  |iurghe  hia  fader  right,  fell  to  be 
duke, — 

6380  So  cald  in  his  cuntre  be  courae  of  hia  londa^ — 
Now  coronyd  la  the  kyng  this  cuntre  to  weld ; 
Hade  homage  of  all  men,  &  honour  full  grete, 
And  began  for  to  goueme,  as  gome  in  hia  owne. 

6384     ))an  fild  |)ai  wiUi  fraght  all  pere  fuerse  ahippes,    rhiaraaiathn 
And  atuffe  of  all  maner  store,  fiat  hom  atrenght  wttb  4U  loru  of 

might ;  AahiiiM*" 

Wit/*  come,  &  wttA  cleae  flowre,  &  othir  kid  p^p*"*""^ 

Achillea,  wttA  choiae  men,  cbefe  into  ahipp, 
6388     And  thekphon,  the  tothir,  wold  haue  tumyt  Triq>h<uv«iM 
after, 

Agayne  to  the  grakes  wp'tA  his  grete  folke,  hm.^  **ioih 

In  batell  to  byde,  as  a  bneme  noble ;  '■'™> 

And  be  course  to  his  cimtre  comyn  agayne. 
6392     |)6n  the  choise  kyng  Achilles  chaunget  his  wille,  J™'  ^H*''"^ 

Spake  to  bym  specially  for  aped  of  hom  all,  *•'•>'  •""  '*• 

In  his  lond  for  to  loi^  witA  hia  lege  pepull,  oi«k  umy. 

And  puruay  for  the  pure  oste  plenty  of  vitoilL 
6396     Here  at  talaphoa  he  toke  leue,  &  tumyt  to  ship,  ^<<uun  ukv 

And  halet  to  the  hegh  ae  in  a  hand  while,  uid  uiia  for 

Wan  ))uigh  the  waghia,  had  wind  at  his  ese ; 

Sailet  on  soundly,  &  the  se  past ; 
6400     To  Jw  gi^et  Navy  of  fe  Grekes  graidly  he  cornea. 

At  tenydon,  full  tomly,  tumyt  into  hauyn, 

Lept  into  a  litle  bote,  launchit  to  bonke ; 

To  Agamynon  gay  tent  goa  on  hia  way. 


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ACHttXGS   KETDRNa   TO   TEB  OREEKS. 

Ik  xni,      5404     In  company  clene  of  monj  kyde  lords*. 


All  tlie  gret  to  hym  gedrit  wttA  a  good  chere, 
Bbaniniii  And  welcoiuth  ^t  worthy  the  w^hea  ychon, 

on*.  As  derreet  bi-dene  to  {w  dukes  alL 

?V^2?^^_  5408    And  he  tomly  hom  told  Jie  tale  to  Jie  end, 
bo*  Tii*i*m  XH  tlie  mauer  in  Meaean,  how  fo  men  feid. 

m«j—  ffiret,  how  fai  faght  fueraly  to-gednr, 

And  how  thelaphna  tide  to  be  tren  iyog ; 
udihitsiimir  5412  And  of  the  canage  of  come  comyn  by  ship, 
urirvL  i^^^  '><>  wegh  suld  want  while  the  weira  laste, 

Ne  no  fode  for  to  iaiia,  but  the  fulthe  haue, 

Sent  &o  the  same  lend  by  ]»e  selfe  thdaphon. 
6416     All  worohippit  the  we^h  for  his  wale  dedis. 

And  he  tumyt  to  hia  tent  tomly  &  iaiie, 

To  the  Mirmydouns  his  men,  }iat  mekill  ioy 
hade, 

And  fayu«r  of  fat  fre,  )>eii  any  folke  ellia. 

5420    Now  here  will  I  hone  a  litle  bond  qwhile, 
Or  any  maters  mo  into  mynd  fall, 
m.  u  ».)  Of  the  Troiena  to  telle,  &  pen  triet  heipe, 

otthiTr^uuuid  Afler  Darea  indityng,  as  I  did  fiiat, 

hiTi  dam  oftiu    6424    Of  the  GrekM,  Jmt  gedrit  to  the  gtete  naay.  ' 
°™^-  Sone  wQl  I  aay,  &  in  the  same  kynd. 

What  kynges  fere  come  of  conntres  aboute  j 
What  DukM  by-dene,  &  other  derfe  Erlea, 
6438    Jwt  aoght  to  fe  Citie  with  hor  sad  belpie, 

ffor  to  comford  the  kyng  w/tA  hor  cant  pepull. 
Here  nem  will  I  now  the  nomes  by-dene, 
And  the  aoume  of  the  sondiours,  er  I  sue  forrs. 

or  TBB  EYKaxA  \}AT  OOVB  TO  TROT  POR  BOCDR  OP 
FBUU. 

5432  Of  the  worthy  to  wale,  as  the  writ  ehewee, 
The  kyngM  fere  come  out  of  kyde  londys, 
jMt  hold^-n  were  of  hom,  as  fere  beds  loidd^ 


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WitA  thw  thowsaund  fro  men,  ]iriuoimd  in      Pocmii. 
armjs.  ^>*  i*'*)  ungi— 

6436    Pendragon  the  pert,  priatly  was  on,  Tbabn,  ud 

And  ThaboT,  ^t  tother,  a  tor  man  of  BtKoight ;   wttii  mm  dmb. 

Adasthoa  the  doghte,  fat  deife  was  the  fiid. 

And  of  a  cuatra,  vaa  cald  Colophon  to  some,      f™^  caacian 
5140     )}at  ^ro  was  &  full  all  of  fre  tovuee,  Ui«iudMM 

ffotire  kyi^M  fere  oome  wttA  a  cant  pepull,  ™^ 

WttA  ffTve  thowsaund  full,  all  of  fya  knighte*. 

To  acoimte  of  fe  kynga^ — Caias  waa  on, 
S444    And  Nestor,  another,  to  nenyn  of  fo  eame ; 

The  thrid  Ymasus,  yrfiill,  ^or  of  wille, 

And  Amphymacus,   f6  fooit,   a   felle  mon  in 
werre. 

Out  of  Lic4  come  lyoeU  )ie  lege  kyng  Glaucon,     mm  Ljd>  oum 
S446    WitA  his  son  Serpidon,  a  sad  mon  of  strenght,     nBanwiiiiiwdui 

Jjat  to  Priam  was  pure  sib,  a  priee  mon  of  dedM,        ™»'"* 

And  fK    thonsaund    tiiro    knightes   fnltj  in 

Out  of  Xiachan,  a  lond,  come  a  Ught  kyng,  Vnn  L4»idm 

0452     Euphymiu  the  fiieiae,  fell  of  his  hondes,  ud  capUn  wHb 

And  CapiduB  fe  kene, — kyngev  were  bothe  utb^h^ 

With  a  thonsaund  ])io  men  prifto  in  annys,  (M-m*.) 

And  fyne  hondrith  fern  all  of  fyn  knighte*. 
6466    There  come  of  a  contra,  cald  was  Tebaria,  rno  Ta^ii* 

On  Bannuf,  a  bold  kyng,  and  broght  witA  hym-  Smj^i^™' 
seluyn 

))re  thousannd  |ito  knighted,  )>riuoand  in  wen« : 

And  seven  Etles,  sothely,  in  hie  sort  w«Te,  in  ui  anpur 

6460    And  fooie  DokM  dughty,  &  of  dede  nobill,  ud  (m  mba,- 

)>at  to  Priam  the  prtse  kyng  all  were  pnie  eyb.    rriun!* " 

All  hor  colonn'a  to  ken  were  of  olene  yalow, 

Wt'tAonten  more  in  the  mene,  or  mellit  wttA 
other, 
6464    To  be  knowen  by  coarse  thn^he  the  dene  ost, 

As  bold  men  in  bat«ll,  and  of  breme  will. 


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178  THB  ALLIES  OF  TBOT 

_bm*xiil  Out  of  TtsBj  Jure  como  J»e  tm  kjng,  wit/i  a 

Fnnnnindi  (jjet  pepulL 

tuna  PInu,  Um  "^  *        ^ 

king,  <Hth  mur  Ptuloii  the  fUeise,  viitk  tele  men  of  armys, 

Dnkt  (AiuBH)     t>468    ]}at  is  out  m  the  Orient^  honorable  fake ; 
■nd  iM  kniguiL  And  a  Duke  ^t  was  detfe  &  of  dede  felle. 

With  a  thoueaud  ^ro  men,  &  pn&y  of  Iiond, 
And  a  hundtith  hole  all  of  liia  kn^hte*. 
pno  PBonii        5472     Out  of  Fayaon  com  priat  FricomyBses  the  hyn^ 
pjrsahma  ud  And  a  Duke,  ^t  was  derfe,  &  his  dere  cosyn, 

wHb  MW  n^**  i'^''  Btitbe  was  &  store,  &  Stupez  lie  heght, 

WttA  ))re  tbowBaund  ^rist^  frepond  in  werre. 
S476    ffor  his  kyugdom  was  dene  clustrit  with  billes. 
All   msrkyd  with  mounteyns,    &  wi't/i    mayn 

hylles. 
And  no  playne  in  no  place,  ne  plentie  of  vales, 
)}ere  auntrid  horn  oft  annswaie  to  lutae 
0480    Of  mowmenttfif  in  Jw  merke,  Jiui^lie  might  of  )>e 
fynd, 
)Mt  wttA  gomes  of  fe  ground,  godd^  were  cald. 
And  mony  meraell  to  mete,  &  mysshapou  bestes. 
prmiBiiiijiiii  Out  of  Bsyten  broght  bold  men  two, 

hitimtbgi  G464     ))at  were  kynges  in  tbe  costo,   and   also   kyd 

Epljtopbai  vltli  *      .1 

IWD  knighu  tffettier, — 

On  Boetes,  )iat  was  bigge,  &  bis  brotber  Epbistnu. 
And  in  hor  company  come  knightes  a  tbowsaund. 
(U.  H  M  That  is  ont  in  tbe  ori^it  the  vtmast  syde  : 

6488    ffull  b  ))at  &e  lond  all  of  fyne  spices. 
prompi^uigniu  Out  of  Paffl€^D, — fat  pight  is  in  tbe  playn  est, 

^^^^^^  And  is  Bet  on  a  syde  >ere  >e  sun  rysea, 

^'■■^  And  80  ferre  out  of  folke,  ^t  no  freke  aese, — 

6492     Come  the  richest  renke,  ]iat  reigaod  in  Erthe, 
On  phitmene,  a  freke  full  of  fyn  gold, 
Botbe  of  gemmes  &  Juollis,  Joly  for  fe  nonest, 
})at  fondon  are  in  Ev&atos  &  ]>e  flode  Tyger, 
0496     )}at  passyn  out  of  peradis   )nirghe  the  playn 
Bewme. 


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AHD  THKIR  COHPANIBB.  179 

He  broght  to  pa  bui^he,  all  of  bold  knightes,  BookxiiL 

Two  thowaand  Jiristie  &  fro  men  of  wiUe.  h»  brought  u 

Iche  shalke  hade  a  sbild  shapTn  of  tre,  vmian,  wuh 

6500     Wele  leddrit  o  lofte,  lemond  of  gold,  ^li^ud  with 

Pight  fall  of  prise  Bloaya  vmbo  tho  pure  aydes.    ^omt    ''™*" 

This  Fbilmen,  fis  fre,  was  a  fuerse  man  of  shape, 

Of  la^nea  &  lenght  no  lease  fan  a  giaund. 
fi504     Of  More  Ynda  come  Morion,  a  mighty  kyng  alse,  '""'  fiihiopi* 

WitA  F«rses,  a  proude  kyng,  and  a  pert  knight,   "ii  p«w  wiui 

Wi'tA  Dakee  full  doughty,  and  derfe  Erlea  mo,      i^ris,  ud  moo 

|)at  subiect  irere  sothely  to  f  e  eame  Peraes, 
6508    Wi'tA  Jire  thoweaund  fro  knightea,  frepond  in 
wer; 

And  Symagon,  sothely,  com  wM  the  same  kyng, 

pat  was  mighty  &  moafull  Morions  brother. 

Out  of  Tiie  eome  Theseus,  trist6  of  bond,  *'™™  tjt,  ouh 

S512    And  Aiehillacus  also,  bat  was  hia  aune  Bon,         ti<i»ii 

Witft  knigbt6«  in  hor  company,  cleno  men  a  lowknigiiu. 
thowBaond  : — 

He  was  cosyn,  by  courae,  to  the  kyng  Priam. 

Two  kynges  )iere  come  of  a  clene  yle,  ytm  uu  iiiud 

5516    ))at  Agestia,  fegrooudgeuyn  is  to  nome.  twokingii^* 

(Of  Jnj  kyngeg,  fat  I  carpe,  know  I  no  nomos ;      no  ^1^^. 

ffor  in  f  is  boko,  of  f  o  bold,  brenyt  are  none) 

)}ai  bro^t  to  fe  burghe,  buernos  a  thoweaund, 
6930    And  two  hundrith  by  tale,  all  of  triet  knightes. 

There  come  of  a  kyngdome,  callid  is  Belisaur,      From  tii> 

Of  an  ylo  be-jonde  Amyaonea,  an  abill  mon  of  S^^" 

wit. (M.Ma.) 

^  aiHEplit^ifau 

A  discrete  man  of  dedis,  diyuen  into  age,  wiuiioooi«oj 

6624    And  a  sad  mon  of  eciens  in  the  seayn  artis, — 
Epistaphus,  to  prene,  was  his  puie  nome : 
He  bright  to  f  e  bate  of  bold  men  a  thoweannd. 
And  an  archer  an  ugly,  fat  neuer  moo  hade  senc.  "d'A 
6538     He  was  made  as  a  mon  fro  fe  myddell  vp,  umber,'- 

And  &o  the  nanyll  by-ueithe,  vne  an  abill  horsey  hdMooa. 


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180  TH8  ALLIES  OF  TROT. 

°™fc  ^tit-  And  couert  as  a  capall,  all  the  corse  oner, 

HUbodf  «•  ffro  be  bed  to  be  hole,  herit  full  thick©. 

oonndwlUi  think  '  f  "^ 

bidtiudiii*  5532  His  Ene  flammet  as  the  fire,  or  a  fuerse  low, 
■  um  In,'  fferfull  of  fase,  &  hade  a  felle  loke, 

})at  fe  Giekee  oft  greait  &  to  grem  brogbt. 

Mony  woundit  ^at  wegh  &  warplt  to  dethe, 
S536     ffor  he  was  honmoQ  of  tbe  best,  &  bold  of  his 

Ths  nmnbar  of  The  nowmbur  of  bee  noble  men,  bat  I  nemmyt 

■■•  njt*9.  baue, 

tjat  come  wM  thes  kynges  and  otbei  kyde  Dal(e«, 
■WitAonte  Pnatns  pouer  of  his  pn'se  lewme, 
5540     Were  threttj  thoweaimd  fro  knightes  Jriuond 
in  armjs 
And  two,  for  to  tell,  f  at  to  f>e  tonne  soght, 
ffor  to  coraford  fat  kyng  &  his  canae  forfer. 
Syn  fe  world  was  wioght,  &  weghia  perm, 
■  5541     Was  nener  rod  in  no  Konians,  ne  in  ronke  bokfif, 
tna^  t<i«iMr.  g^  j.^^^  fightyng  follce  in  hor  fuerse  yowthe, 

Of  knights  &  clone  men  comyn  to-gedor. 
Of  tried  men  &  trusty,  fat  to  Tioy  come. 
whUemtiuiid*  5048    And  of  the  greke*,  fat  were gedrit in  a grym  oat, 
thtnwutii*  Of  knighthede  to  count  fere  was  the  dene 

flonre, 
ffor  to  wale  fnighe  the  world,  as  fo  writ  tellis. 
Wo  so  staris  on  f is  stoij,  or  stodis  ferin, 
5553     Take  bode  on  fe  barmys  &  the  hard  lures  I 

What  mighty  were  mamt,  &  martrid  to  dethe ; — 
Of  kynges,  &  knighta*,  &  of  er  ^de  Dukes, 
That  faire  lywes  hero  lost  for  a  light  cause  ! 
5556     Hit  is  heghly  to  baue,  &  of  hert  diyoe 

Socbe  sklaundur  &  skome,  fat  skathis  to  mony ; 
And  mene  vnto  mokenes  for  fe  more  harme  I 


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xiiij  Bolt.    l^otD  t1)e  (JEtHts^  sailet  fcom 

Smsboti  to  Sesese  tlje  Cite  o£  Ecog:  SnD  of 

fstcon&t  figfit  at  De  ^Tiuaill. 


SrESSE  trill  I  duly  to  dem  of  my  weik««, 
6560     How  thai  wenton  to  werre,  tho  worthy  to-gedur. 

Er  pai  twmyt  fro  Tenydon,  &  token  fe  ae,  Sr^^Sl^ 

Palomydon,  theproude  kyng.presit  into  liauyn, —  P«ira»a"  «iibi 
That  was  Naulns  son  J»  nohle,  &  his  next  aire, —  m  •hip^ 
056i    WitA  xzx"   shipper  full  ehene,  shot  full  of 
pepull 
ffiill  onest  &  abill  of  his  owno  land. 
At  wose  come  all  the  kyngea  kyndly  were  fayn, 
jMit  were  heuy  to  hym  for  hoayng  so  bnge  ^  ibl^h'™™ 

5568     WttA  ansoi  at  Attena,  ben  all  were  aseemhlit:     ^\-     , 

f,  ......»,  f  '       h«  limd  bnn  kept 

And  he  excuset  the  skathe,  fat  he  skape  might,  "  a*™  thrmgii 

fibr  sore  aickenea  &  sad,  Jiat  hym  selfe  folet. 

)}is  Palomydon  was  pert  moo,  &  prise  of  his 
dedis, 
5572     HewasgretewitftthoGrekM,  &godel;hotiourit; 

Soi  he  was  moat  full   of  men,  &  mighty  of 
londe«, 

Bothe  of  fuersnes  of  fight  &  of  fre  counsell, 

And  of  Eiches  full  Rife,  &  rankiat  of  knightw. 
B576     ))ai  prayet  pat  prinse,  all  Jo  pWae  kynge^ 

To  be  close  in  hot  cause  for  his  clene  wit, 

And  he  graantid  full  godely  all  witA  glad  chere.  M^promnwio 

All  thonkid  hym  fo  thmt^,  ^ly  to-godur.       -   «■« 


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6580    Then  tlie  grete  of  the  Grcke«  gone  into  coonsell, 
Eov   )iai  best   might  in  bat«U  ^    burgh    to 

And  )>eii  p&i  ptirpast  horn  plainly,  in  tho  pure 

[  ITor  to  dresse  for  fat  dede,  er  pa  day  Bpnmge. 

6584     But  the  fiireikes  wers  ferd  of  hor  tn  shippija, 

fibr  to  caiie  by  the  costs,  &  knew  not  the  waches; 

Or  to  remeve  fro  rode  for  rokkes  in  J»  se, 

Or  to  wjn  to  |»  vallea,  wacbid,  horn  thoght, 
5588    ffor  Iob  of  bor  lyues  and  hor  lefe  knightes : 

And  80  |iai  put  of  ^t  pwrpaa,  &  past  to  another. 

THB  COUHBBLI.  OP  DXAHEDK  TO   BTtBSX  TO   ))B  OTTH. 

When  all  connseU  were  kyde  and  carpit  to  end, 
)jai  didyn  after  Dyamede,  &  demyt  bit  )ie  best, 
1  5592     j3nt  said  horn  fall  sadly  all  in  softe  wordes  : — 
"  Yc  worthy  to  wale,  wonder  me  thinke. 
Of  our  dedis  so  dull  why  we  dure  hero  I 
Now  ie  jepely  &  ycre  yarket  to  end, 

S59G     Syn  we  light  in  this  lond  &  Ic^get  onr  aeluyn, 
And  nouw  dressid,  no  drogh,  to  no  dede  ferre  ; 
Ne  BO  hardy,  fro  pis  bauyn  to  hale  on  our  foa, — 
ffor  to  tumc  vnto  Troy,  ne  on  Jm  toun  loke. 

5600     What  dede  bane  we  don,  or  dryuen  to  an  end  i 
Or  fo  fanw  in  our  faro  fortherit  our  aeluyn  t 
But  ortid  onr  Eutnys,  &  angort  bom  noght ; 
I  Jfade  bom  wiser  of  werre,  ware  of  our  dodys, 

5G04    And  by  eompas  to  caste  to  conqnere  va  alL 
We  sothely  haue  aene,  &  our  selfa  knowen, 
Syn  we  come  to  ))ia  coste  &  cairet  no  fene. 
The  Troiena  bane  atiret  bom  wttA  myche  tor 
strenght, 

5608    p&m  Git6  to  sane,  and  bom  selfe  also, 

WttA  new  wallU  vp  wroght,  water  before, 
And  pals  haue  [uii  pigbt,  witA  pittls  and  covhb. 


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THE  OODtrSKL  OF   DIOMBDBB. 

And  other  wilis  of  werre  wroght  foe  our  sake,  »"*' 

5612    That  in&7 hast  va  to harme,  &  biiidur  OUT epode       (W"! 
WiVi  all  fere  fat  may  forthir,  &  filayn   our 

]}ai  holdyn  vb  vnfaardy  horn  for  to  n^h, 

Or  TTttA  note  for  to  noye  now  at  f  ia  tyine  : 
5616    And  ay  the  fonsr  bat  we  &r  our  fore  opon  ThtiongH 
longe,  «.«p™ 

The  more  we  proonie  oar  payne  &  onr  pnre  """ 
ahama 

J)ia  I  hope  in  my  hert  &  holly  belene, 

Hado  we  aailit  all  aomyn  to  Jte  Cit6  euyn,  h*'  «•  •*" 

5620     In  onr  course  ae  we  came,  &  cast  ts  fwrfore,  dtr,  we  mia 

We  ahuld  lighUier  hane  laght  f  e  loud  at  our  ,J^.™ 

Or  any  we  hade  ben  wafre,  wonen  of  ship 

WitAoatan  hnit  other  harme  to  bane  in  the 
dede, 
5624     Or  any  lede  to  be  lost,  or  hor  lyue  tyne. 

Now  are  the  war  of  cur  werke»,  wetyn  tb  at  iioiiii»r«ri 
bond, 

Va  will  gayne  mykell  gieme  er  we  gronnd  hane : 

And  ay  the  aer  fat  we  sit  our  aore  be  Je  harder. 
6628    Tberfore,  sothely  me  aemya,  yf  ye  BO  wille,  Timfar*.! 

bat  we  dresse  to    onr    dede   when    be   day  rHOjruiii: 
eprynges ;  ■ 

All  redy.to  rode,  aray  for  our  ebippaa, 

Icbe  wegh  in  his  wede,  as  hym  well  likee, 
5632    All  bonne  vnto  bateli  on  bia  best  vise. 

Kow  forths  in  a  rape  right  to  the  banke,  ^IJ"!)!*! 

Ti»  vnto  Troy,  tary  no  longor ;  up  ow  pmi 

And  monly  witA  might  mere  vnto  londe, 
5636    The  ground  for  to  get,  gayuia  vs  non  other. 

If  tbe  Troiens  witA  tene  tttme  for  to  fight,  iriba  -n^. 

We  wynnyt  not  of    water  but    witA    wight  ^^^"i 
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184  THE  FLEET  DBPABT8  POB  TROT. 

BwaifT.  And  iritA  fightjng  full  fell  wi't/i  a  foeree  pepull, 

6640    To  set  vp  on  yehe  eyde  vppon  sere  haluys, 
■niB^att,  <wiT  )}erfor,  laose  of  our  lyuya,  leiig  ve  not  here ; 

5?ii'2^  ami  ^"'  **f  ^  purpoH,  prese  on  our  gate  ! 

*"■"•**■"  This  bus  duly  be  done,  dem  we  non  other, 

5644    8yn  we  wyn  to  our  wille  be  no  way  elUs." 
»a  wtrt  jimni  All  plefflt  the  prtnae  witA  his  prtee  wordes, 

(fci,  88™°"  And  the  dom,  fat  he  dulte,  duly  was  kept 

»^^JJ»wjji'™*  When  the  dei^e  vaa  done,  and  the  day  apronge, 

uitj-imkti)    6648     All  the  renlw*  to  low  redyn  hor  ahippea, 
Ualit  out  of  hauyn  to  the  h^h  see. 
There  plainly  thaire  purpos  putto  an  end. 
Who  &re  ehuld  be-fore,  of  fio  felle  hyngei, 
6653     And  wo  kepit  his  cours  for  to  coire  after, 

Thus  demyt  thes  duke«  on  the  depe  water  :— 
"lui'fc™^'"^  A  hundrith  of  hede  ahippea  to  hale  on  before, 

udaiiHxtior  Sadly  to  eaile  on  pa  salt  wagbee, 

uh  (DRn;  m      6656    WttA  banew  o  brede  bret  for  fa  werre ; 

The  fotcastGls  full  of  fuetce  men  of  annys, 
WttA  shot  &  vith  shildis  shalkes  to  noy. 
tiH,notb«r  Anojier  hundrith,  anon,  negh  sone  aftur, 

himdnd!  uidUH  6G60     With  sailes  vp  set  on  ))e  same  wise, 
!^ua..  All  wrogbt  for  the  wene  &  wight  men  feria. 

)7en  folowet  all  the  llete  fast  oponon, 
Enyn  kepyn  hor  course,  as  f  ai  kend  were, 
5664    Tumet  euyn  to  ]>e  tonne,  tariet  no  lengur, 
Till  o  sithen  fia  segh  ])e  Cit4  at  bond, 
Wb«  thtriHcti  And  the  bonke*  aboute  to  be  bare  walles. 

Ihadl^.thanlU  ' 

■ndnpp^i  Then  ^  tumyt  hor  tacle  tomly  to  ground, 

lonnd;  unii  itu   6C68    Leton  sailes  doun  slide,  slippit  into  bote«, 
ihhj"  Launchet  vp  to  the  lond  lynele  bedene, 

Bnemes  bnskit  vnto  bonke ;  bold  men  in  hast, 
Thoght  fa  ground  for  to  gete,  &  no  grem  suffer, 

TEZ  HARn  jliilTALL  .OF  THE  OBEEXS. 

SiuIirSS'     S^'^2     But  the  Tioiens,  truly,  Jies  tourfer  bchdd. 


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Tas  B4TTLB    AT   THE   LAIJCINQ.  186 

How  the  fflete  of  Jiere  foa  fell  to  fe  bonke,  Bwfltirr. 

And  armyt  horn  [at]  all  peces  abill  to  fight  j  nuking  for  ti« 

Lepon  vpon  liglit  horses,  lappit  in  stele  ;  maDniinc  ibrir 

5C76     'WttAoatea  leue  of  the  lege,  or  )ie  lefTe  prince,  down  to  piavi^i 
Bowet  BUyn  to  ))e  banke  or  J>ai  bide  wold  ;  °       °*' 

Out  of  rule  or  sray  laungit  on  lenght.  (foi.  sb  \) 

The  Greke«  in  the  gret  ahippee  graidly  beheld,  ma  orwiu 

5680    Segh   the  pepntl  bo   pkintiouso,  presaund  in  ^tta^ 

arm™.  TruJuBi 

The  bonke  to  forbede,  bold  men  ynow : 

Thai  hade  mcrnell  full  mekyll  in  hor  mynd  all. 

To  ae  the  goosraaunce  graithe,  &  the  grete  cheie, 

6684    How  wisely  )>o  werriours  wroghten  Yodur  ehild. 

There  was  no  Gi«ke  so  gtym.neof  so  gretwille^  ■ndt.riunH 
Duist  abate  on  ))o  buemea,  ne  to  bonke  stride ;  burt"" 
Ne  afibise  hym  witA  fight  to  ferke  out  of  ship. 

5688    But  for  horn  gaynet  no  ground  to  get  at  [le  tyme, 

But  ]iurghe  stuenght  of  strokef,  &  of  strong  fight,  swing  tiwra  ■» 
And  wttA  batell  full  big  on  a  bieme  wise,  bntbytiiid 

Jjai  annyt  horn  at  all  peces  all  the  oat  well,  SSu^^bim 

5692    Wonyn  to  fare  weppons  wyghtly  by-dene,  mdarirauT* 

And   ^rdyn  vp  to  fe  ground  wi'tA  hor  grete  **^ 

shippes. 
Frotheseolon  the  proude,  of  Philace  was  kyng. 
He  was  formast  on  fiete  with  the  fiist  hondrith,  PntBiiBu  w» 

6696    pat  boldly  to  bonke  braidis  to  fight.  tbot-,  tmtM 

But  hia  shippes  were  shent  wj  tA  a  aharpe  wynd,  Ihl^™„  ttw 
Gird  on  the  ground  wttA  so  giym  wille,  "**■ 

Till  ))ai  Tut  on  a  Bocke,  &  rent  all  to  peees, 

5700    Jiat  mony  was  mard  &  tlie  men  drowuet : 

Vne  Bunkyn  in  ])0  se  mony  sure  knighteu.  MujofbiiBra 

And  who,  fiat  lacchit  the  lond  wt'tft  the  lyf  ^en,  and  tiwH  vbo' 
"Were  takon  witA  the  Troiens  &  tymet  to  detho,  S^^"*^"" 

6704    Martrid  Si  mnrthrid,  manglit  in  pesos. 

J^en  the  fight  wex  foil  )>o  fuerse  men  amonge. 


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THB  BATTLE  AT  THB  UKDIHO. 

Of  Arowes  &  Awblastots  fe  aire  wex  tlticlce^ 
5708     And  dyiuiyt  wi'tA   dyutea,  J»t^  delto  were  pcA 

tyme.  , .    ^ 

:'•'—-  The  jyiiela  wex  red  of  the  Tonke  bloda, 

f)ai   were  slayne   in    the   slicche,  &  in  alym 
lightyn. 

There  aothely  was  aene  what  aoiow  &  pyne, 
6712    And  how  balfall  &  bittur  the  banko  was  to  wyn. 

How  the  gtdkea  were  gird  vnto  grym  dethe, 

Sever  red  was  in  Bomanee  wttft  no  renke  yet. 

That  any  weghes  in  the  world,  ^at  to  werre  yode, 
6716     WitA  Eoche  baiet,  fro  ^e  bote  Tuto  bank  wan, 

Aa  hit  happit  here  wttA  so  bard  fight. 

But  the  Bccund  sort  sotbely,  ]Nit  sewet  hom 
tSttir, 

Were  graither  of  gonemaunca,  grippet  hor  sailea^ 
5730     And  light  vnto  lond  lynely  and  eotmd. 

More  wisely  Jai  wroght  f  urgh  wamyng  befotet 

pei  preset  vp  proudly  wi'tft  panys  in  bond, 

In  refut  of  hor  felowes,  )iat  were  fonle  mart ; 
5724     And  the  Troiens  tyt  tumyt  hom  agayne, 

fibr-bode  hom  the  banke  wttA  mony  bale  dintes. 

))ai  braid  to  pen  bowea,  bold  men  in  hast, 

With  alblastia  also  atlet  to  ahote, 
5728     WitA  big  bowea  of  brake  bykrit  fnll  hard, 

Laccbet  on  ^e  ledia,  ^at  on  lofte  stode, 

Hurt  hom  full  hidiously,  huilet  hom  abake. 

There   were  ded  of   }io    dynte^  mony  derfe 
knighte*. 
5732    The  shalkes  for  )ra  shot  ehont  fro  fo  banke. 

And  the  grekd«  vp  gird  in  a  gret  nowmher, 

fiell  faersly  to  fight,  &  hor  felowes  halpe, 

j3o  |)at  left  vpon  lyne,  Jwf  ^i  lyte  ^Te^e. 
5736    J)ea  gird  ]iai  to-gedur  with  a  grym  tare  I 

ffnll  fell  was  the  £ght  wi'tA  |)0  fuorse  troiens. 

Fretheaaelon,  pe  prtse  kyng,  preuyt  bia  strei^ht, 


THI  BATTLB  IT  THE  LANDIKO.  167 

There  woodnfiilly  wrogbt  hia  w^hia  to  Wpe  ;        J*"*  mt- 
5740    Mony  Troiem  witA  tene  tytnyt  to  groond,  *^'*!^1^ 

Thnigb  Bv«p  of  his  ewoid  swsltyn  belyne  1  udm  don 

Mony  doDghty  T«ie  ded  TttA  dynt  of  im  hood,  ti^uu. 

And  myche  fortbeiit  his  feria  in  hoi  fell  augur  ! 
6744     Hade  not  the  freike  ben  so  faeise  wHA  Jm  fell  am  temmmn 

Qnlki  hid  bnn 

dyntM,  m  don  lot 

All  the  greke>  bode  ben  giid  Tnto  grym  dethe,    ""^ 
And  all  Ifftttnet  yche  ben,  ^t  were  to  banks      (u.n».) 

comyn. 
Bat  what  fortberit  hia  fight,  ^  he  fell  were,       Bm  wtut  omid 

5748    WftAseTenthowaannd^men^rongento-gedni,  im  bb  .oiiirt 
Jwre  a  bondzitb  hole  were  on  a  hepe  eomyn         mjusr 
All  triet  men  uf  Tray  fat  bom  tene  vioghtl 
Mony  dyntte*  full  dedly  dolt  were  anon  [ 

5752    The  Gieke>  were  gird  doun,  &  or  ground  lay, 
Mony  ewonyng;  &  Bwalt,  &  in  Bwym  felle. 
The  greke«  were  eo  gienyt,  &  to  grom  broght, 
)}ai  wold  fayn  haue  ben  forthe,  fled  on  bor  way,  r*iR  mnid  ti>» 

6756    Bttt  no  wiae  might  fo  veghia  wyn  into  ahip;       tm^i^^^M*' 
Ne  to  lepe  6o  |«  lond  into  ^  low  se,  '"*' 

Hit  waa  not  holaom  foi  bom,  eo  bard  waa  the 

trtourl 
Horn  was  lener  on  (w  lond  leng  at  bor  aunt«r, 

6760    And  be  brittnet  in  batell,  >en  burboll  in  the  flod. 
}>ai  fell  fiieraly  to  fight,  fo  few  ]iat  ^en  were, 
And  put  all  fen  pcuer,  pynyt  bom  sore.  Tbar  "••^  * 

The  Tioiens  dong  bom  dom  in  the  depe  slithe,    Tn«Hw.wiis>a 

5764    Mony  lost  bor  lyuea,  &  light  in  the  water,  uwm  bue  iba  m. 

And  were  ded  in  the  depe  wiUonten  dyn  more. 
The  might  was  eo  mekyll  of  ^o  mayn  Troiens,      acub  uht  nnu 
Jiai  bade  no  strenght  to  wttAatond,  ne  hor  stid  coiih.  bn  m 

holds,  nlUalhm;  ud 

6768    But  all  borne  were  Jui  backe  to  fe  buame  syde,  JJ|^JjJ^^||^ 
And  bade  d^bit  by-dene  witA  dyntte*  of  bond ; 
But  Arcbelaus  in  annya  auntrid  to  banko, 


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1S8  tllE  BATTLB  AT   TUE  LAKDIHO. 

BcBfcxiy.  And  fell  vnto  fight  his  feriB  to  helpe. 

5772    Now  faatell  on  Iwnt  ^  buemee  betwene, 

The  gtevans  was  giet  )io  grekes  among ; 

Assemblit  were  sono  ^  same  in  ])e  figbt. 

And  restorit  full  stithly  Jio  stuff  of  Jw  grekea. 

5776     ffell  was  the  fight  &  fueree  horn  ^^ynes, 

And  mony  deghit  wjtA  dynt  of  fo  derfe  pepull : 
Mony  harmye  fai  hent  er  hor  helpe  come. 
"""o.^^^S^  J*®°  Nestor  anon  neghit  to  lond, 

thtbuiif,  5780     With  his  shippis  full  ahene,  &  sharpe  men  of 

armys, 
udiuiKdinu  Hard  hastid  to  helpe  wttA  hetorly  wille, 

And  sodainly  with  his  sort  soght  into  batell  t 
Speiris  into  sprottw  epronge  ou«r  bede ; 
5784     Arowes  Tp  la  the  aire  ysshit  full  Jtloke ; 
"^^"iuiihi  Swordia,  wi'tA  swapping,  swaruyt  on  helmee ; 

•hniu  of  swB  The  dede,  vndttr  dynttes,  dusshit  to  ground ; 

Cloudis  witA  the  clamowr  claterit  aboue, 
5788     Of  the  dit  &  >e  dyn,  ]iat  to  dethe  went  1 

Prothenor  the  prise  kyng,  &  proud  Archelaus, 
Mony  tolke  of  fie  Troiena  tymyt  to  dethe. 
AidiMjbvM  ud  j}ei)  Aficalua  &  Alacue  auntrid  to  land, 

uid  oniuiig  wtih    6792     And  aryueu  full  rad  witA  Jwre  rank  ahippes : 
drin  um  TnjHu  Vfith  pen  pouer  full  prist  past  fro  ^e  water, 

Bnisshet  into  batell,  &  myche  bale  wroght. 
So  felly  in  fbre  foghtyn  fo  two, 
5796    Obacke  went  the  batell  of  >e  burghe  folke  ; 
But  frtnh  troop.  But  bere  were  fule  other  fresshe,  bat  no  fight 

amu  DP,  Hid  Ihtr  '  '  I  a 

ngaln  Ui>lr  tOUCbll^ 

J)at  gird  into  the  grekes  wilA  a  grym  will, 
And  all  backward  hom  here  to  fa  bnenie  sidsy 
5800     )}at  foi  from  ^e  flode  might  no  freke  wyiL 
uijnnHidhia  Then  Vlexea  come  vp  vne  Wi'tA  hia  foiko, 

mon  Uiau  Uad  .  '^ 

tnd  ™ii  upca  lb*  Wan  out  of )«  wat«r  &  hia  weghia  all, 

*"'"'■  And  biaid  intt'  batell  witA  a  brem  wille. 

6604    Sharpe  was  the  ahouie  the  sheltrun  [amonge]  t 


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TOK  BATTLfl  AT  THE  L^KDIMO.  189 

The  Grake*  gettm  hor  ground,  {lat  [graidly  was    b»''  h^' 

lost],  '*•  OfBtta,  that 

And  mjche  comford  horn  UiQ  cij]ni  of  )iat  kene  i^npvoDdi 

knight]  1 
lloDj  wonndet  ^  wroght,  [and  warpit  to  dethe]  1 

6808    VUxes  with  vttemTmse  Tikder  [his  shild],  duun^^dir 

Mony  stithe  in  etoare  Btroke  on  [|iere  helmea] ;    '^^^^^^ 
Laonsit,  as  a  lyoan,  Jwit  were  [lengcn  aboute],      jj^™™nn. 
And  of  the  ffiigies  fell  with  [his  f uerse  dinttes]  ;       t^  *"  >-) 

5812     Sam  he  stroke  in  tbe  stouie  streght  to  J>b  erthe; 
Sum  dange  to  the  dethe,  &  derit  full  mjkyU. 
The  prood  kyng  of  Fafligon  persayuit  his  dede, —  ■ 
One  Fhilmene,  a  fireike  of  the  ferre  halue, —         !|^bu^u 

5816     He  gitd  hym  to  gronnd  witA  a  gijm  speire ;  i«««»'>ta. 

And  he  fell  vppon  foto,  ^ht  vi'tA  the  kyng. 
And  Fhilmene  the  fuerse,  wttA  a  fell  dynt, 
Vttrid  VUxes  Tne  in  the  place, 

5820    l>at  hit  shot  {iron^  the  ahUde  &  |ie  shire  maila. 

To  ^e  bare  of  ^  body,  ])at  the  blade  folowet ;      duiud  m  th> 
And  he  gird  to  ]>e  ground  witA  a  grym.  hurt,        iroondi  boi"™* 
Hade  no  etiengbt  for  to  stond,  jet  he  stert  vp,     t^i  '^ 

5824    And  frusshit  at  Fhilmene  -witJi  a  fyn  launse.         ^'o^^J,",! 
Wi'tA  all  themi^t  &  themayn,  Jwt  the  mon  hade,  ^^J^™  ^  "" 
He  hit  hym  so  hetturly  on  h^h  on  the  shild, 
))at  he  bieke  fmiffh  the  burd  to  the  bare  throte  ; 

5828     Hurlet  Jmrghe  the  hawbe^h,  hurt  hym  full  sore ; 
The  gret  Tayne  of  his  gorge  gird  vne  yaondMr, 
)}at  the  &eike,  vitA  the  frusshe,  fell  of  his  home, 
Halfe  ded  of  the  dynt,  dossbst  to  ground. 
■  5832    The  Troiens  for  yat  tulke  had  tene  at  hoi  hert ;    Tba  rnjiu  <ing 
Kayron  eayn  to  the  kyng,  caght  hym  belyne ;      gn^a  ind  mn, 
Harlet  hym  fro  horefet,  had  hym  away.  u^J^  ""^  " 

[He]  for  ded  of )«  dynt  was  diest  on  his  shild, 

5838     ^And  bou]me  on  the  boide  to  )«  burgh  bom  ; 
[For  the  de]thB  of  ^ia  duke  doll  woe  ynogh 
[That  trublit  Je]  Troiene  witA  tene,  tn'st  ye  no 
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THB  BATTLE  iX  TBI  LANDING. 

; [Mf  che  harm  to  )>em]  happit  heie  at  ^ia  tyme ! 

6610     [The  Grekes  were]  bo  grym  ])at  were  to  ground 
comyn, 
[UoQjr  dukea  were]  ded  of  pe  derfe  Troiens. 
[ptxi  Toa]x  of  Toil6  Telemon  the  kjng, 
[Agamynon,  &]  Aiaz,  &  all  ofer  ahippis, 
6844    {ComQ  launchond  to]  lonnd  and  hor  lordee  all : 
And  Menelaua  the  mighty,  &  hia  men  hole, 
•  ffull  radly  arofe,  raiked  to  loud ; 

■lie  Halet  vp  horses,  highet  olofte  ; 

ihi  SSiS    And  fellon  vnto  fight  fem  feres  to  helpe, 
pat  were  strongly  be^tad  in  a  stonre  hc^e. 
To  the  Troiens  J»ai  tifmyt  &  mekill  tene  wroght  I 
The  frusshe  was  so  felLe,  fo  fueise  men  betveoe, 
S852    Crakbyng  of  cristis,  cnushyng  of  speiris, 

The  clynke  &  fo  clamour  claterit  in  the  aire, 
And  witA  dyntt«  of  derfe  men  dynnet  the  erthe ; 
Mony  Troiens  wttA  tone  were  tymyt  to  ground, 
5856    Sum  ded  of  )io  dynttet,  mm  depe  woundit ; — 
Bestoret  the  etithe  batell  strongly  anon, 
And  mony  dongen  to  dethe  of  the  derfe  Troiens. 
Then  Protheeaalon  fo  pn'se  kyng,  ^at  preaet  to 
lond 

n  tha  buua  to   6&6Q     ffirst  in  the  forward,  ^t  his  folke  lost, 
^  uut«  on  Um  ^g  ^g^  ^gjy  for-WToght,  ii  wonndet  full  sore, — ■ 

Hade  Ubnrt  ao  looge,  hym  liet  for  to  rest, — 
And  bowet  bo  the  batell  to  )ie  bonke  side, 
5861    ffor  to  beld  hym  on  ])e  bent,  &  his  btethe  take. 
And  0  sithen  he  soght  to  ^  se  enyn, 
])ere  )M  fight  was  first,  &  the  folke  dronnet ; 
n  m  ■»>  Pen  he  plainly  porBayuit  his  pepull  were  ded,— 

pgrUH^  b*    5868    (Mt  no  lede  of  ^t  loidet  vppon  lyue  was. 
i^g^Tud  Soche  a  Borowe  of  fat  sight  sanke  to  his  hert, 

■-  ^t  his  wedis  wez  weto  of  his  wan  teri^ 

And  he,  stithsly  astonyt,  gtert  into  yra ; 
5872    More  breme  to  fe  batell  his  baret  to  vmge, 


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THS  BATTLE  AT  THS  LAHDINO.  191 

Of  hia  folke  fat  were  iallyn  vnto  fell  dethe,  »">"'■ 

Hard  bighet  vnto  lioree  with  a  hert  ^ro, 

fforto  felle  of  {»  ffrigiea  felly  he  )K>ght. 
6876    Ouon  wi'tA  a  naked  sword  neghit  to  bateU,  Buuag  uBidiut 

Vne  wode  of  his  wit  as  a  wild  lyon,  ««b)'. 

Mony  bieme  on  fe  bent  brittoned  to  ground.  (iol  >i  t.) 

Hony  kild  the  kyngin  hiscleneyre!  soidownigrwt 

5880    Myche  tene  (te  Troiens  tid  of  his  bond  !  '"'* 

Then  Feraes  the  pronde  kyng  prise  mon  of  ynde, 

'With  a  hatell  of  bowmen  fro  the  burgh  come, 

And  wttA  a  femet  iare  fell  to  )>e  stooreL  > 

6884    At  whose  come  the  cuntre-m^i  comford  were  alL  i**  Tniimi  niun 

And  restoret  the  stithe  fight  etnemly  agayn ;        in>  um  om/u 

As  &8sebe  to  ])ere  fos  as  at  the  first  tyme. 

Gild  to  the  Grekes,  &  moche  grem  wroght; 
6888     Wonndit  horn  wikkedly,  wait  horn  to  groond, 

Oppresset  bom  wttA  pyne,  put  horn  abake, 

AH  the  hatell  to  pe  bouke,  &  mony  bueme  slogh. 

Pen  the  grekes  hade  ben  giymly  gird  vnto  dethe,  bo  ft*  um  utiti) 
6892    Ne  hade  Palomedon,  the  prise  kyng,  pierat  to  UMrwmuiwn 
lond,  fc-i-.™,-!. 

WiUt  fele  fightyng  folke  of  faeise  men  c^  armys ; 

Halet  Tp  horses  hard  out  of  bote, 

"Wonyn  on  wighUy,  wentyn  to  hatell, 
5896     Hia  folke  to  re&esshe  -with  a  fyn  wtlle. 

The  assembly  was  soi«r  o  )>e  se  hanks  ; 

Mony  deghit  foil  demly,  dole  to  b»-holde ! 

Then  the  grekes  agayne  geton  jwre  herte>,  Tn*  ondn  ihm 

6900  .  And  mycha  comford  kaght  of  his  come  fon. 

This  Palomydon  paynyt  hym  pepnll  to  sloe. 

And  mony  wonndys  he  vn^bt  in  bia  wild  yre. 

He  soght  to  on  Sym^on,  a  end  mon  of  armys, — 
6904     Kyng  Merion  |re  mighty  was  bis  met  brother, 

))at  fele  had  confonndit  of  the  fneise  greket ; — 

He  here  to  ^  bold  vith  a  big  sworde, 
.  And  rof  ^nigh  the  Ribbea  right  to  fe  hert, 


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^  BwtiiT.       5908     Jwt  be  feU  of  hia  horse  flat  to  fo  ground, 
Deghit  of  fe  dynt,  &  deirct  no  moo. 
Palomjdon  preset  furth  into  ^e  prise  batcll ; 
(fcL  Ma.)  Mony  tulke  out  of  Troy  tyrnyt  to  dotiie ; 

udihaToch*      5912    Mony  knight  don  cast  to  ^e  cold  erthe. 
ndu^tiutthtr  All  were  fcrd  of  pe  &eikc,  fled  of  his  way; 

susr  u  fg\a  DiiKt  HO  bueme  on  hym  bate  for  hia  bold  dedis. 

Myche  clamour  &  crye  was  kyde  In  Jw  ost, 
&9I6    pal  the  Troiens  foe  tene  m^bt  taiy  tio  lengur ; 
But  with  prise  of  Fslomydon  put  all  aboke. 
And  for  in  the  fight  fell  hom  the  worse, 
Tne  boun  bo  ye  batell  biiaket  to  flu, 
Vntill  Ector  eris  hit  Bntrid  belyue 
The  great  noise  of  fie  noy,  yat  in  note  was. 
He  lope  on  a  light  horse  lyuely  enatmyt, 
And  soght  to  ^e  se  banke  to  eocur  his  pepull ; 
5924     Wode  in  his  wrathe  wynnys  into  batell ! 
AH  shone  hia  shilds  &  his  ehene  armur, 
Glissenond  of  gold  witJi  a  glayre  hoge : 
Thie  lions  the  lord  bare  all  of  light  goulis, 
6928     pat  were  shapon  on  bis  shild,  shalke«  to  l>e- 
holde. 
DriTinj  In  uBDBc  He  gird  to  the  greke*  witA  a  grym  yre ; 

cDt  hu  > V  rt«ht  In  the  brest  of  the  batell,  bere  bnemes  were 

thicke, 
He  flrussbet  so  feUy  freikes  to  ground  ; 
5932     Kade  wayes  full  wide  ^e  weghie  among ; 

Shot  thurgh  the  sheltrons,  shent  of  («  pepull. 
To  Frotbesseloa   he  preset,  fat  pepull  hade 

And  myche  wo  had  wrogfat  on  pa  wild  ttoiens, 

THB  DEIBB  Or  FROTHESBOLON  BT  BOIOB  SLATH. 

■nd  with  ■  flwa    5936    He  swappit  at  hym  swithe  wttA  a  aweid  felle ; 
•w^  doTi  mm  Hit  on  hie  hede  a  full  hard  dynt ; 


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TBB   BA1TLE   AT   TOB   LAKDIKO. 

Slit  hym  down  degfalj  thurghe  the  alote  euyrt, 
5910    Bode  at  tbe  belt  abid,  and  the  bueme  degbit 

Then  leuet  he  the  lede,  launchet  on  ferre, 

Mony  dauge  to  the  dede  wil/i  dyiit  of  his  hond  ; 

Who  happit  hym  to  hitte  harmyt  nomo. 
59H    Mony  brem  in  the  batetl  britnet  to  detha, 

Sundrit  the  aoppis  vusarkonly  with  hondes : 

All  gird  of  tua  gate,  gevyn  hym  the  way. 

Icbe  &eike  of  ^t  fitise  fraynit  at  other, 
5948     Jtet  our  foike  ^na  felly  Qjagea  to  ground  : 

J»n  pai  knowen  by  cooree  of  his  dene  ahap,        ' 

J}at   it    was    Ector    the    honorable,    eddist    of  k 
knightea.  n 

Thai  fled  &o  the  fase  of  hia  felle  dyntt««,  " 

6952     So  bold  waa  no  baeme  his  bir  to  wit^atond, 

Ke  ^  caupa  of  hia  kene  swoid  kaat  bom  to  mete. 

Whill  he  bode  in  the  batell,  fa  buenie  witA  hia 
honde 

Mony  grekes  wttA  gram  he  giid  to  the  dethe. 
0956     All  failit  ^ere  fotse,  feblit  fen  hertte«,  i 

The  batell  on  backe  was  borne  to  ^e  se.  a 

Then  weiy  he  wex,  &  of  hia  weike  bote, 

Bowet  fro  the  batell,  &  hia  buemee  leuyt.  i 

6960  The  aan  in  his  eerde  set  vndumethe  ; 
The  light  wex  las,  be  leuyt  the  fild, 
Soght  to  ^  Cit j  aoberly  &  faire. 

Left  his  feria  in  )ie  fild  fightyng  full  hard. 

6961  Then  grekes  agayne  getton  fere  hertte«,  i 
fruahet  )ie  ffrigiea  felly  to  ground  ;  t 
So  hit  tid  hom  tensiche  betymys  pat  day.  d 
But  |m  Troiens  fall  toie  tui-nyt  agayne,  ° 

6968     fFoghten  so  felly,  frunt  hom  a  backe, 
Kyld  mony  knight^s,  cacchit  on  hard, 
Grenyt  so  the  grekea,  fei  graithet  to  fle^ 
Were  borne  to  |)e  banke  wi'tA  baret  ynogh. 

6972     Then  Achilles  the  choiae  chenyt  to  land. 


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THE  BATTLE  AT  TEE   LANDIHQ. 

With  his  shippts  in  a  aheltran,  &   akalkes 

witAin; 
Gird  Tp  to  Jie  ground  witA  a  grym  fare, 
With  ^re  thowsaund  ])ro  men  ^list^  in  annTs ; 
6976    ffell  to  fie  fight  on  a  fueree  wise. 

Myche  tene  the  Troiens  tid  of  his  hond  t 
1  The  grekes  keuriyt  for  comford  by  comyng  of 

ffell  was  the  fight  fo  frekes  betwone ! 

6980    Mon;  gird  to  )i6  giomid,  and  to  giym  dethe ; 
Mony  lede  out  of  lyae  light  on  the  erthe  I 
The  stouTQ  was  bo  etithe  fo  etrong  men  among, 
That  full  mekull  -was  the   murthe,    &  mony 
were  ded. 

5984     The  Troiena  full  tyte  were  tymit  to  ground : 

Thuighe  A  chillee  cMuolry  horn  cheuyt  the  woisa 
Mony  fell  p&t  fifako  witJi  his  Aierse  dyntt««  ! 
Myche  blode  on  the  bent,  bale  for  to  ee  ; 

5988     Of  myrthe  &  of  mumyng  thurgh  might  of  hym 
one. 
Then  the  last  of  ^o  lefe  shippis  launcMt  to 
,  bouke, 

And  all  the  fighting  folke  fell  to  {w  lond ; 
^  Gyrdyn  in  grymly  into  grete  batelL 

6992     The  multitude  was  so  mykyll  at  Jw  mene  tyme. 
Of  the  grekes  vppon  ground,  &  of  grym  folke, 
The  Troiens  for  tene  tymyt  the  bacte, 
flleddon  in  fere,  &  the  filde  leuyt ; 

6996     All  somyn  to  the  Git4  soghten  by-dene, 

With  myche  clamur  &  crie  for  care  of  hor  dethe. 
Mony  waichond  wound,  and  wei6  at  all, 
Mony  chivalrous  Achilles  choppit  to  dethe ; 

6000     All  his  wedis  were  wete  of  faire  wan  blode ! 

As  f>ai  flagbe  in  the  filde,  ))e  freke  wM  ixis  hond, 
So  he  gird  horn  to  ground  with  a  grym  sword. 
To  Jre  Cit4  fotsothe,  ccssit  |iai  noght. 


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THB  BATTLB   AT  THE 

6004     Moche  angre  at  the  entr^  auntrid  to  falls,  Bn*  xiv. 

To  tbe  Troiens  with  tone,  er  )>ai  toon  entred.        At  itx  gmtm  at 
H;che  Blaght«  in  the  Blade,  &  alyngyng  of  hoise  !       tin.  n  *o 
Moay  derfe  )iere  d^hit,  was  dole  to  beholdo  1      twriM*:  uii  *" 

6008    ffuU  myche  was  the  mnrthe,  &  more  hade  [wre  ll^'iil'Jt^ 
bene,  TwinM-B^ 

^  Mid  Dglptiobiil 

Hade  not  Troilus  the  tene  Utrnjt  to  fisht,  nuhriontuid 

And  Paris  the  pn'ee  wttft  pepnll  ync^h,  0™** 

WitA  Deffebns  tiie  deife,  of  dedis  full  felle, 

6012    )>at  fell  to  )«  froBshe  of  ^  fiieise  greket ; 
IsBiiat  ont  egnrly,  angjet  fiill  monj. 
And  so  sesit  the  suet,  so^tTn  no  ferre. 
The  night  was  so  nigh,  noye  was  the  more, 

601 6    The  day  was  done,  dymmet  the  skyes.  riuatjf  dona , 

The  Ttoiena  full  tite  tymyt  the  jates,  Jtorti^"" 

Banet  hom  bigly  wt'tA  barrea  of  yma  a^'irtiMnl 

Achillea  witA  his  chiualera  chefe  to  (w  bonke,       toumnmip. 

6020    All  the  gcekee  agayn  Agamynon  vnto. 

The  Emperonie  hym  owne  selfe  oidant  onon,        AgmnmoB 
fforto  bilde  vp  tenttw,  taiiet  no  lengur.  him  iu  (I» 

Sitltea  hym  selfe  assignet  the  gret  ■^c^.'^^uu 

602*    Placia  of  pawyliona,  for  the  prise  kyng«  ^  °"** 

Grate  tentte«  to  graide,  as  ^aire  dt^re  askit ; 
Ledges  to  las  men,  witA  leuya  of  wod. 
Iche  bueme,  on  his  best  wise,  busket  to  lei^^ 

6028    ITor  the  night  waa  so  neghe,  noyet  hom  alL 
Stablit  vp  hoF  stedis  &  hor  stithe  hones. 
On  niche  mano*  as  ftd  might,  foi  the  mene 

Asd  all  necessaries  for  )ie  night,  )>at  Jwi  nait«  RMB*rii>  im 

Sbuld ,  brought  trnn  Oh 

6032     ffecchit  fro  the  flete,  &  ferkit  to  bonke.  ^^ab^«d 

Thaire  ahippis  in  sheltrona  shotton  to  lond,  """"^ ''  "**'' 

Knyt  hom  wttA  cables  &  wt'tA  kene  ancies, 
And  bound  hom  full  bigly  on  hor  best  wise. 

6036     As  Agamynon  the  greto  the  gomys  commaundyt. 


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DdqiiU  night 


196  THE  BATTXE   AT  THE  lANDINO. 

Bant  I  IT.  Brode  firis  &  brem  beccyn  in  Jie  oat, 

"'^*di«d'"''"  Torchia  and  tendlia  the  tenttes  to  l^ht, 

[rd.««.)  That  yche  freike  in  the  fild  hia  felow  might 

tnow, 
6040     Alae  light  on  to  loke,  as  Jie  leue  day. 
wiiIUm  ntob  it  Other  feris  opon  fer  the  freike<  witAoute, 

WitA  Bkowt«  wacche  for  skathe  &  Bkeltyng  of 
harme. 
Tiw  TrotiM  Uie  Troiens  w»tA  t«iie,  Jwt  in  the  towne  were, 

tiwetij.  6041    Neghit  horn  not  negh,  ne  no  noj  did, 

But  closit  the  clene  yates,  keppit  horn  wrtftin. 
This  AgamynoQ,  the  grete,  gaynit  no  slepe. 
Bis^  was  the  baente  all  the  baie  night, 
6048     To  ordan  for  his  Emnyes,  as  I  ei  aaide, 
fTolke  opon  fer,  the  firis  wttAoute, 
ffor  to  wacche  and  to  yrako  tot  wothis  of  hanne, 
"With  qwiatlia,  &  qwes,  &  other  qwaint  gcra, 
6052     Melody  of  mowthe  ntyrthe  for  to  here  ; 

And  men  of  armya  full  mony  made  for  to  atond, 
In  Boppes  on  sere  halfe  the  aercle  to  kepe ; 
The  oat  out  of  angwr  &  auntwr  to  were, 
I^dpllMdiBiihr  ^^^^     Wacche  wordea  to  wale,  pat  weghis  might  know ; 
ti«  wonnitad.  ggj^  jug^  ^  agte  aoundly  to  rest, 

pat  were  feblet  in  fight,  &  hade  fele  wounde«, 
To  lie  in  bor  lodges  a  littell  at  ese. 
AU  ibraogii  ihi     6060    Armet  were  all  men  foi  auntur  to  come, 
HSj^™  Till  the  deike  was  don,  &  the  day  apiange, 

"™^  And  the  sun  in  his  aercle  set  vppo  lofte. 

This  fight  was  the  first  po  felons  betwene, 
6064    Syn  thay  light  on  the  lond : — lord  gifie  vs  ioye  I 


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tb  38oftt.    ®f  tfir  <&i:Dinaunce  of  tfie  ^xaitm 
to  tfie  Sccunlr  SSatell. 

Ector  the  Houenble,  eriy  at  Mome, 

"When  the  Bim  Tp  eoght  wttA  bia  softo  beames, 

Ledar  of  the  ledis,  )iat  lon^t  to  Troj^, 

6068     He  pwrpost  hia  pepull  witA  his  pure  wit, 
ffoT  to  &Te  to  the  fight,  &  the  fild  take. 
He  soinond  ail  the  Cit^  vppon  eeie  haluys, 
Euery  bueme  to  he  bonn  on  hot  best  viae, 

6072     Annyt  at  sU  pesce  abill  to  fight ; 

And  asBembht  in  stid  host  hym  eelufD  befoie. 
On  a  place,  ))at  was  playn,  plesaund  mtA  all. 
There  a  temple  was  tild  of  tide  Diana, 

6076    ffull  wortbely  wroght  weghie  to  beholde. 

Thidur  comyn  the  k/nges  witA  knighte«  enaimyt, 
And  were  pertid  full  pristly,  put  into  Imtell, 
By  deujse  of  the  duke,  })at  doghtie  was  aye, 

6080     As  for  the  £ght  at  the  fuU  on  the  first  day. 
ffor  to  jarpe  vp  the  jate,  he  jepely  comaund, 
jMt  hight  Dardan  by-dene  duly  to  nome. 
Of  hia  cosyna  he  cald  kyde  men  two : 

6084     On  Glaucon,  a  gome  ^t  graithe  was  in  armys, 
(He  was  a  knight  full  kant,  the  kyngsc  son  of 

lice. 
And  a  wight  mon  in  wer,  wild  of  his  dedia) 
And  Synabor,  foisothe,  the  secund  was  he, 

6088    Ector  owne  brother,  abiU  to  fight. 


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HXOTOB  ABBAT6   HIS  70RCB8 

i"^^"-  To  horn    assignet    the    soaerain,    all   of    sura 

*^'  A  thowsaund  full  ))ro,  Jtriuaund  in  wer. 

Strong  men  in  atoura,  atumeet  of  will, 
6092     Witty  and  wild,  waled  men  all 

Of  the  ledis  of  Lice  &  of  leue  troy. 
In  Neptune  nome  &  nobill  goddia  other, 
Bad  hom  wend  for  hoi  worship  tho  worthy  to- 
gedni; 

i*«>u«     6096     And  pti  glode  forth  gladly  at  the  gntte  yate, 

Tawaide*  the  grekea  on  the  ground  in  a  grym  ost. 
Pea  oidant  Ector,  of  honorable  knightes, 

■BHrifiH  Of  wise  men  in  wer,  wightly  a  thowsaimd ; 

S^"      6100     Betaght  to  Tesena,  of  traay  was  kyng, 

L»6m.)  Wt'tA  archilacus  a  choise  knight  in  his  chero 


(ppolliliXrolliu, 


Gof  loue  to  ^0  lordys,  let  hom  pas  on, 
Bed  hom  fare  to  fe  frakys,  |)at  before  were, 
And  Lothe  in  a  batell  as  hom  beat  lyket. 
The  aecnnd  batell,  aothely,  fie  soueran  aiaiet. 
Of  tbre  thowaond  fro  knyghtia,  Jpiyuo^id  to- 

gedur, 
And  assignet  hom,for  soueran,XantiptM  pe  kyng. 
And  Ascane  also,  abill  of  dedye, 
pat  of  frigie  )ie  faire,  )iai  were  £re  kyngaa. 
pm  be  leue  of  f  e  lord,  >o  ledyB  in  fere 
Bowet  to  f  e  btode  jate,  hor  bnmys  hom  vith. 
And  gon  toowatd  ))e  grekis  witA  a  giete  chere. 
The  firid  batell  in  p6  buigh,  pai  fe  bueme  made, 
Was  as  mony  abill  knyghtes,  anntrus  of  bond, 
Of  ^  tolkya  of  troy,  tidS  men  all, 
Witft  Troilua  to  tume  furthe,  truest  of  knyj^hte*. 
And  ector  full  onestli  his  aune  brother  taght, 
WitA  fayre  wordis  in  &ythinll  of  hya  &e  will : — 
"  Dere  brother  and  daife,  I  dout  me  fiill  sore. 
Lest  ])i  friknes  so  furse,  in  ^  fell  hert, 


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FOB    TSB  BECONO  BATTLH.  199 

Brynge  fe  to  bale  for  fi  bold  dedys ;  Boot  xv. 

]}at  fou  couet  be-ouise  to  caire  into  woche,  i«^  jmio 

And  oaer  fer  on  )ii  foBe  fore  hj  fi  selnyn  1 
6124     I  pray  ^e  full  preatli,  \rttA  dl  my  para  saole,        i  benechroo.  d« 

J»t  fou  kepo  }ii  corse,  for  ease  Jwt  may  fall,  flxokhij,     ' " 

And  fere  not  witA  foli  onre  foa  for  to  glade, 

No  wirk  not  vnwyly  in  pi  wilde  dedis, 
6128    )}at  fii  manhod  be  marte  thuigh  )ii  mysrewle ; 

But  bere  [le  in  batell  as  a  bneme  wyse, 

Jjat  fii  fose  thiugh  pi  foli  p6  faynen  not  worthe,    iMT«ir«iBoiai 

Me  be  cheryst  wttft  chore  thuigh  our  chaunae  cbSlJh'iriii. 

febyU  !  ^-^^^  ^IJ™ 

6132     Go  furthe    sow    wttA   fortune,   pat    pe  fayre 
happyn  ! 
Onr  goddis  the  gouerne,  &  soche  grace  leoe,  (iai.w».) 

tiat  Jwu  the  vietorio wyn,  thi  worship  to  eaue,      J!im»joo^« 
And  to  f  is  Citie  in  sound  |>i  seluyn  may  come."     ^  ^  "^""^ ' 

6136    Than  Troilus  tomly  talket  agajne : —  S^^2i'_ 

"Dere  8t>,  of  my  dedis  doute  no  thing  1  "DoBt*iio^d™r 

W>tA  grase  of  our  goddes,  in  our  gate  furthe,        gru*  of  our  godi 
Your    comaundement   to    kepe,    as    my    kynd  toobvjoo." 
brother, 

6110  And  my  lord,  pat  is  lell,  my  lust  shalbe  ay  I " 
llian  he  past  witA  his  pepull  to  the  playn  fild, 
Thre  thowsaund  thiomen,  wi'tAout  firepe  more. 
This  the  bold  knight  bare  for  his  br^t  armys ; 

6144    All  his  shelde  was  to  shew  shynyng  of  gold, 
WttA  J>re  lions  lynely  launchonnd  fierin, 
Oucr^t  fuU  gay,  gomys  to  behold  ; 
And  so  he  fore  to  his  f os  wt'th  a  ^e  wille ! 

6148    The  furthe  bateU  in  the  huivhe  the  bold  knight  Ti>**nRii 

arsyet,  te«™  tadghH  i» 

Of  fell  fightyng  men  full  fiie  thowsaund. 
All  of  knight««  full  kene,  kyddest  in  armys, 
And  seven  hundreth  besyde,  all  of  sure  knightoi, 

6163     Vndec  ledyng  of  a  lord  in  Larrys  was  kyng, — 


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HBCTOB  AILIUTS   HIB   POROBa 

Hnpon  tho  lioge,  a  hegh  rnon  of  stature, 
And  in  batell  fnll  big,  bold  of  bis  hondes ; 
Dissyrus  traa  the  Dtike  in  dedes  of  annys, 
6166     Of  all  the  Troiens,  to  tell,  toreet  in  fight, 

Saue  EctoT  the  honerable,  oddist  of  knighte*. 
And  in  his  company  come  a  kyd  mon  in  armjs, 
On  ArdelauB  fiill  aontrus,  abill  of  peieon, 
pat  come  wi'tA  the  eame  tyngfro  his  kythe  riche. 
And  was  doughty  of  hie  dedis,  derf  on  a  Bt«de. 
\)ea  laughten  fiera  leua  at  ))e  lefe  prince, 
And  gone  to  Jie  grekee  wttA  a  giym  cheie, 
(m.«6b.)       6164     Soghten  theaameyateBoftly  togedwr; 

And  on  Damake,  by-dene,  )iat  vas  deie  brother, 
To  Ector  bym  owne  selfe,  anntrid  horn  witA, 
As  for  doghty  of  dede  &  for  dere  holdyn. 
JH^JJ^^f**""  6168    The  ffyfte  batell  of  bold  men,  fot  the  bueme 

Uu  ordant  on  Oysi-m,  the  honerable  kyng. 

Of  the  ledJa  of  the  lond  the  ledyng  to  haue, 
FoijduaH.  With   Folidamus  of  piiee,  the  prinses  owne 

brothet. 
^t^i^l^   6172    J)ea  Oyeoma  aU  were  od  men  of  Btrenght, 
^^J^T"  Maesily  made,  mykell  aa  gianntte^ 

And  all  )tere  colonni  to  ken  was  of  clene  yalow, 

WttA-outen  difference  to  deme  dubbit  ferin  : 
6176    All  Inttyn  the  lord  &  )wre  leue  toke, 

And  foren  onon  to  pe  fild  Jiaiie  foe  to  assails. 
Tb«  didi  The  8exte  Batell,  ))at  was  sent  fro  p6  Cit£  fon, 

aompoHd  n  BMi  Ordant  by  Ector  [of]  odmen  &  noble, — 

^^^^"^1^  6180     The  pepull  of  Poyem,  witft  fere  pure  kynges, 
ungtudsntiw.  ^j  Seripee,  a  aad  Duke  of  the  same  lond, 

)»it  were  fond  to  the  %ht,  fell  of  hor  dedia. 
Tii^  wan  all  Vnarmyt  were  ^ai  all,  aunter  was  the  more, — 

ntUhBT  tadDi  nor    6184     No  holmys,  ns  hawbeighefl,  no  no  hard  sbildes, — 

Bowmen  of  the  beBt^  f  o  bnemes  were  all, 
■nwy  •roii(bt  "Well  enfourmet  of  J»  fete,  &  hade  fyno  takell : 


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FOB  THE   SECOND  BATTLE. 

Houy  voundis  Jiai  Trroght,  wete  ye  for  sothe, 

6188     Bothe  o&  horse  &  od  here  hannyt  full  mekolL      < 

By  ordinauQce  of  Ector,  fma  odmen  to  lede,  ■»»■ 

Waa  Deffibua  demyt  of  hia  dero  brother :  M^Jhli'^ 

J)en  Jai  lacchen  fere  leue  at  the  lord  enyn,  ttuiiii. 

6192    ffimn  to  the  fild  wttA  a  fyn  will 

To  ))eB  bovmen  bold,  fat  of  burgh  went^ 
Ector  did  ordan  od  men  of  aimya,  i^  l^rtL 

A  gMt  nowmber  for  the  noneet,  noble  knighte*  «»»« uw 
all,  ™°^ 

6196    Vnder  care  of  two  kyngM,  fat  fai  come  wi'tA :  cw.mj.) 

PhHon  the  fuerse,  faithly  was  on,  J^Jj^™  "* 

And  £sdrB8  fat  other,  eddiat  in  wer, 
WitA  all  the  gomee  of  Agresta,  gode  men  &  abilL 

6200     Thia  Pbilon  the  lie  tjng,  bot  I  first  nemyt,  TU.P]ri«.h.d 

Hade  a  chariot  fnll  choise,  as  fe  chalke  w;t«,       ttaiUit  wnb 
All  of  yiur  full  oneet,  oidant  for  hym ;  taim. 

And  the  vhelia  ftdl  wheme,  all  of  white  aomber. 

6204     Couflrt  witA  a  cloth  all  of  clene  gold,  "  ■"  ""™> 

Dubbit  full  of  diamoudis,  &  ofer  deie  stones,      cold  -t  <nui 
f&amot  ou«r  freeahly  with  frBttes  of  p«rla.  r-^-,  ua 

Two  dromoudarys  diowe  hit,  dressit  f  erfoie,        sromSaVm^ 

6208    And  led  it  forth  lyuely  witA  light  men  of  armys, 
Tne  full  for  the  light,  &  faeise  men  &  nobilL 
"With   the   kynge«  in  company  comaund  the 

prmae, 
His  aune  brother  fall  hold,  barly  to  wend, 

6212    jMt  hym  feU  on  his  &dei  side  a  fighter  full 
nobill 
Xowther  lut  he  fe  lord,  ne  no  leoe  toke, 
But  kairea  fourthe  wttA  the  kyng  A  his  course 

heM. 
The  Senynt,  fat  assignet  was  the  souemin  before,  to  tba  lemok 

6216     Was  anntruB  Eaeas,  abill  of  person;  vMt^gnta: 

In  his  company  clene,  the  knightw  of  the  lond,   (tj^iDd^tior 
P»*  heldyn  in  hede  of  fat  h^h  Cit^  u-  *7.  "rf  ■ 


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202  BECTOB  ARRATB   HIB   FOBOBS. 

*"*^^-  WitA  fele  fightyng  folks  of  tie  fiierae  comyna, 

^^^^^K    6220    ^  were  goiwmet  by  &  gome,  >at  -wm  gnith 
Siw*""-  holdyn, — 

A  fyne  sqtiier  &  a  f^ieree, — Enfemiut  he  hight ; 

At  Ector  |)ai  aaket  leuo,  &  yasuit  fiirtk  somyn. 
buidto!!^^  -^^  I«li«d  BataU  in  the  bu^h,  |Krt  the  bueme 

S*ru^  UDg  of  Bet, 

wwwbHiwd.       6S21     Vndet  Serces  for«othe,  the  sooeraiu  of  Ferc^, 

WttA  all  the  pepnll  of  his  prcpuynce,  prtae  meii 

&nobill, 
And  hia  brother  of  bind,  ^t  he  best  loned, 
Paria  he  put  to  fere  pure  hede, 
(foiw..)       g228     And  said  hym  full  soberly,  all  in  soft  wordw, 

jKt  he  howset  fro  the  bnrgh  to  the  batell  euyn, 
^BBoth^i  ^^  ^®  ^^  ^"'*'  *"  ^b''*  ^'^  '*''  f^^  grelcea, 

ttii  Ik  ■bald  b*  Till  hym  selfo  were  beside  for  socowr  at  nedo. 

iwiK  Uau  6232     And  Paris  to  the  pn'nse  pertly  aunsward  ; — 

"  Sir,  your  comaondement  to  kepe,  I  coat  me  for- 

sothe, 
Wi'tft  all  the  mif^t,  fat  I  may,  at  fie  mene 

^me." 
He  lot  hym  full  lelly,  &  his  leue  toke, 
6236     And  past  furth  wtt&  his  pepnll  to  ^  playn  iild. 
»ui^hI^  Tlien  Ector,  hym  owne  salfe  ordant  belyue, 

ilia^^iocfUii  ^^  ^*  batell  to  lede  of  his  lege  pepulL 

JjJJ^'f^^  Of  the  truomen  of  Troy  &  his  triet  brether, 

yaisM*.  6240    He  toke  wttA  hym  ten,  most  tristy  in  ver, 

And  fyue  thowsaund  fiiens,  all  of  fyn  knighttt^ 
Wise  men  of  were,  &  of  wit  nobill, 
ffor  to  &tie  to  pe  fight  vrith  f  aire  be  pn'nse. 
6244     Hyib  eelfe  on  a  sad  horse  surely  enatmyt, 
MoanM  <■  hit  jjat  Galathe,  w*tA  gomjs  gyuen  was  to  nome, 

odithMbinDt  Of  whose  mykill,  &  might,  &  mayn  Btrenght 

loMkBlS*T*Of  u  ^  o 

uwUi«,  ui  Dares,  in  Ms  dytyng,  duly  me  tellos. 

6246     When  the  lede  was  o  loile,  as  hym  list  be, 
Armyt  well  at  [all]  peoes,  as  T  or  aaid, 


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FBIAH   IB  TO   OUABD   THB  CITY. 

He  cures  faith  to  ^e  kyng  &  hie  kynd  fader, 

Lowtia  etiTii  to  }e  lord,  &  on  lowde  saide : — 
6202     "  Dere  foder,  ftdl  fyre,  &  my  fi«  kyng  ! 

Te  shall  haoe  in  a  here  of  hend  men  a  thoiis- 
Bund, 

All  of  kuightM  fhU  kene,  &  kid  men  of  armye, 

WiUi  all  the  fotemen  in  fero,  |iat  an 
abilL 
6266    Abidis  here  at  the  border,  bnske  ye  no  fer  1 

Lokis  well  to  Jie  listis,  pat  no  lede  pssse  I 

If  any  stert  vpon  stray,  strike  hym  to  dethe, 

Onre  Citi  to  sane  fro  our  sad  foe  ! 
6260     I  haue  meBsangera  wi'tA  me,  made  for  |>e  noneet, 

Jiat  ffor  perell  or  purpoe  ehall  pae  ts  betwene, 

Bodword  for  to  bryng,  as  we  beet  lykye  ; — 

All  tythondys  to  tell,  as  tydis  ^-b  in  fight, 

6264  How  Ts  bappys  to  haoe,  in  hast  shall  ye  wete. 
And  wyaly  bes  ware  waytys  to  ^  towns. 
On  yche  half  forto  hede,  pat  no  harms  fall, 
})at  our  foe  vritA  no  faulehed  in  (le  f  jght  tyme, 

6265  Sese  not  out  Cil^  our  eeluyn  to  pyne, 
Ne  lob  not  our  rychee,  ne  oar  lyf  godys. 
Be  ye  wayt  for  ^  wallis,  irarden  of  all,  on«d«iio.. 
And  a  post  for  all  pereUie  youre  pepull  to  saue,   "^i  «>  >id  u 

6273    As  stnf  of  oar  etienkyth,  yf  we  Btond  hard  t "  pr»»i." 

)Mn  Prtam  to  |m  prinse  praelly  onsvait : — 

"Dereson,  all  be  don,  as  fwra  demyt  has  !  PrimoinriM:— 

I  bane  no  hope  of  no  halp,  after  hegh  goddys,  ifaiUbtdaDiu 

6276     But  in  etof  of  pi  stienkyght,  &  >i  styttie  arme  ;  ^^X^,  n,. 

In  pi  wyt,  and  fi  wames,  &  pi  wyght  dedys,  S^™  "^lu. 

Vfith  )ii  gouemanfie  giaythe,  &  ^  gode  rewle  I  0°  i  niT  i 

}Mrfore,  prvstly  I  pray  to  oore  pure  sanctya, 

6280     pat  pK  saue  pe  in  sound,  sent  to  fi  hele ;  "w  °"p°" 

Eepe  p«  &o  cumbrause,  &  firo  oold  dethe ;  umi  - 

And  leae  me  |n  lyf  in  lykyng  to  se  ! " 

So  pe  lede  toke  leoe,  lat  to  hye  fadar, 


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204  DBPAKTURE  or  BBCTOB, 

Bank  XT.       6284     Past  fiirthe  to  hya  pepull,  &  hys  pas  held. 
u^mTi^^'dI  ^  '^^  'wyght  and  wylfiill,  wysyBt  in  batell, 

puw  tank  le  Strongest  in  stour,  atnnieet  of  other ; 

HdWHihi  Euer  frike  to  ^  ffght,  &j]itid  he  neuer. 

SS;^,^  6288     Leder  of  fe  ledys,  fot  longyt  to  Troy, 

l^^^y*  "  Hya  annys  were  anenond,  abill  to  fyght ; 

Hys  feld  waa  of  ^  gold,  freche  to  behold, 
WitJi  pre  lyone  lannchond,  all  of  lyght  gonlys. 
6292     (ma  he  glod  on  hys  gate,  and  hys  gomya  all, 
WitA  hys  bonera  o  brode,  and  ^e  hurght  paat^ 
lU.Um.)  PenotiB  &  peneelles,  prond  men  of  ormya  ; 

ffore  euyn  to  ^  feld,  and  hya  f eiys  leuyt, 
6296     Prykyd  fiirthe  prsstly,  past  on  hys  way  t 
ikoo^  um  lut  j)ot  lie  lengyt  to  ^  last,  er  he  lene  toke, 

UnabnuMt  He  was  foundyn  )>e  fyrst,  fat  in  feld  stroke, 

And  ^  Bonest  in  assembly  in  f»  sad  ffght 
6300    Ail  f e  worshypfull  women  of  fe  wale  tonne 
rrom  ibg  miii,  Weniyn  to  pe  wallys,  fe  weghys  to  behold. 

waawavCTtvi,  \>^  kyngys  doQghter, bedene, droghin  horn  alofte, 

dwukinni^  Wt'tft  honorable  Elan,  fat  ar^t  in  herl ; 

%  uS^T" "    ^^^^     Myche  fere  had  fat  fre,  &  full  waa  of  foght, 
luin,  tcKk  wH  All  droupond  in  dtede  and  in  dol  lengyt^ 

]}of  Ector  fe  honorable  had  ordant  hys  folke, 
And  bateld  hoip  bygly,  on  hys  beat  wyse; 
6308    Tnder  gouemanse  graythe,  all  hys  grym  oet 
In  rewlo  and  aray  redy  to  f ygbt 

Agamynon  hys  grekys  graythyt  to  feld  : 
Twesty  hatela  full  bold  of  byg  men  of  ormys, 
6312     And  eex  other  beayde,  all  of  snre  knyghtys. 
PatrocluB,  fe  proud  kyng,  put  to  fe  firet, 
>  Wt'tA  all  fe  folke,  fat  hym  folowet,  and  fele 

Achyllea  choiae  men  cheuyt  hym  wttA  ; 

■  6316     Hym-selfe  fore  to  no  fyght  for  hys  fel  wondys, 

But  lay  in  hys  loge,  lechit  hys  soree. 


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AQAHBKNON   ABBATB   THB  OBEKK8. 

1^  patanclua,  ^  proud  kyiig,  was  full  pure  ryche. 
Of  auDsetre  olde,  abyll  of  kyn, 
6320    Wei  iiiui«rt  &  nuke,  myghti  of  pnpulL 

Achylles,  |)e  choiso  kyng,  cheriat  hyin  mekill. 
And  loayt  hym  no  lease  ^en  bjm  lefe  selujn. 
Jjay  weresofeatenyt  witAfaythe,&vytlif7iiIoue^ 
6324    )}at  botlie  {uure  saulis  &  ]iaire  self  were  set  on  a 
wyll 
And  qwat  so  tendit  to  ^e  totheris  was  alL 
The  eecund  batell,  forsothe,  aaaignet  was  ^ea        ^ 
To  Merion,  a  ntodj  kyng,  ^t  mekull  contii  of  ^ 
were, 
6328     WitA  ^re  tiiousond  )ira  knyghtie,  ^lepond  in  ' 
Armys, 
And  MenestauB  the  mighty,  wttA  .Mb  men  of       (ibLwb.) 

Attens. 
To  Atholapo,  a  tore  kyng,  takyn  was  the  ^d,     nttuni 
And  Phibnene,  his  faiie  son,  fire  in  his  hond,       ll^lteiu'™ 
6332     WttA    all    the    company   clene    of   comaynes  "^^^^^^^ 

Wise  men  in  wer,  wight  of  hor  ded«. 
The  ffourthe  batell  in  feld,  he  fourmet  to  leng     m*  bxava  m 
With  Aichelans,  a  lode  lynely  in  trmys,  atimUhi  ud 

6336    And  Piothenor,  a  prise  kyng,  w»tA  his  popuU  ^S^^^t 

holl :  s^*^ 

In  tiie  same  was  S^urda,  wtt/i  sod  men  &  noble. 
The  tyha,  }e.t  waa  fonrmit  of  )>o  fberse  batell,        m  uifa  m  u 
Was  If  enelay  the  mighty,  wttA  his  men  all,  "^  "'^"' 

6340     Wit&  the  pepoll  of   his  pnmynse,  &  his  pert 

knighU*. 
The  Sezt  of  ^  sort,  ^t  aogbt  to  |ie  hid,  n*iixUi  wh  i 

Was  fcyng  bysshop  the  boldrwVtA  his  bnetnes  kii«,- 

lelle ;  adwUoM. 

And  Selidis,  for  sotbe,  soght  in  his  honde, 
6344    Wtth  all  the  here,  ^t  he  hade,  higbet  hym 

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AaAKKHNOK   ABRATB  THE  GREEKS. 

The  Seuent  of  the  eonin,  )>at  I  said  ere, 
Woe  Telamon  }ie  tid6,  wttA  mony  tried  knights*, 
]Mt  Boett  hfiQ  bom  Baleme,  sad  nun  &  naUo, 
6348    Witft  fouie  Erles  in  fere,  fell  men  of  wer,— 
TheaeuB  the  tm,  &  tide  Amphimake, 
And  on  Damja,  the  doghtj,  doutid  in  fild. 
With  FolisariuB  the  pert,  of  person  fall  abill : 
6352     Thee  comyn  witA  the  kyng  in  his  dene  batelL 
The  viij  f&eke,  )iat  to  feld  foie  wit&  his  batell, 
Wu  Toax,  a  tore  ^ng,  &  tide  of  hond. 
The  ix  of  the  ncwmfow,  to  nem  )iom  fall  euyn, 
6356     Waa  Aiax  Oeliu^  vriih,  od  men  to  wale. 

And  Philoc,  the  fell  kyng,  fore  with  the  t«nth. 
Nestor,  the  nolile  Duke,  an  old  m&n  wi't/i  all, 
ThaiifMiihwM  Them  with  odmen  auntrid  to  fild. 

■lid  ihc  twiMb     6360    The  xjj  Tnttiwyuond,  ^at  twyet  not  in  fight, 
*"'  (™»».)  ^"  Maumbert  mayn  son,  mightfull  Henex. 

Th>  ihirtHBib  ^B  xiij  thro  batell  ^rong  with  Vlixea, 

™iiM  "Till  That   past   to   the   playn  witft  proud  men  of 

Ai^JUT'^tTih.  armys. 

anwiih'hjr  6354     The  xiiij  to  fe  fight  fore  w«tA  Aiestea 

Humeliu*,  the  hasty,  highit  with  the  fyftene. 
Fioteeseloua  proud  son  preeit  with  the  eexlene, 
ffoT  to  dere  for  the  dethe  of  his  dere  fader. 
Folidariut,  the  porknell,  and  his  pere  Machaon, 
J  Suet  with  the  xvij,  sad  men  &  noble. 

The  riohe  kjng   of    the    Bodes    raiked  with 

the  xvig, 
With  fell  men  in  fight  to  the  fild  past. 
6372    The  xix  of  the  nowmbnr  a  nobUl  mon  toke. 
One  QumpUtM  a  gome,  Jtot  nony  grekea  led. 
•  And  Philoo  the  &eke  fore  with  the  twenti, 
^  )}at  of  Larria  was  lord  &  a  lege  kyng. 

6376     With  xxj  auntrid  abill  men  two,— 

Amphimas,  a  fre  kyng,  and  hia  fere  Cepton. 
,  With  xxij  vnthwyuond  twyet  to  filde, 


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THE  BBCOKD   BATTL& 

Bjomede,  the  derfe  kyng,  and  doughty  Celenus. 

6380  Eneos,  the  nobili  kyng,  ^  neghit  iio  Sypris,  | 
Witft  iiiy  Jiriuond,  Jironge  to  the  playiie.  ' 

Procholiu,  a  prise  kyng,  preeit  wttA  another.        ' 
Now  xxiiij  folly  are  &xva  to  fe  bateU. 

6384  Cupenor,  a  caut  man,  come  wttA  the  next, —  i 
The  x:^  fuUyt  ^^  °f  fy^  kiiighte*.  j 

The  zj'vj  of  the  soume,  ^at  I  said  first,  i, 

Of  bold  batela  &  bigge,  ^t  to  bent  come, 

6388    Led  Agamynon  the  giete,  wttA  grekes  full  mony. 
And  fore  euyn  to  fe  figh^  Ss  the  fild  toke. 

When  the  batell  on  bothe  halaya  were  to  bent 

comyu, 
ffot  to  fight  in  the  fild,  all  fo  faerse  pepull, 

6392    Ector  the  auntrus,  abliat  of  knightet, 

Was  the  firat  in  the  fild,  Jwt  to  fight  entrid,  I 

Toko  his  horse  witA  his  helis,  hastid  before,  *' 

Gird  euon  to  }«  giekea  wi'tA  a  grete  yie, 

6396     firusshet  to  the  forward,  felly  anon. 

THB   DETH   OF  FATKOGLns,   BY  BCrOH  BLATIT. 

Fatrocloa  persaynit,  )iat  the  pepull  led,  fj 

pat  was  fonnast  in  fight  -with  a  felle  speire.  u 

He  aontrid  ypnn  Ector,  atUt  hym  a  dynt,  w 

6100  WtU  all  the  forse  of  his  fole  &  his  fnerse  arme ;  S 
He  shot  |iTough  the  shild  &  the  shene  maile,  ^ 
To  fa  ynmast  of  his  onnur,  angaidly  fast ;  " 

Hit  neghjt  to  ^  nakid,  bnt  no  noy  did. 

6401    Ector  for  ^t  od  dynt,  ournyt  in  hert, 
Wode  for  the  wap,  aa  a  wild  lyoo ; 
His  speire  into  sprottew  eprongyn  was  before. 
But  he  braid  oat  a  brand  witA  a  bill  felle, 

6408  Carre  euyn  at  the  krng  8s  ^  crest  hit. 
Slit  hym  fiill  slighly  to  pe  slote  enyn, 
))at  he  dusshet,  of  )ie  dynt,  dede  to  )w  g 


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■iVS  HECTOR  AND  UEBIOW. 

'"*'^-  THK   PFOLT  DE8TRK  OF   ECTOR. 

When  the  kyng  was  kjld,  cast  to  fe  grene, 
6412    His  shene  armys  to  shew  shtme  in  the  filde, 
M?»»ti!mti?i!'*  Eutor  to  )»  erth  ^urlj  light, 

^^UHkinor  The  gay  armur  to  get  of  the  gode  hew. 

That  he  duly  deesirit  in  hie  depe  hert ; 
6416     And  to  apoile  that  spilt  kyng  he  sped  ferr. 
His  hone  in  his  hond  held  by  the  leyne. 
And  come  to  ^  kyn^  J»ere  the  corse  lay. 
Wold  haue  Bobhit  the  Benke  of  his  riche  wede. 
(bL  iM  ^)       6420     WttA  the  ton  hond  m  the  toilc  tyniyt  it  offe  : 
M'-rt™.  ***"*''  But  Merion  the  m^hty  wi'tA  a  mayn  pepiill, 

nuhHspta  WttA  fK  thousaund  |)ro  men  ^ng  hym  Tuto. 

'^"'    "'  In  defence  of  the  fteike,  (lat  on  fild  layj 

6424    To  Ector  in  ernyst  full  angurdly  said  : 

"  Nay,  warloghe  wolfe,  in  fii  wode  hongur, 
)>at  nener  of  fonsy  art  full,  wt'tft  ^i  foule  vse, 
The  tydis  not  to  taste  of  ^is  tiiet  meite  I 
6428     ffor-bode  the  firke  ^i  fode  forto  wyn  I 
SSirf^^w  *'°*'  "^'^  (wu  Be  in  a  sad  hast, 

•^•""^J^"*"'  A  C  thoosaund'on  horse  highand  J»  to, 

uim.  Thyn  hode  forto  haue,  &  hew  fe  to  dethe^ 

6432    And  put  fie  fro  purpos,  ^i  payn  to  encres ! " 
Sone,  by  the  same  kyng  &  his  sad  helpls, 
He  was  borne  fro  ^  body,  backward  t^yn. 
His  hoTse  for  to  haue,  ^  hasted  by-dene, 
6436     And  mony  stroke^  in  ^t  stouie,  ^  stithe  men 
bymgefe, 
Till  ^6  knight,  vndur  knappis,  yppon  knes  fell 
Then  he  stert  vp  full  stithly,  witA  his  store 

might. 
Was  on  hys  wight  horse,  tor  wepyn  or  other. 
6440     ffor  all  tlie  grefe  of  fo  grekec,  &  ^  grete  (tronge. 
Was  no  led  might  hym  let,  ^f  horn  lothe  wei« 
■'".tir***!^  ^*  meuit  biward  Merion  his  malis  to  venge, 

iiirioB,  uHi  ii  Wode  of  hia  wit,  in  his  wan  yre ; 


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HMTOR  AT  THE  BO»T  OF  FATHOCLUB.  309 

6441    But  Glancou  tlio  gret«,  wtVi  a  grym  batell,  Bookxr. 

TheaeoB,  J>e  tote  kyn^  twmyt  hym  agajn,  nKuod  bj 

With  iij.  U.  pN  men  )>ronge  hym  aboate. 

And  Bocuid  the  some  byng  wiVi  hor  sad  helpis. 
644S     But  the  firat  of  )io  iieket  fai  he  fell  to, 

Was  ArchilacuB,  a   choiae   kjsg,  hym   chenit  The  Dsthe  of 
f dl  iUe :  Architacu.  bj 

Bctor  SiajDB. 

The  bneme,  with  his  bare  Bword,  hem  hym  to 

dethe, 
)]at  he  felle  of  his  fole  flat  to  p6  ground ! 

6452    Mony  on  he  martrid  at  the  meane  tyme  I 

Th«  ptuddist,  pat  hym  preset,  plainly  he  slogK       (M.  im  t.) 
Brem«  was  the  batell  oa  the  bent  ^an  I  Tii*t>m*n(H 

Mony  etithe,  in  the  etoute,  atale  &o  )isre  lynes.    Hoxor^ichuto 

6456    Yet  Ector,  eftsoaes,  ettiUit  to  assay,  "^^  ^^""^^ 

And  Patioclas  proud  geere  preset  to  hane. 
He  light  donne  fiill  lynely,  lettid  he  nogbt, 
And  bonnet  to  fo  body,  ^ere  the  bneme  lay. 

6460    |)en  come  ferv  a  kyng  witA  bene  men  of  armya, 

Idymyntu,  full  dernly,  &  dieseit  hym  to,  idomtMiu  ud 

Wt'tA  two  thowsaund  ^ro  knightes,  &  pionge  dud  throng 

hymaboute:  jmreMtit""* 

And  Jlyiion,  faX  I  mynt,  wttA  his  men  alL 

6464    Thay  preset  so  the  pn'nce  wtth  power  of  knigUte«, 
))at  ^  wamit  hym  his  wille,  &  away  put : 
Bat  fele  dyntt«  he  delt,  &  to  dethe  cast. 
And  other  weghie  hym  witA  woondet  the  gnikeg. 

6468     When  he  segh  ^t  bym-eelfe  was  set  rppon  fote,  BHing  hinuot 
And  BO  fele  of  his  fos  fuerse  hym  abonte,  —.j  nmnM" 

All  horaet  but  he,  &  on  hegh  set,  ^^J^r^ 

He  afoteet  hym  felly  witA  his  fyn  strenght ;         itah^-"" 

6473    Gird  to  the  grekw  in  his  giete  yre. 

Mony  wonndis  he  wioght,  weghis  to  dethe ;        iiviui  r^ghi  lud 

„      '         ,,         ,    ^,     ,   '        °  Wl,Ulll..m.lM 

UondiM  of  hew  hetnrly  fast ;  m  tor  unaM. 

Mony  foteles  ft«ike  of  his  fell  dinttee  ; 
6476    SOb  hones  witA  his  bond  bew  he  to  detiae. 


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210  HECTOR  IS  SURROUNDED, 

Book  XT.  Till  all  Bheut  fro  )>,tt  ahoue,  &  f>e  ahalke  leuyt ! 

So  he  rid  hj-m  a  rowme  iu  a  lad  hast, 
Of  fo  tulke»,  vith  tene,  fat  hym  take  woM. 
MorioapnHHtat  6480     Than  Merion,  ))e  mody  kyng,  ^t  Z  mynl.  &i8k, 
PatndDi,  ud  Presit  to  Fatroclas  is  place  fere  he  lay, 

un,,  '       *  Braid  vp  the  body  on  hia  big  horee, 

And  BO  the  freike  hym  before  ferkit  to  hia  tent 
TtH  on^  111       6484     Kow  the  grekea  wM  grem  gedrit  vnto  Ector, 
Hocbr,  ud  Hie  horse  for  to  hauo,  &  hym  away  lede. 

hi! hi™?Suu*  Thay  caupit  at  the  knight,  kene  men  of  armys, 

jj^^*"*'  •"  J)at  the  wegh  on  no  wise  might  wyn  on  his  hoiso. 

6488    In  p&t  company  kene  was  a  knight  noble, 
That  Canon  was  cald  by  his  kynd  nome, 
ffnll  emestly  -with  Ector  anntrid  to  fight ; 
Gaf  hjm  dinttes  full  dcdly,  &  derit  hym  mekill. 
(bi,  iDio.)       6492     Eat  a  souerain  Bcruand  of  ^  same  prtnse 
DftiHpiim  Segb  hie  maistur  at  mischefe  amonge«  his  foe ; 

knigtitcwiDn.  ^^'>  speiroa  full  dispitos  he  spaiet  to  cast, 

ud  uutiwr ;  j^^  f ucrae  were  before  &  of  fell  bite. 

6496     At  the  knight  Carion  cast  he  ^t  one, 

As  he  mellit  witk  his  maistur,  merkit  hym  onyn. 
Hit  hym  so  hitturly  with  a  hard  dynt; 
jMt  he  gild  to  fie  ground,  &  f6  gost  yalde. 
6500    ))e&  snofier,  fat  was  next,  uoyet  hym  alse, 
Mellit  vith  hia  maistur  at  ]ie  mene  tyme, 
The  tother  epcire,  fiat  he  sparit,  spent  Tpon  hym  ; 
BrocJiit  hym  frough )»  body  fat  fe  bueme  swolt. 
Umb  Mill  an  um    6504     Then  criet  he  full  cantly  f>e  knighte*  vpon. 

And  the  tyiie  men  of  Troy,  wi'tft  a  tore  steuyn. 
In  hast  for  to  hye  to  (lere  hed  pnnse, 
Jwt  in  perell  was  put  in  plite  to  be  slayn, 
.1  6508     }jen  Synabor,  forsothe,  witft  a  sad  pepull, 
r  Neghit  to  fe  note, — ^his  naturall  brother ; 

He  comQ  to  fe  crye  with  a  cant  will, 
And  gild  to  the  greke«  mony  grym  dynt, 
6512    fFelled  mony  fuerse  men  wttA  his  fyne  strenght. 


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BUT  O0T8   HtB   WAT   OCT. 

Made  waia  full  wide,  van  to  hU  lord, 

Halpe  hym  Ml  hertely,  hurt  of  his  foa  ; 

Gird  horn  to  ground,  &  to  grym  dethe. 
6516     Thretty  of  ^e  firoeat  he  ^nge  out  of  lyue : 

Mony  weghis  he  wonndit  &  warpit  to  erthe ! 

jMn  the  troiens  ftdl  tyt  tokyn  fen  heites,  ^ 

ffell  of  hor  fo8  wiVt  a  fiike  wille,  h 

C520    Getyn  fen  ground  wit/t  a  gret  strengtit, 

And  fruBshet  pert  fos  for  Tppo  backe. 

ffuerse  Ector  was  feyn  of  his  fyn  helpe,  * 

And  aa  wode  aa  a  wild  bore  wan  on  his  Loree. 
6524    He  Bhouuyt  )>urgh  hie  Bheltrum,  shent  mony  o 

And  maid  of  Jio  men,  out  of  mynd  fele  ; 

Gird  honi  to  ground  witA  mony  grym  hurt. 

All  ^at  met  hym  with  malis  in  f«  meue  tyme, 
6526     Anther  dyet  of  hie  dyntt«s,  or  were  ded  wondit. 

The  grefces,  for  pa  greuatince,  gyacn  hym  ^e  way,  >i 

ffled  all  in  fere,  ferd  of  hor  dethe. 

Mony  batoU  he  broke,  myche  bole  wroght, 
6532    All  Ills  wedis  wex  wete  of  hor  wan  blode : 

j»n  found  he  no  fiekes  to  froiet  on  his  ettenght, 

Ne  non  so  deife  to  endure  a  dynt  of  his  hond. 

Then  Menestaue,  ^e  mighty,  wttA  hiB  men  hole, 
6536    The  Duke  of  Athens  full  dsr^  drogh  into  batell,  t 

WttA  )ira  thowaaund  pro  men,  firiuond  in  armya, 

And  other  folke  full  fueree,  fiat  the  fieike  hade.  Troau,  Hud 

Ub  launchit  in  o  ))e  left  side  witA  his  ledis  all,    xuHppu. 
6S40    There  Troilus  the  tried,  turnyd  to  fight 

WttA  the  frigies  fell,  >at  )>e  freike  lad, 

)}at  myche  greuauncc  fi  grem  to  )ie  grekes  did ; 

Wi't/i  AlcaniM,  a  kyng,  a  kid  man  of  etienght, 
6544     And  Macbaon,  the  mighty,  with  his  men  all : 

Xantipw  the  same  batell  aothely  was  pea. 

There  mynget  ^ai  fiere  men,  machit  bom  to-gedur; 

Mony  dedly  dint  delt  bom  amonge  ! 


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212  TBOILUS 

Bo^^v.       6B48     Big  iraa  the  batell  vpon  bolhe  h&luya, 

And  mycbe  slaghtur  in  slade,  &  slyngyng  to 
gToand ! 
TnUB  ii  aa-  Troilus,  in  the  Utile,  tumyt  waa  of  hoTS, 

ighti  bcmij.  B&ght.  Tppon  fot6  fell;  agayne : 

6552    Mony  wonndit  the  tregh  of  his  wale  foa. 
Menestans,  the  mighty,  mainly  beheld, 
S^h  TioieU  in  toile,  &  tynt  had  his  hoise. 
Slight  Tppon  fote  in  )>e  fueise  bstell, 
Waurtn  ud      6666     And  myche  harme  wt'tft  hia  hond  happit  to  do. 
ranaduo.  Then  afoisit  hym  the  &eike  wttA  his  fueraa 

koightef, 
(«.  101  a.)  TloiluB  to  take  and  to  tent  lede. 

Preait  hym  full  prndly  wt'tA  his  pri'se  folke, 
HtbavMni      6560    Halit  hym  fro  horee  fet«,  &  in  hond  toke. 
itHtrtou.  Then  he  led  hym  fiuthe  lyuely,  and  his  wille 

hada 
But  a  mon  of  pat  mighty,  pat  Myeerea  vae  cald, 
Bnt  HiMTB  b]i>  To  the  frigies  in  fere  felly  he  eaide ; — 

tsiwuTroUiu,   656i    "  Alas!  ledis  of  Jis lond,  )iat  ye  lyfe hane ! 

Wherto  bounet  ye  to  batell  in  yoiw  bright  geire, 
Whethur  worship  to  wyn,  or  willfully  ahame ) 
Se  ye  not  the  Him  of  youre  sure  kyog, 
6568     With  torfer  be  takon,  &  tnmyt  away  ! 

If  ye  let  hym  be  led  furthe,  your  lefe  bane  ye 

tynt, 

And  of  sham,  ^t  be  shapyn  you,  shent  be  ye 

neuer. 
MelliB  you    wi'tA   monhod   &  might   of  your 

6672    To  Bestore  the  lynke  in  a  rad  hast, 

£r  he  be  led  out  of  lenght,  &  lost  of  your  sight, 
And  past  fro  your  pouer  thuigh  the  prese  hoge ! " 
AiuiDa>i,wiiiii  Then  Alcanus,  the  kyng,  kyndlit  in  yre, 

J ?Xi  iiii     6576     Gird  after  the  Greke«,  wt'tA  a  gret«  apeiie, 

■owdTnau.  P^t  TroiloB  hade  takou,  hym  tenyt  full  ylle. 


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TBS  ursoub.  213 

So  he  frusaliet  to  a  ireike,  pat  the  fro  led,  Vajkir. 

})at  aodenly  he  aeit  donn,  aoght  ont  of  lywe ;        (■a-tw 
6580    And  ano^,  aaon,  he  nolpit  to  ground,  Bmhiiwapia 

Shent  of  fo  ahaikee,  shudrit  hom  Itwyn.  thni,*MHM 

So  fuersly  he  fore,  and  freike*  Jtat  hym  halpe,  " 

i»t  Tioilus  was  takyn,  &  tumyt  furtli  lonse, 
6564    And  don  out  of  daunger  for  the  dne  tyme. 

The  fieke  ^en  in  fuerse  hast  feikid  on  horee, 

Grippit  to  a  grjift  sword,  gird  on  hU  foa, 

ffor  to  comford  the  kyng,  pai  hym  caght  liade. 
6688    fOB  XantipUB  eogbt  forth  witJi  a  aad  dynt 

To  Mynestaufi  witA  might,  &  ))e  men  hit, 

That  ]»  freike  hade  ben  fay  but  for  bia  ^ 
armur. 

Then  Meneataua  moumyt,  &  mykell  sorovbode, 
6S92     That  TroiluB,  )»  triet,  waa  takyn  of  hia  bond,  (fbLink) 

And  affoisit  hya  frekya  to  fte  fight  harde  :  Mnwtaiu, 

He  gedrit  all  hys  gomys  in  a  grete  hate.  TnnnBtudHHD 

)»  fy^t  iraa  fel  po  frekia  betwene  ;  mutote 

6596     Mony  derf,  to  >6  deth,  Tndwr  dyntea  yode  ;  "^-^^ 

Mony  bueme  on  the  bent  bytturly  wondyt ; 

Mony  knyghtya  were  kyld  to  fe  cold  deth ! 

Ector  was  euermore  I^er  witA-all ;  ii«iHtoiuii«u 

6600     Mony  weghya  in  bya  wrath  welt  to  fe  ground ;    hui  rmud 

Mony  Slogii  in  fo  slade  fuigh  aleght  of  hys  bond;  y„  (^^^  „„^ 

And  aore  gienyt  fe  Grekya  •wiUi  bia  grete  dyniya. 

Meneetans  fe  mighty,  Jiat  mekill  was  in  yre, 
660i     ffor  be  faylit  of  pe  freke,  pat  ha  firat  toke, 

As  he  rod  fmrgb  fe  rout  wttA  bia  roid  fare, 

Jk  tioiena  to  tone  wttA  bia  tore  streukyth. 

He  met  wtt&  pie  Myseres  at  p%  mene  tymc, 
6608    By  i^vom  he  lost  p6  loid,  pat  he  laght  bade. 

He  knew  hym  full  lyuely  by  colore  of  his  armyi^ 

And  front  euyn  to  Jw  f reke  witA  a  fell  spere, 

Hnrlet  hym  to  hard  Trtbe  Tndur  horse  fete ; 
661 2    But  )>e  lede  vppon  lyue  leuyt  he  fien, 


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k   fIXRtX  HKLEB. 


And  nolpit  to  another,  pai  hjm  noiet  at, 
Gird  hym  vne  to  ye  ground  in  hya  grot  jre. 
)Mn  HtipoD,  )>e  hoge  kyng,  highet  to  batell. 


And  Eripa  alao  auntrid  hym  witft, 
WitA  all  fe  ledys  of  Larrie  led  hom  betwene. 
And  ho  )ie  giekys  com  gyrdond  agaynes  po  two, 
66^0     ProthoDor,  a  prtw  kyng,  &  pert  Archelaus, 
«*  Witft  all  ]i6  buemee  of  Boyes,  bold  men  of  hood. 

peu  Jie  Ij-gbt  wex  fell,  &  mony  freke  deghyt ! 
6one  after,  fotsotha,  o  ^e  Cit^  halue. 
It  6624    Folidamas  aprochit  vith  a  proud  ost, — 
wUb  bii  Anteuor  aune  son  abtll  of  dedys. 

UMTntiuw.  He  Begh  (le  tioiena  so  tore,  &  tomyt  8o  fik, 

AH  pyght  in  a  place  on  a  playn  feld. 
6628    Anon  to  anothir  aide  naitU  hediyuye, 
(ibi.in*.)  WitA  all  }o  here,  ^t  he  hade,  h^hit  abonte. 

And  fell  to  )ie  fyght  wt'tft  his  foike  hole. 
)}en  yssit  fnrth  also,  yrfull  in  dedya, 
BmutDcsiiiuii  6632    Remys,  («  Byche  kyng,  witJi  a  night  batell, 
meii. niDH to  And  pTBot  iu  prudly  with  a  proud  wyll, 

tbtbuuibKooHi  And  fell  to  ^e  fyght  with  fe  freke  alae. 

**""■  JjOTB  was  kyllyng   of  knyghtis,  omsghyng  of 

helmys, 
6636    Bold  mm  bakward  borne  of  hor  horsee : 

jMt  assembly  was  aordr  of  fo  sad  knyghtis. 
Mouy  hnrljt  doun  hedstoupis  to  fe  hard  vrthe ! 
itiirdiii™  PolidamuB,  fe  pert,  presit  vnto  Merion, 

Mmaa,  ud  hui*  6640     ))at  was  auntrus  in  armys.  Elan  aune  coeyu  ; — 
imoDd.  He  was  a  duke  in  bye  day,  &  for  dere  boldyn, 

A  jop  knyght  Ss  a  jonge,  of  jeris  but  lite  ■/— 
8o  he  gird  to  ]>at  greke  vritA  a  giym  spere, 
6641    |>at  he  seyt  to  fa  soile,  &  eogbt  out  of  lyue. 
MBntma,  When  Menelay,  pe  mygbty,  ^at  myscbef  beheld, 

BaBai,nuiiM  Mycbe  Borow  for  ^  sygbt  sank  in  his  hert ; 

'  He  tumyt  to  ^  troiens  his  tone  for  to  venge, 


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6648    With  all  )>e  bir  in  Iiye  bteet,  for  hys  bale  augur. 
Ha  TOgbt  Tnto  Semjs  wi'tA  a  roid  dynt, 
Alto  huilit  his  li(?lmo,  bannyt  hym  euyll,  , 

Wondyt  hym  wykkydly,  wait  hyin  to  ground.      ' 

6653     Half  ded  of  )<e  dynt,  ^r  ])e  duk  lay  ! 

Hys  weghys  all  wend,  for  fie  wale  stroke, 

)}at )«  kyng  hade  bea  kyld,  &  mycbe  core  bad  : 

Non  aoght  hvm  to  eocore  wit/i  no  sad  bolp,  i 

G656     But  all  purpoat  bom  playnly  to  paa  of  («  fyld. 
Polidamas,  prestly,  pe  pupull  gert  lei^e, 
And  wamet  vppon  all  wyse  his  weghto  to  go,      ih«mt*'<w]^ 
ffond  w(Vi  hor  forse  ]«  freke  for  to  wyn,  '' 

6660    Hurle  hym  (to  horse  fete,  haue  hym  avray, 
Ber  hym  out  &o  )»  batell  to  pB  bu^h  euyn. 
With  myche  wepyng  &  wo,  wegliia  of  his  aune    mth  friar  oht 
Luggit  hym  out  to  |«  laund,  lefte  hym  for  dod ;  ,„«  ih«n  i«t. 

6664     And  fore  agayne  to  Jw  fyght  Jiaire  feris  to  help.   "'"'  *"  ""^ 

THB    DETHB    OF    CELIDIS    THB    KYSa    BY    POLIDAMIIS.  (IdL  US »,) 

KyngCelidis,  fofaothe,  eemliest  of  knights*,         Kinj[C«Mo»,- 
AU  folke  in  ^at  61de,  of  fairhed  he  poat,  th>king>,- 

Of  whom  Daries,  in  hie  dytyng,  duly  me  tellua    Jvi^^J^Hi^'^d' 

6668    All  tlio  shap  of  (>at  ehene,  in  his  sbiro  boke :       '"""  ^'"  '^* 
Th«  qwene  of  femyn^  fiat  freike  so  faithfully 

louyt, 
More  he  sat  in  hir  sode  fen  hir-aelfe  ay. 
This  Celidis,  forsothe,  fought  witA  a  speire, 

6672    Polidamaa  to  put  donn,  &  his  pn'de  felle ; 

And  he,  wode  of  his  wit  for  [w  wale  dynt,  *«"  Poijdaiiuj 

Gorve  eayn  at  the  kyng  wttA  a  kene  sword,  HRbvith* 

Hnilit  furghe  the  helme  &  the  hed  bothe,  *" 

6676    That  he  braid  ouer  backward  &  on  bent  light. 

Honerable  Ector,  euer  vppoa-ona  «Kta,  who  hitd 

ffell  of  fo  fiierse  men,  &  f urgh  the  fild  lode :       tan  ud  iivinit 
Moay  batels  he  broke,  bunmes  he  slough,  aiutibn^ 

6G80    And  made  wayes  full  wide  Jiuigh  the  wale  ost.     "^ '"'■ 


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))en  he  Boght  to  a  ayde,  fere  ealame  folke 


i»i«of  Um  Were  fightyne  full  fell  witA  the  fderse  troiens, 

whohidHHiij  WitA  Thessall  the  tried  kyng,  &  hoi  true  hede, 

^^J^  6981    That  was  lord  of  ^  loud,  &  the  ledetr  aght 

This  ThesBoIl,  in  the  toile  myche  tene  wioght, 
Tymit  doun  Troiene  witA  mony  toure  dynttw : 
Mony  wonndit  the  wegh,  &  warpit  to  giooiid, 
6688    Mycho  dere  he  hom  did  wiHi  dynttes  of  houd. 
*i>Mi  TiHatar  pea  TeuBer,  wM  tene  tumyt  to  £ctor, 

■oni;  with  ■  Sparrit  to  hym  with  a  speire  spitusly  &st ; 

**"■  Wonndit  hjin  full  wickedly  in  hiB  wild  yre ; 

6692     Kurt  hym  fall  hidiously,  hastid  away. 

Ector  richit  his  reync,  the  £enke  for  to  mete, 
flbr  to  wroike  of  his  wouud,  &  the  w^h  harme ; 
But  the  ireike  for  ferd  fled  of  his  gate, 
6696     ffruBshet  ))urgh  the  folke  forth  of  his  sight. 

Then  for  wrath  of  his  wound,  &  for  wild  shamc^ 
He  gird  to  a  grtko,  ^at  was  a  giym  eyre, 
WiUi  a  ewyng  of  hb  sword  ewappit  hym  of  lyne, 
(bi.  iMo.)      6700    And  mony  other  martrid  at  the  mene  tyme. 
Hntorii  A  gret  nowmher  of  greke*  gedrit  hym  vmbe, 

ttM  Gt«gfc>,  wiin  Hym  tyta  for  to  take,  or  tyme  Tnto  detiie. 

JJ^^'J^JJJJ^  Among  all  the  meny  was  mighty  Teeeus, 

*""*  6704    J»t  onestly  to  Ector  >ua  eeely  s^d  :— 

"  Sir,  huske  fro  the  batell  er  you  bale  worthe, 
Leei  you  hsppyn  yfith  hood  here  to  be  slayne : 
Of  aoche  a  mon  were  a  mysse  Jiurgh  the  mekyll 
world." 
HwtocUiuki       6706    Ector  full  onestly  bat  onfrablo  banket : 

Jibn  coflitnulj 

And  yet  the  batell  on  bent  was  bremo  to  behold ! 

The  Troiens  wj'tft  tene  tumyt  to  the  giekes. 

Folidamas,  wtVi  prise,  prestly  can  fight, 
6712     Wttft  his  Emneis  full  ogurly,  euer  vpon-one. 
MoHiiuiud  Menelay  the  mighty,  in  the  mene  tyme, 

poiTdinu.  And  Telamon,  the  tore  kyng,  tally  to-gedur : 

To  Folidamas  [lai  preset  all  in  pure  augur, 


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S716    Hm  freike  for  to  felle,  &  feile  out  of  lyue.  Bsakxv. 

Telamoa  hym  tocchit  on  with  a  ton  speiie,  THum,  wUi  i 

Bare  bym  downe  backward  vitA  a  bif  hoge,  um  ts  Uh  ' 

Preset  bym  witA  payne,  &  vitA  pronde  stroket^  E^Hnnij!^ 

6720    Tokyn  hym  fuU  tyte,  jKtf  hym  tene  th<^t  JSSi;^ 

Brokou  was  the  blade  of  hie  big  sword. 
His  lielme  of  bnrlit,  &  bis  bed  bare.  - 
)}ai  led  bym  forth  lightly,  ^f  hym  loth  tbnght, 

fi724    To  the  tente»  fbll  tomly,  ]iaire  entent  was. 

But  Ector,  oe  annter  fell,  enyn  was  beside,  >»  HMtor, 

Segh  the  grekw  witA  fat  gome  gediit  fall  ^icke ;  oum  ■bo 
The  pn'se  knight  put  donn  the  peptdl  among,       nnrii  ona  ri^i 

6728     Takon  wit7i  torfer,  hym  tenyt  full  eoylL  ""*' 

He  bullet  forth  Tnhyadly,  barmyt  full  mony. 
Of  fe  ledis,  ^  hym  led,  luskit  to  gioimd ; 
Made  waies  fall  wide,  wan  to  the  knight, 

6732     And  xxx  in  the  throng  thracchit  to  dethe  ;  niKHMaihinr 

The  remnond  full  radly  rid  hym  the  gate,  pnuttHnMio 

fBogb  all  in  fere,  and  the  freike  louyt.  ih»  uh 

He  highit  of  pen  bonder  and  his  hone  toke,       """^toTiM  m 

6736    Wan  oa  bym  wightly,  &  of  woche  past 

The  ^ng  Bisahop  the  bold,  byg  MenelauB, 

And  Thelamon  the  tore  kyng,  wttA  theire  tite  MoHhb  tad 

batels,  tlMlr*>n«,F~a 

AH  asaemblit  on  a  sop  in  a  sad  bast,  m^I^^ 

6740    And  fell  to  the  fr^es  in  a  fueree  wille.  SJ^t"  "^ 

Dai  foghton  so  felly  witA  the  &eike>  ^en, 

Derit  hom  wt'tA  dynttea,  delt  mony  wonnd^ 

Horlet  hom  on  hepis,  hurt  of  hor  kiughte«, 
6744     fierket  hom  to  flight  fueialy  by-dene. 

All-])of  Ector  was  on,  ^at  odmony  slogh, 

And  wonderfully  wroght  wt'tA   wepyn  at  the 
tyme, 

Hym-eelfe  might  not  sofiise  to  ^at  sotune  hog&    OT«tdwi» 
6748    His  hone,  in  ^t  bete,  was  hnrUt  to  dethe,  hhut;  baihia 

And  he  foght  rpon  fote  wttA  fo  felle  greke^ 


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Book  XT.  Wore  hym  full  Tightly,  &  myche  wo  did : 

luofh  OB  loot,  Was  non  eo  bold  in  ^at  batell,  of  ]ia  buemea  all, 

nil*  M  t^.       67G2    fforto  deire  hym  with  dynt,  lie  ^  Duke  toucbe, 
Ne  aogb  hym  vOA  noy,  for  nolpiB  of  his  bond. 
■  bnthn*  His  nobiU  bietbor  naturilB  nemly  persayuit, 

•mUo  ud  ]3ot  ))s  troiens  in  tbe  toile  bad  tnmyt  Jw  backe, 

u^*"^      ^756     And  eegb  not  pen  soueraiii,  faiie  soroT  was  fe 
more, 
Wend  pere  lord  hade  ben  loGt,  or  of  lyue  hroght. 
)Hu  asBemblit  on  a  aop  sone  vpon-one, 
firOBBbet  to  )w  fight,  pe  freike  for  to  lait«. 
■J  dub  6760     fi\ill  bremly  ))urgb  tbe  hatela  fe  buemes  can  pas, 

ikt,ud<rDuod  And  wan  to  ))at  worthy,  )iat  in  woche  atode; 

Telamon,  tbe  tore  kyng,  )iai  tenfully  woundit, 
Gild  mony  to  fe  ground  of  the  grekee  felle. 
iiaUanu  hurii    6761     Dynsdion,  a  derf  knight  of  hie  dere  brother, 
Preset  to  Polexnma,  fat  hado  a  proude  atede, 
Gild  hym  euyn  to  |>e  groimd,  grippit  his  boiae, 
Eaght  to  fe  Keynes,  ricchit  hom  belyue, 
6768    Brogbt  hym  hia  biotheT,  fie  best  vpon  erthe, 
And  be  lanncbit  o  lofte  wttA  a  light  wille. 
All  the  nobiU  anon, — po  natwrill  brether, — 
Wonderfully  wroght  witA  wepyn  in  bond, 
6772    Gird  doun  of  the  grekea  vnto  grym  dethe, 

And  stird  bom  in  the  stoure  atightly  vnfaire. 
Then  DeSibue  drogh  negb  with  a  derfe  pepnll, 
]}at  by  ordynaunse  of  Ectoi  was  etlit  to  hym ; 
6776     The  prt'se  folke  of  Foyeme  presit  hym  after, 
Bowmen  of  Jie  best,  big  in  hor  armys, 
Mycbe  grenattnce  &  grem  to  Jie  greke*  did. 
Mony  woundit )»  wegbis  &  warpit  to  ground, 
6780     Mony  sbalke  ))urgh  shot  witA  psre  sharpe  gere. 
And  myche  byndrit  tbe  hepe  wttft  fere  bard  ahot^ 
SeffibuB  tbe  doughty,  wttft  a  derfe  wepyn, 
Tacbit  vpon  Tentro,  a  full  tore  dyut^ 
6784     Yne  fourme  in  tbe  face  foule  to  behold. 


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}}en  the  troieuB,  full  tite,  tokyn  fiere  herte*  Book  X7. 

ffally  vuto  fight,  }iat  were  fled  er. 

ffuU  Btithe  vaa  )w  stonre  for  fa  striffe  new ; 
6768    MoDy  bold  on  the  bent  biytont  to  dethe ; 

Mony  lyue  of  lept  with  laaahyng  of  sweidie  ! 

Ab  Theseus,  the  tore  duke,  the  troiens  aaoTet,     tii««m  ii 

Andmonyfellof  ^folk^  wi'tAhisfiteise  wepon,  iig<uniu, 
6792     On  of  Ector  owne  brother,  fat  I  erst  neuenyt,      Sl^^T^''"'"' 

And  Moderaua,  the  mayn  kyng,  on  fe  men  set 

Theseus  fai  toko,  fof  hjm  tene  )>oght, 

And  wold  haue  slayn  hym  in  fe  elade  al^bly  Thoj  m,  .bout «. 
anon  ;  Kmcun  Udi  tiwm 

6796     But  Ector  aurthwart  fis  auntrid  to  ee, 

Bade  horn  leue  of  lightly,  let  hym  pas  forth, 

WttAouten  hurt  owjter  harme,  hast  hym  agayn  : 

And  so  he  kyd  hym  counjiell  of  kyiidnes  before. 
6800    At  biddyng  of  fe  bold,  )>e  bueme  was  reeoewet, 

He  launchit  furth  lightly,  &  fe  lede  ponket,        n«UiMinH«tor, 

Gird  furth  to  fo  greke«  wttA  a  glad  chere,  uw  omki>. 

And  Ector  euer  more  egerly  fonket  cw.  i»  *.) 

6604    Then  f  e  kyng  of  Calsidon  com  into  batell, 

Toax,  a  tide  mon  of  bat  ober  aide,  itw"  "* 

•  '  PhjlolMwIthi 

And  Phtlote,  a  fueise  kyng,  with  a  fell  power,     grsit  nunbs  or 

A  grete  nowmbei  of  greke*  wttA  a  giym  fare.       bottiL 

6808     Toax,  in  his  tene,  wt'tft  a  tore  speiie,  ThM  mgigH 

Caupit  to  Cassibilan,  Jie  kynges  son  of  Troy, —     wd  ii^i  him. ' 

On  of  Ector  aun  brother,  )iat  I  er  aaid  ; 

And  fe  lede  on  lokond,  hym  launchit  to  dethe : 

6812    fl'or  whose  dethe  the  Duke  moche  dole  bolit        Hecmr.  migBi 
'  laawdMtborbia 

As  wode  in  his  wit  ea  a  wild  boie,  bmhn-,  tUMAi 

Oiid  euyn  to  the  grekes  in  his  gret  yre,  teraij;  womidi 

And  mony  knight  doun  kyld  in  hia  kene  hat*.     Sihe^""^ 

6816    Sum  wondit  full  wide,  wait  to  ^  gronnd ; 

Sum  hurlit  to  )>e  hard  yorth,  &  on  hede  light ; 

Sum  fe  lymes  of  lop,  sum  |ie  lyf  tynt ; 

And  myche  wu  in  his  wodenos  wroght  at )«  tyme. 


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NBSTOH   RALLIES   THE  aOEBEB. 

6820     So  fuersly  he  fore  in  hia  fight  jien, 

"With  other  helpe  f&t  he  hade,  his  harmyfi  to 

venge, 
))at  [«  greke«  gyuen  bake,  &  the  groond  lenyn, 
And  were  forait  to  }ie  fight  or  Jiai  fay  worihit. 
682i     )}ea  gird  in  on  ^  gicke^  half  with  a  grym  fare, 
Neator,  the  noble  duke,  wt'tA  a  new  batell 
Of  T  thoueaund  fueise  men,  &  felle  to  po  stour, 
}Mt  mony  warchand  wound  wroght  on  hor  fos. 
6828     ffull  tyte  fro  )«  toun  tumyt  hym  agayne, 
Fhilon,  a  felle  kyng,  &  his  fere  Eadrafl, 
pai  shot  ^uigh  pen  sheltruna  &  ehent  mony 

knightet. 
This  Philon,  in  fight,  mony  &eike  slc^h. 
6832    J}en  the  greke*  vriih  grym  gedirt  hym  vmbe, 
Wold  hane  kyld  the  kyng  vith  a  kaut  wille ; 
But  on  laconiaa,  a  loly  men,  as  the  goet  tellia. 
To  Eedias,  in  emyst,  ^irly  saide : — 
Se  Philon,  the  fre  kyng,  is  wttft  his  fos  takou : 
rs  hastely,  help  hym  away  ! 
Let  va  reskew  the  Eenke,  refe  hym  his  fos  ! " 
pea  the  Tioiens,  wtt%  tene,  tidely  fiai  faght ; 
6840    Sore  greuit  the  gieke«,  gird  horn  abacke; 
Wonen  to  )ie  wale  kyng,  &  away  toke, 
Wt'tAouten  hurt,  other  hanne,  in  a  bond  while, 
tfectcr  iDii  hia  )}ea  Ector  EfteisonoB  entrid  agayne, 

wttb  Dtiphobu^    6844     With  the  noble  men,  ^at  I  neuenyt,  his  naturill 
^^il^^     ■  brother, 

*™*'  =  And  Deffebus  the  Duke,  dughty  of  hond ; 

FolidamuB,  the  pert  knight,  preset  in  als. 
Thes  wonderfully  wroght  in  hor  wale  strenght, 
6848    WitA  pert  company  clene  of  kyd  men  of  Troy, 
uhI  wBuid  bin  paA  the  grekes,  of  ^e  ground,  gird  were  anon, 

ughi,  but  tar  fflagh  fio  the  trekea,  &  the  fild  leuyt ; 

}!2Sm«i!  "*  Bat  Menelay  the  mighty,  &  the  mayn  Telamon, 

68S2    So  stnmly  witAetod  w/tA  ]>aire  atienkyth  holl, 


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|)at  |w  troiana  tite  tynt  of  hor  ptirpos,  Btwiixy. 

And  were  fi^htyn  w»tft  felly,  folut  no  lengut. 

J)en  entrid  Eneas,  egnr  to  figtt,  Xat  ud 

6856     Wi'tA  the  comyns  full  clcne  in  a  close  batell,         ■-■-"--t  u  ihg 
J)at  were  led  by  the  lede,  fai  I  lefe  saide, —  On^m  antm 

XofoimtM  the  faene,  ^t  waa  a  iyu  sqwiei. 
Wi'tA  }iefl,  Ector  &  other,  so  odly  fiai  f<^ht, 

G860    That  the  greke*  gaf  bake,  &  ^aire  gronnd  leuyt 

)Mt  Aiax  the  auntros,  })at  angardly  wroght,  A]u,Kni]rTBi> 

With  mekill  soiow  f  is  S€g1i  in  his  sad  yre.  dHM,  ad«  up 

He  lokit  hack  on  )ie  bent,  fere  Jte  huemes  were,       "*"*• 

6864     S^h  Boppea  of  sad  men  in  a  soum  hoge, 
peA  neghit  no  not«,  ne  no  noy  feld, 
"Wiih  ban^rs  on  brede,  &  bold  men  of  armys, 
Jjere  all  )«  grete   of  fte  grekye,    &  J)6  giym 
knyghtys, 

6868    And  pa  chose  of  hor  chyualiy,  was  chargit  to 

jKn  he  said  to  ^  BouBr&oa,  ))at  ^  saut  lefte  ,"■ —  dHta  tai 
"Abide,  bownys,  on  Ji  is  bent,  buskya  va  ferte;    wiuflad^iiui 
Here  sechea  tb  socouie  in  a  aad  haate  ! "  nu^nd. 

6872     J)en  gird  in  fe  giekya  wttA  a  grete  wyll, 

Sestoret  ^e  etithe  fight  atalwertly  ^en.  nu.  loe  m 

Eneaa  to  Aiax  angarely  rode,  itju  ud  xamM 

And  be  keppit  hym  cantly  wttA  a  kene  speie,     ud  bvUi  n  ' 

6876  jMt  bothe  were  )>ai  bakewoid  bome  to  }«  grene. 
)>en  gyrd  in  f  e  grekya  ayde  wtt^  a  grym  pupull, 
Fhilothetes,  a  &eke,  with  a  freshe  batoll, 
])at  kyng  was  of  Calsidon, — a  kid  men  of  were, — 

6880  "Wttft  iy  m.  fro  knyghtie  fiionge  into  prese, 
pa  tioiens  to  ]ns  tyme  tyd  ay  fe  bettur, 
And  )ra  fairer  of  )w  ifyght  in  pe  feld  bad  ; 
But  fea  batels  ao  big,  pat  )>e  bueme  led, — 

6881  Fhiloc  )«  trdke,  )>at  I  first  saide,— 
Tenyt  the  troiens  witA  mony  tore  dint«^ 
And  to  pat  horn  fro  parpos,  pynyt  hym  sore. 


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Book  XV.  Jm  freke,  witA  a  felle  epen  front  vnlo  Ector, 

B*  itu/kM  hmmt  6888     )Kit  hit  shok  alto  schyuere,  ^  ))e  schalk  boll : 
u  III  ihiTKad.  Bat  Ectoi  Aiirthewert  h jm  Auntrid  to  tiyt, 

MHkM'uBisifat  t^t)  ^B  &nat  of  hjB  fol  flat  to  ^o  ground, 

"""'"'  Half  ded  of  J»e  dynt,  derit  no  ma 

TbtQwta,  6892     })en  Henex,  wJtA  hese  men,  happit  to  come, 
io.aoD,  lad  I17  Gild  in  wHJt  grekja,  os  a  grym  syre  ; 

B^^u,  ud  Vlizes  also,  mth  angaroly  mony 

o^r  u^  hO  Of  j^j^^  jjf  -j,j.^j,j^  ^^j.  j^^  j^j  Btrenkyth  ; 

J^Jj^^oT-    ^^^^     HiuneHus  wiWl  hast  highit  bom  after. 

And  all  ))e  kyngis  clene,  fat  comyn  out  of  grice, 
"With  z  .M.  )iro  knyghtiB,  ^riatiest  of  all : 
J}e3  bounyt  vnto  batell  &  to  bent  droghyn. 
6900     Wat  achall  tyde  of  pes  troiens  t«  fea  tora  pupull, 
Pai  80  were  wroght  of  w^hia  before. 
And  80  byay  in  batell  er  f  o  bold  come  1 
))en  Paris  aprochyt,  fe  Percians  hyni  witA ; 
Eadli  on  ^e  right  ayde  Bakit  be  furth, 
And  bounet  into  batell  with  a  brym  will 
Ynto  Frigie,  {»e  fell  kyng,  be  frueshit  anon, 
(fci.  loTo.)  Wi'tA  ]ie  Btrenkyth  of  bin  stroke  &  his  store  anne, 

BsUUiUHiiiiig    6908     pat  [le  kyng,  to  ^  cnid  erthe,  cayrs  out  of  lyue. 
uwhirhtha  )}en  ^  gTekys,  for  giemo  of  |)o  gay  kyng, 

^jjrinm muob  Miche  dyn  &  dol  for  pei  deth  made. 

In  mtsgE  ibr  I'w  VlixeB,  his  aune  cosyn,  angrit  full  sore, 

HMuin,  uijiH*      6912    To  TODge  of  ^at  vilany  vili  dissiiit : 
wuh  1  ipw.  He  put  hym  to  Paris  witA.  a  proude  will, 

kiiit'wihm^'  Sparrit  at  hym  wttA  a  spera  apitnsly  faak 

JjJi^^^^'  He  myst  of  ^  mon  wttA  his  mayn  dynt, 

6916     But  be  hit  on  bis  bone,  bnrt  hym  fall  boia, 
pat  he  degbtt  of  ^  dynt,  dussbit  to  ground. 
And  Paris,  in  fo  plit,  pight  rppon  fote. 
TnMoM  wBuniM  Troiell,  Jiat  tyme,  was  truly  beeyde, 

Bm;  6920    Segb  ^  bold  at  bis  brother  bouu  for  to  strike ; 

He  swept  at  hym  swyth  wttA  a  sword  felL 
Hit  brake  thurgb  )«  basnet  to  pA  ban  bed, 


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BEOTOB   BNCOUBAGEB   THB  TBOJUtS. 

And  &unt  hym  in  ^e  iaaa  &  full  fel  woud, 

6921    jMt  ]>e  blod  oat  bisat,  &  on  his  breat  lygtit 

]}e  lede,  for  fai  I&itli  dynt,  leuyt  not  hya  hone, 
Bnt  sound  in  his  sadill,  he  his  sete  held, 
Tnmyt  Tnt*  Troilus,  (wt  hym  tenyt  had, 

6928    And  wondyt  hym  wickydly  in  hya  wale  fase. 
jKn  )ie  troiens  full  tite  had  tumyt  )ie  bak. 
Had  not  honerable  Ector,  &  his  aune  brethir, 
Deffibas  ]w  dougbti,  &  ^  derf  Troilus, 

6932    And  ^  nobill  brethir  nattiHll,|)at  naitli  wttAstod. 
All  ^e  day,  witA  oatyu  doute,  to  ^is  dii  tyme, 
Ector  was  Eaennore  Egcr  in  fy^t : 
His  aune  batell  full  bieine  yppon  bent  lenyt, 

6936     Hym  selfe  liuely  o  po  lannde  lannchit  aboute. 
Jmu  he  Begh  |)at  pe  eoume  of  )«  saide  grekys, 
Were  Jie  etitbir  in  f  e  stonre,  &  Btrongar  of  pupnll : 
He  bonnet  to  his  batell,  bode  he  no  lengar, 

6940     J»t  feyn  wore  in  fere  of  )iaire  fre  prinse, 
jMt  jKii  had  hym  at  hond  &  in  holl  qwert 
Then  the  lord  to  his  ledla  vpon  lond  said : — 
"  Now,  bold  men  in  batell,  buske  ye  to  fight, 

6944    Haue  mynd  of  ft  mslia,  &  the  mykell  harme, 
))at  vs  wold  happon  to  haue  in  a  hond  while. 
And  the  grekes  may  tb  gripe,  &  to  ground  brysg ! 
Therfoie,  fens,  bes  fell,  fraiste*  your  atienght, 

6948    Let  your  hertes  be  hoole,  hold  you  to-gi»dur  1 
Bes  frike  on  your  fqs,  fell  of  your  dynttes. 
Setter  bom  full  sadly,  sekii  for  to  hit 
WitA  all  ^e  might  &  ^e  mayn  of  your  mekill 


6952    )7en  he  led  hom  forth  lyuely  by  a  law  vale, 
Baiked  in  full  radly  on  )ie  right  aide, 
There  d^hit  mony  derfe  of  ]w  due  greke* ; 
Miche  alagbt  in  ^t  elade  of  )io  slegh  knightes. 

6956     Hit  is  wonder  to  wete  of  fe  wode  stoure, 
What  knight«s  were  kild  vnto  cold  dethe  ! 


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224  HUHBRIUS  AND  HECTOR. 

Book  XV.  Toax  |)at  tyme  (luigbt  the  toile  rode, 

l^at  Cassbilan  had  kjld,  the  kyngit  son  of  Troy: 
S960    He  fell  of  fe  bigies  witA  his  fuerse  dyntUa, 

And  myche  wo  with  his  weppon  wroght  at  )e 

tyme. 
Cassibilan  kynd  brother  ]>ea  ft  kyng  segh, 
Wonyn  to  fe  wegh  in  hor  wode  hate, 
nwiboHta       S961    Vmset  hym  full  sone  in  a  sop  hole, 
knUm^  And  gild  hym  euyn  to  pe  gioimd  in  a  gret  Ire. 

nt^broa  Brokjn  was  the  blade  of  his  bright  swerd, 

^!|^^^^  Hade  no  wepyn  hym  to  weire  &o  Jwre  wild 

harmys; 
C968    The  haspes  of  liis  helme  were  hurlit  in  Bonder ; 
All  bare  was  the  bneme  aboue  on  his  hed. 
He  hade  lelly  ben  lost  &  of  lyue  done, 
n»  D^a  of  Ife  hade  f6  derfe  Duke  of  Athena  drawen  hym  to 

hu^t^'^Kt^   6972    WttA  fnerse  men  in  fight,  &  fell  to  ))e  stoiiiB. 
J^""^  To  Qwintilion  the  quern  he  qwithit  a  dynt, 

Woundit  hym  wickidly,  warpit  hym  to  ground, 
(M.  ita  a.]  Bredsit  hym  wtVi  dere  to  dele  wttA  another. 

6976    )Mn  Paris,  )w  prise  knight,  wttA  a  pile  sharp. 

Rut  hym  in  thuigh  Jie  rybbis  wi'tA  a  roid  wond, 
bill  HKHdi  In  put  pe  dak  for  |)0  dynt  derit  hym  but  a  littelL 

Toax  in  ^  toile  out  of  tene  bioght, 
6980     Wan  hym  wightly  away  wondit  full  sore. 

THI  UETH  OF   HnHERICd  BT  EOTOH  BLAIK. 

Aa  Ectoi  rod  thurgh  fe  rout  wi'tA  hia  roid  dyntf^ 
Miche  greuanee  and  grem  to  ^e  grekys  dyd, 
Hmngrinwoaim  HumeriiM  }ie  mighty,  wttA  a  mayn  bow, 

„,,„  6084     bunt  hym  euyn  in  fe  fase  wi'tA  a  fya  arow. 

p6  worthi  at  ]>e  wond  wrathit  hym  eore, 
ffore  euyn  to  )ie  fireke  with  a  fyn  eworde ; 
HHtiir,  h  ■  nn  Hit  )>e  hathill  o  pe  hede  in  his  bote  angur, 

HdUt.  6988     And  rent  hym  doun  roidly  ryght  to  fe  eadill ; 

He  bend  neu«r  bow  more,  ne  no  hueme  hurt, 


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THE  TR0JAK8  RB-ENFOBOED. 

But  waa  ded  of  (le  dyat  er  he  doun  lyght.  Do 

}»n  hastid  on  heterly,  &  a  honie  hlew.  Attu 

6992    vij  .M.  Baid  grekya  semblit  hym  vmbe.  tantm 

To  Ector  full  ^rly  witA  enuy  J»i  drogh, 
fforto  lache  pa  led,  or  of  lyue  brynge, 
And  he  were  hym  full  wightly,  wondit  fuU  mony. 

6996  Mony  derf  to  )ie  deth  of  his  dyntis  jode  ! 
jKn  he  bounet  fro  batell,  &  ])e  bent  leuyt, 
iBsit  out  of  ^e  ost  aogai^Iy  fast ;  DhUhi 

fiora  eny»  to  bis  fader  in  a  fiitee  hast,  soh  to 

7000     Bad  hym  socore  torn  BonewjtA  his  sTirokniglitea;  ofUitb 
And  he  fore  to  }»  fyght  mtft  a  fiyke  wyll,  SSSS 

WitA  Jre   fousond    fro   knyghtis   >roiig  into  ""^^ 

batell,— 
ffiiree  men,  &  fel,  &  of  fyn  stienkyth. 

7004     }3ai  gyrd  to  J«  giekya  &  myche  grem  wrogbt, 
Slogh  horn  doun  sleghly  in  ft  slade  moue. 
Ectoi  and  Aiax  auutrid  to  meto :  Htetor 

'Wiih  fyn  spers  in  fw  irount  frocMt  togedur, 

7008    Jjftt  aythii  bakward  waa  borne  to  )«  bare  erthe.       (w. 
Menelaus,  a  myghti  out  of  mayn  Tioi, 
WttA  his  wepyn  he  wondit,  &  warpit  to  deth, 
Selidonas,  a  son  of  f  e  self  Fri'am,  c<ud«i 

7012    Sl<%h  Moles  pe  myghty,  a  mon  out  of  Oreb,        Hoia^i 
}}at  to  Toax,  pe  tore  kyng,  waa  a  trn  cosyu. 
Madon,  a  myghty  kyng, — fe  Medion  was  cald     Mia™ 
Of  ))e  grekya  full  gret,  he  gaf  aoche  a  dynt,  oouac 

7016     )Mt  botbe  his  Ene  out  brast  &  on  bent  light. 
Sordill,  anojter  son  of  the  same  kyngis, 
Slogh  a  grete  of  f e  greke*,  fat  was  a  grym  syre. 
Margariton,  a  mighty  of  fo  mayn  brother, 

7020     Tachet  Tpon  Thelamon,  &  tonfiUly  woundit. 

Famen,  a  fuetse  of  fo  fell  children,  Fomen 

Fresit  to  Protheua  &  pat  hym  to  grond,  »n)i. 

So  all  fc  noble  brether  naturyll  of  fe  naite  kynge, 

7024    Priam  sons,  pe  prise  kynges  prertly  Jiai  foghten, 


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226  THE  TENTS  OF  THE  OBEGKB  PILLAGED. 

Book  XT.  And  monybueme  in  })o  batell  broght  vnto  ground. 

iBgUM^tmm  Anglas,  the  able  tyng,  antrus  of  dede, 

iiHwdr  *°  To  Meneataus  migbtylf,  )>e  maistur  of  Atteus, 

"""  7028     He  gird  wi'tA  a  gret  speire,  greuit  hym  acre ; 

And  the  doke  with  a  dynt  derit  hym  agayn, 
)]at  the  viser  Sc  the  rentaile  Yoidet  hym  &o : 
The  noble  kyng  in  the  naee  hade  an  enyll  voond. 
RtebnUur         7032    Then  DianloF  the  doughty,  ))at  ^e  deds  segh, 
mtmmt  How  hia  lootheT  on  the  bent  waa  blody  beronyn, 

""*"""'  He  mwkit  to  Meneataua  wit/t  a  mayn  dynt, 

)}at  he  hurlit  fro  hia  horse  to  Jto  hard  erthe ; 
7036    But  the  Kenke  vp  roae  with  a  lad  wUle, 
And  foght  vpo  fote  as  a  freke  noble. 
■iHtiMcbnthH  Anojwr  brother  of  ^  bold  to  ^e  bneme  rod^ 

ud  tiH  uin*    '  And  foght  wttA  hym  felly  aa  he  on  fote  waa : 

MMh^teo"   7040    Throly  the  >re  men  throt^ht  hym  aboute, 
totto^ISSi"""  ^«  ^^^  ^°^  ^  britton  or  to  burghe  lede ; 

But  manly  he   macchit  bom  vith   hia   mayn 
atrokes,—  f 

[ mi  anon  he  vu  luccoured  by  the  king  Theater.  Bnt  Hector 

then  uufled  them  both,  uid  withoat  fault  they  had  not  mxp^ 
had  not  Ajax  the  Btrong  and  valiant  knight  haoe  coma  to  the 
reskne  with  a  thoiuond  knights,  that  he  had  in  hit  company.  Then 
came  on  tho  King  of  Ferae  with  fine  thonund  knighti,  that  Parii 
lead  ;  and  lo  did  all  the  other  Troyana,  and  made  the  Oreeki 
recnle,  and  goe  back  by  force.  Dares  wiiteth  in  hia  Boko,  how  that 

KMisr  iiv*  ■       Hector  alow  a  tboniand  knights,  onel;  in  thii  aaaanlt. 

"•TIJJJ^  Among  til  other  things,  Hector  enconntrcd  tho  King  Menon 

"        ■  be'ore  a  Tent,  and  said  to  him :    "  ha,  euill  tndtoiir,  that  thon 

cud  don  lattert  me  to  take  the  armes  of  Fatcocltu : "  and  then  he  smote  him 

BO  great  a  stroke  that  he  fell  downe  to  the  ground.  And  after 
Hector  alighted  downe,  and  smote  off  hia  head,  and  wonld  bane 
taken  his  armes  from  bim  :  but  Heneateus  letted  him,  and  smote 
npon  Hector  oaerthwart,  by  such  force  that  be  gaue  him  a  great 

taSU  wimAii  wound,  and  went  then  his  way  without  more  tarrying,  donbting  the 
fary  of  Hector.  Then  Ilcctor  went  out  of  the  throng  and  bound 
np  his  wound,  that  it  bled  no  more  ;  and  after  went  in  againe  into 
the  prease,  and  slew  in  his  eomming  many  Greekei.  And  Dares 
aajUi,  that  aBcr  he  had  bound  np  his  wonnd,  he  slew  the  »me  day 
a  thontand  Knights,  and  there  was  none  had  courage  to  aaenge  bim 

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OP   HIM   THAT  HOTES   HOT  HIS  TIMB.  227 

•giiait  bim,  or  difeod  himaclfe,  bnt  b«  put  them  all  to  flight ;  and        Book  IV. 

tbs  '^hoytiii  entred  into  their  TenU,  and  piUed  and  robbed  them,    "V  

aod  tooke  all  the  best  that  tbej  could  flode.]    Guide  di  Colonna :  ^^  ^  mg)it,*nid 
((rem  TA4  Aiaianl  Siitorit  of  TKt  LtHntetiiM  nf  Tng.     Sixth  Ed.  Uuli  t«u  at 
Loudon,  1636.)  f™*"^ 

Gaimentw  full  gay  all  of  grete  ftirris,  (ft*.  »««■ 

7044     Bright  beidie  &  Biasse  broght  >ai  wttA-all,  hs.;  ■ 

And  Toidet  all  as  victors  aTauntage  to  haue ;        Siiii«ul'lii>ii». 

And  eiijn  laiked  as  horn  list,  lettid  hom  noght. 

\)a.i  was  duly  the  day  &  desteny  wold,  on  thu  dir  tha 

7048    )}at  for  euer  hade  bea  eude  Angur  to  voids ;         hmvg'hU'aia 

And  ^Eu  Tooen  Jtaito  wille  neuer  the  werro  aftnt,  SS^nMn^"™ 

Ne  neuer  greke  hom  haue  grenyt  ne  to  grem 
broght; 

Bat  wlidia,  fat  is  wicked,  waitis  hir  avauutage, 
7062     "Witft  ffortune  ho  felle,  fat  is  of  fer  cast. 

All  yei  deateny  witA  dole  has  demyt  to  falle, 

Ay  pntt«<  of  f e  purpos,  fat  it  enpaiie  ahold, 

And  ay  ertsf  to  fe  end  ordant  before. 

OFF  HIH  )>A-i  H0TX9  HOT  HIS  TTKB  WHEN  OOD  HABB 
aa^t^NTlD:  BT  KUTOR 

7056     And  Ector  of  all  men  euyll  hit  dissayuet^  HHtormiiU 

)>at  his  pepuli,  and  his  pT-ouyns,  &  his  pnie  hele,  pnpi^  1,1a 
Might  aoundly  haue  eauit  witA  his  sad  sttenght ;  J^|^*  ^ 
And  aU  his  fos  in  the  fight  felly  distroyet,  ^Sl'^ 

7060    Ooutlee  fat  day,  witAoat«n  deire  aftur, 
And  all  psrels  ouer  put  plainly  for  ener. 
Hit  ia  lelly  not  louable  in  no  lede  oute, 
Of  no   wise  mon   to   wale,  when   wirdea   has 
graantid, 

7064     ffoi  to  taiy  on  hia  tynte,  when  hym  tydes  &iie, 
And  put  of  a  purpos,  fat  empaiiea  after. 
Or  fat  draghoB  to  dethe,  and  deres  at  f e  ende. 
He  fat  tas  not  his  tyma,  when  fe  tyde  askiia,        Hattut  imprai,-t> 

7068    Bnt  lett«*  it  deuly  ouerdryve  wtt&  delling  to  o 


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BIOTOR   AND   TBLAM<>N'AJAZ. 

Wite  not  his  wirdis,  ^of  h^  woo  happyn  ' 
And  he  fiat  kepis  not  kyndly  the  course  of  his 

heale. 
Sat  aodAnly  forsakes  peA  sent  is  of  god, 
7072     Hit  shalbe  gricchit  hym  fat  grace  in  his  greta 
nede. 
80  happit  hit  here  to  fis  hed  prtnse, 
Hondmble  Ectoi,  oddist  of  knightes, 
That  hollj  the  Leihond  hade  at  his  wille, 
7076     And  haue  vttred  his  Enmyea  angur  pat  tyme ; 
Hia  worship  haue  wonyn,  &  his  wille  hade ; 
And  all  hiB  fos  in  the  filde  fueraly  ouer-comyn. 
J  Then  it  cheuyt  Jins  by  chaunee  of  pat  chobe 

knight, 
T080     )}at  the  sun  of  Exiona,  pat  was  hia  aib  man, 

And  Telamim,  Jie  t«et  kyng,  Jwrt  was  his  true 

lader, 
J)at  cald  was  be  course  of  the  kynge>  syde, 
TelamoniiM  Aiax  tmly  to  nome, 
7061    That  a  mon  was  of  might  &  of  mayn  sbenght, 
He  anntrid  hym  to  Ector  emystly  with  fight. 
The  stoure  was  full  stithe  of  }io  stueme  knightM  I 
Aa  ))ai  fughtyn  in  fere  with  pen  felle  sweidia, 
7088    Hit  Quntrid  fat  Ector,  be  ame  of  hia  speche, 
Knew  hym  for  his  cousyn  comyn  of  his  Aunt, 
And  eyb  to  hym-aelfe,  sewyng  of  blode. 
R^otMd  at  tiM  He  was  glad  of  the  gome,  &  0  goode  chere 

niMbiiTtKr,     7092     Yoidet  his  riser,  anentid  hym  seluyn, 
tarutui^"  ^^  ^^  ^  h^  semly  all  in  sad  wordis, 

paautt  to  Tror.  Proyond  hym  preaUy,  aa  his  pure  frynd, 

Tome  vnto  Troy  &  talke  wttA  his  cosyna,. 
7096     His  honerable  Em,  &  other  of  his  ffryndM. 
He  denyet  hym  anon  wi'tA  a  nait  wille ; 
Hill  ledia  for  to  lene  hym  list  not  as  fen. 
Bat  he  proyet  the  prinse  witA  bis  pure  hert, 
7100     Iff  be  louyt  hym,  as  he  let  to  lene  for  fe  ^me, 


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THB  TBOJANa   iXS  VITHDRAWIT.  22 

jMt  fe  troiens  in  hor  tenttes  ahaid  tene  hom  no       Bookxr. 

inoie,  paUlng  u  md  i 

Kq  dere  hom  witA  dintte*  whille  fat  day  last, 
ITe  folow  hom  no  fiure,  ae  felle  of  hor  pepnlL 

7104    Jim  Tiifaappely  hys  heat  he  IioBtid  to  do,  H^jtorpuittH 

psA  angart  hym  aStet  angardly  soie,  .— awi.g  ui 

Tumyt  hym  to  tene  &  all  the  tit  BewmeL  ^^,^^Zu™ 

Witft  the  tuk  ofa  tramp,  aU  hia  tore  knightM      wi"^""""!. 

7108    He  aaaemblit  full  sone,  &  sad  men  of  annys, 
And  comaundit  hom  kyndly,  kynge«  &  all, 
To  go  bake  &o  )«  batdl,  &  buske  ^nto  troy, 
And  meno  hym  no  mote,  ne  hot  men  kylle. 

7112    llieTroiens  |)aire  tore  ehippis  hade  turnyt  on  hhti 

«», 

Wold  hane  brent  hom  barly,  botis  &  other  j 
Haue  grippit  thu  goodie,  &  the  gomea  qwellet, 
And  no  lede  vpon  lyne  left  in  ^e  fild. 

7116  But  at  the  biddyi^  of  f6  bold,  pat  pe  buemes  led, 
))ai  were  aaaemblit  fiill  sone,  &  myche  sorow  hade, 
Wentton  to  ^  wale  toon  wailyng  in  bert,  f 

£ntrid  yrtth  angar,  and  to  fwre  Innea  jode.  t 

7120    Thus  cnrstly  fat  knighthode  for  a  cause  lights 
Voidet  fere  victory  for  vanit4  of  specbe, 
)]at  neuer  auntiid  hom  aftur  so  ably  to  vryn ; 
Bat  f  nt^h  domys  of  destany  dreuyt  to  noght, 

7124    And  ay  worth  Tnto  werre,  asye  shall  wete  aflur. 


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liij  Voit.  ®{  a  Siein  Saltan  tino  ffUmtSitg: 
antr  of  tiiE  tljcOr  ]3ateII, 


Wen  fortim  vyth  fell  augur  feftia  on  bond, 
ffull  tid  in  hire  tens  tumys  lie  ^e  qwell ! 
Wen  fea  ffounet  folk  weie  tatjn  to  tonne, 

7128     And  entryd  full  Esely  erdyng  in  Borow. 

After  settyng  of  ^  Sun  pai  Seyn  to  fie  jates, 
Braidyn  vp  Jiaire  briggis,  barrit  bom  fast ; 
Iche  Biok  to  faae  rest  Ricbit  bom  Belnjn, 

7132     And  eeit  bom  all  nyght  after  ^atie  deuyse. 
"Wen  fe  day  Tp  drogb,  &  Jie  dym  voidit, 
All  )ie  troiena  full  tit  tokyn  ^aire  onnya, 
Tbat  were  hoole  and  rnburt  hastid  to  ffild, 

7136     By  the  ordinauac«  of  Ector  eriy  at  morow. 
To  &re  to  Je  fight  fen  foe  to  diatroy, 
And  make  an  end  of    pere  note  naitly  ])ai 

thoght. 
Bnt  the  grek«A,  in  the  gray  day,  giaidly  did  send 

7140    A  meaeage  fall  myldly  to  ]>e  maiatur  of  Troy, 
Of  a  true  for  to  trete  of  a  tyme  ahort, — 
Two  monethea,  and  no  more,  po  mighty  deaaiiit. 
Hit  vaa  granntid  agayn  of  )io  giete  all ; 

7144     Of  Priam,  &  the  prt'nse,  &  the  pert  Dukes. 
*  Then  the  greke*  were  glad,  gedrit  fsre  foike, 

That  were  hrittnet  in  batell,  bn^ht  horn  to- 
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Ttiai  gird  into  graves  fe  grettiat  of  astate,  Booii  xvr. 

7148     And  'beriet  horn  baiily  on  hoi  best  'wise.  BiHiinbuitd, 

All  the  Bemnond  and  Boke  radly  ^  broght,      buBBd. 

And  brent  vp  the  bodiea  vnto  baie  aakis,— 

Gonsumet  the  corses  foi  vnclene  aire, 
7162     As  the  costome  vaa  comynlyin  contres of  grece. 

Achilles,  the  choise  kyng,  waa  of  chere  febill,      Adtinxbrniia 

ffoT  Patrodos,  his  pere,  ))at  put  was  to  detbe :     patndu. 

Myohe  weping  &  wo,  waylyng  of  tens, 
7156    And  lamentacioun  full  long  for  loue  of  bym  one. 

He  aiaiet  foi  fat  BioU,  all  of  Biche  stones,  h*  cmm  th4 

A  faiie  toumbe  &  a  fresshe  all  of  ire  marbill,        ud  proiagiuiia  u. 

There  closet  he  the  kyng  Tppon  cleans  wise,        S^'"*"**"" 
7160    With  SacrijSceand  eolempnite  vnto  Beragodd««; 

And  Prothessalon,  the  pert  kyng,  pat  in  another, 

"Wroght  for  fat  worthy  vppon  wise  faire ; 

And  Merion,  the  m^ty,  into  mold  put 
7164    'With  soche  woTsbipftill  werbat,  as  fti  w^hia 
vsit. 

All  the  Troiens,  on  the  tothei  aide,  while  the  -n*  itqIiub 

tru  last,  woondrt. 

Helit  )>ere  hurt  men  f  uigh  helpis  of  lovhes. 
By  two  monethea  were  myldly  monit  to  end, 

7168    Iche  &eike  was  Qrn  hole  of  fere  fell  huitteti. 
Caie  hade  the  kyng  for  Cassibilon  his  son. 
Sot  ho  was  noblist  &  next  of  his  naite  childien,      if^-  ixa-) 
ffuU  teudurly  wi'tA  teris  tynt  myche  watur,  Fittm  moam 

7172     And  mouraet  full  meknll,  for  he  |)e  mon  louyt.    f.-ii-i.,  ->,,.  i. 
In  Venna  temple  J«  worthy,  in  a  wale  toumbe     iwl^'rioui. 
He  bereit  that  bold  on  his  beat  wise. 
CaaBandray,  the  kynge«  doughtur,  consayoit  the 
dole, 

7176     Weping  and  woOj  fat  Jw  weghis  made, 

8ho  brast  out  in  a  birre,  &  to  be  bold  said : —      c««Ddrm  bnmii 
"A  !  wrecchea  Tnwar,  woo  ya  in  oui  bond  !  Trtd«n,»od 

Why  Sustayn  ye  fat  sorow,  fat  Sowes  for  eaer,    SSsjimwtih 


7180    With  care  foi  to  come,  &  cumbraiis  to  allt 
Why  proffer  ye  not  pes,  or  ye  payne  thole. 
And  1m  done  to  fre  dethe  witA  dyntte«  of  aweides  t 
Thie  Cit^  and  pe  soile  be  sesit  you  ho, 

7184     Onertymet  wiiA  tene,  temple  and  o^ ; 

Modris  fere  myld  childer  wtt7t  moumyi^  behold, 
Be  eet  Tnder  aerua^  &  boiow  to  byde  I 
£lan  was  nener  honour  auenant  bo  mykell, 

7188    Ne  ao  precione  of  prtse  to  pay  for  ts  all ! 
So  mony  to  be  martrid  for  malice  of  hir  I 
All  otu  lyiiye  to  loae  for  lore  of  hii  one  1 " 
When  the  Icyng  had  conaayuit  Cassandta  noise, 

7192    He  comaundet  hir  be  caght,  8e  closit  full  haid : 
In  a  Btithc  houee  of  ston  stake  hir  vp  faat ; 
There  bo  lengit  full  longe,  aa  J«  lyue  eaya. 
Folomydon,    the    proud    kyng,    priee  of   the 
GrekM, 

7196     Made  murmur  fnll  mekyll  in  the  mene  tyme, 
Agamynon  the  grete  was  of  no  gie  cbeie 
To  beire  the  chaige  as  cheftan  of  ^  choise 

kynge*. 
Moie  syttyn  be  aaJde  hym  seluyn  to  haue, 

7200  As  Bicher  of  Benttfs,  &  Biollier  of  astate ; 
Held  hym  foi  no  hede,  ne  wold  his  heat  kepe, 
Sat  he  Cbajgyt  was  for  no  cheflain,  ne  choayn 

by  hym 
Ke  of  xzx"  other  )to  kynget,  fat  friuond  were 
aU; 

7201  Was  non  assentyd  to  Jiat  eouerain  sothely  but 

thre, 
Witftout  ordinaunce  of  other  only  or  assent ; 
Bnt  of  Jiat  mater  was  meuit  nomore  at  jxit 

tyme. 

When  the  tyme  was  ourtymyt,  and  fe  tru  vp, 
7208     Agamynon  fe  grekys  gedrit  in  J»  fild. 


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HBCTOB  AllD   AOBILLBS.  233 

Armyt  at  all  feae»  abill  to  fyght,  bmhti. 

Aiaiet;  on  a  rout  redy  to  batell.  imd«  th* 

Achillea  the  choiee  chaigit  to  batell,  AdiiiiH, 

7212     And  Diomede  the  derfe  drogh  next  ailwr ;  ic«MiM»,iind 

Monelay  the  mighty  meuit  witA  the  f  rid ;  Mimrtimu. 

The  Duke  of  Athena  after  aontird  wttA  the  ii^j'^. 

JjUB  ordant  -were  all  men  angardly  mony, 
7316    In  batele  fall  big  all  boune  to  ^  wene, 

flaire  yohe  fnrde  folowand  on  other, 

And  past  ftuth  prudly  into  )m  plaine  feld. 

Ector,  on  the  other  side,  egor  hym  aelfe,  h*(*«  unji  ihi 

7220     Dressit  for  )>e  dede,  deuydyt  hia  pepull.  Tnuu  nsDuuai 

Troiell,  the  tru  knight,  betakon  was  the  fitst,       diTinon. 

In  his  company  to  kayre  many  kene  bueme  ; 

Other  batela  fiill  bigge,  with  bold  men  to  ride, 
7224    He  aiaiet  full  EioUy  by  redo  of  hym  aelnyn. 

Then  the  prinse  with  his  power  past  to  the  lond, 

And  gird  fnrth  on  hie  gate  witli  a  giym  chore. 

He  met  horn  full  monly  vith  bis  mayn  dyntte^ 
7228    And  giid  bom  to  ground  &  to  grym  dethe. 

Ector  to  Achilles  amyt  hym  sone,  BMwud 

jMt  he  knew  well  be  course  waa  his  kene  fo;       intoxii:  boik 

And  he  keppit  hym  kenely,  and  coupid  to-gedur, 
7232    That  bothe  went  bakwaid  &  on  bent  lay. 

Bat  Ector  the  boni!rable  erst  was  on  fote, 

Lepe  on  a  li^t  hotse,  leuyt  Achilles,  HKtor  ramoanu, 

Breke  purgh  batels,  britnet  the  grakea,  ai^uuh  ds  ui* 

7236    Kyld  mony  knigbte«,  kest  hom  to  ground.  '™" 

Mony  hiirlet  to  J«  hard  ertbe  &  fen  horse  leuyt ; 

Mony  woundit  wegh  fro  his  wepyn  past  I 

So  he  hurlit  hom  on  hepis  with  his  hard  dintte*, 
7210    Till  he  waa  blody  of  |)e  buemes,  &  bis  bright      (M.iiia.) 

Acb  tiles  also  afterward  rose. 

Hit  on  bis  boree,  hurlit  into  fight, 

Mony  Troiens  ouerfymyt,  tumblit  to  dclbe. 


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231  HBCTOR  AND   ACHILLES. 

BadtXTL      7244    And  shot  ^nrgh  Jwi'e  aheltrons,  shent  of  )io  pepulL 
iLgfin  Httmrmni  jKn  auntred  it  efisoaea  )>at  Ector  hym  met^ 

Ab  he  fore  ))urgli  the  feld  he  ferkit  hym  to. 
And  aither  lede  fall  lynely  lachit  rpon  other, 
7246    ]}at  hia  speire  alto  sprottes  sprent  horn  betwene, 
AcbuiH  n  Km*  And  he  hwlet  doun  hedstonpis  to  fe  bard  erth& 

tHKpaiaptiin,  Ector  )iat  od  kyng  aniitrid  to  take^ 

But  he  «as  put  fio  hie  purpoe  wttA  prese  of  the 
grekw; 
7262    And  roskewet  fall  radly  by  renkes  of  his  owns, 
Achilles  highit  in  hast,  and  on  horse  van, 
HaruuDiid  And  auntred  Tppon  Ector  a  full  od  dynt. 

mini^iawub  He  hit  on  his  helme  wt'tA  a  heuy  aw^ord, 

7266    Jwt  grenit  bym  full  gretly,  gert  hym  to  stoupe ; 
But  in  his  sadell  full  sound  )ie  aouerain  hym  held. 
Yne  wode  of  his  wit  for  the  irale  stroke, 
He  choppit  to  Achilles  wttA  a  chore  feile ; 
uKi  i>  toniir        7260    Hotorly  his  helme  hurlit  in  sonder, 

)]at  the  fas  in  the  fell  hast  femyt  on  blode. 
fSall  big  was  the  batell  )io  buernOB  betwene  I 
Hade  it  last  but  a  litle  on  }ie  laund  so, 
7264    Auther  doutles  had  d^hit  of  yo  derfe  knightet ; 
But  other  batola  full  big  vppon  bothe  haluys, 
firusshet  in  faeraly  fo  frekes  betwene. 
And  depertid  horn  with  preee  of  fiaire  pale 


7268     }}en  Diomede  the  derte  drogh  into  batetl, 

With  mony  greke«  full  grym  of  a  gret  will ; 

And  Troiell  wiiA  a  tore  folke  twrayt  hym  agayne. 

Boldly  tho  buemea  bickryn  to-gednr, 
7272    That  aither  backward  was  borne  &  on  bent  lay ; 

Bat  Diomede  full  deraly  dresdt  Tp  firat, 

And  wightly  for  all  the  woo  wan  on  his  horse ; 

Swynget  out  a  sword,  swappit  at  )iat  other ; 
7276     Sundret  the  semle  of  his  sure  helme. 

Jjat  other  freke  vpon  foto,  furgh  his  fyn  atrei^tht, 


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TBOtLca  oiprnnED  and  reboitbd.  236 

Diomedes  dere  hoise  vnto  dethe  broght  Bookm. 

And  BO  tbe  Inikes  on  fote  foghton  to^edur  I  (m.  us  k) 

7260    Bat  the  grekes  fraiie  ga.y  kynge  getyn  appoloit,    ^ttiin  umt  u* 

And  the  Troiens  Jiot  tothet  on  a  tried  stede.         flfhttciiMiar. 

(ten  foght  ftd  in  fere  with  fen  felle  awordes, 

And  delt  mony  djntt«^  ))0  doughty  in  fere. 
7284    Bat  Diomede  in  daungei  duly  hym  toke, 

And  tumyt  witA  the  Troien  tomly  away,  Tniiiu  la 

Wold  hane  bioght  furlh  the  bueme  to  his  big  juanniim,  ni 
tent;  t„j««. 

Bat  he  was  tarriet  wiik  the  Tioiens,  &  tenit  fall 
enyll, 
7288    And  wemit  of  his  wille,  Jrof  hym  vo  thoght ; 

His  pray  &o  hym  puld,  &  his  pepull  slayn. 

Then  to  batell  vas  boane  bold  Menelaas, 

Horlit  in  hastely  wit&  a  boge  folke.  Buiia  i»tnn 

7292    Wttftoutyn  taiTing  o  }«  tother  side  titly  cam  mmuiwbuii 
Paris,  ^*^ 

With  mony  triet  knight  of  Ttoie,  &  the  toile 
entrid. 

So  byco«ret  f  e  batells  vppon  bothe  halnys, 

And  Bestoret  wt'tft  stithe  men  ye  stoaie  was  full 
hoge ! 
7296     Mony  doughty  fat  day  deghit  in  the  fild, 

Mony  wofuUy  woundit,  &  wappid  to  ground ! 

There  vas  crie  of  kenmen,  crossing  of  vepyn, 

All  the  bent  of  f  o  buernes  blody  beronnen  I 
7300     Ectoi  euermoie  egerly  foght,  ii«uirBukH 

Breke  of  )>ere  bateU,  britnet  fsT-e  knightes,  Ondx 

Mekyll  gteuit  the  grekes  with  his  giete  strenght, 

And  kild  all  to  kold  dethe,  pat  couatridbymwiti. 
730i    There  come  launchand  o  fe  lend  a  lyuely  yong 
knight, 

IfoT  made  at  the  note,  &  nomet  BoeUies.  a  Touif  knight. 

He  anntrid  hym  to  Ector  euyn  at  the  tyme,         iriui  him  i  ud  n 

And  ^e  mighty  hym  met  with  a  main  dynt ;        mhL 


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DEATH  OP  ABOHUOGHUa  AKD  FBOTHBHOB. 

7308     Carve  bym  suyn  fro  the  create  cleane  to  )«  uaaell, 
Jut  he  gird  vsto  ground  &  the  gost  jelde  j 
Aiid  seeit  bya  siue  hoiae  &  a  saroand  betaght. 

TBB  DBTHB  OF  ABOHn.AOUB  THB  KTNQ,  BT  KTIOB  SLATIT. 

Aivliilaciis,  a  choise  kyiig  &  cheftain  of  grece, 
7312    Be  hiB  cosyn  so  kild  &  cast  to  )ie  dethe. 
Wold  Tenge  o  fai  velany  in  a  rile  hast. 
And  ayree  vnto  Ector  Angardly  swithe. 
Hie  Prinse  hym  peraayuit  &  preset  hym.  agayn  ; 
7316    With  the  bit  of  bis  blade  he  bobbit  hym  », 

Thiugh  the  might  of  }ie  moa  &  fe  mayn  atrengbt, 
He  olefe  hym  to  }ie  coler,  &  the  kyng  degbit. 

THB  DEtHB  07  PBOTHENOB,    BT  ECTOB  BLATH. 

Piothenor,  a  pert  knigbt,  preset  bym  ner, 
7320     Set  hym  a  sad  dynt  Sydlyng  by-bynd  ; 

Ynhoisit  hym  hetuily,  er  be  hede  toke. 

But  Ector  in  angtw  eguily  rose, 

Was  hoisat  in  bast,  bent  to  bis  aword, 
7324     Preset  to  Frotbenor  in  a  proude  yre ; 

He  mcrkit  bym  in  mydward  the  mydell  in  two, 

)}at  he  felle  to  fe  flat  ertbe,  flote  he  no  lengwr. 

Achilles  f&n  auertbward  ^is  aontro  beheld, 
1   7328     How   Protbenor  was  perysshet,  his  aune  pure 

He  angart  bym  full  euyll,  &  egerd  hym  wttfc, 

Sot  the  detbe  of  fa  dere  his  dole  was  )»e  more. 

paa  be  gedrit  the  greke«  wi'tA  a  grete  yre  : 
7332     Of  f o  kynges,  fat  were  kild,  &  ofer  kene  mony, 

Wold  haue  Tengit  of  }ie  velany,  &  Jw  vile  harme. 

Pen  preset  (lai  full  prudly,  &  pynet  bom  selle. 

The  Troiens  bom  tenyt  and  tyrnit  to  dethe; 
7336     Wet  hom  wiVi  woundes,  warpit  hom  doun  ; 

Greuit  bom  full  gretly,  gird  hom  abacke. 

)jen  fled  all  in  fere,  &  the  fild  leuyt, 


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Tumyt  to  fere  tenttes,  fe  troiena  hom  aftwr,  a«i*iyi. 

7340    Slogh  Iiotn  in  the  elade,  elang  hom  to  ground ;    thrirtmu  Th* 

Woondit  hom  vikkidly,  volt  hom  of  hoise.         and  aa  Uum 

Jjnfl  neghet  hom  wt'tA  noye,  till  fe  night  come  ; 

Left  torn  for  kt«,  laimchet  to  towne ;  nwii  andi  ai 

7344     Entrid  in  bU  aomyn,  euyn  at  hor  wills  ; 

fibre  to  ^era  Innes,  Sc  paa  the  fight  endit  I 


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itiij  Softe.    ®ff  ti)r  Couneell  of  t^e  exOas 
f£ot  tift  ©etije  of  (Ector  /  &  t>e  iiif  »aUU. 


Herkinys  now  a  hondqwile  of  a  hc^h  em. 
And  I  Bchall  tell  yon  full  totnly  how  bom  tids 
aftur ! 
7348    When  the  day  oner  drogh,  &  the  derk  entrid, 
The  eternea  full  stithly  starond  o  bfte ; 
All  merknet  the  mountens  &  mores  aboute ; 
The  ffowlea  fere  fetbera  foldyn  to  gedur. 
7362     Nightwacche  for  to  wake,  waites  to  blow ; 
Toie  fyrea  in  the  tenttes,  tendlia  olofte ; 
All  the  giet  of  the  greka  gedrit  horn  somyn. 
EyngM  &  knightes  clenneat  of  wit, 
73fi6     Dakei  &  derSe  Erlea  droghen  to  counaell, 
In  Agamynon  gret  tent  gedrit  were  all. 
There  only  was  OTdant  of  Ectora  dethe, 
WitJi  all  Soteltie  to  serche  opon  sen  wise ; 
7300    ffor  sothely  )iai  saidon,  and  for  sure  holdyn, 
But  fat  doghty  were  deile  &  his  day  comyn, 
Thaiffl  happyut  not  the  herhond  to  haue  of 
horfos. 
TbtTiiirtiw  He  was  fully  the  fens  &  the  lyn  stuff 

tiM  dv  H  i!!^     7364    Of  all  the  tulkes  of  Ttoy,  )>at  hom  tene  wroght ; 
**  "*  "'"■  ffuerea  on  hie  foes,  fellist  of  other. 

And  dethe  to  the  derfe  grekes  delt  hym  aboute. 
Then  by  ordinaunce  of  all  men,  as  abliste  fierfota, 


THE  FOUSTH   BATTUE. 

7368    Aohilks  hj  cliaunse  may  chefe  to  ^s  woiae, 

And  be  dede  of  his  djntte^  but  if  desteny  let. 
WliQn  this  purpos  was  plainly  putto  tm  end, 
Tben  partid  the  prinsie,  and  the  pnse  duks^ 

7372    Tamyt  to  fere  tenttes  &  tarit  no  lengur ; 
And  Bapit  to  fen  rest,  rioU  &  other. 
When  the  light  vp  l&unchit,  littid  the  erthe, 
The  derke  oiwr-done,  and  f  e  day  aprange,  Saxaij  Of 

7376    All  the  greket  in  hor  geire  gedrit  to  feld,  aiidiaUiairbaM 

Weie  bonn  on  the  bent  on  hor  best  wise.  ' 

And  fe  Btitheet  in  stonre,  stnmyst  of  knighta^ 
Honerable  Ectot,  fai  eger  was  ay,  (ftd.i»<.) 

7380    £ner  waker  and  vnwar,  wightist  in  armys,  wdHaMoriMd* 

Past  furth  with  his  pepoli  &o  the  pure  Git6  :       und. 
flfoie  euyn  to  ^9  fild  witA  fuersmen  of  Troye, 
That  hym  self  hade  asslgnet  surest  of  othir. 

7384    Eneas  aflurward  wiih  abiU  men  ynow ; 
Paris  fea  pat  furthe  wtt&  a  proude  folks; 
BeffebuB  drogh  next  wt'tA  a  derfe  pepuU ;  laOn  Mioir, 

Troiell,  the  tru  knight,  wi'tA  a  triet  menye,  o!m«rtiM! 

7388     And  other,  ^t  Ector  had  oidant  befoie, 

Snet  forth  to  ^e  semely,  aa  ))ai  assignet  were. 
The  fiist  of  fo  fueise  men,  fai  to  %ht  past. 
Was  Ectoi,  hym  avine  selfe,  wttA  odmen  of  troye, 

7392    As  Daies  in  his  dytyng  of  his  dedis  tellis. 
fJTO  the  Git6,  the  same  day,  sogbt  to  ^e  fild, 
With  the  prinse,  to  the  plase,  and  his  prise 

brother, 
&  i^  .H.  thio  men,  ^riuond  in  armys, 

7396    And  t  .U.  fer,  faeramen  &  noble. 

])en  gird  thai  lo-gedur  wttft  a  giym  will  1 

The   atore  waa   full   stithe  ;   ])«re   st«if  mony  TiuMthit 

knights  I  D^TuS'SSi 

Paris,  wt'tft  the  parseans,  pr«sit  in  first,  "*  •n*™- 

7400    Witft  his  bowmen  full  bold  bykrit  witA  the 
grekw. 


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240  ACHILLES  AND   BBOTOB. 

Book  xvn.  Mooy  woundit  tho  'weghia  &  wioght  Yato  dctho, 

And  harmyt  full  hogely  witA  fere  baid  abot 

Agmmmm  !■  Than  AgamyQou  the  grete  gird  into  batell ! 

staita,  7404     Ector  full  egerly  etlit  hym  to  mete, 

Gild  hym  Euya  to  pe  grond  vi'tA  a  grym  hurt : 
Halfe  dede  of  pe  dynt  fere  )ie  duke  lay. 

wiwiinutHtoa  Than  Achillea  with  a  choise  eword  clioppit  to 

hr  AddllHiUd  T,  . 

buUibdiBM  JliCtOr, 

'■"*"■  7403    Alto  hurlet  the  helme  of  fe  high  prinsa ; 

But  hym  sduyn  was  safe,  &  his  Bcate  helde. 
TroUanad  Thaa  TroUus  full  tite,  <fc  tid^  Eneas, 

hiiD.  Chefyn  to  Achilles  w/t&  choise  men  ynogh, 

7412    Hurllt  hym  haetely,  harmyt  hym  full  mekull, 

Bere  hym  bak  of  pe  bent  &  hia  huemce  alL 
DUnttemtia^  Then  Piomede,  the  derfa  kyng,  drof  to  Eneas, 

(fiiLm*,)  Woundit  hym  wykkidly,  &  to  )«  whe  saide  : — 

unntiuni'       7416     "2sov,  wolcum  I-wysse,  for  fi  wale  coimsell, 

]iat  in  presens  of  Pr^m  purauet  me  to  fle  ! 

Wete  hit  foil  well  for  ))i  wyU  febill. 

If  Jwu  contynu  by  course,  &  cum  into  batell, 
7420    YoQ  shall  happyn  in  my  handia  hardly  not  fiiile, 
udwUhiiura  And  be  ded  of  my  dyntis  for  ^i  dissire  old." 

u"  Jjen  he  drof  to  the  duk  -with  n  dynt  fell, 

YnhoTsit  hym  in  hast,  had  hym  to  ground. 
7424    Ectoi  eitirsons  ettlyt  on  Achilles, 
HditorrHiHioB  And  gfeult  hym  full  gretly  wiVi  a  giym  stroke, 

utbtuut;  Alto  hurllt  bis  belmo,  hurt  byra  full  etiyll, 

,g„^ .  Wold  haue  takyn  hym  full  tit,  but  at  tene  fell 

^™thT*  ^   7428    A  sad  man  full  sone,  >e  sun  of  Theseus, 
kbmt  to  i^iun  gggii  Achillea  myschauyt,  cboppit  to  Ector : 

With  a  Bwyng  of  his  sword  swagit  on  Jje  pn'nsc. 

Ector,  for  fie  stithe  stroke  stoynyt  do  thyng, 
7432     Gryppit  to  bia  gode  sword  in  a  grym  yre, 

Drof  Tuto  Diomedo,  |)at  deiyt  hym  before, 

Jnt  hedstonpis  of  his  horse  he  hurlit  to  ground, 

Jjat  Toilus  in  pe  toile  ^is  torfer  beheld, 


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THE  SA.TTLX  BE00HB8   QEHEBAI. 

7436     3^Ii  Cfomede  with  a  dynt  dryuyn  to  fote. 
He  Ijght  doun  fall  lyuelj  leayt  his  horse, 
And  dreasit  to  Dyamedo  -wiUi  a  derfe  chere. 
JM  &ete  hym  dufendit  wttA  a  fyn  wyll, 

7i40    Were  hym  foil  wightly,  and  his  wochc  past 

Achilles  and  Ector  angarely  &ght  J  Aduu 

Furse  was  fe  faro  )k>  fyn  men  l>etwene ;  ud  t^ 

But  ^er  hastid  on  bond  help  vnto  bothe, 

7444     WttA  batela  fuU  hyg,  fat  on  bent  met. 

J^n  Menelay  fe  myghti,  &  mo»ly  Vlixes  ; 
Palomydon,  Philomj-tea,  Fhilothetes  J>e  grele ;     uoai 
N'eptolon  pe  nobiU,  &  Nestor  Jw  duk  ;  c^k 

7448    Theseus,  &  Tboax,  &  uioDy  tiyed  knigbt ;  ^„^ 

MeneataiiB  |>e  mygbty,  &  modi  Giriliufl ;  '■^* 

StelletM,  J»e  sty  the  kyng,  wttA  a  stume  wyll  j 
pea  gyid  in  o  f e  grekys  side  wi'fA  a  gtym  ost 

7462     On  the  totbir  Side  fro  Troy  twrnyt  in  swith,  (fo 

All  |ie  kyngis,  fat  were  comyn  by  course  of  udto 

])ere  helpe,  Uidi^ 

"With  Jiere  batela  full  b^  &  mony  buemo  fello,     t^ 

As  honerable  £ctor  bade  ordant  before. 

7456     Uit  ie  wonder  to  wete  of  fo  wegfaee  fen, 
Uow  fell  was  fe  fight  of  fe  fnerse  pepull  I 
Howstitb  men  &  stcdis  were  strikon  to  ground, 
And  mony  derf  ^t  was  ded  er  fe  day  endit  1 

7460    Agamynon  fe  grete,  &  bis  gay  brother, 
Menelay  wi'tA  mayn  macchit  bom  in  fere, 
And  presit  vnto  Paris  all  wttA  pfde  bate,  umni 

The  duke  for  to  deiie  &  to  dethe  bringe. 

7464     Menelay  bym  met  vi'tA  a  mayn  speire. 

And    woundit    bym     wickedly,    warpit    bym  wmaA 
doun;  anh. 

But  Ilia  armour  waa  od  good  &  ongardly  f  icke, 
And  saoit  fat  Syre,  socurd  bis  lyfe. 

7468    Then  abamet  fe  abalke  for  fe  shene  Elan,  P"^  i 

Pai  he  beld  in  his  hate  fro  fe  hed  kyng. 


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THB   FOURTH  BATTLE. 

J)en  Vlixes  &  Arest  angurdly  faght: 
Vlexes  gird  hym  t«  groud,  grippit  hie  hoise, 
7172     Sent  hym  by  a  seniaund  sooe  to  hia  tent. 

Polimytes,  |)e  proud  kyng,  presit  Tnto  Hupon, 
Wondit  hym  \nckedly,  warpit  faym  to  dethe. 
Keptolemu^,  the  noble,  Dolpit  to  Aichilagon, 
7476    Tbat  both  went  backward  &  bultvppon  the  erthe, 
Polidamas  to  Falomydoa  presit  so  fast, 
}]at  he  gird  hym  doun  grymly  vttft  a  grytu 

wound; 
Bpake  lo  hym  spitously,  dispisit  hym  foule  ; 
7180    ffore  yriih  hym  fuersly  all  in  fell  angur. 
Steitcn  a^ia  StelleiM,  the  stithe  kyng,  etiake  vnto  Carax, 

mihonoi  um.  Hurlet  hym  of  horse,  hade  hym  to  ground. 

FyiBiHiiH  Philmen,-  the  ftieiee,  witA  a  fell  dynt 

Dnks  or  AUitiu,    7 181    Diof  to  the  derfe  duke,  doughty  of  Athens ; 
h(a^  Hurlit  hym  doun  hedlyngM,  &  hia  horse  toke ; 

(M.iis».]  Baght  hym  full  ladly  to  a  lynke  of  hia  owne. 

PhiicKUrMud  Philoc  wi'tA  felle  angur  irusshet  to  Bemo, 

mbanHi ;  u  Um  7188     Till  bothe  welt  backward  of  hor  bare  sadlea. 
Eoruiu.  Theseus,  a  tore  kyng,  tachit  on  Enrialoti, 

That  aither  wegh  other  wonndit,  &  welt  to  ]>e 
grene. 
ThebnKbgnvf  The  noble  brether  naturell  naited  fere  strengbt, 

J^o'JSu.        7192     Mony  woundit  in  war  wroght  J»o  Jiat  day ; 
1^^  Mpny  grekw,  thurgh  hor  grefe,  on  fe  ground 

leuyt ; 
Mony  woundit  J)o  worthy  of  ^ire  wale  kynge*. 
Tttunon  BgiiM  TelamoB,  the  tore  kyng,  wtt&  a  togh  apeire, 

bouiuiuui*      7196    WitA  the  kyng  of  Capadoye  caupit  so  barde, 
^mi^y"  paX  bothe  were  ^ai  bold  men  borne  to  )ie  giene, 

Woundit  full  wickedly  in  wer  of  hor  lynea  : 
In  the  brest  of  fe  batell  fere  ^  buemya  lay  I 
7500     l}en  Achillea  cherfull,  &  his  choise  coayn 
Athuttt  hhi  iin  Toax,  )iat  other,  a  tote  moD  of  atrenght, 

iii>«  HMor,  iM  Ayron  vnto  Ector  angoidly  soie  I 


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THE    FOURTH  BAITLB.  243 

Wi'tA  tlio  Btrenglit  of  bar  stroke,  &  hor  store  faro,       Book  xvji. 
7504    Tbe  helme  of  hia  hede  )iai  hurlit  to  p«cee ;  woiuid  bim  u 

Woimdit  hym  wickedly  wttA  wepon  aboae, 

jjat  fe  Sinek  of  ted  blode  nn  donn  his  chokes.    HKtor  in  ■  net 

But  Ector  in  angor  aykeward  he  stroke,  mid  cota  ostuor 

7508     Tachit  vpoD  Toax,  toke  hym  in  the  face, 

He  hade  of  fie  halfe  naae  to  fie  haid  cheke« ; 

And  he,  for  dere  of  fie  dynt,  droppid  on  fie  laund. 

jMn  his  noble  brother  naturell   ne^hit   hym  Tbatnthgn 
aboute,  ™°km  muv ' 

7612     Socord  hjm  full  sone  vrith  ftaire  sod  helpis.  ^!^^" 

HonjgrAes  fiai  gird  doun  wttAfere  grym  fete!  ""o™*!*!™™- 

Eyng  Toax  ])ai  toke,  &  to  toun  led ; 

Telamon,  ^t  toie  kyng,  so  tonfully  wondit, 
7516     )Mt   he  was   borne   on  hia   brode  aheld  yrith 
buemea  to  bis  tent^ 

As  for  ded  of  the  dynt,  dresait  of  fie  fild, 

And  left  halfe  lyneles  with  ledis  of  his  aune. 

Menday  wttA  malys  meuyt  hym  to  Paria, 

7520  JM  frake  forto  felle  foudit  at  all  -, 

But  Paris,  wi'tA  a  prtee  arow  put  into  Vonum,      Puii  wonndi 
Hurt  bym  bo  hidously,  fiat  he  his  horse  leuyt,      potnosd  unw. 
And  was  borne  to  his  bare  tent  with  his  bold      wm-iun-) 
knighte^ 

7521  As  for  dede  of  )ie  dynt,  bo  derit  bym  sore  j 
But  leches  full  lynely  bkid  his  woond ; 
WitA  oile  and  with  ointment  abill  ^erfote, 
Bond  it  full  bigly  on  hot  heat  vise. 

7528     And  Menelay  wi'tA  malis  meuit  Tnto  batoll,  Mmeiui  huiui 

To  venge  on  hia  volany  &  his  vile  harme ;  dr™«i,.grin 

Predt  vnto  Paris  yrith  a  priae  speite,  ««*•  nrn. 

Wold  haue  hurt  hym  full  hidnsly,  or  had  hym 
to  groimd. 

7532     But  Eneas  come  ouerthwert,  aa  aunt^rs  befelle,    £n«uHiimea 
And  Eeppit  the  caupe  on  his  clone  ahUd, 
ifor  the  buerue  was  hare  of  body  vnarmyt, 


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244  THE  OBBBKB  DRIVEN   BACK. 

Book  xvu.  And  80  went  be  to  wer  wilfully  hjra  selfe, 

7636     Jjat  wist  well  the  wale  kyng,  Jwt  waited  hym  bo. 
To  haue  slaya  liym  fall  sl^hlj  wttA  sleght  of 
his  hond. 
•aam  Firii,  Eneas  eftir,  wi'tA  abill  knightw  monj, 

tetoMinw  Send  hym  to  pe  Cit£  for  the  same  cause, 

■*^'  7540     ffor  manyng  of  Keoelay  at  Jie  mene  tyme. 

Hactornuhaoii  Jmh  Ectof  come  ^uilj,  euyn  Tpon-one, 

Mm  u  cmion  llerkit  hym  to  Menelay,  the  mon  for  to  take ; 

ynrmt  um.  ^^^  P^  multitude  was  so  mekill,  ^t  marcit  hym 

7644    And  put  hym  iio  purpoe  with  &  prese  hoge, 
That  he  leuit  the  lede,  laonohit  aboute^ 
Gird  doon  of  fa  grekes  gi^mly  -with  stroke^ 
ffrueshit  fiuigh  the  fronnt,  fell  horn  to  dethe  t 

TteOnAiin      7548    ThnTghe  the  potur  of  Je  prt'nc^  &  his  pert 

■dcu  «D<i>  th*  knightM, 

•■^^  t)en  fled  all  in  fere,  &  the  fild  leuit; 

Toniit  to  fen  tenttes  witA  tone  at  ^ere  hertis. 
Thai  sesit  of  fe  eate^  Jm  sun  was  to  lest, 
7662    And  tumyt  to  fe  toune,  taned  no  lengnr  1 


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x&tijt  l&oie  of  H)e  ffguet  Batell  in  tfie  Settle. 


As  hit  happit  of  ^es  tynd,  lierkyn  a  while  I  ( 

"WlLBn  the  derke  vas  don  &  the  da;  sprang, 
Thes  kyngw  and  knightes,  kid  men  of  arms, 

7566     Were  assemblit  Ml  sone  in  hor  sure  wedin.  Th« 

Then  Pn'am  full  plainly  purpoe  hade  takou,  |^ 
That  no  fnike  to  fie  fight  shold  fare  out  of  toun,  ^ 
But  yche  lenke  take  his  rest  right  as  hym  liked.  ^- 

7560     And  of  maters  to  mene  in  )in  meue  tym<^ 

The  kyng  sent  for  his  sons  and  aou«nuna  of  Hai 

T«>y,-  S; 

Ector,  &  Eneac^  and  Alezsaonder  Paris, 
Tiollus  f  e  tru  knight,  tristy  of  hond, 

7564    Deftebus  fe  doughty,  &  derfe  PaUdamas. 

When  the  knightes  were  comyn,  fus  the  kyng 

said: — 
"  Wot  ye  not  worthy,  fe  wale  kyng  Tear 
Is  put  in  our  pouer,  out  pr»on  witAin, 

7566    pat  myche  hanne  wttA  his  hond  bappont  to  do. 
And  witA  hia  pouer  hath  preset  oure  pepoll  to  sio, 
Ouie  Citie  to  sese  and  ouie  side  londst  1 
fibr  his  hardines  heie,  &  his  hegh  malis, 

7572    He  shold  be  done  to  fe  dethe  by  domys  of  right, — 
To  be  hangit  in  bast,  or  bis  bede  tyne : 
Thas  me  semyth  for  certain,  now  sais  me  your 
witte!" 


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34C  REQARDIirQ  THOAB. 

BmitTvin.  Tlie[n]  anaward  Eneaa  easaly  agajne : — 

Awunnnd,   7576     "Lord,  vriih  jour  leue,  fai  were  a  laithe  de<Ie  ! 
In  ■  iiickKi  imi.  Sycbe  a  cliatmae  for  to  cbefe  choialy  of  jou, 

The  noise  of  ycmr  nobilt4  were  noyet  for  euw ! 
Syne  he  ia  gret  of  degre,  groimdit  of  old, 
7580     And  mony  syb  to  hym  aelfe  of  souerans  &  other, 
ii  rMm  mr  Ye  haue  ledis,  ^at  ye  lone,  &  lightly  may  happjm 

migiitpHMaa  Of  yottf  eons  to  be  eeeit,  or  sum  sib  other: 

MhMt^t  t**"  ^^  greke*  for  grem  in  hor  gret*  yie, 

tovwiifPrisii'i  7584    Wold  dight  hym  to  dethe,  your  dole  to  increse. 
Hit  might  eothely  be  eiche  on,  as  yo«r  self 

nold 

fibr  mybdll  of  Jiis  medill  ertbe  ^t  myschefe  to  se : 

Therfore,  eothely  me  eemeth,  sauyng  your  wille, 

nitb>i)inJii      7686     Hit  is  bettur  pia  bold  kyug  in  the  burgh  hold. 

prills  te  He  may  be  chaungit  by  chaunse  for  sum  cboise 

""  other, 

Juat  ia  takon  of  Troy,  if  hit  tyde  so  j 
And  the  lure  be  ^e  lea  fen  the  lyfe  tyne." 
(M.1I8S.)      7592    Ector  to  Eneas  egeily  assentid, 

And  confermyt  his  cotmsell  in  cas  for  )»  best ; 
And  lowet  the  lede  for  his  leue  speche. 
Then  Frtam  to  ^  purpos  presUy  can  say : — 
I  7596     "  If  we  leue  hym  on  lyue,  &  the  lede  kepe, 
Oure  fomen,  in  faith,  for  faint  will  vs  deroe ; 
And  hold  ts  vnhardy  oure  harmys  to  vengo  ! 
But,  neuerthclea,  as  you  list,  of  pat  lord  wirke; 
7G00     And,  as  yo  conngell  in  the  cas,  I  comaund  be 
done." 
When  this  speche  was  sped,  apeke  )ai  no  ffene. 
Eneas  to  Elan  Etlit  to  wend, 
I.  To  se  hir  in  sight,  and  solas  ]>at  fre. 

7604     He  toke  W(tA  hym  Troilus  &  trusty  Antenor, 
And  went  in  full  wightly  into  a  wide  halle. 
There  was  Ecuba  fe  hon«rable,  &  Elan  to-gedur, 
Wi'tA  women  of  worship,  the  worthiest  of  Troy: 


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A  THUKDKR  BTORlf.  247 

7608    There  a^h  yea  fat  aemly,  &  wttA  soft  wordys,        Boufcxrui. 

Comford  hui  kyndly  with  carpyng  of  mowtbe. 

The  grtket  for  J>e  greuauoce  &  the  grete  harmyB,  Tt»  a™tk« 

ffor  the  tene,  fat  hom  tyde^  &  tj^yng  of  pepuU,  «u« ;  uui 
7612     Made  myche  munuur  &  menlt  hom  sote,  thooHinit  ftni* 

Afl  folia,  pat  folily  hade  faien  bo  home  ^l!^^*?!  tu* 

To  pat  hom  in  pcrell  to  pwyaehe  Jwre  lyues ;      '"■ 

Mychs  gold  &  goodfs  vngraidly  dispeudit, 
7616    WitA  moTiy  hormya,  fat  hom  hepit  of  hor  hede 
pereona, 

And  might  hane  lei^t  in  hor  lond,  &  fe  iak 
Toidet. 

The  aame  night  waa  a  note,  noyet  hom  all ; —     a  gnu  (tom  ot 

A  thondir  witA  a  thicko  Bays  thrublit  in  f  e  ooma  down,  niui 
akewea, 
7620    Orurahotyng  wttA  shouiea  thnigh  fere  ahene 
tentte^ 

As  neuer  water  fro  the  welkyn  hade  waynit 
before. 

The  flode  waa  so  felle,  with  fallyng  of  Rayn, 

Hit  was  like,  by  the  leat,  as  oure  lord  wold 
7624     WttA  water  haue  wastid  all  f  e  world  efle : 

So  kene  waa  f  e  couise  of  the  cold  ahouiee  t 

And  more  grenit  the  grekeg  by  fe  grym  viudes, 

Jjat  wscknet  ao  wodely,  wait  ouer  the  loggee ;       i*»  •**  ofOw 
7628    Oiwrtymit  the  tenttw,  teghit  vp  the  ropea  j  (w.  iws.i 

And  alto  r^et  &  rent  all  the  riche  clothes,  staunwd. 

When  the  derke  ousTdn^,  &  fe  dym  voidet^ 

The  Btonrme  wax  etill,  stablit  the  course ; 
7632    The  sun  in  his  sercle  sette  vpo  lofte ; 

All  cleiit  the  couise,  clenstt  the  aire ; 

The  greke*  hor  geire  gripplt  anone,  (i»rtmani)iig 

Bonnet  vnto  batell,  and  to  bent  drt^he  !  thmmtm  ibr 

7636    AchilleB,  of  all  men  auntrid  hym  fiiat, 

fToro  enyn  to  the  fild  wt'tA  a  felle  pepull : 

Then  Diomede  the  doughty,  &  derfe  UenelaDS, 


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248  IPIBTBOFHnB,  TEDICS,   AND  HBOTOB. 

Bookxvni.  Agamynoti  thegret«,[&]  ^goodedukcof  Athens. 

AciiitiM  iivi  to*  7610     With  the  lijng  of  Jjona  full   cantly  caupit 
Adiilles, 
J)at  he  drofie  hym  to  dethe  yriih  the  dynt  of  a 
speire. 
HMaitar*  Aatcneiu  oq  Ector  full  egerly  met^ 

Bat,  er  he  past  fro  the  prtnse,  he  waa  pale  ded. 
MonudB  diri     7644    Then  Diomede,  the  deife  kjng,  degbit  out  of  lyu« 
Xoutipos, )%  Bame  tyme,  pat  vae  a  Bura  kyng. 
Two  kyoges  Jiere  come,  }iat  were  kyde  hrether, — 
EpietafuB  fe  pert  waa  propuily  Jiat  one, 
7648    And  Tediua,  >at  tothii, — tyd^  men  botbe : 
""  Vppon  Ector  emiBtly  foB  egir  men  set. 

Ephiatafna  faym  presit  with  his  proude  woidss, 
Ab  a  ribold  wi'tA  reuerey  in  his  Roide  Bpeche, 
7652    SythenspnroithymdiBpitouslywitAaepeiTefeUe; 
But  he  hurt  not  ]iathynd,iie  hadehym  to  ground; 
Se  the  deire  of  his  dynt  daait  hym  but  litle. 

TSB  DtTHE  OP  BFHISTAPUB   BY   ECTOB  SLATNB. 

Ector,  Tratbed  at  Mb  vordis,  waynit  at  the  kyng, 
7666    ))at  he  gird  to  f>e  gronnd  and  the  goet  yald : 

pen  -narpid  be  Jies  vordia  in  hi«  wild  hate  : — ■ 
lion  "  ffor  Jioa  of  flytyng  was  fueisewitA  ttekea  ■vppoa 

"<^  lyne, 

Go  dresse  pe  to  dedmen,  &  dyn  pen  a  while." 
■iiDQn.    7660     This,  Tedins  the  totbir  full  tomly  hehekL 
••ng*  Gret  pytie  witA  payne  penrit  his  hert ; 

0^  ffor  tbe  dethe  of  ^at  deie  doublit  his  Borow. 

*  <■)  He  cald  of  bis  knightes  of  clene  men  a  tbowsaund, 

7664     That  aU  haatid  to  pat  hend  hertly  &  mo. 

He  bade  bom  full  boldly,  for  bale  vpon  ertbe, 

AU  folow  to  ^t  freke,  ^t  his  fere  slogh. 

On  bia  broder  bale  dethe  baldly  to  venge, 
«7        7666    All  Buyt  on  fat  syie  in  a  sad  bast, 
dd.  And  laited  aflur  ^e  lede  witA  a  light  wille ; 


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THK  FIFTH  BATTLE.  24! 

Saght  ^  the  eoK  pnoBe  tbargh  the  sjde  hatcU.      Bosk  xriii. 

fforsit  hym  wtVt  fight,  fellyo  hyiii  aboute,  ud  u  lut 

7672     Vnhonet  hym  in  hast,  hade  hym  to  fote. 

Tedinfl,  the  tore  ijng,  in  a  tene  jre, 

fBappit  at  hym  felly  wi'tA  a  fyne  Bwerde,  xtaiam  mimt  ■ 

The  worthy  to  wound,  &  warp  vnto  dethe.  I^l,'*,^', 

7676     Then  aantrid  (tat  Ector  aurthwert  beheld  "" ""  ■'"^ 

The  etroke  of  {u  stith  ;  witA  a  strenght  smiB 

He  keppit  the  canpe  on  his  dene  eheld, 

And  britnet  the  bold  wi'tA  a  bieme  dynt :  Btetattatmaa 

7680    The  right  aime,  wi'tA  a  T&ppe,  reft  fro  )»  ehnl-  n^^h!^'' 

Hurlit  hym  to  hard  erthe,  hue  hym  to  dethe. 

Eneas  to  Amphimak  angnidly  drof. 

And  the  lede  wiIA  a  launse  out  of  lyne  brogbt  1 

7684    Then  the  gieku  full  giymly  gediit  in  eomyn, 
Menelay  the  mighty  wtt&  s  maine  batell  I 
The  Dnke  of  Athens  full  derf,  &  Dyamede  the 

kyng, 
Telamon  the  tyd^,  &  tiisty  Tlixes;  TbtOnakiadFr 

7668    Archillans  also,  Agamynon  hym  selfe,  ii«»,  ■»<]  diMi^ 

And  Machaon  ^  mighty,  menit  hym  with.  °'™'      "^"" 

Ail  fee  bold  wt'tA  fiere  batels  brocbet  in  swithe, 
ffell  was  the  fight  at  the  first  stoure  1 

7692  fiuenies  vpon  bothe  balnes  brittoned  full  mony  I 
Grot  slaght  in  y«  slade,  &  atyngyng  to  ground, 
And  mony  lost  hade  ))e  lyfTe,  or  )ie  larke  endit  I 
Be  Jiat  the  Sun  in  his  Seicle  set  was  o  loft,  (M.it*».) 

7696  At  the  merke  of  )>e  myddaywi'tAhis  mayn  course; 
When  the  gTek<»  were  gedrit,  &  gird  into  fight, 
"With  all  the  forse  of  the  fell  ost  frnsahet  by-dene; 
That  f>e  Tioiena  wttA  tene  tumyt  to  flight,  t^  tr^u  dn. 

7700     ffor  oppressing  wttA  payne,  &  of  pale  strokes ; 

Than  AchiUes  wttA  a  chop  cbannset  to  sle  aauimiiit* 

Phillee,  a  fre  kyng,  wi'tA  his  fyn  strenght 


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A   UONSTER  ARCHER, 
THK  DETBE  OF  AHFHENOK  AND  DDBIITS  BY  BCTOR  BLATNH. 

Thereat  Xlctor  was  angry,  &  out  of  his  wit  I 
7704    Two  kjagea  he  kyld  of  the  kene  grtket, — 

Ampheoor  the  funrse,  and  the  freike  Duriue ; 

And  wonderfully  wroght  at  the  wode  stouro, 

TbuTgh  poner  of  the  pn'nse  &  his  pert  knighted, 
ta^u!^'""'^  7708  The  Troiens  tumyt  in  fnll  tyte,  tokyu  the  fild, 
drive'blck  Oh  ffoghtjn  full  fuersly,  fell  mony  greke^ 

Beron  hom  abacke  mtA  a  breme  wille. 

Bpiitrophin  1  hen  kyng  Bisshop  the  bold  fro  the  burghe  come 

dijiriUiioM       7712    Wi'tft  thro  thowsaund  bro  knighted,  brong  into 

All  wighl  men  in  wer,  willy  to  fight, 
And  boldly  the  bekirt,  britnet  ^ere  fos. 
■nd  tbt  Mniiis  There  come  wttA  thia  kyng  a  coynt  mon  of  shappe, 

boTH,  biiTmuL     7716     ffellist  in  fight,  and  a  fyn  archer  : 

ffro  the  Nauell  netherward  he  was  an  able  horse, 
And  euyn  made  as  a  man  fro  the  medill  vp. 
rfta.'iiiB.}  The  fell  of  fiot  freike,  faerae  to  beholdo, 

7720     ffro  fe  hede  to  po  hele  herit  as  a  capull ! 
HiiiBgiba&ia  Thof  his  face  was  fourmyt  as  a  fre  mon, 

orar  blind  Hid  Hyt  wss  colouft  by  Course  as  a  kowlt  red. 

hoM^udwi^  His  Ene  leuenaund  wttA  light  as  a  low  fyn, 

Slip's  uT'"    '■y^i    "Wttt  streroys  faU  stithe  in  his  Btepe  loke. 
°™^  He  was  a  ferfull  freke,  in  fas  to  beholde  ; 

And  mony  ledea  wi'tfi  his  loke  laithet  full  enyll ! 
He  neyt  as  a  nagge,  at  his  nose  thriUes  ! 
wiihoot  lumw,   7728    No  hawberke  he  hade,  ne  hames  of  mayle, 

[to,  itooj  But  bare  into  batell  wt'tA  a  bowe  etronge, 

ba  (OH  to  bdoT'  Wi'tA  gret  arowes  &  giym  in  a  gay  qwyuer. 

When  this  feerfiill  freike  frusshet  into  batell, 
7732     The  grete  horses  on  the  grene  girdon  abockc, 
Sparit  for  no  Spurse,  speddyn  to  the  flight. 
And  grete  aSiay  in  the  fild  for  fcare  of  hym  one. 


A  VONSTER  AROHBR. 

llinighe  the  birre  of  hu  bowe  &  hie  big  Arme, 
7736    Mou;  woundit  the  Tegh  to  f6  wale  detbe,  i 

And  mycbe  gteuit  the  gasket  viih  his  giym  &re. 

THig  DBTHB  OP  POLBXRNAS  BT   BCTTOB  8LATNB. 

Ector  foght  in  the  fild  felle  of  his  Enmys. 

Polexenaa,  a  pert  Duke,  )Kit  )ie  prtDse  met, 
7740    He  dai^  to  the  detbe  with  his  derfe  veppon. 

And  wonderfnlly  wroght  in  his  wild  yte. 

This  orribell  aicher  so  angardlj  wroght,  ma  ■un  and 

Kenyng  tboigh  the  route  wtt&  his  roid  arowea,     i^^^ortha 
7744    Wtt/t  the  Troiens  so  tore,  tyd^  men  also,  ^H«hS«7 

That  mjche  grenit  the  greke^  giid  hom  abacke.  ^^^^q|^. 

Then  flagh  all  in  fere,  and  the  fild  leuyt ;  loiMrtau. 

Tumyt  to  fen  tentt«^  tariet  no  lengtcr. 
7748     Tbaire  Enmys  hom  after  angaidly  sore, 

Puisnet  hom  wttA  pyne,  put  hom  to  ground. 

There  it  felle  hom  by  fortune  a  ferfull  caa ! 

As  ))is  mysahapon  mon  marrit  of  ^e  gxkes, 
7753    1^  Ttoiena  in  the  tentt^  teuyt  hom  also, 

Oppnasit  bom  Ttith  payne  &  vith  pale  strokes. 

Diamede,  the  derfe  kyng,  ^t  doQ  was  to  flight,  niamgde* 

Presit  to  a  pauilyon  the  pepull  before,  uouitr. 

7756     Wold  hauo  wonen  away  &  of  woche  p  at. 

And  haue  sauet  hym  selfe,  &  ho  so  mi^l  t 

There  met  hym    fiis   Ma  il  own,    ^t  wjh   o 
mysshap, 

Euyn  foroe  in  his  face,  as  he  fle  wold. 
7760     He  myght  no  wise  away  for  wothe  of  bis  dethe, 

But  anther  aunter  vppon  hym,  or  angardly  mone.      C^- 1^  *•) 

He  se  his  fomen  bo  felle  and  foerse  at  his  backe,  Th«  ttijum  ■» 

]}at  wold  Icily  the  lede  out  of  lyne  biyng ;  hdhmh  mm 

7764    And  if  he  tumyt  hade  Jyte,  Jien  hym  tjdo  shuld,  „„l^ 

The  wailagh  w/tA  a  wicked  arowe  wonndit  hym 
behynd. 

Ho  auntrid  on  this  Vnbest  angardly  faat 


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252  HECTOR  AND   A0HILLB8. 

Bookxnn.  As  the  sbolke  ehold  haue  shot  at  the  sheoe 

[HoinedH  iittHki  7766     Dyamede  wttA  a  dynt  dang  hjm  to  groimd, 
■gtwAi^OT.  Wt'tA  a  Bvap  of  his  sverd  he  svalt  in  the  place. 

TbiOMkiniir,  Then  the  grekes  vttA  giym  there  gedurt  ^era 

thaTnfUh  hettfl^ 

ffruBshet  out  felly,  and  the  Sid  toke ; 
7772    Bore  backward  the  batell  of  ^  bold  troiens ; 
Kyld  of  hor  knighte*  and  kene  men  of  annys  I 
hhiiit  utt  Ector  to  Achillea  angardlj  rode ; 

boUiftii.      '  And  he  kepptt  hTin  fiiU  kenely,  ^i  caupit 

tc^edor, 
7776    That  bothe  were  backward  fen  borike  of  fen 
horses, 
And  light  on  the  lond  the  loixlra  in  fere. 
A(i4ii«(«i«am  But  AchUles  aftir  auntrid  to  rise, 

Highet  to  his  hone  in  a  bote  yre, 
7780     Giypit  vnto  galathe,  fat  was  the  gode  stede 
Of  houfirable  Ector,  &  etlit  away. 
^^"^^  "•  £ctor  cryed  on  hia  knightea  wi'tA  a  kant  wills, 

ponnaud  Bade  hom  bast  horn  in  hygh,  and  hJs  horse  take. 

7784     |)en  highet  furth  in  haste  of  his  hede  knightai, 
ffelyn  vmbe  the  fuerese  kyng,  foghtyn  full  hanl. 
His  nobill  bietber  naturell  naitly  )>ai  strekvD, 
Gird  downs  of  the  gieke*,  grippit  fe  roile, 
7788    Eaft  hym  the  Eenke  -with  a  roide  &ro, 

Eestorit  fo  atithe  horse  to  fe  stueme  pn'nse  ! 
He  was  isyne  of  the  fole,  fongit  hym  anon, 
Wan  on  hym  wightly,  &  his  way  held. 
7792     )}en  fell  he  to  £ght  with  a  fyne  sworde, 
Kyld  mony  knightea  vnto  cold  dethe  ; 
Oppreaait  hom  wi'tA  payne,  pnt  hom  to  groond. 
And  mony  doghit  fat  day  ^nrgh  dynt  of  bis  bond. 
Antniiraivt      7796    Antenor  the  anntruB  angaidly  fsght ! 
om  li  Tharghe  might  of  his  manhode  mony  distroyad, 

(M.  iti  a.}  And  in  batell  ftiU  boldly  bare  hym  )iat  day. 


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CATTCRB   OF  AKTKMOK.  253 

Then  the  giekes  on   h^m  gedrit  in  so   grete  BookxviiE. 

uowmber, 
Oppiessit  hym  wttA  pyne,  &  with  pale  strokes, 

He  had  no  fone  hym  to  fend  of  so  fele  othir :  ii  aptand  laa 

J»i  toke  hym  full  tite,  &  to  tenttea  led.  *"'' 

Polidamas,  the  pert  knight^  )iat  was  his  ptise  eon,  mi  hb 

Uyche  aorow  for  his  syie  sothely  did  mslce ;  ittampu  tc 

Mouy  stithe  mea  in  stoure  stroke  he  to  ground,  ui,., 
"Wold  haue  fongit  his  &der,  but  Jk>  iieike  no 

fibr  the  day  wez  dym,  doun  waa  the  sun, 

The  night  was  so  nighe,  (tat  noyet  hym  aore^        wsMmd*** 

Merkit  the  mountayns  &  moiea  aboute. 

Iche  &eke  to  his  fie  held  &  so  fie  fight  endis. 


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xix  Soke,    m  tbe  ^  ISateU. 


Lyetenea  a  lyttyll  of  fia  laike  mure, 
7813     How  hit  happit  in  hast  of  thes  bed  kynge«  ! 
SoHQ  aa  )ie  sonne  rose  &  set  yppon  hegh, 
Bothe  [le  grekia  on  Jw  grene,  &  fe  grym  troiena, 
Mettyn  wi'tA  mayne  faire  myghtis  to  kythe  ; 
7816     (jer  vaB  fyghtyng  full  feU  ))e  fuerse  men  betwene, 
u  All  \ai  day,  wt'tA  dole,  to  ]ie  derk  nygbt. 

Mony  lyuelee  lode  leuyt  on  ^  bent, 
And  mony  wondyt  wbe  (wt  away  past ; 
7820    Mony  knyghlia  wer  kyld  of  the  kene  grekys. 
But  mo  were  ^re  mard  of  tbe  mayn  troiens. 
J)e  grekys  fellyn  in  fyght  Jie  feghur  Jwt  day, 
And  f«  bigger  in  batell,  as  ^e  boke  aaise. 
7824     When  ^e  nyght  come  anon  Jie  nobill  dopertid. 
And  bounet  fro  batell  vppon  bothe  haluys. 
The  secund  day  suyng,  aa  says  vs  tbe  story, 
1  }K  grekys  by  agrement  of  ))o  grete  all, 

\  7828     Sent  to  )»  Cite  soneran  men  two, — 

Dyamed,  )ie  derf  kyng,  &  dugbty  Ylixea, 
()ai  past  fiirth  to  Priam  pertly  to-gedur, 
Of  a  tni  forto  tnjte  in  Je  triet  Cit^, 
7832     To  be  grauntid  of  f«  grete  by  gremont  of  all. 
)Ms  Messangers  met  wi't/i  a  mayn  knight, 
A  derf  mon  to  dem,  &  Dolon  his  nome. 


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THE   GREEKS   DESIBIC   A  TRUCB.  253 

He  Wfts  borne  in  f  s  burgh  a  bold  mon  of  bond,        Bmitiix- 
7836     Went  wttA  fo  worthy,  &  pe  way  taght ; 

Present  bom  to  Pmm,  ^t  was  prise  lord : 

]}ere  meny  t  ^ai  )aire  message  &  wi't^  mouthe  told, 

Pn'am  to  ^  prise  men  prestly  onswart : —  Tutm  pnnriM 

7610     "  I  wyll  haue  counaell  in  ^  case  of  clone  men  uiiot^ 
of  wit, 

By  Assent  of  Seniours,  &  sum  of  my  knigbtys ; 

And  of  oure  wyll  in  fris  werk,  I  wete  )ow  say." 

He  was  ymyddis  pe  mete  witA  men  of  astate, 
7844    Eyngis  in  his  cumpany,  &  kuygbtis  full  nobilL 

)>en  gedrit  were  ]«  gieto  to  ^  gay  kyng. 

And  Bssentid  full  sone,  eomyn  to  )ra  dede.  *n  hwi  nn 

All  affennyt  hit  fast  witA  a  fyn  wyll, 
7848    Sane  Ectoi  ^  bonerable,  fKit  ^crly  witA-stod, 

Bisasent  to  ]re  dede^  &  dernely  he  sayde : — 

"  Hit  is  falshed  in  fay  the  &  of  fet  cast !  wbD  ttetwm  uut. 

AH  ^aire  tretyng  of  tru  turnya  vs  to  hanne.         iu»i  iwiukaf 
7852    Jjai  colowrae  horn  coyntly  witA  a  cauae  febill,      ^mtoM^ot""^" 

fforto  beri  fe  bodys  of  hor  bold  frendys ;  SS!uI^iik  . 

And  lighyng,  by  my  lewte,  now  kkkj-a  bom  Jw  *™^^^y^ 

pai  wold  stuf  bom  full  atithly,  atrsnkytb  bom 
agayn, 
7856     WitA   mete  in   fe  meneqwile,  &   mony  otbir 
thinges  j 
And  we  oure  atore  scball  distroi,  &  stynt  of 

oure  aped. 
We  are  folke  full  fele ;  in  Jiia  fre  hold, 
Of  Lordis,  and  Ladies,  and  other  lease  pepull,  ifi> 

7860     Aaeemblit  in  tbis  Citti  oure  seluyn  to  kepe 
And  Jof  we  maitles  marrc,  may  wo  no  fer." 
But  syn  the  eouerain  assentid,  wiiA  other  sad  D«a 
lorde»,  unt 

Ho  agrcet  to  the  grete,  &  gnumtid  witA  all  J^°^ 

7864    ftor  ^erc-as  men  are  so  mony,  &  of  might  grete, 


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IHOAS  AMD   AKTEN'OB  BSCOAHaBD. 

nk  xa.  And  of  wit  for  to  wale,  wisest  of  other, 

All  put  in  a  purpos  vith  a  plain  villa  ; 
jMf  the  ayu^e  mon  say,  &  it  sothe  be, 
7866     Hit  ia  demyt  for  dulle,  &  done  out  of  heiyng. 
8yn  it  is  uothely  said,  &  for  sure  holdyn, 
))of  a  yong  mon  be  ^epc^  &  of  yeres  lite, 
HiM  wit  shuld  be  waled  of  wise  men  in  age : 
7872     So  the  prinse  to  fere  purpos  preatly  aaaent, 

Pot  hit  woiobe  to  pe  worse,  pat  wist  be  hym 
seluyn. 
nbrihiM  Then  takyu  was  the  true,  and  witA  trauthe  feet, 

tdi  Thre  monethes  &  no  moie,  po  mighty  betwene, 

7876    By  aseuians  ftill  sad  vpon  enche  wise, 

))atnon  ofieus  shuld  fere  fall  fm&eikes betwene; 
Bnt  yche  kyng  i,  knight  comyn  witA  other, 
Bolhe  in  tent  &  in  towne,  vbile  the  true  lasi 
■rimaom  nt    7880    Than  pM  spehon  in  epase  of  hor  spede  after, 
iBgti.  Made  a  chaunge  by  chaiinse  of  hoi  choise  lordea. 

■  ii  Toaz,  fro  Troy,  was  tumyt  to  the  grekes, 

Kc.  ffor  Antenor  annterous,  f>at  oftur  was  takyn  : 

7884     Beliuert  were  po  lordM,  lawsit  of  pr»one, 

ffin  ayther  syde  by  assent,  &  suet  to  pen  fryndf*. 
Than  Calcas  the  clerke,  fat  come  out  of  Troy, 
Hade  a  donghter  full  dere, — a  dameell  faire, — 
7888  J}at  bright  was  of  ble,  and  Breisaid  she  hight : 
So  cald  was  the  clere  wttA  comyns  and  othei, 
WttAin  the  CM  forsothe,  Jwre  hii^elfe  dwelUt 
iipindj  iritii  This  Galcas  to  the  kyngis  contynually  prayet, 

■tpriMts       7892    Bothe  Agamynon  the  grete,  &  the  greke*  aU, 
bi.  utt.)  That  {ni  Pnin  shuld  pray  for  this  prise  lady, 

ai  BrtHii  To  be  sent  to  hir  fiii;  if  he  so  lyked ; 

And   fai   the   byakqifia    bone   bainly   haue 
graunted, 
7896    And  sent  to  pcA  souerain  for  pa  same  cause, 
Deeeirond  full  depely  delyuerans  of  hir, 
WttA  Specioll  speche  to  spede  at  the  tyine. 


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HECTOR   IN   TBB   GRBEE  DAMP, 

Bnt  the  triet  men  of  Troy  traitur  hym  cald, 
7900     And  mony  pointW  on  hym  put  for  hie  pure 
shame, 
J)at  disaeruet  full  dnly  fe  dethe  for  to  hau& 
Priam,  at  the  prnyer  of  Jk)  prise  kynges,  r 

Deliuert  the  lady  wit/i  a  light  wille,  o 

7904    In  eachauQge  of  pa  choise,  (wt  chaped  before, — 
Toax  ])at  I  told  and  )iat  tothir  duke. 

Xn  the  tyme  of  the  true,  as  ^e  trety  saith, 
Ector  with  other  egurly  went  c 

7908     ffro  the  biiighe  to  )>e  batells  of  fe  bold  grekea,      e 
(Tor  to  sport  hym  a  apace,  &  epeike  v/itA  Jk)  ^ 

kynges, 
To  se  the  maner  of  ))o  men,  &  mirth  hym  a 

Achillea,  the  choiae  kyng,  wi'tA  a  chere  faire,        a 
7912     Weloomyt  fat  worthy,  aa  a  whe  noble  !  t 

He  hade  solas  of  pa  sight  sothely  of  hym, 
ffor  his  body  was  bare  out  of  br^ht  we<les. 
Ue  toke  hym  to  hia  tent,  talket  witA  hym  fast ; 
791 6     fTmynet  at  the  freike  of  hia  fell  dedia  : 

And  as  frai  apekon  of  pen  spede  in  hor  epell  fiere, 
Thies  wordes  to  fiat  worthy  warpit  Achilles ; — 

THE  wonnaa  bbtwbne  achilles  and  botor  ik  the  tentk 
"  Now  Ector,  in  emyat,  I  am  eoyn  fayn 

7920     Of  pe  sight  of  fi  Self,  to  ae  Jte  vnarrayt ; 

Syn  ))at  fortune  before  fell  me  nener  ere,  a 

To  se  Jii  body  all  hare  out  of  bright  wedis. 

But  it  shall  sitte  me  full  aore  wiUi  aorow  in  hert 

7924     But  the  happyn  of  my  bond  hastely  to  d^h, 

Thurgh  strenght  of  ray  strokes  in  out  atoure  enys, 
And  I  thi  bane  for  to  be  witA  my  brond  egge.      i 
I  haue  fcld  of  )ii  foree,  &  pi  felle  djntte*  ;  ft 

7928     Thy  might  &  jji  raonhode  mykell  hath  me  gretiit. 


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298  ACEILLBB  TO  HBCTOB. 

bmA  III.  My  body  hath  f<m  hiMt,  &  my  blods  Hhed, 

With  thy  stroke*  fall  store  of  ^i  atithe  aime  I 
J)ol  my  wiile  bo  ao  wilde  to  waite  on  fin  end, 
7932     fibr  the  eake  of  my  selfe  and  othir  sib  fryndes. 
Mora  feruent  in  faith  ]>i  fulls  I  desayre, 
Mat,  teowiH  Tva  ffor  PatrocluB,    my  pure  felow,  po\i  put  vnto 

Hmd  PitRHdu,  detbe. 

I  louet  hym  full  lelly,  no  les  [>en  my  seluyn ; 
7936     And  (wu  partid  our  presena  wttA  f i  prise  wepyn, 
[M8.ii>u-it*n.i  J)at  wjtA  faith  and  affynit^  [were]  feetinyt  to- 

gedur; 
And  dang  hym  to  detbe  Jut  deires  me  full  eujll. 
But  trust  me  for  tni,  and  J)ia  tale  leoe, 
btfkin  Oist  jmr      7940     £r  hit  negh  to  an  end  of  this  next  yere, 
unod  iiuii  fj  The  dethe  of  fat  dongbty  ahalbe  dere  yolden 

Wi'tA  the  blode  of  fi  body,  baldly  me  leue  I 
And  in  ao  myche,  for  aotbe,  I  say  ye  jet  ferre, 
7941     P&t  I  vot  the  in  nitte  to  woite  on  myn  end, 
My  wonspod  to  aspie  in  dispite  ay. 
And  to  deire  me  wttA  dethe  yche  day  new." 

THE   AN8WARB  OF  EOTOR  TO  ACHILLES. 

Than  Ector  hym  answaied  Esely  agayn ; 
7948     "WitA  wordis  full  wise  vnto  the  wegh  said  : — 
" Mwni DM,  "If  auntur  be,  air  Achilles,  I  am  the  to  sle, 

•«k  ID  •br  ctw;  And  hate  fe  in  bert,  as  my  hede  foo, 

WttAoutes  couenable  cause,  or  cast  for  )>i  dethe ; 
7953     Thow  might  merueU  the  mykell  of  my  miarewle, 
But  fat  wottes  in  thi  wit  by  wayes  of  rights 
br  I  oin  hira  no  }}at  {lei'o  long««  no  loue  ue  lewt«  to  ryse, 

■eki  mr  lib,  uid  To  hym  (ut  dressia  for  my  dethe  with  a  ded  hato, 

itnAia^m'     7956     And  puraewia  to  my  prouyns  my  pepull  to  ale. 
'**'*■  ffor  of  werie  by  no  way  wackona  fere  lone, 

(M.  m  i.)  Ne  neuer  cbarite  be  cberisat  fui^ghe  a  chele  yie  : 

Lutr  ingendreth  wttA  ioye,  aa  in  a  iust  aawle, 
7960     And  hate  in  hia  hole  yie  haatis  to  war. 


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HECTOR  OHALLBNOEa  AOHILLES. 


Now,  I  will  Jiat  poa  wete,  Jii  wordea  me  not       Book  xix. 
feryn,  'V  •m'I"  iio 

iiot  u  nU  IHi^Un 

Ke  thy  bosteme  abaistea  witA  fibold  speche;     n»;»odiho[« 
But  I  hope  wi'tA  my  hond  &  my  hard  strokes,      mint  own  h»d. 

7964    Thurgh  might  of  oure  mykell  godde#,  &  of  luayn 
Btrenght, 
Thy  body  to  britton  vnto  bale  dethe ; 
And  all  the  grete  of  )«  gnikee,  ftat  on  »ure 

ground  lyun, 
ffor  to  fell  in  the  feld  fay  with  my  hoad  ! 

7968    Crete  folie,  by  my  faithe,  fell  in  your  hedia,         whu  bU;  n  i^ 
ffor  to  hent  vppon  hand  aoche  a  hegh  charge,       whujuucjumuc 
That  passes  yoore  pouer,  &  proffettes  no  more,      '"™P    ■ 
But  the  lo8se  of  your  lyues,  &  your  ledis  all. 

7972     This  wot  I  full  well,  bewar  if  )«  lyste, 

JX)U  bes  ded  of  my  dyutte^,  &  pi  day  past, 

Er  hit  hap  the  wiili  hond  my  harmys  to  forther, 

To  deire  me  witA  daungei,  or  to  detho  put. 

7976  Aud  if  pou  hopys  in  hert,  wi'tA  ^i  hegh  pride,  itTon  uiink  yoa 
To  oppresse  me  witA  power,  &  to  payn  bring,  ^"^"wk.'to' 
Get  graunt  of  the  grekes,  &  the  grete  all,  ^Mt  wir^'our 

Of  kyngM,  &  knightfig,  &  other  kyd  dukes,  "iiwuoomiMt. 

7980  ]}Bt  all  the  deire  of  the  ded  be  done  on  va  two, 
To  vttranse  &  ysaue  vne  at  this  tyme, 
WitAoutea  meuyng  of  moo,  or  roanyng  of  pepuli 

And  if  hap  the  ^e  herre  hond  to  haue,  in  the  plase  if  tod  nniiDUh 

7981  Of  me,  thuigh  |)i  might,  by  maiatTy  of  hond,  ihiii  tniang  ts 
I  shall  East  the  )>iB  forward  all  wi'tA  fyne  othea,  """' 
All  the  londia  to  leue,  pat  longyn  to  Troy, 

And  our  ground  to  Jie  grekes  graunt  as  for  right ; 
7988     And  we  exiled  for  euer-more  our  easement  to 

All  our  prouyna  &  parties  put  in  your  wille. 

And  if  it  falle  me  by  fortone  the  feirei  to  haue,  tm  u  i  ihin 

Make  VH  sekur,  on  the  same  wise,  oiire  soile  for  I^i^o.ihi!iait 

to  leae,  J™l'i:." 


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ioO  THE  TBRHS   REFUSED. 

BwAiK-       7992     Of  our  proayna  to  pas,  &  paire  vs  no  more, 
TouMsimio  Ne  neuer  dens  tb  in  dede,  ne  oure  due  londew." 

(W,  lua.)  vVr'li.Ues  was  angret  asgardly  sore  ; 

tchiui^  riufcd  Wrathet  at  liis  TOTdes,  Tarmj-t  in  yie  ; 

KopuiiH  7996     Chaunget  his  chere,  chauflit  vi\Jt  hete, 

Jhutiu,  That  the  droupes,  as  a  dew,  dankit  his  foe. 

He  approchet  to  («  pnnae,  presit  hym  ner. 
And  afFynnit  witA  faithe  &  vitJi  fyn  chere, 
8000     All  po  couenof^ndes  to  kepe  with  his  cleano 
trauthe  : 
Thifl  he  sadly  asaurit  at  the  same  tyme. 
Ector  toke  hit  full  tyd  wttA  a  triet  wille, 
More  dcssyrous  to  the  dede,  pea  I  dem  can. 
^(uiMDinni         8004     But  Agamynon  was  gayn  at  |)ia  gret  dyn, 
mAm  roAiH  W/tA  other  kynge*  in  company  comyn  to  the  tent, 

neh  umu.  }}at  hasted  for  the  high  noise,  &  hopit  in  haste 

Of  ))o  mighty  full  mony  the  mater  to  here. 
8008     When  the  knewen  all  the  cause,  |)o  kyngee  by- 
All  denyede  it  anon  ; — no  mon  assentid, 
))at  Acbilles  in  chaunse  shnld  be  chosen  for 

hnm  all, 
Wt't/i  pat  fuerae  for  to  fight  ^urgh  folye  of  hym 
eeluyn; 
8012     Ne  BO  mony  &  bo  mighty  men  of  astate, 

ffor  to  coupull  of  hor  cause  on  a  knight  one, 
Bothe  of  londea  &  lyife  for  lure  put  might  faappon. 
tf  uaTfojui  And  the  Troiens,  on  the  tothir  syde,  torely  witA 

■rimm  nftiH  Cht  Stodo, 

8016     Pyeasent  to  (le  dede,  ]>uk(T«  &  other ; 

Saue  Pnam,  the  prise  kyng,  fat  the  prinse  knew, 

Bothe  his  etrenght  &  his  stueme  wille  stondyng 
in  hert. 

Wold  haue  put  hym  to  Jie  plit  for  p«rell  of  all, 
8020     ffor  pe  will  &  fw  worship  of  hie  wale  etrenght : 

But  for  80  mony  &  mighty  menit  pen  agaynes, 


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He  put  of  his  purpos,  &  p&ssis  periro. 


)Md  tho  pn'nso  at  tlie  prise  kyages  prestt;  toke  Thtoomtatki 
leue, 
8024     Tumit  fro  the  t«ntte«  oud  to  toune  yode  :  h«(w  munu 

Past  to  hia  pulais,  &  his  pale  entrid 

IHK  30B0W   OP  TBOILUS   FOR  BBEIBAIO   BIS   LOUE. 

When  hit  tolde  was  Troilua  the  tale  of  his  lone,      ('"L  im  w 

How  fvat  faire,  hy  his  fTader,  was  fourmet  to 
■wende 
8028     To  the  grekes,  by  graunt  of  pa  grete  kynges, 

Sot  Bresaide  the  hright  vnUithe  was  his  chore ; 

Sot  he  louit  hir  full  lelly,  no  lease  )ien  hym  seluyn,  TnUu  lumc 

With  all  the  faithe  and  affection  of  hys  fyn  hert. 
8032     Myche  eykyng  and  Borow  sanke  in  his  breat ;        to™™™ 

He  was  tourmont  with  teue,  tynt  was  bis  hew ;    b«wi»  ihs  ii 

All  wan  was  the  weghe  for  his  wete  teres ;  Ji^^il^r*' '" 

With  lamentacion  &  longour  vnlusty  to  bs  ; 
8036     Was  no  knight  in  the  court  kontbe  comfbid 
hym  oght, 

No  BBS  hym  of  sorow  sothely  fiat  tyme  I 

And  firesaid,  the  bright,  bhtckonet  of  hew ;         Brtvim  pina  und 

WitA  myche  weping  &  waile,  waterid  hir  ene  ; 
8040     All  fadit  that  faire  of  liir  fyn  coloure, 

WitAsbedyngof  shire  water  of  hir  shene  cbekM; 

All-to  tu^et  hir  tresses  of  hir  triet  here  ;  um  lur  hair 

Hir  faire  fynguts  witft  forse  femyt  of  blode, 
8044     And  all-to  rafet  the  rede  chekys,  ruthe  to  be 
holds, 

That  the  blode  out  brast,  &  on  brest  light ; 

And  ay  swonit  in  swyme,  as  bo  swelt  wold  uidHrooiu  igaia 

In  pen  hond^,  peA  hir  helde  &  halp  hir  to  stond ; 
8048     And  f  es  wotdes  ho  warpit  as  hir  wo  leuit : — 

"  I  hade  leuer  my  lyf  leue  in  this  place, 

Than  any  lengwr  to  lyffe  &  my  luff  tyne  ! " 

Ifo  lengui  of  thies  louers  list  me  to  carpe, 


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262  BRISBM   AND  DIOUEDES. 

Bwi.  XIX.       8052     No  of  tho  feynit  fate  of  pat  faire  lady  ; 
wbotMT  !!•««•  Who-80  wilnes  to  wit  of  J»aire  wo  fii, 

i<>nn,ianuuH  Tume  hym  to  Troilus,  &  taike  fen  ynoghe  ! 

OoTT  of  TnUni. 

Hit  is  a  propn-tie  apreuit,  &  put  horn  of  kynd. 
8056     To  all  wemen  in  the  world,  as  f«  ^vrit  saythe. 
All  womeniin  To  be  TDstable  &  not  stidfast,  styroud  of  wills  : 

itoui  ,}t  wnipi,  ffor  yf  the  ton  ee  with  tores  trickell  on  Ur  chokes, 

"'"*"■  The  tothur  laAes  in  lychemes,  &  laghes  ou«r- 

thwert ! 
m.  lu  s.)       8060     So  full  are  fo  faira  filJ  of  dessait, 

Aud  men  fur  to  mud  is  most  pere  deesyre, 
There  is  no  hope  so  Tnhappy,  pat  hasten  to  nogtit, 
Ne  BO  Tnsikut  at  a  Bay,  as  to  set  Tppon  women  1 
ACndiiihit        S064     A  foole  is  pat  freike  in  his  fi'ele  yowtfao, 
gntur  tool  ii  And  myche  more  pat  man  is  meuyt  into  age, 

who  nii(«  on'ihe  'I'hat  in  wordes  of  wemen  waatyn  pere  hope, 

•orJonwomui.  q^  ^^  ^^^^  hotes  of  po  fre  fully  wlU  trust. 

8068     Xnifi  Breisaid,  the  burde,  by  byddyng  of  pe  kyng. 

In  apparell  full  prowde  purpost  to  wend ; 

iiriHiifi  TioiluB,  the  true  knight^  witft  tn'et  men  other, 

hwLmi  camp  by  ffro  the  Cite  wtti  pat  semely  soghtj-n  on  pe  gate. 

i>iaiu»nd  gQj2     Then  the  grekea  com  girdond  fro  the  gay  tent«», 

Kesayuit  hit  wttA  Beuerense,  &  Biden  fiuthe 

somyn; 
And  the  Ttoiens  ti^  the  towne  t»myt  agayne. 
Pionwin,  The  derf  kyng  Dianicde  dmghe  the  lady  ner, 

m^  *'        SOT'S     Beheld  bur  full  hcrtely,  het  hir  in  lone  ; 

Witft  ventM  woundit,  I-\ris,  in  his  wild  hert, 
He  rode  to  pat  Rinll,  and  the  Reyne  toke. 
unto  Low  lo  Then  lie  said  to  pat  soraly  all  on  soft  wise, 

8080     All  bis  corago  by  corse  of  his  cold  hert, 

VTiih  full  speciall  speche  to  spede  of  his  erend. 

Then  Br^isaid,  the  bright,  bainly  onswart, 

iToi  to  bold  hym  in  hope  &  hert  hym  thebettni . — 


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BRISEIB   AND  C&LCAB. 

8084     " Nftuther  list  me  my  Inff  lelly  the  graunt,  Bocfcii 

Ne  I  refuse  the  not  fully  fi  headship  to  voide ;  •ruoi  bhh 
Sot  my  hort  is  not  here  holly  diepoeit, 
To  onsware  on  otherwise,  ne  ordont  Jierfore  !  " 

8088     At  hir  words*,  I-wis,  the  worthy  was  glad  ; 
Hengit  in  hope,  held  bjm  full  gayne. 
At  hir  fader  &e  tent  fongit  hii  in  annys,  At  b«r  hiha 

And  set  hir  on  |)e  soile  aoftely  wt'tA  bond.  (nm  bontii 

Sl)92     Agloneofjiatgaygatehebelyue,  l7,^^ 

Drogh  hit  fuU  demly  the  damaeU  fro ;  .fUrgii™ 

None  seond  but  bir-selfe,  fat  snffeii  fnll  welL 
Hit  pleaeide  hir  pnnely,  playntyde  ho  noght,  (m.  lu  i 

6096    Let  hit  slip  fh>m  hyr  elyly,  slymyt  fent. 

Than  Calcas,  the  clerke,  came  tro  his  tent,  c>i<m  nmi 

ffongit  hir  laiie  and  wi'tA  fynt  cbere,  ^,      *" 

Toke  hii  into  tent,  tallcet  vitA  hir  fast, 

8100    And  menit  of  hir  maten,  as  ^  in  mynd  hade. 

TEH  WOBDrS  OF  BREIBAID  TO   CALOAB  HIS  FASKR. 

When  the  buide  in  bir  boure  was  broght  w^tA 

hir  fader, 
Thes  wordee  ho  warpo.t  witfe  wattfryng  of  Ene  : — 
"How  fader,  in  failhe,  failet  pi  wit,  -wbr.Obi 

6104     That  was  bo  conyng  of  clergy,  &  knowen  in  Troy,  winHboni 
Myche  louet  witA  the  lordea,  &  the  ledis  all ;       tJ^^u^ 
And  worabippit  of  ycbe  we  as  a  wale  god ! 
All  the  gret  of  ^e  ground  goue?^t  by  the, 

6103     And  )>ou  riches  fdl  riffe,  renttes  ynowl 

Kow  art  Jxm  trewlyhoT  traitour,  &  tainted  forfala ! 
Thy  kyn  &  thy  cuntre  vntyndly  foisakyn, 
Jjat  Jwu  sbuld  &ithly  defend  witft  a  fre  hert ; 

8112     And  tto  wocbes  haue  werit,  &  pi  wit  shewed. 

Hit  is  cheuit  the  a  chaunse  of  a  cboise  febull !     wiii  rnin 
Leuer  forto  lyf  in  a  lond  atraunge,  JH*,^  ja„ 

In  pouerte  &  penauuce  wt'tA  thy  pale  fos,  J^II^^ib 

8116     Then  as  a  lord  in  fi  lond  lengit  at  home.  iortto»o. 


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14  BRISEIS  AKD   CALCAS. 

Dssk  xiz.  As  thy  fall  and  ^i  faith  is  foule  loste, 

Mnii,n<>iT  And  )i  vorahip  is  went  &  wastid  for  euer, 

''''""'  Of  shame  &  shenship  ahent  bes  fou  nouer  : 

8120    Euery  led©  will  fe  lacke  and  |ii  lose  file, 

And  fe  fame  of  ])i  filth  so  fei  wilhe  knowen, 
Ne  hopis  J>»u  not  hertely,  for  fi  hegh  treason, 
If  men  laith  wtVi  J»i  lyf,  lyffyng  in  erthe, 
1  In  btu  T«i      8124     That  the  shall  happen  in  helle  bardlsikes  mo. 
Id..  ffor  thy  filthe  &  |ii  falahed  wj'tA  fyndat  to  dwelle  1 

Hit  were  bettui  the  to  bjde  with  bnemes  of 
fikyn, 
(W.  iMo.)  In  sum  wildwmea  wilde,  &  won  fere  in  lyf, 

8 1 28     Then  the  ledya  vpon  lyue  to  laithe  wi  tft  Jii  shame. 
lutist  uimi  thi  Hopia  poll  fadur,  in  faith,  in  Jii  faint  hert, 

ir  }]at  faa  he  taken  for  treu  wit^  thies  triet  kynges. 

Or  be  holdyn  in  hert  of  fi  heat  stable, 
8132     fat  art  foundenso  fals  to  [li  fre  londesT 

Kow  appolyn  wi'tA  anaware  hase  euyll  the  begiled, 
And  belirt  fe  vitJi  leaynge^  fi  lose  forto  spille ; 
G«rt  the  fall  fro  fi  tiyndes,  &  Jii  faire  godis, 
813G     And  sorily  to  syn,  and  ^i  selfe  lose  I 
mj.  It  wM  not  Hit  was  neuer  appollo  the  pure  god,  fat  put  the 

I  god  AiHilla.  I 

:  HDH  flMd  oi  in  mynd, 

^^"^  But  sum  fend  vrith  bis  lalshod,  faren  out  of  helle, 

ftat  onawaid  the  owkewardly,  oidand  pe  skathe, 
8140     fforto  set  the  in  Borow,  and  fi  Boule  tyne  ! " 
Thus  the  lady  at  the  last  left  of  hii  epeche, 
Wt'tfl.  myche  aobbyng  &  sorow,  aylyng  of  teria. 
Than  the  bysshop  to  his  bame  barely  onswart, 
8144    And  shend  to  Jiat  sbene  all  in  short  woTd'A 
iiuiiiiit(r.  thg  "  ^e  hopis  fow  uoght,  hend  dt^htur,  fat  our 

liM^Uwt  heghgoddes 

iwK ot»T  Wold  be  wrothe  at  our  werkes,  &  winahe  vs  to 

skathe, 
If  we  bowet  not  hor  biddyng,  &  hor  bone  kept. 
8148     And  nomly  in  fin  note,  ))at  noyea  to  Jie  dethe. 


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BSIBEIS   FORaETS  TROILDS.  265 

OuTB  seluyu  to  sane,  and  oure  sauje  kepe  Bookux. 

Out  of  datiDger  &  drede,  &  otire  dethe  voids. 

Thifl  wot  I  full  well,  thoigh  wisshyng  of  horn,      i  know  urn  Tro)- 
81.^2     That  [lis  soiow  wiluot  eeso,  no  the  saute  leue,       (ienn>yt<,iiu]iiu 

Tyll  the  toun  be  ouerttwuyt,  &  tumblid  to  ground; 

All  the  folke,  witA  fere  fos,  fi-usshet  to  dethe, 

And  the  walUa  ouerwalt  into  fie  wete  dyches. 
8156     Thetfore  bettur  is  a-byde  in  Jiis  bare  fild,  Tutnhn-wt  m 

Than  be  murthert  wttA  malis,  &  to  mold  put." 

All  the  greke«  were  glad  of  jiat  gay  lady, 
And  comyn  in  companys,  fot  comly  to  se,  {"*■  i«t) 

8160     All  the  souerane  for  eothe,  into  Mr  syre  tent,       phuidwtui 
And  spire  at  hir  epecially  of  hor  spede  ay, — 
Of  the  tulkeff  of  Troy,  and  the  toun  selfe  ; 
Of  the  pepall  full  prest,  &  be  prise  tynges  :  ■      rfMwiiwm  ihtic 

ijiufltiimt  ftbont 

8164     And  all  the  man«r  of  ^  men  the  niaidon  horn  Treruuitiia 
told.,  ™-- 

ffrely  wi'tA  faire  chere,  fat  thei  frajn  wold. 

The  kyngff  full  curtcsley  cald  hir  fere  doughter,  tiht  «ii  b«. 

And  h^ht  hir  to  haue  all  fere  helpe  fen ;  promiM  &>  debnd 

8168     To  be  worahypt  well  v/iih  welthis  ynow ;  ud'tinMr 

And  grete  giftea  hir  gafe  all  fo  grete  kynge*.        '     '"" 

Er  fia  day  was  done,  or.droghe  to  fe  night. 

All  chaunnet  the  chere  of  this  choise  maiden,       H<iw,>i»ij.d™« 
8172     And  hir  leuer  to  leng  in  lodge  wi'tA  the  grekes,     tin  srHk>. 

Then  tume  vnto  Troy,  or  to  toun  wend. 

Now  is  Troiell,  hir  trew  luf^  tynt  of  hit  thoght,  TnUiH  !• 

And  yomeryng  for-yeton,  &  yettjTig  of  teree. 
8176    Lo,  80  lightly  ho  left  of  hir  loue  bote, 

And  chaunget  hir  chere  for  cherisshyng  a  litle  ! 

Tristly  may  Troiell  tote  ouer  the  walle, 

And  loke  vpon  lenght,  er  his  loue  come  ! 
8180     Here  leue  we  this  lady  wj'tA  bir  loue  new, 

And  tnniQ  to  ouio  tale,  &  take  fere  we  lefte. 


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t^t  XX  Vokt.    et  tift  bijt  ISateU,  anb 

Sftannfdics  l^astgng  xxx  liases  BeUnme  tlje 

JKotmie  Sc  tlje  tenttcs. 


(fci,  117  a).  After  the  monethis  were  meuyt  of  ))e  mene  true, 

Tbi  iniMia  pea  vaknet  Tp  were  and  myche  wale  Horow ! 

8184    The  secund  day  euyng,  says  me  )>e  lyne, 
uuTKjuu         ■  There  bownet  vnto  batell  from  the  buigh  eayn, 

Mouy  triet  men  of  Troy,  and  tokyn  )ie  fild, 

Enyn  ordant  by  Eetor,  after  his  deuise. 
H«ctor,»dih>  8188  The  prinse  wt'tft  his  pouer  past  on  fiTBt, 
■ogafurOiRnt:  WttA  ZT  .M.  fiiUy,  all  of  fyn  knightM, 

In  his  botell  full  bold  boun  to  >e  feld  : 
tkoi  Trouiu  mtii  And  Tioiell  witA  x  .M.  tnmit  forth  aftur. 

8192     Then  Paris  pat  fuith,  the  perciane  hym  witft, — 
thm  p«it  wiih  Abill  men  of  archery,  auntms  in  wer, — 

■rrtMHiMw  Three  M.  thro  and  thriety  of  bond, 

Vppon  horses  full  b<%e,  hardy  men  all. 
til...  Driirinbo.     8196     Then  Deffibiis  drogb  forth,  &  to  |>e  dede  went, 

Wi'tA  thre  M,  thro  men,  frepond  in  armys. 
th«  MiuMM,  ud  Eneas  afturward  witA  angtiidly  mony, 

iHdBn  Id  ihdi  And  oJwT  kyngM  full  kont,  aa  ^ere  course  felL 

8200     As  Darra  in  his  dyting  duly  me  tellns, 
ThtTniiHi.wm  The  Bowme  of  the  eowdiowris,  that  fro  fe  Cit6 

ffoT  to  tell  at  this  tyme  of  thet  men  &  noble, 
A  C.  M.  all  hoole,  berty  to  attyke  I 
oruwOiMiu        6204     ffin  the  teuttee  come  tyte  of  the  triet  grekn, 


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TSE  SETENTH   BATTUL  267 

Menolay  fiill  monly,  witA  a  manur  pepoll,  Book  xz. 

Seuyn  M.  be  eovme  assignet  for  hym.  vhhIuu  om* 

■n.  ■       - .  -  > .    ^  1  aiwwittinwi 

Then  meuit  wim  aa  mony,  migh^  Dyomydes,  nog; 

8208    And  AcMllee  witA  choise  men  cboeen  of  the  wHtaHnw 

Than  eonght  forth  Xantippua  witA  sad  men  a  ^^^^ 

hepe, 
Thre  thovsatuid  thiisty,  ^long  to  the  fild. 
Than  Agam;nou  the  grete  gild  oa  the  last, 
8212     Wt'tA  a  noyua  novmboT,  nait  men  of  stienght 

The  first,  ^t  to  fight  past,  was  Fhiloc  the  kyng,       (m.  in  ».) 
Put  hym  faith  pmdly,  presit  to  pe  Troiena  1         Bi^a  1m^  if ii* 
EctoT  met  hym  with  mayu,  macchit  hym  so 

8210     That  he  gird  to  the  ground  &  the  gost  past 

Hyche  clamur  &  ciye  for  the  kynges  sake,      * 

And  (lyntt«<  full  dedly  delt  horn  betwene. 

Then  girde  o  the  greke  halfe  wttA  grym  fare, 
8220    Xandpns,  a  sure  Kyng,  wi'tA  a  sad  wepyn, 

fi'or  to  dere  for  ^  dethe  of  his  dere  vncle. 

He  suet  fnrth  sadly  to  )>e  sure  prtnse, 

And  stroke  hym  fhU  stithly  vrith  a  stiff  sworde.  -  m  dtOc  or 
8224     Ector  tumet  vitA  tone,  toke  hym  on  f e  hed,         xctor  sia«i>* 

|)at  he  slode  doun  ale^Uy,  &  sleppit  emer  after. 

Then  the  grek»  weregreuit  for  the  giym  kyng  ;  •ntoniki 

Opprassit  hom  witA  pyne,  preseit  full  haid ;        '***'<* 
8223     Tomit  to  the  Tniiens,  tenit  hom  fiitl  enill ; 

Mony  woundit  full  wickedly,  &  warpit  of  horse. 

Achiilee  mony  choise  men  choppit  to  )ie  erthe  ;    acUU*  nUjt 

If ony  ledM  with  his  lannBe  out  of  lyfe  brc^ht.     noni  ud  buHo. 
8232     Two  Dukea  full  deme  vnto  dethe  kyld, 

))at  were  comyn  to  pa  ^jng  vitA  pen  kyde 
belpis, — 

ffull  bold  men  in  hatoll,  &  myche  hale  did. 

Hit  anntrit,  ^at  Ectoi  was  angrlt  fall  enill,  Hootor  <■  amniT 

8336    Wotmdit  full  wickedly,  wist  not  of  woo,  »«, 


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268  HECTOR   AND   AGHIIJ^B. 

Beak  XX.  Vne  before  in  the  face,  wi\Ji  a  fell  strelie, 

t)at  myche  blode  fio  pe  bueme  on  pe  bent  fell ; 
tbt  TToj«ni  •»  And  fran  bakeward  was  borne  all  pe  bold  Troiens, 

loimAtiHnUa.  82iO     WiVi  myche  noye  for  pe  note  of  pere  noblo 
pri'nae. 
But  the  knight,  in  hia  kene  yre,  cast  vp  his  egh, 
Brusshet  on  the  buigh  &  the  bright  wallea, 
HHtoriAHnH  Segh  the  ladies  o  lofte  leghen  to  -waite, — 

Mukdii^  8241     Elan  an  other,  the  oddest  of  Troy, 

HJH  worshipful  wife,  fat  he  well  louet, 
Vi'itJt  his  Suster  beside,  the  eemlieat  on  lyue, 
Jjat  were  Hory  for  J»e  sight,  Semple  of  chere. 
(ibL  us  a.)      824S     And  the  grekes  so  giynily  had  giid  hom  abacko 
pat  euyn  borne  were  f  ai  bigly  to  the  bare  wallia 
Mbuiwi  otui  Than  shamet  was  the  shaike  for  the  shene  ladies, 

inneendkiui     *  And  Buvn  wode  of  his  wit  wei  he  bclyue. 

THE  DETHB  OF  MTRION  BT  KCTOB  BLATB. 

8252     He  kyld  fere  a  kyiig,  oosyn  to  Achilles, — 

On  Merion  the  myghty, — thurgh  the  mayn  dyut. 
lie  hurlet  thurgh  the  helme,  pat  the  hed  yemed, 
{}at  the  brayn  all-to  brast,  &  on  bent  leuyf; 
idiiua  ruiiM      8256     Achilles  aurthwart  this  atinterd  to  se, 
rwtS^uT   '  Grippet  to  a  grete  apeire  wt'tft  a  giym  wille ; 

Pight  on  the  prtnse,  perait  his  wede  ; 
Mart  of  his  mailee,  meuit  hym  noght ; 
8260    And  nauthei-  hurt  he  the  hathell,  ne  hade  hym 
to  ground. 
Kictor  nith  1  pen  Ector  in  angur,  angardly  fast, 

tLnugb  Ox  With  the  bit  of  his  brond,  on  the  bold  light ; 

Acuua^■llll  Rurht  |)urgh  the  helme  &  the  hard  maile. 

8264     But  it  breke   not   the   hrayii,   ne   the  bueme 
woundit, 
Achilles,  wttA  a  chop,  cheuyt  on  syde  ; 
All  in  wer  for  to  wait,  wayueronde  he  BOt«, 
But  he  hold  hym  on  horee,  hoajt  o  lofte. 


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CAPTURE  OF   MBNELAU3. 

8268     Eujll  masit  of  the  raynt,  &  the  maya  stroke,  Book  x: 

Thes  wordfs  to  tlie  whe  warplt  the  pri'iise : — 
"Achilles,  AchiUes,  pou  cbeses  ye  fast,  Hactorcbm 

ffor  to  prese  me  wM  pyae  in  thy  proud  yie  1        iwit  noouni 

8272     The  next  tym  po\i  noyes  me,  fou  neghia  to  Jie 
fer, 
Thow  dowtles  shall  dye  with  dynt  of  my  hond." 
But  or  hit  auntrid  hym  to  aunsware  Ector  agayne, 
Come  Troilufl  full  tyte  with  &  tore  pepull,  TroHm  wiih 

8276     fTniabet  in  feUy  }io  ft«kee  betwene,  UMeomtaui 

Depertid  the  prinse  &  the  prise  kyng. 
So  he  greuit  the  Grekes,  and  gird  horn  abacke, 
))at  fyue  houndrith  were  fey  &  in  fild  leuyt, 

8280     Off  knightes  full  kene,  kild  in  the  stoure  ;  m.  mt 

And  o  backs  iro  the  bui^he  here  horn  anoa  Tba  oiHki  > 

Henelay  yrith  his  men  menyt  in  awithe,  *    MnxiKUKir 

Thre  thoueaund  full  fro  >rang  into  batell ;  «iwi>-™«™. 

6284     Restorit  bom  stithly,  stuffit  bom  anon. 

And  cohhyt  full  kantly,  kaghten  the  fild. 
Then  Sedymon  with  a  sowme  from  the  Cit6  come, 
Of  fell  men  in  fight,  freik«  of  his  owne  ; 

8288     He  macchit  hym  to  Menelay,  &  met  on  )ie  kyng, 
Woundit  hym  wickedly  in  his  wale  face. 
And  gird  hym  to  ground  of  his  grete  hone. 
Than  Troiell  hym  toke  |)argh  his  tried  helpe        TniU».w»t 

8292     Of  Sedymon,  the  same  kyng  fat  fe  syre  felle,      npuiRa 
Wold  haue  led  the  lord  o-lyuo  to  Jie  towne ;  Mme"*^ 

Bnt  the  atoure  was  so  stithe,  &  stedis  so  thicke. 
Thai  pullid  hym  with  pyne,  hut  passid  f  ai  nogbt 

8296     Then  Diamede  full  dpmly,  wiVi  a  dyn  hoge,         ixomodH  m 
On  Troiell  witA  tene  tachet  helyue  ;  nnhi 

Bere  hym  backe  to  the  bent  of  his  big  stede,        ud  koh  it 
Raght  to  the  Keynes  in  a  rad  hast,  ^"^ 

8300     Sent  hym  by  a  ecntaund,  or  he  ses  wold, 
To  Brcisaide  the  bright,  &  bad  hym  to  say, 
That  fat  was  lelly  a  ledis,  fit  ho  louet  well, — 


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270  THB  GRBEKB  OtTB  W^Y. 

Bonfcxi.  The  whicha  fro  Troiell  he  toke,  &  twnet  bym 

besyde, 
8304    WttA  a.  atroke,  in  the  atonra,  of  hia  stithe  anae. — 
Md'X'^bL  Prayaund  her  preetly,  witft  all  his  pure  hert, 

lom.  J)at  hit  B«niaund  were  sadly  set  in  hir  mynd, 

Dyamed,  the  derf  kyng,  in  dennger  of  lone. 
8308     Jjen  the  semond,  full  sone,  wttt  the  same  horse, 
Went  to  the  woman  fro  the  wale  kyng, 
And  the  palfray  of  prise  present  hir  to. 
SJ^  "firtUi  "^^  roceyuit  hym  witft  Reuerence,  &  to  Jte  Eenke 

joj  i  ud  HTi,  said ; — 

Si'Si.^^ii"    8312     "To|pilord,(»atmeloues,  lellyJponteUe, 

I  may  not  hate  hym,  by  heuyn,  J»at  me  in  hert 
tes." 
(w.  iM«.)  fco  Uie  maidon,  witA  hia  message  he  nieuyt  anon, 

And  the  bodeword  broght  to  Jie  bold  kyng. 
8316     ffayne  was  the  freike  of  the  fre  answare, 

Past  furth  into  prese,  paynet  hym  ther-for, 
St^tt^"  llie  grekea  fan  were  gird  hacke  to  ^  grete 

uum,  *n  niiM  tentt<» ; 

With  Swym  vnder  swerd  swalton  full  mony  1 
8320     Ne  hade  Agamynon  tlie  gret  oste  gird  in  anon, 
The  fight  in  the  fild  hade  hen  fynissbed  for 

eu«r. 
Than  Beetoret  was  the  stithe  batell  stuemly 

agayn! 
The  greke*  foil  giymly  giidon  out  swithe, 
6324     Harmet  horn  hogely  in  a  bond  while. 

Folidamus,  the  pert  knight,  presit  in  ^n, 
WitA  a  batell  full  breme,  bntnet  the  greket ; 
ffaght  wt'tA  hom  felly,  frunt  horn  abacke  ; 
8328     Droff  hom  vnto  dykes  witA  dynttes  of  awoid. 
Then  Diiunede  the  doughty  duly  beheld, 
Segh  Jie  freke  in  bis  felnes  his  folk  so  distroy. 
He  firuBsbit  at  bym  felly  wi'tA  a  fyn  spere  ; 
8332    And  the  knight  hym  kept,  caupit  wttA  hym  so. 


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DIOHBDES  ASD  AOBILLBB  WODNSED. 

That  botbe  tLe  hathell  and  his  horse  hurlit  to       Book  i 
ground. 

Dyamed  was  derit  vith  a  depo  hurt,  Dioomjn  i 

Eoill  frassbet  with  the  fall,  &  on  feld  lay.  ann  i^ 

8336     Polidamas  the  pr^  hoise  preait  vnto,  Hi»hkii 

Raght  to  ^  Refuo,  and  the  Eoile  toke  ; 

Broght  hym  full  bainly  to  |»e  hold  Troiell,  "*  hrtng" 

))at  was  ^ihtand  on  fote  in  ^e  felle  stoure.  BRhiiniron 

8340     The  triet  knight  Troiell  titly  wan  vp, 

As  fayne  of  the  foale,  as  a  freke  might. 

Then  Achilles  nit  A  angur  angardly  preset, 

Troiell  to  tene  wi'tt  a  triet  wepyn  ;  TroO*  km 

8344     And  he  keppit  the  kyng  wttA  a  kant  wille,  gnmai. 

Hurlit  hym  to  hard  yerthe,  hurt  hyin  full  sore. 

The  bold  kyng  Tp  braid,  &  the  bent  leuyt, 

ffor  deire  of  his  dynt  dut  hym  but  litle  1 
8348     (pen  Ector  come  auerthwert}  as  aunter  befell,         Hoctoim 

Fr«sit  nym  to  }»  place  wttA  a  prise  sworde  ; 

Brittonit  the  bold  men,  ^t  ahoute  stode, 

Asd  mony  dange  to  the  deihe  &  deret  full      (w.  im 
mekyli  ! 

HERE  EOTOR   ETLDB  A.  TBOV8&UND. 

8352    Thus  Dares  of  his  dedis  duly  tb  tellus, 

A  thowsaiind,  &11  throly,  he  firang  to  )ie  dethe, — 
All  the  knighte*  full  kant,  Jiat  keppit  AchiUes,—  ma  kaigui 
To  haue  wonen  to  ^t  worthy,  so  wodely  he  Ai«kiu«>r 
fore  I  *■"■ 

8366    lliere  Achilles  vith  choppes  chaunset  so  hard, 
WttA  myche  wo  he  hym  werit  in  wothe  of  his 

lyffo. 
Then  the  night  come  anon,  neghit  wt'tA  merke,    NicMmu 
And  for  lacks  of  the  light  the  Isdis  depertid  :       ndi. 

8360    ITiu  the  batell  on  bothe  haluee  husket  anon 
And  tumyt  to  towne  &  to  tentte«  alL 


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_ j«kn^  ThaE  thretty  dayes  f roly  Jwi  f rappit  in  feld, 

Sf^^'^"'  And  mony  bold  in  the  bekur  were  on  bent  leuit ! 

8364     Mony  doughty  were  ded  of  tho  derfe  Troiene, 

But  mo  were  fere  marrit  of  )ie  mayne  grekes. 
Biiof  Primn'i  W(tA-in  tbies  dayes,  wttA  dole,  waste  dethe  broght 

uidii««orii'  Sex  aonnea,  for  aotbe,  of  the  sure  kynges, — 

bos.  8368     Of  the  noble  brother  natrtnll,— ))at  nait  were  in 

feld, 

And  Ector  wondit,  I-wis,  in  hia  wale  face. 

pen  "Priam,  the  priae  kyng,  preatly  can  araide 

To  Agamynon  the  grete,  gomya  of  hia  awne, 
Priun  dcmuidi  ■  8372     fToF  a  trew  to  be  takon  of  a  tyme  short, — 
„„i„[h,.  Sex  moneth  &  no  more, — his  men  for  te  reat : 

ihF  Gmki  pat  the  Grflkes  hym  grauntid,.gniccht>t  }m  noght 

Hit  was  festenit  wi't/i  faithe,  &  w/tA  fyn  othcs, 
8376     On  bothe  halues  to  hold  holly  ae^ntid, 

Witftout^n  fight  or  affray  to  the  fer  end. 

uurinf  tiMtniM  JliT  tea  dayea  were  done,  the  doughty  pnnse 

Htctot  neanni 

iRim  111!  voiuidi.  Ector 

Was  hole  of  his  liurt*^  fuigb  helpe  of  a  leche. 
n<iiiTinU»        8380     In  a  halle,  (>nt  was  ho^'c,  fe/w  J«  hend  lay, 
lE^  '  In  honerable  Ylion,  eact  hym  a  qwile, 

Of  whiche  fairehcd  &  fourme,  the  fynest  clerke 
Datea 

Tellys  in  his  trety,  vppon  trew  wise. 
(foi.  iwoO       8384     Hit  wae  pight  vp  vit/i  pilers  all  of  pure  stones, 
gofgKw  puiir. :  I'alit  ftUl  prudly ;  anil  a  proude  Sore 

(■•ji«K»rt--  Rowchet  all  vrith  cristall,  clere  as  the  sonne. 

■  Boor  wrwiuiii  The  wallpH  vp  wroght  on  a  wise  faire 

Tilrt'it'I^g  lilt      8388     W'iUi  atones  full  stoute,  etitheat  of  vertue. 
"*"'■  ffaire  pillore  were  ^era  proude,  all  of  pure  coper, 

I"  Httmit'—  In  ffoure  liytnea  of  tlie  house  hogely  feet. 

liT^hHmwr  0  lofte  on  tho  looely  were  loget  to  atond, 

8392     flbiire  yniagcs  full  frosshe,  oil  of  fyn  gold, 


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A  PBSTILEKOB.  2( 

WonderfuJlj  wroght  w^his  to  be-hold,  bbi*»i. 

WitA  gematiy  Justly  aiojD«t  to  gedur ;  mppwMnw.ir 

Uiche  soteltie,  for-sothe,  setting  of  notes,  gou. 

8396     Crafte  fat  was  coynt,  knawyng  of  tymes,  »<™un] 

And  other  faynet  fare  &  fantasy  olde  I 

'Wi'tAiu  the  tymeof  the  tru,  thetriot  kyag  Pnam,  priiminTtM 

His  nohle  sonnes  naturell  n&itly  gert  bery,  ■  Mpu*u  loub. 

8400     WM  bor  brother,  in  the  burgh,  on  his  beet  wise : 

Eure  son  by  hym  selfe,  sais  me  the  lyne. 

In  a  precius  place,  &  in  pMse  toumbis ! 

HSRK  })AI    PFAQOT   TWBLUB   DAYKS   TO-OEDUR. 

Vf  hen  the  sex  monethes  were  meuit  of  fe  meue 
true, 

8W4     Than  faght  JMJ  in  feld  feUy  to  gedur.  Tb,o«k 

Twelue  dayes,  be-dene,  dole  to  be-holde  !  tanw'uiS.  "' 

ffiiU  myuhe  was  the  muithe  of  [k>  mayn  knigbte^ 
On  bothe  sydes,  for^othe^  sayes  me  the  lyne  j 

8408    And  myche  blode  on  the  bent  of  tho  bold  leuyt 

Than  the  bete  was  bo  boge,  bannyt  the  grekes,  saiu*  or  Uie 
WttA  a  pestyleDce  in  the  pepnll  pyuet  horn  sore :  ^|^i,„„'i,'„i, 
Thai  fore  oat  to  the  fildea,  fellyn  to  ground,  o^TIk'in  th 

8412    And  droppit  to  dethe  on  dayes  full  thicks.  **'**■ 

ffoT  )iat  Agaiuynon,  by  grement,  giaidly  did  send 
To  the  toan,  for  a  true  of  a  tym  sborte ;  AcuHmnMi 

Thretty  dayes  to  endure,  &  no  deire  wirke.  Matjt: 

8416     Hit  was  grauntid  fnt  grete,  by  grement  witA-in    whien  u  gn"'*- 
Of  Pmm,  &  [the]  pn'nse,  &  the  prise  all 
Of  kyugM,  and  Comyns,  and  of  kyde  Duke*.  (w.  iwk) 

Therto  swome  were  )iai  swiftly  on  hot  swete 
haloes, 

8420     And  affermyt  hit  fast :  and  here  a  ffyt  endee. 


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€tt  IX}  ISofte.    m  tlie  Uij  ISatell :  Snlr  of 
tf)e  Sreme  of  €^rtor  tngffe. 


liengye  here  at  a  Ltill,  lyetyu  my  wordes, 
1  shall  tell  yoa  full  tyte  how  horn  tydo  after, 
When  IheB  dayea  were  done,  &  dryven  to  iin 

8424     All  frai  tforen  to  pe  %ht,  &  the  fild  toke  ! 
Of  Andromaca  drem  I  dresse  me  to  t«lle. 
Heir  bit  noyet  in  the  night,  er  ))ai  to  note  yode. 
Ab  f>iB  burde  was  ia  bed  vrith  bit  blythe  lorde, 

8428     And  slippit  vpon  elepe,  slomerj-i^  a  while, 

8ho  was  ot&ayet  full  foule  witA  a  foeise  dreme, 
lliat  she  met  of  hii  niaist«r,  &  masit  full  euyll. 
At  hii  wakonyng  ho  wist,  as  the  writ  aayes, 

8432     Iff  the  hold  vnto  batell  busket  fat  day. 

He  ahuld  doutles  be  dede,  &  drepit  for  euer  ! 
Andromaca  for  drede  of  her  dreme  felle, 
Miche  water  ho  weppit,  and  wackont  the  pri'ncQ. 

84.16    As  f>ai  bothe  were  in  bed,  ^  bard  to  hym  aside. 
And  told  hym  by  tale,  as  her  tyde  hade. 
Sho  prayet  the  pnnse  witA  hir  pure  heri^ 
ffor  drede  of  hir  drem,  &  deire  fat  might  falls, 

8440    On  nowise  in  thys  world  the  walles  to  passe, 
ffor  to  bowne  vnto  batell,  ne  of  hurghe  wend. 
pan  the  worthy  at  his  wife  wrathet  a  litis. 
And  blamyt  the  buide  for  hir  bold  epeche. 

8444    Hit  was  vnfittyng,  he  said,  a  sad  man  of  wi^ 


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A^IDROMACIIA  3   DBBUf. 

Any  dremyB  to  diede,  or  deme  lioni  for  trew, 
Sjn  fai  feble  are  it  faint,  &  falsly  dissayuyn. 
And  be-liiten  yche  lede,  Jut  lenye  perapon. 

8446     When  tlie  day  vp  droghe,  &  the  derke  voidet, 
The  biud  bownet  fro  l>ecl,  &  of  boure  past : 
To  his  fader  ho  fore,  &  his  fre  moder.  prius  ud" 

AH  ho  told  horn  in  tale,  aa  her  tyde  hade,  fmmi  Hsoor 

84B2     Besechis  the  souerain,  wttA  aj^ng  in  bcrt,  a^jl?""*" 

'     Hir  lord  for  to  let,  for  lure  ))at  might  happyn  : 
On  nowise  )>at  he  went,  for  wothe  of  hia  lyf ! 

When  the  aun  vp  set  wiL/i  his  softe  beaitius, 

8166     All  the  batela  of  the  burghe  bownet  to  fcld,         TbtTn^uHtain 
Ordant  of  Ector  efter  his  deuyse.  Troiiui,  I'wia, 

Troiell,  the  triet  knyght,  toke  the  feld  Bone  ;        ^IJI^'  "* 
Then  Paris  full  prest  put  hym  next  aflur. 

8460     Deffebufl  drogh  furth  witli  a  derfe  pcpuU  ; 
Eneaa  afturward  anntred  t«  feld. 
FoUilamas,  the  proud  knight,  past  on  switfae; 
Then  the  fuerse  kyng  Forcius  fulowet  anon  ; 

8464     And  Philmen,  the  freke,  wM  a  felle  batell.  ""' 

Then,  all  the  kynge«  by  course,  ^t  comyn  were 

to  Troy, 
The  citie  to  socour,  wtt/i  perv  ante  hoole, 
Pasait  furth  fro  Pnam  to  |>e  playn  feld, 

8468     Wttft  leue  of  ]>e  lord,  )iat  the  lond  aght. 

Then  Priam  to  ^e  prinse  preatly  can  send,  Prto 

That  be  bownet  to  no  batell,  ne  ])e  buigh  past,    wuh 
On  nowise  in  this  world,  for  worship  or  other, 

8472     Theiat  Ector  was  angry,  &  ongardly  wrotbe,         hm 
Bepreuet  the  pn'nses  vtih  a  pale  face : 
Wit7(  his  worshipful  wife  wrathit  hym  [len.  (i 

\VilAout«n  leue  of  the  lord,  fat  hym  let  wold, 

8476     To  his  Beruonde«  be  saide  in  a  sad  haste,  i*4«i 

To  bryng  hym  his  bright  geire,  bownet  to  feld,    him> 
And  arayed  for  tlic  rode  w/tft  a  ronko  wille.         ^^ 


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HBCTOR  ASD   ANDBOHAGHA. 

Tban  his  wif  was  war  of  his  wills  sone, 
S180     Myche  yiaiur  ho  weppit,  wailyng  for  aorow. 

Two  sonnea   bade   p&t  semlj,    wVt/t  the  sore 
pn'nse, — 

On  Lamydon  was  title,  and  his  lene  brother 

Aationac  also,  ^t  after  was  borne, — 
8484    J3at  were  bothe  at  the  bre«t  of  the  bright  norae, 

Koght  put  &o  the  pappe  to  no  pn'se  fode. 

The  ton  toke  ho  full  tyte  in  hir  true  armys, 

To  the  fote  of  fat  fre  fell  ho  belyue  : 
8488     Hit  was  dole  &.  deire,  fat  dere  to  be-hold  ! 

WitA  myehe  wepyng  &  woo  f»ea  wordat  ho  said : — 

"  A  !  my  lord,  &  it  like  yow  at  this  lefe  tyme, 

I  be-scche  you,  for  my  sake  sober  youre  wille : 
8492     Put  of  youre  purpos,  proses  no  fer, 

fibr  all  the   loue   in   our    lyue,    fat  light   vs 
betwene  ! " 

He  denyet  hir  anon :  hir  noy  was  the  more. 

And  sho  braid  with  the  bame  to  fe  bore  erthe, 
8496    Vmbfoldyt  his  fet«,  felle  vnto  ewone. 

And  when  ho  wacknet  of  wo,  thies  wordea  bo 

"  If  ye  no  mercy  haue  on  me,  for  mysae  (wt  I 

thole, 
Haue  pit£  on  youre  pure  eonnes,  fat  mone  payne 

thole  I 
8600    To  be  done  to  fe  dethe  with  hor  dere  raoder, 

Or  be   shot  out  wi'tA    shame  fro  youra  sbene 

lande«; 
Exiled  for  euermore  endles  to  sorow, 
Pight  ynder  pouert  and  penaunce  to  lyue ! " 
8604     Then  bis  moder  the  myld  qwene,  &  his  meka 

CassandiH  the  clene,  &  clere  Polezena, 
And  honerable  Elan  also,  yfith  bom : 
Tliiee  fellyn  hym  to  fete  witt  a  foule  chetc, 


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HEOTOR  AND   AHDBOUACHA.  277 

8508     Frayonil  the  pn'nse  (pitie  was  to  se)  Book  xxi. 

To  put  of  his  pale  wedis,  &  his  pale  entre  ;         piBuuniihuiw 

And  ab]rde  in  tlie  bui^h  to  the  bare  night.  ^^  ^^t,^      ^' 

He  hade  no  nithe  of  hor  remyng,  ne  ]>e  mnk       (M.iata.j 

teiis, 

85 1 2     Nepe  prayer  of  po  prise  perait  not  his  hcrt ;        Rtctor  wui  not 
But  past  furth  prudly  hia  pwrpos  to  hold,  fcrtu  n,  bluiT 

And  bounet  toward  batell,  bode  he  no  longur. 
p^tL  Audromoca  for  dol  drogfa  out  of  wit, 

8516     Vne  fore  as  a  fole,  fonnet  at  all ; 

Past  vnto  Fn'am,  pa  pn'naiB  aune  fadur,  AnAromicKa 

'With  a  rufull  rore  i-ent  of  hir  clothis ;  u>  Priun. 

Eafit  J>e  red  chekis  midly  wit/t  bond,  TwrtngtawB™ 

8520     And  fe  hore  of  hir  hcde  heterly  puDit ! 
So  pai  ffre  wi'tA  bir  face  fore  at  pe  tyme, 
J}at  all  blod  was  pe  bright  in  hir  ble  qwjt : 
Ho  was  vnkyndly  to  knaff  of  hir  kyd  frendis. 

8524     So  disfigurt  of  face  &  febill  of  hew, 

To  p6  fet«  oipe  fre  kyng  fel  bo  belyue,  •hdUbuhii 

Besechond  ^t  soueran,  in  a  sad  hast  h«i««in(  him 

ffor  to  high  to  I>at  hynd,  &  hold  bym  wi'tAin,       within  th*  Mj. 

8528  )}at  he  fore  not  to  fight,  ne  the  fild  toke  ! 
Than  Pr/am  in  pure  hast  preset  to  horse, 
Lept  vp  full  lyghtly,  &  the  Rde  folowet : 
Ouertoke  hym  full  tyte,  taried  bym  ^n,  iMiun  wtrukM 

8532     Kaght  to  the  reynee  of  his  ricbe  bridell :  comnuiidKiid 

Vne  wrothe  in  his  wille  weppit  full  sore,  j^^. 

Gotnauudand  ^at  comly,  as  his  kynd  fader, 
By  all  hor  godde*  so  gret,  &  greuyrg  of  bym, 

8-'i36     )}at  he  fare  shuld  ne  ferre,  ne  the  feld  eatre. 

At  the  last,  l^ui^h  the  likyng  of  his  lege  kyng,     wiui)tr™t 
And   offence  of  his   ffader,    the  fteke   agayne  r(inn»r 

tumyt : 
Fast  euyn  to  his  palais,  &  the  place  entrid. 

8540     He  wold  put  of  no  plate  of  bis  pn'se  armtrr,         but  irin,  nn  nn 
But  abode  in  the  burgh  in  his  bright  wedis.         hu  >nn«r. 


27S  THE   TROJ&NB   DRIVEN    BACK  : 

Baoii  »ii.  Then  the  hatell  was  brem  in  the  brode  fold, 

Mony  fell  in  the  fight  at  the  first  tyme ! 
ixamodfi  uid  8544  Dyamede  that  dute,  &  the  derfe  Troilus, 
witbgmtuptiin  ^vjn  macchit  horn,   to  mete  wtVi   two  mayii 

epeires: 
(rd.mt.)  Witft  all  the  bir  in  borbrestandhorbyghotites, 

mil  would  luit  So  f>ai  cast  horn  to  caupe  wttft  a  course  felle, 

hcd  ant  MiiitUa  6548     Tbe  ton  hade  doutles  ben  dede,  &  drepit  for  ay, 
""^  Hade  not  Uenelay  migbtylj  met  bom  betwene, 

WttA  a  batell  Aill  big  bere  horn  in  sonder. 
He  front  to  a  fuerse  kyng  of  frigies  loud, 
8552     A  mon  full  of  might,  Jiat  Meeeron  was  cald  : 
MinaiHit  He  had  hym  of  boree,  byndward  anon, 

nptur«'Mi«m.  And  he  waa  takon  tuH  [tite]  &  tumyt  away. 

Polidamaa,  the   pme   knight,   come  pnkond 
belyue 
poirdunu  8596     WitA  a  folke  )»at  was  felle,  &  the  fight  entrid. 

He  Reskewet  the  Renke,  russbet  vnfaire, 
And  inyche  baret  on  bent  to  the  buemes  dyd : 
Tilt  (inaki  •Rxiii  ]3aa  the  grekes  a^yne  grippit  the  kyng, 

™ia^^''       8560     Wold  haue  [had]  of  bia  bede  in  a  hast  Jwre, 
niLihimi  jjjjj  Troiell  full  tydely  twmyt  bom  agaynes, 

Kyld  doun  ^1*6  knigbtw,  and  the  kyng  toke  ! 
bdiTroiLiu  He  delinert  the  lord,  let«  hym  of  bond  ; 

8564     And  fell  of  his  foos  fiieraly  fat  tyme. 
Telemoniuf  Aiax  come  angardly  fast, 
Ttiuuni  and  "Wit/i  ytB  thowsaund  fro  men  f  rang  into  batell ; 

cnmuiiiiigthiir  Gild  in  wf'tA  the  grek«s,  &  mycbe  giym  wroght, 

*™*'  8568     And  mony  tulke  out  of  Troy  tymit  to  ground. 

))en  fiirghe  cbaunse  of  Achilles  &  bis  choise 
belpe, 
drill  tb*  Troll u  )}ai   bere   the   burgh-men  abacke  to   the  bare 

lovtrda  Iht  sliy. 

walles ; 
):ai  bonnet  fro  bat«Il,  &  the  bent  leuyt, 
8572     tiled  all  in  fere  frikly  to  tonne ! 
»i«»roii,«mot  Magcron  the  mighty  macchet  wiV(  Achilles, 


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HECTOR   RALLIES  THEM. 


Wold  haue  takoo  the  talla  tyng,  &  to  toun  Ii 


IS  a  proade  son  of  Priam,  &  a  pnse  knight,  Prum,  uuct* 
8576    And  a  vright  man  in  wer,  ^f  hjm  too  happnit. 

Achillee  were  hym  full  wightly,  &  the  wegh  MUiniun; 

elogh; 
Bare  hym  bak  to  fie  )>ent,  &  the  huerne  d^hit. 
))en  wa»  clomour  &  crye  for  care  of  hym  one,      ou  Tmtuu 
8580     And  myche  dole  for  hU  dethe,  fat  derit  hom  all ! 

Telamon,  the  toure  kyng,  fe  Treiens  purenet;  (»iii»»..) 

Paris  hym  put  of,  &  ipreset  hym  eoie,  UHTnduw: 

"Witfi  other  kynges  &  knighte«,  and  the  kyde 
hrether ; 
8584     But  hom  worthe  to  )>e  worse,  wete  ye  for  boUio,  puh  •a*  >•'* 
And  Boghtyn  to  the  Gitie  in  a  sad  hast !  uwrw. 

Than  kacht  bai  the  corse  of  be  kyngea  son,  ud  cur?  os  itu 

'        ■'    °  '  todjofUwIt 

Broghtyn  into  bargh  Vf  tA  baret  &  crye.  tntbw. 

8533     When  Ector  herd  of  fat  hynde  vnhappely  was 
dedo, 

}Mn  &aynit  fat  &e,  who  fe  freike  sloghe. 

"  Achilles  the  choise  kyng,"  oon  channsit  to  Bay, 

"  ffell  hym  in  fight  &  fele  of  om«  knighte» !  " 
8593     Ector,  wode  of  his  wit  for  woo  of  his  brother,      Htcuromgsd 

Haspit  on  his  bebne,  &  his  horse  toko ;  iMk,  nAm  to 

Went  out  wightly,  vnwetynghis  fader.  lohntuiwi 

Two  Dukea  full  derae,  he  to  dethe  broght, 
8596     And  manly  wt'tft  mayn  mellit  wt'tA  other ; 

Eyid  downe  knight«^  karve  hom  in  sondor. 

Mnny  wondet  the  weghe,  &  to  woo  caste  ; 

Britnet  hom  on  bent,  and  on  bake  put 
8600     The  grek«a,  for  his  greffe,  girdyn  hym  fro,  Uh  Onefei  m 

Thay  knew  hym  full  kyndly  be  caiipe  of  his  ufonbim. 

Then  the  Treiens  full  tyte  to  the  tonne  floghen, 
IsBuet  out  egurly  Ector  to  helpe ;  tii*  Tni)w 

8604     Gild  evyn  to  the  greke«,  and  hor  greund  toke  ;    wdiwnrUKir 
ffoghten  full  felly,  and  hor  fos  harmyi 


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AT   SECTOR, 

Polidamas,  the  purt,  was  presset  so  fast, 
J)at  he  was  wonen  in  wer,  &  away  led  : 

8608    Than  Ector  in  yre  Egeriy  faght, 

And  the  grekea  in  his  grem  gird  he  to  dethe, — 
Two  hundreth  in  hast,  ^t  the  henJ  led, — 
And  deliu«H  the  lede  wi'tA  his  lyfe  hole ! 

8C12     This  a  grete  of  the  gTeke«  graidly  beheld, 

Had  meruell  full  niekyll,  macchet  hym  to  Ector, 
(Dochydes,  the  large,  so  fie  lord  hight) ; 
He  wend,  the  pri'nae  in  the  prese  haue  pat  out 
of  lyue. 

SC16     Ectoi  wrathit  liym  vith,  and  the  wegh  hJt, 
)jat  he  deghit  of  the  dynt,  er  he  donn  feU, 
Achilles,  this  chaunae  choisly  beheld, 
))a,t  so  mony  of  |)sire  men  weie  marrid  by  hym, 
*  8620     He  hopit  but  if  happely  Jiat  hardy  were  slayne, 
)}at  neuer  greke  shuld  haue  grace  tlie  ground  for 

to  wyn ; 
Ne  ueuer  Troye  for  to  take,  terme  of  hor  lyue. 
He  bethoght  hym  full  thicke  in  his  thro  hsrt, 

8624     And  all  soteltie  soght,  serchit  his  wit. 

On  all  wise  in  this  world,  ^t  werke  for  to  end, 
I  And  the  pn'nae  with  hia  power  put  vnto  dethe. 

As  he  stode  f<us  in  stid,  starit  hym  vpon, 

8628     Policenes,  a  pert  Duke,  {lat  in  prese  rode, 

)}at  was  chere  to  Achilles,  cherisit  wt'tA  looe. 
And  thidur  soght,  for  his  sake,  his  sbtur  to 

haue, 
A  mon  he  was  of  More  Ynde,  mighty  of  godes, 

8632     ]}ere  hit  auntrid  full  enyn,  ^t  Ector  hym  met. 
And  the  lede  wttA  a  launse  out  of  lyue  bn^ht. 
Achilles  the  chaunse  cheuit  for  to  ae  : 
Vne  wode  of  his  wit,  wait  into  angur. 

8636     The  dethe  of  fiat  Duke  he  dight  hym  to  venga. 
To  Ector  full  egurly  he  etlit  anon  : 
Ector  keppit  the  kyng  ei  he  caupe  m:^ht. 


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TRXACHtSBOtlSLT  SLATS  HIU.  281 

Drof  at  hym  with  a  dart,  &  Jw  Duke  hit.  Book  xxi. 

8640  Hit  was  keruond  &  keue,  &  the  kyi^  hurt,  ud>aimiii 
And  woundit  hym  wickedly  thuight  the  waist  .  dm. 

enyn, 

t)at  he  seait  of  his  sut«,  eoght  he  no  feire. 

THE  DKTHB  Of  BCTOB,  BI  ACHILLES  JRAJTUBhY  SLAtK. 

Achilles  for  the  chop  cherit  hym  not  litle,  xchiUH  bindi  up 

8641  Braid  out  of  batell,  bound  vp  his  wounde, 
Stoppit  the  stremys  etithly  agayne  ; 

Lep  vp  full  lyuely,  launchit  on  swithe, 
To  )iat  ontent,  truly,  as  the  trety  sais,  udtoeato 

6648    To  deire  Ector  wit/t  dethe,  or  d^h  fiere  hym 

As  Ector  &ght  in  the  fild  fell  of  the  greket. 
He  caupit  wttA  a  kyng,  caght  hym  anon ; 
Puld  hym,  as  a  prisoner  of  prise  for  to  wyn, 

8652    WitA  etrenght  thurgh  the  atouie,  as  the  story      (tcLJUa.) 
teUiis. 
His  sheld  on  his  shulders  shot  was  behynd,         H«tor,  wnn  irn 
And  his  brest  left  hare,  so  the  bueme  Bode,         behind,  u  itwuog 
To  weld  hym  more  winly  fat  worthy  to  leda       to™i*imt, 

8656    Achillea  grippit  a  gret  speiie  wtVt  a  grym  wiUe,  iriw  Aiuuai 
Ynperaayuit  of  the  prince  piiktt  hym  to,  ud  taom  um 

"Woundit  hym  wickedly,  as  he  away  loked,  «"P»r- 

Thurgh  the  body  y/ith  the  bit  of  the  bright  end, 

8660     That  he  gird  to  ^e  ground,  &  the  gost  yald 
This  Sedymon  segh,  |)at  soght  out  of  Tioy  : 
Evyn  wode  for  |)at  worthy  waa  of  lyne  done, 
Ue  cheuet  to  Achilles  with  a  chop  felle, 

8664     pat  he  braid  to  the  hent  with  a  brem  wound  ;       Actduw  ii  tmck 
And  for  ded  of  fat  dynt  the  Duke  fere  hym  leuit.  lowttolnu   ' 
The  Myrmaidone,  hia  men,  f  aire  maistur  can  take,  ''***■ 
Bere  hjrm  on  his  biode  sheld  to  his  big  tent, 

8668     There  left  hym  as  lyueles,  laid  hym  besyde  ; 

But  yet  deghit  not  the  Duke,  f  of  hym  deie  tholit. 


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TERIU>R   AND   DISMAY   IN   TROT. 

Then  the  Troiens  witA  tene  tumyt  them  backs, 
Soghten  to  Jw  Citie  witA  aorow  in  hert, 

ugaidly  fast, 
And  the  body  of  the  bold  prtnse  btoghtyn  hom 
witA. 

When  the  corse  of  ^at  comly  comya  waa  to 
toun, 
Tin  body  of  Michs  dole  &  dyn  was  dole  [for]  to  here, 

H«i«  1.  brought  gg^g     ^^^j^  Sobbyng  fro  the  Cit4,  &  Syling  of  teria, 

WiUi  gawlyng  &  grete  the  grettiat  among. 
Tbegiiafuii  All  the  Citiesvns,  for  sothe,  for  aorov  of  the 

dHpilroflht 

pK^i^  pnose, 

Micbe  water  fai  weppit,  wringyug  of  hood  : 
8680    The  dit  &  the  dyn  waa  dole  to  he-hold  I 

All  the  wemen  of  wit  thurgh  the  wale  toune, 
Wyfua,  &  wedowea,  &  woTshjpfuU  mMdnes, 
WttAin  houses  &  ballia  hard  waa  fere  diere. 
(M-utft.)       8684     Wyth  myche    dole  vppon  dayes  &   on   derke 
night««, 
Some,  tna,  kw  Sum  Wilt  into  woilenee,  &  of  wit  paat : 

The  petie  &  the  playnt  was  pyn  foi  to  here  ! 
£uer  thtu  said  in  hor  sagh,  as  ^  so  might, 
8688     )>ai  had  no  hope  of  pen  heale,  na  |)ere  hede 
children. 
All  hor  trust  ^an  was  tynt,  truly  pai  said, 
Thurgh  the  dethe  of  fat  dere,  &  done  out  of 

hope! 
"Alasse,  the  losse  and  the  lure  of  oure  lefe 
pri'nae  ! 
8C'92     How  Besit  be  oure  Citie  witA  oure  sad  foa  ; 

Our  husbandefl  to  hard  dethe,  &  our  hede  slayne ; 
We  set  vnder  seruage,  in  aorow  to  abyde  ! " 
On  this  wise  all  the  weke,  woke  fa  within, 
8606     With  Remyng  &  ranthe,  Iteuke*  to  be-hold. 


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THE  GRIEF  OF  FBI  AH  AKD  HIS  FAUILT. 

L  be  body  of  |)at  bold  vas  broght  to  his  &deT, 


-WitA  aU  the  kynge*  fiiU  clene,  &  )>e  kid  Dukes.  S^^ 
WitA  niyche  care  &  crie  ^ai  comjn  hym  witJi,     JJEj^tlj 

8700     Bent  of  fere  riche  clothes,  ryuyn  fere  chekw,        i"*™ 
And  eetton  hym  fnll  sorily  f»at  souwain  befoia.     wit  load 
When  Priam,  the  priea  kyng,  on  the  pn'nsa 

loked, 
Siiche  a  soraw  fall  sodenly  aanke  in  his  hert, 

8704    )Mt  he  fainted  foi  feble  fell  on  hia  cone 

In  a  ewone  &  a  svogh,  as  he  awelt  void.  ni(rtgf  or 

He  was  ded,  as  to  deme,  fat  day  mony  tymea,      baOj, 
ffor  the  dole  &  the  deire  of  his  dere  aone. 

8708     Ne  hade  the  bueme  from  the  body  bigly  ben 


He  hade  doutlea  be  dede,  &  his  day  comyn. 
Miche  bale  hade  his  bnthei,  and  his  bliths 

Horn  hade  leusr  then  the  lond  ont  of  lyne  be. 
8712     What  of  Ecuba  the  honorable,  fat  W«  his  aime 
model  I 

The  sorow  fat  ho  snffert  were  soUy  to  here ; 

&  the  dole  of  Andromaca,  fat  yna  bis  dere  wife. 

What  blod  &  bright  watnr  on  hir  brest  light  I 
8716     &  the  eobbyng  &  the  sorow,  fat   songht  hii 

Hit  were  tore  any  tonge  tell  hit  wttA  monthe  !         im. 
The  dole  for  fat  doghty  of  hia  dere  liyndei^ 
Of  wepyng,  &  wayle,  &  viyngyng  of  hondes, 

8720  Clamvi  &  crie,  ciakkyng  of  iyngors, 

Of  f  0  ledis  ^t  hym  lonyt,  no  lettur  might  tell  I 
The  body  of  this  bold,  fat  barely  is  ded, 
Most  follow  hj  fouime  the  &eettie  of  man  : 

8721  Hit  may  not  long  Tpon  loft  ly  vncoimppit, 
Ne  be  keppit  thurgb  kynd  foi  vnclene  ayre. 

Then  Fnam,  the  pnse  kyng,  prteitly  gert  come    iTtiun 
Afaistois  full  mony,  &  men  ^at  were  wise.  |,aw  a 


2Qt  TBE  TOMB  OF   HBOTOR. 

Boatm.      8728     Ho  fraynet  at  |)0  fre,  with  a  fyn  wille, 
ii<Bii  uit  bodr  ot  How  the  koise  might  be  keppit  in  his  kj'nd 

nrmpUon,  uid  hoU, 

^^  flft-esshe,  vndefacede,  &  in  fyne  hew. 

As  a  lede  vpon  lyue,  likyng  to  Be ; 
8732     And  not  orible,  ne  vgly  of  odir  to  fele. 

Then  ^o  maistuis  gert  make  a  menielous  toiuniM, 
Honei'able  &  auonand,  in  Apolyn  temple, 
At  the  prayer  of  Pn'am,  of  a  pn'ae  werke, 
8736     Beside  Tiberian,  Jiat  in  Troy  yraa  a  triet  yate, 
fibimdit  full  faiie  fele  yerea  past 
Thermrt*  There  set  was  full  solenly  besyde   the  high 

rldi  ubcnudB 


HI  four  pUlin 


*'^  A  tabernacle  triet  &  tristyly  wroght, 

8740     Of  foure  pillera  vp  pight  all  of  pure  gold  : 
Like  ymagca  were  all,  abill  of  shap, 
Lokend  full  lyuely  aa  any  light  angels, 
tfro  above  to  p«  base  bright  to  bo-hold, 

8744  'With  full  corins  korae,  &  craftely  grauen. 
Hit  waa  atiryt  rmb  the  top  all  viUi  triet  stonea, 
Of  all  kyndes  to  ken,  psi  clerkes  cold  denyse. 
)}ai  lemet  so  light,  |)at  ledes  might  se 

8745  Aboute  midnyght  merke  as  witA  mayn  t«rchee  ; 
And  on  dayea  to  deme,  as  by  due  sight, 
Aa  beaniys  of  bright  sun,  fat  braunchis  olofte. 
This  tabernacle  tristy  was  tyrit  on  hegh, 

8752     Vpon  cristall  full  clere,  cluatrit  wi't/i  greaos, 
As  a  gate  fro  the  ground  to  the  gay  herse  : 
})at  weghee  might  walke  &  w&ite  f  entpon. 
Aboue  on  fls  bright,  aa  the  boke  sayes, 

8756     Thos  niaisturs  gert  make  a  merueloua  ymage. 
All  grauen  of  gold,  a  grct  &  a  longo, 
Amyt  after  Ector,  abill  of  ahap, 
WitA  a  noble  sword  &  a  nait  naked  in  hia  bond, 

8760     Vp  holdand  on  high  as  he  (at  wold  stryko  : 
Tumyt  to  the  tenttw  of  the  tori"  grelu^ 


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W(tA  a  lyuely  loke,  l«dia  to  be-hold :  Beofctii. 

The  same  fawchon  fiill  fell,  fat  ^  freke  beie, 
8764    ))at  had  greuit  mony  grekea,  &  to  ground  broght, 

Hit  vas  bumisshed  full  bright  Si  of  blade  kene ; 

And  in  inynd  of  ^at  man  for  manas  was  boldya. 

The  body  of  (lat  bold,  as  bueme  vppou  lyue,         They  •«  iht 
8768     Waa  full  solemly  set  in  a  seate  ruder,  imdtrUe 

Ymydward  the  mayne  towmbe  vnlh  maistrea  unng*  n  tiut 
deuyse.  to'JlMtmSl^. 

All  the  fetuis  of  ^t  Ire,  fresshe  to  be-hold, 

Iche  lede  on  to  loke,  lemye  &  other 
8772     All  set  for  to  se,  eaue  the  fete  one, 

In  Boche  apparell  full  pure,  as  the  pn'nce  vsit. 

jMn  fo  maistuTS  gert  make,  amyddea  his  hede, 

A  hole  ^uigh  his  heme-pon  hertely  by  craft ;        Thtj  cwua  t 
8776     Theie-in  put  was  a  pipe,  vith  a  pnse  oyntment    drap  idu  tho 

Of  bavme  &  of  balsamom,  ^at  hiethede  full  awete,  m  ont  iiu>  tudj 

'With    of er  matoTS  mynget,  fat  most  were   of  "  """^  '■ 


Conseniatours  by  craft,  fat  cointly  were  made. 
6760    The  barme  futghe  his  braya  all  on  brod  lan, 

And  the  forhed  before  freeshly  within ; 

So  hit  entrid  to  f  e  Ene,  &  evyn  to  his  naee, 

And  so  be  craft  &  by  course  come  to  his  cheke», 
8784     Goyngtohisgomys  and  the  groundof  histethe,       (w,  i» 

}}at  keppit  horn  be  crafte  all  in  dene  Tertue. 

So  the  fiice  of  pat  freike  was  fresshe  to  he-hold,    nr  tbii  m 

Wit/i  the  here  on  his  hede,  fat  hogely  was  ttatoniat 

8786    And  grew  Iro  the  ground,  fat  gomys  might  "^ 

As  a  lede  vpon  lyne ;  lefe  if  ye  will ! 

flVo  thethen  the  lycoar  belyue  lannchit  doun 

Thoigh  the  goters  of  his  gorge,  &  the  grete  pype, 
6793    To  the  brest  of  the  bueme  and  the  bare  ehulders  ^ 


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2bo  tbb  eubalhiho. 

Boot  HI.  And  past  eo  by  pioces  to  his  priae  armys, 

Bret  tha^h  the  bones  and  the  big  senowis, 
BaniMUHUfiM  Eaer  folowand  the  foil  to  Jie  fyngwr  endya. 

8796     So  hit  soght  to  the  sydea  &  aerchit  wttfi-in, 
And  keppit  horn  fiill  cleane  in  hor  kynd  hew, 
)}at  aa  a  lede  vpon  lyue  to  loke  on  ^  ware. 
}]on  hit  aewit  furth  soberly,  &  aanbe  tm  abou^ 
8800     By  the  lynda*  of  the  lede,  to  the  leell  theghes, 
iifi  Hid  ft(t.  Passond  by  pons  into  pe  pure  legges ; 

And  ao,  be  corae  of  the  craft,  com  to  hia  fete. 
In  whiche  fet«  fere  waa  formyt  freashly  auother, 
8804     f^ill  of  bawme  ^t  waa  bright,  &  of  biethe  noble. 
Thoe  keppit  waa  this  corae  of  the  clene  pn'nse, 
Ajb  a  lede  Tpon  lyne  a  full  long  tyma 
TborMtronri  pea   }>oa   maist«TS   gert  make,  all   witk  mayu 

Uh  berlj  (bar  r. 

tanip.otB0W.  cMlte, 

^^«K>M     ggQg     ffovre  kmpia  foU  light,  ledis  te  beholde, 
ntbwuiiiwd.  jjgt  g^y  ^gjg  gi  gret«,  all  of  gold  ^e  j 

ffild  vp  wttA  fyre,  fat  fynet  not  to  bren  ; 
)jat  no  watoT  )ien  wete  in  world  m^ht  horn  let, 
8812     Xe  the  light  make  lease  ne  the  low  taAe. 

When  this  tabnniacle  atyrit  waa  tally  to  end, 
Thai  cloait  hit  full  cl&nly,  all  with  clene  ambnr, 
Tmbe  the  borders  aboae,  )>at  no  bueriie  entrid, 
8616  WttA  a  doie  fat  was  deme,  all  for  dere  Aynde* 
fibr  to  lake  on  fat  lede,  when  bom  lefe  fought, 
Or  fat  soght  hynt  to  se  in  his  Bet«  holL 
(tat.  IN  I.)  Then  Priam,  the  prise  kyng,  pnruait  to  leng 

8820    Mony  seraondie    full    eolemne  in    the    same 
temple, — 
Of  prestw  to  pray,  and  pure  men  of  lyffe, 
With  worship  to  wale  goddis,  &  wakyng  on 

nightM. 
He  gafe  Hentte«  faU  Eife,  &  myche  Eanke  godis, 
8824     All  fo  ledis  on  to  lyf,  fat  longit  ferto, 

Bothe  prestes  and  prise  clerke*  prndly  to  ^nd. 


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THE  OOdHSAtLL  OF  AOAHINOH   ATTKB  TBB  J>tna»  OP 

BCTOE. 

When  Ector  done  was  to  dethe,  &  hie  da;  past, 
Acliilles  woundit  fiill  wothely  in  were  of  his 
lyffe, 
8828     All  the  grete  of  the  grekes  gedrit  weie  sone, 

B;  ordinaunce  of  the  Empproure,  pat  after  hom 

Thus  he  spake  for  his  apede  his  specials  Tnto : —  i 
"  Now  fryudei,  in  &lth,  ts  is  &ire  happont, 
8832    And  }toIj,  me  thinke,  we  thanke  sbnld  ouie  tMr^jvATiu" 


tbtjihoaUthuk 


|)at  base  giauntid  ts  ^at  grace  of  ^e  gome  Ector, 

To  be  drepit  to  dethe  thorgh  dugbty  Acblllea 

ffor,  while  the  lede  waa  on  Ijf^  &  his  lymes  boll, 

We  bade  bertely  no  hope  here  for  to  spede, 

Tonder  toun  for  to  take,  ne  tene  bom  wtt^in, 

Ke  in  this  lend,  at  our  litst,  lykyng  to  bane. 

ffor  he  base  kyld  of  our  kynges,  to  count  hom  for  h*  tmd  iiiin 

by  nome,  o™k*  md  ttutt 

Piothesselon,  Patrocnlu^  &  Policene  alse ; 
Myrion  the  mighty,  &  the  mayn  Sedymon  ; 
Protbenor  the  pert,  &  the  pnnse  Xancipun. 
Alphenor  the  foerse  floi^  he  to  dethe ; 
Arcbilb^n  ihe  choise  choppit  to  ground ; 
Domen  the  doughty,  &  derf  Polexenas ; 
Isum,  also,  abill  of  his  dedys. 
Polipbeten,  a  prise  men,  he  put  out  of  lyiie ; 
LetabioQ  on  the  laund  fere  left  be  for  ded ; 
And  mony  giete  of  oar  greke>  hs  to  ground 

brogbt. 
Syn  he  be  deatanj  is  dede,  what  dem  bar  TS  ellufl,  ii>di»wtititu 
But  the  Citie  to  seae,  8c  elyng  it  to  gronnd  ;         tbaTrviuHwiu 
All  the  pepoll  to  pyne  put,  and  dethe  at  onre       m.  uiaj 

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288  FALAHKDE8  AND  AaAHBHNOIt. 

itooiii^L  And  ^t  shall  douteles  be  done  in  dayea  a  few. 

And  syn  ts  botia  notto  batell  but  ts  bale  woiihe, 
WitAoutyn  the  helpe  and  the  hondea  of  herty 
Achilles, 

8856    Hit  is  best  fat  we  byde,  bariy,  me  thinke, 
Tyll  he  be  hole  of  his  hait,  hast  we  no  feir. 
Tbtt  iii^r  ■faonid  Let  VB  pumay  to  Priam  pme  men  of  wit, 

ffor  to  trete  of  a  tru  in  trist  of  the  bettor, 

8860    Till  two  monethes  &  more  be  meuit  to  end, 

ffor  to  beiy  f  iee  bodies,  {lat  brittnet  aie  to  dethe. 
That  Btorie  ve  wttA  stynke,  &  our  state  harmys ; 
And  OUT  hurt  men  to  hele,  |)at  harmys  haae  kaght." 

8864     When  his  speche  was  spokyn,  &  sped  to  |)e  last, 
All  the  lordes  hit  alowet,  &  lowten  perto. 
Then  sent  weie  pere  eone  soundismen  two. 
To  Pnam,  the  prise  kyng,  purpos  to  hold ; 

8868     And  he  grauntid  vngright  with  a  good  chere. 
And  aflirmet  bit  witft  faith  to  fe  frelda  all. 
WttAin  the  tyme  of  f  ia  tru,  as  the  trety  saia, 
Palomydon  the  proud  kyng  playnet  hym  ofte, 

8872     Of  Agamynons  gouemaunce  in  a  gret«  yre. 

And  as  hit  tid  on  a  tyme,  |ies  triet  kyuges  hoole 
Were  somyn  at  a  semly  the  sou^mn  before, 
Palomydon  pnt  hym  full  prestly  to  say, 

8876     And  meuit  of  his  mater,  fat  I  ntynnet  are. 

)jan  Agamynon,  fvill  godely,  agaya  to  hym  said, 
Before  Jhj  kynge*  in  oomyn  on  a  eleane  wise  ; — 
"  Now  Palomydon,  pure  ffrende,  pertly  I  aske, 

8860     WhethuT  fou  hope  it  in  hert,  or  hold  in  fi  mynd, 
That  I  am  glad  of  f  is  gou'^naunce,  to  be  gyde 

Syn  I  wi'tA  prayer,  ne  witA  pursuet,  preset  not 

feraftwr, 
Ne  desyret  hit  in  dede  fe  dayes  of  my  lifTe. 
8884     Ne  neofr  fortberit  me  a  ferthing  to  fyky  my 

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But  oft  wandrit,  &  woke,  &  in  my  wit  caate ;  Bookixi. 

And  my  pei^oo  enpayret,  pynet  me  soce,  (loL  U7  b.) 

flbr  thes  lordes  )iat  I  lede,  and  the  ledis  all, 
8888     And  my  auete  all  aomyn,  sound  for  to  kepo 

Oat  of  daangei  and  dole,  &  fro  dethe  hold. 

And  yf  this  power  be  putto  any  pi-ise  kyng.         And  i  •luu  t* 

Or  any  lord  in  ouie  land,  hit  likes  me  full  well   nndn  uu 
8892     Eis  biddyng  tg  obey,  and  hie  bone  here ;  uoaarT" 

And  be  gouemyt  by  that  graithe,  as  hia  degra 

Wele  I  hope  in  my  hert,  &  b^hly  Suppose, 
I  haue  not  enit  in  aaythyng  of  all  my  tyme  yet, 
8896     In  any  caa  to  acount,  fat  comyn  is  before, 

pai  hase  akapet  va  to  skathe,  ne  to  skyie  harme. 

8yn  me  to  chose  as  for  cbeftan  boa  no  chai^  twuDhoHnwa 

,      ,  jnn  tofun  joa 

hade,  jcfIha  u. 

MenielJ  the  not  mekell,  ne  in  mynd  baue ; 
8900     ffor  fou  apperit  not  in  prflaena,  ne  preuyt  not  (li 

Ne  entrid  not  the  ost  till  alW  two  yerea- 
If  we  barly  hade  abiden  wilA  ouie  buemee  hole,  Hid  ■■  wiIimI 
Webade  asB[em]eId  ben  at  Attens,  all  onre  ost  mmid miu  hm 
Somen,  t-uAo™. 

8904  And  not  past  out  of  port,  ne  cure  purpos  haldyn. 
Ne,  non  hertly  aballe  hope  |>at  I  am  here  £tyn. 
Of  hia  gousmaunce  be  glad,  ne  haue  gret  Joye  ; 
ffot  hit  is  lykyng,  by  my  lyf,  &  lusty  for  me,       i  •mu  t^oic*  if 

8908    To  chose  another  cheftait  by  charge  of  ts  all ;      wnnniiiiiiaT  to 
And  his  alligiaunee  lelly  I  will  loute  to, 
With  all  the  might  fat  I  may  to  maintene  our 

werre. 
Se,  fi  self  may  not  say,  ne  for  sothe  telle,  andiixmDiiot 

89 1 2     Wtt^ut  assent  of  all  somyn,  sothely  till  now,      dt^  wbid>  tm 
JM  any  dede  has  be  don,  or  to  dom  past,  witboat  ui* 

But  fou  in  pe>-son  aprevit,  &  all  cure  prise  i^SmJimiof 


AaAMBHNON   RESIflKa. 

Aad  hj  agrement  of  the  gret,  &  ]>e  graunt 

8916     "Wlieii  the  souarom  hade  said,  )iea  he  seat  here ; 
And  of  thia  ma.Ua  no  more  was  menyt  at  pai 
tyme. 

Xhe  Bame  day,  Sothely,  sais  me  the  lyne, 
M  At   eaenaangtyme  afteiwaid,  Agatuynon  hym 

Beluyn 
8920     Somond  all  ])o  souerame  somyn  to  appere, 

And  the  knightei  by  comae,  comyna  &  other, 
In  preaena  of  }iat  prt'nae  with  fere  pure  witte*. 
The  secnnd  day  sevyng,  before  hym-eelf  euyn, 
8924     JJen  gedret  were  the  grete  witA  fere  gyng  all, 
Comjn  to  |)e  kyng  and  ^ere  comae  bald, 
ten  ^  worthy  fee  wordea  warpit  hom  too : — 
"  Now,  fryndes  &  ffelowes,  fayrly  to  |iia, 
,  8926    I  hane  ben  charglt  aa  cheftain,  be  chaunse  of 
our  godde* ; 
And  haue  traueld  witft  tene,  oft  turnyt  my  wit. 
All  ouie  wayea  to  wale,  fat  woishlp  might  folow ; 
))at  the  grete  on  this  ground,  &  fiaire  gomys  hole, 
8932     Uight  snerly  be  saayt,  &  ])aire  sute  haue. 

Hit  has  happont  me  hiderwaid,  thurgh  help  of 

our  goddes, 
))at  all  oure  fare  &  ome  fortune  hath  fallyn  to 

Jiebest. 
Sjn  hit  ia  Eeaaon  &  right,  ))at  renhe*  so  mony, 
8936     Noght  ay  obaye  to  on  bueme,  ne  hie  bone  kepe, 
)}at  ore  bo  monjr,  &  mighty,  &  more  of  astate  ; 
Now  is  tyme  in  this  tiu,  or  any  toile  rise. 
To  discharge  me  as  cheftain,  &  chatmge  my  li^ 
8940     That  have  maintenede  wttA  monhode  mony  yero 
past. 
Let  sum  kyng  of  oure  company,  or  sum  dene 
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By  assent  uf  all  sotnyn,  set  hym  ferbo,  Boomi. 

And  goaeme  vs  with  gtaithues  &  wM  gret  wit, 
6914    To  be  chai^t  as  cheftaiu  by  choise  of  ts  all." 

Jjen  aaeentid  full  sons  aonerain  &  other,  ^ij*""" 

And  were  glad  of  |)e  graunt,  pat  the  grete  said  ;    MMotioiiM 

ffor  hit  ia  couyt  by  b.  comyn,  by  eorse  of  fere  wit, 
6918     Ay  hor  cheftain  to  chaunge,  |K>f  hit  chefe  wois ; 

And  ay  fayce  of  the  freike  in  bia  fiist  tyme, 

Jjof  hit  worthe  to  fe  worse  :  wete  ye  for  sothe. 

Paxi  pea  lordys  to  Election  lyuely  f>ai  went, 
8952    To  cheae  bom  a  cheftan  vith  charge  of  bom  all, 

"Who  shuld  falle  it  by  fortnne  of  the  fre  kynge*. 

Palomydon  for  prise  the  pert  kyngea  toke,  S^™^ " 

And  ordant  hym  Empsrourby  oppyn  assent,        udadiDowMgei 
8956     The  oat  for  to  honour,  &  agh  hym  as  lord  :  ((u.  ih  ».) 

And  hia  alligiannce  to  lonte  liked  horn  all. 

When  CBiise  of  thies  kyi^s  was  comyn  to  an 
end. 

All  IttTTiyt  to  Jtere  tentt««,  when  the  tyme  aaket, 
6960     Then  hit  chaunait  Jtat  Achillea  of  )ie  choise  herd,  mas-  n 

That  Falomydon  waa  pnnae,  &  put  doun  the  tt»eMm; 
totber  : 

Hit  beuet  hym  hogely  of  pai  h&rd  chaunce. 

Hit  was  vnfittyng,  be  aaid,  pera  souerain  to  voids; 
8964     ffor  the  giaithnes  of  Agamynon,  &  the  gret  wit, 

Was  passand  Palomydon  &  the  prinaeB  all ; 

And  a  choise  ahuld  in  chaunge  be  chosen  for 
the  bettur. 

But  it  comyn  was  be  coniee  of  comyn  assent, 
8968    And  confinnit  by  the  kynges,  he  keppit  hit  foi  MMiniuiou. 

Jio  more  in  the  mater  mellit  hym  as  then. 
But  past  forth  to  bia  pale,  &  heie  a  pase  endis. 


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fiuery  Wegh,  ^t  will  wete  of  thu  werke  ferr, 
8972    Lengis  here  a  litle,  lyeten  my  worde*  I 

When  tyme  of  this  tni  tumjt  was  to  end, — 
Two  monethes  meujt,  as  I  mont  first, 
To  (venga  the  Priam,  the  pn'se  kyng,  purpast  hym-seluyn 

prius  UidhU'  '     S9T6     fibr  to  deire  for  the  dethe  of  his  deie  son. 
^^1^^™,,  He  boimet  hym  to  batell  on  his  heat  wise, 

I^^J^' "™  And  aasignet  hym-aelf  Bouflrains  ahouto, 

Tho  ledis  to  lede,  as  hym  lufe  thoght. 
8980     IX.  M.  thro  kiught«8,  Jnyuond  in  armys. 

He  aseignet  for  hym-aelfe  at  the  same  tyme, 
<M.  m  0.)  (As  Dares  breuyt  in  his  boke,  &  harly  can  tell) 

&  X.  M.  firo  men,  firisty  of  hond ; 
8984     And  ffyfty  M.  fere,  fell  men  of  will, 

Tumyt  oat  of  Troy  wttA  the  triet  kyng. 
Tint  DHphotui  DefBbus  diogh  forth  wttA  his  derfe  pepult, 

Sh^imTth™  Then  Paris  witli  prise  put  next  after, 

^J^*"  8988    J)en  the  sonwainhyra-selfe,  the  sure  kyi^tPr/am; 

uini  xaa*.  Eneas  afterward  etlit  anone, 

v^^^^  J)en  [Menon],  the  mighty  kyng,  meuit  to  feld  : 

(MS.  im  Mwo.)  polidamaa,  the  pert  knight,  presit  on  the  laat 

8992     When  thies  batels  full  bold  were  to  bent  comyn, 
Thny  hurlit  furth  hard  to  the  h^h  laund, 
ffrickly  fere  fos  found  for  to  grous. 

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Palamydon,  fat  was  pn'nse  of  the  proude  ffrekea,      Book  xxii. 
8996     All  his  Renkes  had  arayet,  as  he  rede  toke,  FiiunsdH  anjw 

And  met  hom  with  mayn,  machit  to-gedur.  aer«iHiii^ 

ffell  was  the  frusahe,  fey  were  fere  mony  ; 

Mony  kyngfls  were  kyld,  &  kant  men  of  armes  I 
9000     Priam  to  Palamydon  pT-eset  so  fiwt,  I'rtm  imitH 

)}at  he  gild  hym  to  groimd  of  his  grete  horse : 

There  lenyt  he  the  lede,  Unnchet  ahoute, 

And  fell  in  the  fald  mony  fj-n  knight.  wii.  »oin.ound. 

9004    Mony  woundet  fat  worthy,  &  wroght  vntodethe; 

Mony  gird  vnto  ground,  wt'tft  his  grym  dyntteit. 

Hit  is  wonder  to  wet«,  in  hia  wode  anger, 

How  doghtely  lio  did  fat  day  wtt/i  hia  hond  ;       HiiftBtaofii™ 
9008     Or  fat  any  froike  vpon  feld  of  ao  fele  yeres, 

So  mightely  wi'tA  mayn  shuld  marre  of  his  fos. 

Deffihns,  the  derf  kn^bt,  dang  hom  to  ground 

fTuersly  &  fast,  wi'tA  a  fell  woppon. 
9012     Kyng  8eppidon,forsotlie,  asadmonof  strenght,  aufHanvii 

Bonnet  vnto  batell  viih  a  brem  wille,  rwh  «  ikU 

And  to  Neptilon  anon,  a  noble  mon  of  Greae, 

Ab  by  atowmes  of  atrenght,  streght  on  hym  met 
9016     This  Seppidon,  for  aothe,  he  set  soche  a  dynt, 

That  he  gird  vith  a  grone  to  the  ground  euyn :        (*>'.  i»fc.) 

But  the  freke  vpon  fote  fuerely  can  wyn,  bo™  jown,  im 

Braid  out  a  big  sword,  bare  to  hym  aone  Noopioiflniuin 

9020     WitA  a  dedly  dynt,  &  derit  hym  fuU  euyll  ""  '"*'■ 

Thiogh  the  thicke  of  the  thegb,  throty  with  hond. 

The  kyng  of  Peray  came  full  prest  vith  a  proud 
batell, 

And  Seppidon  tio  the  Soils  set  vpo  lofte. 
9024     Thnrgh  the  tulkise  of  Troy,  &  hor  triet  helpe. 

The  Duke  of  Athens  dn^h  in,  &  derf  Menelaus,  Mmteu  and 

Vfiih  a  noyus  nowmbar,  nowble  men  all,  aoum,  with 

Vmcloset  the  kyng  and  his  knight«s  als.  !„ ,  mumh king 

9028     The  kyng  of  Persy  fai  put  down  vnto  pale  dethe ;  ^^^iKr" 

Bare  the  Troiens  abacke,  &  myche  bale  did.  ^^™- 


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294  THE  QREEKS  ARE  DRITEN  BACK. 

»«>^  '"'•  In  defence  of  his  folke,  the  faetse  kyng  Sepidon 

ffaU  worthelf  wrt^t  with  his  frale  etrenght 
9032    Thedui  Priam  can  prrae  vttA  his  prua  knightw, 
And  hia  noble  sons  naturell,   ))at  naiti;  hym 

folowet, 
On  fche  syda  for  hia  eocour,  aoght  hym  abouta. 
Then  the  Troiena  Ml  tyte,  in  hor  tore  angur, 
9036    Giidon  to  the  Greke*  vitA  a  giym  fare. 
Prim  i>v  The  noble  Priam  fiill  prrot  put  horn  to  ground, 

Slogh  hom  doun  el^hlj  vUA  sl^^t  of  hia  hond. 
Of  all  the  Troiena  so  toie  &  tyd^  of  war, 
9040    Was  non  bo  doughty  )>at  day,  ne  did  halfe  ao 
woll, 
Nc  BO  wight  in  hia  werkea,  as  the  wale  kyng, 
Bomrw  Av  th*  ))at  for  soiow  &  Borgiym  of  hia  sonnys  dethe, 

nMin*  th(  Kestouret  hym  hia  strenght  as  in  stueme  yowtha. 

■u^^  aih\t      QQ  ^^    ,j^^  jj^  Grek«t  by  a-grement  gedrit  hom  somyn, 
Betwena  the  Troiena  &  the  towne,  yf  ^  ttime 
wold, 
ThcOnkiauoff  In  companya  cloane,  knighta«  full  mony, 

uh  ettj.  All  pight  on  a  playn,  fere  fiai  passe  shuld. 

9048     When  the  grekea  wi'tA  gi«m  gird  hom  abacke, 
ffoiset  were  ^ai  snne  with  a  sad  pepull, 
J]at  faght  wttA  hom  felly,  &  mony  frekos  slc^h. 
IM.  14*  a.)  Hard  hnrlyng  in  haat,  highet  hom  batwene. 

9052     Mony  bueroee  on  the  bent  blody  beronen  ! 
PriuntoiiMta  jjg   hade  Pnam   the  pWse   kyng  preset  hom 

abonte, 
)}at  was  f^htyng  in  the  feld  on  the  fer  syde, 
Myche  murthe  of  hia  men  &  myschefe  hade 
fidlyn; 
90S6    And  of  hia  ledis  ben  lost  mony  lell  hnndrith. 
pvb  iin  brinR*  Parys  ^n  p«set  in  wt'tA  a  prise  batell 

otudMH.  Of  noble  man,  for  the  nonest,  naitist  of  wille. 

All  vritJi  bowes  full  big,  &  mony  bright  arow ; 
90CO     Gird  cuyn  to  the  grekes,  grenit  hom  fall  sore, 


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Uony  birlt  on  the  brest,  &  the  backe  Jiirlet.  Bwfcmt. 

So  greoit  were  the  gieku  fuigh  the  gret  shot, 

))at  >ai  fled  all  is  fete,  &  the  feld  lenit :  tiw  orMfa  m 

9064     Tumet  to  ^ere  tentt«a,  the  Troiens  beheld.  imu,  ua  uw 

Was  no  fireke  vpon  fel[d]e  fobwet  horn  after,      ^^  ^_ 

Bat  soghten  to  )ie  Citie  wttA  a  softe  pas, 

And  entrid  in  Eaself  efter  ^re  wille  : 
9068     And  all  worshiptin  the  werke  of  ^  worthy  k;ng 

As  for  beat  of  the  batell,  boldest  of  bond. 

The  secnnd  day  euyng,  when  the  sun  rose, 

The  Troiena  to  the  t«ntte«  tristy  men  send,  tii>  Tnduu 

9072     ffor  a  tm  to  be  tan,  as  the  trety  sau ; 

(Whethur  long,  othir  littiOl,  list  me  not  tell, 
fibr  no  mynd  is  yer%  made  in  our  mens  bokes, 
Ife  noght  put  in  our  ptoses  by  poiettat  of  old.) 

9076    WitAin  the  tTme  of  >iB  trn,  the  Troiens  did 
aske 
The  cofse  of  the  kyng,  [that]  come  ont  of  Pets,     (HS.  bu  ■«•» 
fTot  to  bery  in  the  bo^he  on  hot  best  wise, 
ffor  whom  moomyng  was  made  mekill  ynogh, 

90SO    And  prmsipall  of  Paris,  that  the  prinse  louit,     iiHTnduM 
)Mt  of  faith  &  afinytle  were  festnet  to-gedur ;        kidc  atmMm, 
)}at  oidant  on  all  wise  after  his  dethe,  tohit«M  uT' 

The  sonerain  to  send  into  his  soile  bom  ;  "*  ""  "wnnj. 

9084    On  a  bere  to  hie  boi^h  broght  hym  belyue,  (iN.  i«».) 

To  be  entiret  ttietly  in  a  toumbe  ricbe. 
As  bi-coma  for  a  kyng  in  his  kythe  riche, 
In  prrnens  of  his  prise  sonnes,  as  the  prose 
tellns, 

9088     That  shold  be  ayres  after  him  anenond  of  lyue. 

THE  SOLEMFNITB  OF   THB  QBtT  Ot  BOTOB,   AHD  BOW 
A0UILLK3   PKLL   IK   ))B  MQUirfiDOW  FOR   LUFF. 

Dutyng  the  dayes  of  this  du  pes, 


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29G  ACHILLES   AT  THE   TOMB  OP  HXCTOR. 

_  Boot  XIII.  Tlie  prtae  kyng  Priam  p)-eatly  gert  oidan 

prtuB  ippohiu  B  A  gret  solenit^,  for  BOthOj  all  the  ciU  thaTgh, 

HcriSoHiB  9092     Xj  dayea  to  endure,  as  for  dere  holy, 

H^^  In  honour  of  Ector  oddist  of  knigbte*, 

With  Sacrifice  SI  aoleniti^  vnto  aere  godde«. 

When  thies  dayes  were  done  of  the  du  feat, 
9096    J)en  ordant  wae  on, — oddiat  of  all, 
«nd  ■  ftiiKni  A  ffynerall  fcst,  fat  frekea  f on  vset, 

];at  become  for  kynge«,  &  for  kjd  pnnaes. 

That  moat  were  of  might  &  of  mayn  atate. 
Durtngthbtnicii,  9100    That  in  tymes  of  the  tru  the  Troiena  might 

IhtOrHklud 

Tnjuii  luii  Mdh  irend, 

In-to  the  tentia  by  tymea,  and  tafy  while  fteni 

list; 
And  the  grekee,  agayne,  go  to  the  tonne. 
To  Bporte  horn  mtfi  apeciall,  &  a  apace  lenge. 
9104     Achillea  bade  appetite,  &  angaidly  diaairet, 
The  Citie  for  to  ae,  and  tbe  aolemne  fare 
At  the  entiermont  full  triet  of  )h3  tru  prinse. 
afhuih  getm  to  ban  vnarmyt  be  eutrid,  euyn  to  be  eitie  : 

Ui*  tompli  of 

Ai>i>!ia,whFr(ti.a  9108    To  AppoUo  purc  temple  psssit  auou, 

wu  Ht.  There  tbe  body  of  the  bold  blithly  waa  aet. 

Of  honerable  Ector,  as  I  ere  aaid. 
Tiiauinpitii  There  were  plenty  of  pepull,  prise  men  &  noble, 

nmrntn;  9112     And  worthy  wemen  to  wale  weping  wi'tfl  teria. 

In  aykyng  &  aorow  ayttyng  abonte. 

The  tabumacle  titly  vntild  waa  abone, 

On  yche  ayde,  aa  I  say,  who  fat  ae  wold, 
HMor  ii  \ttiM     9116     pen  the  body  was  aboue  of  the  bold  prinse, 
miui.  In  his  seto,  as  I  said,  aittyng  full  hoole, 

pai  arayet  was  full  ricbely,  aa  I  red  baue, 
cj.  u\  a.;  With  bame  &  with  Italsaum,  ^t  brethid  full 

Bweto. 
9120    At  the  fete  of  J»at  fre  waa  his  faire  moder, 
Ai  hta  ffrt.  Honerable  Ecuba,  oddist  of  ladya, 

Poi^inDii,  ina  And  Folexena  the  pert,  )>at  waa  his  prise  snsler. 


ACHILLES   AT  THE  tOHB   OF  HECTOR. 

WiVt  mony  worshjpfall  wemen  to  wale  in  ^e      Boot  s 
towns,  thenimiHi 

9134     Tlie  here  of  ^en  heddas  hynging  on  biede,  cUiae'elw 

On  backe  &  on  breat  bare  for  to  shew  ;  im»ni  ■- 

Wtt/i  remyng,  &  rauthe,  &  myche  rife  aorow, 
Sobbyng  &  aourcher  soght  fro  ^sre  berttes. 

9128    Polexena  tbe  pert  pairet  of  hir  hew,  n>iHi<itj 

All  facid  hir  face  witA  hir  fell  tens,  Hentbnuj 

pat  was  red  as  the  Kosea,  richest  of  colonie,         '**"' 
Hit  was  of  hew  to  behold  wi'tA  hend  men  aboute. 

9132     The  tens  fat  trickilt  on  her  tiyet  cheke*, 
Aa  pure  watwr  pouret  vn  pollahet  jerae, 
pat  blaknet  witA  bleryng  all  hir  ble  qwite. 
The  faire  heria  of  Jut  fre  flanunet  of  gold, 

9136     All  abonen  on  hir  brest  &  hir  bright  swire, 
Pat  sho  halit  witA.  bond,  hade  it  in  eouder. 
And  puld  hit  wttA  pyn,  pit4  to  be-hold. 
When  the  bond  of  ])at  hend  to  ^e  hede  yode, 

9140  Hit  Bemyt  by  eight  of  eittera  aboat«. 
As  the  moron  mylde  meltid  aboue, 
When   ho   hasted  wttA    bond  ^e  here  foi  to 

touch  e. 
When  Achillea  the  choise  maidon  wi'tA  cheie  Actauisgi 

Poljicui 
can  behold,  noniler 

9U*    Hehadeferlyofhirfairhede,&  fell  into  thoght  "*'^"'" 
To  hym-eeluyn  he  eaid  in  his  saule  ]wn, 
)}at  neu«r  wegh  in  thie  world  of  woman  kyud. 
Hade  faimes  eo  fele,  ne  so  fyne  ehap, 

9148    Ke  80  pleaeaund  of  port,  ne  of  pore  nnrtur. 

Ae  Achilles  this  choise  in  chapell  beheld,  b*uiot*-i 

A  fell  arow  in  his  frant  featnet  of  lone, 
Wonndit  hjrm  wickedly  by  will  of  hym-seluyn  ; 

9152     And  lurkid  doun  lagher  to  bis  low  brest, 
All  batnet  his  bert,  as  a  hote  fyra. 

Made  hym  langwys  in  Lone  &  Longyngw  gTet«.       <ri>i.  i«i 
Ay  the  more  on  fat  maidon  the  mighty  beheld,    ud  iiw  i« 


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ACniLLES   IB  OVBBOOKE   WITH 

The  sarre  woandit  be  waa,  &  his  wille  hatter. 

Lo,  BO  aodainlf  wt'tA  sight  in  a  sod  hast, 

A  whe  ma;  be  woundit  ^urgh  ^lle  of  hym 

aeluyn! 
Thus,  Achilles  by  chaosse  is  chaltrid  in  giTm, 
With  loue  of  this  lady,  ^t  ledis  to  '))e  dethe. 
All  the  care  of  his  core  the  kyng  has  foi;geton. 
And  all  menit  out  of  niTiid  saue  the  maidon 


Hhl  tMIM  Um 


When  J»e  day  onerdn^h  to  fe  doe  tyme, 

9164    Ecnba  tho  honorable,  &  hir  awne  doghter, 
Turnyt  from  the  temple  and  to  toune  yode ; 
Wentton  hom  wightly,  weppit  Domore. 
The  lede  loked  hir  after  with  a  loue  egh, 

9168    ffolowand  on  fer,  fai  fre  to  beholde, 

)Mt  was  cause  of  his  combraoBe  &  his  cold  dethe : 
p&n  wttA  langur  of  luat,  &  of  lone  hol«, 
He  was  stithly  astondid,  stird  into  Jioght. 

9172     So  he  passid  the  port,  &  Iiis  pale  entrid, 
Twmyt  into  tent,  takon  full  hard. 
The  bueme  into  bed  basket  anon, 
Seke  &  vnaound,  set  out  of  hele  : 

9176     Mony  thoghtee  full  fro  ))Tarng  hym  wi'tAin, 
And  was  laburt  full  long  in  his  lefe  saule. 
He  feld  in  his  £ire,  &  his  fell  hert, 
})at  the  cause  of  his  comhraunse  was  the  cicre 
maidon, 

9180     Thiea  woTd«s,  in  his  wo,  witturly  he  said, 
Soberly  to  hym-selfe,  Jiat  no  saule  here  : — 
"  Now  wrecche  ftdl  Tnworthy,  wo  mot  I  Jwle, 
pat  mony  etalworth  in  stoure,  &  stnerne  men 
haue  kyld, 

9184     Might   non  abate  of  my  biysse,  ne  my  ble 
chaunge. 
Noght  Ector  of  all  other,  oddist  of  knight«^ 
Hade  no  sleght  me  to  sle,  ne  to  slyng  vnder, 


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LOVE   FOB  FOLTZasA. 

N^e   onarcome    me    bj  cooree  with   hia  dene      Bt 
Btienght. 
9168     A  £&«]e  woman  me  fiides,  &  xaj  foa  cbannges,       tat> 

And  haa  gird  me  to  grotmd,  &  my  gost  feblil ! 

Sjn  bo  ia  cause  of  my  cue,  &  my  cold  ajigiir, 

Att  what  leche  vppon  lyne  might  I  laite  hele  1         (tc 
9192     Thera  is  no  medcyn  on  mold,  sane  the  maiden 

^t  my  Bois  might  aalae,  ne  me  sonnd  make. 
The  whiche  )>of  I  loue,  &  langwisshe  to  dethe, 
WitA  proyer,  with  pme,  ne  witA  pure  etrenght, 

9196     Ne  for  worthinee  of  wer,  ne  of  wale  dedis. 

What  wildnee,  or  worship,  waknet  my  hert  wiim 

ffor  to  hap  hei  in  hert,  ^t  haW  my-selayn  t        dh  v 
Id  bir  cuntre  to  come,  &  hir  kyn  sle,  ""' 

9200    Hii  &dar  &  hii  fryndia,  fond  to  dietroy, 

And  bii  brotbor  bane  bntnet, )«  beet  vpon  erthe  t 
On  what  wise  in  this  world  wilne  ehuld  I  bir,     or,  wi 
Most  exilent  of  other,  onerable  of  kyn,  iIiot* 

9204     Of  Bent,  &  of  Eiches,  rankir  fian  I, 

And  passes  of  pertnes  pure  wemen  all  ? 

Hit  semith  me  vii3ertain,all  sercbyng  of  wayea ;  bhi  t 

Ya  atokyn  Tp  full  stitbly,  ahold  etieche  to  my 

9208     ]Kn  he  tumys  in  bis  tene,  Sc  terys  on  bis  cbekes  ^*  <" 
Bonen  full  rifely,  for  bis  rauke  soiow. 
)}en  he  driet  vp  the  diopea,  &  di^bly  can  syle. 
On  all  wise  in  this  world  he  hia  wit  cast, 

9212     fibr  to  wyn  to  bis  will,  if  werdia  nogbt  let. 
t>en  be  rose  fro  bis  rest  in  a  Bad  haat, 
Aeket  water  at  bis  w^hee,  wesahed  hym  anone, 
Be&esshing  bis  face  for  facyng  of  teres, 

9216     And  diide  Tp  bis  dropes  for  dymyi^  his  ene. 


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ACniLLEe    U  ESS  AGE  TO  neODBA. 

HOW  AOBILLES  8BNTT0   ECUBA  TOR  HIB  DOOHTEB 
POLBZBHA. 

Anon  as  the  night  passid,  &  negliid  the  day, 
Yet  lastoon  the  lell  tru  the  lordea  betvene^ 
.  He  ordant  to  Ecuba,  the  honerable  qwene, 

9220    A  message  for  the  maiden  by  a  mene  fr}-nd, 
Priuely  to  pasae  to  the  pn'ae  lady, 
J)at  worthy  to  wilne  to  hia  wif  euyn. 
And  mell  wi'tA  a  manage  &  matremony  hole, 

9224     Ae  a  lady  to  line  to  hir  lyues  end  ; 

On  snche  couenannd  to  kepe,  yf  ^t  dere  wold. 
He  ahuld  procour  the  prtnae,  &  the  prise  gteliM, 
I  To  pas  fro  ^at  prouyns,  payie  horn  nomoro ; 

9228     And  nought  tary  on  the  towne,  ne  no  tene  wirke, 
WitAonte  condisconn,  or  cause,  for  to  come  after. 
The  mon,  ^t  this  meaaoge  meuit  for  to  do, 
Was  a  e«ruond  full  sore  of  the  same  kynges. 

9233     \Vhen  he  hade  told  hym  |)is  tale,  tt^ht  hyni 
to  go, 
He  made  hym  ledy  fall  rad,  ion  to  the  toun, 
Esely  to  Ecuba  etlit  he  anon, 
And  all  his  charge,  to  |)nt  cbefe,  choisly  he  said. 

923G     The  worthy,  to  ^t  wegh,  fit  was  of  wit  noble, 
Depe  of  discrecioun,  in  dole  ^of  sho  were, 
Sho  herknet  hym  full  hyndty,  &  witA  hert  gode. 
And  onswaret  hym  eaely,  enyn  on  this  wise : — 

9240     "ffrend,  Jwu  shall  fairly  fere  to  ))i  lord. 

And  say  hym  vpon  sewertie  thy-aeluyn  wttA 

mouthe. 
In  fat  at  menys  to  me,  wiik  my  might  hole 
I  shall  filsyn  fia  forward,  in  faith,  }iat  I  can  j 

9244     But,  I  will  say  the,  my  son,  or  fou  sew  ferre, 
I  moat  wete  all  the  wille  of  my  wale  kyng. 
And  my  sonnes,  for  sothe,  or  I  say  more, 
Yf  )iai  grount  will  Jiis  grace,  wiV*  a  goode  wille. 


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SHE  OONBULTB   PRIAII  AND  PARIS. 

fitdl  ooBirare,  in  f&ith  I  forme  )ie  not  here, 


But  come  the  thrid  day,  full  froly,  wiVioutyn  Th™«  iiiji  h(n« 
^repe  more,  aj  unm,' 

Sew  to  my  selfe,  &  I  the  say  wille 

Yne  faitfaly  before,  as  hit  tare  ehaU." 
9252    When  the  meesanger  hade  melit  wttA  ye  myld 
qwene, 

Thou  he  lut  to  )>e  lady,  &  hie  leue  toke,  (m.  iu  ■.) 

Menit  to  hia  maistor,  &  the  mater  told. 

Jien  comford  he  c^ht  in  his  cole  hert, 
9256     Thus  faengit  in  hope,  &  hia  hule  mendit  : 

Mora  redy  to  rest,  ricchet  his  chere. 

This  honeiable  Eciiba,  eft,  when  hir  liked. 

Preset  vnto  Triaia,  and  Paria  hir  son ;  Hantu  rmmu 

9260    Caght  horn  in  counsel!,  &  hir  cause  told, —  Prtmn  ud  Puri*. 

All  the  maner  of  the  message  tiova  )>e  main  kyng. 

When  Priam  persayuit  the  proffer  of  )»  greke, 

Long  he  stode  in  a  stody,  or  he  atii  wold,  Priui  ii  nn 

0261     Douu  hengond  hie  hed,  herkonyng  the  qwene  :     ui«wui 

Mony  thoght«<  full  fro  frang  hym  wi'tAin  !  ««"" - 

Thus  onswart  fat  honorable  euyn  to  his  wif ; — 

"  A  !  how  hard  were  my  hert,  to  hold  hym  aa  "iii.«b«jihiiif 
&end,  ViHtnT-" 

9268     That  so  highly  me  hyndret,  &  my  hate  seruet  !     um Uftaai 

All  the  leght  has  he  loat  fro  my  leue  ene,  ""■ 

Thurgh  alaght  of  my  sou,  {vat  my  sore  ekys  I 

ffor  whose  dethe,  vppon  dayee,  all  the  deife 
greke* 
9272    Hertyn  horn  full  hogely,  my  harmes  to  encres. 

But  to  fle  all  the  offence,  &  fortune  to  come,        But  to  hcimw 

In  aanyng  of  my  selSe  &  my  sons  als  ; 

flat  I  may  lyff  in  my  lond  in  my  last  dayes, 
9276     Out  of  batell  &  baret  in  my  bare  eld, 

I  assent  to  pi  aagh,  vpon  aoche  wise,  IubmioUi* 

pat  he  pis  forward  fulfills,  &  before  do,  pnntdtd'ihu  b> 

AndwitAnogawdesmebegi^nctogreuefeTTe."  ^I^S- 


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HECUBA  a  AKSWKB  TO  ACHILLES. 

■fcmi-     9280    The  prise  -wotdes  of  Pnam  Paris  alowet, 
And  damet  to  be  don,  as  the  duke  said. 
So  fat  his  wiffe,  o  nowise, — ^woishipMl  "Rlun, — 
Shuld  be  sent  to  hii  aoueraJD,  ne  eecbe  mto 

grece, 
But  leng  in  ^t  lend  to  hir  lyues  end. 
The  f  rid  day,  full  (iroly,  ])riuond  Achilles 
Sent  his  message,  fall  mekely,  to  f  e  myld  qwene. 
He  past  to  hir  pn'uely,  and  the  pert  fond, 

9268    And  asket  of  Jtat  onerabla  onsware  to  haue. 

Thus  said  hym   fat    souentin   wt'tA   a    softe 

speche; — 
"  I  haue  wetyn  the  wille  of  my  wale  kyng. 
And  of  Paris,  my  pure  son,  preatly  also  ; 

9292    Bothe  assenton  to  f  is  sound,  sothely,  to  me, 

On  suche  couenaunt  to  kepe,  fat  the  kyng  shall 
All  f o  forvaidw  fulfill,  fiist,  of  hyn-Beluyn. 
All  ya  holly  in  hyra,  hi>ld  yf  hym  lyst, 

9296    ffor  to  sew  hit  hym-selnyn,  say  hyt  fro  me : 
So  hit  keppit  be  in  conrce,  carpit  no  ferre, 
Tyll  yssa  be  oidant^  after  hie  deuyse." 
))en  be  leae  of  fte  lady,  the  lode  on  his  way 

9300    Past  at  the  pori^  &  the  pale  entrid : 

To  his  maistur  of  his  mater  menit  anon, 
All  the  trnthe  of  the  tale,  tomly  to  end. 
Achilles  was  choise  fiiyne,  cherit  hym  the  bettur, 

9304  And  now  hatnis  his  hert  all  in  hote  loue  : 
Myche  myndit  the  matei,  in  the  mene  tyme. 
And  to  biyng  hit  aboute  beett  hym  sore. 
Hit  heuet  his  heri;  of  hie  hegh  proffer, 

9305  pat  passit  his  pouer,  to  Prtam  the  kyng ; 
ffor  hit  longia  to  a  louer  soche  a  light  vice. 
In  the  hete  of  his  bert,  for  his  hegh  lust, 
To   proffer  soche  pnse  thing,  fat  passis  his 

might, 
9312     And  festyn  in  forward,  fat  hym  for-thinkai  after. 


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A  OOUNOIL  OF  WAB. 

Yet  hopit  he  full  hertely,  for  hia  hogh  proves,  Bd 

And  doghteues  of  dede  wiiJi  his  diegh  strokes,  Ot  bu 

If  he  gr^;ht  with  Hie  grekei  to  giaimt  horn  hia  on^ 

helpe,  "*'" 

9316    ))at  )>ai  the  bud  shuld  leue  &  lightly  go  home. 
jXn  Achilles  did  cherisshe  the  cheftan  of  alL 

Palomydon,  the  priee,  by  purpos  of  hym,  ai  hu 

All  the  grete  of  the  greku  gediit  hym  eomyn,  i«wi 

9320     To  a  counsell  to  come  for  the  comyn  proffet. 

Whea  prmsee  &  prise  kyuge*  were  in  pale 

eomyn, 
Amoiig     tho     mighty    witJi    mouthe     menit  aeIiui 


"  Now,  fryndea  foithfull,  in  feliahip  here  ! 
KyngM,  &  knight««,  &  other  kyde  Dukes,  n 

That  the  chaige,  &  the  cbaunee  base  of  pia  „ 

choisa  wer,  ' 

Thnrgh  ouie  might  &  ouie  monhod  maintene  to 

gedur! 
What    whylenee,  oi   wanspede,  wryzles   our 

myndl 
jMt  for  meuyng  of  a  man, — Menelay  the  kyng, — 
And  the  wille  of  a  woman,  as  ye  weton  all,  » 

Ouie  londs«  baue  leayt,  &  ouie  lefe  godys,  k 

Our  childHr,  ouie  choise  folka,  &  chefen  fro 

Vnto  a  cnntre  vnkynd,  with  care  at  ouie  herttes : 

Ooie  godys,  ouie  gold  vngaynly  diapesdi^ 

And  onie  persons  be  put  vnto  pale  detbe.  n 

Onre  kynges  aie  kyld,  &  oure  kyd  Duket :  d 

Oure  buemee  wttA  baret  britnet  in  feld, 

)>at  might  bane  leuet  in  hor  lond,  es  lorde*  at 

And  my  selfe,  sothely,  enffert  full  hard, 
Wkkedly  woundit,  wasted  my  blode. 


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AOHILLBS   PB0P08EB  TO  RAISE  TBK  SIEOB. 

9340     At  tlie  dnthe  of  the  derfe  iirince,  sothe  a  dynt 
boile, 
I  wend  neuer,  witturly,  wallied  on  fote. 
Hit  grenjB  me  full  gretly,  &  to  grouud  bryug«, 
Whethur  Elan  be  so  boQ«rable,  or  t>f  so  begb 


934+     ffor  hir,  cure   Duke*  to   dethe,  &  ourc  derfe 
kyngea. 
In  yche  lond,  lelly,  ))st  lithe  mder  heuen, 
I  Are  weraen  to  wale,  of  woiship  full  mony, 

)}at  Menelay  may  mightily  mell  hym  to  faaue, 
9346     And  chose  bym  a  choiao,  witAoaten  chai^  beuy ; 
And  not  so  mony  be  mard,  ne  on  mold  dod, 
V^e  all  grece  for  to  greve,  witA  no  ground  harme. 
'  Hit  is  not  light  for  va  lite,  Jiis  lond  to  dystroy, 

9352     J}at  haue  a  Cit«  full  aure,  &  Suifietue  mony, 

Bothe  of  kyngM,  &  knigbte*,  &  kid  men  of 

Bimes: 
And  we,  the  worthiest  in  wer,  bane  waatid  in 

dethe, 
Kyld  of  oure  kynge«,  and  other  kyd  Duke*. 
9356    Thift  suffises,  me  semys,  to  sea  wttA  oure  worship ; 
Kayre  to  oure  cnntie,  &  conel  no  more  ! 
)>of  Elan  leae  in  \w  load,  &  not  laght  worthe, 
Hit  greues  not  full  gretly,  ne  no  ground  harme, 
Syn  we  Exiona,  the  aueter  of  the  sure  kynge^ 
At  hom  hold}-n  for  hir,  ]iat  is  a  bode  lady, 
And  more   honerable   ^an   Elan,   of    anncetre 
grete." 

When  the  wegh  hade  thies  wordis  warpit  to 
end, 
9364    Here  be  seset  full  sone,  said  be  no  more. 
)}an  Toax,  the  tore  kyng,  talkya  agayne, 
WiCA  Menelay  &  mo,  mighty  of  astate, 
Gright  WttA  the  gret  &  agayne  atode : 


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FAMINE  IH  THE  QBSBK  CAHP.  9' 

9368    All  tha  most  of  Jw  mighty,  viVt  a  mayn  wills,        Baa  inn, 
DysBoisent  to  tlie  dede,  demyt  hit  for  noght. 
Acliillea  at  tho  choiae  men  cheoert  for  anger,        aadih,  h  ■ 
Yne  vrothe  at  faoT  vorde^  &  ir^litly  he  send      Kjmuan  to 

9372    To  all  the  Mermydonsj  hia  men,  and  hia  maya  itwonAi. 
pepnll, 
That  no  Ectske  to  the  feld  fare  ahuld  to  batell  i 
Xe  to  go  with  fe  grekes,  to  gieue  bom  witA-in. 
)}en  hit  aantred  in  the  oet  of  the  od  grekw, 

9376    t)at  horn  &iled  the  fode,  and  defaiit«  hade :  Puii»tiiiiH 

Hongni  full  hote  harmyt  horn  Jkd, 
And  fayntid  the  folk,  ^et  Jie  strenkith. 
Palomydon  a  perlement  pumait  anon, 

9380  And  the  grete  of  the  grekes  gedrit  he  Bomyn. 
))aD  ordant  the!  all  men  Agamynon  the  kyng, 
WitJi  mony  ahippeB  fall  ahene  ehapon  Jierfore, 
To  fecche  hom  som  fode,  &  filayn  hot  atrenght 

9381  Agamynon,  full  goodly,  by  grement  of  all,  Aguwrniion 
Meuyt  Tnto  Missam  vi'tA  mayn  Bhippes  fele,  naaii,  it«  k 
&  TOfe  Jwre  full  radly,  raiket  to  the  kyng.  ^Si?"'*" 
And  Thelaphon  hym  toke  with  a  triet  cheie ; 

9388     ffyldeallhifi  ^e  ehippea,  &  his  fraghtmade;         (foLiua- 
StnfBt  hym  with  store,  )iat  hom  strenght  might. 
Toke  lene  at  ^e  lord,  and  the  land  past ; 
Sidlet  hom  sonndly  to  the  aare  tenttes ; 

9392    Was  welcom  I-vjs  to  the  weghes  all. 
Ihyua  were  |k)  freik«*  of  pe  fre  kyng ! 
Palomydon,  the  pme  kyng,  prestly  gart  oidan     Pnunud*  op 
All  the  shippes  fall  shone  ahapyn  to  rode ;  npdnd,  md 

939C     And  all  the  navy  full  noble,  naitly  aray,  ^^'°  ""^ 

Atyrit  wi'tA  takell,  &  trussyng  of  Hopes, 
To  be  Eedy  for  the  Eode,  yf  ^i  Eed  toke. 
And  BO  ))ai  lyne  ^ere  in  legh :  oaie  loid  gyf  us  rt^'-t^. 
love !  (WBitr.) 


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^m  93egsnnj<  f^t  aiij  Bode ;  at  Hi<  lij  ant 
ilij  Battll. 

9400     Ihe  tyme  of  the  tru  tumyd  to  end, 

Ynto  batell  )iai  busket  vppoQ  bothe  halnja  : 
ffuersse  was  the  folke,  ^at  to  feld  came, 
And  vritA  a  stoure,  ^at  was  stronge,  etiyken  to- 
gedur. 
940i    Deffibus  derfly  drof  to  a  greke, 

pat  Cresseae  waa  cald,  kyug  of  Agresta ; 

He  gird  hym  thuigh  the  gutte*  wiUt  a  grym 

speire, 
})at  he  light  on  the  lend,  &  the  lyne  past. 
9408    Myche  sorov  was  ^ere  aene  for  fe  sure  kyn^ 
Sore  grenyt  the  grekes  for  grefe  of  hym  on  I 
All  fond  to  J«  fight,  febill  of  hertis. 
The  bold  men  on  bake  were  bome  witA  the 
troiens, 
9412    And  mony  kant  man  kyld  wt'tft  caupyng  of 
Bwerd«<. 
Then  Dyomedo,  the  derfe  kyng,  drogh  into  batell, 
Falomydon  full  pmdly,  wt'tA  prise  men  of  armys, 
Wiih  aontrus  Aiax,  abill  of  dedis. 
And  zx"  M.  ))ro  men  Jiiang  in  witA  thes. 
The  stouie  was  foil  stithe,  fo  staeme  men  b^ 

twene, 
Mony  dyet  in  ye  dale,  dole  to  he-bold  t 

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DElPaOBDB   AND  PALAHBDBS. 

Hit  anntiid,  ^at  Aiaz  bo  angaidlj  met    - 
9420     Od  Foraon,  a  fjn  knight,  wi'tA  a  fell  dynt,— 

A  pn'ae  Boa  of  Pnain,  witft  a  pronde  wille,— 

He  wonndit  liym  wickedly  in  his  wale  iaoa, 

And  vnablit  after  with  angw  to  fight. 
942i    Whea  CeffibuB  with  dole  of  ]«  dede  ec^h, 

fioT  bale  of  his  brother  breat  oat  to  vepe. 

He  walte  Into  wodenee  for  his  van  angur. 

And  tachit  Tppon  Thelamon  with  a  tore  apeire, 
912S  .  Hurlit  hTin  to  hard  yertb,  hurt  bym  full  soie  I 

TBI  DBIEE  OF   DBKFIBHS   BT  FAI.O]|YI>0N  6LATN, 

Palomydon  parsaynit  &  pj^et  hym  to  veuge, 

He  droffe  vnto  Seffibtis  with  a  dynt  felle, 

Shott  fuigh  the  sheld  &  Jie  Bhene  mayle, 
9432     Bare  bym  )iuigh  the  brost  vttft  a  bright  end,        titi^Mnt  b 

Pat  ^e  Bod  alto  Bofe  right  to  his  bond  : 

A  tninchen  of  the  tre  &  the  triet  hed 

Abode  in  his  body,  &  in  his  brest  Btake. 
9436     pan  PariB  peraaynet  the  pyn  of  his  brother, 

J}at  was  stad  in  the  atonrs  &  the  strong  fight, 

Myche  water  he  weppit,  wailyng  of  aorow. 

WttA  pyne  out  of  pme,  &  pit£  in  Iiert,  pvu  dngi  him 

9440     Defi'ebns  ha  dn^  fnrth,  &  dneait  to  light :  wd  ii^i  lo 

By  a  eyde  of  tbe  Cit^  set  hym  to  ground. 

Laid  hym  on  the  laund  witA  a  laith  chere. 

With  myohe  wepji^  &  woo  for  want  of  hym  one. 
9444    As  Defiebus,  wtt&  dole  of  hU  dope  wound, 

Hlos  lay  on  the  lannd,  he  lift  vp  his  ^i, 

Blnsehet  on  his  broder,  &  bailualy  said : — 

"A!  dere brother,  eildegh,  ordionpe  in-tohelle,  iMpiiabu 
9448     And  er  Jiia  tmnchyn,  me  tenys,  be  tukon  of  my       (w.  im  «.) 
breat,  «™«.u.d-u.. 

Go,  bnske  vnto  batell  my  bone  foi  to  venge. 

And  oppn»se  the  witA  payn,  &  present  hym 


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BARPmOX   AND   FAI,A1UDSB  BLAIK. 

Jjat  he  60  slegUy  be  Blayn  with  eleght  of  yi  hood, 
9452     pat  I  may  wete  how  hit  worthes,  or  I  w<md 
hethyn  I " 

Paiys,  for  pytie  of  hia  pale  worde*, 
I  Sweyt  into  Bwym,  as  he  awelt  wold, 

And  all  hia  wedie  were  wete  of  his  wan  teres. 
945C    There  left  he  fe  lede  and  launchot  to  fild, 

DeeeyruB  to  degh,  for  dole  ^at  he  hade. 

He  shot  ^urgh  the  sheltruma )«  shalkefor  to  mete, 

Palomydon  to  pfese,  and  put  Tuto  dethe : 
9460    J}en  foond  he  the  freike  in  a  fell  stoure. 

Soppidon,  the  sure  kyng,  assaylet  full  hard. 

And  the  &eke  hj-m  defendit  witA  a  freike  wille. 

To  Palomydon  he  preset  witft  a  prise  weppyn, 
9464    The  bold  for  to  britton,  &  on  bent  leust 

THB  DBTHI  OF  SBFPinOH  )pB  ETNG  BT  PAI/)UTDON. 

Palomydon  the  pn'se,  with  a  proude  swotdo, 
On  kyng  Seppidon  for-sothe  set  aoche  a  dynt ; 
He  gird  hym  so  grymly  on  his  giet  thegbe, 

9468    )}at  he  karve  hit  of  cleane,  &  the  kyi^  deghit, 
And  fey  of  his  folo  feile  to  pe  ground, 
Parya  segh,  in  his  Borow,  how  the  sir  wroght; 
))e  freike  in  his  felnea  thefucrse  kyng  hado  slayne^ 

9473  And  mony  Troietis  w*tA  teue  tymit  to  detho ; 
What  for  dynttf*  of  (lat  duke,  &  of  derfe  other, 
J>ai  were  boun  to  gyflfe  bake,  &  the  bent-leue. 

THB  SETBG  OF   PALOHTDOH   BT   PARIS. 

PniTB  bend  vp  hia  bow  w/tfi  hia  big  anne, 
9476    Waited  the  wegh  in  his  wit  ouer. 

In  what  plnse  of  his  person  to  perse  of  hie  wede ; 

And  to  deire  bym  witft  dethe  he  duly  denyset^ 

Witit  a  narow  full  noble  of  a  nait  ahap, 
9480     )}at  put  was  in  poison  ou^  the  pale  hede. 

He  wonndit  fat  worthy  in  hia  wide  ^rott^ 


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TBE   GRXEK  TBNTS    &RB  FLDHDERED.  909 

Qiid  ^nrgh  the  gret  vayne,  grussfaet  tlie  Decke,        Book  xiiii. 

))at  he  hnrlyt  doun  hedlongu,  hanuyt  no  moo,      mna^itiiji 
(H84     And  deghit  of  f  e  dynt,  deirit  neuer  aftei.  °^ 

)}en  the  crie  was  full  kene,  crusshTUg  of  wepyn  1 

Myche  grem  hade  the  grtskcs  for  gref  of  h  jm  one ! 

When  ^  lost  hade  the  lede,  ^t  hom  lede  shuld, 
9488    All  Bstonyt  ^m  stoile  etarond  ahoate,  ThiSrHiiabrMk, 

]pen  fled  all  in  fere,  and  the  fild  leuit,  khu. 

Bovet  to  ^era  baetels  with  bale  at  ^ere  Iierttes. 

The  frigies  felly  folowet  hom  after,  tiw  tt^w 

9*92    ffele  of  hom  fuenly  felle  hom  to  ground ;  '"^ 

Dang  hom  to  dethe  wttA  dynttes  of  swerd, 

And  moche  wo  on  hom  wroght,  wastid  hor  blode. 

At  the  tentie  ^  tuiTiyt  wt'tA  Troiens  to  fight ;     *  tnmk  u  Uh 
9496     Wit/i-atode  hom  full  stithly  in  a  etoure  hogo  ; 

ff^ten  vttA  hom  felly,  &  fele  were  Jwra  elayno. 

The  TroieuB  lighten  doun  lyuely,  lefton  thair 
bones, 

Giidyn  to  ]»  greke*  wttA  a  giym  fare ; 
9500    Gieuit  hom  full  gretly  wtlA  mony  grym  wound ; 

Alto  t«r  of  hor  tonttoa,  tokyn  ^«re  godea,  whM  *n  nn 

Sylner  and  Sanigold  sadly  >ai  grippet, 

Bassons  full  biode,  &  other  bright  vessell ; 
9004    Pesis  of  plstet  plentius  mekyll, 

Other  iowels  full  ioly,  &  meknll  inst  armur. 

Paris  the  prise  knight,  &  the  pert  Troiliu  ri^ui  Tmnm 

Bowet  to  )ie  bonke  ^ere  ^b  barges  lay,  onek  ihii*. 

9508     "WitJl  xxx**  M.  firomcn  Jrynond  in  armys. 

The  shippes  on  a  shene  fyre  shot  )iai  belyne. 

That  Uie  low  vp  lightly  launchit  abonto ;  (loi.  rn«,i 

And  all  chrickenede  with  the  ecriue  fruigh  tha 
stym  ost, 
05 1 2     ffor  the  smortber,  &  tbe  smoke  of  pe  smert  li^hys, 

)}at  waivet  in  the  welkyn,  wappond  full  hote, 

All  the  Citie  might  ae  the  sercle  abontfl, 

))an  Aiax  tbe  aunterus  came  angtirdly  ttst, —       jtjH,>iibB 


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THK  SHIPS  0?  THE  ORBEXS  OM   FIRB. 

9516     The  tore  eon  of  TLelamon,— witA  tn'ed  mon  & 

noble : 

He  bumyi  to  the  tioietiB,  tenit  foil  mony, 

In  deffenoe  of  >e  foike,  ^ot  the  feld  leayt. 

ffell  was  the  fight  vttA  foynyng  of  speiioa, 

0920    Mailing  yargh  meUll  maynly  vttA  hondf^ 

Kyllyng  of  knightw,  knocking  ^aigh  faelmys, 
Ded  men  full  daulf  dioppit  to  ground  1 
On  yche  halae,  in  ^t  bete,  borlit  to  fote, 
'  9524     Mony  bold  waa  fere  britnet  vpon  bothe  haluyK 
There   all   the  Navy  witA    noy,  &  the   naile 

WttA  fBamye  of  fyre  hade  folly  ben  brent, 
Ne  hade  aontems  Aiax  angardly  don, 

9528    And  wttA  haidynea  of  bond  bolpyn  bis  feres, 
I  (In)  witbstondyng  the  stonre  wt'tA  his  strenght  on. 

ffyvo  hundiith  folly  of  fere  fyne  shippea, 
Consumet  full  cleaiie,  clothes  &  other, 

9532     And  mony  mo  were  fen  marred,  &  mated  vAk 
fire. 
The  Troiens  fat  tyme  tonet  hom  io  enyll, 
Dong  hom  to  dethe,  &  derit  bom  mebyll,  ^ 
l>at  no  sith  might  }ni  saffer  the  sorov,  fat  thai 
bade, 

953G     But  twrnyt  vnto  tenttea,  tenit  full  enill. 

One  Ebes,  an  od  man  &  honorable  of  kyn, 
b  Of  Tracy  Jib  tru  kyng  was  his  tWet  feder. 

He  was  brocbit  Jiurgh  the  body  witA  a  big  speire, 

9540     l)at  a  trunchyn  of  fe  tre  tut  out  behynd. 
To  Achilles  atine  tent  angardly  ran, 
That  lay  in  his  logo  all  with  lone  boundon. 
And  fore  to  no  fight  for  laiie  Folexena. 

9544    He  cbalinget  Achilles  wt'tA  a  chere  fell, 
Keproned  hym  prudly  of  his  prond  wille, 
)}nt  Inrket  in  bis  logo,  list  not  to  belpe, 
And  segh  bis  folke  so  fallyn,  &  in  fight  end, 


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AGQILLB8  VKDBIt  BBPBOOF.  311 

9348    )Mt  with  his  monhede  bo  mykeU,  &  witA  his     Juxt-taa. 
mayn  stren^t, 
Uight;  Boaoour  bis  SondiooiB,  &  acuie  horn  al/ue. 
))en  the  tnmchjn  of  the  tre  ^ai  tnggit  hym  &o, 
Bnid  it  oat  bigly,  uid  the  boeme  deghet 

9552    8one  after,  sothly,  a  seruood  of  Achilles  iLvnatntiinit 

Come  bremly  fro  batell,  bndd  to  hia  tent :  ,aa  um  "-^nv 

He  fi^ynit  at  the  freike  how  (red  fore  Jjere,  ft^rtT^  ** 

And  apird  at  hym  specially  of  {taira  spede  fer.      ^""^ 

9556  "  Syr,"  quod  |«  aeniond,  "  in  sertan,  full  enyll, 
Ouie  grekM  vnto  gronod  are  giid  wonder  Jiickc^ 
And  myche  dole  is  va  dight  to  day,  as  I  ventv  . 
(te  multytude  ys  bo  mycha  of  the  mayn  tioions, 

9560  ^nd  so  fuerely  in  fight  fellis  oure  knighte*, 
Alto  awapptm  tb  wi'tA  swerdes  &  yrith  nwym 

strokes. 
In  the  Citie,  foisothe,  no  sondiour  is  lenit, 
Ne  no  freka  of  defeoBe,  but  in  feld  all 

9561  To  oppreese  horn  witft  payn,  our  pepuU  to  sl& 

And  yf  bit  liked  you,  lord,  at  bis  lell  tyme,  if  n*  wm  to 

To  bowne  you  to  batell  on  your  best  wise  ;  n;  «^b  gnu 

Syn  Jrai  fainted  are  wttft  fight  &  feble  of  strengbt,  '™™  ""*  *"■ 

9568  And  wery  of  Jisre  werke,  ye  worship  might  faaue, 
Wyth  a  loBS  euerhistoDd,  when  your  lyff  endis : 
ffor  hy  Boncour  of  your  selfe,  &  your  sad  helpe,  ■ 
We  Blight  holly  the  henehond  haue  now  for  ay." 

9572    The  worthy  at  his  wordea  wonyt  no  chere, 

JSe  noght  hopet  in  hert  of  his  h^h  apeche,  KoHof  uw* 

Se  ^  sight  of  Sebes,  fat  sadly  was  dede;  AiMiiH;iwb>» 

But  faynat  all  fkntasy,  as  he  no  fireike  b^^,         ion. 

9676    And  as  alede  fat  wttA  lone  was  lappit  full  hard. 
As  |m  maner  is  of  men,  Jwrt  mellyii  wi'tA  loue. 
To  be  biyndit  witA  the  byt,  Jtof  hom  bale  happyn :      ™.  i«  •O 
Nowther  waite  vnto  worship,  ne  to  wild  annt^r, 

9S80  But  laityn  ay  wM  lykyng  pere  luff  for  t«  please. 
The  batell  was  big,  brytnet  were  fele ; 


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313  DU.CH  OF   DSIPaOBUS. 

Bwfc  XKiir.  Mony  gr«bea  vnto  ground  gird  vnto  detlie ; 

Mony  etitbe  in  the  atouie  atarf  vnder  fote, 
9S8i    Till  ths  blode  &  the  brayne  blend  wiU  the 

Then  negbit  the  night,  noy  was  the  more  ! 

AtsDHt,  Pub  At  the  aettyng  of  Jra  son  sesit  the  fight. 

Into  th*  (iQ.  Paiia,  the  prise  knight,  •viiJi  his  pepull  all 

9988    Soght  to  the  Citie  softly  &  faire. 

Er  Doffibus  was  dede,  his  dere  biedor  two, 

Tioilus  the  tra  knight,  &  the  triet  Pari^ 

fibre  euyn  to  ya  ireke  febill  of  chore ; 

TtepMafPuta  Sfi92    Witft  mykell  sobbyng  and  Borow  set  hym  before, 
udTnlhuior  "    v 

jj&t  leaer  weie  to  be  lynoles,  then  to  lyne  after, 

fEbr  dole,  &  for  donte  of  hor  dere  brother. 

Then  DeSbns  danly  diogh  Tp  his  Ene, 

9590    Pletid  Tnto  Paris  wttA  a  pore  Toise, 

Whether  the  Duke  were  od  dede,  fat  hym 

deiret  bo. 

))an  he  fraynet  at  the  freike,  as  he  hym  Iluth  agbt, 

I  And  he,  the  tale  how  hit  tid,  told  hym  full  enyn, 

9600     Of  the  dethe  and  the  dynt  ))at  the  Doke  )>olit, 

WttA  Uie  bir  of  his  bow  and  a  big  orow. 

Jjen  bade  be  to  a  bneme,  fat  hym  by  stode, 

The  tnmchen  of  the  tre  tng  fio  his  brest ; 

DripiHiiwiSM.     9604     And  he  deghit  witA  dole  when  he  done  had«^ 

Yne  past  in  the  p'ace  vnto  pale  dethe. 

Klycbe  mournyng   was    made  for    Jat  mayn 

knight 

WttA  hia  ffader  vnfaire,  &  his  ire  moder, 

9608    His  brother  vnblithe,  &  his  bright  sueter ; 

ariarofiiia  WitA  Bobbyng  finrgh  the  Citie,  &  sorow  fiill 

iwi*oIhu  ud  hoge. 

And  for  Seppidon,  the  enre  kyng,  Syling  of  teres, 

Myche  weping  &  waile,  wringyng  of  bond, 

9612    Bothe  of  buemes  of  the  htugh,  &  his  bold 

knightfij. 


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AOAUEHKOK   BB-BLBOTXD. 

Fnam  a  pnse  towmbe  presUj  gort  make. 
And  the  bodjres  of  )o  bold  buried  )in-m, 
WttA  Boleuit^  &  Sacrifice  suche  as  ^  veit : 
9G18    CooCT-t  horn  clanly,  closet  bom  to-gedur. 

made,  i 

Wt'tA  dynnyng  &  dole  foi  dethe  of  hor  lord. 
))si  brogbt  hym  to  berynee,  ]>o  boemea  onon, 

6620    And  closit  hym  clanly  in  a  clere  towmbe. 
Jjon  to-gedur  thai  gone,  the  gret  by  aasentf 
To  cbeee  horn  a  cbeftain  by  charge  of  bom  all, 
By  aaaent  of  hom-selfe  a  souwain  to  make, 

9634    Syn  Palomydon  fe  prise  put  was  to  detbe. 

By  agrement  of  ^o  grete,  &  the  good  Neator,        / 
^ai  grauntid  Agamynon  the  gre  for  to  haue,  a 

Ches  hym  for  cbeftain,  Sc  cbargit  bym  |»erwith. 


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niifj  Sott :  oC  Hie  liitj  anti  li  SatcH  of  He 

eut. 

0826     J,lie  Secnnd  day  auyngi  Bais  me  the  lyne, 

J^  Troieos  fiill  tynJi  tokyn  fe  feld ; 

All  boun  vnto  batell  on  hor  best  wyse, 

And  Jie  gtekia  home  agayu  gyrdyn  witA  yre. 
9632     Brem  waa  }b  bstoU  vpon  both  haluya  I 

Mony  gyrd  to  ^e  ground  and  to  grym  deth ; 

Mony  atoute  )»«  waa  storuen  vnder  stel  wedis ; 

And  mony  britnet  on  bent,  &  blody  by-ronuen  I 
9G3G    That  day  was  full  detko,  dymmyt  witA  cloudea, 

'Wt'tA.  a  Sopand  Kayne  rat  fro  the  skewes  ; 

A  myste  &  a  m^kenea  in  mountaiiiH  aboute, 

All  donkyt  the  dalee  wttA  the  dym  Bhowiis. 
-9640    Tot  the  ledis  on  the  land  left  not  }&ion, 

But   thrappit  full    throly,  thryngyng  thnigh 
sheldie, 

Till  the  bloberond  blode  blend  w»tA  the  rayn. 

And  the  ground,  )>at  was  gray,  grat  vnto  red. 
9G44     Mony  kaightea  were  kyld  of  ^  kene  grekes ; 

Mo  were  fere  mart  of  fe  mayn  tioiens. 

Then  Tioiell,  full  tit«,  turnyt  vnto  batell 

WttA  a  company  cleaue  of  cant  men  of  armya. 
9648    The  fi»ike  wae  bo  fneiae,  &  fell  of  his  dyntt«<, 

There  waa  no  bueme  on  the  bent  hia  birre  to 
wttAatond, 

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TBE  OBK>EB  DRITBIT  TO  THXIB  TBKIS.  3 

Bat  fled  horn  in  fere,  ferd  of  lior  dethe,  Back  xv\ 

Tomit  to  fen  tentles,  tenyt  full  eayll, 

96K2     Hiuigfa  the  nig,  &  tlie  rayii,  ^t  laiked  abooe, 
All  very  for  wete^  &  for  wan  stioIcM ; 
And  ay  the  troiona  witA  tene  tTinyii  hora  donn,  ihaTnjuv 
ftellj  wi'tA  &nchons  folowBt  horn  after,  ibam  dim : 

EI65C    Dang  horn  to  dethe  in  the  dym  water,  comptu  tbim 

Pareewit  hom  wttA  pyne  Tnto  jwre  pore  tentto^  tou^^"*" 
There  leuit  th&y  laike,  and  the  laund  put : 
fibr  the  wedur  bo  vete,  and  Uie  wan  ahowres, 

9660  8oght  vnto  the  Citie  soberly  &  faire, 
And  entrid  full  eaeely,  euyu  as  hom  liked. 

Xhe  nest  day  full  naiUy,  tiie  nobis  man  of  xut  d^  ihg 

Troy 
fibre  enyn  to  >e  fight,  <&  the  fild  lob^  ; 

9661  And  the  grekw  hom  agayne,  wi'tA  «  grym  fiire 
Launchit  furtJi  to  }ie  laond,  I^Km  to-gedur. 
Speiiea  vnto  Bprottea  spiongyn  ooer  heddf« ; 
Sfaeldis  thurgh  shot  wttA  the  sha^  end ; 

9668     Swyngyng  out  ewerde^  swappyn  on  faelmys, 

Beiton  )iiugh  basaett«s  ■wHA  the  biem  egge. 

Mony  deif  ^ere  was  ded  and  to  dole  broght  I 

Troiell,  in  )iat  lyme,  temyt  to  batell  '  Tniu»  nukn 

9672     "WM  a  folke,  )Mt  waa  falle,  fightyng  men  all       SlI^'™*" 

He  gird  doun  the  grekes  witA  bo  grym  fare, 

))at  no  baeme  vpon  bent  hie  buffette>  might 
ihowl& 

Mony  knyghtes  he  kyld,  oomyna  by-dene  : 
9676     Ban>nB  of  the  beet,  and  of  the  bold  Tries,  iM.  m  .> 

Deghlt  )pat  day  wt'tft  dynt  of  his  veppyn. 

Thus  macchit  ^oee  men  till  the  merke  night ; 

The  store  was  full  stith,  jfea  stynt  ^i  for  late, 
9680    And  aither  f^de,  after  sun,  aoght  to  pen  holde. 

Then  vij  dayes  enyn  >ai  semblit  in  ^e  felde,         n»  latua  ng. 

Witi  strong  batell  &  brem  till  the  bare  night,  "™' 


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AQAMEHHOHS  ME88AOC  TO  A0B1LLB8. 

And  yclie    day   waa   Jiere    dede    mony   deifa 
huudiith. 
9681    )]en  hit  greuit  the  grekes  of  the  gret  murthe, 
Of  the  bodies  on  beut  brethit  full  enyll ; 
The  coTsee,  as  car; n,  corit  horn  with  etynke, 
ffor  the  mnrthe  was  so  mykull  in  ])e  mease 

9688    P&a.  to  Fmm,  the  prise  kyng,  preetly  the  sent 
ffor  a  tni  to  be  taken  of  a  tyme  ahort, 
Two  monydies,  &  no  more,  ^aiie  men  for  to 

bery, 
And  to  frete  horn  vttA  tyro,  )iat   were  fey 
worthen. 
9692    Hit  was  gniuntid  agayn  by  grement  vttA-in, 
And  affiimyt  wi'tA  faith  the  beket  betwene, 

WttAin  the  tyme  of  the  trn,  as  )>e  trety  says, 
AguMmnoa  Agsmynon  the  gret  full  gredly  did  send 

uifa«,ud        9696    Neater,  the  noble  duke,  another — ^Vlyxes — 
Atuii^  And  Dyomede,  the   derfe   Kyng,  to   doghty 

Frayond  hom  foM  priffitly  by  }k]  prise  kyoge^ 
fTpr  to  bnske  hym  to  bateU,  &  }o  buemes  helps 

9700  In  offence  of  hor  fos,  and  hor  fuerse  socour, 
Thnrgh  m^ht  of  his  monhode   &  Ms  mayn 

Btrenght 
When  ^ai  comyn  to  ))e  kyng,  ^o  kyde  men  in  tan, 
He  velcomyt  ^  worthy  witA  a  wille  fure, 

9701  And  solaat  hom  somj-n  S]-ttyng  wi'tA  hym. 
The  first  of  ^o  fre,  fiat  to  Jie  freike  said, 

Was  Vlyses,  the  lord,  wttA  his  lythe  wordoa  :— 
rnv  npTon  iihn  "  X e  waa  hit  not  your  wille,  &  your  weghes  all, 

TO  lb*  nr,  uid     9708    Wttft  other  kyngew  in  company,  &  kyde  men  of 
turn  It.  Worship, 

fba  our  pronyns  to  passe,  and  oar  jnise  Iond«^ 
With  a  pouer  full  preste  on  Fn'am  to  Tenge; 


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XTLTSaSS  PLB4D8   WITH  AOBtLlBS.  317 

Hifl  Iwdy  to  britton,  &  his  buigh  take  ;  Book  ixir. 

9712    All  his  stid  to  dietroy,  and  his  etith  holdiel 

"What  will  is  jwre  waknet  in  jour  wild  hert,  (w.i»«o 

Oi  what  pnttef  you  in  plite  pia  purpos  to  lene. 
To  enclyne  tji  |>e  contrary,  &  no  caoee  hane, 

0716    Synhithappia  tb  euche  haimes  to  haue  now,  Thajni*uuu 

"la«  ■  buy.  taillm'thi 

OuM  kyngea  bcin  kylde,  and  our  kyd  dukes ;       '^"*'! 
Onre  hachelora  on  bent  brittynet  full  tbicko ; 
Oaie  ienttcs  to-toine,  takyn  oars  godea ; 

9720  Oure  barges  brent  mto  bore  askes, 

And  other  harmea  full  hoge  bent  in  a  whylet 
Hit  was  hopit  full  hertely  of  oure  hech  pepull,    uid  how  mich 
ThuTgh  prowes  of  your  peraon,  &  your  pnse  ioiri9b7U>>iiL 
dcdia, 

9721  JxA  va  hap  shuld  tho  horhond  bane  of  our  fos, 
Syn  ye  honerahlo  Ector  auntrid  to  slo, 

That  all  the  Troiens  trust  truly  was  in. 
'  And  now  DeSihus  ia  dede,  deires  no  more, 
9728    )}at  furse  was  in  fight,  and  oure  folk  sloght ; 

So  (happeth)  (lairo  hope  is  in  hard  deth,  (ms.iuh 

And  febill  in  hor  fight,  faynt  In  bor  hertia. 
83^  ^e  aloait  ar,  of  longtym,  lusti  in  amiys,  Bi«a  ba  hM  von 

9732     And   oure  folke   has   defendit  wi'tA    Jowt-  fyn  thejur»ehimi» 
strenkith,  m  rag»  hiwr 

Witft  fe  blode  of  jottr  brest  thutgb  Jie  bright  ■■^'*"•"""'■ 

mtullc, 
And  oft  leskewet  onre  renka^  or  pai  ruth  ^lit ; 
If  hit  like  yon  now,  lell  et>,  lyft  vp  your  hertte, 
9736    Kayntene  youie  manhode  &  your  men  helpe. 
Saris  into  ^bt  your  folke  to  releue, 
))at  witA-ontyn  helpe  of  your  bond  happis  the 

worse. 
Tberfore  bent  vp  your  hert  &  your  high  wille, 
9740     Meue  yon  yritJt  monhode  to  mat  of  your  foa ; 
To  wyn  vs  oure  worship,  &  onr  wille  baue : 


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18  AOBItliBS'   AKBWER  TO  ULT3SE8. 

Boot  i^iY.  And  fat  hope  we  full  hertely  tho^h  helpe  of 

your  one." 

TBB  AKBWAllB  OF  AOHILLEU  TO  VLTXXS  THE  KTNa 

To  ^t  honerable  onestl;  answoret  Achilles, 
uum  uuam  9744  W(W  wordis  foil  wiae  in  his  wit  noUe : — 
]7  lor  ibom  lo  "  If  v8  ftuntrid,  Vlyses,  tbuTgh  angard  of  pn'de, 

™u*cnad"  To  fis  kith  for  to  come,  &  onre  kyn  leue, 

Hit  wae  folly,  by  my  faith,  &  a  fowle  dede. 
9748    Masit  were  our  myndes  &  oui  mad  hedis, 
(M.  iM  b.)  And  ve  In  dotage  full  depe  drenyn,  by  faith, 

ffor  the  ville  of  a  woman,  &  no  whe  ellis, 
All  our  londes  to  leue,  &  to  laite  hedor, 
9752     OuTO  kynges  be  kild,  &  oure  kide  dakea, 
All  onie  londes  to  lose,  and  ouro  lyf  als, 
In  B  cnntre  vnkynd  to  be  cold  ded. 
It  would  hiin  Hade  not  Palomydon,  the  prue  kyng,  provet  tho 

Ouneda  bettur, 

m  lud,  ihu  M  8756    To  haue  lengit  in  his  lond,  &  his  lyf  hade, 
u  hm  to  to  ^^  iitm&  deghit  in  his  Duch4,  as  a  duke  noble. 

Then  be  britiiet  on  bent  with  a  bueme  stiang : 
And  fele  other  &e  kynge«  frosshet  to  dethe, 

9760  J)at  might  haue  leuyt  as  lorde*  in  |wre  lond  yet  1 
Syn  the  worthiest  of  |>e  woile,  to  wale  hom  by- 

Aie  asseniblit  to  fia  aege  in  a  sad  ost, 

If  hit  happyn  hom  here  ^ith  bond  to  be  slayn, 

9761  And  Jiaire  londis  to  lose  lightly  for  ay, 

All  ^  world  shall  haue  wondur  of  hor  wit  febill  j 
And  Carles  }>aiio  cuntie  caoht  as  ^aire  aune. 
To  weld  all  fe  worcbip  fo  worthy  men  aght. 

«Mrhini»ir     9768    Was  not  honorable  Ector,  oddist  of  knightes, 
In  this  batell  on  bent  britnet  to  deth  ; 
And  lightly  his  lif  lost  in  a  stoimd : 
ffor  all  his  fuiflnes,  in  faith,  had  a  febill  end  t 

iibouiuu*  9772    tie  sam  to  my-self,  eothli,  may  happyn, 


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UFB  DEAKKK  THAR  tlMK  31! 

))at  am  febiller  be  fei  fen  fe  fre  priaee,  bq-axiiy. 

.Bo&ofin7ght,&ofiuak;^g,&ofiiia7ii8tieiikith.  mifbabn 
)}i8  tmnell  is  tjnt,  I  tel  you  before,  mm  iMia. 

9776     Me  to  preve  witA  your  praier  preetly  to  feld,        y^„. ,), 
Or  any  troien  to  tene,  tiiat  )e  non  other. 
Hit  ia  playnly  my  purpos  neuer  in  plaae  efle,       >  ■^^  "iht  no 
ffoT  to  bonn  me  to  batell  ^  buemes  schal  fight, 

9780     Ne  )ier  as  doute  b  of  detlt,  Sco  fis  day  efte. 

Me  ia  leuar  for  to  lyue  witA  losse  ))at  I  haue,         «.*»  -^n  i  h* 
J}en  ani  person  be  put  vnto  pale  deth.  mj  Hf." 

Hit  ia  wit  aoche  wildnea  wayne  out  of  mynd, 

9764     And  pas  ouer  a  purpoe  enparis  at  }«  end." 

J>en  Diamed,  |ie  derf  kjng,  and  the  Duke  iMmna-, 

Tretid  hym  tiietly,  all  vrith  tru  vordis,  ntsn;  tntin 

ffoT  b)  tume  hia  eutont  &  hia  tyme  kepe ; 
97S8    But  all  |Mure  wordis  f^  vast,  &  )raiie  wynd  alse. 

Nogbt  atiid  hym  ^  stith  in  hia  stalle  hert,  ((•*•  im  •-) 

So  the  prayer  of  the  pnnse,  ]>at  the  prtse  hade, 

Agamyuon  the  giet,  ^t  the  gomes  sen^ 
9792     IToglii  meuyt  hia  myud  for  no  myld  speche, 

He  put  of  hia  purpos  Sot  prayer  ne  other. 

})ah  l^ht  ^i  hor  lene,  fo  lordes,  in  fere, 

Ayryii  to  the  Emperonie  angaidly  fast, 
9796    All  >aitoldyn  hym  (tite),  as  ^tideeuyn,  (ua.hB-fob-) 

Of  Jiaire  aasware,  in  ordor,  tiiose  od  men  to-godui. 

Agamynon  full  gtaidly  gedrit  all  somyn,  Agmamaaaa 

DvikM,  and  derfe  Erles,  doughty  of  hond,  imndidruH 

9800    Caght  horn  in  councell,  and  the  canae  told,  iham  at  uh 

The  Buthirart  answares  of  Achillea  the  byng,       I^uumi  wa 

And  the  prayer  of  the  prioBem,  fat  prestly  were  "toiiirii.dTin 

By  assent  of  hym-aelfe,  f  e  soueraine  vnto  j 
9604    And  how  he  counceld  the  kyng«  to  kayre  into 

greee, 


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A  OOURCIL  OF  WiO. 

Wi'tA  the  Troiens  to  trete,  &  t«ne  horn  no  more ; 
AH  hor  lond  for  to  leue,  &  hot  lyne  sano, 
"Lakys  bot,  ledya,  what  jon  lefe  think, 
9808    And  what  je  deme  to  be  done  at  this  do  tyme." 

When  the  souerain  hade  said,  sone  opponon, 
ITenelay  meuyt  vp,  &  wi'tA  luonthe  aaide : — 
"  fforto  ti«te  witA  the  troiens  js  no  tyme  now, 

9612    Sa  no  woTship,  I-wia,  but  a  wit  feble. 

8yn  Ector  ded  is  of  dynt,  &  Deffibus  the  knight, 
And  other  kynges  ben  kyld,  (tat  cleane  were  of 

hond, 
The  Troiens  full  truly  trnsten  no  bettur, 

9816    But  deraly  to  degh :  ^ai  dcmyn  non  other. 
I  am  sekir,  f or-sothe,  and  sadly  beleuo, 
WttAouten  helpe  of  pat  hathell  ts  hastis  an  end." 
Then  2feetor  fe  noble  duke,  another — ^Vlixea, 

9820     Saidon  to  the  eouerayn  sadly  agayn  : — 

"  )K>f  Jiow  wylne  to  fe  wer,  wonders  vs  noght) 
8yn  pi  hert  ia  holly  the  hannys  to  venge ; 
Thy  wyf  for  to  wyn,  ])at]ioa  well  lones, 

9824    And  to  grefe  hom  agayne,  yf  ^on  grace  hada : 
Bnl  yet  tmst  not  pat  Troy  will  titly  be  wonyn, 
)X>f  derfe  Ector  be  ded,  and  Deflibus  alse. 
There  is  another  als  noble  &  nait  of  his  atrenght, 

9828     &  als  wondurly  werkes  in  wer  vppon  dayes  ; 

That  is  Troilns  the  trtet,  pat  tcnee  vs  full  cuyll, 
And  faeraly  in  fight  fellis  our  pepulL 
)>of  Ector  were  eflsones  ordant  alyoe, 

9832     He  kyllea  our  knighted,  kernes  bom  in  Bonder: 
And  Paris,  a  prise  man,  pert  of  his  dedis  ; 
Was  neuer  Deffibns  so  doughty  &  derfe  of  his 

honde«. 
Therefore,  sirs,  vs  semyth  eothely  the  host, 

9836     WttA  the  Troiens  to  trete  &  turns  to  our  londeit, 
"With  the  hanne,  pat  we  haue,  of  our  hede  kyngs^ 

l.TOOglc 


WAR.  321 

III  sauyng  of  our-eelfe  &  oar  bui«  knightcA**  Book  xxiv. 

Then  Galcaa  the  cureet,  ]>at  vaa  tbe  kyde  traytaar, 
9840    The  Bjsahop  of  the  boigh,  fat  I  a1>oae  eaid, 

Negh  wode  of  hia  wit,  wait  into  aorow, 

firast  ont  wttA  a  bin  &  a  bale  noise.  tih  tniior 

"  AA  !  aoble  mea  of  nome,  nayet  of  your  werke*,  ttma  ihu  uw 
9844     WorthieBt  in  worde,  wanttis  no  hertte  !  SI^^^im'uiu 

What !  thinke  ye  so  froly  this  Jirepe  for  to  leue ;  *'*'^- 

Your  goddie  to  greue,  Jiat  gtannttes  you  an  end  1 

Leuys  hit  full  lelly,  the  laike  is  your  avne, 
9848    And  the  prue  of  the  play  plainly  to  ende, 

Thurgh  the  gtaunt  of  your  goddes,  &  no  gcem  ^ole. 

What !  ihinke  ye  ao  ^roly  ])is  ^pe  for  to  lene ! 

Heyue  Tp  your  herttes,  henttes  yowr  armya  ;  Hi  orpi  iham  u, 

9852     Wackyns  rp  your  willes,  as  worthy  men  ehuld;  ua«MMMi 

Bes  fuerse  on  your  foe  to  the  Sei  end,  ugtana. 

And  lette  no  dolnes  you  drepe,  ne  your  dede  lat ; 

fiares  with  no  faintyng  till  your  fors  lacke  I 
9856    TristiH  me  full  traly,  yon  tydes  the  bettur, 

Yonder  won  for  to  wyn,  and  yozw  wille  hane ; 

And  )ierfoTe  giene  not  your  godde*  for  giem  )H(t 
may  folow." 

At  the  wordss,  I-wis,  of  this  irickyde  traytor, 
9860    AU  the  greke*  wUh  grem  gedi«t  fen  herttes, 

Noght  charget  Achilles,  ne  hia  choise  helpe, 

But  were  frekir  to  )re  fight  ^n  at  the  first  tyme ; 

And  J)UB  in  Kigour  fot  Senkeg  Beatyn  tyll  efte. 


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(folium     xxb  Bolte:  off tbe i£extene  Sc pt x&ij BateU. 


9864    W^lK^nthe  Monethisweicmetiytof  themenebn, 
The  Giekes  wi'tA  a  grym  faxe  gedrit  to  felde 
i,  !U[oDy  bold  vppoii  bent  in  bor  bright  wedys, 

All  ffneise  to  the  fight,  felle  men  of  hondM. 
9868    pan  aoght  fro  the  Git4,  vtVt  a  sum  hoge, 
Troiell  the  tn'et  knight,  &  ^  toiU  entrid. 
The  etouN  was  full  atith,  storf  inony  Icnightaf ; 
Dodraen  with  dynttes  dropptt  full  thicke, 
toiiihifc  9372    And  mony  iede  on  the  Uund  out  of  lyfe  past 

ffor  tene  of  his  tni  brother,  Troiell  the  knight, 
Dressit  bym  the  dethe  of  Deffibus  to  venge. 
Mony  grekflu  vnto  groand  he  gird  out  of  lyue, 
9876     And  fele  -wiVt  his  fauchon  ^t  fyn  knight  Blogh. 
As  Daree  of  his  dedis  duly  me  telloB, 
A  thowsaund  thro  knigbte«  ^rong  he  to  dethe 
Put  day  -with  his  dynttes,  of  the  derffe  greke& 
TiH(ir«k*>n      9880    All  tfrickly  his  foB  fled  at  the  last ; 
udrMnU.  Jlai  tumyt  to  pen  tentte«  witA  tune  at  )iai  bade: 

The  ifrigies  bom  folowet,  fell  hom  wi't/t  swoides. 
wiu  Mda  tb*  J^an  the  day  onerdrogb  to  ^e  derke  nigbt, 

9884    The  Troicns  tumyt  to  tonn,  &  the  toile  leuyt 

W^heu  the  aun  vHA  his  soft  beuuea  set  vp 
ololte. 


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TBS   8EVEKTEEXTH  BATTLE.  323 

The  gKk^e  out  gird  pen  gram  for  to  T^tge,  Book  zxr. 

And  the  Trolens  full  tyte,  on  tlie  tother  balue : 
9S$8    ffuU  mekill  was  the  murtlie,  &  meraell  to  here  I 

TLe  deif  k^ng  Sy omede,  Jtat  doghty  was  ay,        maatim  aoa 

Son  vitJi  his  fos  OB  B  faeiae  lyoa :  ^^  ud  ml 

Mony  britnet  the  baeme  of  the  bold  troienn ; 
9892    Hony  lede  out  of  lyue  wi'tA  hia  launse  broght 

Troiell  )wt  torfer  titly  beheld, 

Kayres  euyn  to  the  kyng,  ^at  he  knew  well,        TnOMtiimea 

yfitk  all  the  coree  of  hia  caple  &  a  kene  speue.        ' 
9896    He  tachlt  on  the  tulke  wttA  a  tore  dynt, 

And  he  keppit  the  caupe  wiih  a  kant  wille. 

On  the  brest  of  the  buerne  bnke  he  pa  launse,    Ahooiwaoa 

Bat  he  woondit  not  the  wegb,  ne  nowise  hurt.     driiH  um  ta  um 
9900    Dyomede  wt'tA  the  dynt  of  the  derfe  Troielos,      "^las.) 

Halfe-lyueles  along  on  the  lannd  felle, 

WttA  a  wicked  wound  thmgh  the  waet  euyn. 

J)an  TroieU,  the  tore  kyng,  titly  vmbiaid 
9904    Of  Bresaid,  the  bright,  wi'tA  his  breme  wordss. 

The  grekat  witA  greio,  Ss  wi'tA  gret  strengbt,        tim  omki  nia 

Hurlit  hym  fro  hoisfete,  hade  hym  awsy,  ud  Xr?  um  to 

The  abalke  on  his  aheld  ahoke  to  hia  tent, 
9908     As  for  ded  of  pe  dynt  diesBit  hym  to  ly. 

Menelay  ^e  mighty  ^ia  myschefe  beheld,  if  iIm.  to 

The  dethe  of  Diamede  dresdt  hym  to  Tenge.        srDkBwta, 

He  thoght  Troiell  to  take,  or  tene  wttA  bis  bond, 
9912    And  rode  to  ^  Benke  wttA  a  rolde  &re. 

Troiell  keppit  the  kyng  wt'tfe  a  kant  wille, 

Woundit  hym  wickedly,  wait  hym  to  ground ;     tan»  4«ii»<i  lo 

His  hede  vnder  borsfete  hit  on  the  bent. 
9916    The  men  of  ^t  mighty  ^aire  moistur  oan  take. 

Braid  hym  on  a  brode  sfaeld,  bere  to  bis  tent; 

As  a  lyueloe  lede,  left  hym  for  ded. 

Agamynon  the  giem  of )»  greked  beheld,  AgmmDOiiwith 

99S0    Segb  bis  w^bis  be  woondit,  &  ^  wnise  haue :    uthinKWi 

He  cald  hym  a  company  of  knigbtev  full  noble, 


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324  BBIBBIS   AND   DI0MEDB8. 

B"*xxv.  And  fell  to  the  frigies  faersly  anon, 

Qreuit  hoiii  full  gretly,  and  to  ground  broght : 
kuii  ud  wmiidi    9924     Woundit  horn  wickedly  -warppit  hom  doun. 

And  myche  honue  vitii  Mb  hond  bappit  to  do. 
IVoiell  v/ith  ieae  tumyt  -with  the  kyiig, 
bat  ii  Hnrdf  Gitd  hym  to  ground,  &  greuit  him  euill ; 

Troll*.  9928    Woundyt  hym  wickedly,  but  no  woth  in, 

)}at  he  light  on  the  laund,  ^f  hym  lothe  were. 
Pta  he  hasted  to  hoise  tbuigh  helpe  of  his 

knightes, 
ffoie  out  of  fight,  and  his  folke  hoole ; 
9932    ffoi  the  day  ouer  drogh,  dymmet  the  skewis, 

And  all  the  buemes  of  the  bur^  busket  to  rest 
Than  to  Pmm,  Je  pnse  kyng,  piestly  Jai  sent 
(fiiL  IN  a-i  ffor  a  tru  to  be  taken  wt'tA  treatyng  of  mowthe : 

A  true*  iw  lie       9936     Sex  monethes,  and  no  more,  ^o  mighty  deseyret, 
gnuud  by  AH  parties  in  pea  for  to  put  ouer  : 

^'*™'  Of  f  is  Jie  kyng  and  his  councell  caipit  to-gedur. 

By  assent  of  hia  seniours,  &  sum  of  his  knightef, 
9940    Hit  was  gianntid  agayn,  &  grete  me»t  asurit ; 
And  snm  lacked  the  lede  for  }ie  long  grannt. 


In  tyme  of  the  tm,  as  tretis  ^  boke, 


Doringtho  ma.  Breisaid  the  boid,  vnbidyu  of  hii  fader, 

to  uw  tsnt  of       9944    ffiill  duly  to  Dyamede  dressit  to  wend, 
))at  abode  in  hia  bed  of  his  bale  wound : 
Oft  tymes  in  the  tra  ho  to  his  tent  yodt^ 
To  Gomford  the  kyng  in  his  cold  angnr. 
9948     Yet  wlet  ho  full  well,  >e  wound  fat  he  hade^ 
Betid  hym  of  Troiell,  Jiat  was  hir  tra  luffi 
Oft  ho  waivet  hir  wit  &  hir  wills  chaunget, 
And  menyt  hir  mynd,  as  maydons  done  yeb 
H»u«  no  bov*    9952    Eo  trust  nener  witA  Troiell,  teime  of  hir  lyne^ 
Tronm  •>>•  To  mell  wttA  in  manage,  ne  more  of  hir  lust 

■Rcpt  mmtom.  Ho  puipOBt  hii  plainly,  wi'tA  all  hii  pure  herf^ 

\fHA  Dyamede  to  dele,  &  do  all  his  wille  ; 


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ACHILLB8  STILL  LAPT   IN   tOVB.  32 

9966    Ifener  the  grete  for  to  grutche,  ne  the  greko      bwhit. 
weme, 
Ail  his  lust  &  his  lykyng,  aa  hyme  lefe  thi^ht ; 
So  hatnet  hir  hort  in  hia  hegh  lone, 
And  all  jome/yng  for-yeton  of  hii  yore  dedw. 

9960    Agamynon  the  gret,  and  the  good  heater, 

To  the  choiae  Achillea  [chefe]  on  ^sre  way ;  titB.'iiB"di«r. 
And  he  welcomyt  Jio  worthy  on  a  wise  faire,  kS^^^I^" 
As  glad  of  thoa  gret  aa  his  degre  wold.  aSSijI?»  u 

9964     WitA  full  speciall  apeche  })ai  apake  to  |)e  kyng, 
ffor  to  force  hym  to  fight,  &  his  feris  help ; 
But  hie  hert  was  so  hardonet  all  in  hote  loue. 
He  wold  not  mene  to  his  mynd,  ne  ^e  men  here. 

9968    But  for  lewtie  of  longlTme,  (lat  Jie  lede  hade 
To  Agamjnon  the  gret,  growen  of  old. 
He  hight  hym  full  hertely  to  haue  at  hie  wille 
The  Minnydons,  his  men,  fat  were  of  mayn 
Btrenght 

9973    t)an  he  Jiankit  hym  ficke  in  his  fro  hert, 

Toke  leue  at  the  lord,  lengit  no  more,  [ib 

Tumyt  to  his  tent,  talkit  no  ferr. 

OF  ZnU  AMD  fe  SIX  BATELL. 

When  the  dayae  were  don  of  the  du  pea,  Tbi  ti 

9976     Agamynon  witA  his  greke«  graithed  to  feld.         omki 

All  the  Mirmydons  men  were  mi^tyly  arayed,    xjm 

By  chai^  of  Achilles,  fat  was  fere  ohefTe  lord,    i^ 

He  aaaingnet  yche  Sege  sekutly  to  haue, 
9980    As  dropis  of  dew  droppyng  of  Kede, 

In  hoi  colours  to  ken  all  oun-  care  wise, 

Aa  Bemyng  wttA  Ruthe  by  right  of  hor  hede^ 

))at  lappit  was  in  luf,  longit  full  sore  ; 
9984    So  fai  lutton  ftdre  lord  &  fere  leue  toke, 

fibre  euyn  to  fe  fight,  &  the  fild  entrid 

Wi'tA  soft  paa  all  somyn  in  a  sop  hoU. 


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THB  mOHTEEHTH  AND 

]}an  ^  Troieus  wi'tA  tone  tachit  on  ^  gnkM, 
And  oppressid  horn  with  pajn,  pot  horn  to 

ground. 
The  Dute  of  Attena  full  derf,  doghty  of  bond, 
fiEaght  vrith  horn  fellj,  &  hoi  foes  noyet. 
Troiell  the  tru  knight  turnyt  to  ^e  I>ake, 
9992    And  haie  hym  oner  backeward,  he  tult  on  fo 
erth; 
Gird  to  fe  grtkes,  &  myche  grem  wioght ; 
naVrntMn*  Maid  of  ^  Miimyden  wttA  his  mayn  streu^t ; 

Wonudit  horn  wickedly,  wait  hom  of  horse ; 
9996    Myche  hanayt  the  hede  men  wt'tA  hie  hond  one. 
Thus  ^  Uiket  o  }ra  laund  the  long  day  ouer, 
Till  the  Bun  in  his  serde  set  Tsdernethe : 
jngUaAfti  Then  parted  the  pepull,  pradt  to  fere  hold, 

10000  And  loget  the  long  night  till  the  larke  sang. 

Xhe  Becund  [day]  euyng,  eais  me  the  lyne, 
Bothe  the  batela  foil  brem  on  [the]  bent  mei 
Kene  was  the  crie,  cniashyng  of  weppyn : 

10001  Blode  flemyt  o  fer  in  flatt«>  abonte  I 

'    Philmen  the  &e  kyng,  &  fuene  Polydamaa, 
•n-mit  King  Toax  ^  toke  &  tomyt  away. 

<(M.  iM  a.)  But  the  Kinnydona  wi'tA  mayn  met  on  hom  aone, 

HHiiid  ttf  tin      1 0008  Refte  hom  the  Benke  with  a  roide  fare ; 
UjmMait.  g^j^^  jjy^  ^j  hondee,  hade  hym  at  eae. 

And  alto  hurlit  ^o  hodmen,  hannyt  hom  euyll 
pan  come  Tioiell  ffull  tyte  wttA  a  tore  weppyn, 
10012  Mony  of  ^  Miimydona  maynet  foT  euer ; 

Hew  hom  doon  heterly,  hade  hom  to  ground ; 

WitA  mony  hidious  hurt  hannyt  hom  mekill. 

TnUaikiaT-  J}ai  prBsit  Tmbe  the  pnse  knight  prestly  onon, 

njTmUoBM.        10016  And  the  horse  of  ^t  hathell  bewen  to  dethe; 

Wold  haue  fongit  the  freike  witA  hoi  tyas 


And  haue  led  the  Icde  the  lystis  vnto. 

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MINBTBENTH   BATTLE. 

Pan  Faria  tlie  prtse  ^ght  preset  in  switlie, 

10020  WitA his  noble biethiinaturell,nait  men  of  weiT,  i 
)}ai  met  on  the  Mirmydon^  macchit  hom  baid,     i 
Pallit  thuTgli  the  penana,  put  hom  heside, 
Hurlit  ))QTgh  the  hard  maile,  hagget  the  lere^ 

10024  And  delloert  the  lede  lawae  of  hor  honde^ 

UoTsit  h^iu  in  haet  fxagh  help  of  Ma  biether. 
Pan  wacknet  fere  wo  &  mony  whe  sotot  I 
The  Mirmydons,  for  malice  of  the  mayn  tioielaa, 

10038  ffoghten  ao  felly  the  tregiee  among, 

On  Swargodon  ^  xlogh,  a  sure  mon  of  aimys, 
A  priaa  son  of  Priam,  &  a  pert  knight, 
The  noblest  of }«  naturell,  ^at  soiet  hom  bU. 

10032  Troiell  weppit  for  woo  vitA  watur  of  his  ene,  ^ 
And  brochit  in  bremelj  his  brother  to  venge ;  t 
WiWt  Faiys,  the  prise  knight,  &  proud  men  of 

Troye, 
Uony  watchond  vound  wtogbt  at  Jiot  tyma, 

10036  The  Mirmydons  were  mony  &  of  mayn  Btrenght^ 
Wise  men  in  werr,  wight  of  hor  dedis, 
Gnithe  of  hor  gooemaimce,  giym  in  a  feld, 
Of  all  fetifl  enfonrmyt,  fat  to  fight  loi^t : 

10040  Thai  segh  the  troiens  ao  tore  &  tentyroya  moo ; 
Jjai  hade  no  mi^t,  ne  no  mayn,  ]n  men  to  witA- 

stonde, 
But  assemblit  on  a  sop  sadly  to-gedn^, 
And  ay  droghsn  o  diegh,  as  hom  deirit  lest. 

10044  On  nowise  in  this  world  waii  hom  fsi  might ; 
Bat  Troylus  wi'tA  tene  ay  tttmyt  hom  doun, 
Snndrit  the  aoppia  wi'tA  his  sad  dy&ttM, 
Shot  thnigh  the  aheltrons,  &  shent  of  hom  mony, 

10048  Than  Agamynon  the  giete  &  grym  Menelans,  j 
Telamon  the  tore  kyng,  &  tiA6  Tlixes,  u 

And  Diomede  the  donghtie,  pat  daly  was  hole, 
All  gird  in  ftiH  grymly  wttft  a  gret  pepnll, 

10052  Bestorit  the  stith  fight  etnenily  agayn. 


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328  THB  ORBBXa   ABB  DRIVBN   BACK. 

BwifctiY.  Haid  was  the  hurteljug  tho  herty  betwena, 

And  mouf  bold  vpon  bent  brittenet  to  dethe. 
Then  Troiell  wttA  tene  tumyt  in  smitt, 
10056  Gild  to  the  giekes  wttA  a  grate  yre ; 

Woundit  hom  wickedly,  wait  horn  to  groond ; 
Opptedt  horn  wttA  payn,  &  wi'tA  pale  strokM; 
ibnnfti  th*  ThuTgh  the  beipe  of  fiat  hynd  &  hia  bond  one, 

TroUnitHju*    10060  The  grokes  fleddon  in  fere,  &  fe  fild  leuyt, 
Tumyt  to  yen  tenttes,  taried  uo  lengur, 
Wt'tft  all  the  hast  of  fen  horses,  houet  ^ai  noght. 
Than  Aiax  the  auntroa  come  angardly  fitst, 
10064  }}At  was  Telanon  tore  son,  &  of  Troy  comyn. 
He  gird  in  wttft  the  grekes,  grenyt  fuU  mekilL 
n^naniiM  Jjan  the  gnkee  •with  giym  fere  getyn  the  feld, 

ifallyn  to  ^  fight  felly  agayne, 
10068  As  brenyt  ia  in  boke,  &  mocbe  bale  wrogbt : 

fi\ill  sharpe  was  the  sboate,  shent  were   ^eie 

mony, 
Of  kmght<»  and  comyna  &  other  kyd  lordec 
Ttoilns  80  toilos  wttA  his  triet  stren^t, 
10072  Marit  of  the  Miimydona  memell  to  wete, 

Bieke  frn^  the  bateb  wttft  his  bronnd  fell, 
(fid.  156  n.}  And  mony  gret  of  f6  grekes  vnto  ground  broght^ 

WttA  the  might  of  his  monbode  &  his  mayn 

A(tini«iiD         10076  So  wonderfiilly  ^  wegh  wroght  at  fiat  tyme, 
mgUtbjTroiia.,  ^^  greke*  flowen  in  fere  &  the  feld  leuyt, 

And  tumyt  to  fiere  tenttes  tenyt  full  euyll. 

There  Troiell  wttA  his  troiens  myche  tene  wrogh^ 

10080  ffolowet  on  horn  fueisly,  frunt  bom  to  ground, 
fiel  bom  wttA  fewchons,  foynet  hom  ^nrgb. 

vtuaptBTHCM  A  hundreth  hede  men  he  wttA  bond  toke, 

kudndottlM 

mmh.  And  sent  to  f»  CU4  wttA  sure  men  to  kepe ; 

10081  paa.  leult  the  laike  for  late  of  fe  night, 
Aither  p«rtie  fuU  prist  preset  to  fen  bold. 


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A0HILLB3  enU.  LOTB-BOUKD.  329 

Xhe   minnjdona    witA   mouniTiig    meuit  to      '°°*'^^' 
Achillea,  SrihS^ 

With  wonndia  full  wete  &  wofoDy  dight :  HMU^li^a!!* 

10088  Thai  told  hym  full  tite,  ^e  tene  (wt  J>ai  (loletj,      JJH'''**" 

And  the  murthe  of  Me  mea  fargh  the  Tnain 
Troiell : 

There  were  fellit  in  the  feld,  founden  of  hom, 

A  hundreth  -with  hood  hewen  to  dethe. 
10092  The  chere  of  Achilles  chaimget  mth  fat, 

Sat  eoie  of  Ms  knightes,  Jiat  were  cold  dede. 

The  baeme  to  his  bed  boakit  anon, 

Aa  hit  come  hym  by  coarse  of  ^  kynd  night,     onnnM  widi 
10096  And  ky  in  hia  loge,  litill  be  deppit,  S^f  ~"' 

Put  wandrit  &  woke  for  voo  of  hie  buemes. 

Uony  thoghtes  full  )no  ^rappit  in  hJs  hert. 

And  gird  hym  in  grefe  his  grem  for  to  venge ; 
10100  fforhis  men,  }iat  were  mart,  meuyt  hym  so,  baiaiinto 

Pal  be  was  iirike  to  the  fight  bis  fos  to  anoye.      o^Ttrimn*. 

But  PoUexena  the  pert,  witft  hii  pure  loue, 

Enforce  so  ^at  &e  in  his  felle  augnr,  hi>  lofi  fcr 

10104  Abated  the  bremues  in  his  bale  yie,  MKitahkuiv. 

And  stoppet  tbe  strif  of  his  attong  hert ; 

ffor  hit  meuyt  to  his  mynd  in  the  mene  tjine, 

If  ho  fore  to  )ie  fild,  and  fe  figbt  entrid, 
I0I08  That  the  Loue  of  the  Lady  lost  were  for  ay,  (tu.  iu  t.) 

Wi'tAouten  hope  of  Jiat  bynd  to  haue  in  hie  lyue, 

And  Tntrew  of  bis  tiawth  trnat  neuw  after. 

Of  the  forword  be  fest  wi'tA  bis  fie  wille,  h*  nmabm 

10II2  To  Frtam  in  pn'uete,  and  bis  prise  qwene,  primmud 

Neuer  in  fild  to  be  founden,  ne  his  folke  harme,  ""** 

IfoTiy  day  he  endiirit  in  hb  depe  thoght. 

And  ay  compaat  ^e  cases  in  his  dene  hert. 

HERB    JjAI    FAOBT    VU    DATES    TO-OEDUB,    )}AT    YB    NOT 
SeCOST  :    NO   BATBLL. 

10116  Than  the  Troiens  on  a  tyme  tokyn  the  feld. 


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AGtMEMSOV  PBIUND8  A  TBUOB. 

And  ib.Q  giekes  liom  agayn  wi'tA  a  giym  &ie : 
Seyuyn  dajes  somyn  sesit  ^  noght, 
Mony  doghty  wttA  dynt  Tuto  detlia  yode, 
10120  AndmonyiQ themenetTmemanitoftliegrekeg. 
t  Yet  the  lede  in  hk  loge  vitft  his  loue  hote, 

Neiur  bownet  vnto  batell,  ne  to  bright  aimys, 
Bat  in  thoghtw  fall  firo  ^rappit  with  hym-selujn, 
10124  Ab  a  mon  out  of  mynd,  mas0t  full  euj-IL 

jTan  AguuTBoa  the  giete,  b;  grement  of  all, 
""'"""'"'  To  the  tonn  for  a  tretw  triaty  men  sent ; 

ffor  the  mnrthe  was  so  mykull  of  ]«  mayn  gickes, 
10128  )}en  dut  hym  the  Duke  for  deetany  felle ; 

But  the  troiens  fall  tite  of  the  tiew  hym  dcnyet, 

wij  tiB*  Is  tmj  Any  tyme  for  to  toiy,  for  tene  pat  might  happyn, 

puMd,  But  a  space  for  his  spilt  men  spedely  to  graue, 

10132  And  bryng  hom  to  beiynes,  and  barly  no  morai 


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a^i  xAi  Soke :  of  tlie  (n)  Baun  ot  ttie     00.1— n> 
Cite. 

\|^lteti  paste  was  tixe  pee,  parties  were  gedirt         (Uims.) 

&o  the  tentteff  &  the  toon,  tal^  the  fekl : 

Assemblit  wero  Badly  soodionne  foil  noble, 
10136  AiidmaBtoiiTe,]K(twasstith,(rtaeiiilf)«ifoght7n. 

MeneUy  met  vpon  mayn  Paris,  jmutinc  bMwHB 

That  bothe  were  ^  backewaid  boine  of  fen  ttnt, 
hotsee, 

With  the  lippe  of  Jure  launaia  so  lannchet  ^ 
somjn. 
10140  Polydamaa  the  pert  preset  to  Ylixes, 

With  the  caape  of  a  kene  swetd  kerue  on  his 
belme. 

The  fieike  mtA  a  f^achon  f^idit  hym  well, 

And  fbght  wftA  the  fuetse  knif^t  felly  agayne, 
10144  Menestaos  the  mighty  wttA  a  mayn  dynt, 

Antenotir  in  angur  angaidlj  stroke, 

Unboiset  the  heK^  hade  hym  to  gromid, 

WttA  the  lip  of  a  lannee,  ^f  hym  lothe  were. 
10148  Fhilmen  the  faerse  kyng  wttA  a  ^^ne  epeiie, 

Gird  to  Agamynon,  &  the  gome  hit ; 

G«uit  hym  full  gretly,  gai  hym  to  stoape^ 

Jjal  he  wauerit  |rerwi  tA,  &  weikly  he  sete. 
10163  TelamOD  come  tyte,  &  the  tothei  met. 

Bore  hym  ouer  backeward  wi  tA  a  big  dynt, 


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DEFEAT  07  THE  UTItMIDOITS, 

Woundit  hym  wickedly,  &  the  we  halpck 
Aehilacua,  a  choisa  son  of  the  chefie  Nestor, 
10156  Preait  to  a  prise  aon  of  Priam  the  kyng. 
One  Bynour  the  bold,  as  the  hoke  sais, 
And  the  lede  witA  a  lauiise  out  of  lyue  broght : 
ffoi  the  dethe  of  this  dere  myche  dole  rose. 
10160  The  Troiens  witA  tene  toQed  full  hard, 

"With  a  Rumour  full  loide  &  a  roght  hate ; 
TroOiu»Ten«i»  And  to  Troiell  was  told,  hym  tenyt  ^erwith. 

BtaBOTj  WitA  a  fouohon  full  fulle  fueraly  he  stroke : 

10164  Mouy  britnet  the  bold  for  hiB  broUiet  sake, 
Of  the  grek^  iu  hie  grem,  &  to  ground  cast. 
All  the  pepull  hade  he  put  to  ))e  pure  flight, 
Ne  hade  the  Mirmydona  mightely  his  malis  wt'tA- 
stonnd. 
10168  Than  Ttoilus  with  tene  tumyt  bym  switbe, 
(W.  iM  ^)  Mellit  witA  the  Mirmydona,  manit  horn  thicks. 

Mill  ind  nnndi  Gird  hom  to  ground  and  to  grym  dethe, 

Mjirawom,  Hid  Woundit  hom  wickedly,  walte  hom  besyde. 

Maigtit.  10172  His  dyntte«  so  dedly  durit  so  longe, 

jMt  all  the  MimiydoDS  men  meuit  hym  tro, 
fell  to  the  flight  and  the  feld  leuyt : 
Uyet  hom  hedlynges,  &  }hui«  hold  toke. 
H<t«n<>«tx*n   10176  Troiell  w»tA  the  troiens  twmyt  hom  after, 
sou  itum  down.  Woundit  hom  wickedly  in  hor  wale  tenttes, 

ffellyn  to  fote,  foghten  full  sore. 
And  mony  at  the  mene  tyme  murtherit  to  dethe. 
lOlSO  The  clamour  was  kene,  crying  of  pepull, 

ffor  the  murtho  was  so  my  kill  amonge  the  grek«, 
■■tb»!-i  ■'^^  (ekiew),  for  ^  ekrykyng  &  skremyng  of  folke, 

Bedoundet  witA  dyn  drede  for  to  here. 

Tbeiiuhud       101S4  1  ho  noyes  noise  n^hit  to  Achilles, 
iwudbjAEhuiM.  As  he  lay  in  his  logo,  of  ledia  were  hnrt : 

He  spird  at  those  specially,  that  epede  hom  to  flo, 
The  caoae  of  hor  care  &  the  crie  hoge. 


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ACHtLLEB  RUSHES  TO  BATTLE. 

10188  Thai  told  hym  full  tyte,  tbe  troieiu  wiVi  fowe 

Gild  doun  the  grekes,  &  the  ground  wan  ; 

Takyn  fere  tenttes,  tomyt  hom  vnder ; 

Oppressit  hom  wttA  pa;n  &  wiih  pale  stroke* ; 
10192  And  ^i  no  poaer  hade  plainly  to  pat  hom  abake. 

"  And  je,  that  hopyn  in  hele  here  for  to  l&ng, 

Sekir  of  jour  selfe,  &  no  eora  Jole  ! 

Hit  shall  hap  you  to  hane  in  a  hond  while, 
10196  ffyfty  thowsaund  fell  foike  out  of  Troy, 

To  take  you  with  tene  &  time  yon  to  ground. 

Mouy  of  your  Murnydona  manit  for  ener : 

Thai  hane  no  fone  hom  to  fend,  ^aire  foe  aie  so 
kene; 

10200  Wttftonten  socour  of  soremen  fa  sothely  bene 

dede!" 
Achillea  for  angur  angardly  swat ; 
So  hatnet  hia  hert  in  a  hote  yie, 
|>e  lone  of  his  lady  ^an  left  was  behynd, 

10201  Welt  into  wodaee,  wan  to  his  aimys, 

Strode  on  a  stith  hone,  stroke  into  batelL  im.  ist  >.) 

He  fora  wtVi  his  fos  in  his  felle  angur,  hafHiwdnuiw 

As  a  wolfe  in  his  wodenee  wtlA  wethuis  in  fold : 

10208  He  hoilit  of  helmys,  hedis  wt'tUn, 
Bent  thuTgh  libbis,  rosshit  vniaire  : 
Tenyt  so  the  troiens  wt'tA  his  tore  weppon. 
That  ^e  bent  was  on  blode  blent  -with  the  erthe, 

10212  ffor  britnyng  of  boemes  wttA  his  bright  sword. 

Pbb  Troiell  vrith  tene  the  tourfei  beheld,  Ccoiiatbetwtan 

Knew  well  the  kyng  by  caape  of  his  hond,  Trdim  -.  both  *n 

Beichea  his  Eeynis  &  his  roile  Btrs)ua, 

10216  Coires  to  fe  kyi^  with  a  kant  wille. 

The  kyng  met  hym  witJi  mayn,  maochit  hym 

sore; 
Detf  dynttea  ^  delt  fo  doghty  betwene, 
Wt'tA  ^aiie  fawchons  fell,  femyt  of  blode. 

10220  Troiell  canie  at  the  kyng  wi'tA  a  kene  aword. 


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334  ACHILLBS  IS  WOUKDES. 

Bw^PtTT-  Woundit  hym  wickedly  in  wer  of  his  Ijf, 

pat  he  waa  led  to  the  lege,  laid  as  for  dede, 
But  he  Jangurd  with  lecbyng  long  tyme  after. 
10224  TroieU  in  the  toile  truly  was  hurt, 

Bat  not  ao  dedly  his  dynttes  deiiet  as  Achilloe. 
Ni|[(it«iditii*  Thos  )>ai  bykirt  on  the  bent  till  the  baie  night, 

Pan  left  [lai  foi  late,  lordis  and  other, 
10228  Tamyt  vnto  tovno  &  the  toile  leuyt. 

Herb  paqht  Jjai  zx*'  daos  to-gsdub. 
Xi"  dayes  by  dene  wttA  dyntte*  in  feld, 
Psa  mett  ^  viUi  mayn,  &  mony  were  kild  : 
pa.i  neuer  restid  ^o  RenkM  fro  Risyng  of  snn, 
10232  Of  ^t  noyos  note,  till  ^  night  come. 

Priim  !•  i[ri*nd  pan  Pn'am  the  prue  kyng  hade  payn  at  his 

irokm  hb  hert, 

ffor  Achilles   by  chaunae  hade  chaungit   hie 

wille. 
And  breme  was  in  batell  hia  buemea  to  qwelle. 
10236  He  blamyt  fuU  bitturfy  fan  hia  blithe  qwene, 
}]at  ener  he  tentit  hir  tale  for  tri&ea  of  hym. 
He  said  pat  hia  soianse  sothely  was  iais, 
(M.iMh)  And  done  for  disaait,  demit  he  non  other. 

i^LjitnE  tw  ii      10340  Bolexena  the  pert  hade  pvne  in  hir  thocht, 
Sor  ho  purpoat  plainly  in  hir  pure  her^ 
Hym  to  husband  haue  hade,  and  hir  hap  ahope.  - 
In  Sex  monys,  at  the  most,  fe  mighty  Achillea 
10244  Waa  hole  of  his  hart  he  hade  in  the  feld. 
Of  Troiell  in  the  toile,  as  I  told  haue ; 
Bothe  sound  &  aaf,  set  for  to  fight 
)Mn  hatnet  his  hert  in  a  hote  yre : 

icMUa  TMolTM    10248  To  Troiell  viiA  tene,  fat  tomit  hym  vnder. 

And  woandit  hym  wickedly,  fee  words*  aaid ; 
"  Doatles  wttA  dyntte*  he  deghes  of  my  bond. 
And  er  he  fare  oat  of  fight  haue  a  fowie  end." 


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THE  BETHB  OF  TBOILITe,  BI  ACHtLLSB   UATTUBLT  BLATKB 
IN  THE  XZJ  BATELL. 

102S2  When  hit  toniTt  to  ^q  tyine  totfor  Bhuld  rise, 

Iho  mighty  on  mold  metton  to  fight, 

With  thaiie  bateb  Ml  breme,  biet  full  of  pepuU ; 

And  mony  bold  were  ^ere  britnet  vpon  both 
haluBS. 
10256  Achillea  Qie  c[h]oiae  kyng  chargit  hia  knighten,  aouuh  lainef 

£r  fM  busket  to  batell  foi  boret  on  erthe^  toovun 

P&t  )iai  holly  on  a  hepe  held  horn  to^edor, 

And  mynd  of  no  matei  for  mpchef  ne  othir, 
10260  Sane  Troiell  to  take  witA  toifei  )rat  day  j 

Frese  hym  with  pyne  in  partiea  abonte ; 

Cacche  hym  fro  company,  close  hym  wttAin, 

In  myddea  hia  mirmydonB  Jut  mighty  to  hold  ; 
10264  Stuff  hym  wi'tA  strengbt  fai  he  ne  etir  mi^t, 

But  hym-self  hym  to  ele  al^hly  wit&  hond. 

When  ho  menyt  his  men  Jiis  malie  to  viike. 

He  fore  to  |re  fi^t  wttA  hia  felle  kni^tes : 
10268  All  hiB  minnydons  mightely  meuit  hym  after, 

And  pnt  hym  in  prt'se  his  purpos  to  hold. 

J)an  Troiell  full  tidely  tumyt  into  batell, 

Wi'tA  a  folke  ^at  was  fell,  fuerse  of  assante, 
10272  Hardy  men  of  hond,  hede  knightes  all, 

And  wondurfully  Tnt^ht  on  hor  wale  foe. 

Troiell  the  tru,  wttA  hia  triet  Btrenght,  (bi.iMaj 

So  britnet  Viith  bia  brond,  &  brisit  the  gnket,      tih  orwki  u* 
10276  J)at  J»i  foundyt  to  flight  for  ferd  of  hym  one,  "° 

And  lefton  the  lond,  ^  horn  lothe  thught. 

Then  the  Uirmydona  mightely  meoit  in  hole,      tim  MfmidHu 

Two  thowaaund  by  tale,  as  taght  horn  Achillea.   nUj  umuu 
10280  Hia  comaondement  to  kepe  kaston  horn  ^en, 

And  aaaemblit  on  a  lop  sadly  to-gednr. 

The  Troiens  wttA  tene  )ni  timyt  to  ground, 

Eyld  of  hor  knightea  &  comyns  full  mony ; 


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336  DEATH  OF   TROILUS. 

B«*it«vi.     10281  Wet  hom  wttA  wouudis,  vaipit  hom  douii^ 
And  mycbe  baret  on  bent  to  ^e  buemes  did. 
Pan  tbe  gKkes  agayne  getton  tbe  feld ; 
ffoll  was  the  fight  foynyng  of  speirea. 
jfuijuiMboa  10286  Miche  haime,  In  )at  hete,  happit  to  falle 

On  aither  parte  witft  pyuo,  fat  put  were  to 


The  MirmydonB  hade  mynd  of  f  e  mayne  troiell, 
iMiiui  And  laited  hym  on  the  laund  as  the  lede  faght ; 

10292  The  compast  the  knight,  dosit  hjm  wttAin, 
On  yche  ejde  yppon  hepea  hastely  Btrikon : 
But  iDony  of  fo  Miimjdons  fe  maja  knight 

alogh, 
&  woundit  hom  wofuUy  a  wondurfull  noumber. 
luMHdihiiig.    10296  ))ai  horlit  of  hia  helms,  hade  hit  to  ground, 
Haimjt  the  hode,  fat  was  of  haid  maOe ; 
Rofe  bit  full  Boidly,  rent  hit  in  pesee, 
PaI  all  bare  was  the  bueme  aboue  on  his  crowns ; 
10300  Yet  he  fendit  hym  faeraly,  fele  of  hom  kild, 

And  gird  hom  to  ground,  )>at  greujt  hom  most. 
Achiiin  tiMyi  Thaa  Achilles  wi'tA  angur  come  angardly  fast, 

Segh  the  hathell  all  to-huilit,  &  his  hede  bare, 
■■^I^  10304  And  no  helps  of  his  hynd  (men)  hastid  him  to. 

WttA  a  fauchon  felle  he  flange  at  the  knight, 
Slough  him  full  slawthly  vHA  sleght  of  his  hood. 
And  hade  of  [his]  hede  vndwr  horse  fete. 
10308  He  light  doun  lyuely,  leoit  hym  not  so, 
biitdiDMdHd  ffestuyt  hym  vp  fuersely,  by  his  fste  enyn, 

<M.  iw  hj  Hard  by  the  here  of  his  horse  tayle, 

uddngatt  Andhurlit  hym  witA  hethyng  fnrgb  |)s  hoole 


10312  Xhow  Omer,  ^t  ofb>tymss  openly  writis 

Of  ])st  bueme  in  {li  boke,  as  best  of  bis  hondss, 
Or  wsgh  fat  is  worBhipfull,  &  wight  of  bis  dedis, 
He  comendith  hym  kyndlj  as  a  knight  noble  ; 


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IIO¥EB   KQT  TBCBTirORTHT.  337 

10316  Hot  be  TOaaon,  or  right,  or  rewie,  may  Jfou      Baoxxn. 
preue 

To  denie  hym  so  do^ty  in  dedis  of  armyat 

And  nomly  in  ]iia  note,  so  nolilely  ^on  eayes, 

Thnigh  eti«nght  of  his  strokes,  stioyet  hs  haso 
10320  Two  Ectora  eger,  &  to  end  broght  :— 

The  pn'nae  of  Jtat  pnraynBe,  ^t  no  peie  hade, 

And  Tioiell  the  triet  knight,  his  owne   tni 
brother, 

One,  the  strongist  in  atoare,  f&i  on  stede  lode. 
10324  Lelly  fi  le^pges  f<m  lappis  fall  faiie,  mttntuHr 

ThuTgh  afEeotion  &  faithe  foa  feat  wttA  the  hudMoni. 
grekw; 

As  ^oa  said  by  Jn-aelfe,  }nir^  aibradyn  first,        ciBraifiiii"- 

Thon  was  aliet  to  ^t  lynage,  as  by  lyne  olde,      rrttHamhip.) 
10328  Or  ellis  wodenes  Jie  wrizlet^  &  ^  wit  failet, 

And  no  reason  by  rewle  ^t  Benke  to  comend. 

Ne  fell  he  not  first  witA  his  fala  trayne,  i>id>io(Ai>biu« 

Honerable  Ector,  oddist  of  knighte^  Madwrguiji 

10332  The  strongest  in  stonre  )iat  eu«-  on  atede  rode ; 

^t  mon  hade  no  make  of  might  in  his  lyne, 

Ife  ao  worthy  in  world,  wist  I  neuer  sitheo. 

"When  he  caght  hade  a  kyng,  as  come  hym  by 
chaunse, 
10336  And  to  pnll  hym  of  press  paynit  hym  fast, 

Wiih  all  beeenes  aboute  &  his  btest  naked, 

His  shild  on  hla  ahtdders  e^ot  was  befayad. 

He  hedut  no  hathell,  ne  no  haime  thoght, 
10340  Saue  the  kyng  to  his  company  denly  to  bryng. 

Hade  the  prlnse  of  his  porpos  persaynet  before, 

He  hade  keppit  hym  fall  contly,  cawpit  witA 
hym  so, 

}}at  ^0  ^kei  ahold  haue  greuyt,  &  ]>e  gie  lost. 
10344  And  troiell,  the  tm  knight,  troyturly  he  slogh.    And  did  h.  k* 

Koght  burgh  stowienea  of  strokst,   ne  with  imwubt- 

,  ,  nondtdnd 

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Book  tiTi.  But  a  M,  fro  knight«s  ptoag  hym  aboute, 

)}st  noyet  ^t  noble,  &  naked  bia  hede, 
((oLiWa.)      10348  And  ehamfullj  a  ahent  man  he  shope  to  ths 
dethe. 
There  he  fonnd  no  defena,  no  fightjug  agayne ; 
But  as  R  ded  man  to  deme,  ])at  deitet  no  Tight 
Neuer  bond  vnto  bond  banuyt  be  nother, 
103S2  But  as  a  caitef^  a  coward,  no  knighthode  at  alL 
Tniir.  u  inr  Not,  loke  if  ^  lede  aoche  longyng  be  irorthcs 

bHD  In  hiu,  h*  As  ^u  wn'tia  in  )ii  worde«,  or  were  to  alow 

TOtodTiSjw u  I»t  80  wotBbipfull  a  w^h,  aa  fe  vi^t  Troilas, 

h«  did.  J  0Z5&  J)at  was  comyn  of  a  kyng,  J«  clenneat  on  lyue, — ■ 

Neuer  a  bettur  of  blode  borne  on  f  ia  erthe, — 
Bbnld  trails  aa  a  traytor  by  the  taile  of  his  horsa 
Hade  monbode  bym  menyt  maynly  wttA-in, 
10360  Or  gentilnea  iugget  ioatly  his  werkes, 

8um  pytie  hade  pricket,  hia  purpoa  to  leue, 
Pat  neoer  so  filthy  a  fare  hade  fallyn  in  his  bond. 

When  Faiis  persayuit  the  plit  of  hia  brother, 
OrieTind  nKmm.   10364  How  he  Was  dolf  ully  ded,  and  diawBH  in  the  ost, 

Ofte  be  awonet  for  awym,  aa  be  awelt  wold ; 

And  mycbe  dole  waa  ^at  day,  fo  Duke  to  behold. 
On  Trqiwus  The  troiena  vitft  tene  trauailed  full  sore, 

hti  bDdf,  an        1 0368  £For  the  body  of  ])at  bold  viiJt  baret  was  alayne, 

Tbe  corse  to  Beoouer,  &  kaiy  to  tonne. 

But  tbe  grekea  were  so  grym,  f  si  giid  bom  abake, 

And  witAstode  bom  full  atitbly,  stonyt  horn 

King  Mmmon       10372  The  mighty  kyng  Menon  mildll  fioiow  hade ; 

AtbUiMi  flbr  ^e  dethe  of  ^at  doro  vttA  dole  at  bis  hert, 

He  chefe  to  Acbillea  wttA  a  chere  felle 
And  warpit  fee  wordia  in  a  wild  yre  : — 

"p™*-  "«      10376  "  Thou  trOTtoT  vntra,  bat  trust  waa  in  nenar, 

ooBiuti  ffor  shame  may  fou  abunt,  as  shent  of  all 


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THB  BOOT   OF  TB0ILU8.  339 

How  found  ^a  ^t  filthe  in  fi  fals  ville,  Vttkjm. 

Of  BO  dogget  a  dede  in  )ii  derf  hert, 
10360  So  woTshipfiill  a  w^h,  &  worthieBt  of  blode, 

)}at  is  comyn  of  a  kyng,  the  denneet  on  lyne, 

To  tegfa  BB  a  irayioT,  and  tiaUe  ypcm  ^  ertlici, 

And  hurle  at  pi  hoise  tails  in  hetJiyi^;  of  ts  1 
10381  Lene  me  now  lell;  all  pi  lyfe  after, 

If  oner  kepis  pa  ]ii  cone  oat  of  cold  augur."  fiLutt.) 

)Mq  Jw  kyng  at  hym  canpit  wttA.  a  kene  speire,    hBrtntuai  wUk 

Hnit  hjm  full  hidusly ,  hannjt  hj'in  sore,  ' 

10388  pat  bisi  was  ^  bueme  to  bide  in  bis  sadUl, 

Or  oloAe  for  to  lenge  in  his  large  sete. 

))en  he  awange  oat  a  sword  swicly  wttA  Jiat,        a«  «uk  ■ 

Hnrlit  thnigh  Jw  helme,  bade  bjm  to  ground  :     norddadiMMm 
10393  With  a  wound  pat  was  wikkid  wait  of  hie  horse,  ''""«™~>- 

Half  iTneks  on  the  lannd  li{^t  vnder  fote. 

)Mn  pe  troiana  wttA  tene  tokyn  pa  body  TUNidr<' 

Of  Troiell,  pa  tm  knight^  &  to  toun  led.  namna, 

10396  \»  Mirmydona  paire  maistur,  masit  on  pa  grene, 

Ljfbin  vp  lyuely,  led  hym  away, 

Hordt  hym  in  haste,  bade  bym  a  lofte. 

Hia  atrenkith  leBtoris  stitbly  aiiajn,  aaam  nemn. 

10400  And  he  fore  to  >e  fight  witA  a  fell  wyll,  wuhimu. 

Machit  hym  monfy  to  Henon  pa  ijag 

And  he  keppit  hym  full  kenly :  pa  canpit  to- 
geduT. 

Menon  was  my^^tier,  &  met  on  bym  so, 
10404  |}at  be  grenit  pe  grake,  and  geoe  hym  pe  worse. 

pea  pe  bateU  come  bigli  rppon  botbe  halnya, 

Sondrit  bom  aone,  pu  at^htyn  in  twyn. 

JM  day  wax  dym,  dronpit  pe  sun,  »ighn»diHi« 

10408  )>e  lyght  wex  lasse,  and  pe  laik  endit ; 

Bogfatyn  to  tbe  ait^  &  sum  to  p^  testis. 

And  logget  po  long  nyght,  layd  bom  to  reet. 

Xhen  seuyn  daies  somyn,  aothly  pu  met, 

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THZ  DRATH  Of  UEIDTOK. 

10112  Bateld  on  bent  aa  bom  beat  lilid. 

ffell  wae  fie  fight  ))0  fomen  betwene, 
And  mony  derf  ^r  was  ded  er  ]ie  daie  put  I 
)}e  T^  day  sothly ,  saise  me  tbe  ly&e, 
■  10116  Achiliee  thnigh  chaunfie  was  cherit  of  his  wond. 
King  Menon  to  mare  with  Malys  he  ])Oght, 
And  boonyt  into  batell  wttA  his  baemes  all. 
He  meayt  to  his  Mirmydons  in  manai  before, 

10420  ]7b  kyng  to  vmbcast,  &  close  hym  wit/t-in ; 
Asaile  hym  on  yche  side,  til  hym  selfe  come 
His  vilany  to  venge,  and  his  vile  hnrt. 
jMn  ^e  stoui  was  full  stithe,  Btume  men  were 
slsyn; 

10424  Baemes  on  }e  bent  blody  be-ionen ; 

And  mony  hathill,  in  fat  hete,  of  his  horse  felL 

imS  DStHE  O?  UENON    J}B   KTKO,   BT   A0HILLB8  TVHOK- 
FITLLT  SLATN. 

Achilles  hym  chefe  to  fo  choise  Menon, 
And  monly  ^ai  met  witA  hor  mayn  speris. 

10428  iie  dentis  of  fio  derfe  derit  bom  so, 

))at  ayther  light  on  fie  lannd,  lenyt  Jiaire  horse ; 
Swange  out  swordys,  swappit  togedui ; 
And  ffelli  on  fote  fughtyn  fiai  bothe. 

10432  t)e  Mirmydons  to  Menon  mygbtily  ^ronge, 
Vmbset  hym  on  yche  eide,  sesit  hym  onon ; 
Hent  hym  in  bond  for  no  help  comes, 
No  no  rynb  hym  to  rescow,  but  his  ronk  fos. 

10436  t)en  Acbillee  come  chaseondwttA  a  choise  wepyn, 
Segh  Meiion  wiUi  his  men  myghtil^  boldyn : 
He  stroke  hym  full  etitbly  mony  store  dyn^ 
Till  he  britnet  fa  bueme,  &  brogbt  hym  to  deth. 

10440  Hit  wae  not  lik  )iat  ]w  lede^  thurgh  lust  of  hym 
one, 
Schnld   bane   hillit  ^is   kyng  wi'tA   his  clen 
etrcnkith  : 


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Syn  Menon  wiih  myght  hade  moriit  bym  ofte, 
)}at  ffro  ^e  liede  to  ^e  hele  f>e  bote  blode  ran : 

10414  And  he  likkir  he  lost  ^en  to  Ijae  after. 
jMrfore  see  of  Jii  aaghia,  fou  sore  homer, 
J»t  viitiB  of  hjm  worchip,  fat  worthy  ia  non ; 
Keiur  kyld  do  kyng,  ne  no  knight  jet, 

10448  J)at  Brcountid  was  kene,  but  wi'tA  cast  beaoa : 

And  if  treson  vith  tramen  be  told  as  for  vorchip, 
]}eii  u  ^t  lede  wortbe  lose  for  his  licbir  dedia 

Aenelay  witA  mygbt  meuyt  in  fen, 
104S2  Diamed  fe  dngbti,  and  deif  Telamoniu* : 

fee  gird  in  full  grymli  with  a  grate  oat, 

firosahet  to  faiie  fos  vttA  a  fell  stbouie, 

Grenit  hom  gretly,  gird  bom  to  fote. 
10456  ffoll  mony  were  mamt,  &  maymyt  for  ener  t 

)>en  fSed  all  in  fere,  and  fe  feld  lenyt, 

Soghtyn  to  the  CitS,  witA  aoiow  jiai  hade.  (^  im  »■> 

Theire  fos  on  hom  folowet,  fell  hom  fall  thick^ 
10460  Hew  on  wttA  hard  stele,  hurt  of  hom  fan, 

And  mony  kild  on  fe  diffe  vnto  cold  dethe. 

))ai  wan  in  wightly,  warpit  to  fe  yates, 

Barrit  hom  full  bigly  wjtA  boltes  of  yemo ; 
10464  Biaid  vp  the  brigges  in  a  breme  hast : 

The  tothii  to  the  tenttea  tumyt  agayne. 

pan  was  sorow  in  the  Cit^  eohbyng  of  teiea,       tu  rri>r  mbh 

"With  Pnam  tiie  pn'sa  kyng,  &  his  pme  wyfe ;    TnjinM. 
10468  Wailyng  of  wemen,  weping  of  knJgbte^ 

ffoi  the  loBse  and  the  Inre  of  fe  lele  cMlder, 

Eonerable  Ector,  oddist  of  dedia, 

Deffibua  the  doghty,  &  the  derf  TtoUob  : 
10472  Now  dem  fal  no  dede  bnt  Uie  detbe  fole  I 

J)an  Priam,  the  prue  kyng,  prestly  did  send        Pitai  anBudi 

To  Agamynon  the  giet,  for  graimt  of  a  tru :         tmiML 

And  be  aesentid  fall  eone,  asorit  wiiA  htmd, 
10476  And  affinnyt  hit  fiist  wttA  a  fyne  othe. 


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TBE  DKATB  OF   A0BILLE8. 

WitAin  the  tyme  of  fe  true,  for  troiell  waa  mode 
A  SepulcTB  Solempne,  set  fall  of  etonee  : 
ffor  Menon,  the  mighty,  vas  nude  pen  another, 
10480  And  the  coree  of  Jat  cleane  cloBe[t]  ferein. 

THR  DETHE  OP  AOBtLLBB   IN  TBK  TBUPLB,  BT   PARIS 
BLATM. 

Witftin  the  tyme  of  Jm  tru,  aa  the  trety  sayea, 

Hoiwrable  Ecnlia,  Ectois  moder, 

ffoT  the  dethe  of  hir  dere  sonnea  moche  dole  hade, 

10484  WttA  sykyng  and  sorow  selly  to  here. 
|}at  troiihy,  in  hir  irit,  varly  bethoght 
On  all  wiee  in  this  world  ^e  worthy  for  to  sle^ 
))at  hir  grenit  bo  gretly,  and  to  ground  bioght 

10488  All  ]k>  taetea  men  in  figfat,  witA  hie  fols  cast. 
Paiys  ftiU  pn'nely  aho  pulled  into  connoeU ; 
Thiea  woida  to  ^t  w<^  wepyng  she  said : — 
"Dere  son,  myche  vs  deies  the  dethe  of  ^ 
biether, 

10492  jMt  falsly  in  fight  ate  fellit  1^  Achilles, 
ffiiat,  Ector  wiih  envy  evill  he  dyssayuet. 
Dang  hym  to  dede  ;  &  the  deife  troilns, 
]Mt  my  lykyng  base  loet,  &  left  bat  the  none 

10496  Of  all  my  semly  sons,  ^t  my  eclas  was  in ; 
Therfore^  sothely  me  semes,  o  fo  same  wise, 
)}at  he  witA  treason  were  takyn,  &  timyt  to  dethe. 
And  dime  for  to  dregh,  by  domys  of  light^ 

10500  Soohe  wlrdes  &  wo,  as  he  wroght  has. 

-  He  has  sere  men  send,  and  sadly  me  prnyed, 
And  depty  decfyred  my  dogbt«r  to  wed, 
PoUexena  the  pert,  by  purpoe  of  olde. 

10604  I  will  bete  hym  tah  hertely  his  heat  for  to  kepe, 
,  My  doghtei  full  dere  to  his  dae  wyf. 

'  A  sonnd  will  I  eend  by  a  sad  &ynd, 

On  all  wise  in  this  world  warn  hym  fro  me, 

10508  To  Appollo  pure  temple  perUy  to  come, 


.,  CJooglc 


t»t  we  may  ajreike  of  onr  apede  Bpecially  fere.        BoofcxXTi. 

Thus  I  will  ^t  ^on  wirk,  wete  Jou  for  sotte :      miiii»tp»ri« 

Sure  kuighte*  of  OBsent  assemble  ))e  to,  km^u  md;  to 

10512  TumyB  into  the  temple  byetily  emirmyt ;  "^ 

Ebpis  you  in  txmer,  deane  out  of  eight, 

Tyll  the  kyng  and  his  company  by  comyn  witAin; 

f&Ilys  on  hym  fneraly,  &ap  bym  to  detlie, 
10516  That  he  pas  not  your  poaer  for  prayer  ne  other ! " 

The  knight)  at  ^  comanndement  of  hie  kene  Putuwnta: 
moder, 

Wtt&  eykyng  &  eorov  aaentid  ^erto. 

He  dreseit  for  ^  dede,  by  dom  of  )ie  qwene,         htiOaittttiiaa 
10520  xx"  knighte*  ftUl  kone  of  hie  kyd  frynde*.  "*'>«'•''• 

Cboiae  of  bia  chero  men,  chai^t  hym-eelfe 

His  coonoell  in  conert  to  kepe  for  the  tyme. 

Jhtn  Paris  and  hie  pepnll  past  to  the  temple,        migc«ioUi. 
10534  Eeppit  horn  in  cooert,  aclosit  ham  ^erin, 

Aimyt  at  all  peei^  abill  to  fight, 

And  a-bode  till  }«  bueme  vnto  bnrgb  come. 

)>en  Ecuba  esely  ordant  a  message,  hhdUihiIk 

1052S  Sent  to  ^t  eoaerain  by  a  sad  bynde ;  a^uIw" 

Spake  to  bym  specially  to  spede  of  his  etend, 

To  tttme  to  the  temple,  and  taiy  not  longe. 

Than  the  hede  kyng  Tohappely  hasted  belyue,         (toL  in  ».] 
10532  Labnrd  -with  lone,  ^t  lodly  diasaynis, 

And  mony  worthy  and  wise  hose  to  tro  broght, 

Put  Tnto  poaert,  and  to  pale  dethe. 

Achilles  with  Aichilagon  chefe  on  fe  vay,  Ai«wirrui 

10636  The  noble  snn  and  next  heire  of  KeetoT  the  Duke,  gae.totti> 

Soghtyn  to  the  citie  eomyn  onon. 

And  to  AppoUynB  aune  tempk  angardly  yode. 

Paris  wt'tA  his  pert  kuight^  presyt  hym  agayn,   lautHbdiv 
10540  Wi'tA  all  his  might  &  his  mails  the  mon  for  to  kuigbu,  ud 
ale. 

Swordis  out  swiftly  fiai  swappit  belyue, 

And  Tnwet  hym  full  sore  vpon  sere  halfes. 


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14  THE  DEATH  Of   AOEtLLES. 

BMfc^iTi-  Achilles  braid  out  a  brand  vHh  a  brem  wille, 

10544  And  fast  vmbe  hia  fist  foldit  his  mantilL 

All  bare  waa  tbe  baeme,  out  of  blight  vedie, 
Yet  seuyan  of  Jat  sorte  he  alew  iritA  hia  bond. 
TttTja  cast  at  the  kyng  with  a  Lene  will, 

10548  ))ie  darttes  noght  dole,  and  dedlf  hym  voondiL 
There  kyld  was  the  ky&g,  &  the  knight  bothe, 
And  by  treason  in  the  temple  tirnyt  to  dethe. 
J)aD  Paris  to  the  pepull  prestly  comaiuidii 

10652  The  bodies  of  fro  bold  to  brittim  onone, 

And  cast  hom  to  cnrree  &  to  kene  foghle^ 
On  fere  flesshe  hom  to  fede  on  a  fonle  wise. 
The  corses  of  )>o  kant  men  were  kast  into  stiete, 

10556  Icbe  lede  on  to  loke,  as  )>ai  lust  hade, 
ffayne  of  ^at  fare  were  the  felle  ttoiena : 
To  se  )»  corse  of  ^at  kyng,  pat  bom  care  wn^ht, 
Be  doi^n  to  dethe  for  deiryng  of  other. 

10560  Agamynon  the  gret,  by  giement  of  all, 
To  Priam,  by  priise  men,  pertly  be  send, 
))at  he  wold  graimt  to  ^  greke*,  by  grace  of 

hym-aelfon, 
The  bodies  of  fo  bold  to  beiy  as  hom  liked. 
10564  Arcbilagon,  the  cboise  knight,  was  cbera  to  hia 
fader, 
The  noble  Duke  Keator,  pat  noyet  full  aora. 
Mycfae  soTow  hade  his  Syre  the  snn  to  behold, 
And  oft  swonyt  that  swete,  &  in  awyme  felle. 
I0S68  The  kyng  graunttjd  )k>  greki^  fo  grete  for  to 
hane, 
The  bodies  to  po  bastell  barly  to  lede. 
ffoi  the  choise  kyng  Achilles  ftd  cherit  hom 

euill, 
WttA  mych  dole  for  hia  dethe,  and  drede  of 
hom  more. 
10572  fiai  bopid  full  hertely,  for  ^t  hed  losse, 


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A  OODNOn.   OP  WAR. 

Neu«r  the  cite  foi  to  sese,  ne  hor  Sate  bau&  bo. 

£FoT  the  losee  and  the  lure  of  fat  lele  kyng, 

Myche  vatei  fiai  weppit,  ^at  worthy  to  myaae. 
10576  P&n  ^ai  purnait  of  pnae,  with  preciouB  ataj, 

A  Sepnlcre  solempne,  set  fuU  of  Btonys  : 

Praying  to  Pmm,  ]io  prfss  men  all, 

WttAin  the  Cit4  to  be  Bet,  wttA  anfferana  of  hym. 
10580  He  grauntid  ^o  grete  a  graimt  foi  to  hane  Adju 

In  the  entie  of  the  est  halfe,  euyn  at  the  yato,     bntu 

That  troiena  in  old  tyme  Tyboria  did  call.  ^ 

Jjere  ^ai  tild  vp  a  tonre,  tiiedly  vroght, 
10584  Meraelonaly  made  wiiA  masons  denyse, 

"With  Jemmes,  &  inwella,  &  other  ioly  stonya. 

There  dosit  ^ai  the  fcyng  vpon  deone  wise, 

WitA  mykill  sorow  and  sykyng,  and  aoghtyn 
agayn. 
10588  }}an  Agamynon  all  the  gret  gedirt  ooon,  Aguu 

KyngM  into  connsell,  &  ofer  kyd  dukes, 

Erles,  &  all  men  oght  of  estate. 

Thiee  voidia  to  f o  worthy  watpit  fe  priae : — 
10592  "  Lokefi  now,  lordes,  onr  lure  la  full  hoge, 

On  the  myase  &  the  mnrthe  of  fa  mi^ty  «•'■* 

AohiUeS.  eontlDi 

Whethor  is  bettui  in  bat«ll  abide  in  this  Itmd, 
Or  kaire  to  onr  cnntre,  and  the  kythe  leue)" 
10596  Iche  vhe,  in  ^a  werke,  has  for  wit  kaat, 

))aiie  domes  were  fall  dyners,  doablit  fall  )>icke : 
Sam  lordea  to  lenge  lusty  foi  were, 
Sam  frike  to  ^e  faie  fero  fryadet  to  e& 

10600  0  sythen,  ^o  aoueraina  were  of  asent  bole,  ihm 
Jwrein  batell  to  byde,  &  the  bni^e  sege.  ^^ ' 
jMf  bom  aantrid  Achillea  wt'tft  augur  to  h»e,  (fin 
And  &il  horn  in  fight  wttA  hie  fj^  stiei^t, 

10601  Jlture  goddia  will  not  gab,  fiat  gianntid  hom  first  •m  ni 
The  dtS  to  seee,  aa  hom  selfe  lyked :  gotM. 
IVoy  wi'tA  his  toaria  tyrne  vnto  groond, 


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THB  aBHBES  8BND  FOB  NXOFTOLEMCS. 

And  hewyn  Tppon  hoin,  fiat  ^e  hold  lepia. 

10608  pan  Alaz  the  Auntroos  aUet  to  saj, 

In  myddee  of  }o  mightj  meuit  to  stond ; — 
"  Loidea,  yf  hit  lite  yon,  lystyn  my  wordia, 
And  hedis  me  with  heiyng,  herkyn  a  litle ! 

10612  )Mf  atmtras  Achilles,  abiU  of  dedia, 

Be  diepit  with  dethe,  and  done  &o  our  helps  ; 
Let  send  for  hie  sou,  a  sad  mon  of  bond, 
Oddest  in  armys,  &  austroa  in  were, 

10616  A  fuene  mon  in  fight,  &  in  bike  youthe. 
Out  knightes  to  comfoid  &  out  kid  p^ull : 
Of  ^ie  toon,  ellia  truly,  tidis  vs  nou  end, 
On  no  wiae  forto  vyn,  ne  oui  wille  haue.** 

10620  Then  affimyt  bit  ioat  aU  }e  fyn  conncell, 
And  asaentid  to  fo  sound  fo  Bouerains  alL 
On  ^ia  mesaago  was  made  Menelay  the  kyng. 
By  agrement  of  po  grete,  as  for  graith  holdyn. 

10624  He  was  chosyn  for  chore  of  his  choiae  wedia. 
If  eptolyn,  the  nobill  son,  naitly  lo  seche. 
Of  fie  duke  ^t  waa  dede,  doghty  Achillea. 
He  was  (lengyng)  in  lond  wtlA  Licomed  tlie 
kyng, 

10628  He  vae  graunaer  of  pat  grete,  &  for  graith 
holdyn. 

OFF  THE   (nil)   BATELL. 

Xow  hit  tide  for  to  tell  fie  tyme  of  f>e  yera 

The  son  vndur  jodiake  set  was  olofte. 

At  ^e  poynt  forto  passe,  &  put  into  canser ; 

10632  When  fie  season  of  somer  was  set  at  the  last, 
And  the  day  of  f)e  dieight  drynyn  Tppo  long; 
By  domya  of  deaynours,  ^t  delyn  fierwttA, 
Abill  of  astronomy,  fiat  auntiis  on  se, 

10636  Sadmen  of  Syens,  fiat  settyn  hom  ^erto, 
Solstaoion,  for  sothe,  sayn  hit  to  hat. 
In  the  monyth  to  meikc,  the  myddis  of  loyno, 


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THB  TRIU&NB  ARB  LED  BT  PARIS. 

The  eeztene  day  sothely ,  eais  me  the  lyne, 

10640  The  boldmen  to  bent  bonnet  full  Jiicke, 
Sadly  on  aither  syde  soghtyn  to  ffild. 
The  grekee  liom  greithed,  the  grettist  &  other, 
Dyomede  the  doughty,  &  derf  Meneetaos ; 

10644  Agamynon  also  anntrid  hym  -wtih ; 
Menelaos  among  meuit  to  ffeld. 
All  boskee  hoi  batels  on  hoi  beet  .vise, 
And  past  fuTth  to  l^e  paae,  ^o  ponei  togedui. 

10648  J}an  Pnam,  tlie  pnse  kyng,  pumait  onon 
His  knightei  in  companyes  cantly  to  'wend, 
Vndur  gooernaunce  graithe  how  )iai  go  shiild, 
And  aseignet  hom  hym-eelfe,  as  soueTun  &  Imd. 

106S2  Moche  dole  and  doate  ^  doghty  men  hade, 
Syn  hom  lacked  the  lode  of  the  loide  Ectoi, 
}}at  was  atithist  of  stonie,  etabill  of  hert, 
And  the  wit,  ^t  bom  vantid,  of  the  worthy 
Defflbns, 

10656  WttA  the  tmthe  and  the  trist  of  Troiell  the 
knight 
In  defantd  of  tho  fiieise,  the  fyne  Duke  Paris 
ffore  to  the  ^^A  wttA  a  fell  poner. 
Myche  watoi  he  weppit  of  his  wale  ene, 

10660  Oii«r-flowet  bis  foce,  fell  on  his  brest, 

WitA  stieamys  out  straght  Jniigh  his  stithe 

helme. 
The  muranw  was  mykill  of  his  mays  knightes, 
WttA  gnmyng  &  gi«f  for  )wfe  giet  angur, 

10664  Ay  in  doute  of  the  dethe,  drodyng  bom'^elnyn. 
Than  Polidamas  fall  prast  put  next  after ; 
Fbihnen,  the  ^rse  kyng,  wi'tA  a  folke  boge ; 
Esdyaa  also  anntrid  horn.  witA  ; 

10666  Eneaa  also  after  hom  went ; 

All  the  ledis  to  the  listes  on  the  latind  past 
Paris  wtt&  the  peicians,  prise  of  all  aicben, 
Assemblit  fiill  sone  with  a  sad  pepnll. 


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THK   PXBSIAtr  ABOHEHS  aiTX  WAT. 

10672  Mony  wondit  fai  vegh  of  ya  vale  gnkea, 

Aad  monf  slogh  in  )>at  slade  wi'tA  sliglit  of  hia 

bowe. 
Dyamede  full  demly  drof  to  tlie  l(yi% 
Fhyhuyn  tlie  fuene,  yriih  a  fnke  wille  ; 
10676  Hym  keppit  yat  kant  on  a  kene  q>eiia. 

Wi'tA  prjfie  of  Jia  pafigons,  bis  onne  pnie  men, 
Mony  grakes  ^o  giym  vnto  ground  bioght ; 
Woundit  full  wickedly,  wait  hom  to  dethe. 
10680  Jjai  hurlet  hom  full  hard  witA  hot  hogo  dyntt«^ 
)}at  Diamed  full  dernly  was  dryren  abacko, 
I  Meneataus, )«  mighty  nmlatur  of  Athenea, 

Predt  Folidamas  &  put  hym  of  horee, 
10664  With  a  spar  of  a  speire  in  dispit  felle. 

Jjan  he  braid  out  a  brand,  bikrid  hym  hard. 
Wold  haue  kyld  the  knight  to  the  cold  erthe ; 
But  fat  Fhilmyn,  fe  faene  kyrtg,  fell  to  |>q 
duke, 
10688  Halpe  hym  of  hondet,  hade  hym  away. 
Paris  full  prestly  put  hom  to  ground, 
WHA  sharpues  of  ahot,  ehent  mony  knighto, 
And  grenit  full  gntly  ])e  grekes  ^t  day. 
Aju,  tbin^       10693  t)an  Aiax,  the  anntrus,  come  angardly  faste, 
dan  mur  WitA  bomysshed  brand  britnet  hie  folke : 

«mM  wuiMt  Mony  tioiena  witA  tene  he  timit  to  dethe, 

'■™**'  And  angart  hom  euyll,  vnarmyt  ^ai  were ; 

10696  And  he  Tnwoondit,  I-wis,  oat  of  wothe  paste. 
To  the  perciane  he  put  hym,  ])at  Paris  did  lede, 
Tbt  nmoM  Britnet  of  bo  bold,  &  myche  bale  wrosht, 

)}at  all  flagb  hym  in  fere  for  feid  of  his  dynttM. 

lEB  DETHE  OF  AIAX,   BT  PARI3  BLATN8. 

(■8.  bu  "(■-)     10700  Paris  (with)  pyne  waa  pricket  at  his  hert, 

To  se  his  men  bo  be-mard,  &  mnrtherit  to  dethft 
Pttfa  wowid)  With  the  birr  of  his  bowe,  &  a  big  arow, 

pgiwwd  ■Riw.  Juat  put  was  in  poison,  ho  pairet  his  armur, 


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DU.TH  OF  FABI8   AND  AJAX.  349 

10704  Ent  Jnugli  hia  lybbes,  rent  hym  wi'tA  in,  Bootnvi. 

Betweene  the  lyn^  &  the  lightea  lannohit  hym 
^uighe, 

'pat  all  blackonet  hia  blode,  &  his  bio  ch&uiigLt ; 

}}an  feld  vele  the  fieike  Jnt  he  fey  was, 
10706  And  ded  of  fie  dyst  or  fie  day  paat.  (Uiuij 

THB  SETHB  OF  PASIB,   BT  AIAX  8LAYNR. 

He  prsait  vnto  Paris  in  his  pale  angur, 

And  as  he  faght  in  the  feld,  to  ^  &eike  said : — 

"  Parity  feu  prestly  hatb  put  me  to  dethe,  *i«  !■  rmng* 

10712  And  alient  me  mtA  shot  of  fit  Bhaip  geire,  uuKiMTHku 

But  I  d(^h  of  ^i  dynt,  and  damp  into  helle, 

))ow  shall  fint  go  before,  and  feuto  of  our  iray. 

Hit  is  leason  and  right  for  fi  Banke  loue, 
10716  jMt  fo\i  part  now  vith  pyne  fro  \n  prise  £kn, 

flat  is  cause  of  f  ia  caie,  and  thia  cold  angur ; 

And    mony    doghty    ten    dede    of   Dukes    & 
Enightw." 

Than  ha  here  to  fe  bueme  witA  a  bigge  eworde, 
10720  Horlyt  (urgh  ye  lielme  &  the  hard  chekys, 

And  lie  girt  to  be  ground  &  the  cost  jalde :         Pub  uxi  Mu 

„  ,    .      „  ,  ,  .  M  to  Ih.  ground 

£uyn  ded  of  fie  dynt,  deiret  no  mo.  dead. 

fnan  Aiax  also,  uigardly  swithe, 
10724  ffell  of  his  fole,  flat  to  >e  erthe, 

fibr  payne  of  his  pale  wound  paasit  o  lyue, 

Euyn  ded  of  fn  dynt,  &  to  dole  went. 

The  troiens,  wt'tA  tene  for  timyng  of  Paris, 
10726  Myche  moumyng  &  myschefe  in  bor  mynd  hade ; 

The  korse  ^  rekon^ryt  with  ^aire  kont  fight. 

And  broght  hit  to  butgh  wt'tA  bale  at  fere  hert. 

Dyomed  the  Duke,  &  Dorfe  Menestaus, 

10733  With  a  folke  fiat  was  fuetse,  feUy  witA-atode, 

Till  be  troiena  witA  tene  tumyt  the  bocke.  ti»  Trajim  u« 

,„  ,  driim  vltUB  til* 

The  Bun  in  hia  seme  set  Toto  rest,  gum. 

And  the  day  oner-drogh  to  fie  dcrke  night, 


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3S0  IBS  TBOJAHB  AltB  DKPBATJED. 

"oofcXiTL     10736  The  troiens  wttA  torfer  into  toun  entiid, 

Wt'tA  myclie  lure  &  loe  of  hot  lefe  kmght««. 
)}ai  jfukit  to  fie  yaiis  jepely  onoii, 
Barrit  horn  Ugly  on  lior  best  wise ; 
10740  Faseit  oa  preatly  wttA  payne  to  fera  Iniiee. 
(u.  1M».)  When  the  light  was  lease,  the  ledes  wtU^-oute, 

Daiiiwtbtiii^^  Xhurgh  gonemounco  giaithe  of  Agamynon  the 

AfUMOm  ., 

doMU*UM'^!i]U  Laidon  vacche  to  pa  wallis,  fat  so  vegh  past ; 

10744  FaviUons  and  poie  tentte«  pightyn  ahoute. 

And  ^«re  lo^^t  horn  to  lenge,  irhile  horn  lefe 

thoght. 
The  troiens  in  tonies,  &  on  toun  wallee, 
Laidon  epiee  specially,  &  spekon  hom  to, 
10748  On  all  wise  for  to  wacche  &  wait«  on  hor  fos, 
ffor  gawdis,  othii  gile,  ^t  hom  giefe  might. 

Xhe  same  ni^t  eothely,  sais  me  )»  lettor, 
Thtbodrofi'Hii  The  cone  caried  was  to  courtte  of  the  knight 

li  WTltd  lo  Uh  _     • 

fdaa.  Fans, 

10752  WitA  myche  weping  &  wo  of  his  wale  fiyndw : 
And  Borow  in  the  Cit4  was  selly  to  here. 
Thi  Tnjui  d*-  Xow  all  the  hrether  witA  bale  were  britoet  to 

^^■^■"^  dethe, 

t)at  the  folke  shuld  defend,  &  hor  fos  haime : 
107S6  Was  no  lede,  fat  hade  lost,  on  lyoe  for  to  be, 
Ke  hope  of  hoi  hele  in  hor  hert  thoght ! 
Myche  pit£  was  of  Priam  &  his  prise  qwene, 
With  Bobbyng  of  syater,  ^at  semly  were  eaar : 
10760  And  Elan,  of  all  wemen,  angai^y  &st 
Haia  moH  Swonyt  full  Bwiftly,  &  in  swym  felL 

omiiMdaid  XZti  tymee  hit  tide  truly  ^t  night, 

K-ajrofPuii.  Jjatwaa  draghenfrothe  DaieaUindedeswoiie. 

10764  Myche  leuer,  for  pat  lur^  out  of  lyue  passe, 
]}an  any  longur  to  lyffe,  &  hur  loffe  want. 
Hir  wordea  &  weping,  wo  to  be-hold, 


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VOnBNIHO   FOR  PABI8. 

Of  caie  &  complaint;,  cold^g  in  liert, 
10768  Hit  wold  haue  perait  •with  pyt^  any  pure  aawle, 
And  tendcit  wttA  teres  hoi  torfer  to  se. 
Hit  were  labur  to  long  hir  lotis  to  tell, 
Or  any  Tegh  for  to  write,  f  of  he  wit  hade, 
10772  The  boiow  of  ^t  aemly,  as  saia  me  the  lyne. 

Both  of  kyng,  &  of  kythe,  &  the  deane  qwone, 
Abriget  of  bant,  for  bale  fat  eho  fiolet ; 
And  hade  pitie  of  ^t  pure,  hir  payne  for  to  here. 
10776  ffor  the  luff  ^at  she  laid  on  fei-o  lefe  son. 

And  the  dole,  yai  aha  diegh,  for  hia  dethe  one, 
Thai   wotshippit   ^at   worthy   as   fer^   wale 


And  lelly  no  lesae  louyt  hir  in  hert. 

10780  J}an  in  lono  ioly  temple,  as  the  iest  tellis, 
Atyret  was  a  tabernacle,  triet  for  fe  noaea, 
Made  all  of  marbill,  of  mason  deayee, 
"WttA  mony  stuyng  stone  stondyi^  aboate. 

10784  Therein  Paris  was  pat  wttA  prestis  of  fie  h^he, 
And  dodt  vp  his  corse  ^pon  dene  wise, 
Wjt&  Sacrifice  and  aolemt4  snche  as  ytd  vsit, 
And  come  to  corapctouH,  as  bis  l[ynd  asked. 


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PoHi"  10788  FriamuB,  for  pit4  of  hia  pure  sons, 
™)  Hade  no  wills  for  to  weire,  ne  the  wallis  paa, 

nuiii  Two  monethis  witA  might,  er  he  mene  wold, 

mad ;  The  jEttea  to  Tame  he  y epely  comaimdit 

""     10792  The  troiens  in  the  tyme,  as  the  text  Baia, 

WitJi  myche  sotow  in  the  Cit4,  sobbyng  vnfiure. 

Hade  no  hope  of  fare  hole :  ^an  pere  hert  failet. 

And  Jiai  drepit  in  dole,  as  piu  degfa  shold. 
n  am  10796  Agamynon,  by  graith  men,  to  ])b  gret  send 
w.  Oft-sythes,  for  sothe,  in  the  same  tyme, 

Bade  hym  send  furth  hia  eondionna,  asaemble 
tofdd. 

And  buske  vnto  Batell,  or  his  hush  yelda. 
10800  The  noble  hym  denyet,  for  noy  fat  might  happen, 
■  b.)  He  diede  hym  full  depely  foi  deateny  feble, 

Lest  hia  folke  in  the  feld  were  l^nally  diatroyet ; 
tm  foe  And  for  hope  pat  he  hade  of  a  helpe  aone. 

I,  10804  Of  AmyBones  anntroe  atlet  the  qwen^ 

J»t  was  bom  to  the  buighe  in  the  baie  tjnte, 

Honorable  Ectot  in  armea  to  helpe. 

There  out  in  the  Orient,  in  old  mens  dayea, 
10808  A  prouynse  of  pme,  fat  preatly  was  cald 

Amysone  wiih  all  men,  aftur  full  loi^, 
n  There  wond  in  no  wegh  but  wemen  allone, 


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AMAJiOIIU   AND  THE  ^kUAZOKB.  353 

WjtAouton  men,  owtber  make,  to  medill  hom     Book  rxTii. 
with. 
1081 2  Jiai  were  strong  of  lior  atatuie,  stitliest;  in  aimys, 

And  veil  enformet  of  the  fete,  ^ot  to  fight  longit. 

Euen  hefore  in  fo  frunt  of  fat  fair©  yle, 

Was  a  prouynse  of  pnae,  &  praty  men  in ;  "^  *"■*  ■" 

10816  ffnll  of  all  frate,  and  fode  of  the  best,  obd  nun  dwdt. 

Wond  }en  no  women,  no  no  wegh  ellis, 

Bttt  men  on  pat  mold,  &  mony  fiai  wera 

Now  the  taaaer  was  moet  of  ^o  mylde  wemen, 
10820  Thre  monea  wttA  mirthe  Jio  men  for  to  viset ;       i"  *!"".  "w, 

Euermore  ia  Anerill  aontrid  hom  so,  womm  Tinud 

"Wt'tA  the  monith  of  May,  &  the  mery  lone. 

There  to  leng  witA  hor  louys  in  lykyng  a  while, 
10621  Oft  in  wanton  werkM  wez  ])ai  wt'tA  childe. 

And  sithen  of  solas  soghton  to  ^ere  londes. 

When  )w  biudis  paiie  birthe  hade  borne  of  fem 
eydee. 

If  hit  a  woman  were,  wttA  worship  hit  beppit^     iw^'h'"  "* 
10828  And  foetred  hit  furthe  vppon  fiiire  wise ;  imn;  imHf  m^i* 

And  if  ^at  aam  had  a  Bun  of  hii  selfe  home,        luiw. 

Hit  shuld  be  keppit  fiiU  cleane,  as  ^  clanae 
tellna, 

Thre  yere  thmtely  throngen  to  end, 
10832  Than  sent  to  fe  syre,  and  Boiowma  witA  hym. 

Thus  tide  hit  ^at  tyme,  as  I  telle  o^ 

There  was  a  lady  in  ^t  lond,  ^t  be  lyne  aght 

All  the  kyth^  &  the  ciowne,  &  the  kleane 
aoile, — 
10836  A  maidon  full  of  might,  &  monly  in  annye. 

Boldest  in  batell,  beat  of  hor  honde>, — 

Pantasilia,  }iat  pert  prestly  was  cald. 

That  honerable  Ector  od  myche  loayt,  (m.  im«j 

10840  ffoi  hie  proves  of  pnee,  and  his  pert  dedis. 

And  for  wightist  in  wer  of  Jiis  world  J>en, 

Hit  was  told  vUJi  a  true  of  a  ti^ot  ost 


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351  THB  TBOJAK8  LBD  BT  PBNTHBSILBA. 

Bootuvii.  ,  Of  grekes  ^t  were  gedrit  to  Jo  great  troyo, 

10814  Fn'am  to  oppiesse,  &  tus  poie  lond«s ; 
FnthaDa  And  ho  come  for  ^t  cause,  Jiot  kyng  for  to  helpe, 

Amuau  to  WitA  luT  maidons  full  mjld,  mightily  in  axmya, 

A  thowsaund  fall  ^ro,  ^pand  in  wer. 
10818  ffoi  lone  of  >at  lede,  Jut  vaa  of  lyne  past, 
To  ^  Git^  ho  soght  wi'tft  hur  cmte  hoole, 
Noght  knowing  the  case  of  fie  kyd  pniue, 
R«(ritf«  J}at  the  doghty  was  d«de  &  drepid  for  ay. 

HtcteniiaiB.   I08fi2  Whan  Jrat  worthy  hit  wiat  of  his  wale  dethe, 
Myche  BOiow  &  aykyng  Baxika  in  hii  hert^ 
And  mony  dayea  for  dole  ^at  doghty  can  wepe. 
This  lady  at  the  laat  lefte  of  hir  aorow, 
I0S56  And  prayt  Tnto  Pii'am  all  wttA  pnre  woid«, 
Bhi  ^iji  Mud  His  Imemes  Tnto  hatell  hainly  to  ordan, 

UkUDwtanto 

iHdUitTniui.  And  poll  rp  a  port^  let  hom  pasae  furthe. 

Sho  purpoet  hii  plainly  wttA  bir  pore  maidons, 
10860  The  greke«  to  greue,  &  ahe  grace  hade, 

In.  fight  for  to  fele  of  hii  fell  dynttM, 

And  of  maidyna  might  make  hom  to  know. 

)}an  Fmm  his  pnse  men  p;vatly  comaondit, 
F;i«n«M,         10864  Philmen,  the  fiieise  kyn^  &  his  feres  all, 
PuiTduoH,  witii  Eneas  also,  abill  of  dedis, 

tbumr  Pn-  Folidamaa  the  pert,  vith  a  prue  hatell, 

Wi'tA  Pantaailia  the  pure  prestly  to  wend. 
10868  Daidan  to  vndo  )ie  d<^fy  comaundit, 

And  all  fore  to  ^  fight  in  a  fnint  hole. 

The  grekes  gird  hom  agayn  with  a  giym  fere. 

And  witA  launsea  on  the  laond  lepyn  to-gednr. 
Aamatatti*       10872  Breme  was  the  hroche  in  the  breat  ))an  I 
iieiHUdi  la  Pantaailia  so  pr€sit  proad  Menelaus, 

Qaan.  l>at  ho  gird  hym  to  ground  wi'tA  a  giym  dynt 

The  horse  of  |iat  hathell  hent  ho  belyne, 
((bi.iM»j      10876  And  laght  by  the  Beynes  to  a  ranke  maiden. 

Dyomede  the  derfe  diofe  to  )n  qwene, 

With  a  cooree  of  his  eaple,  and  &  kene  span. 


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THB  OBBBKS  ABB  DBIVEN  BACK.  365 

ptA  mighty  hym  met  mtA  a  mayn  stroke,  Baonrvn. 

10880  ]7at  he  bead  in  the  backe  to  ^e  baie  Bodell, 

Ynaeth  held  hym  on  horse  for  hanne  |iat  he 

Ho  raght  to  hym  rodly,  reft  hym  hia  sheld, 

And  hetoke  [hit]  foil  tite  to  a.  tiiet  maiden. 
10884  Telamon  yrith  tene  tamyt  to  Jie  lady,  sii«hnriiT»i»- 

To  vei^  of  hir  Telany,  &  voide  hym  of  hanne.    ■mmd) 

He  laimchit  to  )iat  lonely  -wiih  a  light  wille, 

And  ho  keppit  the  kyng,  kest  hym  to  gToand, 
10888  TiU  hie  head  witA  the  hard  yerthe  hnrUt  full 
sore. 

So  faght  fat  freike  with  hnr  fyne  strenght, 

)}at  ho  kuoveu  -was  for  kene  wiiA  kaupe  of  hir 

And  myche  dnt  for  hir  dynttes  or  fe   day 

1 0392  So  )>at  worthy  in  wer  wroght  at  fat  tyme,  -ptare-,  •»! 

pat  Telamon  ho  toke,  &  tumyt  away. 

Diomede,  J»at  Duke  was  duly  beside,  Htiin«o«dhj 

If^egh  wode  of  his  wit  for  f  e  wale  kyng ; 
10896  So  he  fore  fere  in  fight  with  his  fell  stroke^ 

}}at  the  lede  fro  the  ladis  lawse  away  past. 

pan  Fantaatlia  the  pert  viiJi  a  pure  steuyn, 

Criet  on  hir  company  with  a  cant  wille  ; 
10900  Afisemblit  hii  soTte  on  a  sad  hepe. 

And  80  fneisly  fai  faght  with  the  felle  grekM, 

Thurgh  helpe  of  fat  hynd,  tmd  hii  hed  maidens, 
'   |)at  all  fell  to  Jie  flight,  &  the  feld  leuyt  Tb*o™Aib«ik 

10904  The  wemyn,  as  the  went,  welt  horn  to  ground,     UnAnumnni 

Vfith   Bwappie    of  her   8worde«   Bwelt  mony 
knight«« ; 

Chasit  hom  wttft  choppis  fo  chynallme  ladis, 

To  the  side  of  the  sea,  oi  Jtai  sesse  wold. 
10908  There  the  grek«<  wi'tft  grem  had  the  gre  lost,       2|1SI™  '^ 

And  endit  for  mer,  enya  at  fat  tyme,  maorHkiftom 


IBBITAL  OV  NEOPtOLEInTS. 

Hade  not  Dyomede  witA   dyntte*  done  witA 

hondes, 
So  woadurly  well  at  the  watur  side. 
10012  Tliera  delt  )Hii  with,  dynttes,  till  the  derke  oight. 
All  left  Jiai  for  lato  &  huikp^  of  Sun. 
Pontasilia  the  pert,  and  hir  priee  maidnes, 
1  Kyag    Fhilmyn    the    fuene,    wiWt    hie    tyae 

knightea, 
10916  The  prise  men  of  Fafigon  fro  )ie  prese  vent, 
Soghtyn  to  the  Cite  witft  hor  truto  hole, 
Zattid  full  esely  onon,  as  horn  likod. 
jTan  Fnam  waa  proude,  &  prestlj  bclenyt 
10920  ffor  to  couer  of  core  thurgh  fair  kyd  helpe. 

EERK  FAOHT  )}AI  TWO  UOHETHES. 

Two  monethis  witA  might  ^i  metton  on  hent, 

Bothe  the  batels  full  breme,  as  the  boke  sais. 

Duly  yche  day  delton  ^  strokes, 
10924  Till  Menelay  the  mene  tyme  hade  the  mere  past 

To  Lycomede,  fe  lell  kyng,  &  the  lede  bw^t, — 

fTeptolon  the  noble,  next  to  Achilles. 

He  was  sun  to  ^t  eame,  as  J  said  ere, 
10938  )3a.t  is  Fimis  in  proses  propurly  cald. 

Two  Domys  had  pat  noble,  fat  I  neuynt  hauo, 

Enowen  in  hie  cnntre,  kyndly  by  aither. 
I  When  he  come  to  pe  cost  Jiere  Jm  kynges  lay, 

10932  Hym  welcomyt  tho  worthy,  as  a  w^h  noble; 

And  the  miimydona  mighty,  foi  maistur  hym 
toke. 

Were  glad  of )»  gome,  &  gretly  honouryt. 

The  grekes  fiiyne  of  pat  &eike,  and  wtt/t  a  iiiiut 
light, 
10936  Eetaynit  hymwttA  B«uerence,  )io  Riche  men  all. 

And  honnret  hym  by  ordinaunce  wttA  order  of 
knighL 

Telamon  fiill  tyte,  triety  of  dedis, 


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RKIOIOIHQ  OF  THH  QBEEES. 

Gird  hym  full  graidly  Wi'tA  a  gay  swordo, 
10940  Bad  hym  nait  hit  nemly,  and  noy  of  hia  fos, 

And  dete  for  the  dethe  of  his  dere  fader. 

Two  spunes  Ml  apedely  spent  on  his  hells, 

pa.t  were  gaily  oner-gilt,  yo  grele  wttA  hor 
hondec; 
10944  }}ai  betoke  hym  the  tent  of  his  tiied  fkder,  ■ 

And  all  the  hameis  hools  of  ]iat  hed  kyng.  a 

There  ^  fourmyt  a  feat  w»tft  a'fyne  wille, 

Sert6n  dayes  by-dene,  duly  to  hold ; 
10948  With  Sacrifice  Bolenine  soghten  Jwre  halowee, 

And  all  glad  were  po  grete  of  pe  gome  \»n. 

THE  ZZII   &  ZZIU   BATBLL   OF   THB  C1T2. 

When  hit  drogh  to  f  e  day,  the  Dokea  wit/i^nte 

Bushet  Tnto  batell,  and  the  burgh  alae. 
10952  Tho  mighty  wttft  mayn  matton  in  the  ffeld. 

And  girdon  to-gedur  on  a  grym  wise, 

Pirma  ynto  preee  put  hym  anon,  f 

In  the  honerahle  aimys  of  his  avne  fader. 
10956  Polidamas  he  preset  wt'tft  a  prise  swerd, 

With  sleght  for  to  ele,  &  alyi^  mto  groand ; 

But  hit  passit  his  poner,  for  his  pure  helpe 

Of  Phylmen,  the  fuerse  kyng,  fendit  hym  wele. 
10960  Fimia,  that  proud  kyng,  presit  so  fast,  '> 

t)at  be  gild  hym  to  ground  of  his  gret  horse. 

He  macdiit  hym  with  might  pe  mon  for  t 
take, 

Ab  by  witnes  in  wer,  &  away  lede : 
10964  But  the  Pafigons  prudly  put  hym  agayn, 

Thaire  lord  to  ddiuer  wttA  his  lyf  hoole. 

The  Mirmydons  mightely  mellit  horn  wttA, 

J)at  p^  caght  not  the  kyng,  ^of  fiat  care  fiolit. 
10968  Fantasilia  come  pertly  with  hir  pure  maidnes,      p«nUM.uemui(i 

Biusshet  into  batell  wt'lA  a  breme  fare.  nahnpoaUu 

(All  faire  eolouris  by  corse  were  of  cleane  while. 


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TBX  UTBHIDONa  AKD  AHAZOKB. 

Ajb  the  glyasenoiul  gletnes  ^t  glenttes  on  Jw 
skaowe.) 

10972  Tho  my  Id  witA  the  MirroydonB  mellit  so  hard, 
jMt  mony  worthy  fai  wotmdit,  &  waipit  to  dethe. 
))aii  Teltuuon  come  tjte  wtt/t  a  tried  wiUe, 
To  Pantasilia  preset  wi'tA  a  prond  dynt 

10976  He  giid  hir  to  gronnd,  and  greuit  hir  yll. 

And  ho  stithly  in  the  stouie  start  vppon  foto, 
Tumyt  hii  to  Telamon  tite  witA  b.  eweid, 
"  Hit  hym  bo  heturly  viVi  a  hert  ffille, 

10980  )}at  he  huilit  down  hedlongw  to  the  hard  erthe, 
And  lay  gronond  on  ground  with  a  grym  nojse. 
Than  the  maidnes  wM  might,  at  the  mene  tjme. 
Theirs  lady  rppolofte  lyftyn  onon, 

10981  ))at  was  f&ike  to  the  fight  &  of  ^e  stienghty 
And  as  lion  on  the  laund  lannchit  abonte. 
l^at  worthy  was  war  of  ^  woo  sone, 

How  Philmen  the  fn  kyng  was  fongid  in  bond  ; 

9  macchit  hii  manly  the  iUirmydons  to, 
With  hir  maydnes  of  might,  &  of  main  strenght 
So  JK)  wemen  in  wer  welton  doun  the  knighte^ 
Deyiit  hom  witA  dyntte*,  diyvon  horn  abacke, 

10993  jMt  all  fled  hom  for  fere,  f^  of  hor  dethe. 
Pirrus  Jiia  prowee  pertly  beheld. 
How  his  3£irmydona  wttA  mi^t  were  mellit  to 

ground: 
Philmen  the  &e  kyi^,  ^at  he  in  tjist  hade, 

1099S  He  lete  to  )w  laige,  lame  of  his  hondes. 

He  criet  on  hia  knight<»  vHh  a  kene  wille : — 
"  Ne  shamys  yon  not  shalkea  to  shunt  of  ^e  £ld, 
ffi}r  Qi6  w^knes  of  wemen  woondia  a  litell  I 

11000  TumeB  yow  full  tyte,  &  taries  a  while, 

Let  TB  wend  to  yon  wemen,  wait  hom  of  horse ; 
WitA  swyng  of  oni  Bweides  swap  hom  in  eonder, 
And  dyng  hom  to  dethe  for  d€7iing  of  other." 

11001  FantaeiliA  the  pride  of  Firms  onsr-herd ; 


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FEMTBESILEA  ASS  FTBBBUB. 

Of  his  mote,  Se  his  manas,  not  mykell  ho  roght. 

When  he  neighed  hur  negh,  naitl;  ho  said 

J}ee  wordea  to  the  wegh,  )wt  he  well  herd  : — 
11006  "lamnotferdof  Jnfaie,  nejiifellapeche, 

f)ot  ])i  ttAur  wttA  folshed,  &  -witA  foole  treason, 

Honerable  Ector  Bgatlj  slogh : 

WhoBe  Tilany  to  Tenge,  &  ^  vile  dede, 
11013  All  the  Todd  shnld  wilne,  wemen  &  oder. 

And  we,  )iat  in  ire^  wemen  je  call, 

Of  cure  dynttes  dedly  shall  dole  wttft  yon  sone." 

Fyrrus  wex  pole  at  hir  pure  wordes, 
11016  And  come  witft  a  couiee  of  hiskene  yre^  (fiiLi«».) 

))at  doghty  to  dere  wttA  a  dede  stroke.  ''■r  'W't 

The  women  was  war  of  his  wille  eone, 

And  keppit  hym  fall  cantly :  ]iai  canpit  to-gednr, 
11020  WttA  fniie  glaines  fidl  giym,  on  the  grene  lannd^ 

J>at  PiiroB  with  pyne  was  putto  ]>e  erOie, 

And  his  speire  Tntto  sprottei  spronngen  on  ^ 
qwene. 

He  lannchit  vp  lyuely,  lacchit  a  swerd, 
11024  Bere  to  fat  bold  -with  a  breme  Esire ; 

And  ho  keppit  hym  full  kantly,  kobbit  wtt& 
hym  BoK^ 

Wotmdit  hym  wickedly  in  hir  wode  augur,  Pniiiadio 

Wold  haue  dongyn  hym  to  dethe^  hade  )ni  delt 
long. 
11028  Jun  Jn  Ujimydona,  his  men,  mightely  comyn,     tuirjimidou 

Lepyn  to  fere  lord,  lugget  hym  away, 

Halpe  hym  to  horse  in  a  bond  qwhile, 

Thmgh  etrenght  of  fat  stouie,  &  of  stltlie  fight. 
11032  })an  Agamynon  the  giete,  wttA  grakM  ynow, 

]>yomede  diogh  neie  wtth  a  deife  pepnll ; 

Antenor  also  auntrid  to  batell, 

Wtt&  a  company  clene  of  kyd  men  of  armys. 
11036  I^ylmen  |»  fieke,  Jmt  foeisly  wttAtakim, 

))at  passit  £to  Pirrus  by  the  prise  qwen<^ 


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S60  PENTHH8ILKA  AIID   PTRaHIIS. 

Rwvxxvtt.  Lut  to  fe  lady,  &  of  his  lyff  Jumtet, 

p>ieiii«ui  Monj  sithes  for  sothe,  er  he  aeee  wold. 

■iiH  Tor  BvinB      1 1040  pan  ha  semblid  his  Borte  on  a  sop  Itoll, 

And  Pautasilia  full  pertly  all  hii  prise  maidnes, 
FalidamaB,  the  pert  knight,  fat  put  was  to  fot«, 
Was  fraat  Jirough  the  jrrong,  &  of  ^lepe  past, 
A  ttna  I  lOii  Hoimt  in  hast,  highit  agayue, 

"With  fuerao  men  in  fight  a  full  fell  nowmber. 
Eneas  also  wi'tft  angaidly  mony, 
Kyng  Bomys  the  Siche,  witA  a  roghe  hatell, 
11048  Thies  hurlet  on  a  hepe  with  a  hard  shoure. 
Dynttee  fiill  dedly  were  delt  bom  among. 
And  mony  &eike  viidurfot«  &nnt  of  hor  horse, 
pyrrus  hym  paynet  to  pyne  of  his  fos, 
aiwnaddniij    11052  And  the  women  wightly  walton  doun  ps  greke*, 
IMe.ht-aiaim')  On  (Glaycon),  a  gome,  gird  was  to  dethe 

(M.iwii.)  WttA  PiiTOB  in  pn'ae,  Folidamas  brother, 

Antenor  avne  sun,  aldist  but  he, 
11056  Gettyn  in  his  gamyn  on  a  gay  lady. 
Thi  QdM  ud  Pantasilia  pr«eit  Firras  Adl  fast, 

°*  And  the  freite  hym  defendit  witA  a  fyne  chere. 

So  burly  fo  big  brusehit  to-gedur, 
11060  pat  backe  to  fe  bent  borne  were  Jai  aither; 
Stithly  f  ai  start  Tp,  strekyn  to-gedur 
Tyll  the  prese  of  the  pepull  partid  hom  Bonder. 
PoirdHOH  Folydamas,  for  payne  of  bis  pure  broder, 

daUiii(hi>         11064  Gild  doun  the  grekes,  and  mycbegrem  did: 
WttA  wonndes  full  wide  wait  hom  of  horse. 
And  wondwrfully  wroght  to  wreke  of  his  grem, 
Thuigh  helpe  of  his  hond,  &  the  hede  qwene, 
11068  The  greke«  of  pe  ground  were  gird  to  {w  flight : 
)}ai  folowet  fast  on  |je  fare,  with  bar  fell  djiMet 
Dang  hom  to  dethe,  &  deiiet  hom  mekUl. 
PjrrhniTtii-  PuTUB,  vitfi  pyne,  and  the  proud  Tbelamon, 

Monunia  niij      11072  Dyamede  the  doughty,  demly  witA-stode, 

""  Gert  tiio  greke*  witA  gieme  on  the  ground  stad. 


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FEKTHBSIUU  AND  FTBSHnS. 

psi  fled  wen  before,  &  the  fild  leuyt 
pen  the  sun  ventto  set,  eaeet  the  fyght, 
11076  Aither  halfe  to  pen  hold  highet  onone, — 
Bothe  to  tonn  &  to  tent, — taried  no  lengwr; 
ffoi  the  derke  Tp  drogh,  and  the  day  endit 

HERB  THAT  FAQHT  A  MOtTETHfl 

Than  a  moneth  wUh  might  ^  met  In  the  fild, 

1 1080  WttA  atrokw  fall  stith  stajf  mony  knightes. 
Within  tjme  of  pm  toile,  tollis  the  story, 
Ten  thaveaund  by  tale  were  timyt  to  groond, 
In  batell  on  bothe  halnys,  fat  on  bent  lay  ; 

11084  And  mony  of  hii  maidnea  misait  the  qwene, 
)}at  wen  lost  on  the  laond  or  Jiat  laike  endit. 
Aflnr  a  moneth  &  more,  on  a  myld  day, 
Bothe  the  bateU  to  bent  bonnet  fiill  awithe : 

llOSS  Itestoiit  fall  stithly  opon  strong  wise. 
Shot  into  sheltrons  shoggond  full  )>ickB. 
Kene  was  the  crie  witA  crusahyng  of  weppyn ; 
Stede*  donn  sticked,  stith  men  vnder  1 

11092  Fantasilia  &  Firros  preait  to-gedm, 

With  dynttet  full  dedly  in  hor  depe  hate. 
The  Toddis  all  to-Roose  right  to  f  aire  hond, 
And  in  hor  sadlea  full  sonnd  aetyn  pai  stilL 

11096  But  a  trunchon  of  a  tre  wiVi  a  tiiet  hede, 
Abode  in  the  body  of  tiie  bold  Fitms. 
Jan.  the  crie  wez  kene  for  care  of  fa  greke» : 
Mony  preset  wi'tA  pyne  to  the  pert  qwene, 

11100  To  dete  hir  wttft  dethe  for  dole  of  hia  hart 

jMi  frnaahet  hir  so  felly  irith  hor  ^e  aweide^ 
))at  )w  haapia  of  hir  helme  hnrllt  in  aonder. 


THB  DEIH  O?  PAirTABIUA  B7  PTBBD8 

Than  Pirnu  wi'tA  payne,  in  his  pale  angar,  PmhiB,  it 

11104  fibr  all  the  tnmchyn  of  f»  tre,  f<at  tenit  hym  ndHKou 
sore,  *"*"' 


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363  VBATH  O?  PKNTHRSILBA. 

Bookixvn.  If  oght  liedjt  hia  harme,  no  his  hurt  meuyt, 

And  meuft  vitA  molia  to  )ie  myld  qwene. 
Sbo  -was  bare  of  Mi  breast  to  ^  bright  mayll, 
1 1108  Hade  no  helmB  on  hirbedefrohanuystoweiie; 
Yet  sadly  bo  sete,  eewit  bjm  agayne, 
Tbogbt  tbe  freika  'with  a  fonchon  first  for  to 

uxiwiai  Bat  Pimu  bym  paynet  wrtA   all   bys  pore 

nrord  onU  lur  Strengbt, 

bodr.  11112  And  flang  at  hir  felly  wttA  a  ^e  ewerd ; 

Share  of  {»  ebeld  at  a  sbyie  comer ; 
Ynioynet  the  Javmbe  of  |ie  inst  arme, 
t>at  bit  light  on  ]»  laund  iytbet  full  euyn  : 

sb.uiiii»i.      XU16  pea  d^bit  ^t  dogb^,  dolle  to  bc^bold, 
ffell  of  hir  fole  to  fe  flat  erthe  1 
And  FiiTua  witA  payn  pnld  of  bia  brest, 
The  epyll  of  bis  apeire,  in  a  space  abort : 
11120  Itlycbe  blode  of  bis  body  boaabet  oat  after, 

pjiti»  bik  And  he  gird  to  )m  grotind  gronond  fiill  aore, 

ii  oBTitd  an  tall  Haifa  dede  of  ]iat  dynt  drogb  into  swone  I 

The  Mirmydona  mightely  ]wre  maistur  fnn  tok^ 
11124  WM  the  ahalke  on  a  sbeld  aboke  to  bis  tent; 
Aa  a  lede  out  of  lyae  laid  hym  to  ground, 
Wi'tA  weping  and  wo  for  his  wale  harme. 
The  maidnes  of  fa  mighty  qwene  masit  were  all, 

TiHAm.nn.in    11128  ffor  the  dole  &  Uie  dethe  of  bor  dere  lady. 

itw  KjniiMoim  Thai  afToraet  bom  felly  yrith  bor  fyn  might, 

(M.  iltaj  The  Tilany  to  venge  of  ]ie  vile  grekar. 

jMd  mallit  vAh  tbe  mirmydona,  )nt  maisturles 

11132  Pat  hom  donn  preatly,  pallit  bom  ^uigb, 

Slogb  hom  fall  al^hly  for  alegbt  )iat  )iai  contbe, 
And  other  grake«,  in  hor  greme,  gird  to  ^e  detb : 
Two  tbawaannd,  fall  ^ly,  ]>u  ymng  oat  of  lyue, 

11136  So  ftaeraly  pai  fore  in  bor  fell  Ire, 

ffor  the  loBse  of  bor  lady,  Jiat  hom  lede  ehnld. 


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DEFEAT  or  THB  T&OJAHB. 

But  vhat  foitherit  the  fight  of  ^o  fell  maidyiu,       boih 
Syn  the   gnkee   on   hom  gedrit   ia  eo   gret 
Qowmbers  1 

11140  There  mnrtherit  were  moDy  of  the  mayn  troiens :  ^^"^ 
All  the  bent  of  ^t  hiir  blodf  heroimeii. 
As  Saras  of  the  dede  dul;  me  tellos,  i"-*** ' 

X,  M."*,  full  proly,  in  the  J»repe  endjt. 

11144  )paa  flagh  all  in  fare,  &  the  feld  leayt; 

Tumyt  mto  tonne  with  tene  at  ^ere  hert.  tbqrn 

All  the  worthy  Jfere  were,  women  &  other,  iiu  git 

The  ystoe  wttA  yomeryng  jepely  ^ai  stoke, 

11148  Banit  hom  full  b^jly  on  hor  beat  wyse, 

Ifeoer  in  parpoe  witft  prise  to  pas  at  hom  efto. 
To  no  batell  on  bent,  but  the  buigh  kepe. 


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^f)e  ix&itj  Bo&e :  of  ti}t  CounseU  of  £neas 
anU  ^ntmor.    ®t  t))e  treason  of  tl;e  Cite. 


TiuoBiriu^or  Now  fe  troyens,  with  tene,  all  Jie  tonn  jatya 

inKunu^uw     11152  Keppit  fuU  cloyae,  with  care  at  hor  hertea  ; 
°"""''''  Wi'tAouten  hope  of   any  heipe  holdyn   hom 

witA-in, 
Or  any  bocdui  to  be  send  out  of  seie  londys. 
(M.  170M  All  the  buitfli  is  full  bigge,  oner  the  bioda 

wallia, 
111B6  Waccliemen  for  to  wale,  wacches  to  kepe. 
Of  trewmen  in  towres,  for  treason  of  other. 
The  Cit4  to  eaue  feo  saute  of  hor  foa. 
fTor  the  heght  is  bo  hoge  of  the  hegh  touria, 
11160  WttA  dykes  so  depo  dr&gheu  a-boute, 
Only  ikmin*  bat  DO  werriour  hit  vyn  may  to  be  worlds  end, 

lODlil  awiutr  tli»  J  u         I  -I 

<iyr-  But  ))urgh  fEulyng  of  fode,  ^t  faiuttes  pe  pepull. 

ffor  Pantasilia  the  pert  pytie  was  made, 

11164  tat  ofiendit  fere  foB  viik  hir  fyue  etrenght, 
Mony  doghty  fiat  derfe  Tnto  dethe  broght, 
And  britnet  on  the  bent  wt'tA  hir  bale  mudnes. 
Myche  tene  hade  the  troieus  for  fe  tryet  lady, 

11166  ffor  ^  the  corse  m^bt  not  cacche,  aa  J»e  kynd 
wold, 
ffor  to  bery  in  the  burgh,  hor  bale  was  the  more, 
Ne  to  further  Jiat  fre  y/iUi  fynerall  Beniya, 
The  grekes  gedrit  full  grymly  to  ))e  gret  yates, 


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IBS  tBEABON   OF  ANTKNOB  AMD  SSZAB. 

11172  Of  Sim  men  in  aoppes  sadly  enknayt. 

The  clow  for  to  kepe,  whca  care  was  on  hand, 
pai  no  freike  vpon  fote  foitheT  shnld  pas. 
The  cotBe  )nn  Jtai  comaund  of  pe  clcne  qwene, 

11176  To  be  cast  Tnto  cnnes  and  to  kene  fowles. 
But  Piims  fab  purpoa  pertly  witA-atode, 
Bade  bery  the  bmd  on  hir  best  wise, 
As  was  dae  to  the  dede,  to  delne  in  ^  erthe. 

11180  ]>yamede  the  derfe  demjt  non  othir. 

"  Hit  ia  vnaytting,"  he  said,  "  fat  hit  bo  be, 
ffbr  the  worthy,  fnt  wicche  hase  wastid  to  dethe, 
Of  our  gnket  on  groimd,  &  to  giem  broght; 

11181  Let  hit  bones  witA  baret  abide  in  this  aire, 
As  a  coren  vncleane,  for  hir  cnrst  dedis." 
paa  the  giet  of  the  grekcs  agreit  hom  all. 
The  coTse  for  to  cast  in  a  clere  teme, 

11188  Tndw  a  syde  of  the  Cit£,  &  synke  hit  ferin, —  ' 
A  stanke  fall  of  stynke  standyng  besyda. 

When  the  troiens  in  ^  tonne  were  tymet  ^erin, 
WitA  myche  wandieth  &  wo  in  wer  of  hor  b^e, 

1 1 192  Astenor  &  Eneas,  witA  ]iaiie  avne  sons, 

Serchid  by  hom-aelayn  in  aanyng  hot  lyues, 
ffot  deiiyng  witA  dethe  of  the  derfe  greke* : 
And  yf  f)o  w^hes  ou  no  wise  might  of  wo  pas, 

11196  The  tonne  to  be-tray,  truly,  J»i  thoght 

And  the  gome  to  be-gyle,  ^at  the  ground  aght, 
t)ai  purpoet  with  Priam  preuely  to  speike. 
The  kyng  for  to  coonsell  in  the  case  bo, 

11200  ffor  to  proffer  hom  pes  or  he  payne  ^olet ; 
And  to  Bcstore  fern  stitUy  all  the  store  harmes, 
WitA  the  deire   ^at  was   done  by  the  Duke 

Faris, 
In  Sytheria,  foi-eothe,  at  Seayng  of  the  qwene  ; 

11201  And  the  lady  to  hir  lord  delyuer  agayne. 
If  fo  gret  wold  agre  for  ^at  grym  dede  I 


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THB  TBEABOK  OV   AKTElrOR  AND  SVEAB. 

But  happy  were  ]iat  hede  kyn&  &  he  hauo 

might 
Thia  Etcoid  in  the  cose  witA-onten  cue  mare. 

11208  Soi  all  the  deth  and  the  dere  of  his  deie  sous, 
Jet  the  lord  in  his  lond  might  lyoe  in  tiis  age, 
Wi'tft  his  worthy  wif^  &  his  wale  doghtur, 
And  his  nohle  sonnea  naturell,  Jnt  hjm  next 
were, 

11212  With  eouenuns  of  the  Cit4  &  other  sad  pepnll ! 
This  accord  might  the  kyng  hauo  cacchit  before, 
When  the  grekes,  hjm  to  grefe^  were  on  his 

giotmd  euyn, 
And  teuydon  hade  takon,  as  I  told  hane  ! 

1I2I6  Hit  is  said  oft-sithea,  and  for  sothe  holdyn, 
He  is  happy,  ^t  a  harme  hastely  amende^ 
Or  any  p«?idee  haiie  pyne,  or  pat  Tnto  dethe. 
Or  be  trauaOed  y/iik  tene,  or  tyne  of  fere  goodes. 

1 1230  "Who  hertely  might  hope,  or  hold  in  his  mynd, 
)}at  the  giAes  wold  agie,  or  grannt  to  |iis  end, 
Sot  the  loBse  and  the  lure  of  hor  l^e  kynges ; 
And  the  hannys  full  hoge  of  hor  hed  knightesl 

1 1224  And  namly  now,  when  nc^ht  may  horn  let, 
AH  the  worship  to  wyn,  &  hat  will  haue ; 
The  toune  for  to  take,  &  time  to  ^  gronnd  j 
All  the  bildyngdj  to  bren,  &  the  buemes  qwelL 

11226  Therfoie  cast  is  hit  cointly  by  thiee  kene  tray- 

tOUTS, 

"Vnder  proffer  of  pes,  pryam  to  lose ; 
Hor  Cit£  to  diaaaiae  in  sanyng  hor  lynis. 
And  all  Troy  to  be-tiay,  and  the  triet  londio. 

11232  X  ban  the  fayi^;  into  connselltraycacchynonoDe, 
And  his  son  was  besyde  at  the  same  tyme, 
Ampbimake,  a  freike  of  the  fn  blether, 
And  other  bold  of  the  burgh,  )ttt  aboute  wero, 

11236  J3an  the  traytoura  vntrew  told  to  Jo  kyng, 

How  the  beat  was  fk>  bale  his  burgh  for  to  kepe, 


PRIAV  AND  THE  lOAITOHa. 

ffor  to  trete  for  a  tiew,  or  ve  tone  Jmle, 
And  to  proffer  tioin  pes,  or  «e  papi  diegh. 

11340  Whan  Prtam  persaTuit  in  hie  pure  hert, 
The  &r«  of  ^  faitours  with  fere  Uie  oaat, 
Euer  hit  meayt  hym  in  mynd  ]»  malia  )»i  ^oght, 
J}at  the  oast  of  ^  coiutt  men  come  for  no  lone. 

1 1244  He  onfiwart  fall  eeelj  efter  his  entent : — 

"I  -mil  haae  conosell  in  this  case,  &  comyn 

wttft  other, 
Sertan  days  for  doate,  er  I  do  more, 
On  all  wise  in  this  world,  &  virke  to  fo  beet." 

11248  EanUy,  to  Jie  kyng,  |>en  carpis  Antenor : — 

"  If  foa  will  mel  of  this  natsr,  mene  hit  till  vb  ; 
Of  onie  talis  take  tent,  tiist  fat  we  say ; 
And  if  Jroa  hold  hom  not  holaom,  herkfn  an- 
other." 

11252  ))en  |m  kyng  foil  of  care  oaipyt  agayne : — 
"I  repiene  not  jour  purpos, 

connaell; 
Hit  is  lelly  me  lef  to  lyston  jow  wordia : 
And,  aa  jo  demyn,  to  do,  if  hit  be  one  beat. 

1 1 256  And  if  hit  be  not  )>e  best,  but  to  bale  wortb, 
Wratti  ]ow  not  wheghie^  ^f  I  wale  other." 
))en  f%  traytnr  Antenor  titly  con  ryse, 
fferkyt  on  fote,  &  to  fte  lie  sayde : — 

1 1260  "  Sothly,  Syr  kyng,  hit  tdttis  not  now, 

Jour  discreaion  to  dem  wttA  no  da  reason. 
3our  self  and  jonr  cit^  is  set  all  abonte, 
With  jour  fomen  fuerse,  foldyn  wttA  in. 

11264  l)ai  kepyn  the  doyse  of  this  dene  buigh. 
With  jep  men  at  ^  yatis  jarkit  full  ^ik : 
In  qwose  company  kide  axe  kyngis  full  nobill, 
fSft^  foil  fdl  &  of  furse  dnkia 

1 1268  Jlat  noght  wilnen  in  word,  ne  waytyn  to  bane, 
But  ^  set^  to  aeee,  and  ^i  selfe  alse. 
And  we,  no  folke  of  defense,  ne  no  fyn  itof 


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AMPHUUOHUS  AHD   AKTEOB. 

Hane  in  this  holde  fro  baimys  to  were ; 

11272  Ne  BO  derfe  of  onre  dedia  on  dayee  fro  now. 
Any  port  fforto  pas,  or  to  pat  opyn ; 
Ne  }ow  Bochis  no  eocour,  ne  no  ead  helpe 
Of  no  lede  vppon  lyue  fro  no  lond  atiannge ; 

11276  Ne  no  confoid  to  cache  of  no  kjngia  once. 
Syn  )our  aones  ar  elayn,  &  jour  sure  helpes. 
And  jour  pupoll  all  peiicltit  vnto  pale  deth ; 
Syn  VB  cIieuyB  this  chaunse  of  a  choise  febill, 

11280  ]M  Ics  euyll  forto  laite,  and  leng  fer-rppon ; 
£i  we  d€gh  in  this  daangor,  &  to  dol  paase, 
Let  TB  proffer  hom  pea  &  hot  pn'se  qwene ; 
)}8t  myld  TQto  menelay,  as  make  to  restore, 

11284  Jtet  myche  deie  has  ts  done  for  hir  dede  one, 
Syn  PariB,  hire  pure  loue,  ie  pertid  of  lyae, 
jMt  hir  wait  00  his  wy^  qwil  wirdis  hym  demyt." 
Pea  Amphimactu  furaly  vppon  foto  rose, 

11266  A  nobill  sone  naturyll  of  pe  nayt  biether, 
TTrathit  at  his  wordie,  &  wightly  he  sayde 
To  [« tntytnr  fall  tit,  all  in  tra  wyse : — 
"  Qwat  hope  may  we  hane  of  fii  helpe  sow, 

11292  pai  |)i  kyng  and  his  campany  castyn  to  diasayue ; 
)ji  cite  and  fi  aib-men  settis  by-hynd, 
)>at  Jwu  lone  schuld  witA  lewtS,  and  )>i  lyf 

Bpondl 
Now  we  se  f  e  be  set  on  a  sliper  ground, 

1 1296  Of  Jii  fotyng  to  faile,  and  Jil  faith  hrete, 

And  Jii  nome,  Jwt  was  nobill,  noiet  for  ener. 
ffiill  hard  is  Jte  heryi^  of  pi  high  wordis, 
And  the  tale,  |iat  poi  tellis,  of  ^i  trist  feble. 

11300  XX*'  K.  inll  thro  shall  in  threpe  end, 
£t  hit  pas  to  the  plyt  ^i  pttrpos  ia  in. 

Sbr  no  luff  hit  is,  lelly,  ^n  lappis  thies  tales, 
But  for  treason  &  tiayn,  trust  vo  non  other."    . 

11301  Eneas  efter  ^is  egurly  said, 

Be&aynit  Amphimacui  of  his  &ike  wille  ^— 


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HKPBOVBD  BY  PRIAM. 

"  AguyitBB  the  gnkes  to  go,  vs  gaynea  no  mote, 

To  no  fight  in  the  fold,  ue  oure  fos  mete, 
11308  If  e  to  pae  of  )iis  place,  ne  no  port  opim. 

Hit  nedia  va  anothei  Tray  now  for  to  kite. 

And  proffer  hom  pea  onre  pepnll  to  saue." 

The  kyng  at  his  karping  cast  was  in  Ire,  ' 

11312  To  Eneas  &  Autenor  Eguily  eaid : —  u 

"  How  may  ye  pat  meane  yon  wi'tA  malie,  foi  Z 
shame  !  " 

Youie  dedis  me  dollis,  &  dos  out  of  hope ; 

And  all  coldfl«  my  comfoid,  by  catue  of  your 
willu. 
11316  Syn  I  did  neuer  dede,  duly  to  tell, 

Be  plainly  no  purpoa  pat  rnto  ende  ; 

Ne   neiier  comynd  in  )rii  case  vnknowing  to 

And  ay  wioght  by  your  wittu,  witnes  your- 

1 1320  Truly,  Antenoi,  ^  tales  yon  knowes :  a 

When  ^-ealfe  for  Exiona  soght  into  greee,  b 

Made  on  a  message  in  mene  &o  va  all,  q 

And  come  fro  ^at  conntre  vnto  court  home, 

1 1 324  Thy  councell  was  kenoly  kyddeat  of  other, 
That  Faiis  by  purpoa  shuld  pas  oner  the  se 
The  gtekea  to  greue,  and  get  if  he  mi^t 
Sum  lady  of  the  londe,  &  lede  into  troye. 

11336  The  cast,  ne  the  conytiae,  come  not  of  me. 
In  pee  &  proaperitie  to  put  me  to  wer, 
But  of  fiileyng  &  flateTy  wttA  )i  fet  caet. 
And  ^1  cnniet  counsell,  Jiat  comburt  va  ofte. 

11332  And  ^u,  Eneas  also,  angaidly  &8t, 

Of  all  buemes  in  fia  bnrgli  byset  ^rfore,  ttat  itin  ki 

When  ^u  passit  wi'tA  Paris  tho  parties  Tnto, 
And  ertyd  hym  egorly  Elan  to  bryng, 

11336  Hade  ^  connceld  the  contrary,  Ss  comynd  hit      (M-in*J 


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FBIAH  COUNSELS  AlfPHHUOHITB. 

Slmld  aeaer  lady  of  ^t  lede  Tnto  ^ia  loud 

comyiL 
And  now,  after  the  detlie  &  deuce  of  107  dere 

Boses, 
Thou  rises  as  a  rebell  to  my  lanke  hanuys ! 
11340  Syche  coimaell,  as  Jmu  kythea,  kepe  I  none  o^ 
Ij&t  will  lede  me  to  loese,  &  my  loud  hoole : 
Sauer  of  ahame  to  be  shunt  when  shalke  is  on 

Ijue." 
Eneas  wittA  envy  egnrly  Bose, 
1 1344  And  kantly  to  f&  kyng  karpis  i^yne ; 

Mony  wordia  in  wiathe  warpes  full  loude ; 
And  BO  parted  the  prise  all  in  pale  augur. 

BEBB  THE  KYNG  OOCN&BLn  HIS  BOH  TO  BLE  KHKAS  AKD 
ANTENOB. 

The  prise  kyng  Fmm  was  pricbit  wt'tA  botow, 

11348  And  myche  water  he  weppit  of  his  wale  ene ; 

ffot  he  se  hit  him-aelnyn,  the  sorow  was  the  more, 
The  ttayn  of  |)0  traytonre,  pat  truly  were  fals. 
'  He  purport  hym  plainly,  for  perell  to  come, 

11352  The  faitours  wi'tft  felsyng  to  fonge  yf  he  might 
He  said  to  his  son,  on  a  ead  wise, 
Amphjmake,  the  fre  fat  hym  faith  aght : — 
"  Dere  snn,  I  hane  donte  Jtat  dethe  vb  depart, 

11356  Jiat  of  lyne  &  of  loue  are  lappit  to^dur! 

iSyn  I  am  fourmyt  )ii  &der,  &  fo\i  my  ire  child. 
Let  ua  suffer  oui-self  witft  Bufferawnce  of  goddea. 
I  wotte  hit  full  wele,  thiea  wicked  men  hothe 

11360  Hane  purposthomplainljtoperisshe  our  londe^ 
Oar  cit^  to  sell,  &  our-aelfe  alse. 
Hit  IB  nedeftill  for  noy,  ])at  n^hia  on  bond, 
))at  )>ai  dioppe  in  the  dike  )rai  deghit  have  for  vs. 

11364  I  hane  takon  intent  }>o  traytours  to  sle, 

Er  fai  begyle  ts  wttA  gawdis,  &  ger  vs  to  degh. 
;  To  mom  when  )>o  men  are  meuyt  to  counsell. 


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AKTBNOR  AND  2NEAS  ARS  WARNED.  371 

I  will  fon  be  wise,  &  viike  as  I  Lid :  Book  ixvni. 

11368  Kepe  ye  in  touert  with  kuightw  a  few,  (M-mt.) 

Of  ledis,  ^at  vs  loaea,  of  lewt4  to  forther ; 

Kacclie  horn  faa  kesly,  &  biyng  tioin  to  ground." 

He  aseeutid  full  sone  the  s^h  to  perfonime,        ^  anHnib 
11372  And  to  kepe  hit  aa  in  councell  kenelf  assurit. 

Bat  oftaythes  hit  is  sene,  &  sum  men  hath  feld, 

))at  spokyn  is  in  speciall,  spredea  o  fer. 

In  ;che   company  is    comynly  a  daterer    <rf 
mowthe, 
11376  J)at  no  councell  can  kepe,  ne  no  close  talis. 

To  fea  tmytouiB  was  told  the  entent  of  )m  kyng,  '^^^j'.'^  "* 

On  what  wise  in  this  woild,  no  writ  me  declans. 

)>ai  assemblit  fall  sona  of  assent  other, 
11380  jMt  knew  of  hoi  cast,  &  comynt  to-gedor. 

All  flweiie  bai,  full  awiftlr,  Tpon  awete  haloues,    •B«««i"to 

'  go  to  y»  eoandl 

Tfeaer  to  councell  to  come,  but  in  cleane  aimes,    with  u  uiud 

"Wiih  a  pouer  of  pepull  purpoa  ^erfore, 
1 1 38i  If  euw  the  souerMn  hym-aelf  sent  for  hom  efte. 

This  Eneas,  of  abell  men  was  angaidly  grete, 

Of  kyn  and  of  coeyns,  4ii  kydmen  of  atrenght : 

He  hade  fiynde*  full  fel^  fild  of  all  goodis, 
11388  And  as  plentutu  of  pepull  aa  Prtam  hym-seluyn. 

Antenoi  also  was  abill  of  fryndM, 

Large  of  alisonce,  loaet  witAin : 

A  Siche  mon  of  Eentte«,  Reliksf  ynow, 
11392  And  fele  of  afTynit^,  fiat  folowet  hym  after. 

Thies  Guiset  of  fe  case  hade  comynt  wi'tA  the  t)»j  hi<  nindij 

,  Mgigsd  to  tebv 

giekes,  ibadtx. 

Hom-aelayn  to  sane  &  hor  sad  fiynde^ 
Hor  KiMet,  hor  lUches,  hor  telikss  also, 
11396  ffor  daongei,  oi  deiie,  depely  asaniit. 

J^antbekyngTutoconncellcomaandhombothe,  Muattfiii 
To  appere  in  his  presens  Jiat  purpos  to  end, 
ffoi  to  trete  of  a  trew  qwill  the  tyme  hade. 


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372  PBIAK  SDBHITS  TO  SUB  FOB  PKAGS. 

Boc>  iivin.    11400  And  to  dere  horn  wi'tA  dethe,  yf  destany  wold, 
]}an  ))ai  comyn  to  pe  kyng  wi'tA  company  grete. 
Of  annyt  men  all  somen,  abUl  to  fight. 
(toL  uia,)  XhiiB  Pnam  persaynet  of  the  prise  hoge, 

rhe  iHuiiimtiiiii  1 1 404  And  sent  to  his  son  to  ees  at  |)at  tyme. 

The  next  day  anone,  the  noble  t^g  Prnua 
Somond  all  the  cite  eomyn  to  appere, 
To  carpe  of  a  councell,  &  kyth  hym  Lor  wit, 
11408  And  to  mell  in  the  mater  wit%  his  men  alL 
Eiuu  idTtiai  Wien  thai  comyn  were  to  courtte,  this  cutset 

attnttft  Eneas 

fferkit  vppon  fote  and  to  ^e  folke  said  : — 
"  Sow,  sirs,  hit  is  sothely,  me  semes,  for  fB  best 
11412  ffor  to  proffer  hom  pea,  and  purrey  ferSon." 
r^^on*  ■^^  ^  citizens,  sothely,  aasentid  pervrith, 

""^  ffor  )>ai  knew  not  the  caste  of  the  curset  chefe. 

The  kyng  to  the  komyna  carpit  ^ayne  ; 
11416  To  pat  of  Jnt  purpos  he  paynet  hym  sore. 
Eneas  witA  Envy  t^urly  saide  : — 
"  Sir  kyng,  of  this  case  caipe  fan  no  ferre  ! 
"We  Willi  treate  of  a  ttew,  I  tell  the  for  sotlie, 
II420  Whether  ftm  will,  or  Jon  wilnot,  wit  Jioii  for- 
Bothe  1 " 
Priuo,  taiiai  h*  Than  Fmm  pereaynit  all  the  pepnll  hertis, 

uiitmtT,  And  feld  well  hit  fortherit  not  the  fireiha  to 

™  wttA-etond ; 

Hym  was  leuer  to  the  ledia  lelly  assent, 
11424  Than  gracche  )>ere  ^ayne,  &  grone  hym  Je  farre. 
He  said  hom  full  soberly  with  a  soie  hert, 
"  Dos  of  ^is  dede  as  you  deie  thinke, 
I  assent  for  my-selfe,  and  sadly  afferme." 
11428  jMn  Jwi  comynd  in  the  cas,  castyn  hor  wittes, 
ftBiuoriidiom  And  wttA  charge  of  bat  choise  erend  choayn 

Ehwte.  Antenor, 

Aa  grettist  by  agiement,  wtVi  the  greke*  to  tretc^ 
And  punew  for  pes :  this  pwpoe  fai  tokyn. 


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AKTKirOB  IN   IHB  QBEEK  OAHF.  373 

IH32  Ijan  t>e  troieus,  full  tjte,  tumyt  to  pe  walles,  Booiixrrai. 

With  bnonchea  full  brode  all  of  bright  Olyue,     Tt«  rrqj.n. 

As  in  proffer  of  pes  puttyn  O  loile,  nii>  wia,  dUh 

All  the  ledis  on  to  loke,  Jut  lay  in  )«  feld.  *^ 

11136  Than tliegreke«,byagrein6nt,gfffenhomasigne,  tim Gmb on- 

By  condeth  to  come,  &  carpe  what  hom  list«. 

Thau  vent  fro  the  wallea  worthy  Antenor,  (m.  it*  h) 

Post  at  a  port  to  the  pale  tentUs.  ftuBibadv. 

11  WO  The  grekM  on  the  grene  greidly  hym  met:  uu  oil^*' 

To  Agamynon  gay  tent  gone  all  in  fere, 

And  present  hym  prestly  to  fe  prise  kyng, 

Agamynon  the  grete,  &  the  grekes  aU. 
11444  To  Dyamed  the  Uuke,  &  doghty  Vlixes,  Dk™*»«rf 

Aseentid  full  eone  all  the  sad  pepull,  ■tnuMd  to  tnu 

To  treto  wi'tA  Antenor  trustid  horn  ^an. 

Thie  forward  to  fulfill  faithly  thai  swere, 
11416  Yppon  Bolempne  aacrilice,  soche  as  ^  Tset 

paa  the  kynges  into  counsell  caghton  Antenor, 

And  menyt  of  jMre  mater  mote  at  Jie  tymc^ 

There  he  hight  hom  to  haus,  holly  at  }>ere  wille,  hi  pnmiHi  u 
11452  All  the  toon  Jiurgh  his  trayne,  &  the  true  kyng,  irhimHif.  jGnw. 

ffor  to  bete  doun  &  bren  vnto  the  bare  erth.         proinnT,  mn 

Hym-eelnyn  to  sane  and  his  eib  fiyad«<^  "*'**■ 

And  Eneas  al  o  and  all  his  sute  hoole, 
11456  WM  Eenttea,  <fe  Riches,  &  all  his  Eanke  godea. 

This  in  counsell  to  kepe  &o  knowing  of  other. 

Lest  hit  put  of  hor  purpos,  &  poire  at  ^  end, 

All  affennyt  in  faith  of  fo  taiie  soneTyn,  tiib  tcnai  >n 

11460  And  knit  vp  ^ere  couenaunte  in  coue/i  to  hold,  iktoct  )•  nr'tm. 

Kyng  Taltill  ))ai  toke  as  tristy  to  seme, 

)}at  was  greuit  on  ground,  groaund  in  age, 

ffor  he  sbuld  lightly  be  leuyt  witA  ledis  of  troy. 
11464  Because  of  bis  cotage  was  kelit  wttA  age, 

He  shttld  tume  to  the  toon,  fo  traytoars  witA 
aU, 

To  spii  at  hom  specially  of  hor  spede  fer ; 


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374  AHTBSOB  BKTttBire  TO  TBOT. 

BoakXTTin.  If  ^  hade  ville  to  Je  werke,  vete  hom  to  say, 

1 1168  WM-outyn  gawdya  or  gyle,  glose  Ht  not  lengar, 

And  what  godea  )iai  wold  gyffe  to   the  gtet 

harmes. 
To  affinne  hit  aa  fast,  fynally  for  eaer, 
Antniw  dtrnud*  Antenor  also  ongardly  desyiet 

1 1 472  The  hody  of  the  bold  qwene,  fat  in  the  home  lay, 
Pantasilia,  witii  pyne  to  pnt  into  graue  : 
Wi'tA  myche  labur,  at  the  last,  )>o  lordet  hit 

giauntid. 
JWn  the  traytor  vntrew,  truBfme  for  eothe, 
11476  Toke  leae  at  the  loidM,  &  lowted  horn  all, 
WttA  TaltiUas,  ^t  other  >at  I  told  first. 
And  Boghtyn  to  Jie  Cit4  eontyn  belyue, 
Past  vnto  Pwam,  present  hor  wille, 
11480  All  the  case  of  hor  come,  oantly  wi't^  mowthe. 

The  secund  day  snyng,  sayes  me  the  lettnr, 

Priam,  the  prise  kyiig,  prestly  comanndit 

All  the  buemeB  of  the  burghe,  bacheler  &  other, 

11484  To  appere  in  hia  preaena  the  prefer  to  moke, 
And  the  tale  of  Anteuor  vntriaty  to  here, 
Of  hia  message  by  months,  what  he  mene  wold. 
When  fiai  comyn  were  to  court,  comyns  &  other, 

11486  Antenot  his  tale  tombly  b^;an. 

He  thoght  his   falshed  to  feyne,  Tndur  faire 

wordM, 
And  his  cautele  to  colour  vnder  coynt  epeche. 
t  He  said  in  his  sermond,  fat  sothely  the  grekM 

1 1 492  Were  of  pepull  &  pouer  plamtius  mony ; 

And  how  ]iai  depely  dcKyret  wttA  a  due  hert, 
To  bane  anertie  full  sad  of  a  syker  pea. 
Thns  aot«lly  witft  sothyn  he  set  hom  a  cas, 

11496  What  fortune  might  falle  vndur  fals  colour. 

}}an  nemmyt  he  what  uoy,  the  noble  men  of  troy 
Enduret  on  dayee,  dole  for  to  se  : 


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WttA  Teping  &  waile,  wo  to  be  hold,  BaokixTin. 

1 1 500  And  my che  aykyng  &  sorow  on  oar  sad  knigbU*: 

"  To  absteno  of  fie  etouro  &  our  stitlie  hannea, 

Soche  langour  to  let,  &  lods  vnituTB, 

Hit  is  wit,  as  I  weDe,  wayea  to  aeche,  s*>tiwtiH 

11504  Socbe  dole  &  deire  to  diyne  to  an  end."  UHtonHim- 

)}an  he  aaid  in  his  aaw,  ])at  Bothely  the  grekea 

Wold  not  agre  to  fat  graimt,bDt  for  a  grete  sowme 

Of  gold,  &  of  godis,  Si  of  gay  luellis, 
1 1 508  WttA  Btnff  to  leatore  for  hor  stith  liaimya.  (M.  its  ».} 

Wherfora,  to  qwheme  &  to  white  T8  of  ekaithe,    ndtoHt  iiHDt 

Euery  boeme  in  fis  burgh,  fat  is  beet  storit         uiagntarioid. 

Of  meblys,  A  money,  &  of  main  aylaer,  n^nS^'"^ 

11512  Helpis  now  bertelj  ^ie  lianne  to  rediesse  : 

ffor  bettui  ia  a  bneme  by  hym.  amn  pea, 

J^tn  in  wandieth  &  woo  to  wepe  all  his  lyue. 

And  for  he  kowth  not  by  conrae  come  to  an  end, 
11516  All  fen  wille  for  to  wete  at  |ra  wale  tym^ 

He  couet  at  the  kyng,  &  all  the  kyd  pepnll, 

Eneas  eftsoues  |iat  erand  for  to  wend 

"Wi'tA  bym-aeluyn,  fer^oUie,  on  fe  same  nedia, 
11520  All  fen  wille  fot  to  wete  &  wsyne  at  fie  last, 

And  for  fe  grete  of  ^  greket  shold  no  gawde 
wene, 

Bnt  lene  hit  more  lelly  Se  liatyn  the  bettor. 

All  the  pepull  in  fat  prssse,  ^at  the  proae  herd,  Tb*Tn>iui> 
11524  Afermyt  hit  as  fyn  ^t  fe  freike  said.  mwuhAntmir 

Eneas  after  thia,  enyn  wi'tA  fat  other,  toUuoneto. 

And  Taltilos,  tombly  to  fe  tenttee  yode. 

All  the  conncell  fro  konrtt  was  clenely  dep«rtid. 
11528  Prtam  wttA  pite  faa  past  to  bis  halle, 

Myche  water  he  wepplt  wringyng  hia  bandw. 

Hit  waa  dole  to  the  dethe  f  e  Dake  to  behold,      Prinn  lumia 

Ener  hedyng  in  hert  of  the  hegh  treason, 
11533  jMt  was  cast  for  fe  kyng,  of  bis  kyde  trjndet; 


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876  FBUH  BETAIU  HIB  SAD  FATl. 

Baoknvm.  And  for  the  loaae  and  the  lore  of  his  lene  aons, 

J}at  eo  d&wlj  were  ded,  and  drepit  for  a;, 
80  worthy  in  wer,  &  so  wale  knightes. 
11536  )»t  he  left  was  0  lyoe  his  lure  was  so  hoge  I 
Hannrtiinqp  "And  now  is  nedfoll  for  noye,  bat  neshiB  at 

UitOiHln:  hond, 

All  my  gold  fbi  to  geue.  Jut  I  getyn  haue, 
Kepid  in  hotd,  holdyn  full  long ; 
II640  And  I  vnsuie  of  uty-self,  my  sorow  is  the  more. 
p\ia  in  pooert  am  I  pyght,  put  vnder  fote, 
Jjat  make«  me  full  mad,  &  moumes  in  my  heit ; 
mnd  hu  no  ■•■  And  yet  this  lure  were  but  litle,  &  our  lord  wold 

11S44  )}at  I  might  leng  in  my  laund,  &  my  lyf  hane." 
Thus  Prtam  witft  pit6  playnet  hya  doole, 
On  what  wise  for  to  wirke  wist  not  hym-seluyn. 
(M.  i»  a.)  He  was  forset  vniaite  to  folow  [«re  wille, 

11648  })at  purpost  ham  plainly  to  put  hym  to  dethe. 
Elan  |)at  euermore  was  egnr  of  aorow, 
Hiinpb^iwtth  Held  tell  of  the  tiety  was  takyn  wttA  thegrekes. 

HsdteiHrto  P^  noble  on  a  u^ht,  ^t  no  man  peisayuil^ 

""••'"■  11562  To  talke  witA  Antenor  toke  ho  the  gate. 

Sho  pfoyet  hym  pourly  witA  hir  pure  hert, 
Of  Menelay,  hir  maistur,  to  make  hir  a  fiynde  ; 
And  proket  hir  pes  wttA  his  prt'se  woidea, 
11556  }}at  she  might  at  pat  myschefe  to  mercy  be 
takyn. 
All  grauntid  the  gome  to  pe  gay  qwene, 
ffor  to  proker  hir  pes,  &  pyne  hym  ferfore  : 
Pan  ho  lowtid  the  lede,  &  hir  leue  toke, 
1 1560  And  past  to  the  palis  of  the  prise  kyng. 

Witft-in  the  tyme  Jwt  I  teU,  J»  tm  sun  of 

Pr»m, — 
Glaucon,  was  gr&uyn  in  a  gay  towmbe ; 
And  the  body  of  fo  bold  qwene  broght  vnto 

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ANTENOR  AMD  JBNSA8  TREAT  WITH   THK  0BKEK8. 

11564  Pautasilia,  viVi  petie  of  hir  prise  maidons.  b« 

Hit  vaa  ordaot  of  all  men  by  oppon  assent, 
)>at  Fhilmen  the  fre  kyng  ahuld  feik  hit  hym 

WiVi,  tlu  bmJr  of 

And  bryng  on  a.  bere  to  hir  burgh  home,  baowDiui 

1 1568  To  be  enterit  in  a  towmbe,  aa  a  triet  qwene, 

And  laid  by  hir  legia,  ^t  the  lond  agbt. 

Eneas  eftii  pia  Egnr  of  will, 

Antenor,  also,  angardl;  fast  AntaooTud 

11572  To  the  gieks«  on  |)e  grene  girdyn  on  swith,  uuarHT^p, 

£for  to  tiete  of  hor  trayne  as  traytouris  TnlelL      C^J.  ™^ 

There  met  Jtai  pa  men,  fiat  I  mynt  Siei, 

Jlat  were  gianntid  by  the  greto  of  the  grek^t  all, 
11576  ffor  to  mell  in  ^e  mater,  &  meue  to  an  end. 

The  towne  to  betray  truly  ^u  ^oght : 

And  of  Elan,  euermore,  egerly  fast  Haukis 

)}ai  meuit  vnto  Menelay  at  the  mene  tyme ;         ^j^,,  Hdu. 
11580  And  had  gi&unt  of  ^t  grete  witA  a  good  wille, 

All  hir  gilt  to  forgifi',  and  to  grace  take. 

Than  Agamynon,  as  grettiat,  fo  grete  for  to      (hLmt.) 

Dyamede  he  demyt,  &  doughty  Vlixes, —  Dicnwo  un 

11661  With  tbo  worthy  to  wend  to  the  wale  towne,  uTrof  1««" 
As  in  mansr  of  mess^e  fire  the  mayn  grekec.  „a  s^^' 
When  ^ai  comyn  into  courtte  the  comyna  were 

Sot  ^ai  wise  were  of  wit,  &  worthy  men  bothe. 
11588  )>ai  hopit  well  the  heldoi  to  here  of  an  end. 

And  the  traitur  {nii  trist  of  a  tru  pes. 

The  next  day  onone,  as  the  night  past, 

By  comanndement  clenly  the  councell  was  gednrt,  itatatjo>» 
11693  AU  the  pepull  to  the  |hiUb  of  the  prise  kyng        ^^JMTo^mdi 

Were  aasemblit  full  Bone,  set  all  ahoute.  ^ ""  '■'™- 

Ylixea  full  lyrely  Tp  olofte  said  : —  nijun  uttm  tt, 

"  The  grekes  for  hor  greme  vnto  gie  asken  peM«i- 

11696  Gret  sommes,  for«othe,  to  hor  sad  harmes. 


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8SBB  STATES   TBS  TKEtUS  OV  7EA.0B. 

Bothe  of  gold  &  of  goodes,  ei  |)6i  go  ville, 

ffoi  the  losse  &  the  lure  of  hor  lef  p«pull ; 

And  Amphimakut,  the  fre  sun  of  the  fjn  kjng, 
b^b^ftomtha  11600  To  be  exiled  for  euermore,  as  Enmy  of  toiine, 
*'*'•  Neuer  in  plit  to  Bepaire  to  his  pure  &7ndis, 

Ne  the  Cit6  to  se,  while  hym-selfe  lyues." 
Th»  ofl*  of  This  prokert  full  preatly  wttA  prayer  before, 

bud  ban  uksd      11601  The  tmytoT  Antenor  to  the  tra  kynges; 
nvMigi  toe  fior  ^at  noble  hjm  denyet  naitly  or  Jian, 

ttw^llrtiS^  "WTien  he  proffert  to  pj-iatn  pes  for  to  make. 

Lo  !  bow  fortherii  a  freike  wttA  a  fyne  wit. 
How  p«tiio<»  11  n  608  ffor  to  kepe  hit  in  close,  &  carp  bit  no  fer ; 
■PMk  u»  tntii  In  To  speike  in  despite  fe  Spedis  no  more, 

Mdidon;  But  hyndrea  full  heghly  &  harmys  hym-seliijm. 

Lo  !  Ampbimac  the  fie,  for  bis  fell  woides, 
11612  Was  dampnet  in-dede,  ^of  )>u  da  frere ; 

Ellis  the  traytor  Antenor  bade  tmly  no  cause 

fTot  to  procnr  bis  payne,  and  his  pole  barme. 
bnt  ood  oAen  But  god,  )iat  all  giltis  godely  beholdis, 

(KiLmit.)      11616  And  vrangis  in  bis  wrathe  vritbis  to  ground, 
^  oUiHi.  Oil^tbes  in  the  same  settis  to  &11 

iiiTm^untd  br  -^  ^"^  ^'^  M''  incBure  he  metis  tiU  another  I 

*'™*'  To  Antenor  hit  tide,  tellia  the  stoiy, 

11620  An  exile  for  euermoie  eftei  a  wbile, 

Tbnrgb  Eneas,  Jwt  egurly  exit  Jerto, 

As  I  shall  tell  fall  tite,  wben  the  tyme  askes. 

While  tbies  kynge*  were  in  conncell,  fat  comyii 
fio  [«  grekes, 
iitt»T>ii>ii       11624  Wi't/iin  the  palia  of  prise,  as  tbe  prose  tellus, 
aj  to  htud.  There  was  an  orible  noise,  fiat  noyet  bom  full  sere. 

As  a  clamour  or  a  crye  of  a  cant  pepull. 
As  ))ai  satyn  all  eomyu  sodainly  come, 
11628  Vne  playne  in  tbe  place  Jere  Jie  pn'se  met. 
iMomcdMuid  ffor  douto  of  hor  dethea,  tho  d<%hty  men  bothe 

ottMr  uw  Were  a-ferd  of  tbe  &ire  and  the  fell  noise. 


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Lest  the  tioiena  for  tene  hade  takon  horn  sone,     Buk  xtviil 


11632  And  dtmgen  to  dethe  for  dole  of  the  knight, 
Amphimacotu  the  fre,  }at  the  freike«  louet, 
ffor  ertyng  his  exile  in  emeat  before. 
Hit  Toe  Bspiet  Aill  Specially,  &  spiid  all  abovte,  " 

11636  The  cause  of  the  crie  and  the  cent  noiae !  a 

There  was  do  vegh  in  this  world,  ^t  hit  wete 

kowth, 
Ne  to  mene  in  hoi  mynd  ivhat  hit  mena  ahnld. 
The  kyi^  &  the  conncell  caatly  can  riae ;  t 

11640  Dep«rtid  the  pepoll,  past  to  )ie  tonne  w 

Botha  knighte*  &  comyna,  and  the  oonrt  Toidet. 
Thb  ta^ttob  Antenob  toke  into  connsell, 
Dyamede  he  drogh  fnrth,  &  dughty  Vlixes, 

11614  In  a  place  ^at  was  priney  &  no  preee  in. 

To  forther  his  foole  ville,  ^at  no  &eike  herd, 
Vlixea  to  Ihia  other  vtterly  eaid :—  c 

"  Why  draghes  fon  on  diegh  f%a  dedia  so  feirt   a 

11648  }}at  fmi  vs  heghly  hase  het,  hold  hit  onone  I" 

Pan  tolkes  the  troytour  truly  agayne :—  * 

"Ourgoddiflknowenfullkyndlyjiecastofmyhert,  n> 
That  no  dede  I  desyre  so  depely  in  thoght, 

11652  As  your  hastes  to  hold  wi'tA  helpe  of  Eneas. 

Lelly,  the  lett,  ]Kit  vs  long  taries,  t- 

Is  a  statnr  full  strong  of  a  stith  god : 

pe,t  ye  shall  lelly  me  lene,  &  yow  list  herkon," 

1 1656  Diamede  said  duly ; — "  fou  do  ts  to  vete, 
Vb  likes  full  lelly  to  listyn  fi  wordis." 
AntenoT  fan  talkis,  &  told  on  ^is  wise : — 
"  Hit  is  lelly  no  lesyng,  lene  if  ye  will  I 

11660  There  was  a  kyng  in  (his  cost,  fiat  the  kith  aght, 
Honereble,  anenound,  &  Vlus  was  callit 
Here  foondit  he  first  the  fairs  place  Ylion ; 
Aftei  the  nome  of  ^at  noble,  nemyt  hit  is.  i 

11664  Here  he  tild  vp  a  temple  of  a  trew  godde,  i 

Of  Palades  the  pure,  as  prouit  is  of  old.  J 


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380  TBS  PALIiASIDH  OF  IBOT. 

Baoii  nvni.  Wban  tbe  wallce  vere  wroght  to  pa  wale  rofe. 

All  clanlf  bj  course  vncouert  aboue, 
11668  A  selly  pers  sene  was  wit?i  eeremeii  aboute, 
Gird  to  ]>e  ground  &o  the  grete  heuyn, 
MiH*  ia  th.  nn  A  ffypu  full  fyne,  featnyt  in  the  Trail, 

Piiii.,  ud  bu  Wondttrfiilly  wroght  by  wit  of  a  god. 

•lu!*-  11672  At  die  end  of  the  aater  etlit  to  atond, 

Euer  sithen,  foi-eothe,  to  this  selfe  tyme. 
KoDg  bat  tha  Xeiur  bueme  waa  so  big  to  beire  hit  away, 

tBBpi*  cm  Saue  fcepeis  of  the  kirke,  for  craft  Tppon  etthe. 

11676  The  mater  hit  is  made  of  ifl  moat  of  ft  tra, 

But  no  cletke  is  so  corioua  to  ken  vs  the  nome ; 
Ne  on  what  wise  hit  is  wroght  can  wit  shew, 
But  )iiiTgh  Falades  the  pure  god,  apperit^Jiutgh. 
11680  Seche  trust  baue  the  troiens  truly  ^erin, 
soioagu  h  While  bit  keppit  is  in  kirke,  or  in  clos  walle. 

iiu  uopit,  ar  WitA-in  the  cercle  of  fo  Cit6,  as  said  is  of  old, 

(diT,  Tnr  (w  Neuer  the  toone  sbalbe  takonwM  tene  of  bor  fo^ 

i>Mt»t>k«i.        11584  j]-e  care  &o  the  corone,  ne  the  kynd  aire. 
Thus  lelly  beleujn  tbe  ledia  of  f  e  toune. 
And  ueuer  dowtyn  no  detbe  to  dere  horn  wttA-in. 
The  nome  of  ^ia  noble,  pat  naitly  is  keppit, 
11688  Fftladion  the  pure,  wttA  pepoU  is  callid." 
del.  ITS  a.)  Than  Diamede  the  Duke  duly  can  say  : — 

iMmn(d«  "  Iff  thy  sagbes  be  sothe,  &  sad  to  belene, 

taimir  of  ttit  All  our  labut  is  loet,  &  our  long  sege, 

^m^""  11692  If  Paladian  witft  purpos  may  put  vs  away." 

DntABtMHrMUi  Antenor  alstite  amet  to  Bpeike  : — 

tnnoai  in  tin  "  If  yc  merucU  so  mekyll  we  make  you  non  end, 

uTp^wi!!^  ■^"'J  ^^  ^0*  ''''*  ^^^^  °"  heete*  to  tepe, 

i?htaS'rjil(  ***^6  This  ia  truly  the  entent  we  tary  so  longe. 
«Bm  or  amj.  J  jj^^g  comyut  wttA  the  keper,  &  cumpast  aboute, 

The  stature  to  steile  stithly  by  night, 
ffot  a  certoin  somme  of  sylner  &  of  gold : 
11700  And  full  preatly  ]»  prest  base  puinayet  feriojx. 
When  hit  laght  is  lelly,  leuo  me  foi  sothe. 


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ANTENOR  PROHISB8  IT  TO  THE  OEEBKS, 

Hit  shalbe  aentto  your-selfe,  aoche  hit  no  ferther :     «wk  x: 


Paa  hope  may  yo  hertely,  to  hane  in  a  while 
11701  The  Cite  and  the  soueran,  seee  as  you  likes. 

But  kepis  this  in  cotmc^  for  cas  )iat  may  falle,  Mhbi 

))at  no  wegh  in  pis  world  wete  of  onr  cast ;  mHi 

And  I  will  kaire  to  the  \iyiig  for  a  cause  yet, 
11708  And  feyne  me  witA  &ie  to  foither  onr  werkis. 

1  will  telle  hym  wi'tA  trayne,  J»e  trist  of  onr  emde 

le  holly  in  his  hond  hengand  ahone. 

I  haue  knawloche  in  )re  case  A  coning  wttft  yow, 
11712  What  sommys  in  certayu  ^e  sent  yon  to  take." 

Thus  wi'tA  lowtyng  &  leue  Uie  ledis  depertid ; 

The  grebes  agayne  ai  gon  to  fen  l«nttea ;  i»«» 

The  trciytur  fiill  tomly  tnmyt  to  f%  kyng,  «dp. 

11716  His  iaiehed  to  forther:  the  fend  hym  distroy !     tuu 

THB  ORDlVAUStlS   OF   THB   TBTBUtE. 

Than  corpis  to  the  kyng  curset  Antenor, 

All  the  Cits  to  assemble  hym-selnyn  befoie. 

When  comyn  were  the  knighted,  comyns,  A  all,  At  m 

11720  Thes  wordes  he  warpit  Jio  worthy  Toto: —  Ant™ 

'*  I  bane  oomynt  in  this  case,  knowith  hit  your-  donu 

selfe;  2^ 

To  the  grekes  boa  vs  gyffe,  to  gisnnt  tb  for  pes,  "'"^ 

Twenty  tbowsaond  thriety,  ^rongyn  to-gednr, 

11724  Maikes  fuU  mighty,  all  of  mayn  gold,  (r<^ 

And  of  Syluer,  foi-eothe,  the  same  ]iai  deseyre :    unuu 
To  whyte  vs,  of  whete,  qwarters  pai  aske  ^^^ii 

X  M.  proly,  to  thiing  in  hoi  shippes." 

11728  This  oponly  is  ordant  Jio  odmen  betwene. 

And  specially  spokyn  to  spede  bom  away,  t)h  b 

Be  a  tyme  far  to  take,  &  tume  to  pB  sea. 

Gedrit  was  the  goode,  &  gon  foi  to  kepe  r^m 

11732  To  Snre  men  Ss  c«rten  pat  sowme  to  delioer, 
And  take  sikemes  sad  the  CitS  to  leue, 
Of  the  giekes  agayne  foi  the  grete  somme. 


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AHi  HOW  TUB   PALLADIUM  TAS   OBTAINED. 

'—  Tnf  iule  Uiis  gode  waa  in  gederyng  the  grette* 

among, 
AntaargoHto     11736  Antenor  to  the  temple  trayturly  yode  ; 
bribahini  In  FFeuelj  the  prest  puld  ialo  conncell, 

P^Ui^iB,,  {Thoantea,  me  tellys  the  text,  Jxit  he  h^ht, 

i-tHttr'^  Jjat  was  geeter  of  the  gctd,  fwt  the  gome  yemyt) 

■lurdiiimHL      11740  WM  a  gobet  of  gold,  a  full  gret  somme, 
'  And  Thoautes  betaght,  tarit  no  lengur. 

Thiea  wordes  to  the  wegh  varpit  onone. 
In  a  place  out  of  preae,  ptiuely  there  : — 
11744  "Lo,  of  gold,  &  of  good  here  a  gret  nowmber. 
The  to  Ijue  witA  in  lykyng,  &  thy  leue  ayris. 
The  god,  fat  fou  geetis,  gyf  me  fer-fibre, 
)>at  I  may  beire  fro  the  hurgh,  shall  no  baome 
wete, 
ndomwiii         11748  Thou  art  no  forder,  in  faith,  thy  fame  for  to  lose, 
«id  Ilia  ruk  i>  u  flan  I  my  lyffe  were  leuer  leue  in  fe  plase, 

piiHt'i.  Er  any  troiens  wttA  truthe  might  telle  auche  a 

fawte. 
Or  soche  a  point  on  me  put  iu  perlament  her* 
aftur. 
'Hendthi  11752  Therfore,  priuely,  by  purpoB  Faladian  fou  send 

iiiTMi;  ud  To  honorable  Ylizea,  vtwith  the  tonne. 

"-  ""  If  any  fawte  Jwr  ftmden  be,  we  faithly  may  aay, 

The  pure  kyng  Paladian  pn'nely  atale : 
11756  And  we  excnsit  of  akathe,  yf  Bclatmder  ah&ll 
Eifie." 
Frestly  the  p7-efit  hia  purpoa  wttA-etode 
AU  the  night  wi'tA  noy,  till  negh  at  fe  day, 
Till  he  caght  was  in  coaetouse,  &  cumbnt  hym 
aeluen. 
(ii>i.in>.)      11760  Than  grauntid  he  the  god  to  the  grym  troytor, 
udtiHpiJiidiiiiB  And  toke  hit  fro  the  t«mple,  taiiet  no  lengw, 

tamtMUiTMa.  g^j.  jjjj  jj^^jj  aodainly  by  a  sad  frend. 

To  Vlixes  Ttwith,  egerly  fan. 
11764  Hit  was  noisot  onon  in  the  nowble  tonne, 


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VLZSSES  OHASOBD   WITH  aTKALIMO   IT.  383 

))at  the  kyng,  ])iirgli  Ms  comyng,  by  craft  hads    Boetxxvin. 

hit  goten,  ThtTn^Hiam 

Faladian,  the  pure  god,  pertly  away ;  moIu  bj  him. 

And  the  troiene  betnotid  with  his  triet  wit. 
11768  A!  God  of  )>is  ground,  who  graidly  may  trist       wbocuiw 

Any  tede  on  to  leng,  as  for  lele  true,  nutiiiiiirtat 

Syn  this  prest  fms  prt'set  the  peptill  to  dissayue,  ^ui  owinUTr 

As  a  kaytif^  for  couetoiae  to  cumber  his  laud  J 
11772  Thia  poynt  is  not  pijnted  in  procea  fat  are 
now: 

Hit  lenge«  not  so  loi^  tho  ledis  witAin, 

To  be  cumbrid  vith  couetous,  by  custome  of  old, 

That  rote  ia  &  rankist  of  all  the  rif  syns. 
1 1 776  There  is  no  greuatoice  ao  grete  vndur  god  one,    Ttun  ii  no  da » 

As  the  glQiuyiig  of  gold,  )Kit  glotte«  fere  hertis :  cDTMoomH. 

Hit  puttef  the  pouer  of  pristhode  abake, 

And  forgea  to  the  fend  a  foislet  wttA-in.  (••jiirwut--= 

11780  Couetous  men  comynly  are  cald  aftur  ri^t,  i^n,  ■  •mlic- 

A  temple  to  the  tyrand,  fat  tiaes  to  syn. 

When  the  aoLDawasall  gotyn,  &  the  grete  tas roiA.  iUth, 


Of  qwhete,  &  of  qwhite  syluer,  qwemly  to^edur,  Jj^^^' 

11784  Into  Myner  mykell  temple  maynly  was  broght, 
And  put  ynto  pore  men  till  payment  were  made ; 
Hit  plesit  to  Appollo,  the  pure  god  aboue, 
"With  Sacrifiso  solemne,  besoght  at  )Hzt  tyme,        whiit  ike 

1 1788  Wi'tft  bestis,  &  briddis,  britnet  full  numy,  mnucingti] 

And  the  carcas  full  rlanly  kowchit  on  fe  aater.    ^^^ ' 
Wben  BjT6  ahnld  be  festnet  in  pat  fyne  offrond,  «**«™'- 
Two  mfniellis  on  mold  maynly  were  shewid.        Fitrt.ui.ji 

11792  The  first  was  to  fele,  no  tjK  wold  be  light,  qnmdud. 

^at  asaait  was  tvH  sothely  of  sere  men  full  ofte : 
Ten  tymea  be-tyde,  tellis  me  the  lyne, 
]]at  hit  fest  was  on  fyre,  &  flappit  ont  onone 

11796  Ynto  amorther  &  smoke,  and  no  smethe  low,  (M.ini 


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384  OASUNDKA  IKTEKPRST8  TBG  OUEHS. 

piakiivin.  ffor  tdl  the  craft  ^at  Jtai  kowthe,  &  the  coynt 

aleght 
BHDBd,  u  ««i*  The  secimd,  for-Bothe,  I  eaid  yoa  before, 

tmiofim  Whea  tlie  beatiB  were  britnet  &  bioght  to  pe 

■uniii,**'  Nut  anter, 

•^orSi°       11800  WitA  the  entrall  enermore  enyn  vppo  lofte, 
'*"*^  Come  an  Ems,  fut  was  Sget,  euer  on  a  ciye, 

Light  dowse  lyuely  fro  the  low  ayre, 
Braid  vp  the  bowelB,  &  hem  horn  away, 
1 1801  And  abowvet  to  tiie  Bhippes  of  the  ehene  greluv. 
TiHTndui,  The  tioienfi  meraeld  fall  mekyll  of  ^  mayce 

UnUx).  ink  f oghle, 

riMMiiii.  All  stonyed  ]iai  Btode,  atarond  aboate. 

Thai  wist  fen  goddet  were  gteuit  wi'tA  a  gret 
yie, 
11808  And  Wiethe  at  the  werke^  but  wiet  ^ai  no  cause. 
Cassandia  to  couucell,  ^en  call  ^ai  belyue, 
To  haoA  a  dom  of  fat  dede,  if  the  deie  bowthe. 
miadaduw  The  first  signe,  ho  horn  aayd,  sothely  was  this : 

bm»hii  11812  )}at  AppoUo,  the  pore  god,  was  pat  into  wratbe, 

Moti  witii  Uh  ffor  tene  of  his  temple  was  tiasit  wttA  blode 

Ugod  siAehuiM,  q£  ^gjjjjjgg  ^^^^  choise,  Jwt  chanssit  to  be  alayne  : 

"  ))at  mys  to  amend,  is  maistur  ye  go 
1 1816  To  the  corse  of  ^t  kyng  in  his  cleane  towmbe. 
Light  fere  a  lowe  lynely  wtt&  honde, 
Ml  otj  Hint  ffecche  bere  your  ffyie,  &  festyn  on  be  anter, 

ft(Al(*aaakb  r         *  J      •  J  r  t 

taoA.  And  )>at  bren  wnll  full  bright  in  the  brode 

temple." 
^im^-ormtK  11820  Than  passid  the  pepnil  to  the  pore  ^ragh : 
tab)  As  kend  horn  Cassandra  fti  kyndlit  a  fiie. 

Of  the  second,  for  sothe,  ho  saide  o  this  wise : — 
nit  mani  oBMi  "  This  towne  is  betrayed,  trist  ye  non  other, 

dtrtobMnrrt     11821  And  gnrantid  to  the  greke*  by  gomye  of  your 
HUMQHitat  wne." 

Calcas  the  cniset,  ^t  comynt  vith  the  greke*, 
Bisshop  of  the  boigh,  as  I  aboae  told, 


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or   CALCAS  AMD  TBI  BRAZEN   HO&SR.  385 

'When  he  wist  of  thiea  vondiea,  thies  wordu  hs    BaAnrm. 
said  : —  cuoHraikHtiia 

11828  "  Yonder  towne  wilbe  tokoD  in  a  tyme  abort"     tothaorMki 
tun  the  grekes  horn  graithet  to  a  grot  Sacrifice, 
Thnigh  biddjDg  of  the  bisahop  &  a  bold  pr&t, 
In  honour  of  Appolyne  angaidly  thicke.* 

[AmoDgat  these  things,  Calcu  and  Crlau  the  Priat,  ocnuuelled  otlcaiittdCr^ 
the  Qrutu  th»t  they  should  make  a  greU  Horee  ot  Brang,  Bad  omiud  iii* 
that  moft  be  ao  great  aa  might  hold  within  it  a  thonnnd  j^****"™*"* 
knighia  umed  ;  and  the;  said  tmlofaim  that  it  iraalhepleaaure  e^autofTSdiv 
of  the  godM.     Thii  hone  was  made  b;  a  paaring  wise  Hiwter,  ■uuhudiI 
M  ApioB  was,  whose  name  was  Sinon,  and  he  made  it  ao  aab-  knlchB, 
till;,  that  no  man  oould  peioairs  any  entry  or  imue,  bnt  wilUn 
it  WH  eaale  for  them  that  wera  Incloeed  within  for  to  iasoe  out 
when  the;  would. 

When  tiie  great  hone  waa   full;  made,  and  the  thonaand  Ttaantkt 
kaighta  therein,  b;  the  coumell  of  CHsii,  tliej  pra;ed  tba  King  dMLniiuu  Prim 
Priramiu,  that  he  woold  Buffer  this  horae  to  enter  into  the  oit;,  wui«iio»t""'» 
and  that  it  might  be  w(  in  the  Temple  of  PallaB,  forasmaah  as  m^HI^Fiuu. 
the;  Baid,  that  the;  had  made  it  in  the  honour  of  hllaa,  for  a 
Yowe  that  the;  made  tor  Teetitntloo  of  tiie  Palladiam,  which 
the;  had  eaiued  to  be  taken  out  of  the  same  Temple. 

Among  these  tfaingg,  the  Frinoea  that  were  ;at  within  Tra;,  Tbt  ilUo  of 
when  the;  saw  that  the  King  had  «o  ihamefollj  treated  with  ^'pS^!^ 
the  Qreekea,  the;  went  awa;  out  of  Tro;,  and  tooke  their  men  ^^ij^  a^ 
with  them,  and  the  King  Phylomeniu  led  no  mora  but  two  mKaj,  diput 
hundred  and  fifty  men,  and  threescore  nia;d<ns  of  Amasones,  from  thi  dty. 
that  ware  left  of  a  thonaand  that  cams  thi&er  with  the  Queen  tIh  Amwn^ 
Fenthadlla,  and  canyed  the  body   of  her  with   them,   and  ^^^^^^ 
trauelled  ao  long  IJU  tite;  oame  to  their  owne  Countiy.  y,^  Qom,  m 

■  FoL  ISO  is  awanting  in  MS,     Sea  Note. 


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^t  xxix  Bolu :  ®S  tfie  tait^ng  of  tl|e  touiu, 
anb  tfie  i^  at  Xtps  Retain. 


Tba  Omki  ud  Then  eam«  the  day  that  the  Greeks  should  iweftre  the  p«SM 

TrqiuamHiu  faEnedly  vpon  tbo  plaine  field  vpon  tie  Sanotuarias.  King 
nair  Uh  tnMj.  PriamuB  imued  out  of  tha  City  and  his  people,  and  swart  there 
each  party  to  hold  the  peace  flnnely  from  thenoeforth  on :  and 
DiomedeB  swore  first  to  the  Greeks  :  after,  when  they  had 
broken  the  peaoe  that  they  bad  treated  with  Antfaenor  of  that 
thing  that  they  concluded  after,  and  tberelbre  they  maiiibiyiied 
that  the;  were  not  forsworne  by  that  ooloor,]  * 

(bL  181  a.)      1 1832  Bat  in  proaerbe  hit  ia  pat  witft  prise  men  of  wit, 
'Who  ^t  Bweyrea  to  be  awike,  lie  forawome 
worthea.' 
Dm  Omki  fwiu  Hus  the  grete  of  the  greke*  grymly  Jiai  Bware 

tanhfuU]' :  ffast  pes  to  afferme,  &  flit  of  the  londe. 

thanPriunind     11836  Priam  on  his  part,  &  his  priee  knightes, 
Sweiyn  all  swiftly,  Si  no  svyke  thoghtyn  : 
So  wend  he  full  welo,  po  worthy  kyngia  all 
Hade  no  malia  in  mynd,  ment  at  the  tyme. 
>  11840  JJan  honerahle  Elan  fat  abiU  deliuert, 

Comeadyng  )>at  clere  all  wt'tA  cloise  wordoe, 
Froyng  the  pn'se  men  wi'tA  [hie]  pnie  hert, 
)}at  no  hannys  fat  hend  ahuld  haue  of  hit  lord. 
11844  Thai  heght  hym  full  hyndly  his  heet««  to  kepe. 
And  bis  deeyre  for  to  do,  f  o  dukes  ychoo. 
The  gteke«  foivgete  nogbt  of  the  grete  trayne, 


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PAUX  O0K0LDDE8  THB  TBEATT. 

Prayd  to  Pnam  for  a  gret  vow, 
11848  ffor  to  hale  in  a  horse  haStely  of  bras, 

FaladeB  to  pies  wi'tA,  er  pai  paase  ftuih, 

And  at  Hyneis  mayn  temple  make  hit  to  etomid. 

Thie  conet  ^o  ijnges,  &  the  caaee  made 
11852  ffoi  the  palladi&n  thai  pullit  of  ^  puie  temple, 

Jiat  )«i  Sayle  might  in  boudcI,  &  hor  sute  hoole, 

Lest  the  goddes  in  greme  gert  hom  to  lose 

Botbe  hor  flete  &  hoi  folke  with  a  felle  storme. 
11856  Pnam,  at  ^is  prayer,  aperit  not  sone, 

Ne  grauntid  not  the  gr^et  fat  the  gtet  jeniet. 

Eneaa  )>an  ertid  Egorly  fast, 

And  Antenor  also,  the  ahill  kyng  to : — 
1 1860  "  Hit  is  due  to  be  done,  &  dontlee,"  ^ai  saide, 

"  The  sight  is  full  solenme,  the  Ctt^  to  haue 

Ay  laatond  to  long,  ^t  ledis  may  knowe 

Pai  soche  acord  was  h«re  knyt  with,  kyng««  for 
eiwr." 
11864  The  kyng  affirmet  the  faitoois,  &  no  iraud  pi1uiioob«u> 
Ouy^t; 

Daire  deesiie  for  to  do  demyt  onone. 

))an  payet  kyng  Fi-iam  all  the  pore  sowmes  btom  nyimt 

Of  gold,  &  of  gay  syluer,  &  of  goode  whete :         (nmmti  Ugdia, 
11868  All  )ai  shot  into  ship  on  )ie  shiie  water,  '  ' 

And  made  hom  Bedy  to  Bode  on  fe  rough 
ythee. 

All  the  grekdf  hom  gedrit,  the  grettist  &  other, 

'WiU^  Sacrifice  solenme,  synging  of  prestys :  (bi.  lu  tj 

11872  WttA  prof ession  Jt  prise  pnld  fiuth  the  horse      unnwiv  ibi 

To  a  Side  of  the  Cit^  and  set  at  ^  yate.  loitenibir 

Hit  was  so  body  of  brede,  &  of  brem  heght,         ^^' 

There  was  no  entre  wttA  ease  abill  Jierfore : 
11876  ban  the  warpit  downe  the  walle,  &  the  wale  PDtort)M*.u 
tome,  >dmuiii 

Bothe  obreade  &  aboue  brekyn  the  yatee, 

TyU  hit  might  entur  at  ease,  euyu  as  hom  list. 


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3tJH  THI  BRAZBN  HOBBE,   AND 

°"*^"^'..  J'*" f^ Citaayns,  wtfA aoDg &  solenmete  giete. 

On  Trqjmni  (i™«    11880  Hsllt  forth  the  horse  to  fe  hegh  temple. 
<rUh  ihoau  of  Hit  ia  stud  oftsythes  witft  sen  mec  of  elde. 

The  last  loy  of  ioly  men  lojnye  vitJi  sorow. 

Thiea  buemea  of  the  buigh  blyndit  were  euyll, 
Ttiiir  v^tMnc     11884  ))ai  halit  in  no  hone,  but  hor  haid  deth, 
•oRoir.  Oppreesion  and  payoe,  pyt^  for  ener ; 

And  ay  lashmd  lure  for  lakkyng  of  wit ! 

One  Symon,  a  euro  mon,  aasignet  was  ^  key, 
11888  J)st  was  of  gon^maunse  graith,  by  the  giekM  all, 
To  warp  ap  a  wicket,  &  waite  on  the  tyme, 
And  the  dunes  to  vndo  of  the  dregh  hoise. 
wium  (b>Tndu»  But  SO  fiist  the  Clt^  were  on  slepe  fallyn, 

si^""u™n     11892  And  bn^ht  into  bed,  aa  horn  beat  Ijked : 
hmw  imflw  th*  i*"^  the  ffreike  ahuld  fruaahe  out,  &  a  fyre  make, 

(Inaki  lui»  oat,  ^j  jjgjjj.  ^  ^  j^^  ^^jj  ^  [jgjjj.  ^^^^ 

))at  the  oat  might  haue  entre  eiiyn  aa  horn  liked. 
1 1896  And  the  bettur  in  the  burgh  bale  for  to  wirke, 
TddMaivatiM  The  same  day,  sothely,  the  Citi  waa  takon, 

SjiS^^d  To  Prjam,    the  prtee    kyn^    thai    pnroait  a 

Said  hom-aelayn  wold  saile  samyn  fro  troy, 
1 1 900  And  tume  vnto  tenydoim,  &  taiy  yen  a  qwyle, 

Preuely  the  pert  qwene  by  ptiTpoa  to  take, 

ffor  clamur  &  crie  of  the  comyn  folke : — 

The  murmur  waa  mykell  of  pa  mayn  pepull, 
11904  Lest  )iai  dang  hir  to  dethe  in  hor  dull  hate. 

Hit  plesit  well  Priam  ^at  pttrpoa  to  hold, 

ffor  he  hedit  no  harme,  ne  no  hate  thoght ; 

To  fe  gawdea  of  the  grekes  gefe  he  no  kepe, 
(M.  mo.)      11906  But  all  aemyt  hym  full  aothe  the  aawe  of  ^ 
•nummTnri  kyngss. 

J)an  the  giekes  by  agrement  gild  into  ahippe ; 

"Wttft  proeee  and  pree  puld  Tp  fere  ancrea ; 

Laonchit  fro  the  laond  to  the  low  aea; 


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THS  TRXAOHEBT  OF  THB  SBIBKS.  38d 

11912  And  fajme  were  the  freikes  of  pa  taha  towna  BvAtux. 

Pm  tuiaet  vne  to  teny don,  &  tariet  all  fere, 
Before  the  sottynB  of  the  (ran,  says  me  the  lyne,  '**"  *™^  "^ 
Wt'tA  melody,  &  myrthe,  &  myche  loirde  songe, 

11916  And  there  taried  on  the  town  till  horn  tjme 
thoghL 
"When  the  day  onerdrogh,  &  the  derke  tohb,        J^J^"'"' 
All  bownet  horn  bigly  in  hor  bright  wedid  ISmThlSfin 

"Witft.  SilenB  full  soberly ,—waa  no  soune  herd, —  "*  ™1- 

11920  And  soghtyn  furth  to  the  Cit4  on  a  sop  bole. 
This  Sjmon,  for«othe,  I  said  yon  before, 

)}at  hade  the  keyes  to  kepe  of  yt  cloise  horse,      ^^^  "* 
When  the  bnemes  of  the  bonih  were  biOKht  Hi»p,siaaii 

optna  ths  wlcliei 

Tpon  alepe,  i»u»tamMo 

1 1921  He  warpit  vp  a  vicket,  wan  hom  witA-oute^         thi  iiciiiii  an. 
Light  Tp  a  low,  the  ledis  might  know. 

jMn  gediyt  the  grekes  to  f6  graith  tokyn, 

ffnuhet  in  felly  at  the  &ire  rates,  ThaOntkinidi 

falhnnghlh* 

11928  )}at  biokyn  was  on  brede  for  tho  bright  horse,     bnkan  «c ;  jo<a 
The  knightw  in  the  closet  comyn  out  nrithe  ;      ^ud  tnm  Um 
Settyn  into  the  Cit6  aU  the  sad  grek»;  ^^^ciJ^*^ 

Brentyn  and  betyn  donn  all  the  big  houses ;        ^^^  *** 

11932  The  pepnll  wttft  pyne  pnttyn  to  dethe; 
Bnemes  in  hor  bednes  britnet  all  naked, 
JXX  hedit  no  hanne,  ne  no  hate  ^oght 
Noght  died  ^  the  dethe  ne  dere  of  hor  fos : 

11936  Broghen  rp  dnrs,  dnngyn  donn  yatis; 

Brdcyn  into  bildynge>,  britnet  the  pepnll ; 
Wemen  &  wale  children  walton  to  gionnde : 
Hade  no  pyt4  of  the  pome,  put  all  to  dethe ; 

11940  Kobbet  Jwre  Eichea,  left  hom  hor  lyues,  SlTlMr 
Qenunes,  &  lewels,  lobbes  of  gold,  niubiH. 
Fesis,  Se  platis,  pollssliit  vessell, 

Mony  staiond  stone,  stithest  of  vertue. 

11941  Twenty  thowBsnnd,  Jiroly,  Jial  ^rong  to  the  dethe      C*'-  '*"^ 
Jjat  tyme  in  the  toun,  as  the  tale  shewes !  i«rt«ti  mam  •stj- 


390  TBOT  PILLAQED  AND   PKIAX  SLAIN. 

Pw*'ni.  The  dyn  &  the  dite  was  dole  for  to  here, 

Of  men  ^t  were  martheret  at  the  meane  ^nue 
PriMD.  KOMd      11948  Kyng  Pram  the  pit^  penaruit  onone, 
■bririu  ud  The  rewerd  &  the  ruBshyng  of  )ie  ranke  sorow 

p«9K  Haki  Of  Eneas,  ]»t  egerly  ertid  his  harme. 

umpi*  of  Atolls,  He  nuahit  vp  full  ntdly,  raght  to  his  clothes, 

11952  Soche  as  happit  hym  to  hent,  hade  he  no  wale : 
He  highit  of  his  h&lle  hard  to  the  temple 
There  appollyne  was  onered,  he  etlid  to  bide : 
WjtA-outen  hope  of  his  heole  hetnriy  he  weppit. 

Aj|*viM^        11966  W^hen  the  derke  waa  done,  &  the  day  epiange, 
^^orind  uu  The  grekw  by  fere  gydes  of  the  great  trwytouris, 

piiM>:  Entiid  into  ylion  egetly  fast : 

No  defence  pai  fere  found  in  tbe  faire  place, 
*nu«patii>        11960  And  dyden  all  to  the  dethe  wttA-outen  djn 
more. 

Pimia  to  the  prise  temple  preset  ftill  hard, 
Prntiu  sodi  Of  honorable  Appollyne,  ae  Antenor  bade, 

Prlmn  In  tin  ie:      j       • 

uafit,  and  Otjt  There,  Vrixai  the  prise  kyng  prestly  thai  founde, 

11964  Abydyng  his  bona  &  hia  bale  detha 
Firms  full  prastly,  wttA  a  prise  swerd, 
Brittoned  ^le  bold  kyng  &  his  blod  shed, 
J)at  the  stremys  full  stitbly  atert  on  )ie  auter. 
11968  On  seand  the  saniB  mon  the  Boaera}^  betrayed, 
Eeaha  the  honerable  egeily  flogh 
With  Follexena  the  pert,  hir  pi-tBe  doughter ; 
Bnt  fai  wist  not,  l-wia,  on  no  wiae  where 
1 1972  fibr  to  hide  hom  fro  hanne :  ))an  happit  horn  to 

The  traytor  wt'tA  tene,  vntristy  Eneaa. 
Thiee  wordes  (tat  worthy  warpit  hym  to : — 
"  A  !  traytor  vntrew,  how  toke  fon  on  hondo 
11976  Pti  trew  to  be-tray,  ^t  trist  in  ^e  euer, — 
Thy  lege  &  )ii  lord,  pat  the  loaet  wele, 
And  mycbe  good  hase  pe  gyfien  of  his  gold  red  1 


POLTZKKA  AND  ABDBOHAOHB  BBSOnBD.  39] 

Thou  hase  led  to  ^i  lord,  ^t  hym  lothe  was,  Boakxxig. 

11980  Hia  fomen  full  fel«  tho^li  falshod  of  the ; 

And  donA  hym  to  dethe  dolefully  jDow,  (ftiLisiB.} 

t^at  thy-selfe  ahuld  baae  socourd,  hade  {Km  ben 
sad  tru. 

The  boi^  theie  }h>u  borne  was,  baillfully  dio- 
troyet, 
11964  To  ee  hit  leme  on  a  low,  laithis  not  fi  heiil 

Jet  haue  pyiie  &  compassion  of  this  pure  maidon ;  sbe  iiimIi  wiih 

Put  hir  in  some  place  tio  perisahyng  of  hondes,    Faij»wi 

pat  the  grek«s  hir  not  get,  ne  to  grem  brynge, 
11988  Ne  defoule  hit  vnfaiie,  &  in  filth  holde  I" 

The  wordea  pn'cket  hym  wHA  pit4  of  ^o  pHse 
qwene. 

FoUexemt,  the  pert  he  pnld  out  of  ^long,  toll"""  *"" 

Hid  hit  in  a  howle  ynd^  a  h^h  towte, 
11992  And  keppit  hit  fall  close,  fiat  clere  out  of  s^ht. 

Telamon  full  trte  to  the  temple  yoda  Ttfuun  n«« 

Of  Myner  the  mighty,  wj'tA  a  mayn  fare,  cmuidm. 

And  diogh  out  Andiomaca,  Jtot  in  diede  was, — 
11996  Worthy  Ectora  wife,  &  a  wale  maidon, — 

Cassandra  the  clene,  &  keppit  horn  bothcL 

And  Menelay  the  mighty  his  myld  qwene  Elan,  iieiMiHu  vith 

ffro  the  pales  he  pnld  of  the  prise  kyng,  hioml 

12000  ffiill  ghtd  of  )iat  gay,  &  of  good  chere, 

As  mery  of  ^t  myld  as  a  mon  thntt. 

paa  the  grekys  fnll  glad  gyffon  to  red,  Tb*i3iHki«t 

nion  to  on«rtnme  angardly  sone,  tBaupuo*: 

13004  And  the  Inldyngea  bete  donn  to  the  bote  erthe. 

All  the  cit^  Tnaaktely  fiu  set  vppon  fyre, 

Wi  tA  gret  launchannd  lowee  into  the  light  ayte ; 

Wroght  vndet  walles,  wait  horn  to  gronud ; 
12008  Grete  palie  of  pnse  put  into  askys, 

WttA  fiammes  of  fyre  ineise  to  behold ; 

And  all  the  Cit4  vp  soght  to  pe  sad  walles. 

In  the  burgh  ])tti  forbere  byldyng^  mony, 


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S92  APTER  THI  DEBTHCCmOtl   OF  THE  OITT. 

B<<*™^     12012  There  aa  certain  aeignes  were  set  vppolofte, 
bGt  tba  houH  Of  the  traytor  Antenor,  <&  his  tm  fere, 

AnUniii  m  Eoeas  also  :  anger  horn  betide  I 

THE   COUKSELL  OF  ])E  OREIUS  AETBB  )}S  DTBTBUCrTIOK 
O?  THE  TOVNE. 

(ibi.  iss  b.)  When  the  Cit^  waa  sesit  &  eetcbet  to  the  last, 

AonumnsB        12016  Agamynon  the  grekw  gedrit  to  a  couiisell, 
oMm  iB  Dm  Into  Miner  mayn  temple  Jio  mighty  bedene, 

MiMm,  ffor  to  speke  of  hor  spede  in  a  apace  ^en. 

pen  fraynet  the  iieke  at  fm  fre  kyngis, 
12020  Wethir  |iai  conenand  wold  kepe   to  fe  kene 
traitura, 
)}at  betoke  hom  fa  tonn  hy  treeon  to  hane ; 
And  Jw  gode,  futt  was  getyn,  graidly  to  part 
Amonge  men  of  might,  fai  most  had  diaserayt 
TiuT*(n>to       12024  )]e  onawar  of  all  men  wax  openly  ^is, 

pnDiHtotht  Euen  the  couenand  to  kepe,  as  be  caa  was, 

(nllan,>Bdta  i  ■       i  — > 

diTid*  lb*  ipoa  ))ai  betiat  hom  )>e  touu,  &  hor  truth  hold ; 

And  ^  ryches  full  Tjt,  )iat  lobbet  waa  ^re, 
12028  To  be  delt  to  pa  dughti  vppon  du  wyse, 

Aa  ^  sothly  deaaerayt  wi'tA  hor  aad  atrenkith. 
to"tKSl^^  Aiax  to  Elayn  was  angardly  wrothe, 

dMh.  Demyt  hir  to  )ie  dethe  wt'th  dole  at  ^e  tyme, 

12032  fforfe  wortiiy  in  were  ^twastid  were  ^urghliir: 

And  mony  kyng  in  ^  ease  hia  counsell  alowet. 
AfHBtBMn,  Agamynon  ^  giete,  and  hia  gomys  all, 

nijwi  pind  ror  WM  ^  might  of  Uenelay,  &  |)aire  men  hole, 

12036  All  fie  here  )iat  Jhu  hade,  witA  helpis  of  othir, 

Were  bya^  tto  bale  deth  fie  burd  for  to  sane ; 

Sot  all  pe  company  dene  weie  cast  fer  agayn. 
T^^^»(w»«««r  Bnt  VliieB,  euennore  egerly  fast, 

12040  Declaret  hom  ^  cause  wtlA  his  clere  Toyc, 

pat  pe  grete  by  E^rement  gnnmtid  hir  lyue. 
cawndn  1.  ]}e  EmperouT  Agamynon  angardly  swith 

ig,n„n^  Couet  Caasandra,  be  cause  of  reward, — 


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12044  PriamB  pore  dnghtei,  pertist  of  wit, —  Bookzzix, 

And  all  greimtid  ^e  grete  viih  a  gode  wilL 
Ab  foa  kyngw  in  coimsell  were  comynyng  to- 

gedur, 
Eneas  c^erly,  enyn  wt'tft  Antenor,  wumimii 

12048  Put  hym  in  prise  &  i^offerit  to  say ;  fi»^i^^ 

|M  dede  of  Andromaca  dnli  Jni  told,  ■n'  Hrinn 

And  haw  ElynuB  ^erly  ertid  fe  lordis 
To  pursu  for  ))e  pes  to  pe  pnie  grekiB  ; 

12052  And  how  at  praier  of  ^t  pure  ^  pnse  kyng 
Achillee, 
Waa  gnmntid  to  be  granyn,  A  gyuyn  to  his 

tonmbe; 
Pat  woithi  }td  wilnet  cJ  wo  to  delyuer, 
And  grauntid  fo  gnte  witA  a  glad  chere.  TiHirnqniMi. 

120(»6  Elynut  egeil;  for  Ectois  childur  Btmuuid 

Fniet  to  ]ki  prineee,  and  hor  pun  modw :  fiMatcrB^tor-t 

And  f»  lordia  to  ]»  litill  fie  lyuys  ban  gmnntid,  n,B«t  li  ot  om 
Namly  Pimm,  Jat  purport  to  pnt  horn  to  deth,  EJ^i^rtL 

12060  Aasentdd  to  ^  same  wtt&  a  sad  giaonL 

))en  ordant  afterward  fta  honourable  kynge», 

pat  all  fe  worcbipfoll  wemen  of  J«  wale  tonne,    "» '»'*•  ^™" 

Pai  left  were  on  lyae,  bane  leoe  forto  wend,         ti>ibpui«  fj- 

12064  I^use  at  hor  lykyng,  no  Isde  forto  hanne. 
Jien  pw^oet  fa  playnly  to  pas  oute  of  land, 
£fro  troT  forto  tume,  &  toir  no  lencrur :  na  aermum  <d 

Bat  ya  atormjB  were  bo  stitb,  &  etuyng  of  daiv^tr 
wyndifl, 

1S068  More  ^n  a  moneth  mygbt  ^  not  pas. 

t>en  come  [xu  to  Galcaa  ^  canae  forto  wete, 
Of )«  wedur  so  wikkid,  &  ^  wan  stormys. 
He  said  bom,  foTBothe,  be  sayntiB  of  hell  nmoMft.  iwk 

12072  Wera  wode  in  hor  werki?  for  wreke  of  Achillee ;  xui  aauK^iA. 
)]at  no  den  for  bis  deth  was  don  jet  jmogh, 
fioT  h«  wt'th  treson  in  Jw  temple  vntruly  was 
slayn. 


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394  POLTXXKA  HUBT  BB  8LAIH 

Bob*  ITU.  ")ow  moet  sle  ffor  ^t  same,  jour  aayntia  to 

poIt»»>>  -bo  plese, 

oriiiiii«tii,        12076  J}at  was  cause  of  hia  ctuabraose,  &  keppit  is  on 

lyne." 
FjrThia  luiM  jMn  Pimu  witA  pyne  put  hym  to  setche 

PnifiniM:  Of  Folexena  ^  pert,  in  priuet6  holdyn, 

(M.  iMt.)  ))at  was  cause  of  fo  cumbianse  of  his  kynd 

fadw; 
12080  And  nothir  takyn  Jiat  tyme,  ne  tyruTt  to  deth. 
AgHHniiHD  Agamiuoa  full  graidly  goa  to  Antenor, 

inunorngua-  fiiayuyt  at  hym  Mkl;  of  ^at  &e  ntayden : 

liuhoui  nuMM.  He  denyet  hym  onon,  )Nit  noqweie  he  knew 

12084  \}a.t  commly  be  keppet,  ne  in  cloese  haldyn. 
jMn  imthid  ^o  worth!  for  wont  of  )>e  hurde. 
And  tenyt  fnll  tite  for  taiying  so  longe. 
Antenor,  after  ^is  augur,  persayuyt 
12068  )]at  ))e  kynget  ffor  ])at  clere  bad  caght  kym  in 
hate, 
And  ))oght  fully  his  fanlshed  folow  to  an  eud. 
He  besit  hym  bariy  fie  bnrde  forto  seohe, 
Thuight  ^  cit^  bym-selfe,  and  ser  men  of  heat, 
AftHmurd^   12092  ffele  dayee  bedene,  or  ho  |iat  dere  fonde : 
dimnn  bv  fa  Till  he  ospiet  blr  wit/i  spit,  by  speiyng  of  othir, 

"     **""■  Doune  in  a  dungion,  don  for  to  kepe, 

A  tyme  for  to  tarie,  of  a  touie  olde. 
12096  te  losell  to  >e  lady  launchid  full  swithe. 
Braid  bir  out  bigly  hi  fie  biyght  armya. 
Present  fiat  pert  to  ^e  prise  kyngea. 
shciiMntto  Agaminon  fiat  gay  gert  forto  send 

pnp^to  1 2100  To  PirruB  fat  presound,  preatly  onone ; 

kuwr'Vufab.  And  he  cast  hym  ^t  coomly  to  cut  into  pesia, 

ffull  tite  on  fie  toumbe  of  his  tru  fadrtr, 
Aa  this  lady  was  led  toll  hir  last  end, 
12104  Kingie  comyn  cantly  ^t  cutnly  to  se. 
)»  pnpull  had  pit£,  &  preait  full  fiik 
To  se  ^  lonely  be  lost,  ^  no  lak  did. 


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TO  ATONE  POS  THB  DBATH  OF  AOB 

All  ya  foike  wok  Tnfayn,  &  of  ^  will 


Hit  hade  doatlea  ben  done,  and  hiiti  deth  voidid,  : 

Had  not  Calcas  be  curait  catpit  before,  *"*  (^ia> 

bat  neuer  bo  lordia  to  bot  londie  Ivaely  sbuld      ibL  tua.) 

UmpertntU 

wyn,  '  nutmnua 

12112  Till  ho  duly  vera  ded  &  dressit  in  pesis. 

When  )iis  bnrd  waa  brogbt  to  ^e  bare  toamb, 

Ho  aakewsit  hir  of  skatfa,  &  sklaunditr  of  bis 
deth; 

)>at  neu^  ho  ynst  of  ^  verke,  ne  in  will  ^oght    BbttttOm 
13116  tat  ^e  dngbti  shnld  degb,  till  bit  don  was.  konit^of, 

Jm  kyrtgis  and  Jie  comyna  bad  core  at  (laire  heites,  ttrnttina' 

To  BO  ^t  &e  be  SaTfaTyn,  ]iat  no  faut  did : 

All  ])ai  sparit  pai  apeciall  to  spill  at  ^e  tyme, 
12120  To  periche  Jiat  pure  pit4  ^  had ; 

But  ho  doutid  no  deth  in  [hir]  du  lyght, 

fTor  hit  laithit  hir  les  fien  on  lyue  be. 

Synho  home  waea  bnrd  of  a  blodnolnll,  BotAawiu 

1 21 24  Comjn  of  a  kyng  &  a  clene  maydyn,  ue  w«d<«i  to 
Hir  was  leusr  in  hir  lond  out  of  lyue  pas,  ' 
Pm  be  defonlit  in  Altb  wttA  febill  of  astate ; 

Or  be  led  of  hire  lond  witA  a  lede  stnnmKe ;        «  U"  ^oi 

12125  Set  vndur  B«ruage  and  eorow  for  euer,  lUnniibH 
WttA  fw  foBe  of  hir  fadur,  &  bii  fre  kyn. 

And  bir  brethir  had  britnet,  &  brogbt  vnto  end. 

"Me  is  leuoi,"  quod  Jiat  louely,  "in  my  lond 
degb, 
12132  J>en  be  ezild  for  enermors,  ordond  in  sorow; 

In  othir  pronyna  &  pertia  ponert  to  Boffer ; 

In  ^ronge  and  in  ^raldom  ^rape  witA  ]»  werld. 

Derfore  welcum,  I-wia,  is  my  wale  deth ! 
1 2136  My  maydyuhed  I  merk  to  mygbtifull  goddis : 

Accepts  hit  as  sacrifise,  &  my  saule  to ! 

))ia  holly  wi'tA  bert  hers  I  beseke  !" 

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396  POLTXXHA  IS  BLiTS  BT  P7ILBHIIB. 

Bmkxiix.     12140  PiiTUB  wttA  a  pale  sword  pr«trit  hir  to  j 
PfFTtnu  Btum  Britnet  )n  bnrde  brightest  on  lyue, 

(tm.  iwM  At  ^  tmnbe  full  tit  of  hia  triet  fodur ; 

In  pueU  ud  Gyid  Ui  in  gobettis  &  on  his  graue  cast. 

ow^b^^     12144  Hire  blod  all  abouto  aboae  hit  was  sched, 
•"■"^  And  strawet  in  fe  strete  strenklit  full  ^ik. 

BHut-nrooBi,  Honoumbld  Ecnba,  fat  was  hir  aone  modur, 

mwL  Begh  hit  dogbtur  witft  dol  be  delt  into  peses : 

12148  Scho  welt  into  wodnes,  A  hir  wit  leajt, 

And  lan  fhrthe  raois  rathe  to  beholde. 

Scho  bete  horn  blttarfy  witA  hir  bare  teth, 
inhtrwiidBiH  And  wiVi  stonys  in  )>e  strete  atrok  horn  to 

muijortht  gnnind; 

°™^  12152  Jjia  lif  scho  lad  lelly  fat  day, 

And  myche  gremyt  ^  greke*  in  hir  grete  augur, 
shdibmiiii,  J}ai  toke  hire  full  tit,  and  teghit  hii  hondii^ 

AaUt.  Hiunik*  Send  hii  sone  by  somue  of  hiie  men, 

dddb.  12166  Into  the  lie  of  Aulida  angardly  swythe ; 

And  stithly  wi'tA  stonys  steynyt  hir  to  dethe. 
A  ipinAia  famb  The  greke*  for  the  grete  graithet  a  toumbe, 

incMftirhv.  Of  a  b^ht  |iat  vas  hoge,  allof  haide  marble; 

.    13160  And  btoght  hit  to  betenes,  as  hom  bast  fioght. 

In  mynd  of  Jtat  mighty,  to  myn  hit  for  eoer, 

The  plaee  all  of  penaunoe,  &e  pepnll  hit  calles, 

The  lede  in  hor  langage,  fut  lengys  jwrin, 
12164  Daly  to  this  day,  as  demya  the  bake. 


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tCIje  XIX  Bolte.    ®f  StcgCe  of  i!ri)eIamon  anli 
Flixeji,  &  o{  )>e  titi^t  of  STIielanum. 


All  this  tyme  in  ]» toon,  tellla  )»  atoiy, 

Jm  graldB  wen  togedttr  for  ]ie  grete  stormys 

Of  vyndis  full  wikkid,  &  frauea  of  |ie  se : 
12168  Ifo  shalke  went  to  schip  on  p»  echii  water. 

Pe  tor  kyng  Thelainon,  tidS  of  hondls,  ' 

Before  fB  giete  of  fn  grekiB, — A^foajnon  &  o 
otluT, —  h 

To  TliieB,  in  angur,  angardly  speke,  , 

12172  ffor  dole  to  {«  Auk  of  }o  dn  goddea,  I 

jMt  wa3  eeait  in  fe  Citd  at  ]ra  same  tyme. 

ffor  paladion  of  pnee  was  put  to  Tlizes, 

He  wiathit  bym,  I-wis,  &  to  ^  wegh  aside : — 
12176  "  )}at  gyfle  ia  to  grete  of  fiat  god  nobill ; 

And  my-eelnyn  for«othe  hane  semyt  hit  bettttr, 

And  more  worthi  to  weld  for  my  wale  dedia. 

I  hane  bent  me  fall  boldly,  &  my  blode  sched, 
12180  Onre  faLke  forto  filsyn  qwen  onie  fode  lakkid ; 

And  in  were  witA  my  wepyn  wondurMli  don, 

Ofte  felllt  oiire  foe  witft  my  fyn  atrenkith. 

Folimneetor,  fe  proud  kyng,  I  put  vnto  deth, 
12184  J>at  was  of  riches  full  rif  &  myche  red  gold. 

)>e  aim  of   ^  sam  kyng  I  alogh  wttA   my  iHimoriiH 
hondia, —  »«»j- 

Folidariuf  ]ra  pert,  ^ot  Fnom  did  kepe, 


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398  THE  BTItlTB  OF  TELAUOH   AND   OLTSBES 

Bciiftnx._  yfitii  &U  fe  gold  &  fo  gode  of  his  gay  fadur. 

^iSdlf'     ^^^^  -^  J"*  ^'^^^  *  ^'''  "^"^  ■^y^lit'  of  inj-aelfe, 
um  muvrjrj  I  wan  vs  in  were  thu^Ii  my  wight  aime, 

P&t  has  eocourd  va  intA  solas   in  oxue  sad 

hungur. 
pe  fell  kyng  of  Fiigie  I  f erbid  of  lyue, 
12192  And  mony  othii  myghtl  men  of  aatate. 
wot  hid  tddtd  I  haue  aproprid  to  onie  partis  prouyns  besyde, 

woiMBi  With  mylabur  full  longe,  and  my  lei  Tjt. 

t)o  Tote  rem  of  Taigason,  &  ^de  Aiundyna ; 
12196  Cepeayn  I  seeit,  &  Jie  sid  Laiiis ; 

And  othir  prouyna  &  plasis  of  pMis  of  Troy. 
ud  hj  bimieif  Thuigh  my  xri^tnas,  I-wyRse,  &  worthi  Achillea, 

TfojwMMJwii.  We  haue  wonen  imrere  fe  Toichip  wttA  hond; 

12200  Andgetyn  to  Jie  grekis  ^ia  ground  vith  oxaa 
help, 
(fi*.  iMw  Xhia  Yliiea,  Jot  vtwith  aonterit  hym  neoer 

"utroMbu  VTith  no  conise  for  to  come,  as  a  kn^ht  shold ; 

Id  tatii«  1  b«  K  But  wttA  fslshed  &  flatery,  feynyng  of  woides, 

biHtiaoXibtuiT,  12204  And  callis  hym  the  caTse  of  cacchyngjiis  tonne. 
"***°°'  But  vith  treason  &  tranntis  of  Mb  vntiea  foio 

He  fortherit  neuer  a  fyge  with  Ms  fight  jet 
wi  mighi  hin  There  we  the  tonne  shuld  haue  tone  wtt/t  our 

inn^  ud  bid  tnot  stienght, 

12208  And  bane  wonyn  hit  in  wer  witii  voisMp  otire- 
selnyn, 
thnnwh  Um  ^J[  Qure  lose  base  be  lost  thuigh  Ms  lither  dedis, 

11  bj  (nuoii,  ffor  to  take  Mt  by  treason  &  trantia  of  bym. 

wuh  .i..~."  Thnigh  the  craft  of  fat  cuised,  knigbthode  may 

shame 
12212  And  wary  all  onw  workes  to  the  worldes  end." 
TMes  woides  be  warpit  f  o  worthy  before, 
And  Jan  sesit  ho  of  bis  saw,  &  set  bym  to 
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FOK  TES  PALLASIUK. 


Then  answani  Tlixea,  &  Ytierit  his  spwhe, 

12216  Wrothe  at  the  w^li,  in  his  wiUa  fable, 

8ud  the  Citie  was  aesit,  &  the  Bad  pepnll,  vu— 

Thmgh  haiclmee  of  bym,  &  the  hagh  wit.  tmu 

But  thoigh  hia  wiles  of  wer,  &  his  wight  dedia, 

12220  WttA  hia  gonamotmce  grsithe,  &  hia  gret  beipe. 
All  the  Cits,  foT4othe,  &  the  anie  knightec 
Hade  aitton  here  fall  sound,  Ss  hor  selfe  keppit. 
"  Therefore,    Telamon,    truly   with    jri    tried 
strenght 

12224  Was  nener  Paladian,  the  pnie  god,  paid  fro  Jte 
temple ; 
Ife  the  grekM  had  hit  gotten  for  gode  vpon  erth. 
I  hade  knowlache,  hy  ciafte,  of  hie  dene  vertue,  h«  in 
While  the  atatnie  was  atithly  atokyn  witA-io.       .uu  ■ 

12228  We  were  Tnsikei  of  ouro-aelfe  the  Cit6  to  wyn,    Jjjjj" 
Or  to  dwio  hit  in  dede  the  dayes  of  oure  lyue  j    "**" 
And  I  comynd  in  the  case  wttA  my  dene  wit, 
"With  the  troiens  to  treate  for  takyng  ^^rof ; 

12232  And  so  wan  TB  oma  worship,  &  oure  will  bothe." 

THBLAKOR. 

Than  Thelamon,  ^e  tore  kjmg,  tenfully  spake       Tdmn 

Qrete  wordea  &  (greme),  all  in  giym  yre :  ^ 

And  he  fioly  wttA  ^ng  wil  fiieppit  agayn,         ^'^' ' 
13236  Till  }M  hatid  in  hert,  aa  any  hed  foa. 

poa  Thdamon  truly  told  hym  on  hight,  wd  i 

Jjat  other  duly  schnld  degh  tot  his  detf  woidis. 

Hit  was  tretid  fat  tyme,  )io  tore  kynge>  hothe 
12310  Sohnld  lyuge  in  hot  loutd,  &  light  on  a  dome      tiiit 

Of  Agamynon  ]m  grete,  &  his  gay  hrothii — 

Henelay  fie  mighty,  as  a  mene  frend. 

)}efl  dnly  schnld  dem  }k>  dakie  by  lyght, 
12244  Qwiche  w^h  ^  wale  god  is  worthi  to  haue. 

jXa  spekyn  Jiai  specially  for  aped  of  Jio  two, 


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THB  PALLABIDK  AWABDBD  TO   ULISSBS. 

And  ordant  Vliiea  mon  abill  ^er-foie. 
And  worthy  at  Mb  iriU  to  weld  hit  for  ay : 

12246  (ffoi  ^e  kyng,  vttA  hia  cast  &  hia  coynt  qiech^ 
Honourable  Elan  of  angur  delyn^yt 
f&o  ThelamoR  in  tone  &  otfair  tore  kyaget, 
jKkt  deniyt  hir  to  deth  on  day«8  before.) 

12252  poa  Thelamon  waa  tenfull,  A  tumyt  into  yie, 
ffor  ])iB  god,  by  fo  giete,  was  ^rountid  vlixea 
Aganys  reson  and  right,  aa  the  Benlce  thngbt : 
8yn  all  the  kynge«,  by  comae,  of  the  clena  grelui 

12266  Had  demyt  bit  by  dome  duly  to  Tbelamon, 
Saue  barly  |io  brether,  Jiat  I  aboue  aaid. 
ThoH  Thelamon  for  tene,  in  bis  tore  angnr, 
Mony  woidys  out  warpit  to  Jio  wale  dubM, 

12260  And  manaat  horn  mightily  as  Ma  mayu  fos. 
Because  of  tbe  kyng  &  bia  kyd  hate, 
^    keppit    horn  in  company  wttA    knigbtei 

enarmit 
Tho  bretber  full  bigly  wiiJi  bold  men  ynow, 

12264  And  Vlixea  also  -with  angardly  nLOn^. 

Onone  come  tbe  night  &  negbit  vppon  hoiid, 
And  yche  Benke  to  pen  Seat,  aa  ^  rede  toke. 

Un  }ie  secund  day,  ao&ely,  er  )e  sun  rose, 
I  12268  The  tall  kyng  Tbelamon.  tellis  the  lyne, 

Was  fonnden  bare  in  his  bed,  britnet  to  dethe, 

And  bis  body  f  or-bled  buemee  hit  e^h. 

Tbe  noy  of  Jtot  noble  was  noyset  thnrgb  the  ost, 

12272  And  mykell  dole  for  fat  duke  doutles  was  made. 
To  Agamynon  gomys  geuyn  the  wito  ; 
And  Vlixes  by  oidinause,  all  men  saiden, 
Oert  the  duke  to  be  dede,  (thus  demyt  tiio 
lorde«) 

12276  And  his  lyf  to  be  lost  thuigh  hor  lethur  dedis. 
HmiB  hade  pit4  of  Uie  pure  kyng : 
(He  lonit  hym  full  lelly,  as  his  lefe  broUter.) 


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ULYBSBS  BTEAU   AWAT  TBOM  THK  OBSBKa. 

Mycbe  manaet  tlio  men  in  the  mene  tjme,  Buk  xx: 

12280  ffor  the  dethe  of  Jwt  doghty,  aB  his  dede  foe.         o™tm. 

Ylizes  douted  Ms  deth.e,  &  dred  hym  faH  Bore ;   ^iHaiu^ 

Stale  &o  Jh)  etith  men  stillj'  by  night, 

Witft  his  men,  in  tlie  ni«rke,  for  the  more  harme. 
12284  Faladian  the  pure,  he  pat  for  to  kepe  adimMtb 

"With  Dyamed  the    derfe,  )iat  -waa  hia  dere  i««ii«i^'' 

And  halit  on  fiill  hard  vnto  the  h^h  Sea. 

J)an  Pirnu  wttA  pt4  gert  put  into  fyre,  Pjirbot  cuu 

1 2288  The  body  to  hren  of  the  baeme  Thelamon :  tsIvood  u  b 

Consumet  the  conrae  vnto  cleane  askys, 
And  graithit  hom  faO  graithly  in  a  gay  Teseell,    i»uhu  th*  i 
All  gliaaonotcDd  of  gold  &  of  good  stones ;  "^  t*"^  u 

12292  And  ao  cariet  the  corse  into  Ms  Uth  hom.  Bamtrj. 

AgamynoQ  the  gret,  &  his  gode  brother, — 
Kenelay  the  mighty,  &  mo  other  kynge», 
Eeppit  hom  full  cloise  for  cacchyng  of  harme 

12296  Of  Firms,  Aill  prest,  fiat  purpost  hom  skathe. 

But  the  troytar  Antenor  tretid  hom  with,  Auhdot 

Made  fo  kynge«  to  kysse  &  comyn  to-gedur.         Pmiiii^ 
He  featid  full  feire  all  }io  &e  loid^s,  „a  Um^ai 

12300  And  the  grete  of  fie  grekea  vt'tA  gyftes  honouryt 


TH8  SXHiE   OF  ENEAS   AND  i 

The  grete  of  ^  gTeke«  gediit  Into  coimsell, 

And  spake  in  hoi  epeche  the  apite  of  Eneaa : 

8sid  the  traitourvntrew  hade  his  trowth  broken;  ruiisving 

12304  5bt  Follexena  the  pert  he  put  into  hidUe,  FairunL 

Thuigh  whom  Achilles,  ]»  choise  kyn^  chansit 

bifl  end. 
Theie  )iai  demet  ^e  duke,  as  by  du  right, 
All  Ms  londes  to  lose,  &  launche  out  of  towne,        (w.im« 

12306  He  proyet  hom  full  pitusly,  WttA  his  por<e  hert,  pi«ut.fofthi 
for  to  gmnnt  hym  to  gyffe,  of  hoi  gode  wille,  pun  idhk  t 
Tho  sMppea  to  shilde  o  ^  shyie  whaghea, 


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IU2  THB   BXILB  AKD  ElErE:(aB  OF  XSEiB. 

Bai^jxs.  Pat  Paris  w/tft  past  into  the  poie  jlo 

13312  Of  S^tliera,  the  Bamtyme  he  sesit  the  qwene ; 
And  tym  hom  to  takle,  &  tnuae  for  the  Bea ; 
To  BtuSe  hom  with  store  of  his  stith  godis, 
And  fode  foi  his  folke  to  fiUe  on  ^e  water. 
ikeHin  12316  This  grauntid  tho  greke«  wi'tA  a  gode  chere, 

gar  mcnui*  u*  Sa.vm  nioiies,  at  the  most,  the  men  for  to  lenge, 

X^btoL  His  fraght  &  hU  fode  to  fiUe  as  hym  list, 

And  {lan  his  godis  to  gripe,  &  his  gate  halde. 
bmu  plum  how   12320  £luea8  yritA  anger  was  ang&rdly  heay 
ijii^lota  Wi'tA  Anteuor  the  traytor,  mtrew  of  his  werke  ; 

f,^.  Sot  his  dedis  he  was  duly  diyvon  fro  troy, 

Thurgh  the  lady  ^at  the  lede  lugget  of  ^e  toiire. 
12324  He  cast  hym  full  cointly,  &  compast  in  hert, 
How  to  bryng  hit  aboute  wttA  hia  bare  wit. 
To  ert  hym  on  exile  eiier  of  the  londe. 
Eneas  ^urly  after  onone 
i*MHiDbi«th*   12328  Assemblit  in  the  Cit4  the  sure  men  of  tioy, 
irm  ibRn  to  All  ])at  left  were  on  lyue,  lengand  Jiot  tyme. 

HU  wbTimii'*'  He  said  hom  full  soberly,  all  on  soft  wise  :— 

i!^!w  "Now,  frynd«,   in    feith,   ayn    fortane    hath 

graunted 
12332  pat  yow  is  happit  so  hard,  &,  your  hede  lost. 
Ye  Be  well  your-aeluyn  the  sothe  at  your  egh, 
Hit  is  no  bote  here  to  byde  for  baret  vttA-onte^ 
Of  foB  ^at  are  fuerse  vpon  fele  sydes, 
12336  WttAouten  helpe  of  a  hede,  &  a  h^h  -wit, 

In  case  yow  to  comforth,  &  counsell  wttA-all 
Syn  I  bauysshed  am  barly,  ^is  burgh  for  to  lene. 
Chose  you  sum  cheftane,  &  charge  hym  ^erwith ; 
12340  ffor  wete  other  weghes,  fat  wonyn  besyde 
tbi.  lesh)  In  castelfi,  and  cuntres,  &  in  cloise  tovnes, 

}>at  ye  left  bene  in  land,  and  lahkys  a  hede, 
Jlai  will  &11  on  you  ftiersly,  fong  of  your  godea, 
12344  Put  you  in  pn'son,  pyne  you  to  dethe. 
Hit  is  sittyng,  me  eemys,  &  you  so  like. 


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ANTENOB  KLBCTED  KUTQ. 


Tito  for  Antenoi  truly  to  Bend ; 


Make  liym  kjng  of  (ia  kith  bf  comyn  assent,      HtudTiMUm 
12348  ffor  to  kepe  yuu  fro  core  wiOt  a  cleane  wit ;  aiii««,  ud 

In  this  lond  f oi  to  lyne  lengyng  tt^gedor,  ung. 

Your  fo8  to  offend,  &  tjiaya  jour  lyuefl." 

All  liked  the  lede  for  his  lefe  oounseU,  n^  •«ix  ^^ 

12352  (Hi  soght  thnigh  the  Cii6,  &  seat  for  Antenor;   iivotntlHuBor. 

And  he  come  to  fra  comyns  with  a  cant  wille. 

Eneas  wiih  angv,  after  belyne,  ■■«"  ■W'"  w 

Wold  hane  dnngyn  hym  to  deth,  &  delret  fa  Eals, 
123!S6  ffor  he  iras  bigger  in  the  bo^,  boldli  of  kyn. 

Of  ledys  vppon  lyne,  lelly,  ^n  he. 

tun  roB  ]ni  Ml  mdly,  all  llie  tonke  pepuU, 

Somyn  on  a  sop  soghtyn  to  Eneas,  m*  tnim 

12360  ffor  to  sese  of  his  sute,  Ahis  sadyie:  SMtnatu, 

Syn  hom  bappit  so  hard  in  hast  ^er  before, 

With  hot  foB  to  be  felly  ferkit  to  deths, 

)]at  no   deire,  ne  no  dethe,  shnld  dull  hom 
vitA-in 
12364  To  Btir  wttA  no  stryue,  ne  etroy  hom  no  more. 

Xhtea  TTordis  to  fa  we^iis  warpit  Eneas : — 

"  Th^ro  is  no  lede  vpon  lyue  may  so  long  suffer  '"^  dHiun 

Soche  a  trajUa  for  tene,    bat    treason    base  niiftr>wb> 
'  Uiita  to  ii™. 

WTOght, 

12368  And  fowls  with  his  falsyng  haae  feblit  vs  all. 

In  dole  to  endure  the  dayea  of  ours  lyne. 

With  his  gyle  &  his  gawdis,  the  gay  Follexena, 

pa,t  was  comyn  of  our  kyng,  &  a  cleans  maidon, 
12373  He  made  to  be  martrid  ^m^h  malice  of  hym : 

And  I,  ^  am  ontlawhit  for  ener  of  yia  lond, 

ffro  &eBde>  &  felowes,  ^  me  &ith  ow ; 

pat  wold  bane  leuyt  here  my  lyue  in  laogour 
&  woo, 
12376  And  haae  coonceld  the  comyns  in  hor  case  feble, 

Thus  am  flemyt  to  flight  thoi^  his  ialse  caste."       (M-  u*<h) 

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Xhan  the  conytia  toke  counsell,  kiug1it««  A 

And  the  troytor  Antenor  fiom  the  towne  flemjt, 
12380  Keu«r  the  Clt^  to  se,  ne  hia  sute  after ; 

And  gnuntid  hTin  hU  gode  &  gate  by  &  tyme. 

Aatenor  full  tite  fan  ttimyt  to  ship, 

'With  riches  full  Kife,  &  Belikfi»  fuow; 
12384  Shot  on  the  shyre  waghea  ahalke*  full  mony. 

And  soght  furth  on  the  se  with  the  eofte  windea. 

Xho  pure  men  -witii  payne  on  the  pale  sea, 

Uet  witA  a  menye,  &  mart  of  horn  fele ; 
12388  Bohhet  paire  Riches,  &  Teft«  of  ]iere  godes, 

And  myche  toifer  &  tene  tide  of  ))aire  hond^a. 

ffio  tho  ledis  at  the  last  lawsit  fea  were, 

Wi't/i  Boraw  &  sad  fight  eailit  away, 
12392  Till  they  come  to  the  coste  of  a  cleane  yle, 

)Mt  Gelanda  aioynet  was  to  the  lost  nome. 

There  was  a  kyi^  in  |)e  coet,  fat  the  kith  aght, 

Hight  Thetides  truly,  tellia  the  writ, 
12396  )}at  hie  prouyna  &  pepoll  peasably  keppit 

Mony  wintiu  I-vis,  &  in  vele  leiiyt. 

There  Antenor  truly  tuniyt  to  lond 

Wi'tA  a  few  of  his  feres,  as  fell  faym  by  chauitse, 

12400  On  a  plentious  place,  pleasaund  to  se 
There  fildia  were  fiure,  freaahe  watur  in, 
And  woddeg  to  wale  with  wellia  full  cleie. 

t  There  aboue  on  the  bonke  he  hild  vp  a  townei, 

1 2401  By  leuo  of  the  lord,  fat  the  lond  t^ht, 
With  Riches  full  Rife  A  ReliiM  of  troy, 
jMt  he  broght  in  his  barge  to  the  bate  yle. 
paa  he  wroght  vp  a  walle  wightly  abowte^ 

12408  With  tourea  full  tore  the  towne  to  defend. 
]]ai  cold  hit  a  coynt  nome,  comyns  &  all, 
Ueneion,  by  mouthe,  mighty  &  other. 
When  hit  knoweu  was  the  case  wilA  comyna  of 
troy. 


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THE  OBXEES   CONSULT  CAaBABDRA. 


12412  Of  tbe  plentios  plaae  &  pleaaund  of  Ijne,  bbaxh. 

Mony  weghea  thedni  Trent,  &  wood  in  the  toune,  ii  art™  wdi  i 
And  B«plenisBhed  the  place  &  the  playn  londis.  bB»i»  M«id 
The  tfog  was  fall  curtos,  ^t  ^  Hth  aght,  (u.  mto 

12116  Mfche  louyt  he  the  lede  &  the  lell  pepnlL 
ffor  the  wit  of  Uie  v^b,  &  his  wale  dedia. 
He  vaa  chosyu  vttA  yai  choisecheveBt  of  conncell. 
And  wele  louit  wi't/j  the  ledls  of  the  lond  alL 

12120  Sow  tume  wyll  I  tit«,  &  take  fere  I  leuyt, 

To  the  greke«  agajaa  in  the  gret  toune. 

Cassandra  the  dere,  the  ijjuret  owne  dontfhter,    <^«»"3f»  ^ 

jMt  abode  in  the  bnigh  wi'tA  bale  at  hir  hert,       *u  t-r  Undnd. 
12424  Hit  modur  &  hir  myld  Soster  meiirid  io  dethe, 

Myche  water  ho  weppit,  wailyng  in  sorow : 

Hit  was  rath  any  lenke,  ]iat  BioU  to  se ! 

When  ho  sesit  o  sicken,  &  aorow  abated, 
12428  The  kyi^ea  into  counoell  callit  hir  Jwin,  J^SiSuS 

To  epir  erf  hor  spede,  spekyn  hir  to :  nsaMtg  tuiir 

))an  purpaat  }a  plainly  to  pas  out  of  londe. 

The  maiden  to  tho  mighty  men^'ly  eoide, 
12432  Horn  shnld  happon  fall  hard  in  a  hand  while :     ^^  *"<  f" 

Agamynon  the  grete  shuld  gtymly  be  slayn  r*^tt,  »d 

WttA  meneye  of  fat  mighty,  pat  he  most  louet ;  be  diiik 

And  othir  fuersly  be  flemyt,  &  fall}-n  into  angur. 
12436  All  happit  horn  to  haae  as  the  hynd  aaide. 

As  I  shall  tell  you  full  tite,  &  tary  not  long. 

Xhis  Thel&mon  I  told  of,  ^t  tniyturly  was  slayn. 

Two  sonnes  of  hym-selfe,  sothely  he  hade, 
1S440  Jjat  be  wan  on  his  wyfes,  as  Jre  writ  sais. 

The  first  of  )io  fre  faithly  was  cald 

Emynent  the  mighty,  witA  men  ))at  hym  knew,       (svNcits.] 

Of  ClauBtra  the  clere  qwene,  clenneet  of  other : 
12444  Antissas  Jiat  tothii,  tellis  the  story, 

Ethimyssa  hia  make  to  tbe  mou  here. 

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DXPARTUBE  07  AOAtfEMNOIT   AND 

txxx.  Thiee  were  gyuen  to  the  gonemataux  of  a  gay 

kyug, 

Heght  Teucn,  fidl  tni,  as  tlie  tale  ahewes, 
13448  Tho  noble  to  norisstie  in  hor  nait  yowtlie. 

Till  ^  'waxen  were  of  'wit  Se  of  wight  dedis, 
And  abill  mtill  armys,  as  fan  aatate  woldet 

iMn.)  Xnen  Agamynon  the  giete  &  his  gaj  brothir 

u*  idnH     12452  Asket  leue  at  the  lordes  &  the  lege  kynges, 
loma.  ffor  to  wende  to  the  vatur  in  hoi  wale  shippes. 

And  tume  out  of  troy  &  the  toune  lene  ; 
■b  win  But  the  grekes  to  fo  grete  grauntid  hit  noght, 

12456  fToT  fiai  hadon  hom  in  hate  &  ia  hert  atnunga, 
ffor  the  dethe  and  the  deire  of  the  duke  Thelamon, 
Syn  Vlixes  with  Ttteiaunse  auntrid  to  SUgbi, 
Yet  ^  grauntid  fo  grete  the  gate  to  the  sea, 
Q  the  huomes  in  hoi  hig  shippes 
DBiwdr,  Till  all  baizes  were  boune  &  buemes  W4'tAin 

And  diaghen  furth  to  the  depe  as  hom  due  thoght. 


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Elje  xxxi  3Soft<:  ®f  tire  ^mtoQt  of  tfte 


Hyt  fall  thoB  bj  foitnne,  ^e  ftdrest  of  fe  yere 
12164  Was  past  to  the  point  of  the  pale  wintur ; 

Heiuest,  vttA  the  heite  &  the  high  sun,  Antimui  ni 

Was  comys  into  colde  wiih  a  course  low ; 

Trees,  thtugh  tempeBt«>,  tynde  hade  fen  leues;   fmita  iom 
12468  And  briddes  almtid  of  hot  brem  songe ;  MrdikudMMi 

The  wynde  of  the  west  wsckenet  abone,  mttoiT  «iba^ 

Blowjng  fall  bremly  o  the  btode  ythee ;  ,um.  mat  ndat, 

The  den  aire  onercast  w*tA  cloudya  full  thicke,  SSttiwiliii 
12472  WitA  mystw  fiJl  merke  mjnget  witA  ahowies ;    ■'»'■"•"«■• 

fflodes  weie  felle  thu^h  &llyiig  of  Eayne, 

And  wintur  vp  wacknet  wtU.  bis  wete  aire.  (<°<'  i*'  ^) 

The  gret  nany  of  the  greket  &  the  gay  kyngs^ 
12176  Were  put  in  a  purpoe  to  paa  fro  the  tonne. 

Sore  longit  ^o  lordis  hor  londys  to  ee, 

And  dissiTet  fall  depely,  doutyng  no  wedui ; 

pa\  counted  no  coarse  of  the  cold  stormya, 

12180  Ne  the  porellis  to  pasee  of  the  pale  windes. 
Hit  bappit  hom  fall  hard  in  a  hond  qwile. 
And  mony  of  Jio  mighty  to  misse  of  hor  purpoa 
Thus  tbo  lordes  in  hoi  longyng  lagbton  ye  watur, 

12181  Shotton  into  ship  moi^  shene  knightcg,  Ui*r»«« 
WttA  the  tresowre  of  ])e  tonne,  )iai  token  before,  cttn^. 
Belikef  full  Rife,  &  micbe  ranke  godea 


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408  A  STOBH  AT  mi. 

BootxxxL  Clere  was  the  coune  of  the  cold  flodis, 

12468  And  tho  firmament  Mie  as  fell  for  the  wintur. 
Thai  past  on  the  pale  ee,  puld  yp  hor  sailea, 
Hadjn  bii  at  fen  backe,  and  the  bonke  leuyt. 
r««)ariii7a  ffouie  davee  Iw-dene,  &  hor  du  nvfthtis, 

12492  Siill  soundly  ^  sailed  wi'tA  eeasonabla  windes. 
botoaauuth.  The  fyft  day  fnersly,  fell  at  the  none, 

Sodonly  the  aofte  winde  voBoberly  blew ; 
lb*  liy  dwfeHBt  A  mjste  &  a  merkenes  mjnjnt  to-gedoi ; 

(M-iMa.)       12496  Athonerandathicbeiavnebrubletintheekewea, 

•Bd  Ugblolllg  ' 

(ubw  onr  ih(  "With  an  ugsom  noiae,  noy  for  to  here  ; 

All  flaashet  in  a  fGre  the  firmament  oufir ; 

Was  no  Ught  bat  a  laite,  Jiat  lanncbit  abone; 
12500  Hit  alinnyt  in  tho  akewea  wt'tA  a  akyre  low,  . 

ThoTgh  the  claterand  dowdes  clos  to  the  heayn, 

Ab  the  welkyn  ahuld  wait  for  wodenes  of  hete. 
TtHrtnna  'WttA  blaates  iiill  bigge  of  the  hreme  wynde^ 

luuuui]  12504  Walt  vp  the  waghee  vpon  wan  hilles : 

toHH  till  lUn  Slith  waa  the  stonne,  atird  all  the  sMppes, 

«™t.  »i*i  Hoppit  on  hegh  witA  heate  of  the  fllodea. 

The  eea  was  vnsober,  sondrit  the  nany ; 
^3d,1lS     ^2508  Walt  oner  waghes,  &  no  way  hold; 
XTHp  111  bKu*  Depertid  the  pepull,  pyne  to  bo-hold, 

In  coatM  vnkowthe ;  cut  down  fere  eailes, 

Eopia  alto  lochit,  rent  vp  the  hacchea ; 
12612  Topcaatell  ouertumyt,  takells>  were  loat. 

The  night  come  onone,  noye  was  the  more  I 
T?**^  tao*  ^^  *^  company  cleane  of  the  kyng  Telamon, 

■nbuniiv  WitA  fere  ehippea  fiiU  ahene,  &  fe  shire  godi^. 

>u  « bom         12516  Were  brent  in  the  bn  vith  the  breme  lowe 

Of  the  leymond  laite,  fat  laonchit  &o  hsnyn : 

And  euyn  diownet  in  the  depe  Duke«  &  other ! 

Tti*  ihiia  of  Ueliua  Ai'T^  aa  aunter  befelle, 

thirv^oin        12520  Was  stad  in  the  stonne  wi'tA  the  atith  windes, 

lort,    '  WttA  his  shippee  fall  ahene  and  the  ahite  goda : 

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THl  DBBTBOOnOH  OP  AJAX'  fLKBT.  409 

Thriftf  and  Jiriaatmd,  thiet^  &nd  two  Bootnnci. 

There  veie  brent  on  the  bueme  with  the  breme 
low, 

12624  And  kU  the  tnakee  in  the  flode  flot«nind  abcue. 

Hym-eeluyn  in  the  sea  aontyn  belToe,  *Jm  hiimir  h 

Swalpit  &  enram  mtA  Bwyngyng  of  aimyB :  HmHtteid. 

^  he  lannchat  to  londe,  &  hia  lyf  hade, 

12528  Bare  of  his  bodr,  biet  full  of  water. 

In  the  Slober  &  the  elQche  elongjn  to  londe. 
There  he  lay,  if  hym  list,  the  loi^  night  ou«r, 
Till  the  derke  was  done  &,  the  day  sprang.  (to.  in  ».) 

12633  And  than  wonen  of  waghea,  with  wo  aa  )iai  hi  u  dLnnand, 
might, 
J»re  snm  of  his  Rort,  ^t  aoght  were  to  lond, 
Lalted  fen  lord  on  the  laond  syde. 
If  hit  fell  (hym)  by  fortone  the  flodes  to  passe,    ens.  b»  ■■»«-) 

12536  jKm  fonnd  }a  the  f^ike  in  the  fome  lye, 

And  comford  hym  kyndly,  as  ^ere  kyd  lord : 
WttA  worchip  &  words*  van  hym  to  fote, 
Bothe  faUet  hym  the  fode  and  the  fyne  clothes. 

12540  Thus  ^«re  godde*  wttA  gremy  wit%  fa  greke*  Ttnuna 

lore,  bHHHiWBim 

Mighty  Myner(v]a,  of  malis  fiOl  grete,  SSSI^ftS^hB 

ffor  Telamon,  in  tens,  tid  for  to  pnll  "^"^ 

Caasandrs  the  cleane  out  of  hii  cloise  temple. 

12544  Thus  hit  fell  horn  by  fortune  of  a  foule  ends, 
ffor  greuyng  fen  goddes  in  hor  gret  yre. 
Oft^ytiies  men  sayn,  &  sens  is  of  olde,  otuo.  Rit  ibi  iIb 

))at  all  a  company  is  cumbrit  for  a  cursed  shrews,  pontibid. 

12548  Now  of  lEynges,  &  knightes,  &  othir  kyd  dukes, 
flat  past  of  this  p«rell  in  pee  to  fen  londw, 
I  will  tell  how  hnm  tyde,  while  I  tyme  haoe ; 
And  how  fortune,  full  fell,  finget  Jiere  end. 


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ntabe  to  Itsng  ^idnU ;  anb  of  Xtt^i  of  I)u( 
0on  ^alomsaon. 

AitUttm*         12662  ThTB  ylke  trme  of  the  toile,  tallis  tbe  stoiv, 

tbrnllndlB  _,  ... 

onniUnf  There  wont  a  kyng  on  the  coete,  m  a  contie  of 

oHMHimUiH, 

ricii«d  g»ce> 

'""'''^  Hight  Kaulos  to  nome,  an  old  man  of  age. 

(u.  in«.)  He  hade  loiide«  full  lon^  &  of  lene  biede, 

12556  And  thegretti8tofGiise,ofgn)imde£ofpe|mll. 
After  a  a^de  of  the  eefl,  aothely  to  telle, 
Was  a-par^  a  prouyuee,  pight  fall  of  hillea, 
Wi't^  roches  foil  logh,  nigget  TttA  stonoB, 
12560  At  the  fall  of  the  flode  flet  all  aboue, 

By  the  homdure  abonte,  bret  fall  of  lokkea. 
Hi  hid  t*D  HOI  Thu  noble  kyng  Ifawl^  hade  naite  sons  two 

u  Tnj.  At  Troy  in  the  toile  the  tonne  for  to  wynne, 

12564  Comyn  in  company  of  the  kyde  grekss, 

And  faerse  men  in  fight,  fell  of  hor  dynttes. 
The  first  of  po  fiieise,  and  his  fee  ayre, 
Was  Falomydon  ^  pert,  a  pme  mon  in  were : 
nitiH7oan|«r,   12668  And  the  yoiiger  of  yeres  yepely  vas  calde 
Othe  witA  all  men,  abill  of  dedis. 
Falomydon  the  pme,  a  pme  mon  of  armya, 
WitA  a  naay  foil  noble  fro  Naulna  hia  ffader, 
12572  Fast  wttA  a  pepuU  prowde  of  aray, 

And  tumyt  vnto  Tenydon,  as  I  told  bane. 
The  gTeke«,  for  hia  gretnea  A  his  grym  knightM, 


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THE   LESINQ   MADE  TO  N&nPLIUS.  411 

Ordant  hym  Emperour  by  opon  assent,  Back  inn. 

12676  And  Agamynon  degisted  of  his  degre  fan,  th.  otmii* 

))at  chalet  vne  for  cheftan  of  f  o  chore  aUL  PnuHdu  tMr 

JlUi  Falomj'don  wttA  Paiia  put  was  to  deth.e        orAgtmnmn. 
WttA  the  Inne  of  hie  hov,  as  Ia1x>ae  tede,         trPirKboi 

12S80  (But  ay  ledis  witA  lesjng  lonye  to  noy, 
In  baret  to  bring,  &  buernia  to  hyndnz : 
80  happit  hit  here),  fat  harmyt  the  gcekee, 
And  mony  do^ty  vith  dole  vnto  dethe  hK^ht. 

12584  To  this  noble  kyng  Naolo  naitly  waa  told  JJ^X'^h. 

J}at  PolomydoD,  his  prise  son,  put  was  to  dethe  iwdimi  iidn 
Yntnily  by  treason  of  his  triat  tryniM,  ui  Mmi 

And  noght  in  batell  on  bent  as  a  bueme  noble,   ordwi^  ditml 

12588  Thai  said  Diamede  the  Duke  hads  don  hym  of 
lyuB, 
By  ordinaunse  of  Ylixes,  to  vtteTauna  for  euer. 
Thus  lytherly  Jw  lyghers  lappit  Jwre  tales,  (W.«H 

And  forget  a  faint  tale  vndei  fals  colour. 

12592  Thai  said  Agamynon  wit&  gawdes,  &  Jie  gay  "TimAgiiMm- 
Dyamede,  Hmiuu.  ud 

Menelay  wt'tA  malia,  &  m^hty  Yllxea,  iirgtdaMi* 

Thies  ffonie  in  hor  falshode  had  forget  a  lie,        ^^b^'wilMrij 
And  ■writen  hit  in  wordej  by  fere  wiU  all  S?^^ 

12596  The  tenure  to  telle  truly  was  fie ; — 

'  Jnt  Palomydon  the  pure  bad  purpost  an  end, 
ffoT  to  treite  wtIA  the  tioiens  in  trt^n  of  fe 

Pai  no  whe  ahuld  hit  wete  till  horn  wo  happit ; 

12600  ffot  a  gobet  of  gold,  to  gripe  of  |ie  Cit4, 

All  the  GrekM  to  be-gyle,  &  to  ground  bring. 

Thiea  lettois  fo  ledia  kte  forto  bynd  tui  mut  iiiv 

To  a  hneme  on  the  bent,  in  batell  was  slayne.  knightirtiw 

12604  l>an  Ylixes  the  lord,'  licharly  ftd  aaide,  ihuvijwi 

'  Preset  to  a  pure  mon  of  Palamydon  the  ^ng,  u,  tiJiT^' 

And  of  gold  he  hym  gaf  a  full  grete  aoumo,  ^^^22^'ta 

Hot  to  wirke  o  this  wise,  as  the  w^h  bad :  ""  '*'*"' 


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412  THE  LBSIKa  lUDE  TO  HADPLIDS. 

BMkixCT.     12608  J)at  he  wold  bogh  to  the  bod  of  the  bold  kyng, 
And  hade  at  his  hede,  fat  he  haue  ehuld. 
pen  he  fot  horn  of  florena  a  full  fuerse  sonme : 
The  gome  grippet  the  gold,  &  his  gate  held ; 
Tkawnotdu     12613  Ti«-nyt  to  the  tent  of  his  tm  loid ; 

Fiesit  to  ]m  pelow,  &  put  hit  euyn  under. 
Pan  the  freike,  in  bis  fare,  fore  to  Tlixee, 
And  said,  all  duly  was  done  as  the  Duke  bad. 
MjMjdii       12616  pan  Vlixea,  «it&  Ttteiatinse,  vne  at  the  tyme, 
hi  ■hmiM  uu  Gert  britten  be  bueme  vith  a  bate  sword, 

Uf  111!  1 1  ■■III 

))at  he  no  talis  shnld  tell  of  treson  waa  cast. 
t>en  fie  letters  on  ^e  laond,  to  ])e  led  boundyn, 
Ti»irt»«wii      12620  Were  foondyn  vith  a  freke  of  fe  fyn  grekis, 
d«ihii«)ii,ui  And  red  to  |ie  rynkis,  as  fie  roll  saide, 

ontkL  who  Of  ^e  cast  hj  y^  kyng,  &  knawen  witA  all 

S.™  Tf"*  *"  JJen  f>6  grate  of  fe  grakia,  A  J»e  gay  kyng«, 

^JJJJ'^JII^  ^^     12624  tfull  heghly  in  hate  hadjn  fie  pra'nse. 
piiio*  th*  nui  Wightly  fo  wale  kynge*  wan  to  his  tent, 

fiiind  a  bag  full  bret,  all  of  bright  gold, 
Happit  at  ya  hede  of  his  h^fa  bed. 
(AiLinii.)      12628  Yne  the  selfe  and  the  same  sowmet  before, 
chBsri  him  As  the  ledis,  in  the  lettur  on  the  lande,  fond, 

fan  fai  presit  Palomydon  wttft  a  proude  fare, 
As  a  traytor  vntrew,  ))at  treason  had  vioght : 
HiuHTUdhu      12632  But  the  freike  hym  defendit  wt'tA  a  fyn  chere 
dniudwi  Ui*  "With  batell  on  bent,  barly  hym-aeluon, 

To  ttye  out  the  tmthe  wi'tA  his  trist  bond, 
On  what  bneme  eo  was  bold  ]ie  batell  to  take. 
HociMdimdia     12636  And  when  no  freike  was  foise  to  fight  wttA  hjm 

Of  all  the  grekes  bo  grym  thoigh  the  gret  oate, 
pan  Ylixea  the  lord,  -with  his  lefe  wordes, 
Askewset  the  akathe  &  sklandur  witft  all : 
12640  He  plesit  the  pnnce,  &  puj^t  his  fame, 

And  the  folke  with  hb  &atery  falely  dissajuit.' 
Yet  thies  lyghers  vnlell,  wiVi  bor  laith  ^eohe. 


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THE  LESDia   HASB  TO  NAUFUUS.  413 

Saidon  the  same  kyng  sone  after  fis ;—  BackxtxiL 

12641  '))at  Dyamede  ^  derfe,  &  dogh^  Ylixea,  ThixmaiiMn 

To  Folomf  don  in  pnnete  pretat  to-gedur : 

}Ku  toldyn  hym  Ml  traly,  in  lior  tiayn  feble, 

pat,  doime  in  the  dongjn  of  a  diy  pit, 
12C48  Waa  a  gobet  fuU  grete,  all  of  gold,  hid. 

Of  trwoiiie  of  the  toons,  for  takyng  vith  foB.      rM  •»•  m*. 

Tf  hym-self  wold  tusent  ^  Boume  forto  get«, 

In  pn'uete  to  part,  fai  no  prtse  wjat ; 
13662  Onon,  at  )>e  nyght,  po  nobill,'  |iai  aaidyn, 

'  Wold  bonne  to  fo  bonke  batly  bom-aelup*. 

All  ye  gold  forto  gripe,  if  hjm  gode  likid. 

J}en  ^  BOQsran  aseentid  with  a  sad  Till ;  Th*^  Pdnngdu, 

12656  Dted  no  dyesait  of  hia  dere  kjiig««.  cautaioga 

Past  fniih  to  ^  pit  priuely  all,  *""  '"^ 

Vna  abone  to  Jo  bordur,  &  bodyn  pare  alL 

Paa  ])Bi  fiaynet  qwicbe  &eke,  pat  schuld  first 
enter: 
12660  And  Palamydon,  fe  pnse  kyng,  put  hym  ferto  j 

Cast  of  his  clothia  cantly  A  Tele,  (&L  i*>  *-) 

And  bis  boae  in  bast,  highit  hym  donn,  Biiiu»>nM 

When  |)o  prtnse  was  past  to  pe  pit  bothtun,         ib<  botum, 
12664  })e  bnemee  on  pe  bonk  bet  hym  witA  stonys,       nwiwiih  ibHmi 

And  enyn  dang  bym  to  deth  in  fe  derk  hole,       imt  mo. 

Left  bym  }er  lyond,  &  Inxkit  to  poire  tentis.' 

"ns  told  vaa  pe  tale,  &  Ml  tm  made, 
12668  To  pe  nobill  kyng  Nawle,  of  Mb  nayt  sone, — 

Lappit  with  a  ligher  in  hia  laitb  hate, 

))at  dent  mony  dogbti,  &  drapit  for  ay, 

Ifaule  pen  onon,  for  noy  of  pis  tale,  Kuiiiiuind 

12672  WitA  Otb«  his  othir  son,  ordant  belyue  S^'SH" 

J)6  grekis  for  to  giene,  &  to  gronnd  bryng,  Jj^^^^"* 

fTor  pe  sake  of  bis  sone,  vppon  som  vise. 

Hit  was  told  bym  for  tni,  in  tyme  of  pe  wynter,  Thu  imh  o>^ 
12676  ]m  grekis  with  hoi  grym  oat  were  gon  to  pe  se,     ntanincihia 


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414  TRBOK  OF  A0AJUHK0H8  FLEET. 

BotAmii.  In  sound  for  to  saUe,  &  seche  to  J»iw  londis, 

Wi'tA  all  ^e  tresour  of  troy,  &  Jw  toune  leuyt : 
ud  mM  pw  Be  any  wiae  in  pis  world,  wend  hom  behode 

12680  By  fo  cost  in  ^  cuntre  per  kyog  dwelliL 
Tht  unc  onim  jjen  ^e  kyi^,  thnigli  Jw  kyUi,  comand  his  men 

BigtaicBtiM  ffaire  fvrie  &  tone  to  feike  vppon  hillis, 

oowL  By  a  side  of  pe  se,  ^eie  )>ai  soils  most, 

12661  On  pe  mowntona  mony  in  Jte  myrk  nyght. 
When  J>is  done  was  in-dede,  as  f%  duk  bad, 
Sfi^^nS  w  J**  greie  nauy  in  fie  nyght  come  onon  after ; 

i^af^  m  iiw  Seiih  be  fires  so  fain  fast  at  here  honde  : 

flm,  nod  auk*  or 

fertaai.  12688  Enyn  bonnet  to  pe  bonke  bvgea  £  othir, 

fforto  rest  in  ]>e  lode  of  ^e  mgh  ythis ; 
Letyn  aailea  doune  slide  sleghli  &  faire, 

TwoiHudnA  Hut  euyn  to  be  rokkis  witA  a  rank  will, 

■liliaanilHkid  *'  ' 

onUMnckii       12692  {Mr  were  epandit  &  epilt  in  a  spase  litill. 

Two  hundretb  hede  Bchippis  in  a  bond  qwile ; — 
UwtnMwwHid  All  drownet  with  dole,  dukis  &  othir, 

loii.  WttA  all  fa  gold  &  fa  godes,  fat  pai  getyn  hade. 

12696  Jm  remnond,  fat  rode  by  fe  lugh  bonkis, 
•n»  «nah  uii  Herd  fe  nude  &  fe  ryfte  of  fa  rank  ecbippia, 

THHii  ftiUowing  I  pe  &uBshe  &  fe  fore  of  folke  fat  were  droanet, 

i(bi.  iMi.)  And  held  hom  on  hofe  in  the  ht^h  sea : 

opdni^uiA       12700  All  the  ekathes  thai  skepe  of  }k)  skiie  hylles. 
Among  whiche  menye,  to  myn  hom  by  Dome, 
■•rtFtrT*  There  was  Agamynon  the   gret,  &  the  good 

Agunumon,  Dyamede, 

Hniiau.  Menelay  the  mighty,  &  mony  other  kyngw; 

12704  Thies  passet  the  perellis  of  the  pale  ythes, 
Houit  on  the  hegh  sea,  held  hom  o  fens. 

du  ii  chiwriMd  Xhis  Othe,  I  er  said,  the  od  ens  of  If  aule, 

AiHanm^ui  Dissiiet  the  dethe  of  the  derf  kyng««, — 

piunuatiiir       12708  Agamynon  to-grefe,  &  the  gay  Demode, — 
•»dior»v«iciL  ^mj  ^^  hyndur  hom  in  hast,  4.  hit  hap  might, 

And  pai  past  to  fen  pjimyns  &  no  payn pole. 


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YHX  DKCBIT  Am)   RZVENGB   OT  OAX.- 

Thii  Othe,  irt'tA  onmyng  ordant  belyae 

12715  Lettnn,  by  a  lede  )>at  he  leell  trist. 
To  Agamynon  g&y  wif ,  gert  L  jm  to  beiro, 
J)at  ClniiMtn  iras  callid,  as  the  clause  tellns. 
To  hxt  he  ceitifiet  sothely  m  his  sad  lettur, 

12716  {utt  Agamynon  had  gotan  to  his  gay  spouse, 
Of  Prum  a  prise  doghter,  proysst  Ml  mekull : 

Hir  he  bioght  in  his  baige  to  his  burgh  horn,       Jjjj^^^**^ 
J^at  fiaire  forto  feffo  in  his  fie  londw :  ""wS  ""^ 

12720  And  ho  mvn  donteles  be  dede,  &  done  fin>  hir 
right 
)>an  he  connseld  Clnnefltia,  er  ^  caa  fell  H**Bimid> 

To  be  vra  of  ^t  w^h,  &  wait  on  hii^eluyn,       m  imt  on 
The  lady  lenit  the  lettnr  ^t  the  lede  sent,  ciyta^uatn 

12724  And  Jionlcit  hym  froly  witA  fionts  in  hir  hert :  ^"SLSJo! 
She  compast  by  course,  in  hir  clene  wit, 
How  this  Tilany  to  venge,  £  voide  of  hii  harms, 

on  THK  DETHS  OF  AQAHTirOB  AKD  )}B  EXILE  OF 
DTAllKDB  BT  Ptal  WTUTB,   FFDR  THIS  LBTTDB. 

When    this    worthy    of    wothe    wan    to    his  c 
reams, 
12728  Onte  of  pemll  and  pyne  of  the  j»1b  ythcs,  ^"^JvoJT* 

Cluneatia,  that  clere,  ctane  hym  agayna,  v^il'jMi!) 

His  worehipfull  wife,  wt'tft  a  wale  chere ; 

Besayuit  hym  witA  Bcnerence,  as  Benke  to  his 
owne, 
12732  Wit*  a  faynond  fiire  vndwr  fals  thi^ht 

This  Cltinestia  the  clere,  aa  the  clause  tellos, 

ffoT  lacks  of  hii  lord  laiked  besyde.  bM  iiu  h«i 

Whille  he  foiyn  was  to  fight  in  a  fet  lond,  loriiwUi 

12736  Sho  spilt  hade  hir  spoosaile,  spaiit  ho  noght:      """"^ 

And  lodly  in  hii  law  the  lady  hade  synnet. 

Engest,  wtt7i  his  Japis,  hade  Jnstilet  hii  wttA,     Bb*  i""'  ■■«> 

And  gntyn  in  his  gamyn  on  the  gay  lady,  br<»>«B>b*Ud 

12740  A  doghter  )nt  was  dere,  in  hor  deme  play. 


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416  THB  DE^TH  O?  AOAMRMHON. 

Boo*  liitxii.  Nawther  oomyn  waa  fat  kyda  mon  of  no  kyng 

riche, 
Htiiofimr  Nedoke  ^t  was  doghty,  neno  derfe  arle; 

loTH  MmnHin  Yet  bo  h^ht  hym  to  haae,  hold  at  his  wiUe, 

ucu  12744  All  the  Bioll  rawme  with  rentte*  ynow. 

Bbe  unnm  Tlus  Cluuestia  Tncl«ne  cast  vitk  hir  loue, 

micdn  b«  By  BSsest  of  hom-aelfe,  sone  at  ^  night, 

b.  iiMfi.  The  bold  tyng  in  his  bed  britton  to  dethe ; 

12746  All  Slepond  to  Sle  with  sleght  of  hom  bothe. 
And  eo  fell  hit  by  falshode,  far  in  the  night, 
When  the  bold  in  hia  bed  tras  bioght  Tppon 

AguHisiuB  b  ))an  entrid  thia  Engist,  eayn  aa  hjnt  list, 

jsgMha,>iio     12762  And,  wttft  a  thticche  is  tiie  thiote,  throtlet  the 
kyng- 

When  thia  Duke  was  dede,  &  done  unto  graue, 

Cluneetra  at  kiiko  conplit  onone 
■fl«mi4i  b*-  This  Engeet,  with  Jolite  to  hir  iuste  apoaae : 

M^^**  1 2766  Of  Hechenas  she  made  hym  maistur  &,  gyra. 

This  Agamynon  the  gret  hade  a  gay  eone, 
om^  iba  •on  Cousayuit  of  Clunestca,  fai  cald  was  Oresties  : 

I,  hu  1,  He  was  yong  &  yepe,  of  yeiis  bat  lyte. 

?^S!S^^-.     12760  Kyng  Taltill  hym  toke  for  trist  of  his  lyue, 
Swa""'^^  ^"'^  send  hym  full  sone  to  a  sure  frynd, 

wm.  Tdimiaa,  for  doute  lest  the  derfe  qwene 

Mortheiet  hym  witA  malice  in  the  meane  tyme. 
12764  He  was  keppit  full  dose,  &  with  cleane  hert, 
(M.  iMo.)  And  witiahippit  on  all  wise  as  ^ere  wale  son, 

Ayre  to  yen  herytage  aflwr  hom-seluyn. 

Xhis  Othe,  I  ere  sud,  od  eon  of  STaiile, 
(Em  HBdi  ■         12768  To  Egeft,  afturward  eguily  send, 
i^h  rf*^  The  dere  wife  of  Dyamede,  demly  a  lettnr : 

JIS^  b-  Gert  the  lady  beleue  on  a  laithe  wise, 

SSfttoilSftw  ■^^  ^'^^  pwmait  a  prowde  wife  of  Pruuues 

a(  Prlim.  doghtW. 

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DIOMEDEB  AND   AOIALE.  417 


!772  TliiB  I^^ea,  the  gest  eala,  was  »  iurt  lady. 


To  Polence,  the  priee  kyng,  vne  a  pure  doghter,  (POjiOim,  Bine 
(Kyng  of  Argouen  cold  in  cuntres  aboute) 
And  hade  a  brother  taH  bold,  &  baiiy  ao  moo. 
12776  ffaire  on  hii  &der  syde,  as  fell  bom  by  cbannae, 
All  the  londe«  full  large  of  the  lefe  kyng, 
Foleace  of  price,  ^at  was  bii  puie  &dtir, 
I.efte  to  fo  liUe,  aa  his  leue  heiree. 

12780  Jjan  partid  was  preatly  the    pnso   Bewme  of  ais»  m  mi  bj 

,  Poljnion  to 

ATgOD,  Sflmit  uit 

Betwene  AsBandroB  for-8otbe,  &  his  anste;-  ¥^ea.  bntimr. 
This  ^ea  ajoinet  to  hir  iust  spouse, 
Dyomede  the  dughty,  vrHii  hir  due  part. 

12781  Assaudroe,  for-eothe,  sais  me  the  lettur,  -  Asuarumd 
WttA  Cyomed  dsmly  dresait  to  wend  ojndiuiiiig  ih^ir 
To  the  terage  of  Troy  Wj'tA  a  tore  oat ; 

And  er  Jni  comyn  to  the  company  of  )>o  clone 

12788  There  all  aemblet  were  sotbely  at  fe  some  tyme, 
J}ai  past  by  a  perty  of  ]iq  pTouyna  of  Boys, 
Then  Tbelaf us  ^t  tyme  was  a  tore  kyng. 
There  fei  bowet  iro  fe  barge  to  ]ia  banko  syde,     go  into  th« 

12792  To  solas  bom  a  season  wifi  sum  of  bor  pepuU.     Tdq^u 

Tbelaphns  wt'tA  tene  toke  bit  to  bert,  Pnnt^  br  tub 

)7at  )>ai  light  on  bis  lond,  &  no  lene  bade :  lUuki  umib. 

He  fore  to  ^t  folke  wi'tA  a  fell  chere, 

12796  WitA  a  company  clene,  kyde  men  of  armys. 

There  &ght  ^ai  in  fere  with  a  felle  ville,  Aii«auui* 

And  kild  of  ^ere  knigbten  to  )ie  cold  ertbe.  mu;  mi  « 

Ibia  Assandroa,  I  said  you,  wi'tA  a  sad  weppyn 

12800  Mony  doi^  to  the  dethe  of  bis  derf  knights* :  (M.  us».) 

There-at  Tbelapbus  bode  tene,  &  tumet  belyne,    *mu>arm  k 
Cagbt  to  a  kene  spere,  cuttyng  before,  tii^o*. 

Caupit  euya  vith  the  knight ;    kyld  bym  to 
dethe. 

12804  tan  Dyomede  viitti  dole  drogb  bym  vp  eone, 


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DIOUEDKS  AND  AGIALB. 

Hade  hyai  fro  horse  fet   viiJi  helpe  of  hia 

And  my^che  water,  I-wis,  weppit  ^etioTG. 

This  was  clerely  the  cause  of  fat  kii%hte«  dethe, 
12808  Yet  hia  sueter,  |iat  I  said,  aotbely  was  told, 

J>at  Diamede  yiiitt  dethe  had  done  hym  away, 

ffor  to  wyn  by  his  wyff  all  the  wale  rewme. 

The  lady  for  the  losse  of  hir  leue  brother, 
12812  Myche  moumyng  ho  made  in  hir  mynd  fan  : 

Hii  hade  leu^  haue  lost  all  hii  lond  hole, 

()an  hir  brother  ho  best  louet  of  boemes  olyua 

Thus  heuet  fat  hynd  to  hir  hede  lord, 
12816  ffor  tithinge*  hor  tolde  were  of  hir  tru  brother. 

And  the  lettur  witA  the  lesyng,  fat  the  lode 
send, 

(Naulns  the  noble,  by  his  naite  sun) 

Ho  asseniblit  hir  snremen  in  a  sad  oste, 
12820  And  wamet  hom  wightly  the  mater  to  kepe. 

And  Diamede  on  fe  depe  dryne  from  fe  lond. 

Thoa  the  bold   kyng   was   banisshot  fro  hia 
big  yle. 

All  will  of  his  wone  his  werdie  to  kite. 
12824  And  Sytiieo,  vnto  Saleme  he  soght  on  his  way. 

There  Teucro,  the  tall  kyng,  tan  was  for  lorde, 

}}at  was  Brother  of  birthe  to  fe  hold  Thelamon. 

To  Toucro  was  told  of  Thelamons  dethe, 
1282$  That  Dyamede,  the  Duke,  had  demly  conspiret 

Wi'tA  Vlixes  the  lorde,  fat  hym  of  lyue  broght, 

Gert  take  hym  full  tite  in  his  tore  angur  ; 

But  he  stale  fro  fat  etithe  stilly  by  night, 
T2S33  Wan  into  watur,  &  away  past. 

Demaphus  the  du  kyng,  &  dugbty  Athamas, 

On  suche  wise,  witA  fere  wiues,  were  wemet 
fere  londe«. 

j)aa   come  fai  to  Cartage,    wttA   care  at   pen 
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DEHOPHOOK   AMD  AOAHAB.  419 

12836  There  the  noble  Duke  Nestor  naitly  hom  toke,       BcBfcxxiii. 
And  welcomyt  tho  worthy  on  a  wise  faire,  (m.  iwa.) 

Witft  all  hor  company  cleue,  as  fere  kyd  ffiynd.  ^j^^  ^j 
There  purpost  Jw  prise  men,  wttft  a  prowde  oate,  ""•"f- 

12840  Thaiie  owne  loadea  to  lacche,  &  the  ledee  qwell: 

But  tho    noble    Duke    Nestor  onon  to  hom  Jj^*?!*™^ 

MJd  : —  rwonrUtdr 

"  Ames  yon  of  malice  bnt  a  mene  qwile ; 

Sendis  £ro  youie-eeluyn  to  your  sydo  londis ; 
12844  Tretifl  hom  truly  all  witA  tried  wordos; 

Hetia  hom  hertely  to  faaue  all  hor  hert  wille, 

Of  &edom,  &  ftronohee ;  fret  vitA  hom  bo, 

And  all  your  will  ahall  ye  wyn,  S,  no  wegh 
harme." 
12848  So  bit  happit  fo  hynd  in  ft  bond  qwile. 

To  com  to  hor  kyngdomea  &,  hor  kyth  home, 

WttA  fanour  and  ^ndahip  of  fi«ike«  intA-in, 

And  were  welcome,  I-wis,  to  wyues  &  other. 

12852  £iieafl,  ^t  aflerwaid  auntred  to  leng 

In  Troy  for  a  tyme,  as  I  told  hane,  Xtti,  wui* 

His  cold  &  bis  Rodis  to  sedur  into  ship,  d*p>R  from 

Tnif ,  !•  MUokd 

And  bis  fragbt  on  the  flode  fully  to  make, —        iv  budiiu. 
12866  Ofte  &ght  pai  &eike  &  folks  of  the  Cit^ 

WttA  Eiunys  enerdand  in  ylis  aboute. 

Wben  the  toun  was  takon  &  tumyt  to  ground, 

The  kyng  &  his  knigbtes  kOd  to  tiie  dethe, 
12860  There  come  ont  of  castels  &  of  cloiee  townee 

ffro  the  bowerdnn  aboute,  ^t  hom  bole  trroght, 

Pilonre  and  plodders,  jnked  Jure  goodtfs, 

Eyld  of  ^  comyns,  &  myobe  o»e  did. 
12864  Eneas  fan  aflurwarde  c^nrly  counseld,  h<  onmHUtiM 

Byn  he  was  banysshed  fro  the  burgh,  &  bode  fi>r  ukawda,  m 

udn  Uhdi  and 

jwre  no  lengur,  tobKomaiMr 

)>at  pe  pepuU  by  pttrpos  preatly  shnld  send 
ffor  Dyamed  the  dnghty,  wi'tA  bis  du  helpe, 


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THE  TBOJANB  SEND   FOR  DIOMEDES. 

12868  To  fight  witJi  hor  fo-men  &  forther  >o  loncl. 
The  troiena  full  tite  token  his  rode, 
Sendon  for  the  sure  kyng  in  a  sad  hast, 
Where  the  fre  might  be  foundyn,  i,  fet  hym  to 
Troy: 

13872  And  he  come  to  ^at  cuntre  wi'tA  a  cant  wille. 
All  the  ledys  of  the  lond  lyuely  were  fayn, 
J)at  were  helplea  A  haid  stad,  &  fere  hede  lost, 
)}at  Eneas  was  also  euyn  in  the  toune, 

12876  Koght  faryn  wttA  hia  flete,  ne  the  flode  takyn. 
pan  |iai  husket  to  batell,  po  bold  men  in  fere, 
Armet  at  all  pes,  wi'tA  abell  to  werre, 
Jiat  were  left  vppon  lyue,  lo^et  witA.in. 

12880  Seuyn  days,  sothely,  sais  me  the  lettur, 

J)ai  faght  in  the  ffild  witA  jjflre  fueree  enmyes. 
Dyamed  full  dughtile  did  wiVi  his  hondet. 
And  mony  brituet  on  the  bent  of  hor  breme  foe : 
L  12884  Mony  toke  be  )>at  tyme  and  to  toune  led. 

And  hongit  horn  in  hast  vpon  high  galowes. 
The  f]rfte  day  of  fe  fight  so  fuetsly  he  wroght, 
pat  no  bueme  was  so  bold  his  hirre  to  witA- 
stond, 

12888  Bttt  all  fled  of  the  feld,  &  fongit  wore  many ; 
And  ay  hongit  ])0  harlolte«,  as  pai  heat  were, 
Bothe  on  galous  full  grym,  &  on  gret  trees, 
)>at  none  left  were  on  lytie  in  the  lond  sone. 

12893  Owtber  captains  of  caatels,  or  kepare  of  tonnes, 
Herd  suoho  hardship  happyn  to  faile 
Of  freikes  vnfayre,  that  fore  to  p6  Cit4, 
And  all  the  costes  fall  clone  kepptt  horn  away, 

12896  And  nener  did  hom  no  deyre,  ne  no  dole  after. 

Whau  En&  hade  all  thing  ordanb«>t  wille, 
Hia  Shippee  on  the  shyre  water  shot  full  of 

Eelikfw  full  ryfc,  &  mycho  red  gold, 

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DIOUEDBS   AND  ^QIAI.E   RECONCILED.  421 

12900  Witfi  Anchises  hk  choiae   (fader)  chefe  into     Bwfcjxxir. 

flete,  (MS-iu. 

And  holit  furth  haately  to  ]»  Iiigh  see, 
As  hym  demyt  was  by  dome  by  dukes  before. 
He  not  wiat,  in  this  world,  what  wayes  to  liold^ 

12901  Ne,  what  cost,  ne  cuntre,  come  vnto  laaod. 

At  the  last,  as  our  lord  wold,  he  lisht  into  AiiancUiha 

^  HUlMlnllalr. 

hanyn. 
After  in  Itaile,  as  aunter  be-fell, 

Tegh  vnto  Tnakan,  &  turayt  to  londe.  l^  ""'■) 

12908  Now  what  worthe   of  |)at   whe,    &  his  wale  Pocmmmmief 

godis,  trUh,uul 

Sro  he  Tuskan  had  takyn,  t«Uis  hit  not  here.       coanituia 
Of  his  woudurfall  werku  who  wilnes  to  know, 
Go  loke  at  the  lede,  ^at  his  lyfe  wroght 

1-2912  Virgell,  full  verely,  J»oa  vertus  can  tell. 
In  a  boke  ^t  bueme  of  ^at  bold  made, 
)}at  EnjodoH,  wi'tA  noble  men,  is  to  nome  cald. 
The  Dere  wife  of  Dyamede  of  his  dethe  herd, 

12916  How  he  twrayt  vnto  troy,  &  the  tonne  keppit 
Of  his  ffrikcnes  in  fight  &  his  fyne  atrenght : 
Ho  dout  hir  full  deply,  for  drede  of  ])e  kyng, 
Lest  he  raght  to  his  rewme  with  a  roid  fare, 

12920  Kyld  all  hir  knightes  &  comjns  by-dene, 
And  hii-Boluyn  ouerset,  &  eesit  the  londe. 
Pan  Egea,  full  lointly,  witA  hir  ioly  knightes 
Toke  counaoll  in  the  case,  &  comynt  to-gedur. 

12924  The  lady  by  lettur  }ian  louely  send 

ffoi  Dyamede  ^e  deife,  ^at  was  hir  du  lords :  e 
J)an  he  twTTiyt  fro  Troy  to  his  triet  Bewme.  n 

"With  mycha  worship  his  wife  welcomyt  hym 

12928  And  his  Argaene  also,  oil  were  ]hu  fayn. 

Othir  kynges  of  fe  kith,  |)at  eomyn  fro  troy,  o 
J)at  were  put  fro  fere  pronyna,  Bepairet  agayne,  *i 
Itecounseld  to  f  ero  cnntre,  comyns  &  other, 


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THS  BXILED  BISOS   EKTDUT. 

13933  And  were  welcop,  I-wia,  to  wyuis  &  all. 

j}ui  ^ai  Byld  vp  hoF  Burglies  dk  hor  big  totmee, 
]]ELt  were  enfoblet  before  for  feute  of  ^aire  hedes, 
WtU  tte  Tresois  of  Troy,  &  the  tore  Eelikes, 

1S936  And  other  Biches  full  nfe,  aitd  resUd  hom  yan. 


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tofu  bensianse  for  t)is  faber  betlje. 


Ag&injBons  hawas  aone  abill  of  jeiis, 
\>at  ydomiut  the  dere  kyng  only  had  keppit 
'  ffor  feid  of  ide  fos,  ^at  his  fodor  sl<%li, 
12940  Engestus    with    lapis    sliulde    luge    hyui    to 

Was  waxen  full  wele  &  wight  of  his  dcdis. 
xx"  wintur,  I-wia,  the  wegh  was  of  age, 
And  forther  by  fonre,  fuerae  of  his  stronght 

12944  ))an  honered  hym  ^at  od  kjng  wt'tA  oidur  of 
knight; 
Gaf  liym  of  his  gold,  &  his  gay  stedis, 
And  hight  hym  of  helpe  wi'tA  a  hede  pepulL 
Orestes  fiat  onerable  oftymes  prayet 

12948  To  ffilayn  hym  with  foUte  his  f o  to  dystroy, 
Uia  cuntie  to  kouer,  &  his  kid  rewme, 
And  to  deire  for  the  dethe  of  his  deie  foder. 
The  kyng  granntid  agayne  wttA  a  gode  wille. 

12952  A  thowaauad  ^ro  knight««,  ^repond  in  wer, 
Ue  assignet  for  hym-selfe  to  his  sad  helpe : 
And  so  laffet  was  the  lede  in  the  lond  fan, 
}}at  as  mony  able  men  after  was  gmnntid. 

12956  ))an  Orestes  full  rad  wt'tft  his  ronke  knighte^ 
Come  to  the  Croeze,  the  ctintre  witAiu 
There  Foronses  the  frc  Ityng  fairly  can  dwell. 


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ORESTES  AVKKaeS  THE  DEATH 

He  was  ncghbur  full  negh  to  fe  noble  yie, 
12960  There  Agamynon  the  gode  gouernaunce  hade ; 
And  was  Enmy  full  euyn  to  Engeat  witA-oll, 
And  held  wer  with  Jmt  wegh  wintnrs  full  mony. 
This  rorenses  witA  fyne  will  faithfully  prayet, 

12964  Jiat  he  might  ryde  WitA  Jiat  Orest  &  his  nnke 

oste, 
To  loyne  witA  Engest  for  his  vniust  werkes, 
WttA  fre  hundrith  Jnifty,  all  of  Jir[i]ed  knights*  : 
And  be  ]iriftely,  wttA  ^ro  hert,  Jionket  the  kyng. 

12965  And  bo  busket  the  bold  Iro  the  bui;gh  sone. 
Hit  was  the  moneth   of  May  when  mirthes 


The  Sun  tuniyt  into  tauro,  taried  fere  vnder; 

MedoB  &  mountains  mynget  vith  floures  ; 
12972  Greues  wex  greno,  &  the  ground  swete; 

Kightgalia  wit/t  notw  newit  (lere  songo. 

And  shene  briddes  in  shawes  ahriked  full  lowde. 

Orestes  full  rod,  witft  hia  ranke  knightea, 
12976  And  Forenseq,  the  fuerse  kyng,  fiiiyn  of  tonne. 

)wi  meuit  vnto  meesan  wttA  Jiere  men  bole. 

All  reftuit  horn  the  folke  of  ^  fyne  pUse. 

When  he  segh  Jat  the  Cite  sate  in  defena, 
12980  He  bes^t  hit  full  Badly  vppon  aero  balues, 

)}at  no  bueme  of  the  boigb  duist  to  bent  come : 

And  BO  keppit  he  the  close  of  his  clone  Cit4. 
ipsiio  lud  He  had  answare  of  Appolyn  abUl  before, 

12984  fat  ho  hia  fomen  shnld  fell  &  bis  folke  wyn. 

And  his  moder  for  bir  malice  martur  to  dethe, 

ffor  all  the  helpe  fat  ho  hade  &  the  hegh  walles. 

This  EngBBt  witA  lolite  &  loumay  was  gono, 
12988  To  secche  hym  sum  {askei  wi'tA  hor  tyu  belpns. 

Of  BachelerB  &  bowmen  the  buigh  to  defend. 

Oreates  full  ladly  the  Benke  hade  aepiet, 

What  way  fat  he  went,  as  weghes  hym  told. 
12992  He  purpast  hym  priuely  in  pathea  to  lye. 


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or  HIS   FATHER,   AOAMEHNON. 

Kniglite>,  at  his  comjiig  to  kacche  bjm  olyne, 


t»t  mekill  were  of  might,  &  of  his  mea  qwelle.    •"i™h  to 
The  Cite  he  assailet  viVi  a  sewte  ofte,  b»  numa. 

12996  J)at  the  folie  to  defend  failet  o  Bythes. 

Thai  went  of  Jiere  werke  (lo  wallis  to  kepe, 

And  no  bueme  of  pe  burgh  pert  aboue  etode. 

The  XVtene  day  fueraly  he  felie  to  Jte  toime,        *««  •i""  ^v" 

13000  He  toke  hit  fnll  tite,  &  tomly  he  entrid,  SSl'^'^'''' 
Witi  all  his  compajiy  clene  of  kyd  mea  of 

annys. 
He  comanndit  his  knighted  for  kepiug  the  yatie, 
ffor  B«paire  at  the  port,  or  presyng  the  yatis. 

13001  He  paat  to  the  palas  of  his  pnse  fEader, 

There  ct^ht  he  Clunestra,  p&t  closit  waa  in.  w.igBt.) 

He  put  hir  in  prison,  prestly  to  kepe,  iiii|wto^"md 

And  aU  the  HeheUis  fuU  rad  rappit  to  dethe,       ^""l^™ 
13008  jMt  were  assent  to  the  slaght  of  his  sare  iader. 

The  same  day,  sothely,  the  Cit£  was  takyn,  OnUndijUw 

tiljwtt  Ukaa, 

Engeate  wttA  loly  men  aioynet  agayne  sgi^u 

The  Cite  for  to  socour  viih  his  sad  help.  numu  u. 

13012  Voght  warre  of  the  weghes,  pat  WMted  his 

faanue. 
Fast  faith  thnrgh  the  paae  wttA  his  proads 

kmghte*: 
A  bnsshement  of  told  men  breke  hym  vpon ;       h«  h  mptmi 
Kyld  all  his  kant  men,  kaghtyn  hym  selayn ;       oiohm^  ind 
13016  His  hond  boundeo  at  his  backe,  hym  to  bmgh  mti.      *" 

led. 
The  secund  day  Boyng,  sone  in  the  mome, 
Orestes  his  lenkes  radly  eomanndet, 

Bare  to  the  barro  bryng  hym  his  moder,  cijttoiiiMrtn  k 

13030  Hir  hondes  bonnden  at  hir  backe  bigly  wt'tb  onuinikad 

ropes.  bouid  b*htkd 

Than  he  went  to  Jiat  worthy  in  his  wode  yre, 
And  the  pappia  of  the  pure  puld  fro  Mr  brest      Hcnuiiffhtr 
With  a  knyfe  ^t  was  kene,  cast  horn  awny ;        uiii  bir  witii  ■ 


DBATU  OF  CLTTSMNESnU.  AND  .SQISTHna 

13034  And  witA  the  Bwing  of  n  awerd  swappit  hir  to 

He  comaund  the  corse  cacche  vp  onone. 
And  hurle  witA  a  horee  to  the  h^h  feldys, 
And  cast  hit  aa  karyn  vnto  kene  foles. 

13028  There  the  lady  on  the  loud  lay  for  to  rest, 

Till  the  flesshe  of  )iat  faire  was  fret  of  tlie  bones. 
To  draghen  be  vith  dogges  &  othir  derfe  briddes, 
Eugest  he  adiuget,  for  vniuat  werkes, 

13032  Nakid  thio  the  aoble  toime  onoue  to  be  dniwen, 
t>aii  in  hast  for  to  heng  irppon  hegh  galowea, 
WitA  all  the  traitourB  vntru,  )at  he  toka  (wre. 
Thus  he  vengit  the  yelany,  &  the  vile  gtym 

13036  Of  the  dethe,  ^at  hym  deiret,  of  his  dere  fader. 
Thus  the  lady  was  lost  for  bix  lechir  dedie, 
Pet  vnhappely  fot  horedam  hastyd  to  ale 
(M.  m:i  Agamynon  the  goode,  the  grettist  of  kyngea, 

13040  And  most  worthy  to  wale  while  the  woild  last 
ffor  ho  keppit  not  hir  klennes  with  a  cloise  hort. 
Thus  fell  hir  by  fortune  to  haue  a  foule  end. 

HOV     UENBLAT     WAS     WROTHE     VgOB,     TUB     DSTBS     OF 
CLUKEaTRA. 

MiMiui.ifter  When  Menelay  the  mighty  &  his  men  all 

•a,  uriw  K       1 3044  Wore  comyn  out  of  care  of  the  cold  y thes, 
aiMo.  Wi'tA  honorable  Elan,  pat  was  his  aune  wife. 

Ha  It  (old  of  hij  To  the  cnntre  of  Crete  pere  the  kyng  dwelUt, 

•iid  ofih*  Hit  was  told  hym  full  tyte  of  his  tru  brother, 

cijtsDiMin.       13048  jMt  done  was  to  dethe  wi'tA  a  derf  traitor;  ■ 

And  how  Orestes  full  lad,  witA  a  wid  fare, 

Hade  marterid  his  moder  for  malioe  )ierof. 
Tbi  boNm  of  All  the  comyns  of  Crete  &  the  kyd  lorde*^ 

iiM  dty  to  Hc       13052  On  the  lady  to  loke  longit  full  sore, 

ffor  whom  the  grekes  so  grymly  were  to  ground 
hroght. 

So  I^r  were  all  men  Elan  to  se, 


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ffot  to  waite  on  fot  worthy  went  ^ai  beljue. 


13056  Then  the  Seniovr  full  Bone,  -witA  seasonable  F»ucr«* 


Guiet  fro  Crete  witJt  his  clene  nauy, 
Meuit  vnto  Mecayne  wt'tft  his  men  all, 
And  iaiie  Elan  his  fere  feikit  liyin  viih. 

13060  To  Orestes  bis  anne  cosyn  angotdly  sade, 

Noght  to  rest  in  bis  Rewme,  ua  by  rigbt  baue 

Tbe  beritage  of  anncetiy  after  his  fader, 

ffor  the  mnrtbe  of  bis  moder,  he  martired  so  foule. 

13064  )}an  tbe  grettist  of  grese  were  gedirt  ^erfoie, 
Botha  of  kyngei  full  clene,  &  of  kid  dikes, 
To  Attens,  ^t  abill  tonne,  angardly  monj, 
ffor  to  mene  of  fat  mater,  &  make  yera  an  end. 

13068  Then  pnuses  full  pr«8t,  and  the  pure  kinge«, 

Saydon  Orestes  be  right  sbuld  render  his  londe«. 
And  be  exiled  for  euermore,  as  orible  of  dede, 
Pai  BO  doggetly  had  done  to  his  dere  moder. 

13072  ))an  alleggit  the  lede  to  the  lene  praises. 
All  the  dere  ^t  he  did  vnduly  to  bir. 
Was  borly  by  biddyng  of  his  bright  goddca, 
J)at  enformet  hym  before  of  tbe  fete  euyn. 

1 3076  The  Duke  of  Attens  full  derffe  dresait  to  say,       Th.  ouk.M 
ffoi  the  right  of  Orestes  radly  he  proS'crt  te  u  duun^^oa 

To  proue  with  his  person  &  bis  pure  streught,      ofoiwiw. 
To  the  boldest  in  bat«ll  vitA  hie  bare  bond, 

13080  )]at  be  had  right  to  bis  rewme,  &  no  renke  ellis ; 
And  all  ihe  dedis  he  dyd  were  done  yppon 

reason, 
Evyn  wroght  by  the  wille  of  bor  wale  godde^  : 
There  was  no  bueme  wt'tA  bat  bold  the  batcll  mo  oh  drnm 

Uueepttlu. 
to  take,  wigar,  ud 

13081  Tbe  right  to  derayne  wtVt  the  ranke  dnke.  *cqii»ud,ud 
By  connsell  of  kynges  &  comyu  assent,  u^g,  ^**^  ' 
Thai  qwite  claymit  the  qwerell,  &  qwit  hym 

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ORSTEa   AND  HKKELAUS 

And  as  rigbt  to  his  rewme  restorit  hyni  ogayn. 
130S8  t)an  |)ai  coroned  hym  kyng  of  jiat  kyd  yle. 

In  the  Git^  of  Syre  set  hjm  olofte. 

All  the  lodis  of  his  lond  lelly  were  fayn ; 

Aikd  he  WTothe  aa  the  vynde  to  his  wale  erne; 
13092  Idamus  the  detfe  kyng,  &,  Ms  dere  cosyB 

ffotensea,  the  &e  ^at  hym  feith  aght, 

To  Macanas  )io  men  menit  all  somyn, 

Aiid  accordit  fo  kyngn  in  the  kith  euyn, — 
13096  Menelay  the  mighty  &  his  mayn  nephew, 

Orestes  the  renke,  of  hor  ranlie  yre. 

This  accoid  was  knit  &,  in  cotuse  made, 

)}at  Orestes  the  rich  kyng  ladly  ahuld  wed 
13100  Ennonia,  the  maydon,  Ms  owne  myld  coeyn. 

His  Emes  doghtei  full  dere  dnly  to  wyf. 

Made  was  this  manage  )>o  mighty  betwene, 

WttA  Solenlt4  &  Sacrifice  the  Cite  within, 
13104  WitA  fiastyng  and  fare  of  the  fre  pepull. 

And  lyuet  ftuth  in  Lykyng  a  long  tyme  after. 


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JClje  xxxtiij  JSofee:  Utiia  ijit  fiappit  Fltics       (^.w..) 
aftuc  tlje  Sege, 

Vlyxea  the  Lord,  that  lurkjd  by  nyght  uijm^  h.viiig 

ffro  the  Cits  to  tbo  eee,  as  I  said  Ere,  aiTivn  ■!  crMs 

13108  When  Thelamon,  with  tene  was  trajturly  slayn,  ghi,,.. 
AR  hare  in  his  hed  &  hlody  heionen. 
With  two  Bchippis  full  schene,  fiat  ^o  schalk 

He  come  viito  Crete  oa  ^e  course  fell. 
13112  All  hia  nauy  full  nobill  naj-tly  wore  lost. 

And  refte  fro  the  tynke,  aa  I  rede  BclialL 

Telamon  tor  boh  toke  hym  with  bond. 

He  refte  hym  his  riches  &  his  renke  schiunia,       H»imiiortaii 
13II6  And  wold  haiie  honget  ^e  here  vppoa  hegh  galea ;  bini;mi«d 

But  hit  auntrid  Vlixee  vne  for  to  akape, 

Thnrgh  wiles  &  wit  wan  of  hia  hondia, 

And  past  of  his  pouer  to  pouert  yaugh. 
13120  Of  aU  his  wallond  wele  wait  he  no  gode. 

And  fiof  he  paasit  wM  pyne  fie  pouei  of  hym, 

iet  happit  hym  full  hard  in  a  bond  qwile. 

The  noble  kyng  Ifaule  naytly  hym  toko, 
13124  And  purpost  wttA  pyne  to  put  hym  (o)  lyue,        (M&im"i>iiii«o 

ffor  the  tale  of  the  tieson,  I  told  ]ow  before, 

Of  the  pn'se  kyng  Falomydon,  hia  aune  pure  aon ;  ^^ 

But  thurgh  wilys  &  wit  he  wan  of  hia  daunger.    "«i>«"  from 
13128  Ynpairit  of  hia  person  pr/uely  he  atnle.  [m.im».) 


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430  THH  msFOBTinifla  of  dltsses. 

BaAx^TiT.  By  what  lapis  or  gen,  aiugea  not  here, 

J)at  he  Bkope  fro  the  skath  of  thies  skathell  men  ; 

But  full  pore  of  hia  pride,  &  in  plite  febull, 
13132  To  IduiQU0,  the  du  kyng,  doutles  he  come, 
idonunnu  Jjat  had  meniell  full  mekill  of  his  myahap, 

imd  iHiDini  And  welcomyt  ^at  worthy  on  a  wise  faire. 

pmani  luia  He  Hpird  hym  full  specially  of  his  spede  feble, 

^^.^b^  13136  ffor  to  tell  hym  the  truth  how  hym  tid  hade. 

(iis.ii»i-(«u")  QMn)  he  gMuntidOie  gret  witA  a  good  wille, 

Hia  diasyre  for  to  do,  &  dreesit  to  say  : — - 
xj]jt—  mtm  'I  Soth  hit  is,  eir  kyng,  A  bo  ye  well  know, 

from  Troj  oiui     13140  After  the  takyng  of  Troy  me  tid  for  to  haue 
rtch  Aett.  Mony  echippis  full  shene,  shot  full  of  godes, 

Wt'tfe  KeliliM  full  rife,  and  red  gold  ynogh  : 

Mony  BemttnAes  me  suet,  &  sad  pepull  ala ; 
13144  Enighte«  in  my  company,  &  kide  men  of  were. 
Tiwi  ha  Hiitd  So  went  I  to  watur,  hade  windo  at  my  lust, 

Thntt;  Past  to  a  port  pleasond  and  faire, 

Jjat,  w(tA  men  of  fat  marche,  Muma  was  cald : 
13148  pere  launchit  I  to  laund,  a  litle  for  ese, 

Kestid  me  rifely,  ricchit  my  eeluyn. 

Non  hedit  me  with  hething,  ne  no  hanne  did, 

Nowther  bai^,  ne  bote,  ne  buemo  vppon  lyne. 
13152  fan  toke  I  my  tide,  twmyt  to  ship, 

Hade  winde  at  my  wille  &  the  wedur  calme, 
iiirnu  toth*  To  Colofagea  I  flet,  &  my  feres  all, 

LMophigt,  OB  And  fere  restid  in  the  rode,  as  I  red  toke. 

Ljbu.  1 3156  Whan  I  hade  longit  qwila  mo  list,  I  launchit  on 

Bwith, 

And  all  the  calme  onerceai  into  kene  stormea. 
HuTing  itfi  fiull  wodely  the  windes  wackont  sboue ; 

ahi  !•  eugbt  ty  A  myst  &  a  merknes  mynget  wi'tA  layn, 

.riorm.  13160  jjat  wilt  VB  in  were  &  our  way  lost 

Knew  wo  no  costis  for  cauping  of  ythes, 

Ke  no  lond  on  to  light,  fat  ve  lefe  was. 

O  sithns,  vnto  Cisile  I  sailct  at  the  las^ 


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13164  There  me  bappit  full  hard  in  a  hond  qwila 
The  same  tjme  in  Cicill,  somyn  ^ere  were 
Tvo  kjjiges  ^ere  wooe,  ^t  the  kjth  aght : 
Bothe  were  >ai  btether,  &  bold  men  of  bond,       « 

13168  And  fell  men  in  fight,  ^its  found  I  my  part.        r 
Stigeta,  a  stueme  man  &  Btalwortb,  was  one, 
And  Ciclophe  the  sectmd  :  so  were  |iai  cald. 
pM  fell  to  me  fueisly,  &  my  folke  elogb ; 

13172  Bobbet  my  riches,  &  reft  me  my  gode«; 
Spoilet  me  dispitiously,  sparit  me  noght. 
Two  sons,  for-8othe,  of  the  same  Ityngat, —  • 

ffners  men  in  fight,  &  fell  of  hoi  dintte«, —  o 

13176  Kyld  of  my  knightw,  kid  men  a  hundrith, 

And  sesit  my  eel^  &  my  bum  felow,  ■ 

Alphenor,  a  freike,  )iat  me  faith  aght  h 

In  a  caalell  full  oloiae  keppit  tb  bothe, 

13160  And  put  TB  in  prison  prvstly  to-gedur. 
Poltphemas,  the  pert,  had  a  prue  snstcr, 
fiairest  of  fetur,  fresshe  to  be-hold, 
Clere  as  the  cristall,  &  a  cleane  maiden  ; 

13184  Whan  Alphenor  the  freike  faithfully  can  se,         * 
He  was  lappit  wi'tft  loue  &  lusty  disairc,  ii 

N^h  wode  of  bis  wit  went  in  ^  plaso. 
Sex  mones,  |iat  mighty  made  me  to  leng 

13186  As  pn'soner,  wttA  pyne,  in  bis  prowd  castelL        * 
J)an  pit4  of  my  person  prtkkot  bis  hert,  », 

He  deliuert  me  lowse,  &  my  lefe  felow,  J 

Alphenor  the  freike,  fat  fellyn  was  in  loue. 

13192  This  Foliphemas  me  plesit,  &  pntto  me  fan 
GiftiB  of  gold,  &  greatly  bonowryt, 
Alphenor,  in  faithe,  foundit  full  ofte  * 

The  woman  to  wyn,  &,  away  lede.  ti 

13196  So  be  spake  of  bis  spede  fat  apeciall  Tnto> 
)}at  onone  in  the  night,  fat  noble  be  stale 
ffro  the  souerain  btr  Syre,  &  sogbt  wttA  bir 
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133  THR   UlSFORTUKEIJ  OP   tLTSSEa. 

Boo*  miv.  Wten  bit  coma  to  the  kDowjng  of  hir  kid 

brother, 
13200  Folipbemua  pmdly  preset  hir  after 
with  u  imud  yfith  knightes  fall  keiie,  kyd  mea  of  hond. 

(fill,  tni  a.)  He  fell  on  my  folke,  &  fele  of  horn  slogb, 

pansH!  uucin  And  my  selnyn  yrith  a  sewte  asailet  full  hard ; 

Sy^f^d"*     13204  jMm  I  feU  to  defence  with  a.  frike  wiUe, 
laa  hu  on  (ja.  My-selnjii  to  saue,  and  eoconr  my  pepulL 

The  ton  Kgfa  in  the  t«ile  tynt  he  belyue, 
And  I  shot  to  my  ehippes,  &  tbo  sbalke  leuit. 
wiih  difflmiir      1 3208  With  myche  labur,  at  the  last,  I  launchit  to  se, 
frcnn  aidij,  uid  Soght  out  of  Cicile  with  sorow,  ^ut  I  hade^ 

iiUnd  •>(£«,  WitA  mycbe  noy  in  the  night  my  natiy  to  stere. 

T-'^^lIl^*  To  the  He  of  Aulida  I  aimtri.I  to  hit, 

KKi^grtl^^       13212  There  found  I  before  the  fairest  on  lyiie, 
w™-  Two  sister  full  semly,  Jiat  me  sore  greuiL 

Thai  were  Indiea  of  Jie  laund,  &  of  lore  wise  ; 

Of  NigTomaoBy  ynogh  nothbg  bom  kkbeiL 

1331G  The  cmft  of  coniuiacioUH  po  cuinly  did  vse  ; 

Wit/i  Spretia  A.  espe/yment  go  spend  )mu  pent 

w 

wiiowMinndt  Who-3o  lightea  in  fat  lond  fro  thft  low  sea, 

net  iwaj ;  ind  (jai  haue  no  power  to  paaso  fro  fei  e  pure  art ; 

I'ubmfi  i^  uitic      13220  And  who  fat  bowea  not  baiuly  Jiere  biildyng 

inioiHHto.  jjQ  flhene  wull  forshape  vnto  ahire  beatis; 

IJeuermoro  to  be  men  vppon  mold  after, 

Ne  the  lond  for  to  leue  in  hor  lyf  tymo. 
ThaiuiiHin       13224  The  wiser  of  tho  worthy,  to  wale  hir  by  nome,  ■ 
Ciiyiw.  High  Sirces,  for-sothe,  so  was  sho  callid. 

And  Taliphe,  fat  tother  of  the  tried  snster.. 

Thia  Cirees  my-seluyn  set  on  to  lone : 
ForitwdTt-        13228  Wi'tft  charmesA  Inchauntmentt(3s bo' cherissbed 


Jjat  me  wissit  no  wile  away  for  to  passe  : 

A  twelmond  &  two  wek«  tw^inet  we  noght. 

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Clraimdi^Ji 


Witfi-in  a  yere,  full  yeuerly,  fat  jep«  waa  with 
child, 
i  Consayutt  of  my-eelfe,  &  a  sou  hade.  j 

))aii  I  purpaat  to  passe  wttA  pepull  a  few, 

And  cast  me  by  craft  &  eoirpig  yerSon. 

Of  me  ^  worthy  was  war,  &  my  wille  knew,        i 
5  And  aped  hii  full  specially  my  aped  for  to  let, 

WitA  wiles  &  wicchecrafl  my  way  for  to  hindor  j  j 

But  my-self  of  f)at  Bciena  somwhat  I  can,  | 

Well  enformet  of  the  feate,  &  hir  &re  mairet ; 
)  And  all  hir  note  of  Sigromaaaj  naitly  distroyet 

paji  I  wan  fro  the  woman  wttA  wyles  ynoir ;        i 

WitA  a  lite,  yat  me  left  were,  latmchit  to  eee ; 

Past  ftuer  the  pale  ythea,  &  peT^ellis  full  mony, 
1  Into  the  cuntre  of  Calaphe  cast  wi'tA  a  etoime, 

There  the  qvene  yrith  hir  qwaintis  qwaitid  me  tim  quan  &iii 

iDlanwIifaUra. 

tocacche: 

Held  me  wt'tA  hir,  &  my  hede  knightu, 

Alse  longe  as  hir  list,  wi'tA  hir  loue  bounden. 
i  But  hit  noyet  me  noght  for  hir  noble  chere, 

lliat  ho  made  to  my  men  wiU  myrthea  &  loye.       (f.  mss. 

At  the  last,  fio  Jiat  lady,  I  lansyt  myselfe 

By  wiles,  &  wit,  &  wo,  )>at  I  tholiL 
i  Hii  craft  &  hii  conyng  by  courae  I  diatroyet, 

And  safe  wttA  my  soudioure  slippit  hir  fro.  n*  aupM  wd 

pan  I  sailet  forth  soundly  on  the  Sea  occian,       u  uudon 

"WiA  horn  fat  I  hade,  and  happit  to  light  mpia  «#  ■ 

)  In  an  yle,  pert  an  old  temple  naitly  I  fonnde,  '"^ 

Of  a  god,  |iat  wiVt  gomee  waa  gietly  honotiret. 

There  answare  hade  all  men  after  Jwre  wille, 

Both  certayn  &  eotbe,  fat  sc^t  for  to  wete. 
)  At  ]iat  orribill  I  asket  angaidly  inyche,  B*[iH|uirH 

Of  dethe,  A  of  deiie,  as  destyny  willee ;  and  aJutu 

And  other  ferlies  full  fele  I  fraynit  of  hit.  n—tf, 

There  spiid  I  full  specially  in  apede  for  to  here, 
I  When  dethe  hade  tb  drepit,  &  our  day  comyn, 


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iBi  KuroBTuma  or  ultbbbb. 
And  we  went  of  this  world,  what  worthe  of  ow 

To  all  thing  he  anawaiit  abilly  me  thoght, 
Bnt  of  OUT  sawlee,  for«athe,  said  he  me  noght. 

13268  Thut  went  I  to  watur,  &  a  wi&de  roee. 

Shot  fiuth  my  ^ppes  on  the  ehyie  ythes. 

To  a  peielliu  plase  past  I  iio  thens, 

And  sailet  ^orgh  a  sea  ^ere  Syrens  were  in : 

13272  ffiro  the  naTell  netherwaid  noght  but  a  fisshe, 
And  made  as  a  maidon  fro  ])e  myddes  vp, 
Bothe  of  face  &  of  fetus  as  a  fte  woman. 
TtHirntMatt  The  songe  of  )>o  Syrens  was  selly  to  hero  1 

132T6  WttA  a  ledyn  full  Insty  &  likyng  wt'tJUU, 

The  myrthe  of  }Mure  mowthes  mnsyk  was  like, 
Aa  to  here  out  of  heuyn  the  Ugh  song  of  blisee. 
Thare  folis  fiat  &ryn  by  fer  cost««, 

13280  ])at  heron  the  melody,  so  mekill  aro  maait  in 
hert, 
Lettyn  sailis  donn  styde,  &  in  slym  fallyn : 
Nowthii  stightiU  }>ai  stere,  ne  no  atithe  ropes, 
go  aynkea  in  hor  sawle  the  song  of  fo  bestis, 

13284  Thai  have  no  dainty  of  diynk,  ne  of  dero 
meitee, 
Bnt  derkon  enon  down  on  a  depe  alomur. 
Wfaffli  tiie  Sirons  this  sene,  sone  oponone 
)Mi  wyn  to  the  wale  ship,  &  walton  all  Tnder ; 

13288  And  Hm  folke  in  the  flete  felly  ^ai  drownen  : — 
}>»i  dump  in  the  depe,  and  to  dethe  pesae. 
My-eelf  in  thies  Sirens  sothely  was  stad, 
WttA  my  felowee  in  feie,  &  my  few  shippea ; 

13292  And  wi'tA   crafte  of  my  conyng  I  keppit  tb 
wele, 
(Wt  no  wegh,  ^  I  wist,  hade  wille  for  to  slepe. 
We  faght  witA  horn  felly,  and  flait  hom  so, 
)»t  a  thawssond  witA  thiepe  we  throng  vnto 
dctlie; 


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THi  HuroBTums  OF  niiTssEa.  435 

13296  And  noglit  hedit  horn  with  tieiyiig  for  harme  of     Bookssnr. 
oure-eelfe. 
&o  tliies  perels  I  past,  &  no  payne  tholjt ! 
But  me  happit  full  hard  in  a  houde  wbjie  I 
ffnll  swift  to  the  siralgfa  me  switiget  the  fiode,      tiiirui" 

13300  But  fyftene  forlong  fulit  I  Jwrof, 
fiiel«  of  m;  fraght  were  before  past, 
Dngheu  into  the  depe,  diownet  beljoa 
The  more  halfe  of  my  men  &  my  mayn  shippis, 

13304  There  tynt  I  full  tite  A  tumyt  away. 

Pan  I  aoght  by  the  sea  :  to  Senyee  I  come,  a^'^l^ 

There  a  ferlyful  folke  I  fond,  &  a  coisid !  ^^^ 

Tbd  mTTtherit  my  men  vt't/t  hot  mayn  dynttes.  ^i^i^ui 

13308  The  most  parte  of  my  pepull  pat  to  Jw  dethe.      ^^°^ 
J)ai  left  me  hut  lite  fat  on  lyue  were.  p:imai. 

jjai  toko  vs  full  tite,  teghit  oure  honde«, 
And  put  TB  in  prt'son,  pyne  for  to  fole. 

13312  All  the  godea  fiai  grippit  of  the  giet  veesell, 
And  Tohhed  tb  full  ndly,  right  as  hom  liked. 
At  the  last  ^i  me  lansit,  by  leae  of  our  goddes.  At  Ihu  tbqr  > 
WttA  a  few  of  my  felowee,  )«t  me  fore  wVtA.        MntmMj" 

13316  No  gode  ]>ai  me  gaf  but  giannt  of  my  lyfT,  wud^^i 

And  lete  me  go  wi'tA  my  gyng  on  fe  gray  water  !  w^^. 
Thus  in  pooert  A  payn  I  past  on  the  sea,  ^SSi"'' 

WitA  myche  haiet  aU  aboute  the  bourders  of 
lude. 

13330  At  the  last,  in  this  lond  light  am  I  here^ 
Naked,  A  nedefnll,  aa  ftm  now  sees. 
Now  I  told  haue  the  torfer,  ^t  me  tide  hase, 
Syn  I  t«myt  fro  troy,  of  tempast  &  other." 

13324  Xdimiu*  the  da  kyng,  Jnt  his  dole  herde,  idomMMu, 

Hade  piti  of  his  ponert  &  plemt  hym  mytelL  {m.  m  « 

Moche  gode  he  hym  gaf  of  his  gold  red, 
And  refresshit  his  fflete  with  a  fyn  willei 


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TBLEMAOHUS  VISITS   ULTSaXS. 

^^iv^  Two  ehippcB  full  ahene  ahot  full  of  godya, 

md,  ud  And  of  syluBT  a  so^rme,  sothely  witA-all, 

numa^  The  Irfug  of  the  coat  kyndlj  hym  g&ffe, 

13332  )}at  might  Suffise  the  syie  forto  gaile  home. 

pui  he  projet  hpa  full  prestly,  ^t  he  passe 

wold 
To  Antenor  oa  all  wise,  ^at  ay  had  dessyred, 
pat  was  a  kyng  in  hia  coete,  &  couet  full 
me^U, 
13336  Ylixea,  of  long  tyme,  on  lyue  forto  se. 
nc  from  pen  laght  he  his  leue,  3i  the  lord  Ranked, 

diuD^  Fast  -mto  port,  puld  vp  hJs  sayles, 

To  Anthenor  the  tore  kyng  tumyi  belyae. 
1 3310  And  be,  war  of  fiat  worthy,  welcomet  hym  feire, 
Mykell  cheiissht  the  choiae  kyug  witA  a  ch«Te 

And  welcomd  ^t  worthy,  as  he  wele  conllta. 
Hhew  There  were  tythynge*  hym  told  of  his  triet 

L  realiue, 

13344  And  of  Penelope,  hia  owne  pure  wy^ 

Jjai  had  keppit  Mr  fall  cloiae  as  a  oleane  lady, 
"With  myche  worship   &  wyn,  fat  hym  wele 

lyked. 
Thelamoc,  hia  tni  eun,  tything^t  had  herd, 
m,  ud      1 3348  Pat  hia  fader  in  feie  was  fetkit  to  lond 
'  ha  WitA  Antenor  the  tru :  he  trussit  hym  thednr, 

^  And  all  tythinges  hym  told  of  his  tried  moder. 

"^  How  Enmyea  were  egurly  entrid  his  rewme, 

13392  ffor  to  hold  hit  with  bond,  &  witA  hole  strenghL 
i-ifKi  pexL  Vliiea  full  lynely  the  lege  (kyng)  prayet, 

To  kture  in  his  company  wttA  knightec  a  few, 
Hia  fomen  to  fell  witA  hia  fpie  helpe : 
■m^      13356  And  he  aasenttid  fall  sone,  sowmet  hia  pepuU, 
iitafaim  Faat  into  port,  pnld  vp  fere  sailee ; 

Hade  wind  at  fere  wille,  &  the  watur  calme, 
Sailet  to  the  Oit^  aomyn  in  the  night. 


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ULTBS&S  TELCOUBD   HONE.  43 

13360  Eueiy  lede  to  the  lond  laghtyn  fere  gayre.  BcMfcimv^ 

)}an  hnrlet  into  bowses  all  tiie  hed  knightes,  (CiLiMti.) 

By  the  ledyng  of  a  lede,  fiat  the  land  knew, 
When  the  fomen  were  fast  iaUyn  Tppon  slepe. 

13364  There  brittnet  fai  the  buernes  in  hor  bed  naked, 
And  none  left  vpou  lyue,  )>at  horn  lothe  wete. 
"Whan  the  day  vp  drogh,  &  the  deike  voidet, 
J)an  the  past  to  the  palaa  of  the  pr«e  kyng.         timj  "i*  u» 

13368  Botha  the  souerayn  hym-selfe  &  his  syb  fiynd, 
And  were  webiom,  I-wis,  on  a  wise  feire  ! 
A 1  what  wise  was  Penolope  pTOude  at  Mr  hert,  tihJohm 

wdcnHof 

And  gladly  ho  grippet  to  hir  goda  lord,  Pwdova. 

13372  )}at  bo  bad  depely  deseyret  on  dayes  before 

In  Bound  for  to  se,  mony  Bad  winttur  ! 

The  pepull  of  the  prise  tonn  preait  full  thicke,    t>«  p«iiI«  ii«4 

ffor  to  loke  on  hor  lord  longit  full  sore.  wiiasu  tbrir 

13376  Gret  gyfbw  J.ai  hym  gaffe  of  gold  &  of  Syluer,     1^4^.5^. 

And  moche  worsahippet  the  wegh  all  bis  wale 
pepull. 

He  was  enhaunsyt  full  high  in  his  hed  tonne, 

And  BO  treated  wi'tA  Antonor,  Iiot  Tbelamoc  uimHtikH 

niS  son,  du^iMrtf 

13380  :N'auca,  the  noble  doghtei  naitly  can  wed 
Of  Tyde  Antenor,  as  the  tale  saise. 
There  foormyt  ^ai  a  fest  on  a  faire  wise,  ti»Ict  ud 

fTele  dayes  to  endure,  as  horn  dwe  thc^ht,  ftaond. 

13364  Antenor  full  tyte  J»n  turayt  to  his  rewme,  AWnoqi  rtinn 

And  Tlizes  witA  lykyng  lenyt  at  home. 
Mony  dayes  ha  enduiit,  all  in  due  pea. 
And  had  leat  in  hia  rewme  right  to  bis  dethe. 


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QTtie  xxib  3Softe :  ®t  ^smis  anb  of  ffis  pass^ 
gttfl  from  Etog. 

13388  Ifow,  of  Pirras  by  prosea  I  puipos  to  telle, 
Wlien  he  twrnyt  &o  Troy  how  hym  tyd  after. 
To  Achilles  the  choise  he  was  a  chere  eun, 
And  Dyamada  doutlee  his  own  du  moder. 

13392  She  was  a  doghter  full  dere  of  the  derf  kyngs, 
Lycomede,  a  loid  fiat  he  lonyt  wela 
Two  worthy  had  the  wegh  to  his  wale  graiin»ei9, 
Bothe,kynge«  in  hor  kythe  w/tA  coioueanoyntted. 

13396  This  Lycomede  hy  lyne  was  a  leue  ayie 

To  Aacatus  the  ekir,  }&t  ekathill  was  in  elde : 
He  was  of  winturs,  I-wis,  waxen  foil  mony, 
Oumond  in  Elde,  eger  of  wille. 

13400  He  hade  hate  in  his  hert  to  }e  hod  kyn 
Of  PimiB  progeny,  and  presUy  to  hym. 
What  caiiset  the  kyng  to  his  cleane  yre, 
Tellis  not  the  tiety,  ne  trespas  of  olde. 

13401  This  AscatuB  wttA  ekathe  skerrit  of  his  rewme 
I  PelleuB,  with  poner,  ^at  the  prouyns  held 

Of  Thessaile  truly,  as  the  trot^  sais  ; 
And  a-wuted  wttA  wylea  ^e  wegh  at  his  come, 
13408  Pirtus  wit&  pouer  to  put  vato  dethe. 

After  the  takyng  of  Troy  and  the  tried  godea, 
Pirrua  passed  forth  to  }ie  pale  ythes. 

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THE  III8FORTnKE8  OF   FTBRUUB.  439 

He  woB  etithly  be-Btad  wi'tA  etormes  on  ])Q  sea,       Bootmr. 
13412  And  for  wottie  of  the  vorae  vorpet  ouer-btirde     Ffirbs^  diiT«B 

Mikill  lichea  &  relitw  reft  &o  the  tonne.  ani  oTntmwii 

Wt'tA  bng  Ubui,  at  the  last  he  light  in  a  hauyn,  ip,i£(^  i„f, 

)}at  Melaus  the  men  of  the  maiche  callyn,  * 

13416  With    hifl    shippea    ftlto-shent,    sheuerit    the  ^J^"' 
helmys, 

And  the  takiU  to-tome,  tynt  of  hor  godee. 

There  leogit  he  a  litill  his  ledis  to  ra&eaahe, 

IIu  coggM  &  hu  cablee  of  crakkyng  to  ricche,     white  mu 
13420  And  hia  tacle  to  a-tyie,  jut  he  tynt  had.  inttnudb 

There  hym  happit  to  here  of  his  harme  £i8t,        ], 

How  his  gmimBer  vith  greme  vaa  gird  &o  his  ^"^tMt.) 
right, 

Pelleiu,  with  pit6  pat  pOTsit  his  hart ; 
13424  And  how  he  purpoet  hym  plainly  Pimu  to  sle    "lah^wta 

By  his  speciall  eqiies,  if  he  spede  might.  nv  un 

Fiiros  heivet  in  hert  for  his  hegh  ohaunse, 

And   mjche  dut  hvm  for  deth  of  his  detf  HtMamiHib 

dfvut  hcrUt. 

graanser. 
13438  Firms  hym  purpoat  to  pas  in  the  night, 

jMt  no  wegb  shold  be  war,  ne  his  wark  know. 

When  FeUeua  of   his    piouyns  pnt  was  by  pdnHioiimia 


And  skapit  bo  Askathea,  ^at  hym  skatbe  did, 
13432  ffor-ferd  of  the  fceike  and  his  flEille  sonea, 

He  went  taU  a  wildemes,  &  wond  fmv  fall  longs. 
This  Askathea,  the  skathill,  had  sket  eones  thze : 
The  first  was  Lyoomede  the  lord,  and  his  lene 
ayre, 
13436  jMt  was  graanser  in  degte  to  the  gode  Pirnu. 
And  suster,  for«othe,  of  ^  same  Lyoomede, 
Hight  Tetido,  as  I  told  haae  tomly  before, 
))at  PelleoB  in  his  pride  poRheet  to  wyna, 
13440  And  was  moder  to  the  mon,  mighty  Achilles. 
There  were  sonea  vpposyde,  samly  men  two. 


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440  PBLBUS,   EXILED  BT  AOABTUS, 

Boohi^xY.  To  Askatliea  full  skate,  skethill  of  hor  bond ; 

puiomcMa  uid  The  ton  &eike  of  the  fre,  Philmen  was  cald ; 

oTAiuiui,  13444  The  tothir  moQ  of  )io  mighty,  Kenallpes  hcght. 

Prnbu  HI  hii  Thies  keppit  horn  in  company  with  knight<» 

"'■  full  mony. 

Till  Jtaire  cosyn  irold  come  &0  contre  of  tray ; 
And  put  horn  Jian  prestly  Firms  to  sle. 
13448  Sro  the  cite,  the  saute  tyme,  sothely  to  tell, 
Of  the  toune  of  thessoill,  bb  the  tale  shevea, 
Waa  a  l)uyldyng  on  a  hanke,  busslies  TritA-in, 
By  a  ayde  of  the  aea,  set  in  a  holt 
{Ma  hii  J3452  Betwene  the  biggyng  on  fe  (bume)  &  fe  burgh 

riche, 
Waa  a  vildemes  iride,  &  'wild  beste*  in, 
Thedur  kynges  wold  come,  by  custom  of  olde, 
ffor  to  hunt  at  the  hert  by  the  holt  sydea : 
13456  Hit  waa  of  long  tyme  beleft,  &  no  lede  there, 
Oue/growen  wt'tA  greues,  &  to  ground  fallyn. 
There  was  Kauee,  by  course,  of  ^e  kid  walles. 
And  mony  holes  in  the  howses  wttA  hnrdM 
aboue^ 
(toLMta.)      13460  Ouergrowen  witft  grenes  and  witft  gray  thome^ 
£uyn  thestur  and  thicke,  tbriccbet  of  wode. 
With  an  entre  full  n[o]yoaB,  naiow  olofte^ 
Ooand  downe   bj  a   grese  thuigh   the  gray 
thomes. 
Piifu  omewi*     13464  In  ^islogge,  witA  his  lady,  lurkit  Pelieus, 
Euer  in  doute  of  hia  dethe  durst  not  appere. 
Oft  went  ^at  wegh  to  the  water  eyde. 
The  Sea  for  to  serche,  if  he  so  might 
13468  Fimis  vriih  his  pepnll  &  his  prise  shippes, 
Come  by  the  coste  to  the  kyd  rewme. 
When  Pimis    wt'tA    his   pray,  &  his   laiBe 

knightes, 
Hade  mightely  at  Melapsa  mendit  bis  geire, 
13472  He  tumyt  Tnto  Thessaile,  hie  tone  for  t«  venge, 


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IB  DI8C0V1SBED   ST   PTBBHDEI. 

Of  the  skfuth  &  the  akome  Ascattu  hym  did. 

Hie  heayell  aboue  on  pe  bume  syde, 

On  his  modm  halfe,  )»e  myld,  fat  I  mynt  fiist, 

13476  Wisly  to  wirke  he  his  wit  preuyt 

Two  spies  i^ill  spedely  he  sped  hym  to  gete, 

Triet  men  &  tro,  tristy  with-all : 

ThoB  he  sent  to  Assandra,  a  sme  men  of  olde, 

13180  A  tiew  mon  of  Thessaile,  fat  he  trist  mekyll, 
A  ffreike  ^at  his  &der  £uthfully  louet, 
And  mekyll  was  of  might  in  the  mayn  towne. 
There  fid  wist  all  the  werke  &  the  wUd  craft, 

13484  How  the  purpoe  was  pat  Pimis  to  sle. 
)Mn  fai  lurked  to  fo  lord  lynely  agayne, 
Made  hym  wise  of  the  werke,  fat  fei  wiste  hade. 
J}aii  FiiroB  full  prastly  presit  into  shippe, 

13486  To  tunie  vnto  Thessaile,  tmly  he  th<%ht ; 
But  a  tempest  hym  toke  o  the  tonit  ythes, 
J>at  myche  laburt  the  lede  er  he  lond  caght. 
Ixm  hym  bappit  in  haste,  though  helpe  of  his 
godde*, 

13492  To  bit  into  havyn  witA  his  hoole  flete, 

fiio  the  towae  of  Thessaile,  to  telle  hit  full  eryn, 

£^t  foilong,  I  fynd,  &  folly  no  moie. 

The  haoyn,  fat  he  hit  to,  was  hard  by  the  csTe, 

13496  Theie  Pelleus  in  pooert  prioely  lay. 

Pirros,  wery  of  the  water  &  the  wild  ythes, 
Laoaobet  vp  to  jie  laund  to  laike  hym  a  qwile. 
Bomyng  on  the  Bocea  in  the  rough  bankee, 

13600  fforto  sport  hym  a  space,  er  he  sped  ferre. 

Hit  happit  hym  in  hast  the  hoole  for  to  fpid. 
Of  the  caTe  &  the  clocher,  fere  the  ^ng  lay. 
))an  he  glode  Jnugh  the  greoes  &  the  ffmj  ^mes, 

13604  To  the  hed  of  the  bole  on  the  hext  gie, 
Bore  longet  the  lede  Ingher  to  wende, 
Som  selkowth  to  ee  the  seicle  witA-in. 
When  he  come  to  the  cave  ^en.the  kyng  rose, 


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442  FTBBHUB  AHD   THB  SONS  OF  ACASTU3. 

Book  zixr.     13608  Wele  his  coayn  he  knew,  &  kaght  hym  in  armys. 
bj  bu  Ukaw  la  By  tlio  chero  of  Achillea  he  cheae  hym  onone  : 

80  lyke  waa  the  lede  to  his  lefe  iader. 

ffuersly  tb«  freike  fongit  him  ia  hond. 
P^ij  13512  (With)  myche  wepyng  &  waile,  wo  for  to  here, 

Jjan  he  told  hym  full  tite  f&  tene  ^t  he  ^olet, 

And  the  ekathe  of  ABch&tos,  fat  he  skspt  &o. 
p/Fihiu  ii  moral  FirroB  heivet  in  hert  for  his  beds  giannser, 

It  till  Dorr  of  ° 

the  wTooc*  dona    13516  And  SO  ))ai  past  firo  the  pitte  to  ^e  pun  bonke. 

Firrua  full  pn'tiely  peisayoit  onon, 
By  a  spie,  )iat  especially  sped  for  to  wete, 
ib?ii«iwiitd  ))at  hya  £mee  full  c^^lj  «Uit  to  wode, 

AcHtunn        13520  fforto  hiint  in  the  holteg,  &  hent  of  te  dere  ; — 
fai  (he  bna,  ™  Menalphes  the  mon,  &  faia  nutjn  brother, 

i^u.  *jFd-.  Policenes,  faU  pmt,  piati  men  bothe,— 

M^Sil^  To  Aakathes  the  skatbell  >ai  were  sket  aons. 

13624  J^an  Pimu  f^  piestly  pnt  of  his  olothee ; 
Toke  a  Koket  foil  rent,  &  Ba^et  abone. 
Cast  ouw  hia  corse,  couert  hym  Jwfflith  ; 
Gitd  hym  fiill  graidly  witA  a  giym  ewerd : 
13528  WttA-outon  wha  to  Jm  wod  went  all  hymone. 
As  he  glode  thnrgh  the  gille  by  a  gate  syde, 
HaoMDMBpod  There  met  he  tho  men,  )>at  I  mynt  firat, 

(ftiL  MT  0.)  The  Bonee  of  the  same,  ^t  hym  ele  wdd. 

to  ui^*bK[iiMi4  13532  Thai  fiaynet  at  hym  freckly  who  the  fieike 

*™  '"^ '  Whedur  he  welke  in  the  wode,  weto  horn  to  say. 

Firras  eaid  horn  full  sono  hym-selfe  was  of  grece, 
Wiih  hia  company  oarefoll  comyn  out  of  troy, 
13536  Wold  kaire  to  hia  cnntie  &  his  kythe  bom ; 
thithaiudtHii  And  pera  ship  was  to-shent  in  the  shyie  wawes, 

udniuu  ffast  by  at  the  banke  of  the  bare  Tie, 

^^j^  And  all  diownet  in  the  depe,  sane  duly  hym- 

13540  ffyue  hundreth  in  fleto  wttA  the  flode  lost 


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PTBAB08  AND  THB  SONB  OP  iOAStUS.  H 

"  Thus  I  skope  &o  tho  akathe  witA  skynne  of     BMtgrr. 
my  hoDdes, 

And  viith  waves  of  the  water  wagget  to  bonke : 

Halfe  lyues  on  londe  light  I  myn  one. 
13544  The  Bali  water  aadl;  eanke  in  my  wombe, 

pat  1  Toidet  w»t&  vomettM  by  vertu  of  goddes, 

And  wayuerand,  weike,  wan  to  the  lond, 

Thmgh  the  slioche  and  the  alyme  in  fla  alogh 
feble, 
13648  There  tynt  haae  I  truly  myche  tried  goode.  thu  h*  hii  lort 

And  now  me  boa,  as  a  beggar,  my  bied  for  to  mut  sow  bw 
thigge 

At  dotifl  vpon  dayea,  ^t  dayrea  me  foU  sore  : 

Till  I  come  to  my  kyth,  can  I  non  othir. 
13652  Iffye  bane  ferkit  any  fode  to  ^is  frith  now,         H>)iM*idiw 

Bea   gracine,  for   goddw   lone,  ges   me   som  itKrHdUm  ' 

p«ti»  "^"^ 

"  fiblow  V8  Jan  furth,"  ^  fre  to  hym  eaide, 
"  Thou  ahalt  haae  meite  for  a  mele  to  mirth  the 
witA-all," 

13556  Pan  ee  }iai  be^de,  in  the  same  tyme, 

A  giet«  herte  in  a  grove,  goond  hym  one.  AimtippMn 

Menalpee  full  mightely  menit  hym  after,  Miiuippu ' 

Left  Pirma  in  playne  with  his  pn'se  brother.        ua^^^ 

13560  There  the  fieike  on  hie  fowle  folowet  the  hert,     ^^^^ 
ThoT^  the  londes  on  lenght  witft  a  light  wille.  i^t">^ 
Hia  broder,  ^t  abode  vith  the  bdd  Piirus, 
ffell  Tuto  fote,  iSf  hie  fole  esyt, 

13664  And  hym-eelfe  on  the  soile  set  hym  onon& 

jNm  Pimia  full  preatly  pnld  out  hia  sword,  Prniiu  iiv* 

And  the  lede  on  the  launde  out  of  lyne  broght. 

Than  tite  come  the  tothir,  and  no  trayn  thoght :       (lu.  nt  h) 

13568  Fimie  gird  hym  to  ground  &  to  giym  deth.         ii«bni|rpiit 
Thus  britnet  ^t  bold  the  brethir,  his  £mee^         luiii. 
And  went  on  full  wightly,  &  hia  way  held. 
pan  he  met  wttA  a  mon  of  the  mayn  kyi^M, 


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m  PIBaBUB  AND   THB  B0N8  OF   ACABIUS. 

Boot  XXXV.      1S572  And  fraynet  at  hym  ftiersly  where  the  froike 
■waa. 
"  Here  at  bond  is  ^at  liery,"  the  bend  to  hfm 

saide: 
J)en  he  gird  to  (to  gome  wi'tft  a  grym  sveide, 
And  slogh  hym  downe  sl^hly  by  elegbt  of  his 
hond. 
Pjrrtiiu  hutua    13576  PimiB  full  piestly  fen  past  to  hie  shippe, 
unji  umHirin  Atalet  byni  full  riolly  all  in  rycbe  clothis, 

ntunu  to  —u  And  coms,  in  his  course,  ))e  kyng  forto  mete. 

^1^^^  pea  he  &aynet  at  ^e  iieke  in  his  fresshe  wede, 

13680  Wat  whs  ^at  he  was,  irete  hym  to  say. 

Piiriis  to  the  prise  kyng  pertly  onswart , — 

"  I  am  ft  pure  son  of  Priam,  ^  prinse  out  of 

troy, 
Prisoner  to  PirruB,  fot  pertly  me  toke." 
13584  Ascbatus  fraynet  fe  frake  on  his  faith  fien, 

"Were  is  Pirrus,  fat  proude,  fat  prowes  has 

done  1 " 
"  He  is  weiy  of  fs  whaghia,"  |ie  wbe  to  bym 

eayde, 
"And  hers  romys  on  fe  rocis  to  rest  hym  a 
qwyle," 
13588  JKa  >ai  diogb  to  pe  dike,  for  }e  duk  lay, 
And  comyn  by  course  to  pe  caue  euyn. 
pfniiutriato  PirTUS  swappit  out  his   sword,  swange   at  ^ 

iyngi 

Wold  haue  britnet  fa  bu[e]me  in  hya  breme  yrc 
Tbeiii prannti     13592  )»n  come  Tetid  full  tit,  toke  hym  in  armys, 
iD^T^  ibr  His  graundam  fnU  graidly  grippit  hym  osotif^ 

Modur  to  }>e  mon,  myghti  Achillea, 
Wyf,  as  I  wene,  to  worths  Pelleus, 
13596  And  doghter  to  pe  duke,  )at  he  dere  wold. 
Jjee  wordis  acho  warpit  fat  worthy  Tuto ; — 
"  I>ere  coeyn  and  derfe,  wttAdraw  now  J»i  hond, 
Jkiw  has  britnet  my  brother  in  fis  brode  wod, 


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AOASTCS  SAVED  Bt  PKLBUS.  445 

13600  )jat  were  Jin  emye  full  nobill,  nayt  men  of  will ;  b^txxt. 
And  now  AscIiatuB  wi'tA  ekatli  wold  ekirme  to 

Jedeth, 
Pat  is  my  fader  so  be,  and  Ji  fiist  giaunaer." 

pen  Piims  fiill  pertly  to  pat  prise  eaide : —  (^  ■Hit.} 

13601  "  Hna  not  fi  fader  full  fonle  flemyt  mjn  ayell,  miHitaipuw 
PelleoB,  of  his  promys,  Jin  awne  prise  buebond.  dMin*  Um  m 
Let  cal  Ts  Je  kyng  fto  fe  caue  sone,  "■ 

If  he  will  Hpars  hym  to  spill,  I  epede  me  Jerto." 
13608  Felleua  come  prestly,  piaid  for  Js  kyi%: —  PtiHapiHii 

"  Hit  saf&a,"  he  saide,  "  Je  elagli  of  hia  chlldttr, 

Pe  bold,  [>at  were  britnet  on  Je  bent  syde." 

Pea  acoid  waa  Jet  knyt  )>o  kyngie  betwene,  pmo  )•  (on- 

13612  fFiill  frenchip  and  fyn  festnyt  wi'tA  hond.  taeoaatiitDH. 

J}eT  Jai  setyn  on  Je  Boile,  Jo  sonerana  togedur, 

The  two  kyngia  full  kant,  and  Je  dene  qwene, 

And  PJrrus,  fe  pert  knyght,  pnidly  besyde. 
13616  Aschatus  Jen  skepe  furth  witA  his  akin  woidia, 

J)at  waa  kyng  of  Je  coat  by  conquest  til  Je» : —    4™ti«,  ww 

"I  am  febyll  and  mfera  iaUyn  into  elde,  ■inn.ji'id'taki 

Any  lem  forto  lewle,  or  to  ryde  forth :  pjruim. 

13620  My  aona  now  ate  alayn,  &  slnngyn  to  gioimd, 

))at  I  had  purpost  Jia  prouyns  playnly  to  haoe. 

Nov  lengis  Jer  no  lede,  Jat  by  lyne  aw, 

pa  soila  and  Je  aeptur  aothly  to  weld, 
13624  Bat  Fiirus,  of  prowee  pertiat  in  annya, 

Demyat  &  deme,  myn  awne  dere  coayn, 

I  releehe  Je  my  lygbt  witA  a  rank  will. 

And  giannt  Je  Je  gousrnanBe  of  Jia  greto  yle." 
13626  PelleuB  hit  pleait,  <&  playnly  he  eaide : —  Fei«u>i» 

"  And  my  ryght  I  renonse  to  Jat  tynk  Bone,        fkriuiwbi  of 

ffor  it  waa  playnly  my  puTpos  Jot  Pirma  schuld  J^I^JJi'" 
bane, 

pe  terrage  of  tessayle  and  Je  tryed  corone." 
13632  jMn  ros  Jai  full  ladly,  raght  vnto  horse, 

"Wanen  vp  wightly,  wentyn  to  towne. 


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PTBRHCB  IS  MADI  KINa. 

Pimu  fall  preetly  a  prati  mon  sende. 
Bade  his  nauy  come  ner^  ^egk  into  haajiL 

on  THx  aovosrsa  of  ptbrus  and  ov  bis  dethk, 
13636  The  souerayn  hjin-flelfe,  irhen  he  »egh  tjmo, 
AaebatoB,  to  all  men  afterward  send 
Thurgh  the  citj  fro  hTm-eelfe,  &  the  Byde  lond, 
""^  l>at  jche  lede  to  )n  Imd  Ijaely  shuld  come, 

aiB.iua"«>ir     13640  WttA  honour  &  htnn^^  (as  ^  right  ayie,) 
Proffer  vnto  Ffrms,  as  Jiaire  prue  lorde. 
fiayne  were  yo  freikei  and  the  folke  all. 
And  swifUj  fai  sireie,  swagit  fen  hertte«^ 
13641  To  be  leU  to  ]ie  loid  all  hia  Ijt  tyme. 
Fnrw* »  The  secimd  day  eayng,  aa  said  is  of  olde, 

Tbtmtif,  ud  He  was  coroned  to  kyng  in  ])at  kithe  riche, 

(iHtort  udb  By  assent  of  the  seniours  &  the  sore  knightw, 

"""  13648  In  fat  son^rain  cit4,  wt'tA  septur  in  hond. 

pajk  he  faner  &  frenship,  fai  fell  to  hym  after. 
He  enhansset  his  hede  heghly  aboue 
All  the  londis  and  the  lordship,  fat  longed  to 
Gryae; 
13652  And  his  contre  kepplt  in  conert  &  pes 
To  the  last  of  his  lyf,  as  a  lord  ahuld. 

Here  I  tume  from  my  tale,  &  tary  a  qwile, 
Till  hit  come  me  be  course  to  carpe  of  hym  ferre. 
tdmnn*.  khw    13666  When  IdonuKN  was  ded,  doghty  of  hond, 
I.  nccHdd)  bf  ]pe.t  I  told  of  tomly  in  tymia  before, 

■ndTurtML  Two  Bonee  of  hym-selfe  suet  hym  after, 

In  bis  realme  for  to  reigne,  as  hla  right  ayrea : 
13660  Herion,  a  myld  &  mighty,  was  one, 

And  I^ertua  by  lyne  was  his  leue  brother. 
This  Merion  hade  maistri  but  a  meane  qwile. 
The  lend  to  Laerte  he  leuyt  as  kyng, 
13664  And  after  course  of  our  kynd  cloait  his  dayes. 
(ifaL  ttts.)  Telamecua,  the  tall  aon  of  trj'et  YIixe% 


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TSE  ABDnCTIOK   OF  HGRVIONa 

Pa.i  NaoEdca  had,  fai  noble  nam  Tuto  wife, 
Doght«T  of  the  du  kyng,  doghty  Antenor, 

13668  He  gate  on  Jiat  gay  vne  a  gode  sone, 

pat  Dephebos  duly  was  demyt  to  some. 
Ifow  I  paa  will  to  PirruB  by  proaea  agayne, 
Of  faia  dedia  to  deme,  &  his  dethe  aftet. 

13672  AacatoB  pe  ekete,  foi  ekath  of  his  aones, 
Miche  water  he  weppit  of  hie  wan  cbekia, 
Gert  btyng  horn  to  burgh,  birit  horn  faii« 
In  a  preciuB  plaae,  so  Fiiros  comanndit. 

TB>  pobtb:  op  fobtunk. 

13676  Wen  a  mon  is  at  myght,  &  moat  of  astate, 
Clommbyn  all  ))e  Clif  to  ^e  dene  top, 
Has  riches  full  ryfe,  relikia  ynow. 
All  ^B  world  at  his  will,  wegbia  to  s^rue, 

13680  pen  fortune  his  fall  felli  aspies, 

Ynqwemys  his  qwate,  &  ]»  qwele  turnya ; 

Lurkia  in  lightly  with  lustis  in  hert, 

Geis  hym  ewolow  a  awete,  ^at  swellis  bym  after. 

13084  8o  PinniB  waa  pnse,  pniddest  of  kyngis, 

Had  welth  at  his  will,  pe  worthiest  of  grice.         ptti 
A  longyng  TnleffuII  light  in  his  hert^  hui 

Oert  hym  haat  in  a  bete,  hannyt  bym  after.         ^*^ 

13668  Ennonia,  ^e  myld,  pat  myghti  disdrat, 
Elanea  anne  dogbtar,  abill  of  chere, 
J)at  Orestes  po  rynke  ricbeli  bad  weddit, 
By  manage  of  Menelay,  as  I  mynt  haae. 

13692  So  be  sped  bym  by  spieB,  &  spense  of  his  gode,  nao 
jDat  pe  Udy  fto  hir  lord  lyuely  be  stale,  ^ 

Toke  bir  to  tessail  fro  hir  tru  maister, 
Orestes  p«  riche,  that  reguyt  bir  with. 

13696  Piirns  wtU  that  proude  preait  to  ^e  temple, 
Weddit  |iat  worthi,  &  as  wif  held. 
)>cn  Oiijstcs  full  lyfe  bad  myche  rank  sorow, 


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448  SBBKIONK  AMD  AHDBOHACHB. 

Biiii>x»yT.  Scbamjrt  witA  ^b  sclialke,  tiiat  achent  of  his  wife, 

onatoiatitar     13700  AbcI  SO  demely  bjm  did  dere  &  diepit. 
iiiiiuMiiii  ■>  He  had  playnly  no  power  Fiirua  to  haime, 

To  hia  leme  forto  ride  &  reue  hym  ^  qwene ; 
{fiiL  M».)  Bat  be  cut  hym  by  contse,  If  a  case  fell, 

13704  To  venge  of  his  vilany  &,  his  vile  echame. 
FrnhMtoMio  J)en  Pimw  by  purpos  prestly  con  wend 

thukiuj^woo  Into  delpbon  a  day,  as  fe  dole  bad, 

lonTMctkfi  In  bonotir  of  apolyn,  ])at  abiU  to  eeche, 

13708  And  woicbip  vitA  wyn,  sa  a  wale  god, 

Wftb  aacn'lice  eolemne  &,  othir  eere  faalowa, 
ffoT  offens  of  his  fadur,  ^t  felU  vas  alayne 
Wrtft  Paris,  f»  pert  knjght,  as  preuyt  is  before. 
13712  In  aparell  of  prise,  on  a  proud  wyse, 

He  dight  hym  to  delphon  witA  dukis  &,  othir. 
In  his  pal&is  of  prtse  pmdly  he  leuyt 
Worthi  Ectora  wif,  ftot  ])e  whe  bad, 
13716  Andromoca,  in  drede,  and  her  dere  son 
I^mydon  ^  litill,  ^ot  bo  left  neuer. 
And  bo  booudyn  wttA  borne  witA  ])b  bold  Pirns : 
And  Ermonia  |>e  myld  maynly  was  ther, 
13720  J}at  he  had  weddit  to  wyue,  &.  in  wrong  held. 
Wen  Pirme  waa  past,  ^ia  proud  in  hir  yre, 
A  men  vnto  Menelay  myghtily  aende, 
Bad  hym  tume  vnto  tessail  in  a  tore  hast, 
13724  Andromaca  to  deie,  &  to  deth  pnt ; 

ffor  Piiras  of  fat  pert  was  prtatly  enamart, 
He  had  no  daynt^  wjtA  dalianse  bis  dogbter  to 

lone. 
)K  whe,  at  )ie  wordis  of  bis  wale  dogfat«r, 
13728  Tttmet  vnto  tesaale  witA  a  tore  ffare. 

He  wold  hane  britnet  )«  bnrd  wttA  a  baia  swoid. 
And  scbunt  for  no  achame,  but  bit  8chop«  fairs. 
Andromaca,  for  drede  of  ^  derf  kynj^ 
13732  Lamydon  hir  litill  aun  laght  in  hir  armea, 
Hyghet  out  of  halle  into  begb  stret«. 


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THB  DEATH  OP  PTRRHnB, 

Made  an  ngsom  nojae,  fai  noyet  ^e  pepoll, 
"Wi'tA  Trepjng  and  vaile  wo  to  beholde. 
13736  Jw  folk,  for  >e  fot;,  fel  to  )iaire  armur, 
Cayrit  after  Jw  kyng  in  a  cant  hast 
jKn  fled  he  for  fere,  fell  to  his  echip ; 
Past  to  his  pronyns,  of  ptirpos  he  sailet 

THB  SETHS  OF  FIRROS,  BT  ORESTES  BLiTVE. 

13740  Orestes  full  radly  of  the  Eenke  herd, 

J)at  Pirrns  by  purpos  was  past  into  delphon : 
He  Bssemhlit  of  soudiots  mouy  Bad  hundrith. 
And  met  hym  with  mayn  in  the  mekill  De : 

13744  There  Pirrus  witA  payne  he  put  Tnto  dethe, 

Slogh  hym  fiill  sleghly,  &  slange  hym  to  ground, 
And  britnet  ^at  bold  wi'tA  a  bigge  sword. 
Then  Firrna  the  pioude  was  pnte  ynto  groue, 

13748  Oiestes  by  right  raght  to  hia  wife, 

And  led  fiirth  the  lady  to  his  lond  horn. 
PelleuB  full  prestly  and  his  pnre  qwene, 
Tetid,  full  tite  tokyn  Andromaca, 

13752  Hii  litill  sonne  Lamydon  leddon  hii  wtt^. 
^ei  tumet  out  of  tessaile  for  toifer  of  other. 
To  melapsa  ^at  menye  mevyt  to-gedui, 
Was  a  Citi5  full  sure,  fere  soiomet  ptd  long, 

13766  Till  the  lady  was  deliuer  of  a  loue  Bone. 
Andromaca  fat  deie  pat  duly  conceyuit 
Of  Pirrns  the  prise  kyng,  as  his  puie  wif& 
The  child  witA  chere  men  Achilides  was  cald. 

13760  Wex  &  wele  khrcTan  in  wintnrs  a  few. 

The  corone  &  the  kyngdome  kyndly  he  gaffe 
To  Lamydon  the  loid,  ]>at  was  his  leue  brother, 
The  abill  sone  of  Ector,  heire  ynto  Troy,  Iniiiui 

13764  And  in  Thessaile  he  was  takyn  for  a  tru  kyng. 

Thus  Achillis  achevit  his  awne  choyse  &ende»,     AQhm! 
ThuTgh  his   prakuiyng   preetly  all  the   pure  otui*. 
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150  A   UABVEL  OF   HECBOHAKOT. 

BBBkxixT.  ))at  tbfl  gnkea  hade  getton  at  the  gnat  toase, 

13768  Were  delin^rt  yche  lede,  A  lanae  at  lior  willne. 
And  thuB  hit  turnyt,  aa  I  tell,  in  a  tyme  ehort, 
Sow  is  lAmjdon  lord,  &  tite  laimd  hase^ 
(fcimtj  Boths  the  corona  &  the  liytb,  and  a  kyng  noble 

13772  Of  Teasaile  tndy,  fen  the  toyle  loee, 

Pai  by  Eritage  of  Auncetiy  ayre  vnto  troy. 
Here  the  prosses  of  PymiB  I  putto  an  end, 
Of  other  maters  to  mene,  ^t  in  mynd  fatlee. 

HERE  YB  A  MEnnAYLB  OF  A  LASt  BT  HTajUHAKBT. 

13776  When  Troylus,  the  tru  knight,  waa  turayt  to 
ground 
afTnuhw,  Sy  Achilles,  as  chaunset  of  ))at  choiae  kyng, 

Htrnnon.  As  ys  fynd  may  before  in  the —  &  xx  boke, 

The  mighty  kyng  Menon  mainly  Achilles 

13780  Gird  to  ^  ground  witA  a  grym  hurt, 

pat  the  Myrmydona  Jtaiie  mustur  masit  ^cu 

tokc^ 
And  bare  to  hia  hastell  on  a  hrode  shelde, 
Aa  for  ded  of  ^  dynt,  dreesit  to  lye. 

13781  Pan  hit  happont  in  a  hond  qvile  thia  hed  kyng 

be  elayne, 
By  the  myrmydona  vnmonly  murtherit  to  deth^ 
WhoBO  body,  as  the  boke  saia,  wea  beriet  in  the 
toone 
Flow  ihi  ditar  of  By  TroielluB  truly  in  a  toumbe  riche. 

rror.  miKKii     13788  Thia  Menon  the  mighty  hade  a  mayn  suater, 
J^^"™'  The  fairest  on  fold  J«t  any  folke  knew; 

^1^"  Ho  Hoght  to  {«  Cit6  eythen  hnr  one, 

To  the  toumbe  of  ])at  tried  truly  ho  yode, 
13792  Toke  the  bonea  of  hir  brother,  as  the  boke  saia, 
Closit  horn  full  clanly  in  a  clere  Tesaell, 
All  glyaaonond  of  gold  &  of  gay  stonys ; 
Evyne  ymyddes  all  men,  memell  to  se, 
13796  Waynyt  vp  to  the  welkyn,  as  a  wan  clowde, 


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And  neuor  apperit  to  Uie  pepuU  in  pat  place     Bootmy. 

efle. 
The  foike,  foi  f>at  ferly,  futhlj  bar  holdyn 
A  Goddea  full  gloriua,  for  grace  fat  hir  feU, 
13800  Oi  a  doghter,  f&j  dein;t,  of  a  due  god. 

So  thiee  geutillis  a-iu^et^  &  for  iuate  lieldl 


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(um^)    ^e  xntj  Bolu :  ®C  t^e  Bttlie  of  ITIixcs  Sg 

As  YluLSS  the  loide  lay  for  tg  alepe, 
Wi'tA-outyn  noise  on  a  night  in  his  naked  bed, 
viTBHisi         13804  He  vraa  drecchit  in  a  dteame,  &  in  dred  broght, 
iMdjafniipuiiiii  ^t  all  cliaimget  his  chere  &  bis  choise  bcrt. 

He  eegh  an  ymage  full  noble  A  of  a  new  ahap, 
ffaire  of  ffetnra  &  fresahe,  of  a  &e  woman, 
13808  Oi  ellis  a  goddee  full  gay,  as  the  gome  fH>ght. 
B*  ngdtT  He  dcssyrit  full  depely  Jut  depe  forto  hondle, 

nnbru*  twr:  And  ^t  blight  foT  to  bras  in  hia  big  annaa ; 

•Im  (hnn  him;  Jut  hym  thught  fat  ho  f roly  frappit  away, 

dKiuwtfaa  13812  And  o  fer  &o  the  freilie  foundit  to  kepe, 

ftwfti]  pvultj  ll« 

wooid  iHu.  To  pat  noble,  onone,  ho  neghit  agayne, 

And  spiid  at  hym  specially  what  he  speike  wold. 
"  I  wold  dele  wt'tft  )ie  damyaell,"  pe  duke  to  hii 
aaide, 
13816  "  To  know  the  fuB  kyndly,  oa  my  dene  luff." 
J)an  the  lady  to  Vlixea,  aa  fe  lede  J>oght, 
Said  hym  full  aone,  all  in  aad  wordes ; — 
"  Now  full  hard  &  Tnhappy  ia  J>i  hegh  lust, 
13820  ^t  ]N>n  conetus  vnkyndly  to  couple  wttA  me : 
Hit  ia  nedfuU,  wt'tA  noye,  onone  afl«r  ^is. 
The  tone  dauly  be  ded,  by  domya  of  right." 
^™«  ""  '        J)an  hit  semyt  to  f  6  Bouerain,  Jwt  ^  sure  lady 

iwocdiDhir         13824  Had  a  glaive,  a  full  grym,  grippit  in  honde; 


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Aiid  a-bone  hit  ho  boie,  on  the  bright  end,  boqIiIXxvl 

A  Giydell  foil  gay,  giet-fnll  of  fiche,  iiiiDd,»d«iik* 

CorioB  &  crafty,  clene  to  be-holde.  ei  ui. 

13828  )Mn  hit  semet,  for-aothe,  Jxit  fa  selfe  woman 

Wold  hane  farjn  hym  fro,  but  fitst  ho  hym  said. 
"  This  U  a  signe,  for-aothe,  of  a  otk,  Emperoor,  ™"  a»rf«w  tin 
And  the  coninnctoun  Tniast  is  Joynit  n  be-  ontiiaiBd 
twene, 

13833  Is  cara  for  to  come,  wttA  a  cold  ende." 

Than  waknet  the  vegh  of  his  wan  slepe,  toallobt m^lr 

>fyche  dut  he  his  dnme,  &  died  faym  fertore.         foL  m  ^) 
Anone  as  the  night  past,  the  noble  kyng  sent 

13836  ffor  Devinoura  fall  duly,  &  of  depe  wit. 

When  yid  comyn  were  to  conrt,  he  the  case  told 

Of  the  note  in  the  night  &  the  new  dreme. 

All  wiston  tho  wise,  by  the  wei;his  tale,  ti»  WTtom 

d«Clv«h>wUl 

1 3810  He  ahnld  duly  be  ded  of  his  derfe  sone.  ftitti  bj  uw 

Hit  fell  hym  by  fortune  of  a  foole  end.  "^ 

))an  yiises  the  lege  kyng,  of  his  lyf  feeid, 
Jelamocus  he  take,  his  tni  sone,  R*  «>»■ 

13814  Stoke  hym  in  a  stith  hoose,  &  stueme  men  to  t 
fcepe, 
Wallit  full  wele,  wiVt  water  aboute. 
Thus  he  keppit  hym  full  dobe,  &  in  caie  held, 
jMt  no  whe  to  hym  wan  but  wardens  full  snie. 

13848  Hit  tide,  as  I  told  haue  in  tyntea  before, 
}>at  Ylixes  wttft  a  lady  in  a  lond  dweUit, 
High[t]  Gercea,  foi-sotfa,  as  I  eud  eie. 
He  bade  a  child  wVtA  ^ot  choise  was  a  chere  eone, 

13855  PfA  TelagoniiM  in  his  tyme  tnily  was  cald  i 
And  none  wist  hit,  I-wis,  bat  his  wale  moder, 
Pai  consayuit  of  the  kyng,  &  a  knave  here. 
When  the  fiteike  had  the  fttlle  of  xr*™  yeies,     i 

13856  He  fraynit  at  the  fre,  who  his  fader  was,  h 
In  what  lond  he  was  lent,  &  if  he  lyue  hade.       r 


TBB  DU.IB  OP   ULTBSSB. 

Slio  layoit  hit  full  long,  &  list  not  to  t«Oe, 
ffor  the  sake  of  hir  sonc^  leat  he  Boght  furtli.     . 
13860  This  mild  of  his  moder  eo  maiiily  deasiiet, 

)>at  ho  said  hTia  o  aycher,  all  in  eoche  worde^ 
jpat  Ylizea  the  lord  vas  his  leae  &dei ; 
And  enfoarmet  hym  fully  of  ^  fre  rewme, 

13864  J}at  the  vorthy  in-wonet,  as  a  wale  kyng. 
Thelagonitu  of  the  tale  truly  was  fayne, 
And  depely  dessyiet  the  dnke  for  to  knowe. 
He  purpost  hym  plainly  to  pas  oner  sea, 

13865  The  soueniin  to  seche,  and  be  so  mj^ht. 
The  mon  at  his  moder  mekely  toke  leae, 
fferlcit  to  the  flode  in  a  felle  hast. 

The  lady  hir  lene  son  lynely  can  pray, 
13872  To  hie  hym  in  hast  hom  to  his  moder. 

The  bueme  vnto  bote  bnsket  onone. 
Past  oner  the  pale  and  the  pale  ythes. 
So  long  had  he  labnrt,  &  the  loid  BOght, 

13876  Jlat  he  come  to  Acaya,  fen  thekyng  dw^ellit 
There  arofe  he  full  ladly,  laght  to  ^e  bonke, 
Past  to  the  palais  of  the  pure  kyng, 
There  were  kepais  full  cant  at  the  doae  yatis, 

1 3880  Jlat  no  bneme  was  so  bold  ^e  brigge  for  to  entre. 
Jiai  denyet  hym  onone  o  no  kyn  wise ; 
ffot  the!  kepe  wold  the  comanndement  of  ^ora 

kynd  lord, 
ffast  pmyet  the  prinae,  all  wi'tA  pnie  woidis, 

13884  Of  Stenahip,  &  fauour,  and  in  faire  wise. 

ffull  stuendy  wilA  strenght  ^ai  atourket  hym  fan, 
Bere  hym  hak  on  ^  brigge,  bet  hym  witA-elL 
Telagonitu,  fiill  tyte,  tenet  p«rwith. 

13888  When  he  soffert  the  sore  in  his  sad  yre. 

He  nolpit  on  wi'tA  his  Nene  in  the  necke  hole, 
}9at  the  bon  alto  hiaat,  &  the  bname  de^iit. 
WttA  the  remnond  fall  lade  he  lizlit  an£ure, 


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13892  Wi't^  gronyng  &  grjm  gert  hym  to  stjat, 
Cast  horn  oner  clanly  at  the  cloise  brigge. 
The  noise  was  nojxa  the  nohle  court  ^urgh, 
Bold  men  to  ]»  brigge  bremly  ^  yode,  i 

13896  TelagonitM  to  take  and  time  vnto  detha.  , 

)Mn  hebnud  to  the  hueme  on  pe  btig  sone,  i 
Oneriaght  hym  full  roidly,  reft  hym  his  eweid,  a 
Sagbt  vitA  tho  fiiorse  men  felly  agayne,  , 

13900  Tyll  fyflene  were  fay  of  his  fell  dynttw,  ' 
And  he  woundit  full  wickedly  in  were  of  hie  lyf. 
J)an  the  raetde  wax  ranke  of  )>at  night  fare, 
Ylizes  full  lyuely  launchlt  on  fote,  ^ 

13901  Hopet  his  sone  waa  (out)  shppit,  Jiat  set  woa  in  » 

hold,  ' 

And  put  downs  hia  pepull  as  he  past  forth. 
To  the  Doiae  oponane  neghit  fe  kyng, 
Vne  wode  of  hia  wit  for  the  wale  crye, 

13908  Wttft  a  dart  Tudull  fat  the  duke  bare,  ■ 

Segh  his  men  to  he  mart  wi'tA  a  mad  childe, 
Jiat  hym-eelf  neuer  had  sene,  ne  for  sotho  knew. 
In  oSens  of  the  f^ike,  wttA  a  fyn  wille  ■ 

13912  He  drof  at  hym  wtt&  fw  dart,  derit  hym  but 
litle. 
Tel^onitu  full  tite  toke  hit  in  bond, 
Cast  euyn  at  the  kyng  wttA  a  cant  will. 
Bent  f  oigh  his  ribbes  at  the  right  syde,  ' 

13916  Woundit  hym  wickedly  to  the  wale  dethe, 
jMt  he  dusehet  euen  doun  of  his  dede  hurt. 
All  ffeblit  ]>e  freike,  fainted  of  stienght,  i 

Wex  pale  of  his  payne,  in  point  for  to  end ; 

13920  And  weike  of  hia  woide^  woinerond  in  speche^ 
He  spiid  at  horn  specially,  aa  he  speike  might. 
What  wegh  ]iat  hit  was,  woundit  hym  hade 
WitA  a  dart  to  the  dethe,  &  deiret  full  mony : 

13924  So  hit  menit  to  hia  mynd  in  his  mekill  noye. 
Telagoniu*  full  tito  at  a  tulke  asket. 


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THE  DK&IH  Of   VLYBBBB. 

:xxvi.  Who  the  freike  vob  in  faith,  fat  frayuit  his  nome. 

The  s^d  the  lord  was  Ylixee,  ftat  he  lost  hade. 
•  >*        13928  When  Telagon  the  tale  of  the  tru  herd, 
pa.t  hie  fadec  was  lej  of  his  fell  dynt, 
He  bnut  out  with  a  birr  of  a  bale  chere, 
And  said  : — "  Alas!  for  this  luxe,  Jiat  I  lyae 
shuld! 
13932  I  haue  faiyn  out  of  feie  laund  my  fader  to  seche, 
Me  to  solas  in  sound,  aa  a  eone  ove ; 
And  now  I  done  haue  to  deth,  in  my  decf  hate, 
Jjat  my  solas  &  Bocour  sothely  shuld  be ! "  , 
Bi&uitotiH      13936  WitA  feinttyng  &  feblenes  he  fell  to  fe  ground 

All  dowly,  for  dole,  in  a  dede  swone, 
Htrannni  Whau  he  wackoutof  wo,  he  van  Tpo  fote, 

Inn  M.  ciottM  AU-to  rechlt  hia  rohis  &  his  route  here ; 

uj  bii  lull  1  hUi 

13940  ffowie  &usshet  his  iace  wM  his  felle  naJles. 
ion  K  Ml  ban  he  fell  to  I>e  fete  of  be  fre  kyns, 

dHduH  umwit  And  told  hym  full  tyte,  ^at  Telagon  he  was, 

His  son,  fat  on  Circes  sothely  was  getton : — 
13914  "  Jl&t  ^u  gate  on  fi  gamyn,  aa  Tngrate  felle; 
And  if  fon  degh  of  thia  dynt,  by  destany  Jrus, 
(lu.  HI  04  Oui«  goddia  graunt  me  fat  grace,  Jiat  I  go  with. 

And  no  lengur  to  lyue  in  no  lond  after." 

Dijiw  triM  ta     13948  W^hen  "VTixee  fe  lord  lyuely  peiwyuit, 

]}at  he  to  Circes  vas  son,  pat  hym-eelf  gat. 
He  fauort  hym  laore  faithly,  &  frely  comaundit, 
To  aese  of  hie  sorow,  and  sobnr  his  cher. 
HnAiftnTfte-      13952  ))en  foi  Telamoc,  ))e  tothir  aon,  tomly  he  sent, 
phIdk  till  tuiwr.  And  he  come  out  of  kepyng  to  hie  kid  fadur; 

jy,p„,^  Wold  haue  britnet  his  brothir  wi'tft  a  bare  sword, 

fforto  dere  for  f&  deth  of  hie  du  lord. 
uirwftiAid)  13956  let  Vlixes  on  lyue,  as  be  led  myght, 
timn  totamu-  Wi'tA  gTonyng  and  grene  gett  hym  to  styni ; 

Bad  pe  lede  achnld    hym  leue,  as   his   lofe 
brothir. 


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TELEGONUS  RETURKB  HOUE,  457 

And  cheris  hym  ctoiBly  foi  chaunse  vpon  vrthe.     Boot  xxxtl 

13960  Thie  daia,  in  liis  dole,  fie  dn^ti  con  lyue,  wiiun  imtdiiji 
And  then  lefte  be  ^e  lif,  &  )»  loud  bothe. 

In  the  contie  of  acaya,  Jier  be  kyug  was, 
Ts  he  birit  in  a  bnigb,  &  a  bright  toambe, 

13961  And  Telamoce  hia  tor  bod  takyn  for  kyng,  TrinnnAiu  ii 
ffnll  Besit  of  ^e  eoile,  with  septur  in  bond ;  TdtgDnu  i* 
And  Telagon,  bia  tru  biotbir,  tri[e]dly  bonourit,  Mida^inn. 
yfith  mycbe  woicbip  &  wele,  in  bia  wale  court, 

139C8  Til  a  jet  was  full  yore,  yaibit  to  end, 

And  a  balfe,  et  ^at  end  bappit  to  faio. 

He  made  bym  knyght  in  his  court,  &  couet  to 
leng 

All  bia  lyf  in  bia  lond,  wi'tft  lordchJp  to  baue. 
13972  Jjen  letteria  bad  fie  lede  fro  hie  lefe  modwr,  hii  moiiw, 

fforto  high  bym  in  bast,  &  bia  borne  laite :  to  num  humi. 

So  lefte  be  fe  lond  of  his  lele  brotbii, 

Soght  horn  to  Ceicea  wi'tA  eolas  ynogb. 
13976  Micbe  worobip  had  )ie  whe  of  hia  wale  Jrendia,    Hsving  n«i«>d 

Gay  giftys  and  grcte,  qwen  be  go  wold.  Hnti^  ha  puta 

At  fe  partyng  was  pit4  of  )io  pure  knygbtis,         „a  nt™  m  " 

Micbe  wepyng  &  wail,  wetyng  ot  lere,  ** 

13980  And  so  ^e  bold  Jro  bis  hrotbir  into  bote  jode : 

Into  Aulida  afterword  abli  be  come. 

To  his  modir  full  my  Id  fat  bym  my  kill  buy  t.  {M.  ni  t.) 

Als  fayne  of  the  freike,  as  ]>e  f re  might, 
13984  Mycbe  solaat  bii  the  sight  of  bir  aone  pan, 

To  se  the  lede  vppon  lyue,  fat  bo  louet  most : 

Wende  tbe  wegh  bode  bene  wait  in  the  wale 
atremes, 

£uyn  drownet  in  the  depe,  hir  dole  was  tbe  more, 
13088  Or  ellis  fallyn  in  fight  wit/i  fo  felle  buemes, 

At  the  slaght  of  hia  Syre  in  tbe  syde  londt».* 


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458  OV  TOB  CHIEFS  WHO   PELL. 

BookmvL  There  were  fey  in  the  fight,  of  the  felle  grekea, 

(«d.ii»a.)  Eght  hundriththowsanndbrotliTOBKviito  dethe. 

Of  ilM<h*(k*iuid      -  I  oj  • 

•ttt^umo^a       13992  And  sex  thowsaimd  beeyde  &11  of  sad  pepull. 
^"^  Xhe  Sowme  of  the  sure  men,  )wt  f  e  Cit6  keppit. 

Sex  hundreth  tbowBaund,   eenja   bimdreth  Si 
Bex,  on  the  last. 

ofiUTnjtBi  Whan  Eneas  was  exiled,  euyn  veie  hisahippes 

Awnd  13996  Two  hundieth  full  hole,  all  of  hede  vessell. 

The  troiens  fro    the   tonne,   ^ai  taniet  wi'tA 

An  tenor, 
"Were  two  thowsaniid  full  thro,  thriaty  men  all. 
And  fyue  hundreth  fere,  ]iat  folowet  hym  after, 
14000  All  the  Bemnoud  of  Eenke*,  >at  raght  fro  ^ 
tonne, 
WitA  Eneas  afterward  etlid  to  see. 

Xhe  worthiest  to  weto,  ]iat  in  wee  deghit, 
I  shall  nem  you  the  nomea  vpouone  here, — 
14004  Bothe  of  greheo,  er  I  go,  and  of  giet  Tioy, 

And  who  dight  hom  to  dethe  witA  dyntto  of 
bond. 

TBIEB  ECTOR  SLOGH  WrTS  HOND,   OF   KTHQKS. 

Thies,  hoD«rahle  Ector  auntiid  to  Sle, 
Er  the  doghty  was  ded,  all  of  dn  kynge>. 

AnwiiuL  14008  Achilagon,  a  choiae  kyng,  he  choppit  to  dethe. 

ProMUni.  Protheaelon,  in  press,  he  put  out  of  lyne. 

UwicBH.  Myrion  the  mighty,  he  martrid  wfti  bond. 

ptcrocini.  Protroculnn,  Prothenor,  the  pnse  knight  slaght ; 

OnHoiu.'  14012  Othemen,  also,  abill  of  pereon: 

PsiriaBi.  Polexenu»,  Paralanun,  Pollbeton,  also : 

Pi4ypaM«.  E.yng  Philip,  Jnt  hold  britnet  witA  stroke*. 

Tedynur,  in  the  toile  he  tymit  to  ground. 

DkRH,  14016  Durion  of  his  dynttea  drepit  was  there. 

PUcUnu  Phephnn,  palomydon,  the  fiieise  in  the  feld  alc^h. 

AaUfbM.  Xanaipun  the  Bouerain,  wi'tA  a  Soie  dynt. 


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OP  THE  CmXFS  WHO  FELL. 

Leenton  the  Lord,  on  the  laond  fellit. 
14020  Humerinn  the  herty,  hew  to  the  dethe, 

And  Famen  the  fiieise,  fey  witA  his  hond. 

THEZ  FABIB  BLOQH  IN  THE  FFELD. 

Paris,  palunydon  put  ont  of  lyuo, 
And  Frygie,  the  fell  kyng,  fonnget  to  dethe  : 
14024  Antilagon  also,  after  foisothe. 

Achillea  the  choise  kyng,  hym  channsit  to  ale, 
And  AJax,  afterwaid,  abill  of  dede. 

TBIBS  ACHILLES  BLOOH  Uf  THE  FFELD. 

AcfailleB,  viih  his  chdppes,  chaunsit  to  sle 
14028  Emphemun  the  fnerse,  &  the  prise  Emphorbiun : 
AuBteroa  the  etith,  out  of  atate  broght : 
Lygonun  the  lege  kyiig,  laimchet  thurgh  dint : 
Ectoi  the  hoEf-j^ble,  oddist  of  knightev, 
14032  Troiell,  wt'tA  tteaeon,  &  the  true  tyng  Menon : 
KeptoIonLOn,  yrith  noy,  of  ^at  noble  was  ded : 
Thiee  brettonit  ^at  bold  or  he  bale  dreghit. 

THIES  ENEAB  SLOOH. 

Eneae  also  aimtiid  to  ale 
14036  Amphymak  the  faeise,  wi'tA  a  fyne  speire; 
And  Neron  the  nohle  vith  a  nolpe  alae. 


Pyrnis,  the  pert  kyng,  put  Tnto  dethe 
Pantasilia  the  prise  qwene,  perteet  of  ladies ;      i 
14040  Kyng  Priam,  witA  pyne,  Polexena  his  doghtei :  i 
Thies  worthy  to  wale,  as  werdes  horn  demyt, 
"Were  martiid  in  man«r,  as  I  mynt  haue. 

Bow  the  proees  is  plainly  put  to  an  end  : 
14044  'Ex  bryng  vs  to  the  blisse,  jmt  bled  for  our  Syn. 

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L  1.  Vaiitur  m  magetiS,  Emg  of  EingB,  or  Almighty  King.  That 
MOMta*  had  the  meaning  of  eh^f,  principal,  greatett,  there  are  many 
proob,  as  foaiiter-tlreel,  the  chief  or  priocipal  street,  maUter-jrum,  tho 
Lord  or  chief  of  a  band ;  and  the  names  given  to  the  chief  officers  of 
the  crown,  as  Master  of  the  Hoasehold,  Master  of  the  Ceremonies  &0,, 
Ac.  But  the  word  in  that  meaning  was  much  more  common  in  Scot- 
land than  in  England,  and  is  still  so  ased.  Even  as  late  as  the  close 
of  the  16th  centary  the  Provost  of  Edinburgh  was  called  tht  taaaler 
Mair,  or  chief  of  all  the  Provosts  or  Majors  of  Scotland,  In  an  account 
of  the  rejoicings  in  Edinburgh  in  1590,  we  find, 

"  The  noraber  of  tbame  that  wer  tbalr, 
I  aall  descdne  thame  as  I  can  ; 
Mj  Lord,  I  mene  t?ie  maitter  Mair, 
Tbe  ProTDtit  ana  maiat  prudent  man : 
With  the  haill  coiuibbII  of  the  loan, 
nkaue  cled  in  a  velvet  goun." 

Burel'B  Entry  Q.  lEBO,  Watson's  Coa  H.  1*. 
I.  2.  Endla  and  on,  ata"  to  lail,  ^  the  One  Qod,  Infinite,  and  Ever- 
lasting. 

1.  4.  wytthe  me  mth  wyt,  endow  me  with  the  needed  gifts,  or,  in* 
struct  and  guide  me.  Observe  the  s  becenies  ih  in  vntte,  as  also  in 
«2qp«  in  1.  6,  and  in  a  few  other  words  throughout  the  work. 

I.  6.  tlydgn  vj^tm  ikltpe,  fallen  into  forgetfulness  :  J>y  thmerytig  of 
.life,  through  the  negligence  of  tbe  past,  as  in  the  expression,  'the  sleep 

II.  7-a  Compare  with  Morte  Arthnre,  11.  16 — 22.  to  wale  in  hor 
tytne,  to  he  found  in  their  age.  To  Wale  is  to  choose,  to  select,  as  in 
11.  373,  13S6, 13224 ;  also,  in  plenty,  as  in  11  340,  373 }  of  all  kinds,  as 
in  1.  332.  Wale  is  an  at^.  in  694,  1329,  1727,  1943,  meaning,  oiioice, 
good,  dear,  strong,  deadly  ;  and  in  1516  it  means  ubnost,  extreme:  in 
11952  it  is  a  I.  and  means  choice  In  all  its  forms  and  uses  there  i> 
tbe  idea  of  choice,  selection,  excellence,  superiority :  it  is  a  very- 
common  word  in  Scotland,  and  still  has  all  those  meanings.  Thus 
Boms,  in  'The  Cotter'B  Saturday  Night,'  bae, 


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"Those  Htrdna  that  once  did  nreet  in  Ziom  glid^ 
Eb  tntlM  ft  portion  witli  judicioiu  cue." 
Again,  io '  BalloweoD,' 

"  Then  firsts  an'  foremoit,  Om'  tha  lail, 
Their  stocka  maun  b'  1m  sought  aace : 
They  fltuk  their  een,  an'  grape,  an'  xalt. 
For  muckle  aues,  an'  stranght  ones  :  " 
again,  in  '  Auld  Sob  MorriB,' 

"  Thaw'a  auld  Rob  Morria  that  wodb  In  yon  glan, 
Ee'a  ths  King  o'  guid  fellows  and  rtalt  of  auld  men ; " 
and  Dean  Ramsay  gires  an  amasing  instance  of  its  nae  in  "  Tfaera's  na 
waiU  o'  vigB  on  Munrimmon  Hoor."     Of  ita  adjective  wnse,  take  the 
friendly  salutation  on  a  fine  day,  "this  is  imZs  weather."     Sonth  of  the 
Forth  it  is  miU  ;  North,  it  is  vnlt :  as  in  the  phrase  mil  and  totk,  free 
ohoico.     See  Poemi  in  the  Sucltan  THaleet,  p.  6. 
1.  9.  drepi/  with  deth,  struck  down  by  death. 

1.  II.  Sotke  ttoriet  bm  tlolcen  up,  tme  stories  are  ehat  up,  or  pnt  by : 
dt  ilraught  oat  of  mind,  and  passed  out  of  mind,  and  are  forgotten. 
L  12.   ttoolcwet  hUo  (uym,  passed  away  like  a  dream. 
1.  15.  On  Itttli  U)  loke,  unattractive  reading,  lacking  manltDess. 
1.  18.  tumfei/nH  ofere,  some  are  fictions  entirely. 
1.  10.  a«  ^  will,  as  be  likes  best :  wdrt/t  hit  tyme,  spends  bis  time ; 
t«m  still  means  to  spend  or  to  expend. 

1.  21.  old  tloriet  of  ttiike,  old  stories  of  valiant  men  :  ^al  tutale  htld, 
of  bigb  rank.  Stithe  is  properly  ^m,  tteady,  tlrong,  tturdg,  hence 
vtdiani.  "Ala  thai  had 

A  lord  that  sua  rniete  wes  and  deboner, — 
And  In  bataill  aa  wtfth  to  stand, — 
That  thai  had  gret  oaus*  blyth  to  be." 

T^  Brwce,  Bk  B,  1.  884  (Jamieeon's  Bd.). 
L  33.  vxa,  men.  The  common  form  of  this  word  is  loyt,  from  Ail 
wijfa,  a  soldier,  a  warrior,  hence  its  meaning  knight,  man.  The  form 
tees  occurs  in  '  Awntyis  of  Arthure,'  54.  3,  and  frequently  in  this  work, 
and  means  warrior,  knight ;  but  as  frequently  it  meaos  man,  and  in  I. 
3356,  lady.  It  is  still  used  in  the  West  of  Scotland  and  applied  to  both 
sexes  as  a  contracted  form  of  wfgh,  ungh  {the  local  pronunciation  of 
wight,  wyoht) :  thus,  when  a  person  is  worn  ont  by  hard  work,  he  or 
she  will  say,  "  0,  but  I'm  a  weary  wee ! "  ;  and  Hogg  in  '  Tbe  Queen's 
Wake  '  makes  the  Witch  of  Fife  say, 

"  Ne  wonder  I  wai  a  weary  wyoht 
Qahan  1  cam  hame  to  you." 
Similarly  the  verb  weigb  is  pronounced  wee,  and  weights  is  weei,  weghu, 
wightt :  plongh  is  ploo,  or  plew :  a  plough  is  a  pioo,  or  a  pltueh ;  an  eye 
is  an  ee:  and  many  more  examples,  in  which  the  old  pronunciation  ia 
more  or  less  retained,  might  be  given.  (See  SpecimtM  qf  Earlf 
EngUth  by  Morris  and  %eat,  p.  xvi,  |  3.) 


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I.  25,  to  £«t  alt  the  erafu,  to  know  all  the  particnlars.  to  hen  n 
bere  to  know ;  in  L  1452,  to  be  kaown  or  discovered ;  and  in  1.  8746, 
known :  it  also  roeiuiB  to  be  Been,  or,  to  the  aiglit,  as  in  1.  1567.  The 
word  is  still  osed  in  Scotlaod  with  all  these  meaniags,  and  with 
another,  to  make  known,  to  instruct,  to  tell,  as  in  MorU  Artkan,  2619, 

"Willo  thow  for  knjghthcde  kene  me  thy  name  ?  " 
The  part,  kenngng  is  nsed  ae  a  (.  meaning  huHoledge,  as  in  1.  2837  of 
this  work ;  but  it  also  means  a  very  lillle,  in  the  Istul  degret,  as  in 
Buras's  '  Address  to  the  Unco  Qnid,' 

"  Then  gently  scan  yonr  brother  Man, 
Still  giantler  eiater  Woman ; 
Tho'  they  may  gang  a  lieaniit  wrang. 
To  step  aside  la  human : "  &c. 
1.  29.  feU  yere»,  manjr  years  :  fele  is  an  adv.  in  I.  1884.    'fd4  verfut, 
ver7  or  intensely  virtuous;  and  in  I.  2100  it  is  used  aa  a  «.     the/airal 
of  pa  felt,  the  fairest  of  the  band,  lit,  of  those  many.     The  word  is  still 

1.  30:<  myn  hit,  to  recollect  for  the  purpose  of  telling :  /  lhmk»,  I  in- 
tend, or,  I  expect  to  be  able,  as  in  Wolsey's  '  Speech  to  Cromwell,' 
"  Cromwell,  I  did  not  think  to  shed  a  tear 
In  all  my  mlseri«e  i " 
Jfytt,  which  occurs  frequently  in  the  above  sense,  also  means  to  speak 
,of,  to  tell  of,  as  in  I.  431, 

"  This  Medea  the  maiden  )mt  I  vtynt  first." 
It  is  a  good  example  of  a  peculiarity  of  the  langnage  of  this  wojk 
which  cannot  (ail  to  be  noticed, — the  dropping  of  the  d  and  t  sounds  in 
certain  words,  aa  in  contaund  (=  commanded),  11.  2557,  2564,  graamtr, 
1.  2169,  a  practice  which  is  Still  very  common  in  the  West  of  Scotland, 
as  auV  for  aald,  hauV  for  htmld,  cauV  for  cauid,  callan  for  eaUaAl, 
buAAer  for  bailer,  vxikher  for  water,  hret  for  three,  Aa  ftc. ;  readers  of 
Bums's  Poems  will  he  ahle  to  snpply  many  examples.  (See  note  to  1, 
847  of  William  of  Paleme,  B.  E.  Text  edit) 

1.  32.  for  Urnyng  of  V3,  for  onr  inatraction.  Note  the  pecaliar  use 
of  team :  this  is  the  sense  in  which  it  is  still  most  &eqnently  employed 
in  Scotland. 

1.  35.  pan  hom  maiiter  were,  than  they  had  authority  lor :  maitler 
has  here  the  same  meaning  as  in  the  phrase,  "  he  was  master  of  his 
subject." 

1.  36.  lympit  of  (he  lolhe,  fell  short  of  the  trnth  :  as  a  lame  foot  in 
walking  falls  short  of  the  full  step. 

1.  37.  tnenfra,  company,  set  (of  poets) :  in  this  sense  the  word  is 
used  by  Wickliffe,  Langland,  Barbour,  Douglas,  and  Henryson ;  bnt  a 
more  common  sense  is,  armed  men,  followere,  from  its  original  meaning 
of  domestics,  retainers.  (See  Oloasaiy  to  Douglas's  Virgil,  Buddiman's 
edition,  and  Wedgwood's  Etym.  Diet,  a.  v.  Meiny.) 

1.  38.  haUhiU  of  dedie,  prince  of  poets,  lU.  noble  in  (such)  works : 


464  NOTES. 

hiUhitl,  hatheU,  oconn  Ireqnently  ia  Uiis  work  u  a  «.,  as  also  in  Mbrtt 
ArAure,  and  Poem*  on  Sir  Qaiaain,  mectniDg  a  Doble ;  bat  it  Is  pro- 
perly an  <u^'.,  and  as  snch  ig  used  in  oil  then  works.  It  also  occurs 
imder  the  form  otMl  =  A.S.  ce^el. 

L  42.  traiet  |)«  Irufh,  betrayed  the  troth :  trutl  ye  non  other,  believe   • 
not  otherwise^  or,  take  my  word  for  it, — a  form  of  OBseveration  still 
ia  nse. 

1.  45.  folke  at  yai  toere,  as  if  tbey  were  men. 

L  46.  vnable,  impossible, 

1.  49.  olkir,  others  :  a  form'  of  ploral  still  used.  onett  were  ay, 
were  always  truthful  and  trustworthy  :  see  note  oa  onetlly,  I.  281, 

1.  49.  verritfor  nobill,  approved  for  honour. 

L  54,   graidly  hade  logkl,   had   thoroughly   inquired   into  :    grtadly 
and  greidly  represent  the  pronnociation  of  graithly,  a  prouun elation  of 
lA  very  common  in  the  Lowlands  of  Scotland,  and  in  the  North  of 
England.     Bums,  in  his  '  Address  to  a  Haggis,'  ssys,-- 
"IVeel  are  ye  nerdy  o'  a  grace 
Ah  Ung  'a  my  arm." 
Grailhe,  Graitkly,  Orailhnei,  as  ased  in  this  work,  and  as  still  used,  ex- 
press the  idea  of  skill,  ability,  caro,  and  conseqnently,  preparation, 
detenninatipn,  completeness,  success.     See  QloBsary  for  examples. 

1.  56.  ueghet  As  hade,  authors  he  poBBessed :  as  one  may  aay,  "  I 
have  got  Shakespere." 

1.57.  eu))»-,  each  of  them,  lou^,  assault,  siege ;  eo  in  ,fiar&our,  VI. 
671.  auemeiy,  battle  or  battlefield  :  the  word  occurs  in  different  forms, 
lembli,  temely,  temU  (representing  varieties  of  pronunciation  still  exiet- 
iog),  and  is  applied  to  a  gathering,  a  council,  a  battle,  a  battle&eld : 
see  Qlossary.     tee  mtk  fere  een,  saw  with  their  own  eyes. 

1.  €0.  Darei  and  DyUe,  Dares  Fbrygiue  and  DIctys  Cretensis,  re- 
pnted  authors  of  bistoriea  of  tlia  Destruction  of  Troy.  A  fair  idea  of 
the  value  of  the  works  may  be  had  from  the  account  of  how  and  where 
the  manuscripts  were  found :  still  they  must  have  made  a  deep  impres- 
sion on  the  early  French  writers,  whose  works,  through  the  influence 
of  the  Crusades,  were  scattered  over  Western  Europe.  'Lo  Roman  de 
Troie'  of  Benoit  de  Sainte-More,  which  Ouido  de  Colonna  so  unblush* 
iogly  appropriated  and  merely  rendered  into  second-rate  Latin,  is  the 
fruit  of  Dares  and  Dictjs,  and  was  the  great  romance  of  the  Middle 
Ages.  A  splendid  edition  of  Benoit's  woik  was  issued  by  Pro£  Joly  of 
Caen  in  1870 :  the  Introduction  to  this  book  is  a  fine  specimen  of 
learned  and  exhaustive  editing. 

I.  63.  toihyr,  prop,  the  other,  but  here  nsed  for  other,  and  still  so 
used  in  Scotland,  where  it  is  pronounced  loQitr  and  tither.  a  Tvlke^  a 
man,  a  soldier, — originally  a  talker,  an  interpreter,  a  mediator,  as  in 
Danish  talk:  an  a^.  form  of  the  word  still  exists  in  Scotland  in 
lulckane,  the  name  applied  to  the  imitation  calf  which  the  milkmaid 
employs  to  entice  the  cows  to  yield  their  milk. 

1.  69.    ouerraght,   overhauled :    it   occurs   again   in  1.   13898,   am 


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maatfired,  and  la  used  b;  Douglas  in  h(s  Virgil,  139,  28.  d  riffht  hom 
hym-Kluyn,  and  wrol«  (a  hiatory)  from  them  himself;  but,  aa  the  next 
IJDes  inform  na,  the  atory  was  too  niiich  condenaed. 

I.  71.  for  liki/ag  to  hen,  to  make  it  pleaaing  to  bear;  thus  Ukgng  is 
need  in  the  Htmlate,  III.  15,  and  in  '  Chryata-Kirk  o  the  Qrene,'  13.  8 ; 
but  ID  1.  75  it  meana  pleasure,  delight,  aa  in  Barbow,  Book  I,  22G  ; 
"  Fredoma  maju  man  to  haiff  lUdnf." 
L  76.  Gydo  it  gate,  Quido  de  Colouoa  got  it :  where  he  got  it  and 
how  he  used  it  any  one  may  aatisfy  himaelf  who  compares  Qnido'e 
'  Hiatorin  Trojana'  with  the  worka  of  Darea  and  Dictye,  and  the 
'Roman  de  Troie'  of  Benoit  de  Sainte-More.  Altogether  it  is  one  of 
the  most  wonderfnl  and  moat  encceaaful  caaea  of  literary  robbery  the 
world  haa  ever  known.  See  Introduction  to  'Le  RomaD  de  Troie,'  by 
Prof  Joly,  Paris,  1870.  Dictys  was  edited  in  1833,  and  Dares  in  1835, 
by  Andreas  Dederich  of  Bonn. 

1.  60.  ffoto  the  groundei  first  greia  =  bow  the  causes  of  tbe  war 
originated  i  ground  is  still  naed  in  this  sens^  as,  the  grounds  of  their 
qnarrel. 

1.  81.  lorfer  and  tote  =:  mischief  and  sorrow:  ^t  horn  tide  t^tiar  =s 
that  befel  tliem  afterwanla.  taie  is,  properly,  wrath,  anger,  but  it  alao 
means  the  origin,  the  pnrpoae,  the  carrying  out,  or  the  reault  of  the 
wrath  or  anger.  Golagrog  and  Gatoane,  1.  876,  has  "Ye  aall  nane  torfeir 
betyde : "  and  Morle  ArtJiure,  1. 1976,  haa  "  —  to  Une  and  torfer  for  ever." 
1.  84.  dei^e,  daring,  intrepid :  doughty  impliea  courage  and  en- 
dnrance ;  der/,  daring  and  intrepidity.  Both  words  occur  in  Barbonr, 
Blind  Hon;,  and  Douglas,  and  are  still  used  in  Scotland. 

L  88.  &edur  dmghe  ^  assembled  tbere.  The  nae  of  d  for  th  is  fro- 
qnmt  in  this  work,  as  in  fader,  moder,  Udur,  Uddrit,  &o.,  and  is  still 
common  in  some  of  the  rtirol  districts  of  the  Lowlands:  it  may  be 
noted  in  the  works  of  Boms  and  Hogg. 

L  90.  buemei  (A.S.  beorn),  chiels,  but  often  throaghout  this  work 
it  means  men,  soldiers,  knights. 

I.  92.  throaghe  dynttet  of  hmd.  A  peculiar  phrase,  anggeative  of 
enconutera  in  the  ring  rather  than  in  a  famous  siege,  but  in  alliteratjoit 
the  poet  requires  the  utmost  licenae.  Tbis  pbrase  occurs  frequently  in 
the  Morle  Arthvre  and  in  this  Troy  Book,  and  is  one  of  the  proofs  that 
they  ore  the  work  of  the  same  poet.  For  examples  in  the  Morts 
Arlhure  we  find, 

Sor  tbow  sails  dye  tbis  day  thurghe  dynt  of  my  handes  I  1.  1078 

Tbaw  Balle  dy  this  daye  tfaorowe  dynU  of  my  handea  I  1606 

Be  gret  Qode,  tbow  aalle  dy  with  dyat  o(  my  handys  I  422S 

Many  dowghty  es  dede  be  dynt  of  his  hondes  I  3021 

and  in  this  Troy  Book  we  have, 

And  mony  deghit  f«t  day  ^nrgh  dynt  of  his  bond.  1.  779S 

Tbow  dowtlea  shall  dye  with  dynt  of  my  hood  t  8278 

Douttes  vith  dynttes  he  degbes  of  my  bond  I  10260 

Hony  doughty  were  ded  thnrgh  dynt  of  his  bond,  fi2S0 

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In  theae  examples,  aod  in  uxabj  otheis  wliers  the  word  dynl  oecani,  aa 
in  the  phrases  "der/e  dyntei,"  "djptiUt  of  twerdtM^  "deril  horn  with 
dynUei'  Ac.,  the  aimilaritj  is  not  confined  to  the  phraae,  it  extends  to 
the  whole  sentence  and  even  to  the  tarn  of  it.  Dyitt  occnia  often  in 
Barbonr'H  Bmu,  as  in  Bk  1.  L  769 ;  2.  427 ;  2.  632 ;  G.  139,  &c. :  it  is 
still  in  use  and  often  confounded  with  dunt;  bat  dynt  represents  a 
sharp  blow  aa  with  a  stick  or  a  sword,  while  dwU  repreaeata  n  blow  as 
with  the  Sat,  or  in  a  collision,  and  is  used  to  ezpreas  the  palpitation  of 
the  heart.  It  is  so  nsed  in  Boss's  Meiautre,  and  in  Poems  in  the 
Suchan  Dialect. 

I.  95.  all  the  ftrliti  ^ai  fell  =  all  the  note-worthy  events  that 
happened :  ferly  is  properly  a  wonder,  but  it  is  also  nsed  to  express 
sQf  sight,  incident,  or  event  tliat  is  anusaal  or  that  attracts  attention  ; 
thus  two  friends  meeting  will  say  "let  ns  walk  Ihro'  the  toun  and  see 
the  ferlies."  The  word  is  nsed  in  both  sensea  in  this  work,  and  is  still 
BO  nsed,  unto  tin  fart  aide,  on  to  the  very  close  (of  the  struggle)  :  the 
far  end  is  still  a  common  expression  in  speaking  of  the  close  of  a  series 
or  undertaking  which  is  only  begun,  or  proposed  :  see  I.  2247. 

I.  97.  ffragne  mill  I  fer  and  fraist  of  fere  werket,  now  I  shall  search 
ont  and  speak  of  their  works.  Fraiel  appears  aafraits  in  I.  10714  with 
the  sense  of  to  try,  to  find  out;  both  forms  imply  to  make  attempt  upon. 

).  98.  mater,  subject  of  discourse,  or,  the  materials  of  which  it  is 
composed,  or,  the  story  itself:  the  word  is  still  used  in  all  these  sensea. 

Boeaic.  Ptlleus  exit  laion,  Pelias  enticed  Jason  :  oz  is  still  used  in 
the  sense  of  to  ask,  to  ask  eagerly,  and,  to  entice. 

1.  105.   lealii,  selected.     See  note  on  I.  8. 

1.  106.  Tetyiia,  Thetis,  In  O.E.  the  names  of  people  very  often 
followed  the  acefitative  form :  as  explained  in  Specimens  of  Engligh  from 
1394—1579,  by  Skeat ;  p.  448,  note  to  1.  4506. 

L  110.  n«  etill  will  I  ferre,  nor  will  I  further  attempt  (to  t«ll) : 
etill  or  eUle,  to  aim,  to  take  aim,  to  attempt  to  propose,  to  purpose,  to 
design,  is  still  used.     Ramsay  has  in  '  The  Qentle  Shepherd,' 
"  If  I  bat  ettU  at  a  sao^  or  speak, 
They  dit  their  lugs,  syne  up  their  leglhiB  cleek," 
It  ia  alto  nsed  as  a  «,  as  in  '  Tarn  o  Shanter,'  where  Bnma  says  of  the 
witch  Nannie,  that  she 


1.  Ill  refers  to  the  story  of  ^acus,  who,  having  loat  his  subjects 
throng  a  pestilence,  entreated  Jupiter  to  re-people  his  kingdom  j  and, 
according  to  his  desire,  all  the  ants  which  were  in  an  old  oak  were 
changed  into   men,  and  called   by  .i^^acoB   Myrmidomi,   from  fivpfoil, 

1.  113,  prudal,  moat  powerful,  strongest :  so  Wyntown  has  it,  IIII. 
6.  50,  and  so  it  occnrs  agAin  and  again  in  this  work;  for  its  other 
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1. 114.  horn  or  hgrn-ieluyn,  bora  before  himself,  or,  older  thab  him- 
self :  or  is  Btiil  used  in  this  aense. 

I.  117.  ttightill  the  Mtalme,  guide  or  ^vem  tlie  realm :    ttighUll 
impliea  Dervo  and  power  sufficient  to  control   and    guide,  in   short 
t&thenua:  iu  the  same  sense  it  occurs  in  Golagrat  and  Gauatte,  I.  460. 
"  Sohipmen  our  Uia  streme  thu  ttithil  full  straught." 

1.  121.  erdand,  liogeriag,  abiding :  in  1.  923  it  has  the  sense  of 
ttill  fowid,  and  in  I.  2217,  ander  the  form  erdyng,  it  means  livingt 
abiding :  in  L  4233  we  have  erdia  =  abides,  makes  abode. 

1.  123.  Eydoi.     See  Ovid,  Heroida,  Kpist.  xti. 

L  127.  $tmly  to  toaU,  comely  to  look  npon,  or,  as  comely  hs  one 
could  look  upon :  lemliehe  berynet  =  comely  bairns,  occurs  in  MorU 
Arlhitre,  I.  655,  and  is  a  common  phroae  SlilL 

1.  129.  /ellUt,  fiercest,  deadliest. 

L  130.  may  of  hit  v>ordy»,  heartj,  kindly  of  speech  ;  in  1. 3745  Aga- 
niemoOD  is  described  as, 

Meke  as  a  maiden,  mtry  mlth  all; 
and  in  1.  3941  ^neas  ia 

A  man  full  of  mekenes  ft  a>«ry  qf  hit  chert. 

1.  133.  imoonet  aboute,  (Uiat)  dwell  thereaboat.  Perhaps  it  onght 
to  be  'm  lOOTiM  aboute'  =^  in  dwellings  aronud,  like  the  phrase,  'w 
enirU  aboute;  1. 1600  ;  'wi  euntre  aboaU,'  Piers  PI.  (A)  li.  129. 

L  136.  a$  ^f,  m  tboagb,  or,  as  if;  pqf  has  also  the  sense  of 
althovgk. 

1.  138.  lorde  at  he  were,  ss  if  be  were  ruler  :  so  Burns  nsed  at, — - 
"The  wind  blew  a*  'twad  blawn  its  last," — 7am  o*  Shanter. 

1.  139.  for  dcttle  pat  might  falh,  being  afraid  of  what  might  happen, 
. — lit.  for  fear  of  what  might  befall ;  douie  is  fear  or  apprehension,  or 
the  gronnd  of  fear  or  apprehension.  Thos,  in  The  Brvee,  Bk  6, 1.  291 
(Jamieson's  ed,), 

"  Qnhoi  thai  law  me  assailyet  with  thre 
09  me  rfcht  nakjn  (Umt  thai  bad." 
«id  in  Bk  9,  1.  82  of  the  same  work, 

" yone  man  will  ill  wyn  or  de 

For  dovte  of  dede  thai  sail  noobt  fle," 

1.  147.  full  thicke,  full  frequently,  full  earnestly :  tideke  is  still 
HO  used.      &roo  (A.8.  pro).     CC  Scot,  tkraw,  thravnt. 

1.  149.   Qf  a  fame  }at/er,  of  a  rumonr  that  was  current. 

1.  150.  for  a  btire  aunler,  as  a  great  wonder :  bare  has  here,  and 
still  has,  the  sense  of  pure,  simple,  and  at  the  same  time  uncommon, 

1.  160.  pride  bos  here  the  sense  of  strength,  prowess,  elde,  old  age : 
as  in  the  old  proverb,  *  Eild  and  poortith  's  sair  to  thole  j '  'paUied  eld,' 
Meas.  for  Meos.,  Act  3,  So.  I  ;  nsed  also  by  Chaucer  and  Spenser. 

L  170.  A  jtelue  should  be  a  nebie  ^  on  elne  :  so  in  I.  153,  a  nyls  ^ 
on  yle :  cf,  note  to  1.  83  of  William  qfPaleme,  E.  E.  T.  £d. 


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1.  171.  him,  violence,  fierceosBs ;  for  the  different  meanings  of 
birre  see  Olossaij  :  thej  are  still  used.     See  note  1. 1902. 

I.  172.  bade  vnrlce,  must  work :  iude,  a  common  word  still,  has 
slwajs  the  sense  of  compulsioii  or  Decessitj,  ^  behoved :  bo  also  bat 
=  behoves,  in  II.  6168,  5643,  11722,  13549. 

L  173.  Ayre,  go,  wend ;  occurs  in  Morle  Arthure,  and  often  in  this 
work ;  '  I'll  ayre  awa  hams ',  or  '  I'll  airt  awa  hame  *,  is  still  a  common 
form  of  speech,  ayrs  in  1.  176  ia  a  different  word,  and  signifies  to  ear, 
to  plongii. 

L  174.  with  itrifft  or  with  liroke,  hy  main  force  or  hj  blows. 

1.  175.   (ta  ardagh  wilt,  in  ploughman  fashion. 

L  179.  ferljifull,  wonderful,  marvellous,  as  in  The  Bract, 
"With  MferlyfvU  a.  mycht 
OS  men  off  annye  and  aroheris." 

1.  184.  w^-outea  payne  other,  not  to  mention  some  others,  or,  and 
othera  besides. 

1.  165.  ferht  it  aaxty,  bear  it  away :  for  various  meanings  of  ferhe, 
see  Qlossary. 

I.  194.   ay  laslatid,  everlasting. 

1.  196.  slegAt,  craft,  thtytig  of  loordet,  cunning  ase  of  words, 
cajolery  (see  note  1.  1251)  :   ileU  ^  ileilh  ia  still  need. 

I,  198.  He  were  aeker,  he  would  be  certain,  for  eight  of  him  euer, 
never  to  see  him  again  :  for  various  meanings  of  tiker,  see  QloBsarj. 

1.  207.  daintee  yaogh,  dainties  in  plentjr,  or,  abundance  of  dainties: 
the  phrase  occurs  in  Morle  Arthure,  I.  199,  and  dainfy,  or,  daiittith,  is 
Still  used.  However,  dainty  and  daintilh  also  mean  regard,  liking, 
relish,  OS  in  1.  463  of  this  work,  and  in  Wyntoun,  IX.  1. 54  :  dainty  also 
means  worthy,  good-looking,  lovely,  as  in  Bums's  song,  '  Dainty  Davie.' 

1.  216.  d  ^u/urie  holdyn,  and  thou  (shall  be)  esteemed  a  conqueror  : 
fuTM,  fierce,  baa  here  tlie  sense  of  overbearing,  irresistible. 

1.  223.  me  set,  sait  me,  become  me :  §el  is  so  nsed  in  The  Bruce 
(Bk  1, 1.  394),  in  HenryBon  (Bamiatyne  Poems,  p.  104)  ;  and  in  '  The 
Qentte  Bhepberd,'  Madge  says  of  Bauldy, 

"  It  lett  hhu  wed,  wi'  vile  nnscrapit  tongne. 
To  oast  up  whetiier  I  be  auld  or  ; ooog  I " 

1.  225.  fiamoad  of  gold,  gleaming  with  gold  :  flamond  so  used  by 
Barbour,  8.  196, 

1.  232.  hal  wilt,  best  style,  finest  display :  a  common  phrase  still. 
Some  say  it  is  a  corruption  of  the  old  law  term  '  best  advise'  (see  Scot* 
Acts')  :  the  French  phrase  '  at  point  deviee,'  with  the  utmost  ezactnesa, 
countenances  the  explanation ;  best  wise  occurs  in  Bruce,  Bk  8, 1.  72, 
and  Bk  10,  1.  563.^ 

I.  248.  with  a  sqfi  wille,  with  a  serious  inlention ;  for  the  various 
meanings  and  uses  of  »ad,  see  Qlossary. 

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I.  258.  Hi  put  noghl  mpoitible  PelUtit  tnordu,  be  deemed  tho  pro- 
miseB  of  Pel i as  not  impossible. 

].  26-1.  He  ertid,  be  shaped  his  coarse,  directed,  hastened,  ertt 
is  still  used  in  Scotland ;  for  its  different  meanings  in  this  vork,  see 
Glussaiy. 

1.  270.  ]»  thyra  wagha,  the  wild  waves,  the  open  sea :  loagha 
occuiB  in  1.  5586  as  vxicht*,  with  the  sense  of  tnalert,  toundingt, 

I.  273.  ablll  of  hit  erafte,  skilfal  in  his  work  :  abU  is  a  common 
term  to  express  one's  superiority  in  his  work  or  profession,  as,  an  abU 
workman,  an  able  minister. 

1.  278.  forematt,  greatest :  is  used  to  express  the  highest  position 
of  place,  power,  ability,  or  value. 

1.  281.  alUiiJig,  everything:  see  note,  1,  133.  onetllsf,  completely, 
thoroughly :  onetlly  has  also  the  meaning  decently,  respectably,  as  in  I. 
1600 ;  also  a  meaniug  implying  a  combination  of  both  complete  or 
thorongh  and  decent  or  respectable  ;  and  this  is  the  meaning  in  that 
phrase  of  Bums,  "  honest  men  and  bonnie  lasses." 

L  293.  at  I  leene,  as  I  wot,  as  I  nnderatand. 

I.  298.  too  ^fU  iraae  lyet,  whoever  believes  (the  atoiy)  may. 

I.  299.  hdU  yatet,  the  gates  of  hell. 

1.  300.  eoght,  caught :  often,  oaght :  both  forms  still  in  nee. 

I.  301.  tht  ehte  of  fat  euriet  In,  the  entrance  of  that  cursed  abode : 
a  clote  is  a  narrow  passage  to  a  castle  or  stronghold,  as  in  II.  11173  and 
12982,  or,  simply,  an  entrance,  or  gate,  as  here:  also,  the  enclosure  be- 
hind a  house.  Every  one  who  has  visited  Edinburgh  will  remember 
the  cloies  and  ealrieg  of  the  High  Street  and  Oanongate ;  for  In  see 
noU,  1.  2156. 

I.  302.  So  dang  he  fat  dog,  he  so  heat  that  dog  ;  dang  is  so  need  by 
Wyntoun,  Barbour,  Blind  Harry,  and  indeed  aU  the  Scottish  poets,  and 
is  still  used.  For  the  various  forms  and  meanings  of  the  word,  which 
occur  in  this  work,  see  Qlossary,  Day,  Dgng,  Dang,  dynl  of  kit 
vKtppon,  a  stock  phrase  in  tiie  Morte  Arihure  and  in  this  work,  which 
becomes  dynlet  of  hondet,  dytUet  of  iwerdet,  by  way  of  variety. 

1.  303.  warlag,  monster :  so  pronounced,  and  with  the  same  mean- 
ing still ;  it  is  so  used  by  Dunbar,  and  Lindsay  as  toarlo,  which  is 
another  pronunciation.  v>an  alter  =^  black  venom,  black  gore,  filthy 
blood :  won  is  so  used  by  Blind  Harry  and  Douglas.  atUr  may  be  here 
rendered  pUi.  For  other  meanings  of  atier,  sea  Qlossaiy :  in  I.  2286  it 
is  a  verb,  to  embitter,  to  cause  sorrow  or  suffering. 

I.  315.  Iran,  conquered :  occurs  frequently  in  this  work,  and  is  still 
in  use.  at  kU  mille  agkt,  held  it  in  subjection  to  himself  ^  ruled  it  as 
he  pleased:  so  Wyntoun,  VIII.  2.  9, 

•'  Of  Kyngig  imt  aueM  >at  Beawt£, 
And  mast  had  rycht  t'am  kyng  to  be." 
agtit  eUll  implies  ;w«w(fion  and  right  of  distal, 

L  321,  buema,  people,  subjects. 

1.  322.  pai9,  so  in  11,  1378,  5610,  =  pdea  (pronounced  peel  and 


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jNnT),  foria,  tower%  bolda,  or  atronsholdg :  so  nsed  hy  Bsrboar  and 
WyDlonn  :  in  Laacashire  aoch  a  bnildiag  ia  called  Bpile,  aa  the  Pile  of 
Fouldary.  Ltelj,  in  his  accoant  of  the  Scottish  Borderera,  sajs,  thej 
care  little  aboot  their  hooHes  or  cottages,  but  "  coDstract  for  tbemsetTea 
atroQger  towers  of  a  pyramidal  fonn  which  thej  call  Pailes,"  whicb  can- 
not be  BO  eaeily  deetroyed. 

I.  329.  abtuihet,  bowed  down,  hangmg:  in  II.  2517,  7962,  it  ie  used 
in  the  sense  of  abaihtd,  confounded. 

I.  S30.  ihoUi,  clumps,  patches :  still  used  in  the  same  sense,  sa  "  a 
shot  of  ground."     In  I.  3300  it  oocura,  meaning  guehet,  ttreaau,  '  tpailt.' 

L  332.  lo  loale,  of  various  kinds  :  see  note,  1. 8 ;  and  compare  1.  373, 
and  MoTle  Arliure,  1.  181,  "vnjUe  to  wale." 

I.  342.  aatmghe  ur  tiooughe  ^:=  tough  (all  these  forma  are  still  naed), 
gushing,  parting,  the  sound  of  flowing  water:  aougk  ia  applied  to 
express  the  rustling  of  the  wind,  ncough  or  itoongh,  the  lapping  or  flow- 
ing of  the  water  among  stones ;  thus,  "  The  win'  was  toughin  thro'  tha 
trees ; "  "  the  bum  was  stcouff  Ain  or  MumngAin  along."  mrej^il,  lapped, 
goshed  ;  (UKp  is  dimin.  of  noap  (see  Glosa.),  as  lip  is  of  tap  or  Uip. 

L  351.  Steppit  tip  to  a  itreiU;  a  well  marked  Scotticism,  and  atill 
Teiy  common  ;  stepping  up  and  tltp^pang  doun,  express  going  to  and 
from  a  place,  itreght  on  hit  gate,  may  be  either,  (that  was)  straight 
before  them,  or,  (leading)  direct  to  bis  destination  :  both  meanings  are 
■till  in  every-day  use. 

1.  353.  m^Ue,  eager :  occurs  in  II.  725,  2872. 

L  357.  ytpe,  eager,  impulsive :  y«pa  and  yapt  are  still  nsed ;  it 
OMuis  in  '  Christ's  Kirk  on  the  Green,' 


jynenu,  also  jmarua,  abould  be  ^^verM,  jamtui  (see  Qlosa.,  derivatives 
of  yener,  misprint  for  yeuer,  A.8.  giftr,  greedy,  rapacious)  impetuous, 
generons,  kindly  :  this  line  represents  one  of  the  stock  terms  of  our 
author  when  speaking  of  a  favourite  knight ;  it  occurs  frequently, 
sometimes  word  for  word,  sometimes  with  a  little  variation.  This  habit 
of  repeating  himself  forme  one  of  tlie  strong  proofs  of. the  identity  of 
antborship  of  the  MorU  Arthun  and  this  Troy  Book. 

1,  362.  bowet,  wended,  marched,  went.  — the  brode  j/attf  tbe  chief 
gate  or  entrance :  so  called  still.  — or  ^ai  bide  tcold,  before  tbey  would 
stop  or  stay.     Tbe  whole  line  ^  tbey  went  direct  to  the  muQ  eo' 

I.  364.  sifet,  Bwept^  passed,  as  in  1.  1973 :  in  11.  1307,  2680,  tile  = 
to  flow :  both  meanings  are  nsed  in  Morle  Arthvre,  the  first,  in  L  1297 ; 
and  the  second  in  I.  3794,  in  almost  tbe  same  words, 

"And  thane  syghande  he  said,  with  sjlande  teijs." 

1.  367.  ha^ryng  in  wnyi,  clasping  in  arms,  embracing  each  other : 
haip  occnrs  also  as  a  f .  (see  Gloss.)  :  both  forms  are  atill  common,  as 
also  the  meaning  nsed  in  I.  3699, — a  hank,  a  fold. 


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].  369.  Gaid,  went,  passed :  aa  in  Buros's  song,  '  Tibbie,  I  Iiae 
Beea  the  Day,' 

"  YeatreeD  I  met  you  on  the  moor : 
Ye  Bpak  na,  but  fa<d  by  like  stoar." 
1.  383.  Be  }an,  by  that  time :  eo  in  Wallace,  6.  125, — 
"  SterayB,  be  than,  began  for  till  apper." 
and  ID  DouKlaa'a  Virgil,  p.  324,  1.  18,  and  still  uaed. 

I.  386.  Walid  wine,  choice  wines,  the  best  of  wines.  — to  UKtt,  for  the 
asking  :  vele  is  used  in  the  same  sense  in  Wallace,  5.  346. 

I.  392.  loiighl  mio  mU,  entered  the  room  ;  in  1.  6614,  lought  =  de- 

1.  394.  etlit,  intended,  chosen,  or  designed  as  the  one  to  sncceed : 
the  word  is  so  nsed  in  Douglas's  Virgil,  p.  13,  1.  34. 

I.  39S.  Ikt  clene  arii»,  as  opposed  to  the  blade  artt;  the  former 
implied  edncation  and  ability,  and  claimed  respect ;  while  the  latter 
implied  foUowahip  with  the  devil,  and  inspired  dread. 

1.  406.  in  a  hood  while,  in  a  abort  time,  in  an  instant:  the  phraM 
ocoura  frequently  in  this  work, 

1.  408.  Merke,  dark,  or  darkness  :  still  used  in  both  aenaes  :  in  ], 
3195  it  is  a  i.,  and  in  1.  4286  a  vb. 

1.414.  yeptly,  qniekly,  cleverly;  see  note,  1,  357,  also  Gloaury. 
yorJte  into  Eide,  change  into  old  (men),  or,  pnt  into  old  (age)  :  yark, 
yerk,  to  do  anything  cleverly  or  quickly,  as  to  toss,  to  upset,  to  strike, 
to  tie,  Ac.  :  still  in  use. 

I.  Vi&.  ^tbmy  changed,  altered,  Tarted ;  Uur,  removed;  in  tliia 
BeoM^t  is  aUll  used. 

1.  439.  tnt,  judgment ;  so  in  L  443. 

L  448.  no  bote,  no  good,  no  advantage,  useless ;  bole  is  used  as  a  tiA. 
in  I.  3391. 

I.  453.  Ene  (eyes) ;  this  is  one  mark  of  the  author's  origin.  Irtn- 
dullf  a  hoop,  a  wheel:  so  in  Burns's  Inventory, 

"  Ae  auld  wheelbarrow,  mair  for  token, 
Ae  leg  an'  baith  the  trama  are  broken  ; 
I  made  a  poker  o'  the  spindle. 
An'  my  auld  mither  brunt  the  trindle." 

L  462.  radly,  severely,  intensely  :  another  form  of  roidly,  fiercely  : 
■ee  1.  912,  and  Gloss.  Raid,  Soidly. 

1.  464.  Air  talent  uku  taken,  her  inclination  was  taken  away  or  gon«k 

1.  466.  fiill,  satisfied  ;  so  used  still. 

I.  475.  hardy,  bold,  brave :  occurs  often  in  7^  Bmee,  and  in 
Wallaoe. 

I.  478.  dene  hert,  inmoet  heart,  secret  thoughts :  demt  is  still  naed 
as  a  vb.  in  this  sense,  as  in  '  The  Witch  of  Fife,' 

"  We  ^ilashit  the  floods,  and  we  demU  the  woods, 
And  we  left  the  shoure  behjnd&" 

1.  481.  Shentyng,  shrinking  :  occurs  also  as  thMtyng,  Awtljptg;  ua 
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1.  482.  ptre  vxiriMp  to  taue,  to  savs  their  good  name :  aoriliip 
occara  oilea  in  this  vork,  and  generally  in  the  sense  of /(une,  rmoim,  as 
in  L  655,  &c. 

1.  463.  bardyi,  yonng  ladies ;  eo  in  BumB'B  '  Tud  o'  Shanter,'  and  a 
stock  word  in  old  ballida. 

1.  486.  burde*,  tables ;  liter,  boards,  prononnced  hurdt,  or,  lairdt, 

I.  493.  Wax  (prei.  of  wax),  grew,  became :  so  ia  The  Bract,  4.  21, 
and  7.  487. 

1.  494,  a»  Vi»  loot  hole,  as  hot  as  fire :  lout,  flame,  fire,  is  still  in 
use  both  as  a  «.  and  as  a  vh. 

I.  495.  Boael,  pierced,  vibrated,  dirled :  touet  to  the  herl  is  a  comnion 
expression  stilt ;   in  1.  5284  the  fonn  mune  occara :   both  forms  are  used. 

I.  527.  Voidi*  me  noght  o/mliut,  shaa  or  despise  me  not  as  TiciouB. 
viUatt  of  tunge,  of  vile  or  foul  tongue  :  DiJaus  occurs  in  Wyntonn,  VIL 
8.  242. 

1.  543.  j«nem«,  kiod-heartedness  ss  generodty :  see  note  on  L 
357.  y>mer$,  cries,  pleads :  ytmer  and  iamer  are  still  nsed,  bnt  gener- 
ally to  express  the  cry  or  plaint  of  a  child  :  for  Tarions  meaniogB  see 
Qloss. 

1.  '545.  pUU,  position,  circa mstancea,  state  :  still  nsed  to  express 
circumstances  of  difficulty,  danger,  or  diBtress  ;  if  j«  jmfte  vte  m  }ru 
plytU,  occurs  in  MorU  Arlhure,  1.  683.  your  parpoi  to  vyn,  your  enti 
to  accomplish. 

1.561.  leoehit,  watches,  guards,  hence,  dangeni,  difGcnlties :  for 
examples,  see  Gloss. 

1.  670.  bgdit  ^ere  hir,  bees  their  fury,  attempts  to  resist  their  force  ; 
for  varioua  meanings  of  byde,  eae  Qloss. ;  here,  it  is  to  trit/ulaad,  as  in 
the  old  Bcotoh  Song, 

"  Hap  an'  row,  hqi  an'  row. 
Hap  an'  row  the  feette  o'l; 
It  is  a  wee  bit  wearie  thing, 
I  downa  bide  the  gieetle  o't." 

I.  671.  derfe  and  felle  are  favourite  words  in  the  Morte  Artkure  and 
this  Tn^  Book;  bo  are  the  phrases  derfe  dedee,  derfe  dyntlee,  derfe 
to^pon;  while,  ihe  derfe  Danamarke*  at  Morte  Art,  1.  3610,  is  matched 
in  1.  8364  of  this  work  by  the  derfe  Trojane ;  and,  Detfe  dynOy*  Iheg 
dalle  {Moft.  Arth.,  I.  3749),  by,  Deif  dynUu  fai  dell,  in  1.  10218  of  this 
work.  So  with  the  word  felU,  and  the  phrases,  felle  dedea,  felle  dynttet, 
felie  w^on,  felle  tword,  felle  wot  Oie  fight. 

Both  words  are  still  nsed  in  the  same  senses  as  then,  and  in  some 
districts  the  varAfeU  is  used  to  express  eaeeedmgly  good  or  bad,  great 
or  email,  fierce  or  gentle,  &o.  &». 

1.  677  =  for  BBSurBdly  tfas  expedition  csn  have  but  one  end, — 
your  death. 

L  684^,  Or  it  loere  latoteen,  rather  than  that  it  were  known  :  or  »o 
oooun  in  Oolag,  <£  Gaw.,  1.  1110,  and  is  still  so  nsed.  ehuldfie,  could 
do  such  a  thing  as  flee,  or  could  be  so  base  as  flee,  or  had  to  flee :  this 


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ia  a  peculiar,  but  oot  uncammou,  uae  of  tkoitU:  for  example,  in  tlie 
Weat  of  Scotland  whea  repudiatiag  a  certain  line  of  conduct,  a  native 
will  Bay,  "  I'd  do  so  and  so,  or  it  were  kent  I  should  do  the  like  o'  that." 

1.  689.  my  payne  thole,  endure  my  stifTering,  run  my  riak,  pajr  the 
penalty  :  in  I.  950,  no  pt/ne  thoUd  =:  received  no  hurt,  vaa  quite  un- 
hurt.     thoUtpasnU  occura  in  Borbonr'a  Brace,  2.  767,  3.  21,  and  3.  435. 

1.  597.  till  ye  fay  ufortAe,  till  ;oa  be  killed  :  /ag  and  fey  occur  fre- 
quently in  MorU  Arik.  in  the  aame  aenaes  aa  in  this  work  (compare 
GloBsariea)  :  fay,  fey  are  atill  used,  bat  with  a  secondary  meaning. 

L  617-8.  ])a(  amder,  that  hardihood  ■=  will  and  power ;  as  is  said 
of  a  weakling,  "he  has  nae  winter  in  him."  quycke,  mortal.  The 
meaning  or  theae  two  Hues  ia,  "Of  all  mortala,  I  only  have  the  secret 
of  bo;r  to'deetroy  the  power  of  Mars." 

1.  629.  pU  wirdU  to  fall,  (that)  this  (good)  fortune  shoald  befall 
me  :  vnrdU  is  fate,  luck,  fortane  either  good  or  bad  ;  it  occnra  in  MorU 
ArAure,  II.  385  and  3889,  and  in  Barbour'a  Bruce  in  thia  plural  form  ; 
but  it  occara  also  in  the  aiugular  (aee  Gloss.),  and  both  forma  atiti  exiat. 

1.  633.  gvxne,  leal,  willing,  loving :  see  note,  I.  1809. 

1.  616.  on  hor  best  wise,  aa  heat  thsy  may.      See  note,  1.  232. 

1.  649.   Bee,  impor.  ot Be,  be  jou  ;  go  in  1.  870. 

1.  655.   worehip,  fame,  renown. 

I.  656.  gaU  and  goueraaanse,  undertaking  and  conduct,  i.e.  how 
and  by  what  means  he  should  get  to  the  place,  and  how  he  ahonid  act 
when  there :  gate  is  so  need  in  I.  2239  and  I.  6138,  See  Qloaa.,  and 
noU,  I.  1334. 

1.  658.  lytgng,  will. 

1.  662.  fre  buemee,  noblemen. 

1.  663.  pai,  a  section,  a  diviaion :  ao  in  Piers  Plotoiaan,  and  in 
Wyntoun,  V.  9. 

"  In  >i8  next  pas  ybe  aal  ae 
Qwhat  Bmpriowre  fyral  tuk  Cryetyant*." 

1.  G65.  wo(0  lenU*  after,  may  be  either  whoaoeTer  seeka  afler  it,  or 
wishea  to  know,  or,  whoaoever  attends  to  what  followa :  fenf  haa  still 
both  meaniDgs,  to  be  concerned  about,  and  to  attend  to;  and  it  ia  used 
•a  a  a.,  aa  in  I.  2462.     toj^  tent  =  took  heed. 

1.  671.  Janglyng,  prating,  prattling,  chattering:  ao  need  in  'The 
Cherrie  and  the  Slae  ; '  alao  iu  1.  2873. 

I.  673.  ouerdroghe,  liter,  drew  over  =  passed  by :  droghe  is  ao  need 
in  II.  4664  and  7630,  and  by  Bums  in  'Tarn  o'  Shanter,' 
"  The  night  drave  on  wi"  tangs  and  clatter." 

I.  676.  WayiM,  raised,  mored  np ;  from  A.8.  geioaman,  to  turn  : 
■till  need  in  the  senae  of  to  mnd  up  :  wayne  occura  in  I.  9783,  =  to  re- 
m»v6 ;  in  1.  13796  =  to  atretch  up,  to  riae ;  and  in  the  '  Awntera  of 
Arthur'  =  to  raiao,  to  remove  ; 

"  He  wayned  np  hia  viser  fro  his  ventwle." 

1.  678.  tAa  dregh  <tf  the  derke  night,  the  time  of  the  greatest  length 


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of  darkness,  i.e.  midnight :  so  in  1.  10633,  the  day  of  the  dnigii,  i.  a  tlie 
lougest  day.  dregh,  dragh,  is  still  used  ia  the  Benae  of  long,  weari- 
•ome,  as  a  drdgh  road  ;  aod  the  dreigh  is  also  usod  ^  the  greatest  part, 
the  most  tedioas  portion,  and  tbe  loDgest  time  :  hence  we  hare  the 
dregh  o'  the  day,  and,  ihe  day  o'  the  dreigh. 

1.  713.  he  laid  on  his  hond,  he  promised  eolemnlj :  to  lay  on  ia 
here,  and  still  means,  to  Btrike,  as  two  parties  do  when  thej  concluda 
a  bargain, — they  strike  hands;  end  each  party  in  this  maaaer  solemnly 
promises:  hence  the  saying  "There's  my  han',  I'll  ne'er  begnile  ye," 
which  is  sometimes  rendered, "  There's  my  thumh,  I'll  ne'er  beguile  ye." 
he  laid  on  occurs  also  in  I.  934,  =  he  struck. 

1.  716.  helirl,  belied,  deceived  :  eo  also  in  IL  8134  and  8447. 

I.  728.  daaly,  dolefully,  with  heavy  heart :  occurs  again  and  again 
(see  Gloss.),  and  ia  dawlily  (perhaps  an  error  of  the  scribe)  in  1.  9335. 
It  is  used  as  an  cu^'.  by  Douglas  in  his  Virgil,  and  still  exists  as  dowy  .• 
cf  Fr.  dtial,  g^rief.     Atr  diititur,  liter,  made  heraelf  destitute,  bereft 

1.  729.  thuni,  withdraw,  shrink :  this  is  rather  a  peculiar  phrase. 

In  Morle  Arthure  we  have, 

"  He  ne  Bchownttes  for  no  sohame,  hot  Bohewes  fuIlB  h^he."     L  3713 

and  ID  this  TVcy  Book  we  have, 

Shentyng  for  shame  to  shew  forth  )iere  emd.  L  48t 

With  shame  may  |>oa  shunt  fro  tlii  sbire  othes.  729 

Bot  sbame  may  >ou  shunt  as  shent  of  all  knightes.  103T7 

Ne  shamys  you  not  shalkea  to  shunt  of  )w  fild.  10998 

Neuer  of  shame  to  be  shunt  when  shalke  is  on  lyue.  11312 

And  schunt  for  no  schame  but  hit  soliope  fairs.  13730 

1.  736.  what  myndee,  thoughts,  recollection :  myrtd  is  still  so  used, 

as  in,  "  I  had  na  the  least  mind  o  't ; "  bnt  it. may  also  stand  for  j>:t- 

I.  738.  i/our  teiense  of  pe  geuen  arte*,  your  skill  in  the  seven  arts  ; 
which  were,  grammar,  dialectics,  rhetorio,  music,  arithmetic,  geometry, 
and  astronomy  ;  see  I'iers  Plovmum,  ed.  Wright,  note,  1.  6911. 

I.  741.   lolcel  not  large,  looked  not  beyond  tbe  present. 

1.  751.  buiket,  hurried,  hastened:  for  different  meanings  of  butk, 
see  Glossary.  This  is  a  favourite  word  of  our  author,  and  many  of  tbe 
phrases  in  which  it  occurs  are  common  to  all  the  works  attributed  to 
kirn  ;  such  as,  Aiuit^  thee  belyve,  baeke  to  battle,  buikes  pere  battels;  and 
in  MorU  ArOiMTe  we  find  : — 

"  Bushes  theire  batelles,  theire  baners  dUplayes,"  1.  1618 

while  in  this  work  we  have, 

"  All  buskes  hor  bateU  on  hor  best  wise.'^  1.  10616 

1.  76S.  be-daghe,  befool,  cover  with  shame :  same  as  he-daffe  in 
North's  Plut.,  p.  105:  "Then  are  you  blind,  dull-witted,  and  hedqft:" 
this  word  would  be  pronounced  bedaghl,  like  laitgJi,  pron.  lagh,  r</ugh, 
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}.  761.  heghl,  promised :  another  form  of  het,  1.  995,  in  the  same 
w«7  as  Roi  is  often  noghl  in  the  works  of  Scottish  writers  :  see  II.  1823, 
8485.     Both  forms  are  still  in  use. 

1.  776.  naile  ihuldt,  Bhould  use  or  emploj' :  naile  occnrs  again  in  1. 
6031,  =  require,  need.  It  is  used  as  a  «.  by  Douglas  in  his  Virgil,  p. 
122, 1.  2  ;  and  naitl^,  both  o^f.  and  adv.,  occurs  in  this  work  :  eeo  Gloas, 

I.  777.  while  tiluer,  ought  to  be  qtcite  tilaa;  sod  the  same  error 
occors  in  1.  3028 :  a  proof  that  the  scribe  wrote  to  dictation  at  those 
Hues,  SB  tudeed  he  appears  to  have  doue  during  the  greater  part  of  his 
work.  vihiU  Bpoila  the  alliteration  in  both  caseH ;  but  the  mistake  is 
remarkable  in  1.  3028,  where  the  word  occura  twice. 

1.  797.  Whai  he  hit  deuer  hade  done,  when  he  had  (so  far)  done  as 
directed  ^  when  he  had  fairly  begun  bis  work :  deuer  is  still  bo  used 
by  workmen  in  the  Weat  of  Scotland ;  when  hesitating  over  a  difGcnlt 
piece  of  work  one  will  say,  "  It  will  ha  a  hard  job,  bat  let's  da  our 
dsTor,"  meaning,  "  let  us  make  a  beginning."  Jamieaon  gives  an 
example  of  this  meaning :  see  under  Detiore. 

Tlie  omission  of  h  in  hi*  is  another  proof  that  the  scribe  wrote  to 

L  807.  clappe  thall  fall  cleat,  ahall  close  quickly  and  completely  : 
clap  still  has  this  meaning,',  as  in  the  commoD  boys'-phrase, "  he  ran  ioto 
the  bouse,  an'  clappit  ta  tlie  door," 

1.  808.  dere  hym  a  dyse,  hurt  him  in  the  least :  as  in  the  pbrese, 
"  no  vwrth  a  dyi  "  =^  not  worth  the  smallest  article. 

I.  614.  By  the  renke,  by  the  time  that  the  renke  ^  when  the  renke  : 
By  same  as  ie  in  1.  383,  be  fan,  by  that  time.     See  note. 

1.  817.  feyiit  loilh/are,  pretended  by  his  action. 

I.  823.  ipirt^  at  hyn  epecially,  inquired  particalarly  of  him  :  to 
»pert  AT  a  perjon,  is,  to  ask  him  :  (o  »pere  fob  a  penon,  to  inquire  for 
him,  or  regarding  his  welfare  :  to  tpere  aitks  a  penon,  to  ask  informa- 
tion regarding  him,  such  as,  where  and  how  he  is,  and  what  he  is 
about. — what  hi*  tpede  viere,  what  his  errand  was,  what  had  brought 
him  there. 

1.  825.  long*  am  I  here,  I  am  long  enough  here :  a  common  expres- 
sion still,  when  a  person  thinks  it  ia  high  time  to  begin  his  work  or 
take  his  departure  :  sometimea  it  meaas,  "  I  have  been  too  long  here." 

I.  828.  <t  your  wilU  be,  if  it  be  your  will,  if  you'll  allow  me. 

1.  831.  ^  to  be  blamed  for  your  death,  thould  you  not  etcape ;  to  he 
Klaundret  of  one'*  ikathe,  is,  to  be  talked  of  as  the  cause  of  said  disaster, 
while  in  reality  innocent  thereof 

I.  855.  atlei  before,  which  had  been  provided  beforehand,  or,  pre- 
vioasly  provided  (ibr  this  encoonler). 

L  860.   bltuound  of  bmntton,  blazing  with  brimstone. 

I.  870-  to  doll  blight,  brought  to  grief  or  destrnction :  doll,  dole, 
dot,  doole  (see  Qloss.),  is  still  used  in  all  the  shades  of  meaning  from 
that  of  simple  aadness  or  suffering  up  to  despair  or  deatruction ;  pro- 
nounced doot.     See  note  on  dffi^y,  1.  728. 


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I.  882.  jepelg  jarldt  hym  fer/ore,  qpickly  prepared  himself  for 
using  it 

I.  893.  Bit  slake  up,  it  ahat  up  :  alaka  implies  greater  rapidity  of 
tnovemeitt  than  ttteMl:  thua  "he  ateekit  the  door"  impliea  simply 
shutting  it ;  but,  "  he  stake  the  door  in  hia  face  "  impliea  slamming  it  to. 

1.  897.  ymur  &  aire,  belching  (of  Sames)  and  breatliing.  In  Gloas. 
ymur  is  rendered  fresh,  wholesome  fragrance,  from  Ice),  ihar,  which  cer- 
tainly does  not  convey  the  aenae  of  this  paaaage,  and  does  not  auit  well 
in  1.  1575  \  but  if  we  take  A.8.  yvthreia,  circuit,  course,  paaaage,  aa  the 
root,  the  meaning  in  both  caaea  becomea  clear  :  here,  it  ia  the  coursing, 
msbing,  or  belching  (of  the  flames),  and  in  1.  1575,  pasaing  to  and  fro, 
passage,  trafBo.  Here,  cure  ^  breatb  or  breathing ;  Id  1. 1575,  it  means 
ventilatioD. 

1.  900.  'maiaiv.T  bekoael,  mastery  demanded,  or  could  wish  for : 
maUlw  ia  so  uaed  by  the  early  Scottiah  poets ;  bat  it  may  have  been 
intended  for  maislri  or  maittri  or  maiitrt,  as  this  contraction  is  very 
variable  in  meaning ;  or,  it  may  represent  the  mygtir  of  Wallace,  Bk  8, 
].  23S  =  need. 

I.  902,  helytie,  then :  as  in  '  The  Cottar's  Saturday  Night,' 
"  Belyre  the  elder  b^roa  oome  drapplng  In." 

I.  903.  ^oghe.     See  note,  1.  23. 

I.  905.  the  gayre  of  the  ground,  the  upturned  earth  of  the  field,  i.  e. 
the  furrows :  a  surface  is  said  to  be  geared  when  it  is  creased  or  fur- 
rowed. 

1.  910.  Skremyt  vp  to  the  ikrow,  bellowed  up  to  the  aky  :  »kroiD  = 
scroll,  expanse,  hence,  the  aky :  the  mere  common  form  is  ihew  or 
tkieio;  but  in  1.  10182  we  find, 

"  The  akrew  for  the  skryk^g  &  skremyng  of  folke,"  &c., 
and  the  alliteration  demands  that  the  word  remain  as  ia  the  MS. 
Mhryke  ffelie,  borriGc  yell :  skn/ke  is  still  used,  pronounced  akreek  and 
»hraich. 

1.  911.  tmult  (lit.  boiled,  bubbled),  rolled  :  pret.  of  wniU,  to  fer- 
ment or  boil:  thus  "the  kettle's  smilin'  on  the  fire."  Lines  910-1 
afford  another  proof  that  this  work  was  written  by  the  author  of  Morte 
ArthuTt :  observe  that  they  have  tbe  aame  rhyme  letter  (s),  which  is 
a  very  striking  peculiarity  throughout  the  Mortt  Arthure,  to  which  the 
Kev.  Mr  Skeat  first  drew  my  attention.  The  examples  of  this  rhyming- 
power  to  be  found  in  this  work  are  not  so  wonderful  as  thoae  of  the 
Morle  Arlhure,  p.  55,  where  there  are  sixteen  consecutive  linea  and 
only  three  rhyme-letterB  ()1.  1852 — 1867) ;  bat  they  are  plentiful :  for 
eiamples  of  double  linea,  see  II,  1245-6,  1247-8,  1263-4,  1517-8,  1520-1, 
1997-8,  2009-10,  2011-2,  2075-S:  for  triplets,  see  IL  3036-8,  3519-21, 
9666-8,  while  II.  3508-11  is  an  imperfect  quartet.  Observe  too  that 
the  favourite  rhyme-letters  are  the  aame  in  both  works  ;  as  are  also 
the  Bubjeota  aad  particulars  ou  which  the  author  spends  his  strength. 
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Buggests  that  ft  waa  tlie  later  of  the  two ;  for  any  one  who  had  written 
this  Tron  Book  must  have  acqaired  great  maBter;  of  rhyme  hy  the 
time  he  got  to  the  "ferre  end."     See  note,  I.  1271, 

IL  923-4.  entand,  see  note,  1.  121.  Ttoder,  leidortis  Hispalensia, 
bishop  of  Saville,  about  €00  a.d.,  who  wrote  Origina,  an  eDcycloptedia 
of  arts  and  sciences,  amaragden  hit  hat,  it  is  called  emaragdas 
(emerald)  :  for  a  full  account  of  the  amaragdna,  see  Natural  Hillary  of 
Precioas  SUma,  by  C.  W.  King,  M.A.  (Bohn  :  London,  1870). 

1.  925.  du  eddwr,  deadly  serpeot. 

L  933.  pyne  to  beholde,  horrible  to  be  Been. 

L  934.  fuU  dregh,  full  wearisome  :=  full  many  and  severe :  see 
's  Diet,  under  Drdgh. 


L  939.  jtuU  were  to-gedur,  were  tightly  closed  :  juile  is  dashed, 
tilted,  clenched., 

1.  954.  ffis/pit  of  Huffian,  stripped  off  the  Soece  :  fiypt  is  to  pull  off 
anything,  as  a  stocking-,  by  turning  it  inside  out-^os  a  rabbit  is 
skinned.  It  is  used  by  Lyndsay  in  his  satire  on  Syde  Taillit,  and  is 
still  in  use, 

I.  965.  wee,  a  lord,  a  noble :  in  I.  3356  =  a  lady.     See  note,  1.  23. 

1.  985.  on  the  fame,  by  sea  :  so  in  the  ballad,  '  Sir  Patrick  Spens,' 
"  To  Noroway,  to  Noroway, 
To  Noroiray  o'er  the  faem,"  lea. 

I.  1000.  a  Sourdyng  mtk  eourgrem,  an  increasing  dislike  and  a 
desire  for  revenge. 

1.  1045.  All  redy  lo  the  Roode,  lit.  all  ready  for  the  road,  i.  e.  the 
expedition:  in  1.  1180  the  same  phrase  is  applied  to  the  soldiery  of 
Troy  just  aaaembled  to  repel  the  Greeks.  From  these  and  other 
examples  that  follow  tha  phrase  seems  to  have  been  used  io  our  anthor'a 
time,  as  it  is  still,  to  express  ready  for  action  whatever  the  undertaking 
may  be. 

1.  1054.  euyn  like  of  a  lenght,  alike  equal  in  length :  a  common 
phrase  still  in  the  West  of  Scotland.  The  short  description  of  Spring 
to  which  this  is  the  introduction,  is  a  fair  example  of  our  poet's  power 
when  treating  such  a  subject. 

1.  J06I.  Sujoghyng  of  twete  ayre,  the  '  eottcJiittg '  (sighing)  of  the 
sweet  air.  Stealyng  of  briddea,  the  swelling  (singing)  of  birds.  This 
line  is  a  good  example  of  onomatopmia. 

1.  1085.  vnkeppil  tcert  ^e  costet,  the  coasts  were  unguarded. 

1.  1089.  Skairen  oal  xkoule-tBucche,  lit.  divide  out  (scatter  over  their 
lines)  the  patrols  (the  pickets)  :  in  Mortt  Arlhure,  I.  2468,  the  phrase 
occurs  with  a  different  application  of  ikaire,  "  SkayreK  tliaire  akottefers, 
and  theirs  skowtte-waohes "  =  scatters  their  marskmcn  aod  their 
pioketa,  i.  e.  drives  them  in :  not  "  frighten  their  aliield-bearers,"  as  the 
Glossary  makes  it.  Sl^iyre,  tkair,  is  to  divide  (Su.-Qo.  thaera'),  and  is 
still  used  in  the  sense  of  to  share,  as  in  the  phrase,  "  tkatr  even  now," 
i.  e.  share  equally  now  :  the  pieces  of  a  tisliing  rod  are  called  tkaire. 
ekoule-waoehe  occnrs  again  in  1.  6042.     The  waecht,  as  in  1,  1561,  is 


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tbe  sentinel  at  or  o»  «  castle,  or  at  the  camp;  the  tJcoule-ieacche,  is  the 
soldier  oQ  patrol,  or  picket  dut^ :  in  1.  7352,  nighlv>acche  occars,  in- 
cluding both  tbe  toaeche  aui  the  iliovU-waeche  ;  but  it  rnoet  frequentlj 
represents  the  watchmen  of  towns,  for  tkeltyng  of  harme,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  svoidiog  aarprise :  UL  for  waraiog  of  danger,  tktlt  is  » 
rumour,  and  ikeltyng  is  spreading  a  rumour.  The  phrase  occurs  again 
in  1.  6042. 

1,  1092.  wame,  is  "  to  givo  notice,"  and  is  still  nsed ;  for  example, 
tbe  town  officer  toam$  tbe  magistrates  of  a  meeting;  and  the  eberiff- 
officer  mzrru  aaa'  the  tenant  whom  the  landlord  wIbIibs  to  remove. 

1.  1098.  The  word  nf  your  werkei,  the  fame  of  your  works ;  word  is 
still  used  in  this  sense,  as  in  tbe  phrase,  "  he's  got  the  word  o't,"  i.e. 
report  says  so  of  him;  "word  has  come  to  town,"  i.e.  a  report  or 
rumour  has  reached  town. 

I.  1107.  ipedf-fuU,  helpful,  expedient :  so  nsed  by  Barbour,  as  in  4. 
486,  and  atill  in  nee. 

I,  1117.   tiffe,  plenty,  abundant:   still  used  in  this  sense. 

I.  1118.  fraghl,  freight,  cargo  :  agaiu  in  1.  5384;  and  in  I.  13301 
it  meanB  JUet,  a  get  of  thipa :  both  senses  are  still  common ;  audsnotber, 
the  pries  of  a  paiaage,  fare. 

I.  1127.  wiOt-ontyn  Ihr^  more,  without  further  assertion,  threp 
occurs  both  as  a  «.  and  a  vb,  in  various  senses  (see  Qloss.),  and  is  still 

I.  1131.  Jn  the  Urn,  in  tbe  one,  i.e.  in  the  firat  (division):  ton 
occurs  often,  so  does  toiher,  and  sometimes  tcgether,  as  in  I.  3911,  "  Tkt 
Umfio  Ift  tother,"  which  is  an  every-day  phrase  still :  examples  in  Tht 
Bruee,  11.  12M,  14.  1064-5. 

1.  1132.  Jiirie  men  of  arma,  a  common  phrase  in  this  work  and  tbe 
Morte  Arthure,  as  at  II.  1537,  1897. 
1.  1146.  fat  ofer,  should  be  pe  toper. 
1,  1148.  the  forward  to  lede,  to  lead  tbe  van. 
1.  1150.  punu  on  the  laate,  (shall)  come  last. 

I.  1158.  Sit  liket  well  Jrs  Utrdee,  it  pleased  tbe  lords  much ;  like  has 
still  this  active  sense. 

I,  1163.  here  was  used  by  the  early  Scottish  poets  in  varions  senses 
(see  Jamieson's  Diet),  most  of  which  occur  in  this  work  :  see  Gloss., 
and  compare  11.  1432,  C188,  6253. 

I.  1166.  Silen  to  the  CitU  loflly  and/aire,  wend  to  the  city,  &c.  The 
same  idea  is  expressed  iu  MorU  Arthure,  1.  1297, 

"  Syland  softely  in,  swetU;  by  theme-self ene." 
1.  1188.  Compare  the  battle  scene  which  follows  with  that  ^ven 
in  Morte  Arthure  in  tbe  attack  of  the  Roman  camp  and  the  sack  which 
followed,  pp.  62-8. 

I.  1191.  Shildn  Ihrogh  thot4  shalka  to  detht:  so  again  in  U. 
6780,  9431,— 

Man;  shslke  (lurgh  shot  yiHb  ^cre  sbsrpe  gcre. 
Shot  )mrgh  the  ebeld  &  i>e  sheue  majle. 


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Compare  with  MwU  ArOivre,  11.  1857,  2545,  3748,— 
Bchalkes  tbey  scbotto  thrngbe  BchrenkaQde  majlei. 
Tborowe  «che]d]-8  tliey  echott^,  and  mherde  Ihorowe  mailes. 
Hou^s  the  Bcheldys  k>  sohene  schalkes  tbej'  toircbe. 
the  last  line  is  rspeated  in  I.  4116.     Compare  too  with  th«  battle  ecenos 
in  Golag.  and  Gaw.,  and  in  Awntyrt  of  Arlhure ;   and  the  reanlt  in  a 
conviction  tliat  those  pieces  are  the  work  of  the  same  author :  for  in 
each  of  them  the  same  particulars  are  dwelt  on,  looked  at  in  the  same 
light,  and  expresaed  as  only  the  game  person  could  express  them. 

I,  1196.  fitistke,  dash,  onset:  bo  in  Mori.  Arlh.,  1.  2900,  and  in 
Barboar  :  in  all  three  it  is  naed  both  as  a  s.  aod  as  a  vb. 

1.  1197.  All  dymtet  pe  dyn  the  dala  abouU :  so  in  Mart.  Arth.,  1. 
S031,  "  Alle  dynned  fore  dyn  that  in  the  dale  hoaede."  dyn,  noise;  sad 
(fyn,  to  make  s  noise,  to  resound,  are  still  very  common  words. 

1.  1200.  widiotilen  ttaare  more,  without  a  struggle,  and  never  moved  : 
tware,  ttoeir,  is  still  used  iu  the  sense  of  rductant,  making  much  to-do,  as 
in  "  man,  ye're  deid  sweit"  ^  man,  yon  are  very  reluctant,  or,  make 
much  to-do  about  it.  The  word  occurs  in  Gol.  and  Qaw.,  I.  1053,  in  a 
similar  connection,  "Mony  sweit  tiling  of  moare  swonit  full  oft"  = 
Many  a  young  lady  through  horror  (of  the  sight)  swooned  again  and 
again. 

I.  1217.  AUe  tuode,  Oc..-  see  II.  3810,  6257,  6404,  6523,  and  com- 
pare Mori.  Arth.,  II.  3B17,  3837.  wode,  mad,  Turioiis,  enraged ;  thns  in 
The  Bruce,  Bk  SI.  I.  804, 

"  —ihfti  ran  rycht  as  thai  war  novd." 
and  in  Buma's  '  Scotch  Drink,' 

"  When  neebors  anger  at  a  plea 
An  just  as  tmd  as  mud  can  bo." 
1.  1219.  toptaglet  otier,  topsy  tarry;    so  Bums  in  'Green  Grow 
the  Bushes,' 

"  And  warty  cares  and  warly  men 
Hay  a'  gae  tapial  teerle  O  I " 
1.  1224.  Se  with-drogh  hym  a  draght,  be  fell  back  a  short  distance, 
or,  be  drew  forth  a  trumpet     di  a  dyn  made,  and  blew  a  blast,  sounded 
a  call     So  Douglas  in  his  Virgil,  p.  230,  I.  35, 

"  Be  this  tbare  ormonr  grathjt  and  tbare  gere, 
Hie  dratieii  trumpet  blawia  the  brag  of  wen." 
1.  1230.  conioyuff  kit  conu,  observed  his  approach,  saw  him  coming 
qn,  keppit  hym  taithe,  quickly  prepared  himself  (to  me^t  him)  :  k^ 
may  here  mean,  to  arrest,  to  stop,  or,  to  prepare  to  catch  or  receive ; 
both  meanings  are  atill  common,  and  examples  from  Wyntonn,  Barbour, 
and  Douglas  are  given  in  Jamieson's  Diet,  ttnilhe,  Bomotimes  neiee, 
tieike,  see  Gloaa. 

I.  1231.   Iha  rod  all  to-roqfe,  the  shall  shivered  to  pieces. 
1.  1237.  caape,  blow,  shock,  (O.F.  coup)  :   for  various  meanings  of 
Caupej  see  Gloss.;  the  word  is  still  in  use,  and  pronounced  coup. 


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1.  1238.  a  warehand  toound,  wide,  gaping,  hence,  deadly  :  the  pbrase 
occnrs  ia  Wallace,  Bk  8,  1).  732,  858. 

I.  1241.  Andfiartgt,  be,  and  struck,  &c.  :  this  line  U  repeated  at  1. 
6263;  a,iiA  flange  ia  etiil  used  to  express  rapid  or  sudden  striking. 

I,  1244.  With  a  Wr,  with  a  thrust  or  hlow.  bir  is  properly  force, 
impetus,  hot  is  still  used  to  ^presa  a  blow  given  with  great  force, 
rapid  motion  or  whatever  causes  rapid  motiou,  or,  the  sound  made  by 
anything  in  rapid  motion.     Bee  QIdbb,  and  note,  1. 1902. 

I.  1215.  foole,  a  horse  ;  foU  occurs  in  11,  6400,  6451,  and  foaU,  in  L 
8341,  with  the  same  meaning ;  naggi  also  occurs  in  1.  7727, — "  he  neyt 
as  a  aagge."  Both  words  are  still  used  in  the  aaine  way  ;  Buma,  in 
'  Tarn  o'  Bhaater,'  aays, 

"  —  every  nitig  was  ca'd  a  shoe  on, 
The  smith  an'  thee  gat  roaring  foa  on." 

1.  1248.  Tkt  boarder  <^  Ut  hamet  brette*  in  tondtr ;  so  ia  Mori, 
ATih.,\.  i3\\, 

"  Hie  bordoure  of  hia  baoenett  be  brisles  in  sondire." 
The  boarder  of  the  basnet  (from  this,  and  other  mention  of  it  further 
on)  was  either  the  peak  of  the  ventaile,  or  the  rim  or  collar  tbat  joined 
the  basnet  and  cuirass :  it  is  mentioned  again  and  again  in  Got.  and 
Gate.     See  Arms  and  Armour,  by  Boutoll,  London,  1869. 

I  1254.  kurht  hym,  dragged  him  :  hurl  occurs  in  II.  1969,  6660, 
10311;  and  harle  in  2968,  5834:  both  forms  are  still  in  use,  and 
examples  of  karh  are  given  by  Jamieson  from  Douglas  and  Lyndsaj. 

1.  1257.  notpil  to  ground,  knocked  or  dashed  to  the  ground  :  nolpt, 
both  as  a  I.  and  a  vb,,  is  still  need,  as  in  "he  ga'e  him  a  nap  wi'  his 
neive,"  "  he  nappU  him  wi'  his  neire," — the  ezpreBsion  given  in  I. 
13S89,  "  He  nol^t  on  with  his  neuo." 

1.  1258.  roile,  charger :  the  roile  was  the  great,  large-boned  horse 
of  Flemish  breed  on  which  the  fuli-amied  knight  rode  at  tournament  or 
in  battle. 

I.  1265.  caupyng,  exchanging  of  blows,  conflict,  (O.F.  couptr,  to 
strike).     See  note,  1.  1237. 

I,  1270.  ha»pet,  clasps  :  ha^  is  still  used  both  as  a  *.  and  as  a  vb. 
See  Gloss.,  and  note,  1.  367. 

I.  1271.  With  a  tteittge  of  hit  sinorde  mnappil  hym  in  ]ie  /cue,  with  a 
swing  of  his  sword  strutk  him  on  the  face  :  tviiTig  and  tuiap  are  favourite 
words  of  oar  author,  and  are  varied  in  every  possible  way  both  here 
and  in  the  Morte  Artkare.  Having  to  expreEs  the  action  so  often  ever; 
variation  or  shade  of  variety  had  to  be  resorted  to,  and  after  so  good  a 
training  as  tbe  Troy  Book  gave  him  he  was  well  fitted  to  dash  oS 
those  splendid  battle  scenes  in  the  Morte  Arikwre.  As  a  specimen 
of  the  variations  of  expression  in  this  case  take,  with  the  line  above, 

Swordls  out  swiftly  )m.i  Bwappit  belyne.  I.  lOMI 

Bwange  out  ewordf  a,  swappit  togedur.  10430 

Bwappit  hom  with  swordes  till  tbe  Ewalt  all.  4687 

With  Bwappis  of  hoi  swordes  sirelt  mony  knightes.  1090S 


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Pimu  nrapptt  out  liii  sword,  nrangfl  ttt  the  kyog.  13fi90 

With  nryug  of  our  iwordes  swap  hom  in  Bonder.  11(X)3 

tad  comparu  with  Mbrle  Arihare,  1.  1464-6, 

Bwjftly  with  iwerdM  thay  Fwappene  thera-aftyrB, 

Swappes  doune  fuUe  Bweperlfe  sweltande  knlghteK, 

That  all  s*^lei  one  awarthe  that  thay  ouer  Bwyngens. 

Swappede  owto  with  ft  smrde  that  Bvykede  hj'm  neuer.  1. 179S 

.         .         .         with  ft  Rwerda  egge 
The  swyers  gwyre  bane  he  awappee  in  rondre.  L  29G8-9 

These  are  bat  a  few  of  the  eianipleB  of  our  aathor's  variety  of  expres- 
aion  :  he  givea  at  least  iixteen  diiUnct  variationt  of  swingiog  or  swapping 
the  sword ;  and  if  any  one  wishes  to  extend  the  comparison  given  above, 
ha  may  turn  to  11. 1889,  6699,  7274, 7340,  7769, 9561,  9668, 10390, 13024, 
13419,  of  this  work,  and  to  the  examploe  in  the  Jiorle  Arlhwc 
1.  1278.  ffnchit,  another  form  oifnutHt,  dashed,  rushed. 
I.  1282.  hym  o  line  broght,  killed  him  on  the  spot:  occurs  again  in 
1.  1443 ;  and  in  Mart.  Arlh.,  1.  802,  we  have  "  brogbte  hym  o  lyfi : "  it 
variee  in  both  works  to  "  broghtt  oule  o  lyut." 

1.  1269.   on  a  »opp«  hole,  in  one  body,  in  one  mass :   Mppg  occurs  In 
MorL  ArSt.,  The  Brace,  and  Douglas's  Virgil,  in  the  Bams  Bense  ;  and 
it  is  etill  nsed  in  the  West  of  Scotland,  aa  in  the  phrase,  "  a  good  lup 
rain,"  or,  "  a  good  mp  water  in  the  well." 
].  1290.  a  home:  see  note,  I.  1306. 

1,  1292.  for  chaiaue  vpport  vrthe,  for  the  sake  of  all  they  hold  dear. 
1,  1296.  Sloffk  hom  doame  tUgkly  &  tlaimge  horn  to  groande,  Killed 
them  right  and  left,  and  dashed  them  to  the  ground :  tUghly  is  cun- 
ningly,  hence,  cleverly  :  ilaange,  flung  with  force,  or  dashed,  thrust,  or 
knocked.  Both  words  are  still  used  as  here.  This  line  presents 
another  of  our  author's  favoarite  expressions  :  there  are  two  forms  of  it 
common  to  his  works,  which  are  varied  in  every  possible  way,  ss  in 
the  esse  of  I.  1271 ;   one  is  given  here,  and  one  at  1.  9038, 

Blc^h  horn  doun  sl^hly  wiUi  sleght  of  his  bond, 
while  in  Morle  Arthure  we  have, 

ffor  he  slews  with  a  slfoge  be  slejglite  of  hia  haudis.  1.  3418 

And  the  tother  slely  Blyngea  bym  undire.  38GS 

That  they  bee  sl^ghely  slajne,  and  slongeue  in  watyrs.  4321 

From  these  we  find  tha(  all  the  variations  are  got  from  three  forms 

with  the  rime-letter  «,  viz.  slaj,  sleght,  and  slyng ;  and  by  introduciug 

§lad»  (a  narrow  valley,  a  den),  we  get  in  Troy  Book, 

Hiche  sla^t  in  >at  slade  of  po  Blegh  knightea.  ].  6965 

Hjohe  Blaghte  in  tbe  glade  &  ilyngyng  of  horse.  600G 

Orel  Blaght  in  pe  slade  &  slyngyng  to  ground.  7G98 

and  in  Morle  Arthwe,  II.  2977-8, 

There  is  elayne  in  that  elope,  be  elagsre  of  his  hondes, 
Seity  slongene  in  a  Blade  of  sleghe  men  of  armes. 
L  1297,  watpide  hom  under,  tossed  them  down :  warp  is  still  nsed 
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In  &\B  Benn,  m  id  qiMkiog  of  *  wrestlinp  matcli,  "  Qtej  mvpit  ailba 
donn :  "  it  kIbo  maaoB  to  epeak  angrily,  tauntingly,  or  vehemeDtly,  u 
in  11.  360,  2683,  and  as  Doaglas  in  his  Virgil,  p.  62,  1.  3,  aoid  p.  143,  L 
53, — in  this  Bense  it  is  geaeraJly  followed  by  a  prepoailiou :  it  also 
means  to  raise,  to  wind  (bat  still  implyiog  to  east  or  tAnns),  as  in  1. 
11924,  "  bo  warpit  up  a  wicket ; "  and  bo  Douglas's  Virgil,  p.  43*2, 1.  4, 
'*vxiTp  np  tbe  porta  :"  and  in  11.  10462,  13412,  to  throw  or  ton  from 
one,  thuB,  "loorpif  to  the  jaten,"  "toai^l  ouer-barde  mihill  ricbes  & 
relikes,"  and  aa  Barboar  in  The  Sniee,  Bk  3,  1.  108,  and  Bk  8,  1.  60£. 

1.  1307.  And  *iket  full  tore  viith  tylyng  of  leria  y  so  ia  Mart,  AtOi., 
I,  3794, 

"  And  thane  tyjltande  he  saide  with  lylande  teiyB." 
Agua  in  1.  2680  of  this  work  we  have, 

"  All  in  Biking  ft  Borrow,  with  syliiig  of  terie 
Ho  brwt  out  with  a  biire." 

1.  1308.  Sttdtee  hit  home,  seizes  his  horu.  ha»til}f  blawes,  qnicUf 
Bonnds  it :  bo  in  Wallace,  Bk  6,  I.  823, 

"  Ldt  douD  the  brig,  uid  blew  hia  home  on  hycht." 

1.  1313.  Kat  vp  hi*  egh,  raised  his  eyes  =  looked  :  the  phrase  ii 
Btill  need  :  note,  the  noun  egh  is  ting. 

1.  13U-5.  Segh  a  batell  come  prickmd,  b&w  a  company  coming  dash- 
ing OD  :  so  in  Barbonr,  Bk  9,  I.  142, 

"lliat  on  Htedii  of  mGkill  prid 
Come  prikand,"  ka. 
Again  in  L  1317,  we  have  "  ctme  giniand,"  aa  in  '  The  Oentlo  Shepherd,' 
Act  L  Scene  1, 

"  I  saw  my  Ueg  oome  linkin'  oei  the  lee." 
The  idiom  is  stJIl  in  use. 

i.  1316.  bluMhed,  looked  intently :  occutb  again  in  IL  2428,  9446, 
and  in  Mort.  Artk.,  I.  116. 

I.  1319.  (o  be  ttad  to,  to  be  so  situated,  to  be  so  fixed :  tlade  is  so 
used  in  Mart.  Arlh.,  1.  1926 ;  and  is  still  so  need. 

1.  132S.  on  bothe  kal/et,  on  both  sides,  i.  e.  before  and  behind :  so 
in  Mori.  Artk.,  I,  1980,  "  on  iche  hal/e ;  "  and  "  tere  halfet "  is  a  phrase 
often  nsed  in  both  works,  bhdy  Veronyn,  streaming  with  blood : 
occars  again  and  again  here,  and  in  the  Mart.  Arth.,  11,  3946,  3971 

1.  1331.  Pricketjiiriht  intopriie:  bo  in  The  -Bruce,  Bk  2,  1.  236^ 
"  Thai  priliyt  then  out  off  the  piew.' ' 
prite,  conflict,  mel^e,  as  in  L  1201. 

1.  1334.  fed  of  hit  gate,  fled  out  of  his  way :  this  idiom  U  still 
common. 

1.  1342.  tohbyng  <^teret,  should  be  tobhyng  db  teret. 

1.  1347.  diU  <£  }e  dgn,  shonting  and  noise :  dile,  a  saying,  «  atoty, 
whether  long  or  short,  spoken  or  written. 

I.  1348.  toilh  tent  tumyl  ]i«  bah,  in  despair  gave  way,  or,  with 
bitteraesa  of  heart  gave  way:  to  torn  the  bacb  is  Btill  used  to  express 


NOTES.  483 

■hyiDg  or  mnniDg  from  od  eoemy  or  »  cootest :  in  1.  9474  tbe  action 
u  expressed  by  "  to  gjife  bake,"  a  phrase  which  iti  ueed  by  Barbour  io 
The  Bntce,  Bk  6,  L  790,  and  Bk  12,  1.  315  ;  while  in  Bk  8,  1.  T3T  ;  10. 
756  ;  11.  822 ;  11.  860,  it  is  expressed  by  "  to  take  the  hack." 

i.  1353.  When  the  Grehy*  hade  the  gre  A  the  grounde  vsonen,  when 
the  Greeks  had  won  the  victory  and  the  position  :  "  to  win  the  gre  "  ie 
a.  common  Scottish  phraae  still  used  to  eipresa  "  to  be  victor,"  "  to  win 
the  prize,"  "to  come  off  first,"  "to  excel  all  competitors;"  "to  bear 
the  gre  "  is  to  hold  the  first  place,  to  bear  off  tbe  highest  honours : 
thus,  at  a  ride  match  the  one  who  has  the  highest  score  is  said  "  to 
have  won  the  gre ; "  aod  after  the  match  be  "  bears  the  gre,"  and  will 
do  ao  till  some  one  else  excels  faim. 

1.  1360.  of  fere  wit paet,  lust  their  wits,  became  insane:  the  phrase 
is  still  in  use. 

1.  1361.  bames  on  bretl,  infants :  a  phrase  in  everj>day  use ;  as 
thus,—"  What  age  is  the  baim  ?  "  "  he's  jist  on  tht  breeet  yet,"  i.  e,  he 
is  a  mere  infant. 

I.  1374.  Wele  viaatid  no  teegh,  no  one  lacked  wealth  or  spoil :  leele, 
wealth,  property,  occurs  again  in  II.  1696,  2717,  3356,  and  ia  a  common 
word  still,  wale  what  horn  UeU,  (the/  just)  chose  and  took  what 
pleased  them. 

I.  1379.  byggynga,  bnildings,  hoosea :  conunon  to  all  our  Scottish 

I.  1394.  Syn  the  fortune  ftlle  fat  /aire  into  hmde,  since  fortune  (of 
war)  gave  thee  that  fair  lady  as  a  captive. 

I,  1401.  to  lede,  to  live  with,  to  hold :  to  Ude  is  to  keep  aafely,  to 
cherish,  to  take  charge  or  cere  of,  and  came  to  be  a  common  term  to 
express  the  relation  of  husband  to  wife  :  in  the  same  sense  leile  is  used 
as  a  «.  in  1.  10653,  ^  leadership,  guidance ;  and  this  use  of  the  word 
is  still  common. 

1.  1404.  Wer  wah/n,  war  (shall)  rise :  in  I.  404,  wakpi  means  to 
raite,  to  etir  vp  ;  and  in  I.  2046,  to  wackon  up  ^  to  spring  np,  to  begin 
to  act  Both  meanings  are  still  common  :  tlius,  "ye'U  waken  strife  wi' 
that  story,"  "  the  fire  's  walnin  np  now."  The  Morle  Arthure,  I,  257, 
has,  "  Noie  toakhtKyu  the  mere." 

I.  1433.  letie  hele  in  hit  brett,  allows  to  fester  in  his  heart :  to  bele  is 
to  snppurate,  to  feater,  as  a  wound,  hence  its  nse  here. 

I.  1434.  mynnai,  minds,  remembers,  broods  over,  u  of  mynd  poet, 
is  gone  from  (the)  memory  (of  tbe  one  who  uttered  it),  or,  gone  from 
the  recollection  (tif  every  one  else). 

I.  1438.  ffeU  folke  forfarerif  many  people  made  to  perish ;  forfare  is 
so  used  by  Barbonr  in  The  Bmee,  Bk  1,  L  476 ;  and  in  Wallace,  Bk 
10, 1.  521  i  also  in  Gude  *  Godly  Ballalet,  p.  167  (ed.  1868).  forfarm 
occurs  again  in  L  12118,  ^  killed:  it  is  still  used  in  the  sense  of 
neglected,  deelitaU,  as  in  Them's  '  Mitherless  Bairn.* 

I.  1452.  to  kea,  to  be  known,  to  be  imagined,  to  speak  of:  fere  no 
cattte  woe  Io  km  ^  where  there  was  no  caose  at  all.     To  ken  is.atill  so 


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48*  NOTES. 

used,  as  in  the  plirue,  "  There's  naethiiig  to  ken  o' "  ^  there  is 
nothing  worth  speakiDg  ot 

I.  14G9.  hert  Ifai  he  vxill,  men  that  be  bad  nader  him,  as  a  chief  or 
leader:  wald,  to  wield  or  manage,  alao  to  poBsess:  it  ia  nsed  in  both 
aenaes  by  Wyntooo.     See  Jaraieson's  Diet. 

1.  I4S2.  yrivand  m  Armyt,  proaperoua,  hence  renowned  in  anua,  a 
famoas  warrior  :  the  phrase  occurs  again  in  11.  2742,  6435,  and  ia 
varied  into  "  ^rifty  in  armei "  in  U.  5450,  S4&4,  which  ocean  ia  Morte 
Artkure,  \.  317, 

"  Thyrtly  thosannde  be  tale  thryf^e  In  umee." 

1. 1484.  a  Jyne  tTum  of  lore,  a  very  able  man  of  learning  :  fau  ia 
still  nsed  in  this  sense. 

1.  1485.   pe  laitfn  Art^ ;  see  note,  1,  788. 

L  1495.  oflfe  (inter,  of  the  sisters:  this  pi.  form  is  not  yet  gone 
ont  of  use.     feiTe  should  be /em. 

1.  1496.  cUnnegt,  most  gifted,  lit.  completest 

1.  1503.  color,  shonld  be  coloar,  complexion.  cUimet,  lit.  purity 
(of  shape),  symmetry. 

1.  1606.  tn  should  be  on. 

1.  1613.  tyde  londit,  for  away  lands :  tyde  is  wide,  large,  or  long, 
aa  in  Lyndsay's  Satire  on  ^de  TaillU,  i.  a.  loog  skirta. 

1.  1616.  Soehe  nkyng  and  lorov)  tanke  in  hit  herte;  compare  with 
MorU  Arlh.,  1.  3983, 

**  Was  neuer  sorowe  lo  softe  that  sacke  to  my  herte," 

I.  1518.  horn,  home. 

I.  1622.   Ariedttg  should  be  Ihricching,  pressing,  wringing. 

II.  1630-1.  WiM  wrightit  to  wale,  skilled  carpenters  many,  teeriyg 
to  eatle,  to  devise  plans,  to  lay  ont  the  works.  qioariouTt  qiaeme,  skilful 
qnarrymeo.  gwaint  mat  of  wit,  men  of  long  experience :  qyxtint,  (O.F, 
coin/)  skilled,  experienced,  sage. 

1.  1533.  raght  vpon  Towme,  reached  the  fonndationi,  cleared  the  Nte. 
rid  vp  ]r«  dykit,  cleared  out  the  ditches :  rid  is  prel.  of  red,  to  clear,  to 
clean,  to  make  tidy,  as  in  the  common  phrase,  "  io  red  up  the  hoiae,"  to 
put  it  in  order,  dr/he  is  here  =  ditch,  as  in  1.  15CG,  or  =^  wall,  as  in 
L  13688 J  then  the  passage  means  "cleared  owl  the  old  walls:"  tha 
word  is  still  used  in  both  senses. 

1,  1535,   of,  from  :   is  frequently  used. 

I.  1544.  wily  were  yk,  were  wonderfully  thick. 

1.  1663.   ieite,  should  be  hutu.     hibery :  see  Halliwell's  Diet. 

I.  1665.  wikked  to  aseaile,  difGcuIt  of  assault 

1.  1567.  lemly  to  ken,  beantiful  to  be  seen,  or,  to  behold, 

L  1575.  pmur  it  aire,  passage  and  ventilation  :  see  note,  1.  897, 

I.  1677.   aylyng  of  thouret,  fending  from  showers. 

).  1579.  for  welyng  of  rata,  because  of  the  wetting  of  the  rain,  i.  e. 
to  be  aafe  from  a  wetting  by  the  rain. 

II.  1680-3.  italUi  by  pe  afrele,  booths  along  the  sides  of  the  street; 


NoiEH.  485 

ttondyng  for  peopull,  placed  for  the  benefit  of  the  people,  vierhnea  hi 
to  torn,  (for)  workmen  to  abide  io.  and  faire  vxirts  thaoe,  aod  display 
their  wares,  holhe  to  aelle  and  to  st,  both  for  sale  and  to  be  seen  :  tUiB 
expression  is  still  used  wheo  working  folks  speak  of  goods  exposed  in 
shop  windowB.  as  ^tim  stlfe  lyked,  as  they  (the  people  of  1.  1580)  felt 
iDclined  :  observe  the  form  "  yaim  ulfe."  the  "  tfiem-aell "  of  the  present 
time,  just  as  himself,  herself,  are  hiimelt,  Kersell.  to  Icen,  known,  exist- 
ing,    at  fere  courie  aakil,  each  after  its  own  fashion. 

In  this  deecriptioD  of  Troy  onr  autlior  takes  great  liberties  with  his 
text,  and  gives  for  the  most  part  a  city  of  the  14th  centnry.  Indeed, 
the  graphic  picture  given  in  these  four  Hoes  is  exactly  that  of  the  maia 
street,  then  called  Market  Street,  of  Old  Edinburgh  :  along  which  were 
ranged  the  stalls  or  booths  of  the  various  craftsmeo  or  "  maister  men  " 
(who,  as  stated  in  1.  1600,  "  oncstly  "  lived  in  "  entries  "  near  by),  and 
the  alim  erections  of  the  "  barbars  bigget  in  bourdera  of  the  stretea" 
leading  into  it.  Besides,  the  list  of  cra/la  given  by  our  author  is  not 
that  of  Guido,  nor  of  llie  author  Benoit  de  Sainte-More,  but  almost  ex- 
actly that  of  the  Guildry  of  Old  Edinburgh  :  for  a  ftill  account  of  which 
see  Mailland's  Bitlory  of  Edinburgh;  also,  The  OoTutitation  of  the  Cltg 
of  Edinburgh,  edit.  1826. 

t.  1581.  GUncert,  glove  makers :  who  made  also  various  articles  of 
dress,  such  as  leather  breeches,  leggings,  shirts,  bags,  pouches,  and 
purees:  in  abort,  every  article  for  dress  or  ornament  tbat  was  made  of 
sod  leather.  Sir  Walter  Scott  has  given  ns  a  sketch  of  a  glover  of  that 
age  in  his  Simon  Glover  of  The  Fair  Maid  of  Perth.  GirdeiUri  noble, 
the  noble  crafte  of  Girdellers,  or,  rich  Girdeliers :  the  Girdellers,  with 
the  Goldsmiths,  belonged  to  the  Incorporation  of  Hamniermeii  (see 
Maitland's  Hitt.  of  Edin.,  pp.  299-300),  and  wore  so  called  from  the 
girdUi,  roand  plates  of  iron  used  in  cooking,  which  formed  a  large  and 
important  section  of  their  work.  Besides  these  they  made  all  kinds  of 
utensils  of  plate  iron  :  see  note,  1.  13826, 

1.  1585.  Soutert,  shoemakers:  still  used,  but  roost  commonly  to 
denote  workmen  of  inferior  ability,  of  low  character.  The  word  st 
once  recals  to  mind  the  Souters  of  Selkirk,  and  Burns's  Souter  Johnny, 
Semtteria  fifn,  first-rate  embroiderers,  ornamental  sewers ;  in  our  author's 
time  there  must  have  been  a  great  deal  of  such  work  both  on  leather 
and  cloth. 

L  1686.  Turner*  (ffvttteUu,  turners  of  (wooden)  dishes :  almost  alt 
the  dishes  need  by  the  common  people  were  then  made  of  wood  ;  and 
many  such  are  still  used :  even  in  the  booses  of  the  richest  they  were 
to  be  found. 

L  1687.  WrigkUi,  wrights  (of  all  kinds) :  as  house-wrigbt,  mill- 
UTight,  wheel-wright.  Observe  that  earpenloari  are  given  in  I.  1597  as 
a  separate  craft  from  wrighUi ;  and  among  the  lower  classes  of  Scotland 
they  are  still  so  reckoned  ;  with  them  carpenters  are  bnilders  of  wooden 
ahips  or  vessels  of  all  sizes.  In  our  author's  time  coopers  would  be 
reckoned  among  the  carpenters,  for  we  find  Ihat  ciaft  incorporated  with 


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tl>e  wrighta  in  1469.  (See  Hftitlsnd's  Uiil.  of  Edin.,  p.  301.)  Web- 
tier;  weavers :  a  contmoa  name  etill.  tealktrt  of  clothe,  fallere  of 
clutU  :  there  were  tlien  varioai  articles  besiilea  cloth  mibjected  to  fulling. 

I.  1588.  Aroiciiiiylhii  tcilh  Axe*  of  tcerre,  m  ana  facta  rers  of  arrows 
and  war  a^cs  :  artliery  was  Dever  mDcb  cultivated  in  Scotland,  hence 
the  wurknian  wlio  made  arrows  liad  to  make  other  implements  of  war 
as  well.  Observe,  tlie  airowsmith  did  not  wing  or  feather  the  arrows  : 
that  was  done  by  tlie  '^Jkcckour"  of  1.  1593,  who  probably  also  made 
the  ehafis  of  ttie  arrows  :  fur,  the  parliament  of  James  II.  that  sat  in 
1457  enacted  "  that  there  be  a  bower  (a  bowmaVer)  sod  a  fiedgtax  (an 
arrow-mobur)  in  ilk  bead  town  of  tbe  schire."  The  arrowsmitb,  then, 
made  only  the  iron  or  Steel  tips  for  the  arrows. 

I.  15'JO.  Momjmakert,  coiners  aod  mooey-dealers :  «  necessary  call- 
ing where  almost  ail  the  money  in  circulation  waa  in  coins  of  foreign 
CountrieH,  aud  eitbaoges  would,  consequently,  be  freqaent. 

1.  1601.  ParaUri,  most  probably  a  contracted  form  oi paremenUrt,  de- 
corators of  clothes  or  fumilure,  or  both  :  a  very  necesaary  craft  in  that 
age  of  wild  grandeur  and  chivalrj,  pt/nnert,  pinmakeis  :  they  made  pins 
of  all  kinds  and  sizes,  from  the  bone,  brass,  and  steel  pins  for  ladies  to 
the  strong  pins  fur  heckles  and  barrows.  As  division  of  labonr  became 
better  understood,  and  more  delicate  articles  were  produced,  the  work 
of  the  pynner  became  more  and  more  limited,  and  the  craft  decayed  till 
we  find  the  term  applied  to  common  jobbing  carpenters  or  wrigltta 
employed  by  tbe  authorities  to  set  up  and  fake  down  the  scalTold  and 
gallows  at  public  executions.  It  occurs  thus  in  tbe  City  of  Edinburgh 
AceounU  for  the  year  15G5-66 :  "  Item,  tbe  thrid  day  of  Apryle,  to  J>e 
pynouris  for  ]!e  berjng  of  dailies  &  pouncheons  fra  Jie  blakfreris  to  ])e 
Croce,  with  }ie  gibbett  A  inaidin,  to  mak  ane  scaffold  &  awayitiug 
Jtairon  ^e  day  quhoa  thoraa  Scot  was  juslefeitb — vij  s," 

1,  1592.  Bochere,  butchers,  bladsmythii,  bladesmiths :  makers  aS 
■word  blades,  daggers,  spear-heads,  knives,  &c.      hiaten,  bakers. 

I.  1593.  fferrert,  furriers;  then  a  very  important  craft.  jfeccAoura, 
arroW'Wingers  ;  ses  note  on  Arrowsmitbs,  1. 1588. 

1.  1594.  iap»ter$,  sellers  of  liquor,  chiefly  ale. 

1.  1595.  Sjvmort,  spur  makers,     ipieers,  grocers,  dealers  in  spices. 

1. 1596.  Colcet,  cooks,  keepers  of  eating  houses,  eondlen,  candie- 
makers  ;  the  vulgar  name  for  them  still, 

1.  1597.  eovcheourt  fyn,  first-class  upholsterers,  or  perhaps,  cabinet- 
makers aud  upholsterers.  Perhaps  inlayers  and  stone-settera  are  in- 
cluded. 

I.  1598.  iarhurt  bigget  in  hourdert  of  tbe  tiretet,  barbers  situated  at 
tlie  corners  of  the  streets  :  a  peculiarity  of  position  to  which  the  barbers 
of  the  present  day  cling.  Note  the  use  of  hlggel  here  :  ^  placed,  set, 
situated ;  a  common  ubo  still.  Fur  particulars  anent  tbe  craft  of 
barbers,  and  their  connection  with  the  surgeons,  see  Maitlaud's  Milt,  of 
£din.,  p.  313 ;  also,  GnuHL  of  Gly  of  Edin. 

1.  1599.  nMMMr-mm,  chief  workmen,  workmen  who  employ  joamey- 


NOTES.  48T 

men,  chief  men  of  the  town :  in  ehoit,  burgesses  and  ownere  of  the 
booths  or  stalls  before  mentioned. 

I.  1600.  onatfy  enabit,  live  respectably :  donee,  honest  folk,  in 
entrit  aboufe,  in  adjoining  entries :  and  so  they  do  still.  The  entry  is  a 
common  entrance  to  the  stairs  that  lead  op  to  tiie  several  flats  of  the 
houses  or  lands  (as  thej  are  called) :  on  ea«h  flat  one,  two,  or  more 
teoants  reside,  and  hence  in  speaking  of  anj  one's  residence  it  is  noted 
SB  ID  such  and  snch  an  entry.  "  He  lives  in  that  entry  "  will  be  the 
reply  to  an  ioquiiy  for  one's  residence,  although  yon  may  find  it  in 
the  attics. 

I.  1601.  meuyi  a  aater,  flowed  a  river :  water  is  still  the  comroon 
name  of  a  river  in  Scotland  ;  Pennant  notee  this  in  his  Tbur  in  Scot- 
land in   1769,  thus: — "Rivers  in  Scotland  are  very  frequently  called 

II.  1621-8.  the  ehtkker,  the  game  of  chess:  here  said  to  have  been 
invented  in  Troy,  while  the  legend  is  that  it  was  invented  by  Pala- 
medes  to  while  away  the  long  night-watches  of  the  Greeks  while 
encamped  aroond  Troy, 

the  dnigklta^  the  game  of  draughts :  now  a  touch  more  common 
game  than  chess  aU  over  Scotland  :  chess  heing  considered  a  game  for 
the  higher  classes. 

otiier  dregh  geaimu,  other  tedioos  or  heavy  games :  cfi^A  has 
various  applications  (see  G-loaa.),  hut  here  it  implies  tUtai  and  Uttig, 

Qit  tables,  backgammon.  (r«^«fr«,  tricks,  magic,  jugglery:  trageiit, 
tricks,  deceits,  is  used  by  Douglas  in  hia  Virgil,  p.  98,  1.  10. 

mdcill  yai  tttit,  tbey  busied  themselves  much. 

qwainlam,  quintains :  which  quiutain,  or  what  game  is  here  meant 
by  quintain  is  a  difficulty  :  even  in  the  author's  time  it  was  considered 
a  qyiaitil  (old  faabioned)  game. 

For  interesting  particulars  concerning  most  of  the  games  here  men- 
tioned, see  Wright's  Mannen  and  Sentitnenlt  m  England:  and  Stmtt's 
Sporle  arul  Pai&ma. 

I.  1630.  of  a  tele  riall,  for  a  royal  residence  :  as  in  a  country  teat,  a 
country  residence. 

1.  1G33.   etlgtuf,   selection,  intention,  purpose  :  see  note,  I.  394,  and 

GIOBS. 

I  1G34.   crmlril,  an  error  for  ehstrit,  thick  set. 

I.  1640.  lo  boue,  to  halt,  to  rest,  tii  tarry,  to  linger :  in  the  same 
sense  as  our  present  hover.  The  word  is  so  used  by  Barbour  and 
Douglas,  also  in  the  '  King's  Quair.'     See  Jamieson's  Diet. 

1.  1649.  s/iau  is  usually  an  ot^'.,  but  is  here  used  aa  an  adv. 

1.  1663.  the  chi-ffe,  the  upper  end,  farthest  from  the  dour:  the  ehi^, 
because  the  seat  of  honour. 

I.  1668.  With  iattefor  to  louche  the  table  abouU,  with  scent  (strong 
enough)  to  he  felt  (by  all)  about  the  table  :  laite,  both  as  a  noun  and 
a  verb,  is  used  to  eipresa  tlie  exercise  of  any  of  the  organs  of  senBe, 
but  especially  those  of  taste  and  smell. 


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i88  NOTES. 

I.  1670.  pight  fall  ofperrieru,  thicUj  Bet  or  studded  with  piecioofl 
stonei.     Douglaa,  Virgil,  p,  318, 1.  24. 

].  1671.  of  Eyatayill  fyn,  of  fine  draperj :  id  this  sense  entayte  is 
used  by  Piere  Plowman,  Crede,  I.  398  (Wright's  ed.),  and  by  Douglaa 
in  the  Police  of  Honour,  pt  1,  39  ver. 

1.  1672.  toilier  hede,  the  other  end,  i,  e.  opposite  the  6heff«, 

1.  1677.  pan,  steps  :  note  the  siag.  form,     CC  Fr.  pat. 

1.  1680.  Insert  [a]  between  of  and  god. 

].  1691.  (M  yl  mott  nede,  ai  it  could  not  Tail  to  do :  this  phrase  ia 
still  used. 

1.  1696.  See  note,  1.  1374. 

L  1698.  A  remorec  ofmatert,  a  deep  regret  conceming  OTenla.  pat 
hf/m  mpi  lyket,  that  canaed  him  to  despise  himself,  or,  that  he  greatly 
dislilced  :  miilike,  which  is  still  used  in  the  West  of  Scotland,  has  botb 
tliese  meanings,  as  in  the  phrase,  "  it  mitlikei  me  tair,"  means  either, 
'  it  sorely  humbles  me,'  or,  '  it  greatly  displeases  me.'  For  the  first 
Bense,  see  Jamieson's  Diet.  Suppl. 

1.  1704.  at  horn  icele  aghl,  as  well  they  ought,  or,  as  it  well  became 
them  ;  the  expression  ia  still  common. 

1.  1707.  mat  oule,  was  away ;  there  ie  another  meaning  of  ouU 
wbicb  occars  in  1.  2175,  =  in  existence,  alive :  both  are  still  common. 

1.  1717.  l^«,  should  be  lete,  less,  of  lower  standing  ia  rank,  as  in 

I.  S025. 

I.  1720.  grtmy,  perhaps  ahoali]  be  gremlf  ;  see  note,  1.  3491. 

II.  1721-2.  me  and  myae,  myself  and  those  related  to  me.  yote  and 
yovrt,  yourself  and  your  relations ;  so  in  The  Sraca,  6.  690.  thaint  <t 
tharii :  these  are  still  very  common  expressions,  ^omeryng,  sorrow, 
cause  of  moumiag :  from  A.S.  geomor,  sad,  sorrowful ;  geomrung,  a 
lamentattOD,  which  it  also  means  in  this  work  :  see  Gloss. 

1.  1726.  tik,  should  be  tib,  by  relation,  nearly  related,  which  is  in 
common  use. 

L  1732.  rentUt,  lands  Or  properties  that  yield  rent :  it  occurs  also 
ID  the  sense  of  rental,  income  from  property  :  bolh  senses  are  used  in 
the  Aelt  of  Parlt.  of  Scotland,  and  are  still  common. 

L  1736.  Tha  redarte  to  ricke,  to  wreak  or  right  those  acts  of 
violeuce  :  rerfur,  from  O.Fr.  roideur,  and  that  from  roide,  fierce,  violent, 
ia  used  by  Douglas  id  his  Virgil,  p.  376, 1.  54,  and  occurs  again  and 
again  in  this  work. 

I.  1750.  our  my»  tnreke,  wreak  or  avenge  our  wrong  ;  myt,  from 
Goth,  miua,  error,  occura  ia  Wallace,  Bk  4,  U.  746,  762 ;  and  in 
Donglas'a  Virgil,  p.  11, 1.  25. 

1.  1751.  feghtert,  warriors :  occurs  in  Wallace,  Bk  1, 1.  324,  and  Bk 

II,  1.  866,  iu  this  sense;  but  here  it  evidently  means  quarrelsome 
peraons  or  bullies,  thoae  who  love  fighting  and  settle  their  quarrels  by 
it.  The  nieaniug  of  the  line  (which  is  a  form  of  a  well-known  pro- 
verb), then,  is,  "but  our  fate  may  be  that  of  bullies,- — '  a  fell  cbauose' 
(a  tenible  defeat)."     The  proverb  referred  to  is,  "  Feghters  are  sure 


to  meet  vi'  their  match : "   when  the  best  of  it  is  a  good  tbnahing, 
aad  defeat  is  disgrace. 

I.  1752.  And  tiJcer  were,  taxi  it  woald  be  surer,  i.  e.  safar,  better :  a 
common  ezpreeaion  still. 

II.  1757-8.  Bat  it  libit  you,  bat  if  it  be  in  keeping  with  your  will, 
or,  but  if  it  please  joa  better ;  this  contracted  form  ia  still  in  use.  at 
a  lilt  tBordfft,  in  a  few  words,  or,  without  further  ado.  Hut  gals  to 
hegyn,  to  begin  on  this  wise,    ferre,  farther. 

I.  1763.  To  qa>it  clayia  all  qiitrelt,  to  forget  all  onr  quarrel s  :  to 
quit  elaym  is  to  renounce  claim,  gtceme,  close,  loving,  good :  see 
Glois.  and  note,  I.  1809. 

1.  1775.  teiUi  ^erto,  willing,  beartj  besides :  viille  occurs  again  in 
L  7713. 

I.  1778.  This  line  ia  almost  as  in  Piert  Floto.,  2.  154.  (Clarendon 
Press  Series.) 

1.  1790.  tome,  time  =  leisure  :  is  so  nsed  in  Pier*  Ploteman,  and  ia 
still  common. 

L  1802.  for  eld,  for  generations,  or  ages :  so  used  by  Wyntoon,  Bk 
2,  prol.  I.  6,  and  Bk  2.  9.  75. 

I.  1805.  redure  :  see  note,  I.  1736. 

I.  1809.  to  qieeme  qwit  of  all  other,  in  order  to  become  quits  in  all 
other  things,  or  that  you  may  be  freed  from  all  the  other  offencee. 

1.  1818.  kethjng,  scorn:  occurs  in  Mort.  Arlh.,  1.  1843:  Wallnce, 
Bk  5,  1.  739  :  Douglas's  Virgil,  p.  118,  1.  48. 

I.  1822.  untomly,  not  leisurely,  hurriedly,  withont  delay. 

I.  1829.  (Aaf  tyme,  at  that  time  :  a  very  common  phrase  in  Scotland. 

1.  1831.  arghly,  timidly,  with  reluctance  :  his  previous  experience 
certainly  gave  him  good  caose. 

I.  1837.  umblij,  should  be  tmnhly,  leisurely,  calmly:  fur  tomtly ; 
and  ia  another  indication  of  dictation. 

1.  1841.  at  be  lyite  olde,  a  descendant  of  her  ancient  monarcha,  or, 
aprapg  from  her  ancient  kings. 

I.  1849.  to  more  ^ea  yonrtelfe,  to  a  greater  than  yourself. 

1.  1851.  mate,  make  :  prop.  ^-  makes ;  but  here  it  is  2nd  pi.,  and  in 
I.  1402  it  is  2nd  sing. :  but  it  was  used  by  Scottish  writers  with  each 
of  the  pera.  prons.  and  in  both  numbers ;  and  vulgarly  it  is  so  used 
BtilL 

I.  1855.  marl,  marred,  injnred,  degraded:  or  it  may  be  for  mar- 
rowed  =  mated,  matched  with  yourself:  the  word  is  still  used  in  both 
meanings. 

I.  18G0.  a  elene  yre,  a  perfect  rage:  elate  ia  similarly  employed 
sUll,  as  in  ■  the  man  's  cUan  wud.' 

1.  16G3.  Be,  lir,  should  he  Ben,  (A«s,  being,  air. 

1.  1865.  ne  aeoyntamus  of  my  core  hat,  nor  has  any  personal  know- 
ledge of  me,  nor  has  ever  seen  me. 

1.  1889.  Compare  this  line  with  ifort.  Arth.,  H.  1465-6. 

I.  1894.  lo/e  should  be  lote. 


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1.  1900.  Lul  not  the  Ude,  boT7ed  not  to  the  m&n,  mftde  no  obeisance 
to  ttie  fellow  :  lut,  from  A.8.  hliilan,  to  bow. 

1.  1902.  Hade  bir  at  hi$  bakt,  biid  a  atroDg  fAvoarable  wind :  tliis 
plirose  is  verj  commoD  ia  Scotland,  and  IB  very  ezpressire.  Bir  is 
Dsed  in  variouH  seoBea  (see  Gloss.),  all  more  or  less  connected  with 
rapid  motion,  what  cauBes  it,  or  what  it  prodncea :  aa  !□,  'the  boat 
birred  thro'  the  water  j'  '  it  gaed  tliro'  wi'  a  birr; '  '  gie  your  etroke 
birr ,- '  '  he's  a  man  of  some  birr ; '  '  the  arrow  birs  thro'  the  air,  and 
wi'  a  loud  birr,  gied  him  a  birr  on  the  breast'  Somotimea  it  becomes 
'  bir!e,'  aa  '  a  birr  on  tlie  breast,  or,  a  birle  on  the  breast,'  aa  in  U.  1224, 
90G1.  Bir  IB  eaid  to  be  derived  from  A.S.  heran,  to  bear,  to  produce, 
to  caiTj,  to  excel  j  and  I  have  set  it  so  in  the  QIobb.,  bat  its  applica- 
tions by  the  old  Scottish  writers,  in  this  work,  and  at  the  present  time, 
connect  it  more  closely  wilb  lal.  byrg,  a  strong  wind,  a  tempest,  and 
Sn.  Qoth.  boer,  tlia  wind,  or  wilh  Id-Jioer,  lifo,  Tigonr.  See  Jamieeon's 
Diet  and  Sujjpi.  under  Beir,  Bir. 

1.  1919.  onryng  should  be  orryng,  an  error  for  ouFyng,  a  form  of 
onrayng,  ehrinkitig,  wincing:  prob.  from  A.S.  or-tmn,  hopeless.  In 
the  West  of  Scotland  ourne  is  still  used  meaning  to  hang  back,  to 
shrink  from,  to  be  dowie  and  sad  ;  and  oorie  meaning  cold,  chilly, 
shivering,  Bhrinkiog  :  see  Burns's  '  Winter  Night,'  stao.  3.,  For  other 
meanings  aitmragng,  see  IL  2203,  2540,  4TG7,  12711,  and  CrTiBB. 

1.  1920.  al  lad  wordtM,  in  plain  words :  at  ia  so  used  in  I.  IT57. 

I.  1928.  VI  qwcmei  nogkt,  in  no  way  entice  us,  do  not  at  all  concern 
us :  gweme,  from  A.S.  eweman,  to  please,  to  delight,  has  various  mean- 
ings in  this  work :  see  Olosa. 

1.  1939.  for  and  ^an  do,  for  if  you  do :  and  is  often  used  so  throagh- 
out  this  work. 

1.  1945.  Braid  vp  a  broda  »aiU,  hoisted  a  broad  aail :  compare 
various  meanings  of  braid  given  in  Glosa. 

L  1952.  mehjl  should  be  mrfyt. 

I.  19G1.  vnsell,  lit  misfortune,  mischance;  but  here  implies  that 
which  caused  the  misfortune,  viz.  ailliuess,  stupidity. 

I.  1976.  v>iih  auiteme  wordei,  on  account  of  (those)  angry  words : 
autteme,  stem,  severe,  from  L.  au»teru»,  or  A.S>  »l!/ra,  stern.  Tlia 
phrase  occurs  in  MorU  Arlh.,  i.  306. 

II.  1977-8.  fere  shoold  beferd;  and  next  line,  'i«i  the  tyrand  in 
hi»  tent,  hade  tumyl  hym  to  lie.' 

I.  1983.  The  passage  which  begins  here  is  a  fine  spectraea  of  oar 
poet'a  power.  Scenes  of  battle  and  tempest  are  his  delight,  especially 
the  latter;  and  again  and  again  he  seiEcs  on  what  in  the  original  is  ■ 
mere  statement  or  outline,  as  in  this  case,  and  elaborates  a  splendid 
scene.  Observe  too  on  every  aocb  occasion  the  marked  change  in  the 
language  and  measure :  he  seems  to  adopt  the  language  of  an  earlier 
period  that  he  might  liave  fuller  scope  and  freer  measure:  indtcating 
that  the  trammels  of  translation  were  irksome,  and  that  the  style  waa 
assumed  for  the  occasion.     Id  slioit,  when  working  at  the  atory  he 


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eraplojed  the  laogange  of  books  aod  the  etyie  of  a  fiiTOiirite  ADthor; 
and  wbeo  lie  bad  a  sketcb  to  fill  in,  be  laid  aside  tbe  Dictionaiy  and 
the  antiioT,  and  adopted  the  speech  and  stfte  of  tbe  educated  biglier 
classes.  For  examples  of  what  is  here  alluded  to,  compare  the  ordinary 
atoiy  with  passages  headed,  Tbe  Poet«,  A  Proaerbe,  A  Tempest  on 
^e  See,  Ac 

on  pe  lom*  htgh,  on  the  high  sea :  lit  on  )io  high  hills :  torra,  pL 
of  tor,  a  hill ;  no  douht  from  its  towering. 

1.  1984.  a  rot,  a  thick  mirt :  in  Horfolk  called  a  roi«.  The  word 
occurs  ia  Douglas's  Virgil  both  as  rak  aad  roik, — p.  203, 1.  26 ;  p.  74, 
L  12;  p.  432,  1.  19.     See  ruji,  1.  9652. 

1.  1986.  rotttand,  roariog,  rusbiog,  bellowing. 

L  1988.  a  leuenyng  light,  a  gleaming  or  flashing  light ; — at  a  low 
fyre,  like  that  of  a  blaziug  fire,  or,  as  of  a  flaming  fire. 

I.  1993.  ^al  no  load  hade,  that  was  not  on  tbe  land,  or,  that  was  on 
tbe  eea. 

1.  1905.  cltnt  hille,  rocky  or  precipitous  hill :  clijil  and  cliaty  are 
■till  oeed  in  the  Lotliians,  and  in  the  aama  sense  ;  cliniy  cleiott  occurs 
in  Doug.  Virg.,  p.  200,  1.  15  ;  and  clinlg  craigi,  in  Ramsay's  Poems. 

1.  1996.  dump,  rnah  down,  sink  :  dump  in  f«  depe  occurs  again  in  1. 
13289;  and  damp  into  helU,  in  L  10713:  dump  is  stilt  bo  used  in 
Scotland. 

1.  2002.  to  »fkf,  to  go  on  pilgrimage  to. 

1.  2003.  ^rappit,  contended,  strove,  battled :  from  A.S.  ^rtapian. 
Compare  I.  83G2  with  L  2152. 

1.  2026.  gayne-eome,  return, '  back-come.' 

1.  2031.  Ttkont  by  row,  reckoned  (recounted)  one  by  one,  or, 
related  teriatim. 

I.  2036.  /fre,  fear,  or  cause  to  be  afraid. 

1.  2046.  tcackon*  rp  icerre,  war  arises,  or  war  bursts  forth  ;  wakngi 
io«r  occurs  in  Wallace,  Bk  7,  1. 185. 

1.  2061.  leiirUl,  from  A.S.  tcrixlart,  to  change  ;  but  here  evidently 
to  cause  to  change,  to  overbear,  to  master. 

1.  2064.  to  myn  on,  to  recall  and  dwell  on,  to  brood  over:  tbe 
phrase  is  atill  common.     See  note,  1.  30. 

I.  2071.  to  hit,  to  come  true,  to  be  verified  :  hit  is  still  used  in  this 
sense  in  Scotland  :  for  other  meanings,  see  Gloss,  tat,  takes  :  of  the 
same  form  as  mnsf,  guis. 

II.  2080-1.  far  not,  needs  not,  baa  no  cause:  from  the  A.S.  pfarf, 
need,  cause.     Up,  alip,  stumble,  fall :    still  used  in  the  East  of  Scot- 

I.  2086.  dungen  to  dethe,  hurried  to  death,  worried  to  death,  killed  : 
a  common  phrase  still,  and  with  many  applications  :  see  1.  2135. 

I.  2089.  get  malir,  givest  cause  :  in  common  use  atill.  Note  the 
Tarioua  applications  of  matir  in  this  work ;  the  word  is  so  used 
throughout  tbe  Lowlands  of  Scotland,  mot^  da^  after,  for  many  a 
year  to  come :  note  the  abaenoe  of  the  prepos.  here,  and  often  through- 


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out  tbe  vork ;  tlie  idiom  is  very  common  still :  see  ia  1.  2340,  taony 
day  pott. 

1.  2I2G.  winton,  should  be  (ci'n(«ri», 

1.  2128.  no  fault,  no  want,  no  lack,  or,  lack  or  notbiog :  /aute  also 
means  fault,  offence,  as  in  1.  4350. 

I.  2140.  Siniilftrly  in  MorL  Arth.,  1.  298, 

"  Of  thia  grett  velany  I  aalle  be  vengede  ODe«." 

1.  2156.  ^ere  ynnel,  their  homea ;  generally  implies  temporarjr  place 
of  abode  ;  but  often  used  for  dwelling,  place  of  abode. 

1.  2159.  man,  begat :  for  other  meanings,  see  Gloss. 

1.  2178,  the  slaght,  the  slaughter  :  occurs  again  and  again  :  is  »lagh 
in  ).  13609.     The  word  is  still  used. 

1.  2203.  otimand,  sinking,  drooping  :  see  note,  1.  1919. 

1.  2217.  any  erdyng  in  erthe,  any  inhabitant  of  the  earth,  any  one 
on  earth,  euenyng  to  «»,  equal  to  us  (in  rank),  or,  really  our  match, — 
as  ID  the  commoD  expression,  '  dinna  strike  the  laddie  ;  he's  no  an 
eveniD'  to  you  : '  see  euyn,  equal,  just,  fair,  in  1.  2287. 

I.  2219.  pat  the  mytie  tholit,  tbat  endures  tbe  insult,  or  to  whom 
the  indignity  is  done. 

II.  2239-40.  our  gale,  our  conduct  or  plans,  tie  no  torfer  helyde  : 
compare  Mori.  Arlh.,  1.  356,  '  Hym  salle  torfere  bctyde;'  and  compare 
tbe  line  witb  Mart.  Arlh.,  1.  1956,  '  to  tene  ant)  toifer  for  ever.' 

1.  2247.  the  /er  eTid,  tbe  conclusion  :  see  note,  I.  95  ;  and  compare 
■witb  '  the  laxt  end'  of  1.  2254.  We  slill  speak  of  ^tke  fore  end,'  or 
beginning ;  '  Ike  Jar  eiuf,'  or  conclusion  ;  and  '  the  laal  end,'  or  result, 
outcome,  tbe  aller wards. 

I.  2261.  to  wUehe  you  u:ilh  ml:  see  note,  I.  4. 

1.  2286.  Or  all  to  myghl,  &c.  =  or  to  embitter  for  ever  all  who 
might  so  Tentnre  for  her. 

].  2293.  The  same  idea  in  almost  the  same  words  in  M,  A.,  1. 
1693. 

I.  2341.  leal,  left,  or  lent,  dwelling,  abiding, — as  in  I.  13857. 

].  2354.  hyra  one,  all  alone,  by  himself:   like  Scottish  'hi*  lane.' 

1.  2359.  /  XDill,  I  wandered  :  see  note,  1.  2369. 

1.  2363.  I  tynt  hym  belyue,  I  by-and-bye  lost  him,  or,  I  aeon  loat 
him :  tbe  expression  is  still  used. 

1.  2369.  teyll  of  my  gate,  lost  in  error  as  to  my  road,  wandered  :  bo 
in  I.  12S23,  toill  of  hia  vjotu;,  at  a  loss  for  a  borne,  all  homeless  :  Kill  or 
wyll  ia  astray,  or,  to  go  astray;  left  to  one's  own  will,  or,  to  follow 
one's  own  will,  hence,  to  wander,  to  be  in  want  of:  from  A,5.  tolld, 
following  one's  own  impulse  or  will,  hence,  wilder,  bewilder.  A  com- 
mon expression  in  Scotland  regarding  ooe  who  has  lost  bis  senses  is, 
'  he's  clean  wile,'  or  '  he's  clean  islll,'  or  '  he's  will  o'  wit'  Tbe  word  ia 
used  by  Wyntoun,  Barbour,  Blind  Harry,  Douglas,  and  Ramsay  :  see 
Jamieson's  Did.  for  illustrations.  Barbour  has,  in  The  Brace,  '  will  off 
tnane;  Bk  1, 1.  328,  and  Bk  6, 1.  525 ;  and  it  ocean  in  Blind  Hanj-'B 
Wallace,  Bk  6, 1.  182. 


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1.  2374.  ouer-Mld,  overepread,  covered ;  bo  in  Doaglas's  Virgil  p. 
169,  I.  45. 

I.  2-106.  Tkal  yefaiikfxtUy  thallfalU,  that  yon  shall  asHuredly  get : 
similarly  in  1.  8953, '  toho  ihuld  falle  iL'  Etotb  forms  are  used  by 
Burns,  "Pair /a'  your  honeat,  aonsio  face;"  and,  "Quid  faith,  he 
mauna  fa,'  that ! " 

II.  2437-8.  /  wackonet  un(A  fat,  thereupon  I  aioaJeed:  the  eipreasion 
is  still  common  in  Scotland  :  with  fat  =■  then,  afterwarda,  thereupoo, 
4o^  ia  very  common,  grippel  my  gayre,  seized  my  weapons ;  gayre, 
gere,  geire,  gooda,  property,  dress,  armour,  arms  (aee  Glosa.),  is  atill 
common :  it  occnrs  in  The  Brace,  Wallace,  and  Mort.  Arlh. ;  and 
Bonu  has,  among  other  examples, 

"£ut,  Davie,  tad,  ne'er  fash  your  head 

Tho'  we  hae  little  gear." — Epiitle  to  Davit. 
(6  my  gate  held,  and  held  on  my  way,  resamed  my  course  :  when  start- 
iog  on  a  course  or  journey,  it  is,  '  take  the  gale,'  as  ia  1.  2677  ;  and   ia 
■  Tarn  o'  Shauter,' 

"  And  folk  bE^  to  tak  the  gate." 

t.  2446.  faynhed,  gladneea :  observe  the  number  of  words  with  the 
termination  hoi,  hede  =  hood,  which  oor  anther  naes. 

1.  2462.  take  tent,  took  heed,  considered  :  still  used. 

1.2478.  tftenmei,  afterwards,  next  in  order:  in  I.  7424  we  have 
^reoBi. 

1.  2481.  warpet  thete  rcordee,  littered  these  words  r  io  toarp  v>ords, 
and  to  u>ai^  otU  viordi,  are  forma  used  both  io  this  work  and  in  Hforl. 
Arih.     See  11.  360,  2683,  and  Mort.  Arlfi.,  11.  9,  150;   also  note,  1,  1297. 

I.  2483.  you  blenke,  deceive  you ;  the  expression  ia  perhaps  founded 
on  the  effect  which  the  dazzling  of  the  snn  produces  on  a  person  looking 
at  anything  immediately  after  :  the  word  ia  atill  used  in  the  sense  '  to 
deceive.' 

1.  2512.  Seyit  furth,  fell  back,  withdrew  :  eeyit,  from  A.S.  *igan,  to 
fell,  to  incline,  to  sink  down,  to  drop  away  :  hence  the  various  mean- 
ings in  Gloss. ;  and  in  1.  6579  we  have,  '  eodenly  he  eeil  dona;  '  and  in 
L  7129,  '  |)ai  eeyn  to  ^e  yaUl.' 

1.  2536.  tkuld  be  graithe,  should  be  skilled,  sure,  or  certain :  grailhe, 
from  A.S.  geratdiaa,  to  make  ready,  teach,  instruct :  hence,  gerad, 
ready,  instructed,  learned,  skilled.  In  Piere  Plowman  we  6nd  ')i« 
graith  gate'  =  tho  direct  road  (Pas.  1, 1.  203 :  Claren.  Series). 

i.  2541.   oumet,  shrinks:  see  note,  1,  1919. 

I.  2549.  redy  to  rode,  ready  for  the  voyage  ;   see  oote,  I.  1045, 

I.  2672,   Shapyn  in  ihene  ger,  arrayed  in  bright  armour. 

II.  2608-12.  This  ia  very  like  what  Arthur  says  in  Mort.  Arth.,  IL 
144_16I. 

1,  2617.  pat  at  hngit  to  lenge  on,  that  which  is  bonnd  to  reet  on,  or, 
tbat  which  in  the  long  ran  must  rest  on,  or,  that  which  is  to  remain, 
for  long,  on  :  according  aa  '  at  longii '  means,  that  belongs,  or,  at  long 
is  =  in  the  long  run  ia,  for  long  is. 


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1.  2622.  A  praty  man  of  ptire  wit,  a  wortli;  man  at  the  higbeat 
knowledge ;  or,  a  spleudid  inan-of-geDias  :  a  pretty  man  meana  either  tt 
graceful,  dignified,  worth/  man,  or,  a  highlj  accompliahed  man.  "  We 
are  tliree  to  tlirae  :  if  ye  be  prittty  men,  draw !  "      (Scott's  Boh  Roy.') 

1.  2630.  nomtkovithe,  famous,  renowned  ;  occutb  id  Dougtaa's  Virgil, 
p.  163, 1.  21, 

"  The  wnnelanith  hous  quhilk  LabTriiithiia  bait," 
In  1.  2638,  name  leouthe  =:  came  well-known  or  faraoaa. 

1.  2635.  ye  mtm  $ure  fgnde,  you  must  (by-and-Uye)  find  true,  or,  yoa 
moat  Bseuredly  experience :  the  expreaaion  ia still  used:  mon  is  mtm  in 
II.  3477,  12720. 

I.  2&19.  ickeme,  aometimea  queme,  gaemt  (eee  Gloas.),  good,  tored. 
'1.  2674  atparyi  to  teetide,  tbat  Paris  should  eet  out,  or,  with  Paris 
fur  proposing  or  intending  to  aet  out :  this  idiom  is  well  known  in 
Scotland,  as  in  the  common  parental  monition,  "  I'm  no  pleased  at  yon 
to  gae  there,"  which  means,  I  am  displeased  that  jou  should  go  there, 
or,  I  am  diapleaaed  with  yon  for  puiposing  to  go  there.  Eowacer,  the 
first  rendering  aeema  to  be  the  one  intended,  for  next  line  tells  that  the 
people  '  a-igirmylhitfully' 

1.  2681.  mith  a  birre,  with  a  lond  cry  of  horror  and  dismay  :  the 
expreasion  ia  still  uaed  regarding  such  an  ontburst ;  so  in  Douglas's 
Virgil,  p.  116,  I.  11, 

"With  langaum  Toce  and  ane  lUl  ptetuous  bwe;  " 
and  in  '  Christ's  Eirk  of  the  Green,* 

"  Quhyn  thay  had  berit  lyk  baltit  bnllla." 

1.  2693.  on  sum  qmaint  teite,  in  some  strange,  unnaual,  or  long  out- 
of- mind  way. 

L  2717.  wond  in  hit  teeilt,  abode  in  its  grandenr,  lived  or  lasted  ia 
ita  glory. 

I.  2744.  on  (As  sAyw  miter:  in  MorU  ArlK,  1.  3600,  "  ouer  the 
Bcbyre  wstera." 

II.  2757-8.  the  grete,  the  request,  the  prayer  :  refers  to  the  command 
in  the  preceding  tines. 

And  »kope  hom,  ite. :  in  Hortt  Arlh.,  1.  3599, 

"  Aad  thane  he  schoupe  bym  to  chippe  It.  schownes  no  lengure." 

1.  2784.  Our  knighthode  to  kyike  tt  our  cleat  gtrmghl ;  similarly  in 
MorU  Arth.,  1.  1652, 

"Wille  kytheforhirkyngelufeorsfteapfaroiesT'' 

1.  2835.  pat  girdon  o  rtmme,  they  hold  away  from  it,  they  give  it  a 
wide  berth  :  aee  rmojoe  in  MorU  Arth.,  li.  1454,  3470. 

L  2837.  hada  Icamyng  of  olher,  had  knowledge  of  the  other  =  took 
any  notice  of  the  other,  or  paid  any  attention  to  tlie  other. 

1.  2852.  waited  vppoa  hor  wirda,  sought  oat  tbeir  fortunes,  i.  e.  went 
(to  the  temple)  to  inquire  what  was  their  fate  :  going  to  a  fortune- 
teller ia  BtilL  called  waiting  one')  wirdet.  for  wytmyng  of  godyt,  in 
order  to  secure  the  favour  of  tlie  goda  or  goddeaL 


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1.  2R77.  lolce  h»  ye  gate,  be  took  the  road :  see  note,  1.  2138. 

L  2939.  comoni/ng  in  company,  promiscaauB  miogling  when  in  tt 
compftDy,  or,  prouiiBcuouB  mingliog  in  company  :  eee  I,  2964. 

1.  2942,  erfea,  tenda,  turns,  eraytt,  earaeat  =  grief,  sorrow,  mia- 
cliief.     '  It's  foil  now :  'twiil  be  earnest  ere  long.' 

1.  2948.   la  wemen,  wonieD  of  lower  rSink. 

1.  2950.  thene,  seen,  or,  shown  :  according  m  A  ia  or  is  not  an 
alliterative  license. 

1.  29G5.  otter  all,  above  all.  ^ere  oneety,  their  good  name,  their 
reputation  :  stiH  used,     altell  to  taite,  strive  to  preserve. 

1.  29GS.  Halyt,  hauled  :  as  in  the  eKpresBion,  '  the  boat  bauled 
ashore.'  harlii  icilh  ropes,  dragged  bj  ropes  :  there  are  two  forme  of 
this  verb  used  hy  our  author,  and  still  common  in  Scotland,  harl,  hurl 
(see  Gloss.),  to  drag,  to  pull,  to  drag  along  the  ground,  to  move 
rapidly  in  any  direction. 

L  29TD.  Shall  not  iniofame,  Bhonld  be,  '  Fall  not  into  fame,'  aa  the 
alliteration  requires. 

1.  3025.  the  prottd/all,  the  front  hair  which  falls  or  is  folded  over 
the  ears. 

1.  3028.  Quilter  to  qweme,  whiter  in  comparison :  qaeme,  from  A.S. 
gecacman,  to  coine  opportunely,  to  pleaas,  to  fit ;  gecweme,  pleasing, 
acceptable,  fit :  hence  tlis  idea  of  comparison.  The  orthography  of  this 
line  forms  another  proof  that  the  scribe,  at  least  occasionally,  wrote  from 
dictation  :  compare  with  1.  30o5. 

L  3029.  nou^er  Ij/na  ne  lerket,  neither  lines  nor  wrinkles :  this  ex- 
pression is  still  used  as  here,  and  Allan  Uamsay  has, 
"^Some  loo  the  courts,  some  loo  the  kiik, 
Some  loo  to  keep  their  skin  fne  lirkei." 

I.  3030.  brmca/ull  brent,  brow  very  full  and  smooth:  as  in  'John 
Anderson  My  Jo,' 

"  Your  locks  were  like  the  raven. 
Tour  bODDJe  brow  was  brent." 

1.  3034.  brent  gald,  burned  gold  ^  refined  gold  ;  hrtnl  is  SO  used 
in  the  ScoU  Acl»  aiient  the  coinage,  reign  of  James  III- 

L  31)35.    wnlLfiill  onett,  extremely  beautiful ;    7  Well  fall     eu^n, 

1.  3055.  AUe  qicijle,  itc.  ^  as  white  and  evenly  as  any  whale-bone, 
i.  e.  ivory :  much  of  tlie  ivory  in  common  use  was  gc>t  from  the  tusks 
of  the  walrus :  hence  the  mistake  as  to  its  being  whale-bone.     Dunbar, 

in  '  None  may  assure  in  this  WsrK!,'  has, 

"  Toun|;ia  now  ar  maid  oi  qubyte  quhaill  bone. 
And  bairtis  are  maid  of  liird  flyut  atone." 
I.  307G.  (M  a  nepe  lehitt,  as  wliito  as  a  turnip  :  nepe  is  still  used  in 
conntiy  districts  of  Scotland.     A.S.  narjie. 

1.  3077.  The  brede  of  hir  brett,  tlie  surface  of  ber  breast,  her  whole 
bOBom  :  similorly,  "  he  fell  on  the  brade  o'  his  back." 

1.  3078.  pluUide  a  Utull,  slightly  piinpled,  i,  e.  covered  with  minnt« 


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496  MOTsa. 

poiDta,  HS  aach  ekia  ia  when  heaJthj :  io  I.  3837  we  have  placeid :  both 
fbnm  ATS  Htill  used ;  but  plaeeid  geaenllj  impliea  larger  pimples,  such 
M  are  seen  oa  tbe  face  of  grosi-Iiviug  persona. 

I.  3094.  >»  Orange,  full  busily;  so  still,  as  in  'You're  working 
aira'yu'  throng  there,'  or  iu,  '  I  sit  here^/iill  thrang  doin'  nactbing.' 

1.  3121.  Ayther  vnio  ofier,  each  to  the  other :  so  again  in  L  3310 : 
ID  Moru  Arlh.,  1.  939,  we  have, '  aylhyre  ajler  other.' 

I.  3123.  fetloned  fere  /orteard,  sealed  their  promise,  pledged  each 
other:  in  Pieri  Plowman,  Pas.  2,  1.  123,  '}ow  haat/<u(  hire  to  fals,' 
in  Tlie  Brace,  Bk  14,  1.  643,  'maid  fatnyng  of  freudschip;'  and  in 
WTntonn,  Bk  9,  ch.  25,  11.  61-4,  '  trewia  wes  takjn  aud  ferinly/Mfnyf.' 

L  3163.  and  a  gai  quikens,  a  gay  qnoen,  or,  a  epleudid  lady : 
qiehene,  a  qaeen,  or,  a  joung  or  dashing  lady :  the  phrase  is  still  used, 
as  '  she's  a  gay  queen,'  meaning,  one  who  ia  showy  in  person  or  in 
dress.     See  '  gay  ladyt,'  \.  3202. 

II.  3171-2.  rod  =  radly.  fairer,  better.  a.nd  uyefer  togU,  although 
we  should  search  far :  far  ■=  far,  far  and  near,  to  the  farthest :  the  ex- 
pression is  still  used  in  this  sense. 

1,  3220.  hraid,  rushed,  bright  gere,  bright  weapons:  see  note,  1. 
243S.  bulbil  homfvrthe,  got  ready  and  set  out :  for  various  meoniDga 
of  bulk,  see  Gloss. 

1.  3222.  byd,  famous,  noble :  a  favourite  word  of  oar  aathor,  occara 
again  and  again  both  in  this  work  and  in  the  Iforle  Arlh. 

I.  3243.  ylhet,  wavsa.  eogga,  boat&  Both  words  occnr  in  Iforls 
Arlhttre ;  and  cog  and  coggU  are  still  used  in  Scotland  as  names  of 
small  boats  :  also  coggly  ^  unsteady. 

1.  3279.  fuM  benummet,  thus  (she)  bewailed,  no  mgite  take,  took  no 
food :  meat  is  the  word  most  used  in  Scotland  for  food,  sometimes  too 
for  meal,  rq>ast,  as  in  II.  2556,  7843. 

I.  3296.  n«  AopM  bou  not,  do  you  not  sa[^>oae,  or,  do  yon  not  believe  : 
hope  is  Btill  used  in  this  sense,  as  in, '  Tm  trying  to  hope  he's  a'  Bsfe.' 

1.  3330.  all  hoT  lenndee,  all  their  awards,  all  they  ore  pleased  to 
send  ;  a  present  is  sorQetimes  called  a  tend. 

1.  3332.  full  Uell,  full  steadfast,  tme-bearted  :  leel  is  still  nsed  aa  a 
term  of  endearment,  as  in,  '  my  leel  guidman,'  and, 
"  It's  a'  to  pleasure  our  guidmau. 
For  be'a  baith  leal  and  true." 
It  is  also  need  in  the  eenee  of  honest,  upright,  faithful,  aa  in  '  Trath 
bides  in  a  leal  heart ; '  and  in  1.  12712,  '  a  lede  ])at  he  leell  trist '  ^  a 
man  tliat  he  trusted  was  honest 

1.  3372.  an  euenyng  to  me,  had  or  held  equal  rank  vrith  me ;  euea- 
yng,  equality. 

L  3404.  At  qtoeiMtfor  a  quiene,  as  was  becoming  for  a  queen,  or,  as 
suited  the  rank  of  a  qneen.  qtpairUly,  gorgeously,  beyoud  what  waa 
usual  in  beauty  or  grandeur :  qinaint,  from  O.Fr.  eoinU,  elegant. 

1.  3422. '  taitand  tomly  o  fere  toay,  liL  taking  leisurely  their  way, 
moving  slowly  along. 


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1.  34rj6.  lyu;,8,  lively,  all  alive:  =  on  bjue,  and  bo  used  id  1.  13513, 
hnl/C'l^urs,  lialf-uiive,  or  as  now,  half  dtad :  however,  it  may  aleo  be 
reDdoruJ,  lliey  Vrn  (ooulinue). 

1.  ii4«7.  you  bfs'.for  to  ae,  you  are  doomed  to  see :  the  expression  ie 
still  usud  ia  tliia  seuee. 

1.  ^401.  gi-cti/ng,  weepiog,  vailiDg :  still  used.  In  1.  8677  it  is  grete, 
which  is  also  used,  gremy  perhaps  should  bo  gremf,  bitterness,  anger, 
rage,  aa  in  Wm.  and  Werwulf,  where  Sir  F.  Madden  refers  it  to  O.N. 
griiul.  The  word  occurs  ia  11.  1720,  4754 ;  and  certuiuly  in  I.  1720 
greiii^  suits  the  measure  butter. 

I.  3623.   teghil  her  in  ijma,  bound  her  in  irons. 

II.  3538-4'i.  This  passage  is  soruewhat  confused.  Perhaps  tlie  lines 
have  been  displaced :  if  go,  I.  3541  should  be  set  between  II.  353S-9  as 
a  parenthesis. 

11.  3u50-l.   Compare  Morle  Artkure,  11.  715-16, 
"And  then  cho  swouaes  fulle  ewythe  when  he  hys>swerde  oschede 
TnjB  in  a  ewonnyng,  swelte  as  cba  walde." 
where  twijt  is  an  error  for  tieji,  which  the  alliteration  demands,  and 
which   occurs  two  or  three  times  in  Aforie  Arth.:  then  the  line  cor- 
responds with  1.  9454  of  this  work, 

"  Sweyt  ioto  swym,  as  he  swelt  wold." 
It  is  interesting  to  compare  the  various  settings  of  this  picture  as  given 
in  Uiis  work  and  in  the  AlarU  Arthure;  and  to  note  how  the  different 
attitudes  are  suKRested  or  represented.  See  11.  5753,  8046,  8704-6, 
9454,  103U5-6,  10500-7;  and  J/or(«  Arth.,  II.  715-16,  1406-7,  2960-1, 
2982,  3069,  4240,  4272-3  :  as  has  been  observed  before,  the  touches  in 
the  if.  Artli,  toll  thut  the  hand  hsa  become  firmer. 

1.3640.  taius,  salutations,  greetings:  »ahi»  occurs  as  a  vb.  in 
Wallact,  Bk  6,  ].  131, 

"  He  salust  (halm,  as  It  war  bot  in  scorn." 
I.  3056.    ilke-a-deh,   every   part,    every   particular :    is   still   used : 
from    A.S.   aclr-,   each ;    and   dad,   a   part,   a  portion ;    hence   degree, 
quantity,  amount,  as   in   Chaucer,   '  she  was  sumdele  deaf   (TFi/e  of 
Bath)  ;   and  in  Barbour,  Bk  I,  11.  383,  393. 

1.  3088.  Compare  the  passage  wliiclr  bsgiaa  here  with  the  similar 
OQCS  in  pp.  65,  150-1,  314  ;  and  note  the  striking  examples  of  ononiato- 
pmia  which  occur,  especially  in  this  case  in  11.  3691 — 3700. 

I.  3603,  Topaiid,  quick  or  fast  beating,  hence  (according  as  the 
motion,  the  sound,  or  the  effect,  is  made  prominent),  rushing,  roaring, 
crasliing  ;  in  1.  1986,  a  roulond  raijn.  Rapping  rain,  rain  rapping  down, 
are  eipressions  still  in  use,  and  in  all  the  senses  given  above :  in 
Douglas's  Virgil,  p.  143,  I.  12,  we  have, 

"  Als  fast  as  rtyaf  schoure  rappit  on  the  thak  ; " 
And  in  Boss's  Ilelenore  it  occurs  in  the  sense  oi  paltering,  gushing, 
"  Now,  by  this  time  the  tears  were  rapping  down 
Upon  her  milk-white  breast,  aneth  her  gown." 


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408  KOTES. 

Id  8a.  Ootll.  ntjf),  to  msh  lieadloag ;  &.S.  hrep^a,  to  ciy,  fo  aLont,  to 
■creMD ;  Moao-Goth.  kroj^tn,  to  call  out,  to  C17  out. 

L  3G37.  fe  bre,  the  water :  atill  need,  and  applied  ta  any  liquid  Ja 
commcKi  Dae,  aa  in  *  Willie  brew'd  a  peck  o'  maut.' 

*"  Tbe  cock  may  craw,  the  day  maj  daw 
And  a3-e  we'll  Unte  tbe  tatlej-bre." 
Aiao  in  'Tbe  Barria'  «'  tbe  door,* 

"  Wad  je  kis*  mj  wife  Ivfore  mj  tace^ 
And  Ecaud  me  wi'  pudJia'  bret  O !  " 

I,  STOO.  fore,  fared;  hence, /ore  at  a/i/re  ^  glowed,  Mazed. 

1.  371  >3.  ear/et  lo-galur,  cauglit,  warped  (tbrough  shaking  and  sbill- 
iag  among  each  otber) :  the  pliraae  is  gtill  used  for  ropes  in  that  state ; 
and  cage,  or  cadge,  is  common  in  tbe  aense  of  to  thale,  lo  lot*. 

I.  3746.  tn'U  at  a  lion .-  in  1.  3810,  Kode  at  a  l^on :  in  I.  &405,  teade 
at  a  aild  Igim  :  in  i.  6523,  vrodt  at  a  uild  bort;  and  in  Jlorte  Arth^  I. 
3437,  icodt  aOt  a  rcylde  bnU.     See  note,  I.  6523. 

].  3758.  a  tlreught  loke,  or  a  tlrengkt  loke,  =.  a  Btreight  (steady, 
staring)  look,  or  a  strong  (clear,  searching)  gaze. 

].  3772.  gle^U  a  lilUl,  squinted  a  little.  The  eipreedooa  in  tbia 
line  are  eiadlj  gnch  as  would  still  be  used.  It  is  noted  of  Achilles, 
.Xneas,  and  Caaaandra,  that  thej'  were  '  jltyit  a  Utiil:'  see  IL  39J3, 
S'JDS. 

1.  3793.  no  mate,  no  match  :  from  A.S.  maca,  a  mate,  a  husband  ; 
hence,  s  compaDion,  an  equal :  the  word  occurs  in  '  Tbe  King's  Quair,' 
Can.  2,  Bts.  39  and  45 ;  and  in  '  Tbe  Cberrie  and  Slae '  it  is  magocb. 
wordy e  should  be  tcordij*. 

1.  3802.  mlell  of  kit  troulh*,  unraitbful  in  promiae. 

I.  3A25.  iljilid,  stuttered  :  ttol,  iloU,  ttul,  and  tiulUr,  are  still  used 
in  Scotland  lo  expreaa  stumbling  either  in  speech  or  walk  :  ttoil,  how- 
ever, is  niuallj  expressive  of  staggering,  reeling  :  in  1.  3881  it  is  ttotid. 

1.  38:i8.  placcid,  pimpled ;  see  note,  1.  3078. 

I.  3842.  pretil  after  teruyt,  looked  sharplj  out  for  his  aervice 
(allowance  of  food  at  meals),  was  greedy  at  meals. 

1,  3895.  wieat  neurr,  never  sweated,  i.  e.  perspired  through  fear:  the 
expresaion  is  still  used,  and  means,  as  here,  '  was  never  afraid.' 

1.  3911,   The  loafro  Jje  tother,  the  one  from  tbe  other. 

L  3956.  faffwe  should  be  fatture,  colour  of  the  hair,  complexion  : 
AS.faex,  hair  of  the  bead  :  allied  to  which  is  fatte,  a  taaael,  A.S./ii«, 
ft  binge. 

I.  4062.  aai  on,  was  one  :  Scot  ajie. 

1,  4097.  od  thippes,  great  ships,  ships  of  the  largest  class :  od,  at 
odd,  is  a  law  term  in  Scotland  applied  to  the  nmpire  in  a  case ;  and 
from  this  usage  comes  the  one  here  (chief,  greatest).  Od  thippa,  bigg» 
thippet,  and  bargr.i,  seem  lo  be  different  nsmee  for  the  largest  vessels 
then  known.     See  od  in  I.  4165. 

1.  4137.   Naidus  ton  the  grcte,  son  of  Nawlns  the  Great. 

L  4138.  graidlij  =  graithly,  readily,  properly,  in  due  time. 


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1.  4176.  ahu  or  olate:  Ihronghout  llie  MS.  this  prefix  ie  veiy  bard 
to  deteriiiine,  owing  to  tbe  cramp  style  or  wriliDg. 

1.  4185.  Compare  Mort.  Arlh.,  I  298. 

1.  4212.  eght  =  aglU,  from  A.S.  agan,  to  own,  to  poseeas. 

1.  4274.  aj^llui  daughter,  Apollo's  daughter :  in  all  Tectonic 
languages  the  tun  is  feminiDo,  e.g.  A.S.  tuiata;  bnt  in  ].  4370,  our 
author  cootradicts  Limself  regarding  the  edood. 

1.  4301.  myrau,  ia  L  4312,  myrlild,  crniiibled  :  mirlt,  or  murle,  a 
contracted  form  of  tliia  vord  is  still  common  in  Scotland,  as  in,  '  tbe 
wa!)  is  mirlin'  down  : '   also  mirlia,  and  moolin,  a  crumb,  a  small  portion. 

).  4312.  This  is  perhaps  tbe  shortest  complete  line  possible  in  this 
alliterative  measure.  Noto  also,  llie  rime  letter  is  a  vowel  :  example* 
of  tliis  kind  are  plentiful  in  this  work,  and  in  tbe  Morte  Arth.  thej  are 


I.  433G.  berynei,  burial  :  ocean  in  Barbour's  Brve«,  Bk  3,  I.  5C2, 
'  And  syne  wea  broucht  till  beiynes ; '  also  in  Wallace,  Bk  4,  1.  498. 

II.  4379-80.  aykewardUj,  awkwardly,  stupidly.  Note  the  use  of  y 
here,  and  ofton  throughout  the  work,  for  v>:  indicating  that  tbe  US. 
had  been  copied,  or  dictated,  or  both,  from  an  older  MS.  in  which  the 
Baxon  w  was  used. 

on  kim,  i.  e,  Minerva :  gender  not  very  strictly  defined,  nor  perhaps 
definable  as  regards  the  '  maumeat.' 

11.4395 — 4421.  This  passage  agraos  with  one  in  Pitrt  Pknoman 
(A),  p.  12. 

hii  itte  h4  tnold  make  full  noble  in  ^  Korih :  compare  with  '  ponani 
pedem  in  aquilone,'  in  Fieri  Plow.  ;  and  see  an  iateresting  article  in 
Notes  and  Queriet,  3rd  Series,  vol.  XII,  p.  110. 

1.  4439.  viarloghe,  a  monster ;  is  used  as  an  adj.  in  1.  6425 ;  as  also 
in  '  The  Evergreen,' 

"  A  bytand  ballat  on  narle  wives, 
That  gar  thsir  men  live  pinging  lives  " ; 
and  in  Hogg's '  Witch  of  File,' 

"The  warlock  men  and  the  weird  wemyn 
And  tbe  fayee  of  the  wood  and  the  steep." 
1.  4500.  yaa-gatit,  in  this  manner:  a  more  common  form  is  ^ut-gate. 
1.  4541.  beldid  were  ^en,  enconraged,  strengthened  :  held,  is  to  pro* 
tect,  to  cover  ;  then,  to  support,  or  anything  that  will  tend  to  support, 
or  csrry  forward.     In  1.  5864,  it  is  used  in  the  sense  of '  to  rest  in  order 
io  recover  strength,'  or,  '  to  shelter : '  the  word  is  nsod  by  the  earlier 
Scottish  poela  both  as  a  noun  and  as  a  vb. 

1.  4589.  pulliiliet,  revolved,  circled :  in  Scotland  a  pulley  is  still 
called  '  a  puUithee  ; '  and  Ramsay  has, 

"  —  wedges  rive  the  sik !  and  pttlUieei 
Can  lift  on  highest  roofs  tbe  greatest  trees." 
1.  4G05.  hat,  imperat.  pi,  of  have,  bnt  still  used  as  here  =  take. 
cast,  throw,  and   pronounced  '  haeie.'     Thus  Wyntoun,  Bk  9,  ch,  8,  1, 
127,  '  Eawyt  ormys  hastily,'  and  Barbonr  has, 


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higkti,  imperat  pi.  oF  hie,  but  atill  aiied,  like  iai,  id  diCTereDt  senses : 
here,  ^=  haste  je,  or  hoist  yo  :  in  I.  4608,  =:  drive  od,  hurry  on. 

1.  4622.  Sade  bir  at  hor  bake,  had  a  favourable  wind  :  nee  Dole 
on  1.  1902. 

I.  4648.  Emperour,  commander,  captain.  TNia  is  a  teat-word  for 
the  aulhonhip  of  this  work  :  tiie  word  is  uncommon  in  the  sense  here 
used,  although  it  is  clearly  the  most  literal :  L.  imperalor,  a  commander. 
It  is  so  uaed'  in  the  Sfor'u  Arlk.,  1!.  307,  1326,  1957,  2291,  &c.,  and  is 
the  very  word  upon  which  Wyntouri  expatiates,  Siud  excuses  Hucbowa 
for  using,  becaoae  it  is  used  in  this  sense.  The  Morte  Arthvre  cor- 
responda  exactly  with  the  description  WyotonD  gives  of  Hncbown'e 
Getl  HytloryaU  cf  Arlhure;  it  uses  the  word  Emperour  as  explained 
by  him ;  and  tliis  work  has  every  indication  of  baTing  been  composed 
by  the  same  author,  so  far  as  words,  phraaea,  peculiar  expressioua  and 
modes  of  expresaion  enable  us  to  judge ;  and  here,  and  at  leaat  &ve 
times  else,  occurs  the  word  Emperour  naed  in  the  same  way.  For  the 
other  instances  of  ita  uae,  aee  Gloss. 

1.  4743.  Wha/ypel  in  v>harUa,  laahed,  drove,  ahot  in  quarrels,  tehap 
in  still  uaed  to  express  rapid  motion  or  action ;  alao,  viap,  which  occurs 
as  a  noun  in  1.  6405,  and  as  a  vh.  in  I.  72'J7.  Ohaerve  the  interchange 
of  wA  and  ju  in  toharlet  =  quarrels :  as  before  in  wheme  =  qveine, 
&c,  and  DOW  in  wheilit  =^  quellit :  in  country  districts  of  Scotland  it  ia 
still  common. 

1.  4773.  bare  a$  a  hatt,  as  bare  as  a  mat.  lu  the  Rom.  of  Alexander 
the  Edit  renders  '  a  hasl,'  the  stem  of  a  linden  tree  :  more  probably  it 
ebould  be,  the  mat  made  of  the  inner  bark  of  the  linden,  which  ia  much 
used  by  gardenera,  &c,  for  packing,  and  certainly  is  as  bare  and 
smooth  aa  poaaihle.  The  phrase,  bare  as  a  baal,  is  atill  common,  &nd 
nsed  in  the  same  sense  aa  here. 

1.  4776.  duaiktt  into  the  diche,  tumbled  into  the  ditch :  duah,  to 
push,  to  drive,  to  overturn,  ia  atill  used-  diche,  pron,  ditch  or  dike 
(see  QIoBs.),  ia  atill  common  ;   for- examples,  see  Jamieson's  Diet. 

1.  4787.  taent/e,  company  :  see  note,  1.  37. 

I.  4795.   bove  should  he  bone. 

II.  4849-50.  ieicU,  loyalty ;  here  used  in  the  sense  of  humililg.  The 
reference  here  seems  to  be  to  the  story  of  Nebuchadnezzar.  Micah  vi. 
8,  and  Dan.  xii.  3.  fylgug  of  pride,  humbling  it  to  the  dust :  fyU,  to 
defile,  is  still  common. 

I.  4>^57.  ertid,  heartened,  strengthened. 

I.  4871.  tofiUom,  to  further  :  lit.  to  fill  or  fulfil :  for  different  forma 
of  this  word,  see  Gloss.  It  occurs  in  MorU  Arih.,  li.  881,  1975 ;  and  in 
the  West  of  Scotlaud^/«e,^^A,/t(^,/uZiA,  are  used  in  the  same  sense  j 
and  when  a  sack  is  well  filled  it  is  said  to  befiUhed  up,  or,JU*hed  fa'. 

I.  4951.  Lightyn  at  the  low,  alighted  at  the  portal  or  lodge :  the  lorn 


Korea.  501 

(A.S.  lifk,  a  place,  a  stead),  may  t>e,  as  it  still  is,  the  lodge,  or  tlie  lodgo 
g  ito,  of  a  geDtleuiaa's  scat ;  hence,  wiiete  there  is  no  such  lodge,  the 
uiitrance  might  be  so  called. 

I.  1973.  A'uf/l,  wliita  :  probably  spelled  qwite  or  gteil  in  the  MS,  from 
which  tliis  one  was  copied  and  dictutud.  Most  probably  it  was  qicit,  aa 
in  I.  8522,  whicli  occurs  in  a  pnrlioii  of  the  MS.  which  is  in  the  copj'iog 
hand ;  and  the  scribe,  unt  sure  of  the  word  by  its  sound,  had  it  spelled 
to  him,  and  confouiideil  the  qiei  with  kui/.  There  are  many  such  iudi- 
caliona  througiiout  tlie  MS. 

II.  4990-1.  ^=  And — one  enemy  to  another — naught  beseemB  it, 
saluting  or  courteous  speech  with  bared  head  :  i.  e.  enemies  du  not 
salute  and  take  off  their  hats. 

11.  6001-2.  hit  doghia  the  belhir,  lit  it  thrives  the  better  =  so  much 
the  better  (for  you).     >€l  noght,  regard  not,  or,  set  at  nought. 

Dogh  :=  duw,  is  still  common  both  in  Scotland  and  ths  North  of 
Euglaiid,  and  is  used  in  different  senses :  Irom  A.S.  dagan,  to  profit, 
to  avail. 

I.  6U48.  wetherans,  mortal  enemies :  from  A.S.  uK'Serwtnna,  an 
adversary  iu  battle  or  combat;  and  hence  the  word  suggests  all  Uie 
ideas  of  liate  and  revenge  connected  witb  enmity. 

I.  5U71.  full  take  eUould  hefalU-wke  =  fuol's-wise,  like  a  fool. 

I.  5U75.  llym  of  hor  bralhe,  ceaso  of  tbeir  wrath  :   blyia  should  be 
lli/ne,  ttmo  A.S.  btinaaa,  to  rest,  to  cease.      Iu  Jtlorte  Arlh.,  1.  1931, 
"  That  I  sulde  blt/iu  fore  theire  boste." 

1.  5106.  Insert  [me]  between  dente  and  to, 

1.5132.  aagnet,  lightened,  lessened,  cur1>ed :  leayne,  from  A.S. 
gnimenan,  to  turn,  hence,  to  lift  up  (as  iu  I.  G7f>)  ;  or,  from  wanian,  to 
diminish,  to  lessen. 

I.  5186.  b>  tiall,  to  satisfy  :  is  still  used,  both  in  this  sense,  and,  to 
surfeit :  thus  Burns,  in  his  '  Address  to  a  Uaggis,'  lias, 

"In  there  that  o'er  his  French  ragout. 
Or  olio  that  wad  itatv  a  tour," 
1.5199.  .ffuif,  quiet  =  quietness  ;  another  mark  of  dictation. 

II.  5231-91.  Compare  this  baltle-sceiie  with  any  of  those  in  the 
ifnrU  Arlh.,  but  specially  witli  the  one  aller  the  defeat  of  Modred's 
fleet ;  the  reader  will  thus  get  an  idea  of  the  autlior's  mode  of  viewing 
such  a  scene.      Some  of  the  most  striking  similarities  are  given  below. 

1.  5212.  MoTte  Arlh.,  I.  2143. 
1.  6249.  Itorle  Arth.,  1.  1813: 

"  tichotta  thorowe  the  Kcbiltrouna  &  scheuerede  launces." 

I.  6250.  J/orie  Arlh.,  1.  3024  : 

''  JIany  dowghly  es  dede  be  dj'nt  of  hig  hondes." 

II.  5254-6.   Morle  Arlh.,  2228-9,  2911-2. 

I.  5284.  touayi,  seeks,  rushes,  vibrates:  see  note,  1,  495. 
1.  5285.   MotU  Arlh.,  1.  2178  ; 

"  That  he  was  dcde  of  f-e  dynte  &  done  ovrtri  or  lyfe." 


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502  KOTaa. 

].  5414.  fullhe,  plenty,  abuodance  :  tbe  word  ia  still  aaed,  and  pro- 
nounced both  fulthe  auAfoulh,  as  ia  Bunts,  '  On  the  late  Capt  Qrose,' 
"  He  has  t/outh  o'  auld  nick-nacksts." 

1.  6437.  Compare  Morte  Arlh.,  1.317.  '  be  laW  otxate  in  this  work, 
1.  2740;  and.  '  llirijiif  in  armei'  in  1.  5450. 

I.  5553.  martrid,  mangled,  tortured  :  like  Fr.  marti/riier, 

1.  5587,  ^  Or  to  get  to  the  walls,  (wbicb  were)  watched,  as  they 
tliougbt. 

1.  5638.  icyfmr/t  should  be  wyn  yt 

1,  6728.  613  bowe*  of  brake,  great  cross-bows.  There  are  three 
different  explanations  of  the  term  boatt  of  brake,  whicii  or  course  de- 
pend on  the  moaniog  of  the  word  braht,  1.  Buwa  with  a  brake,  i.  e. 
witli  an  instruinent  for  breaking  the  tension  of  the  bow,  or  for  making 
the  arrow  break  away  from  it.  In  support  of  tliis  explanatioo,  allU' 
aion  is  made  to  the  flaxdreseer's  brake,  and  the  farmer's  brake-barrow 
for  clayey  soil.  2.  That  the  brake  was  the  crank  or  handle  which  tlia 
soldier  worked  wlien  using  the  bow.  In  support  of  this,  allusion  is 
made  to  the  brake,  i.  e.  tlie  handle  or  lever  of  a  ship's  pump  :  but  there 
are  breaks  wliere  there  is  no  handle  at  ail,  as  brakes  for  wheels,  &c. 
3.  That  bovi»  of  brake  were  bows  for  breaohing;  just  as  a  war-ship  ia 
called  a  man-of-war,  or  a  ship-of-war.  In  support  of  this  it  is  said  that 
cross-bows  were  first  used  for  that  purpose,  and  that  it  was  long  after 
their  use  as  breaching  engines,  before  they  ware  used  as  hand  weapons  ; 
and  tliat  when  they  were  adapted  to  band  use  they  still  retained  their 
old  uame.  From  a  review  of  these  explanations  the  question  comes  to 
be,  were  they  so  called  fron)  the  machius  with  which  thoy  were  pro- 
vided, or  from  the  use  to  which  they  were  first  applied.  (See  Wedg- 
wood's Etymot.  Dust.,  and  Boutell's  Armt  and  Armour.) 

\.  5732.  ihout  should  be  thrmt,  shrunk,  withdrew. 

1.  6810.  Compare  with  Morte  Arlh.,  I.  3831. 

1.  5932.  MotU  Arth.,  I.  1796  ; 

"Wroght  wajes  full  wyde  &  wounded  knyghtles." 

I.  6939.  MorU  Arlh.,  1.  2975  : 

"  Slejghlj  m  at  the  slotte  alytles  hyme  thorowe." 
Compare  also  II.  6936-40  with  Morte  Arlh.,  II.  2252-4. 

I.  599S.  mony  warchond  wound,  many  painful  wounds  :  tlio  phrase 
occurs  in  Wallace,  Bk  3,  1.  204  :  warchnnd,  from  A.S.  \oaerc,  pain. 

II.  6037-8.  heccyn,  blaze ;  bdk  is  generally  transitive,  but  hero 
tiputer.  lendlii,  resinous  splints  used  iu  early  times  as  candles  were 
alterwards  :  from  A.S.  tendan  or  tyndan,  to  set  on  lire. 

11.6051.  qwittlit,Teeii  instniments,aB  the  shepherd's  pipe, the  clarionet, 
&C    qioei,  fifes,    other  qicaint  gere,  other  instruments  of  the  oldon  tima. 

1.  6063,  felout  should  be  fehn»,  fierce,  cruel,  infuriated  ones  ;  from 
k.S.fdU,  fierce,  fell;  ^i. felon, fdloa.  The  word  occurs  often  in  Th* 
Brute,  as  au  adj. ;  in  Wallace,  Bk  6,  1.  292 ;  in  Douglas's  Virgil,  p. 
118,  1.  44;  and  in  Golag.  and  Gaicane,  1.  670. 


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1,  6127.  mtwj/ly  should  be  mit^sfy. 

I.  6133.  Uut  ahoald  be  tow,  lend,  grant ;  from  A.S.  Ian,  a  loao. 
1.  6176.  The  vb.  hale  (A.a  hliitan)  ib  used  both  with  and  without 
Ihc prep,  to  following:  hers,  and  in  II.  6213,  62o5,  without  it;  bnt  in 

I.  62al,  with  it. 

I.  6180.  takfil,  weapons,  hows  and  arrowa  :  sometimes  means  an 
arrow,  as  in  Doug.  Virg.,  p.  300,  I.  20  ;  '  CliriBt's  Kirk,'  st.  10  j  Clian- 
ccr's  Cant.  Tales,  Prol.,  1.  106.  The  word  is  still  Qsed  in  Scotland  in 
the  acnso  of  arms,  inatruments ;  and  ia  common  among  workmen  when 
speaking  of  the  toola  with  which  they  work. 

L  6256.  fer,  contr.  for/erre,  further, 

1.  6258.  ilert  vpon  ttray,  begin  to  move,  attempt  to  atjr  out  of  liii 
proper  place  :  the  plireae  is  capable  of  different  applicationa,  and  occurs 
twice  in  Guhgroi  aitd  Gawane  (II.  19  and  M2). 

1.  62G5.  bu  (imper,  pl.),  ba  ye.  tcare,  wary.  By  combination  we 
have  our  present  form,  betrare. 

teaytyt  (imper.  pl.),  watch,  carefully  attend.  Wayt  occurs  as  a  tb. 
in  U.  6270,  7352  ;  in  I.  6270  =  a  watch,  a  guard ;  and  in  I.  7352,  we 
have  leaiUi  ^  watclimen,  or,  tlie  watches  :— Hlie  word  is  still  need  in 
both  senses. 

].  6:S25.  qwal  should  be  ^fit;  but  the  line  is  still  imperfect:  prO' 
bably  it  should  be,  "  And  |)at  so  tondit  to  ^e  [ton,  )ie]  totheris  was  all  " 
=  and  what  harmed  the  one,  was  the  other's  harm  too. 

I.  6368.  Polidariu»  iheporkneU;  see  II.  3837-42. 

I.  63'J4.  Toix  kit  horie  v:Uh  kU  kelit  :^  struck  the  spurs  into  his 
steed  ;  loke  is  thus  used  again  and  again  in  this  work,  as  in  L  750S, 
toke  hyni  in  the  fact;  1.  8224,  loU  hym  on  }re  ked,  ho.  These  expres- 
sions are  still  in  use. 

1.  6407.  Compare  with  Unrie  Artlure,  1.  2069, 

].  6409.  Compare  with  II.  5939,  7W1,  7340,  aud  with  MorU  Arthare, 

II.  2254.  2975. 

I.  6439.  for  uiepyn  or  other  =  in  spite  of  all  opposition ;  /or  is  still 
used  in  tliia  senae, 

II.  6510-17.   Compare  with  ITorle  Arlhure,  II.  1792-9,  2086-92. 

I.  6613.  at  probably  should  he  had:  a  very  likely  mistake  for  & 
scribe  writing  to  dictation. 

1.  6640.  jojj,  more  commonly  ype .-  sea  Glossary. 

1.  6663.   Lwfffil,  dragged  (Su.-Uoth.  luggd)  :  is  still  used. 

1.  6730.  luxkil  U>  ground,  dashed  to  the  ground,  laid  6at  on  the 
earth  :  luik  seems  like  the   Ger.  lau»ehen,  to   lurk,  to  lie  fiat,  to  lie 

I.  6745.  odmony,  a  great  many.  For  the  various  meanings  of  od,  see 
Glossary :   some  uf  them  are  still  in  use. 

1.  6789.  Many  lyue  of  Upl :  compare  with  Morle  Arthare,  1.  2084, 
lome  leppe/ro  Ike  lyfe. 

1.  6822.  pyuen  bake,  turned  about,  gave  way  :  see  1.  6860. 

I.  6823.  fighi  sliould  h^  flight,    fay  icorthit,  were  cut  down. 


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604  NOTES. 

1.  G838.  rr/e  kifti  hu/ot,  xnatcli  liim  from  his  foea:  the  omission  of 
the  preposition  iq  such  phrases  is  prclty  frequent  in  lliia  work. 

1.  6865-6.  no  noy  feld,  felt  uotio  of  tlie  brucit.  haners  on  brtdt 
occurs  in  MorU  Artliure,  1.  MiG. 

1.  6941.  tn  holl  qicert,  eale  and  sonnd  :  in  qwert  seems  to  have  been 
used  as  tlie  phrase  "hale  and  licerty"  is  now:  it  occurs  in  '  Tlio 
Awntyrs  of  Arthure,'  1.  244,  and  in  Golagros  and  Gawane,  I.  68G ;  and 
Sir  F.  Madden,  in  hia  Glossary  to  these  pieces,  renders  quarte,  qatel  ^ 
good  spirits,  joy. 

1.  6902.  said  ought  to  be  sad,  as  in  31.  1277. 

1.  69U8.  Imt,  ruelied,  dashed :  iu  1.  6784  it  occurs  as  yuhit :  see  . 
Glossary. 

1.  7u05.  ye  »lade  moue,  the  mouth  or  entrance  of  the  valley  :  mom, 
the  mouth,  is  still  common. 

1.  7033,  blody  btronyn,  run  orer  with  blood,  i.e.  covered  wilii  it. 
It  occurs  in  '  Death  and  Liife '  in  the  Porcy  Folio  &lt:i. 

I,  7049.  aiirdii,  destiny,  fate  ;  ef.  Ger.  ircrtlea,  to  become. 

Rubric.     By  Ector,  with  reference  to  lleelor. 

1.  7107.  tak  of  a  trump,  blast  of  a  trumpet.  Tuck  of  drum  is  a 
phrase  still  used  :  see  Jamieson's  Diet. 

1.  7122.  And  ay  worth  cnto  iccrre,  and  always  became  worse  and 

1.  7149.  for,  on  account  of — i.  e.  as  a  provision  against. 

1.  7171.  Veruu:  the  alliteration  here  wakes  it  Wtnui,  as  in  1.  2087. 

1.7197.  »yttyn,  sitting — i.e.  filling,  suilable:  sec,  under  Sitle, 
QloBsary. 

1.  7207.  Jie  (ru  lip  =  the  {time  of  ihe)  truce  run  out :  as  in  '  the 
time  's  up.' 

1.  7273.  dtmly  ought  to  be  dervhj  ==  derfy,  quickly,  hastily. 

1.  7302.  launchand,  rushing,  bounding  :  in  I.  5810,  the  vb.  is  launu ; 
and  in  Wiltiam  q/"  Paleme,  1.  2755,  it  is  launet.     Cf.  Fr,  u  Inncer. 

1.  7308.  Compare  this  lino  with  Morte  Arlhure,  II.  979,  1388,  2182, 
2201  ;  indeed,  the  whole  passage  (7o04-10)  may  be  compared  with 
M.  A.,  1382-90,  and  2197-2203. 

1.  7346.  horufqicUe  —  haiul-ichilf,  commonly  hanla-toliUe  ^  bandy- 
vJille,  a  short  time :  Just  as  a  hand-full  =  a  small  quantity,  a  siiiail 
number.     See  Jamicson's  Diet, 

I.  7398.  Blere  ^  stir,  couinjotion,  strife  r  is  still  used.  Compare 
the  nelt  two  lines  with  SfnrU  Arthure,  II.  2(«)S-6. 

!.  7430.  »i:agit  =  ewacked  :  eimilorly,  haggll  =  hacked,  1.  10023. 
Both  words  are  stiil  usod  iu  Scollaiid. 

1.  7458.  In  Mi»-U  AriAure,  1.  2079, 

"The  Klede  and  the  Bti'ryne  mane  sirjkes  to  tlip  grownde." 
Compare  also  I.  11091  with  M.  A.,  II.  1488,  3823. 

1.  7491,  nailed  ^eit  tlreoghl,  plicil  their  strength,  exerted  thcmselveB 
to  their  utmost     See  Jamicson's  Diet,  under  Nat.;  Note:  Ger,  nfiCcn. 

1.  7496.  caupil :  see  note,  1.  T5;i.'). 


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1.  7507.  ayhrivanl  ^  aivkward,  i.e.  sideways. 

1.  751'2.  lad !  for  various  iiieaDiugs  see  Gloss.,  and  Gloss,  to  Win. 
qfPaUrnF. 

I.  IGXi.  Kr-ppit  iJie  caape,  received  the  stroke,  arrested  tlio  blow : 
leep  is  still  so  used,  eaupe  ^  Ital.  eolpo,  a  blow,  is  tlie  root  of  Uie 
verb  eaupll  in  1.  749C. 

I.  7561.  eule,  pursuit:  to  I.  G014,  ttieL 

1.  7570.  cure  tide  hndft,  our  wide,  or,  broad  lands :  Mlde,  A.S.  »(d. 

I.  7619.  gkeicci,  clouds,  lieaveus :  A.S.  onia,  a  sliade,  a  shadow. 
See  Gloss. 

1.  7C'21.  wnynil,  rushed,  gushed.  Compare  this  meauing  with  Uiat 
in  1.  G76,  which  is  still  used;  and  for  otber  meanings  io  this  work,  see 
Gloss.  :  see  also  Gloaa.  to  Wm.  of  PaUme. 

1,  7G28.  ieghil,  tugged,  pulled :   A.S.  leon. 

1.  7C51.  reueray,  ularaour,  scolding ;  Fr.  reivtrie,  idle  talking,  raving. 
See  Jamieaon'a  Diet. 

],  772-1.  hit  alepe  loke,  his  doep-set  eyes,  or,  tiis  out-aUot,  glaring 
eyes :  tl^pe  is  still  used  in  both  senses.  See  1.  3758,  and  Chaucer's 
Prologue,  1.  7-17. 

1.  77;f3.  Compare  with  MorU  Arlkure,  1.  449. 

1.  77ii8.  Maurhoiea,  uioimier,  dovil ;  a  term  of  opprobrium  that  tolls 
of  Cruaading  times,  and  is  still  applied  to  the  devil,  as  in  'The  Deil's 
Awa  Wi'  the  Exciseman,'  by  Bums. 

1.  77GC.   Viibrit  t:=  un-lcasl,  i.  e.  misshapen  beaat. 

1.  7lJ01.  maitUt,  perhaps  should  be  maiclea,  matchless.  Tito  line 
seems  to  run  thua : — 'Anil  (hough  we  are  (by  eutertaining  the  pro- 
posal of  a  tnice)  ruining  our  superiority,  let  us  do  so  no  longer.' 

1.  7K95.  tone,  prayer,  request. 

I,  79W.  ckaped,  escaped:  like  leaped  in  Wm.  of  Paleme,  1.  2752. 

II.  792G-7.   Iirond  fgge  =  brand's  edge,    fdd  af^  felt  some  of. 

1.  7i):l7.  [lORrc],  lis.  has  whfre :  in  Wm.  of  Pakme  the  same  form 
occurs  three  times;  viz.  in  II.  201,  502,  2750. 

1,  7945.  mmsped  ^  wan-speed  ^  failure  of  good  speed.  Cf.  tean- 
hopt  ^  failure  of  hope,  despair. 

I.  7'.*8.'i.   Omit  the  comma  alter  have. 

1.  8029.  Bmaide :  this  is  surely  a  muddle  between  Briseis  and 
Cressid. 

I.  8037.   trt  hijtn,  make  liim  to  cease. 

I.  804l>.  Compare  with  11.  8705,  9454,  10365,  10567,  10761-2,  and 
these  with  Morle  Arthure,  II.  715-16,  2961-2,  4247,  4273. 

1.  8i>53.  fr,  probably  should  be/rre  =  further,  as  in  I.  4782. 

1.  8120.  fU.  =  defile.  The  line  runs  thus ;— '  Every  wan  will 
blame  you,  and  dcRle  your  fair  fame.' 

I.  8176.  ijom-ri/ttu,  sorrowing  (.it  their  parting),  yellijng,  shedding ; 
K.^.  griilan :  .\l-r'.-Goth.  j/i'uMn ,-  Dutch,  ffiefen. 

I.  fl94.  /Ar.V."/,  bold,  brave:  Ihrittlkhe,  boldly  (used  poetically) 
occurs  in  Win.  -f  Pal  n,',  I.  191. 


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606  NOTES. 

1.  8231.  ifony  Udet  with  hi*  Unuue  oul  of  lyfe  hroght.  Compare 
with  U.  7683,  8633,  9892,  10158,  and  with  Morte  JrfAure,  1.  1820,— 

"  Haity  lede  with  hig  laonae  the  lifie  luu  he  lefede." 
Tlie   phraae,   out  of  lyft   hrogU,  iB   in  MarU  A^  11.   1775,  1800,  3520, 
broghle  otole  of  lyfa  :  also,  in  I.  1282  of  this  work,  we  find,  emd  hym  o 
Hue  broght;  and  in  M.  A.,  I.  802,  and  broghle  hyme  o  lyfe. 

1.  8296.  demly,  a  misprint  for  deraly,  Gercely. 

1.8313.  te»,  raisea,  elevates;  beoce,  adores:  is  still  in  oae.  See 
Jamieeoo's  Diet. 

1.  8341.  fOaU,  a  horse  :  still  a  common  word  among  fanners  and 
horse-dealers, 

1.  6386.  Bowihel,  a  mistake  for  eoioehet  =^  inlaid,  set, — which  the 
alliteration  demands.     See  Kmochit  in  I.  11789. 

I.  8418.  How  odd ! — a  Parliament  of  Kings,  Lords,  and  Commons 
during  the  siege  of  Troy !  Evideotly,  from  the  way  in  which  our 
author  speaks  of  them  here  and  elsewhere,  each  a  parliament  was  tba 
only  kind  he  had  known  :  note  too  the  mode  of  affirming  the  truce. 

I.  8437.  by  tale  =  ia  order. 

L  8444.  wijitting  should  be  untillyng. 

I.  8663.   ehot  =  cast,  flnng. 

I.  8677.  gawlyng,  yelling,  lamenljng :  still  in  nse  in  the  form  gotel- 
ing.     See  Goulen  in  Gloss,  to  Bavelok  (ad.  Skeat) :   also  Jamiesou'a  Diet. 

II.  8695-6.  woke,  watchod  :  in  the  same  sense  aa  at  the  Irish  wahe. 
Remyng,  crying,  lamentation :  A.S.  hreman,  to  cry,  to  weep,  to  lament 
raalhe  =  reuthe,  roth :  A.S.  hredui,  redw,  grief,  sorrow. 

I.  8732.  to  file,  to  perceive,  to  smell. 

I.  8753.  Ag  a  gate,  as  a  way,  i.  e.  the  steps  were  a  way  to  go  up  by. 

L  8810.  fynel  not  to  bren,  ceased  not  to  bum,  never  went  out. 

1.  8850.  tc!ial  dent  par  us  elliu  ^  what  (part  of  onr)  desdoy  mnat 
we  yet  work  out ;  par  ^  need,  as  in  the  Prick  of  Coiucience,  1,  2107 
(Morri,). 

1.  8884,  tofyhy,  to  swell  out,  to  increase ;  the  word  is  still  used  as 
an  adj. — Jilichy,     See  Jaraieson's  Diet. 

1.  8924.  gyng,  gang,  followers :  A.S.  genge,  a  flock. 

1.  8963.   unfiUyrtg,  should  be  untiUyitg  =i  nnseemly. 

1.  8970.  paae  =^  pasaus. 

I.  8994.  pere  fot  found  for  to  greue,  (they)  go  with  the  design  of 
punishing  their  foes. 

1.  9024.  triet,  great,  splendid :  see  Gloss,  to  Wm.  of  Faleme, 
under  Trie. 

1.  9049.  ffortet  ^for-tet,  hemmed  in,  cut  off,  prevented  (in  the  old 
sense  of  the  word)  :  the  alliteration  suggests  that  the  accent  is  on  »eL 

1.  9061.  birlt  d  piriti  are  still  ueed.  Compare  with  Morte  Arihun, 
11.  1413,  1856,  2167. 

1.  9085.  enliret  =  interred  :  in  1.  9106  we  fiod  enliermenl  =  bnrial. 
In  some  of  the  country  districts  of  Lanarkshire  both  words  are  still  so 
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11.  9127-33.  tourcker  =  low-ehtr,  evil  cheer,  sadneaH,  choking 
agony,     /acid  =  defaced  :  ae^  facing,  1.  9215.     m  ^  on, 

1.  9U1.  moron  or  mora  mylde :  in  Duabar's  '  Twa  Mwyit  Wemeu,' 
1.  513,  we  find, — '  The  mormc  myld  im>  and  mtik;  Ac. 

I  9153.  hatnel,  heated,  iuBamed. 

1,  9159.  gryai  ia  here  =  grief:  more  commonly  anger,  and  in  the 
form  greme.     See  Gloss. 

I.  9210.  drtghly  eon  tyle,  slowly  began  to  composa  hitnsetf. 

I.  9242.  In  ^at  at  =  in  t)>at  which,  es  far  as. 

II.  9268-70,  teruet  ^  deserved,  eky*  =^  increasea  :  elct  ia  still  naed 
both  aa  a  verb  and  a  nonn  =  to  add  to,  an  addition. 

I.  9320.  This  line  is  another  proof  that  oar  author  had  read  Fieri 
Ploiemaa :  in  Wright's  ed.,  p.  10,  we  find  . — 

"  And  oomCQ  to  a  eouasell  for  the  commime  profit." 
I.  9337.  laul  =  lived,  remained:  see  also  in  1.  9358. 
I.  9406.  Be  gird  hym  ihurgh  tiU  gullet  mith  a  grym  tpeire.     In  the 
Uorle  Arlhure,  II.  1369-70,  we  have,— 

"  He  grj-ppes  hym  a  grelo  spero,  and  graythelj  hym  hittev 
Tburghe  the  guttet  In-to  the  gorre  he  gyrdoa  bjm  ewyn." 
Compare  also  II.  10,704-6  with  Jforte  A.,  U.  2167-8  j  U.  9431-2  with 
if.  A.,  4116-7;  and  11.  9639-40  with  M.  A.,  4251. 

J,  9446.  nw  Unye,  (which)  pnias  ma.     of  =  out  of,  from. 

I.  9454.  Stoeyt,  slipped,  sunk.  Siee  (to  swing,  to  swing  round,  to 
swing  geotly  backward  and  forward,  hence,  to  tarn  over  gently,  to  alip, 
to  aiak)  has  been  omitted  in  arrangiDg  the  Gloss. :  it  is  still  naed 

II.  9465-9.  Compare  this  passage  with  Morle  Arlhure,  IL  2123-5 : 
also  II.  9481-3  with  M.  A,,  1771-4. 

11.9511-3.  ckrickcnede,  were  terrilied:  Ger.  tekrtcken,  to  terrify. 
Thia  word  is  wrongly  rendered  in  the  Gioss, 

eerive,  noise,  roar  (of  the  flames)  :  any  rashing  noise  is  still  called 
a  Krive  or  icreve,  wappond,  lasbing,  dashing  in  all  directions,  loghye, 
in  1.  9512,  may  be  rendered  either  loioei  =  flames,  or,  loteet  ^  lodges, 
tents,  as  in  I.  4951. 

1.  9625.  1A<  fr0,  the  degree,  highest  place,  ppst  of  honoar:  still  in  nee. 

1.  9639.  Donkyl,  damped,  saffused :  compare  with  I.  512  of  Dunbar's 
'TwaMaryit  Weraen." 

1.  9707.  Ne  toat  hit  fiol.  nay,  was  it  not,  or,  was  it  not :  like  the 
French,  jiilail  ilpai. 

I.  9794.  Evidently  this  is  another  line  from  Pien  Plowman :  see 
Wright's  ed,,  p.  44 :. 

"  Than  laugbte  tbel  leve,  tbise  lordes,  at  Uede." 

I.  9903.  Perhaps  hyn  should  be  inserted  before  tilly, 

I.  9928.  but  no  wothe  in  =i  but  not  mortally,  or,  but  not  deeply. 

I.  10022.  FuiUl,  drove,  cut  their  way  :  compare  with  mallyng,  in  1. 
9520,  and  both  verbs  with  the  term  pell-mell. 


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I.  IO0&4.  for  laU  of  pe  night,  on  account  of  [he  lateoesa  of  the  niglit : 
/or  laU  ocCDra  again  io  I.  10227. 

U.  101:^1-2.  to  graue,  to  bur?  :  occurs  in  Havelok,  1.  CI3.  (Sn 
GloM.  to  Uavelok:  also  Jauiieson's  Diet,  uudor  GraifS)  barlg  no  =. 
barely  any. 

1.  10ia4.   noy«  =  nnyoua :  %ea  GloBS. 

L  10210.  firaf,  sweated,  pempired  :  Bums  in  '  Tarn  o*  SkaDter' b*«, 
"Till  ilka  carlia  ucat  and  reekit." 

1.  10218.   Derfdi/Hllts  fni  ddt  occurs  in  Morte  Arlhure,  I.  3~40. 

1,  10388,   bUi  leas  jje  buente  =  bo  liad  much  ado, 

I.  10548.  noghtdok,  in  1.  13303,  rnduU,  not  dull,  not  blunt,  aljarp. 

II.  10U29-41.  The  eun  waa  in  its  suiumer  Boktice  (let  p-.iul  of 
Cancer)  in  our  author's  time,  on  tLo  12tli  of  June.  On  tlie  ]6lh,  it 
would  be  in  the  4th  point  of  Cancer,  only  a  very  little  past  tiie  enUtiL-e. 
The  change  of  style  sccounta  for  the  rcckuuiug  here  betug-  diflvrenl 
from  what  it  would  be  now. 

11.  10704-6.   liul  purgh,  &c. :  compare  3forle  Arthure,  1.  2271, 

Between  the  lyuer,  &c. :  compare  M.  A.,  I.  21G8. 

hit  bit  ehaungit:  compare  if.  A.,  II.  iiuoS,  4213, 

i,  lUTa.j.  OS  }ai  degh  »huld  =  as  if  they  were  about  to  die. 

II.  10SO4-9,  Observe  that,  in  four  of  these  six  linea  the  allilcratioQ 
dwells  on  vowels.  Such  lines  are  very  scarce  in  William  of  fahn' 
a[id  Plert  Plowman,  but  pretty  common  in  this  work  and  tbe  Motie 
Arthure.  In  a  previous  note  attention  was  called  to  tile  number  of 
couplets  end  tripluts  with  the  same  rime-letter :  another  esaniple  of 
each  is  given  in  II,  10813-U  and  10818-20.     See  note,  1. 14035. 

I.  I0<.'85.  Compare  with  1.  ^10,  and  both  with  Morte  ArtlMrt, 
II.  .1832-3. 

I.  11020,  Luggcti  see  note  to  1,  6663. 

I.  llOfll.  Stcdct  doun  tliiked,  steeds  fell  mortally  stabbed  ;  coinpara 
Willi  Morte  Arthure,  II.  1488,  3823,  This  picture  is  given  again  and 
again  in  The  Bnice:  as  in  Bk  6,  1,  321  :  7.  717  :   8,  602  :   9.   101,  &c 

II,  11246-7.  for  douU  —  because  of  the  difficulty  of  the  question, 
d:  wirke  to  fe  beet  ^  eod  then  (I  shall)  act  for  the  beat,  or,  and  (that 
I  may)  act  for  the  best. 

1,  11322.  in  mene  =  as  mediator  or  representative. 

1,  11375.  a  claUrer  of  muwthc,  a  tale  bearer;  see  Jamiesou's  Diet 
and  Supp. 

I.  1142S.  rashjn  hor  tritUe  ii=  laid  their  heads  together,  1.  e.  con- 
ferred with  each  other;  the  phrase  is  still  UEcd, 

I.  11437.  fUHrfef/i,  a  safe  conduct :  occurs  in  ilorle  Arlhure  as  mn- 
dfthn,  eounilytf,  cundit  (see  Gloss.) ;  and  in  Wallace  as  eowlyt  Bk  6, 1 
864,  and  cirwl^i,  lik  6,  1.  888. 

1,  11G21.  f-rit,  asked,  demanded  :  see  Rubric  to  Bk  1, 

I.  11753,   vhrilh,  without,  outside  :  see  Onlirith  in  Jnmieson'a  Met 

1.  1178'J,   Koicchit,  laid  :  sec  1,   838C  and  note.     The  word    is  Glill 


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1.  nft:i7.  iicf/l-f,  deceit,  treacheiy  :  A.S.  tiric. 

1.  11934.  ne  no  hale  poyfit  =  expecting  nothing  of  the  kind  :  liatti, 
the  iimallest  tbiog,  quantity,  or  degree,  from  Isl.  Aoefe,  haeli.  See 
JamieBon'a  DicL 

1.  11041.  lobbeg,  pieces,  articles:  but  as  peiii  occQre  in  the  next 
line,  perhaps  jubbei  (juge  holding  about  a  quart)  are  intended. 

1.  11349,  rewerd,  iu  1.  12GU7,  mrde,  in  1.  13902,  ruerde,  noise, 
tamult,  confusion  :  see  JaraieHon's  Diet,  under  Reird. 

1,  12093.  by  tper^iig  of  olhir  ^^  by  inquiring  of  the  people 
(about  lier). 

1.  12143.   Air  icit  leui/l  =:  lost  her  wits,  became  mad. 

1.  1-2212.  trorjr,  curse,  ban,  despise,  speak  ill  of:  oixure  io  \7iclif, 
Matt  xxvi ;  Cbaucer,  Maa  of  Lawes,  1.  1492.  See  Prompt.  Pan.  *ud 
Jaiuieson's  Diet,  and  Supp. 

L  12424.  mfrtrid :  see  note  to  1.  5553. 

1.  12620.  aluber,  foam,  full]  drift,  tlucke,  slush,  muddy  water,  or, 
watery  mud  ;  in  11.  5710,  13.>i7,  tlicche. 

1.  12G09.  hade,  would  hide  or  conceal. 

L  12627.  Happit,  covered  over :  aa  in  the  old  song, 
"  Hap  and  row,  bap  and  row, 
Hap  and  row  the  (eetie  o't,"  ka. 

1.  12842.  Amrt  yiii  of  maUce,  moderate  your  malice  :  see  Jamie- 
Boo's  Diet,  and  Supp.  aniia  Ameite  and  Men  (Gttr.  maaeen).  An  old 
proverb  has,  '  Crab  without  cause,  and  meate  without  mends.' 

I.  12934.  fuaU  of  f  aire  htde»  =  lack  of  their  chiefe. 

1.  IISOIO.  Ike  bam,  the  band  of  flannel  with  which  an  infant  is 
swaddled,  a  girdle  \  also,  the  undermost  dress  of  a  female :  A.S.  bar, 
naked,  becauBe  worn  next  the  body.  The  word  is  still  so  ased :  see 
Jamieaon's  Diet,  and  Supp. 

1.  131:?0.  tcallond  iceU,  lit.  well-selected  wealth  ^  hard-won  riches, 
one's  whole  riches,      aall  he  no  gade  ^  he  had  nothing  left. 

I.  13254.  tbi  Sea  occian,  the  great,  wide  sea :  in  Douglas's  Virgil, 
p.  21,  1.  48,  occnrs  '  Ikt  octiane  le.' 

II.  13502-C.  clocher  ^  dough,  «  cleft  in  a  rocky  hill,  a  strait 
hollow  between  precipitous  banks,  or,  as  Verstegan  has  it  in  Rratit,  Dec, 
Iitlell,,  "  a  kind  of  breach  down  aluug  the  side  of  a  bill  : "  it  is  here 
used  =  place  of  coucealment.  the  hed  of  the  huh  ^  the  beginning  of 
the  entrance.  Ike  hexl  gre  :^  the  tupmost  step  :  hexl  =  highest. 
lagher  =  laigh'r,  lower,    teikoioth,  strange,  but  used  as  a  a.  ^  a  wonder. 

I.  13C33.  Wanrn  (3rd  pi.  pret.  of  Wia),  got :  tran  is  tbe  form  most 
used  throughout  this  work  ;  but  both  fonns  are  still  common. 

II.  ISG-W-a.  a*pif»,  seeks  out,  watches  for  en  opportunity  to  bring 
about,  meditates,  viiqwemijt  hii  qtcale  ^  upsets  his  judgment,  turns 
his  head.  Gcri  hym  sicvloia  a  iwele,  engages  him  in  some  euiicing 
speculation,     ^at  twellet  hym  after,  that  costs  him  dear,  that  rains  him. 

1.  138-2G.  Geydell  =  girtUll,  a  girdle :  Su.-Ooth.  gratdda,  to  bake. 
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I.  13880.  nolpit  ^  nappit,  struck  fast  and  fierce!}' :  nap  \e  still  aaed 
to  expresB  striking  with  a  hammer,  and  a  nap  =  a  blow,  as  in  1.  6437. 

1.  13902.  rtighl  =  mgh,  rough.  Note  the  I  alter  gh  here  as  in 
tlrenghl,  itrmhyghi  (1.  6276),  la^hl,  &o. 

I.  13908.  a  dart  vndull,  «  dart  not  dull,  i.  e.  blunt  =  a  ehaip  dart : 
see  L  10548. 

II.  13920-7.  In  the  MS.  these  lines  are  quite  confuiied :  1.  13923 
cornea  after  1.  13927,  and  uo  eense  is  possible.  Perhaps  the  Mid  ouglit 
to  be  he  eaid,  in  1.  13927. 

1.  13953.   kepyng,  imprisonment :  see  II.  13842-5. 

1.  14035.  This  is  another  veiy  short  line,  yet  quite  complete :  com- 
pare with  11.  4313,  8989.  Observe  also,  that  in  the  thiHg  lines,  14006 
36,  the  alliteration  dwells  on  TOwels  tix  times. 

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The  text  presents  so  many  vorietiea  and  irregularities  of  Bpelltng,  that  It 
Has  (ound  necessary  to  adopt  the  modem  Boglish  cluraotere  in  Uie  oompitation 
of  the  foUoiriog  Index. 


A,  adj.    one,  C324;  all,    8205; 

prep,  on,  apon,  as  a  lofle,  a  bactt ; 

an  mlenectioD,  for  all !,  3173,  34SS, 

3490. 
Abaist,  V.  to  frighten,  to  terrify, 

7968. 
Abake,    adv.    back,    backward, 

3235,  S8S9. 
Aba3shet,_part.  {from  A.N,  abaU- 

ter)   bowed   dosrn,  corered,   3S9 ; 

terrified,  coafouaded,  8517- 
Abate,  V.  {A."^.)  to  oppose,  to  try 

to  hinder,  5GSG ;   to  lessen,  10104. 
Abide,  Abjde,  v.  {A.S.)  to  await, 

1112;  to  wait,  1131. 
AbUl,    Able,    AbuU,    a^j.    able, 

skilful,  273;  fit,  readj,  943;  suit- 
able, needful,  1744,  S316. 
Abillf,    adv.   skilfully,  suitably, 

1577. 
About,    Aboute,    adv.    near   by, 

arouDd,    1600,   ESIO;   uund,  all 

round,  1657,  1666. 
Abrode,  adv.  away,  3714. 
A  bund  aunt,    Abundonet,    pari. 

aboonding,  1695,  3317. 
Abuto,  adv.  about,  1509. 
Accord,  c.  (Fr.)  to  make  of  one 

mind,  to  reconcile,  13095. 
AcbatcB,  s.  (A.N.)  an  agate,  790. 


to  obtain,  1 


Aclose,   V.   to   enclose,    to   keep 

close,  10524. 
Acord,  s.  concord,  U863. 
Acoyntaonae,     s.     acquaintance, 

1865. 
Acoynte,  v.  (A.N.)  to  acquaint, 

to  accostoiD,  2931. 
Adout,  V.  (A.N.)  to  fear,  to  shrink 

froin,  1097. 


(AN.)  to  confirm, 
2675,  8420. 

Afforce,  Afiforse,  Aforse,  v.  {A.N.) 
to  rouse,  to  compel,  to  strengthen, 
S23,  6687,  6471,  6557,  659;^ 

Affraye,  o.  (AN.)  to  attack,  1084. 

Ai&oi,  B.  attack,  a£ray,  4746. 

A£nytie,  Affinyte,  <.  (L.)  family 
connection,  relationship,  9081;  re- 
lative!!, 11392. 

After,  prep.  (A.S.)  afl«r wards, 
273;  unto,  1613. 

Agayne,  prep.  (A.S.)  against,  907, 
1188;  Aeayu,  7315:  ade.  again, 
1033. 

Age,  s.  (A.N.)  time,  6. 

Agh,  Aght,  V.  (AS.  agan)  to  owe, 
to  possess,  to  own,  to  acknowledge, 
315,373,1704,  2991, 13093 ;  /ir^A 
oKd  part.  t^l\"  at  hoaiwele  aght," 
as  tney  were  in  duty  bound,  1704. 


GLOSS ARIAL   IKDEX. 


Aire,  «.  an  hoiir,  11084;  Ayre, 

90S8,  11715. 

Aither,  pran.  ( A.  S . )  either, 
10030;  butb,  11060;  eich,  65. 

Ajoinet,  Ajoynot,  Ajoynit,  pari, 
p.  called,  li'i,  2<J1;  joined,  added, 
1135. 

Ajoyne,  v.  (L. )  to  go  to,  350, 
974;  to  appoint,  to  allot,  2197. 

Alnte,  aih.  lately,  4176. 

Alblast,  AHiiii3t«r,  *.  (A.X.)  an 
engiue  for  shooting  arroirs,  a  cross- 
bow. 4713,  5727. 

Aid,  a^j.  (A.S.)  old ;  sup.  aldbt, 
11055. 

Alie,  V.  to  be  related,  1284 ;  to 
agree,  to  consent,  3190. 

All,  tidv.  (its.)  entirely,  881S. 
Fi'equenllj  joined  witb  otbcr  trords 
to  fnnn  an  adverbial  plirase,  as  "  all 
trilli  pert  wordea  "  ^  unblusluug- 
Ij.  977. 

All-tn,  Alto,  ttihi.  completely. 
Ihoroogiily,  ISCt,  7629,  10010. 

AJoae,  V.  (A.N.)  to  praise,  to  ccrni- 
Dieod,  9731. 

Alowe,  f.  (A.K.  aJloiier)  to  praise, 
to  approve,  4611,  88G5. 

Ala,  Al^e,  cortj.  (A.S.)  also,  like- 
wise, 1505,  13143;  orfc.  likii,  as, 
as  if,  178,  900,  1217,  3318,  0040. 

Alsmony  =^  as  many,  4125. 

Alctite,  adv.  (A.S.)  quickly, 
11G93. 

Althing  ^  everything,  281, 

Ame,  t'.  (A.X.  apmer,  aesmer,  L. 
afxlimo)  to  tbink,  to  plan,  lo  deviac, 
763, 1079  { to  trace,  lo  carve,  1562, 
8758;  to  count,  to  reckon,  2270; 
to  take  to,  to  go  to,  S023 ;  to  make 
for,  7227. 

irnese,  w.  (A.N.)tocalm.  "  Amm 
you"  ^  calm  yourself,  12842. 

Amirous,  adj.  ajnorous,  3926. 


Amyddes,  prep,    amidst,  in  lit; 

eeutreof,  877-4- 
An,  roiij.   and,   2328 ;    adj.  on^ 

40r,3  i  as   a  p.  =  A/«,  iajK,  hi, 

3373. 
And,    eonj.    if,    581,    606,   Cin. 

1440.  li!709i   before,  15710;  hul. 

ueverthelcss,     1303 ;     at/e.    whiliv 

2907. 
Ang.ird,  8.  imijetuosity,  9745. 
Aiigardly,     Angtir^?I^-,     Aii^rk, 

Augurdlj,   aJe.    angriiv,    fitni,V, 

eagerlv,  7441,   74ru,   0104;   yci'y. 

exeecdinglj,       6900  ;        "atga.' 

moHji "  =  very  mauy,  4CS3. 
Angre,  t:  (A.S.)  to  anger,  to  pm. 

Toke.  4571;   to   be  anjfiy,   (o  hf. 

eome  angrv,  6909,  733?  :  to  wounJ. 

6013. 
Anoisyt,  pari.  p.    miule    famous, 

much  talked  of,  220. 
Anone,  adv.  iminwliately,  l!>o5. 
Anaware,  t'.  to  answer,  1802. 
Aparty,  adv.  partly,  3842. 
Apere,  Apprre,  r.   to  ftpp<'ar,  li- 

come    forward,    1215,     1643;    la 

yield,  11856. 
Aperte,     adv.      (A.X.)      openlv. 

100.  ■ 


See  Apcre. 
.  to    compel,  to    fonv. 


Appero,  c. 

Appres,  t 
3390. 

Apreve,  pret.  of  Aprove,  to  ap- 
prove, lo  sanction,  8914. 

Aprochc,  t'.  to  approach,  to  conio 
on,  1276. 


Arcbet,  pari.  p.  arched.  covpnJ 
over,  1577.  ^ 

Anlngh,  adj.  (A.S.)  fallowing. 
ploughing;  "o«  ardoffA  «,«'•  = 
as  il  be  were  ploughiug,  175, 

Arc,  adv.  lately,  8876. 


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Arghe,  p.  (A.8.  eurgian)  to  wax 

timid,  to  Im  Unified,  1976,  3121 ; 

to  Unify,  614S. 
Arghlf,  adv.  timidly,  1831. 
Arglmes,  a.  (A.S.)  timidity,  2203. 
Armurer,  «.  {A.N.)  an  annoai«r, 

1588. 
Aimys,  «.  pi.  armour,  1304. 
Aiofe,    AroTs,    pret.    of  Arive, 

arrived,  1917,  3219. 
Arowsmjtli,  «.  a  maker  of  lance 

and  arrow  licsds ;  also,  a  maker  of 

•trows,  15  SS. 
Art,  pi.  artes,  artis,  t.  aa  art,  a 

branch  of  knowledge,  1485,  1497. 
A8  =  as   if,  138;  like,  like  to, 

1818;  so  that,  2671. 
Asaye,  t.  See  Assay. 
Aske,  f.  (A.S.)  to  ask,  to  require, 

420, 1583i  to  suit,  7067, 11622. 
Aakes,  Aekis,  Askys,    a.    Aaliea, 

670, 1423,  8646,  7150. 


Aepie,  v.  (A, If.)  to  eapie,  to 
watch,  79iS  ;  to  discoTer,  to  seek 
oat,  11635,  13630. 

Assay,  Asaye,  i.  (A.N.)  the  pro- 
cess of  drawing  a  knife  along  the 
bellj  of  a  deer  to  tiy  how  fat  he  is ; 
it  was  called,  taking  auag,  3903. 

Assay,  Assaie,  «.  (A.N.)  to  try, 
to  prove,  to  attempt,  to  set  out, 
332,  2489,  11793. 

Asaele,  v.  to  seal,  5358. 


gathering,    a 


Assent,  ».  (A.N.)  consent,  ^lee- 

meat,  1830,  2103. 
Assisn,   f.    t 

1136, 1709. 


.   to    allot, 


Axtate,  s.  (A.N.)  rank,  position, 
grandeur,  Jl,  251. 


Astone,  Astoyne,  r.  (A.N.)  to 
coafound,  to  stun,  1203,  2S20. 

Astony,  ».  (A.N.)  to  astonish, 
1319,  5371,  9483. 

Astoyne,  «,  to  stnn,  to  braise,  to 
shatter,  1203. 

At,  prep,  according  to,  1633 ;  in, 
upon,  "at  lad  Kordet"  ^  woo, 
oath,  1920i  for, 3674:  by,ODtV> 
9300. 

At,  pron.  that,  2617, 4734,  9881. 

Athel,  t.     See  Hathel 

Atiie,  Atyre,  v.  (A.N.)  to  prepare, 
to  Gt  out,  2013;  to  dress,  U  deck, 
3026  i  to  repair,  13420. 

Atle,  Attell,  v.  to  array,  to  ar- 
range, 855,  2376,  4301;  to  aim,  to 
attempt,  89G5,  5727.    Set  Ettle. 

Atter,  Attur,  t.  (A.S.  after)  poi- 
son, drcffs,  920,  926 ;  "  wan  atter  " 
=  pisa,  303. 

Atter,  V.  (AS.)  to  embitter,  to 
BQur,  22SL 

AtUc,  c.     See  Ettle. 

Atyre,  p.     See  Atire. 

Aumber,  Aumbur, «.  amber,  1666, 
6203. 

Ann,  Anne,  Awne,  adj.  own,  276, 
6211,  680S,  13045. 

Aunsetre,  Aunsetry,  e.  (A.N.)  an 
ancestor,  5;  ancestry,  6319,  9362, 
13063. 

Annter,  Aimtre,  v.  (A.N.)  to 
venture,  to  hazard,  314,  734;  to 
happen,  712,  iSGi. 

Aunter,  «.  an  adventure,  a  bap,  a 
chance,  E,  07.  827, 1707 ;  a  msTTel, 
awouder,  150,153,  2356. 

Auntrus,  Antrus,  adj.  bold,  dar- 
ing, adventorous,  637, 1121,  2186. 

Aurtbewert,  6887,  Aurthwart, 
6796;  Aurthwert,  7676;  Anrtb- 
ward,  7325;  Awrthwert,  1863; 
Awterwart,  4892 ;  ade.  angrily,  in 
an(ter. 

Anther,  conj.  either,  6528,  7761. 


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Authvait,  Awthwert,  a^.  angij, 

1960,  9801. 
ATODannd,  Avenond,  adj.  (A,N.) 

beautiful,  loTely,  3073,  3368. 

Avente,  v.  (A.N.)  to  open  the 
ftventaile  for  the  purpose  of  breatli- 
ing,  to  admit  air  to,  7090. 

Aventur,  a,  chance,  opportiuutr, 
4601. 

AveijB, »,  aTarice,  194. 

Avows,  e.  (A.N.)  avow,  an  oath, 
2973. 

Avowe,  V.  (A.N.)  to  vow,  b)  make 
a  Tov,  361,  2002. 

Aw,  Awe,  V.  (A.S.)  to  ho  bound 
bj  duty,  2170,  2987;  to  owe,  G33i 
to  claim,  to  liave  bj  riglit,  13C22. 

Awhlaater, «.  an  aibalest  or  cross- 
bow-man,  a  crossbow;  in  1.  5707 
means,  arrows  from  tlic  croaabows, 
the  "wharUt"  of  1.  4743.  &# 
Note. 

Awkewardly,  ads.  senaclesaly, 
■tapidly,  4379. 

Axe,  8.  (We.  aa;)  an  axe;  tut 
applied  also  to  arrow-Iieads,  spear- 
heads, aod  swords,  1 568. 

Av,  adv.  always,  ever,  48,  194, 
■l738, 1814. 

Ayell,  8.  (A.N.)  a  grandfather, 
13604. 

Ayle,  V.  to  shelter,  ia  protect, 
1577;  jwrf.  Ajljng. 

Ayre,  v.  to  go,  173,  031 ;  ia  niah 
upon,  7312. 

Ayre,  v.  (A.S.)  to  plough,  175. 

Ayre,  ».  an  heir,  9088,  11745; 
Aire,  11684. 

Ayre,  s,  the  air,  1639. 

Ayther,  pran.  each,  both,  7006. 


Babery,  a.  an  architectural  orna- 
ment, 1S63. 

Bachelor,  ».  ^.  Bacheler,  9718, 
114S3. 


QLOSSAIUAL   IKDBX. 


Biullfully,  adv.  (A.S.  heal)  miser- 
ably, 119S3. 

Bailusly,  adv.  (A.S.)  sadly,  bit- 
terly, 9446. 

Bainly,  adv.  readily,  at  onoe,  im- 
mediately, 135,  3370,8082, 10857, 
13220. 

Bak,  Bake,  ».  the  back,  1903  ; 
"tumsl  the  6aie"=  fled,  1348; 
"'"  ffSf^  bake"  =  to  retreat, 
9471 

Baldly,  adv.  boldly,  fearlessly, 
9742. 

Bole,  g.  (A.S.  beal)  mischief,  evil, 
destruction,  497,  1433,  2136. 

Bale,  adj.  deadly,  sad,  miserable, 
920,  1333,  2234,  3681. 

Balefull,  BalfuU,  adj.  evil,  bane- 
ful, deadly,  169,  899,  945. 

Ballit,  adj  bald,  3848. 

Balsamom,  Bnlsaum,  ».  (Fr.)  bal- 
sam, 8777,  9119. 

Bame,  e.    lice  Baume. 

Ban,  V.  (A.N.)  to  corse,  4935  ; 
Baune,  1333. 

Bane,  s.  (A.S.  bafta)  a  murderer, 
7926. 

Banke,  s.  the  shore,  the  coast, 
1069, 1902. 

Barbnr,  «.  a  barber,  1598, 

Bare,  adj.  (A.S.)  cart,  short,  74 ; 
mere,  simple,  150,  826 ;  purpose- 
less, nnprodnctive,  2502 ;  com- 
plete, 483 ;  late,  last,  10805 ;  bare- 
headed, 2018;  unarmed,  6065; 
ado.  alonr,  deserted,  1320 ;  *.  Uie 
naked  skin,  ESSL 

Bare,  prei.  of  Bore,  pierced,  bored, 
9432. 

Barely,  Barly,  adv.  wholly,  en- 
tirely, 68,  2780, 1S090. 

Baret,  g.  (A.N.)  strife,  contention, 
5274, 9336 ;  trouble,  sorrow,  4167, 
6372. 

Barge,  «.  a  war-vessel,  90,  9720. 

Bargen.s,  contention, strife,  2502, 


Barly,   adv.   barely ;    "  barly  no 

more "  ^  Wetf  so  mncb,  or  eer- 

taialj  not  uij  more,  10133. 
Bara,  fiaine,  e.  (A.8.)  an  infant^ 

a  child,  1361,  8113. 
BaronaKe,  t.    (A.N.)  barona,  an 

aasemblj  of  barons,  311, 333. 
Barr,  e.  a  bar,  a  bolt,  6018. 
Carre,  a.  the  gicdic  (properly,  tlie 

under  petticoat),  13019. 
Barre,  v.  to  shut  close,  to  bolt, 

6018, 10*03. 
Basnet,  e.  abassenet,  1218, 6255. 
Baseon,  «.  a  boain,  31Gd. 
Bast,  s.  a  mat,  matting  made  of 

Htra*,  4773. 
Bastel.  Bastell,  s.  (A.X.)  a  tower, 

a  fortification,  9190, 105C9, 13782. 

The  Bastel  or  BaatUe  was  a  moTable 

wooden    tower  used   in  warfare; 

latterly,  any  tower  or  fortiBcatiou 


Bate,  e.  (A. S.)contention, debate, 

strife,  6376,  5526. 
Bate,  D.  to   attack,  to  contend 

wilb,  to  rush  at,  5914. 
Bat«ll,«.  battle,  1216  ;  (7.  to  fight^ 

945,  1333. 
Batell,  Batel,  a.    a  company,  a 

division,  a  host,  1151,  8131. 
Baiimo,  Bnwme,  Bame,  t.  balm, 

S777,  8780,  8804,  9119. 
Baxter,  «.  a  baker,  1692. 
Be,  prep.  (A.S.)  by,  383,  1291, 

8601 ;  at  fa  =  throogh  or  by  right 

of,  1841. 
Be,  pres.  tense  of  Ike  verb,  8906  ; 

part.  p.  8913. 
Beayell,  t.  a  grandfather,  13474. 
Beccyn,  v.  to  beaoon,  to  blaze, 

6037. 
Become,  v.  to  beoome,  to  be  be- 
coming    {prel.    become),    1713, 

1714. 
Bed,  prei.  of  Bidde,  conunanded, 

6103. 


616 

Bedaghe,  v.  (A.8.)  to  expose,  to 
befool,  753 ;  same  n  Bedcge. 

Bede,  v.  (A,8.)  to  profei,  to  offer ; 
"  ameniet  to  bede "  =  by  way  of 
amends,  6037 ;  to  order,  to  bid, 


Bedeue,  By  dene,  ode.  fA.S.)un- 
nicdiately,  at  once,  siutably,  be- 
comingly, 439,  1656. 

Begile,  B^jyle,  v.  to  begnile,  to 
deceive,  8153,  9379, 11197. 

Begonnen,  ^rf.  f .  begun,  1620. 

Beliode,pref,  o/Bebove,  behoved, 
required,  13679. 

Behove,  v.  (A.S.)  to  reqaire,  to 
behove,  900. 

Beid,  9.  a  bead,  pi.  a  necklace, 
pearls,  7044. 

Bein,  jnr^.  being,  9717. 

Beire,  v.  to  bear,  to  bud,  412 ;  to 
bear,  to  carry,  177S. 

Beiryng,  a.  bearing,  mannera, 
4116. 

Bekir,  v.  to  Bkirmiah,  to  battle, 
7714. 

Bekur,  t,  a  akiimish,  a  battle, 
8363. 

Belde,  v.  (A.S.)  to  build,  to 
build  up,  to  strengthen,  to  en- 
courage, 4641;  to  recover  strength, 
6861. 

Bele,  V.  to  settle,  to  fester  like  a 
boU,  1133. 

Belefe,  v.  (A.  3.  Idifan)  to  remain, 
tobelett;^rt.j).  Beleft,  forsaken, 
13456. 

Belefe,*.  belief,  1686,  4287. 

Belirt,  pret.  of  Belere,  belied, 
deceived,  715 ;  pari.  p.  Belirt,  Be. 
lirten,  8134,  8447. 

Belivo,  Belyve,  adv.  (A.8.)  im- 
mcdutely,  presently,  quickly,  by 
and  bj,  1163, 1176.  2226, 1S306. 

Belmaker,  a.  a  bellmaker,  1569. 

Belt-etid,  ».  that  part  of  tbe  bo^ 
at  which  the  belt  is  fixed,  6910, 


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damaged, 


516 


Be-maid,     part. 

wounded,  10701. 
Bemoth,  »,  Behemoth,  the  great 

monster,  the  devil,  4437. 
Bemoum,    v.     to     bemoum,    to 

lament,  3379. 
Ben  =  Been,  part.  p.  891, 1439 ; 

have  been,  9,  1728. 
Bend,  v.  (j>rel.  Bend)  to  bend,  to 

fit  a  bow,  9476. 
Bent,  t.  a  plain,  a   common,   a 

field,  a  batUe-field,  91,  913,  1192, 

6864. 
Bere,  v.  (A.8.)  pret.  here,  to  bear, 

to  carrj,  to  drive,  1S79,  1333, 

13G1. 
Bere,   t.   (iS.)   a   bier,    9084, 

11567. 
Berenes,  Berynes,  t.  burial,  sepul- 
ture, 4336.  9619, 10133,  13160. 
Bene,  Bery,  v.   to  buiy,  7148, 

7174,  8399,  9690, 13786. 
Beronnen,    Beionyn,  Byronnen, 

fori.  prei.  if  p.  ronning,  Sowing, 

swimming,  oorered,  oremm,  132S, 

7033,  9053,  9635,  11141;   tlody 

beroxyii,  covered  with  blood. 
Borslet,   ».    a   elender  bough,   a 

wand,  3196. 
Bob,  Beee,  ^^.  t.  of  Be,  870, 

3389,  3437 ;   mpv.  of  Be,  649, 

6366,  6947,  13653.    &«  Note,  I. 

870. 
Besenee,  «.  eageroeaa,  10337. 
Beside,    Besyde,     adv.     around, 

12S1. 
Best,  Best«,  a.  (AJN.)  a  beast,  an 

ammal,  443S,  11788. 
Bestad,  part.  p.  beaet,  ciicom- 

Btanoed,  ranouDded,  6849. 
Bet,  pret.  of  Beat,  12664. 
Betaght,  pr^.  f  part  of  Bet«chB, 

?»e  to,  Bseigned,  entnuted  to, 
100,  7310, 117*1. 
Betake,  t>.  (A.S.  befecan)  to  as- 
■ign,  to  hand  over,  to  deliver,  5371. 


OLOSSABIAL  ItniBX. 


Bete,  pret,  of  Bite,  (A.8.)  hit, 

12160. 
Bethink,  v.  (A.S.)  to  recollect,  to 

ponder,  143,  147. 
Betide,    Betyde,    c.     (A.S.)     to 

happeD,  to  arise,  to  befal,  S240, 

2733,  3739,  9949;pre^.  ^ part. p. 

Betid. 
Betoke,   pret,    of  Betake,   gave, 

1391. 
Betraut,  v.  to  betray,  731, 11767  ; 

pret.  betrat,  13036. 
Bi,  prep,  by,  ]  2097. 
Bickre,  Byccer.     See  Biker. 
Eide,  Hyde,  ti.  (A.S.  hulan)  to 

stop,  to  stay,  to  dwell,  to  abide,  to 

eudure,  363, 570. 3254,3483, 6677, 

7186,  8126 ;  prtl.  Bode. 
Big,  Byg,  adj.  great,  noted,  le- 

nownei  1029, 1032.  ftjwj'.Bi^er, 

BtroDger,  2121. 
Bigge,  V.   (A.S.)  to  build,  to  set 

up,  1693,  5216. 
Bigger,  adv.  better,  2199. 
Bij^yng,    «.    (A.S.)  a  building, 

134521  Bjggjng,  1379. 
Bigli,  Bigly,  Bygly,  adv.  boldly, 

stronglv,    manfully,    691,    6018, 

6036  i  in  force,  1040S. 
Biker,     Bikere,    Bikre,    Bicker, 

Bycker,  Bjccer,  Bickre,  Bjkre,  o. 

(A.8.)  to  battle,  to  batUr,  2944, 

67S8,  7271,  7394,  7400. 
Biker,  «.  a  batUe,  a  fight,  4722. 
BUd,  Byld,  V.   (AS.)  to  build, 

382,  321,  1635.  1569, 1603 ;  pari. 

p.  bild,  bilde. 
Bioustioua,  a^.     See  Boistous. 
Bir,  Birr,  Biire,  s.  (A.S.  or  O.F. 

birer)   force,   impetus,   171,   570; 

wind,  a  strong  wind,  1982,  12490; 

a  thrust,  a  blow,  1314;  a  struf^le, 

a  battle,  11141. 
Bine,  v.  to  bmy,  13674, 13963. 


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Birthe,  a.  a  cbild,  a  Labe,  10826. 
Bisfe,  Biai,  adj.  buay,  6047  j  with 

difGooltj,  103SS. 
Blab,  V.  to  lie,  to  deceive. 
BlackoD,   V.    to    become    black, 

8038. 
Bladamyth,  s.  a  maker  of  Bwords, 

1592. 
Blake,  adj.  (A.S.)  black,  3780. 
Blase,  V.  to  blaze,  to  flame,  1980. 
Blasotmd,  part,  bladns,  flaming, 

800. 
Blawe,  V.  to  blow,  1308,  4623. 
Ble,  s.  (A,S.  hleo)  colour,  com- 

pleiion,  eounlenance,  7888,  9134. 
Blenke,  v.  to  deceive,  2483. 
Bleat,  i>re<.  ^  part.  p.  of  Blend, 

mingleii,  1695,  3493. 
Bleiyng,    a.    blearing,    defiling, 

9134. 
BliBse,  s.  (A.S.)  happiness,  com- 
fort, 1695,  S433. 
Blissful,  a4j.  happy,  2256. 
Blithe,  adj.    kind,   afiectiooate, 

2342. 
Blithe, ».  fece,  fovour,  2196, 


Blithely,  adv.  properly,  hoDoni- 

ably,  9109. 
Bloberond,  part,  bubbling,  gorg- 

Ung,  9642. 
Blody,  ade.    with  blood,   1328, 

7033,10434,11141. 
Blonke,  s.  (A.8.)  a  steed,  a  war- 

horae,  3371. 
Blusahe,  t>.  to  look,  1316;  to  gaze, 

S4S8  ;  to  shine  forth,  4665. 
Blym,   V,   for  Blynn,    to    cease, 

5ors. 

Bobb,  V.  (A.S.)  to  strike,  to  beat, 

7316. 
Bocher,  e.  a  butcher  1592. 
Bode,  I.  {A.S.)  delay,  2568. 


Bode,    prei.   of  Bide,  stopped, 
stayed,  5940,  69G4,  6939. 


Bodyn,  pret.  of  Bide,    stopped, 

atajed,  1SG58. 
Bogh,  «.  a  bough,  a  branch,  2371. 
Bogh,  V.  to  wend,  to  steal  away, 


Boistons,  adj.  B^oustious,  rough, 

boisterous,  4116. 
Bokebynder,    e.    a    bookbinder, 

1B89. 
Bold,  Bolde,  adj.  used  as  a  «.  in 

1210,  1405.  7679,  9464,  a  bold  or 

brave  maa. 
Bolde,  V,   (A. 8.}    to    embolden; 

pari.    Bolavng,  emboldeniug,   14, 

1183 
Boldly,   ado.    boldly,   fearlessly, 

978 ;  nnqoestionably,  840. 
Bole,  t.  the  body  or  tniuk  of  a 

tree.  4960. 
Bohie,  V.  (A.8.)  to  swell,  5062. 
Bolnet,  adj.  swollen,  3839. 
Bolnyng, ».  swelling,  6066, 
Bond,  pret.  o/Bind,  7527, 
Bone,  8.  (A.S.)  a  request,  a  com- 
mand, 606,  4795,  7896. 
Bone,  t.  arrest,  seizure,  11964. 
Bonke,  s.  a  bank,  a  shore,  2807, 
Boide,  s.   (A.S.)  a  table,  1657, 

8562.    &tfBnrd. 
Borly,  adj.  large,  great,  burly, 

3769,  4964. 
Born,  part.  p.  of  Bere,  brought, 

10805. 
Borne,  part.  p.  of  Bere,  bom, 

10826. 
BosB,  V.  to  carve,  1664. 
Bossh,  V.  to  gush,  to  flow,  1 1 120 ; 

pnl.  Bost,  spread,  303S. 


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Boete,  e.  a  menace,  a.  threat,  7962. 
Bot,  Bote,  «.  a  boat,  958,  1299, 

1942. 
Botfi,  s.  (A.S.)  gain,  profit,  ad- 

Tantage,  448, 13334. 
Bote,  V.  to  help,  to  profit,  3391, 

8854. 
Boumon,  ».  an  archer,  553G. 
Boun,  Boune,  Bowne,  v.  (A.S.) 

to  make  ready,  to  prepare,  to  dress, 

8S7,  275C  ;  lorusli.  to  dash,  GaSS, 

6905,   6997  ;    adj.   resdj.   going, 

2136,  3746,  2816,  6920. 
Boon  =  bound,  compelled,  9474. 
Eoundyn  ^   abounding,    great, 

13718. 
Bonrde,  ».  (A.N.)  a  joke,  a  jeat ; 

fl.  cODversatton,  3112. 
Boarder,  «.    edge,    border,    329, 

1248;  a  corner,  1593. 
Bouidfull,    adj.  {A.N,)  aportive, 

free,  39G3. 
Bonre,  «.  (A.S.)  a  chamber,  505, 

8449. 
Bove,  ff.  to  behove,  S115. 
Bow,  Bowe,  V.  to  bend,  to  bow, 

to  anbmit,  607, 2511, 8147, 13220 ; 

to  go,  to  come,  to  wend,  362,  775, 

651,  97Si  to  retreat,  9490. 


Bowe,  ».  ayoke  for  oxen,  901. 
Bowe,  I.  a  bough,  a  branch,  412, 

10S9. 
Bowerdur,  *  a  border,  a  district, 

12861. 
Bo}mt«,  *.  (A.K.)  an  ointment, 


\a  Then  ve  bs;  a  eup, 

iffleu,  and  mean  the  contenta  of 

the  vessel. 
Brade,  adj.  (A.S.)  broad,  laige, 

383. 
Braid,  Braide,  t>.  (A.S.)  to  tnrn 

np,  904i   lo  poU,  to  pull  up,  lo 


nise,  lo  hoist,  1916.  S807,  95S1, 
9917,  10464 ;  to  rash,  to  drive,  to 
knock,  to  shear,  S696,  9553;  to 
burst,  13930. 

Brait,  prei.  of  Braid,  burst, 
13930. 

Brake,  v.  to  beat,  to  crash,  6922. 

Brake,  g.  that  which  breaks  oi 
breaches,  arlillerj  engine,  a  batist, 
"biff  iowe*  q/'4TOi« =Arcoballi»- 
tae,  or  hage  crossboirs  mounted  on 
stoitd,  witb  crank,  6723. 

Bras,  E.  to  embrace,  13810. 

Braeier,  s.  a  brazier,  a  bronze- 
worker,  1589. 

Brast,  V.  to  buret,  to  break,  3711, 
8355  i  prel.  Brast,  865, 2681, 3409. 

Brathe.     See  Brethe, 

Braunch,  v.  to  spread,  to  shoot  out, 
8750. 

Bre,  t.  water,  the  aea,  3697, 
12516. 

Brede,  v.  (A.S.)  to  spread  over, 
1172  ;  pari.  p.  Bred,  spread,  laid 
out,  383  ;  prvf.  Bret,  879*. 

Brede,  a.  breadth,  spreading, 
4964i  "upon  irerfe "=citensiveiy, 
3023  ;  "  iorly  ofbnie  "  =  of  great 
eitent,  very  wide,  11874. 

Bref^  g.  a  writing,  a  parchment, 
794. 

Brefi;  a>i/.  (A.N.)  brief,  short,  74. 

Bn^h,   f.    (A.S.)   the  eyebrow. 


great,  wonderfnf,  1563,  3714; 
vip^orous.  fierce,  cruel,  860,  1314, 
5872,  9632. 


Breo,  Erenme,  v.  (A.S.)  to  bum, 
171,  570,  889,  1379,  19S9,  7113  i 
put.  ^  purl.  p.  Brent,  Brenle. 

Brent,  adj.  bnint,  refined,  bright, 
3034. 


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Brcat,    adj.    full,    emooth    and 

liigh,  3030. 
Brest,  ».  the  breast,  1361 ;  the 

front,  5930. 
Breste,  v.  (A.S.)  to  bnist,  1248, 

U425. 
Bret,  adj.   ^  part,  from  Brede, 

spreadDat,crBinmcd,102S4, 13561; 

filed,  set,  1960. 
Bret,    pret.    of   Brede,    spread, 

passed,  soaked,  8794. 
Bretlie,   Bratbe,   «.    rajie,   anger, 

5066,  5075  ;  wind,  1915,  3697. 
Brethe,  v.  to  ameU,  9777,  9119, 

9635. 
Brether,    j^.   of  Brother,  8400, 

131C7, 13599  ;  Brother,  8368. 
Bretton,  v.  (A.S.)     See  Britten. 
Breve,  v.  to  Tirite,  to  record,  14, 

65,  3736. 
Bridde,    «.    (A.S.)   a  bird,   345, 

1061, 11788. 
Brig,  Brigge,  ».  a  bridge,  a  diaw- 

bridce,  7130, 10461, 138S0, 13886, 


Bright,  p.  to  illumine,  to  light 

up,  SIS. 
Brise,  c.   to   bruise,  to  shatter, 

79S9, 10275. 
Britten,  BrittoQ,  Bretton,!'.  (A.S.) 

to  dash,  to  batter,  to  kill,  1210, 

1971,  2234, 14034. 
Broche,    v.    (Fr.)    to    pierce,  to 

transfix,  6503 ;  to  spur,  to  dasb, 

7690, 10033. 
Broche,  «.  a  thrust,  10872. 
Brode,  adj.  broad,  great,    large, 

362,  1299 ;    on  brod  =  abroad, 

over,  tbroogfa,  8780. 
Broght,  pret.  f  part.  p.  of  Bring, 

bronght,  harried ;  ofljmt  brogU  =: 

kiUe^  1443,  8633. 
Brond,  «.  (A.S.)  a  sword,  10275. 


Bruuston,  ».  (A.S.)  brimstone, 
sulphur,  860. 

Brush,  Bruesh,  v.  to  rush,  to  dash, 
1192, 1816, 10969. 

Bude,  V.  impert.  ^  most,  to  be 
bound  to,  "bude  toirte"  =  must 
work,  172. 

Buem,  Bueme,  Bame,  a.  (A.S.)  a 
cbild,  a  man,  a  person,  a  soldier,  a 
noble,  90,  91,  170,  3S1, 324.  2887, 
8143  ;  pi.  people,  321 ;  Bumes, 
486;  Bnnifs,  6111. 

Buffette,  *.  a  blow,  9674. 

Bull,  pret.  of  Belt,  tnmbled  head- 
long, 7*76,  9992, 

Burbele,  Burbnll,  v.  to  bubble,  to 
mingle,  3697;  to  oboke,  to  be 
choked,  5760. 

Burd,  Burde,  t.  (A.S.)  a  board,  a 
table,  211.  383,  486;  the  wood,  or 
wooden  portion  of  a  shield,  G827 1 
a  shield,  5836. 

Burd,  Burde,  g.  (A.S.  An/if)  a 
ladr.  483,  G33,  3298;  Burdde, 
3934, 12037.  12085,  &e. 

Buigh,  Buighe,  a.  a  town,  a  city, 
815,  1113  i  baernei  of  tie  bHtyk  = 
burghers,  9612 ;  bsTgh-aen,  8570. 

Burion,  V.  (Fr.  bouTgeon)  to  bud, 
1059;  f.  a  bud,  2736. 

Burly,  adj.  See  Borly ;  ado. 
stoutly,  furiously,  11059. 

Bnm,«.  (A.S.)  a  streamlet,  a  ditch, 
11472,  13151. 

Buiaysipl  o/Buem,  6111, 

Bus,  c.  pret.  t.  behoves,  must, 
5168,  5643, 11722, 13549. 

Buske,  w.  (Icel.)  to  busk,  to  go, 
to  array,  to  make  readr,  683,  757, 
1186, 133S,  8568, 139&8 ;  to  hide, 
to  lie  hid,  1168. 

Busshement, ».  (A.N.)  on  ambus- 
cade, 13014. 

BustiouB,  adj.    See  Boishma. 


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620 

But,  eonj.  unless,  879,  927;  bo 

that,    13730;    *«/  i/ =.  if  only, 

8620,  unless,  7309. 
Buyldyng,  s.  a  house,  1519. 
'By.prep.  by,  for,  with,  of;  beside, 

along  with,  11569;  aifi'.  bj  the  time 

that,  wheu,  811, 1074 ;  Bfamifug 

=  flowing  post,  1606. 
By,  Bye,  v.  to  abide,  2230 ;   to 

pay  for,  4865  j  to  buy,  11513. 
Byccer,  v.    See  BUcce 
Byde,  v.     See  Bide. 
Bydeue.     See  Bedene. 
BydoD,  part,  p.  of  Bid,  directed, 

order^  4534. 
Sy-flaoiede,  pret.  blazed,  bomed, 

888. 
Byg,  adj.     See  Big. 
Byggyng,  a.     See  Biggyng, 
Bykre,  v.     See  Biker. 
■    Byld,  V.     See-  Bild. 
By  neitbe,  By-nethe.ado.  beneath, 

downward,  1609,  5539. 
Byroaneii.     See  Beronneu. 
Byse,  V.  (A.S.)  to  busy,  to  work 

earnestly,  11333. 
Bytell-browet,  adj.  beetle-browed, 

with  prominent  brow,  3824, 

Cable,  e.  a  cable,  a  rope,  1944, 

Caccfaen,  Cacche,  Cache,  v.  (A.S.) 
to  catch,  to  attach,  to  take,  489, 
1077,  SS76;  to  press,  to  push, 
2710;  to  capture,  to  seize,  1467, 
9766 ;  pret.  Cacbt,  Caght,  Kaght 
^  derived,  obtained,  2155 ;  Coght 
=  caught,  300. 

Cage,  V.  to  catch,  to  entangle  by 
SbaldDg,  or  warping,  3703. 

G(ure,  V.     See  Kaire, 

Caitif,  t.  (A.N.)  a  wretch,  a 
daatard,  1393 ;  Catteff,  10358. 

Caid,pari.  p.  called,  U90, 2844 ; 
Calt,  3SS. 

Can  1=  began  to  (used  as  an  aux- 


iliarj  before  Terbs  in  thn  inflnitiie 

to  eiLpress  a  past  lenie),  374, 9916. 
Cant,  adj.  strong,  hearty,  courage- 

008,  1191,  2267. 
Caple,  Capull,  a.  (A.N.)  a  horse, 

5530,  7720,  9S95, 10878. 
Care,  «.    grief,  vexation,    1306; 

fear,  6997;  concern,  427,  2464. 
Caren,  Karyn,  g.  carrion,  a  dead 

body,  1972,  11185,  13027. 
Carle, »,  (A.S.  eeorl)  a  low  fellow, 

a  marauder,  9766. 
Carpe,  v.  (Lat.)  to  talk,  to  tell, 

to  speak,  to  discourse,  829,  2450; 

pari.  Carping. 
Carpentout,  «.  a  carpenter,  1597. 
Carve,  Karve,  v.  to  carve,  to  cut, 

to  hack,  to  hew,  126B,  1650 ;  prel. 

Karre,  9468. 
Case,  «.   (A.N.)   chance,  event, 

2537, 2932 ;  case,  matter,  purpose, 

632, 11430. 
Cast,  cuiJ.  rank,  tIIq,  10448. 
Cast,    Caste,    s.    reach,    extent, 

1447 ;    reason,    reaaooing,    7951, 

11241;  a  plan,  a  contnvance,  « 

plot,  aatratagcni,  71 4^  1184,10488, 

11241, 11243,  11328. 
Cast,  Caste,  Kast,  v.  to  contrive^ 

to  plan,  144,  204,  1530 ;  to  con- 
sider, lo  delermine,  259,  4601 ;  to 

set  one's  self,  to  volunteer,  6053, 

C223  ;  part.  p.  cast,  thrown,  11311. 
Canpe,  a.  a  blow,  a  stroke,  1237, 

6264. 
Caupe,    Cawpe,    v.    (Ft.    eouper, 

Ital.  eolpire)  to  exchange  blows,  to 

strike,  to  fight,  1262,  6486,  7775, 

10342.    See  Coup. 
Canping,    Oaupyng,  ».    fighting, 

fight,    1265 ;  part,  tossing,   tarn* 

bUDg,  13161. 
Cause,  s.  a  case,  matter,   1004  ; 

occasion,  1105 ;  reason,  2896. 
Cantel,   ».    (A.N.)    a   scheme,    a 

device,  11490. 
Cayre,  v.    See  Eaiie. 


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Ccrttn,  adj.  certain,  a  few,  1709. 
Ghaltrede,  Chaltrid,  jtur/.  p,  com- 

Sressed,    bound,    orerocMn^  691, 
159. 


CharjifB,  ».  (A.N.)  a  mesa^je, 
1772;  charge,  command,  S9a2. 

Chargn,  V.  to  value,  to  make  ac- 
count of,  1931,2720;  to  select,  to 
entrust,  6914. 

Chasoond,  part  pres.  rusluDg, 
dasliing,  10136. 

Chatcrj-nR,  «.  talking,  1967 ;  silly 
Ulk.  1U31 ;  in  both  cases  the  irord 
convejs  the  idea  of  boast/al  ipeeek. 

ChaufFe,  v.  (A.N.)  to  warm,  to 
heat,  7996. 

Channce,  Chaunse,  8.  cliance, 
accident ;  by  ehaunee  ^  afterwards, 
ai  it  turned  oat,  lOSj  an  UDder- 
Uking,  1009, 1292)  a  mishap,  1751. 

Chef,  Chefe,  c.     See  Cheve. 

Chefe,  Cheffe,  adj.  chief,  choice, 
main,  1663 ;  tie  elufft  =  the  upuer 
end,  1663. 

Chefely,  ado.  particularly,  eam- 
estlj,  1292. 

Chekker,  g.  (A.N.)  the  game  of 
chess,  1621. 

Chele,  adj.  cold,  7958. 

Chene,  t.  a  chain,  pi.  ChenjB,  894. 

Chere,  s.  (A.N.)  countenance,  be- 
haviour, entertainment,  366,  11S6, 
1356, 13509 ;  lot,  condition,  gG83 ; 
o/  no  ffre  there  ^  not  of  sufficient 
rank,  or  excellence,  7197. 

Chere,  adj.  dear,  noble,  laithful, 
1772,  5286,  7197. 

Chere,  v.  to  hearten,  to  strengthen, 
8613;  to  reme,  to  recover,  10116. 

Cherys,  v.  to  cherish,  to  entertain, 
509  ;  CheriaahjDg,  part,  fondling, 
8177. 


Chese,  o.  (A.S.)to  choose,  1773, 
2299,  8952;  to  reoogiuEe,  13509 1 
prel.  Ches,  S627;  part.  p.  Chosen, 
Chosyn. 

Cheve,  Chef,  Chefe,  p.  (A.N. 
ekeiir)  to  accomplish,  16 ;  to  ootain, 
395 ;  to  happen,  to  befall,  518,  708, 
5935 1  to  result,  to  torn,  525,  947, 
1007 ;  to  go.  to  haste,  to  enter, 
370,  6019,  8265,  9331. 

Chevere,  v.  to  shiver,  to  quiver, 
9370. 

Childer,  ChUdre,  Children,  ChU- 
dur,  pi.  d/ Child,  1356, 1333, 1418, 
1499,  2099. 

Chivaler,  e.  (Fr.)  a  horseman,  a 
knight,  6019. 

Choise,  Off/,  fine,  1356;  el^ant, 
beautiful,  490. 

Choisly,  adv.  completely,  cer- 
tainly, 894,  1621. 

Chop,  Choppe,  s.  (A.S.)  a  blow, 
7701,  8265,  8643;  r.  to  pierce, 
1967 ;  to  rash,  to  drire,  7S59. 

Choaen,  Chosyn,  pret.  and  pai-t. 
p.  of  Chese,  gone,  entered,  490, 
670;  liked,  estceiriEd,  1621;  pre- 
pared, atted  up,  1G63. 

Chricken,  c.  (A.8.)  to  shriek,  to 
crackle,  9511. 

Chynyng,  ».  shining,  gleaming, 
919. 

ChyvftUurs,  adj.  chivalrous, 
knightly,  10906. 

CiciU,  8.  SicUy. 

Clanly,  ads.  thoroughly,  clearly, 
trutbtully,  purely,  63,  1918,  9616, 
9620. 

Clappe,  V,  to  shut,  to  close, 
807. 

Clat«rand,  adj.  clattering,  bellov- 
ing,  12501. 

Claterer,  a.  a  tale-bearer;  a 
eUUerer  o/moietAe  =  one  vho  can't 
keep  a  secret,  11375. 

Claterre,  c.  to  clatter,  to  tattle,  to 
resoaud,  4626,  6787. 


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Cleane,  adj.  See  Clene;  a.  a 
lad;,  1914 ;  adc.  entirelj,  916S. 

Cleda,  i;,  pret.  Clede,  to  clothe, 
1639. 

Clene,  Cleane,  Elleane,  adj.  pure, 
clean.  164,  399.  1395.  946S ;  in- 
most, secret,  4fl7)  distinct,  separ- 
ate, 1634;  irhole,  10S3S ;  polished, 
finished,  77 ;  mper.  Clennest.  1496, 

Clenly,  adv.  properly,  774, 

Clennes,  Klennes,  s.  purity, 
modesty,  523,  13041 1  clearness  of 
skin,  1503. 

Clense,  c.  to  cleanse,  1608. 


Clere,  twj;.  reaplendent,  bright, 
4(19;  pnre,  53i;  aJv.  clearly,  pre- 
cisely, 77. 

Clergy,  t.  (A.N.)  edence,  learn- 
ing. 8104. 

Clerk,  t.  {A.N.)  a  scholar,  53. 

Clese,  s.  pi.  clothes,  774. 

Clenfe,  Cleve,  v.  (A.S.)  to  cleave, 
to  pierce,  iOM;  prti.  Clefe,  clove, 
B938,  7318. 

Clip,  Clippe,  V.  (A.S.)  to  clasp, 
to  embrace,  474.  553 ;  to  be 
eclipsed,  42G :  part.  Clippjnff,  em- 
bracing, S931. 

Clippis,  B.  an  eclipse,  409. 

Clocher,  e.  a  covering;  a  place 
of  shelter,  13502. 

Oloee,  I.  the  passage  or  enclosure 
between  the  gate  and  the  building, 
301 ;  an  entrance,  11173,  lS9iJ2. 

Close,  Cloiae,  adj.  secure,  secret, 
priyy,  781.  1949  ;  walled,  12341 ; 
ClojBe  =  shut,  11152. 

Close,  w.  to  be  situated  within, 
S68j  to  surround.  1500,  1631;  to 
enclose,  to  bury,  4337,  7159, 9616, 


Cloyse,  adj.    See  Close. 
Cluster,    C lustre,    v.    to    Bet    in 
clustera  or  groups,   1634,   1647, 
B476  i  to  adorn,  8752. 
Clynke,  g.  the  sound  of  blors, 

6853. 
Cobb,  V.  to  lay  about  one,  to 

flgbt,  8285 ;  Kohb,  11025. 
Cogge,  8.  (A.8.)  a  boat,  a  vesBel, 

1077,  3S42. 
Coght,  prei.  o/ Cache,  caught,  300. 
Coint,  Coynt.  adj.   (A.N.)  cun- 
ning,   skilful,   curious,  125,    187. 
191,  7715. 
Cointly,  Coyntly,  adv.  cunningly, 

skilfully,  164.  204,  1133S. 
Coke,  «.  a  cook,  1596. 
Cold,  V.  {A.S.)  to  grow  eold,  1306. 
Colde,  pret.  of  Can,  conld,  Tras 

capable,  2529. 
Cole,  a4j.  cold,  1076,  9255. 
Coler,   g.    the   collar,   the  neck, 

7318. 
Color,  Colour,  *.  colour,  a  banner, 
the    ground    of  a   shield,  5462, 
10970 ;  V.  to  colour,  to  gloss,  623. 
1063  j  Colowr,  7852. 
Combir,  Combur,  Cumbre,  o,  to 
trouble,    to    TCI,    2065,    11331, 
11759. 
Combraunse,       Cumhranse,       a. 
troable,  misfOTtnne,  2281,  9169. 
12076. 
Come,  II.  (A.S.)  to  go,  to  come, 
to  reach,  to  arriFe  at,  193,  1021, 
1071,   1101,    13O0;    to    become, 
21%l;  prel.  Come,  Comen,  Couijsi 
pari. p.  Comjn  =  descended,  1847- 
Come,  8.    coming,  approach,  ar^ 
rival,  375,  975,  1142, 1230,  2026. 
Comely,  Comly,  Coumly,  Cumly, 
adj.  beautiful,  474,1395:  asai.a 
lady,  652. 
Comford,  Comfford,  v.  pret.  Com- 
fcrd,  to  comfott,  to  reassure,  533, 
2011. 


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Comonyng,   verbal    a.    or   part. 

Commanine,  wsenibling,  raingting, 

SOUg,  3961. 
Compas,  Cumpas,   *.    form,   ap- 

peuance,  53li  j   plan,  detennioa- 

tioD,  S710 ;  V.  to  suTTOuud,  to  get 

hold  of,  10202. 


Comyn,    Eotnyn,    culj.    (A.N. 

common,  3075,  9320;  ta  a  i.  pi 

the  conmoos,  the  people,  8263, 

1U15. 
Comyng,  part,  of  Come,  becom- 

inf^  aeemi;,  3032. 
Coraynly,  adv.   commonly,   con- 

tinuAllv,  3293. 
Con,  c.  (A.S.)  can,  is  able,  6128 

fret.  Con  =  began,  11258,  13705. 
Conceyve,  Consayre,  v.  to   per- 

ceiTe,  to  otneire,  to  understand, 

1230, 1258,  1913. 
Condlor,  ».  a  candlemakcr,  159G. 
Coning,    Conyng,    adj.    learned, 

1SS3,  8101  i  (.  skill,  knowledge, 

wit,  39a,  8412. 
Conjuracioun,  ».  (A.N".)  conjura- 
tion, 13216. 
Canoae,  for  Comae,  e.  (A.N.)  an 

nndertakiDg,  a  beginning,  S0G5. 
Core,  s.  the  centre,   the  heart ; 

tie  eon  ktU  =  the  centre  of  the 

Same,  693. 
Core  =  Care,  v.  to  vex,  to  annoy, 

96S6. 
Corionr,    t.    (Fr.    eorrot/eur,   bas 

Bret.  eorrtoHf)  a  currier,  1590. 
Coriona,  Corios,  adj.  ctmons,  in- 

gMUon*,ikilled,lSSS,3921, 11677- 
Cornell,    Comol,   t.    erenelh,    a 

battlemetit    1647;   an  cmbraaorc 

on  th«  walU  or  a  caitle,  4753. 


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Coron,  t.  a  crown,  1028. 

Cora,  Corse,  a.  (A.N.)  a  body,  « 

dead  bod?,  3082,  5530,  9686;  the 

penan,  1865;  force,  impetus,  9S95. 

See  Coune. 
Corve,  pret.  of  Carve,  6674  ;  part. 

p.  COTVjn,  caired,  cut,  3053. 
Coayn,  a.   (A.N.)  a   conain,   or 

kioaman,  1385, 1350S. 
Coate,  a.  (A.N.  from  L.  eoida)  a 

couDtrj,  a  region,  a  territory,  167, 

1012. 
Coatiua,  adj.  costly,  3777. 
Coteler,  *.  (Fr.)  a  eutler,  1597. 
Coucheonr,  a.  (Fr.)  a  jeweller,  or 

Btonesetter,  1597.  •SnThe  Preface. 
Conchconr,  a.  perhapa  a  couch' 

maker  or  npholsterer,  1597. 
Coup,  V.  to  tilt,  to  fight,  7231. 

5m  Caupe. 
Couple,  V.  to  have  carnal  inter- 

couree,  futnere,  13820. 
Conpnll,  t).  to  join,  to  settle,  8013. 
Coura,  Course,  Couraae,  a.  plan, 

;nrpoae,  scbeme,  144,  1105;  kind, 
583  ;  a  body,  a  dead  body,  415, 
874,  39G,  12239  ;  eipanse,  21)9 ;  a 
coune,  a  rush,  impetna,  1266, 
10S7S,  11016;  6e  foarte,  by  canru 
=  properly,  naturally.  892,  1343, 
1498 ;  I'a  coune  =.  in  order,  1644. 

Couth,  Couthe,  Kouthe,  v.  pret. 
of  Cod,  could,  knew,  pOMessed, 
125, 1251, 1529,  3093,  8036. 

CoTcnable,  adj.  auitable,  reason- 
able, 7951. 

Covcnaund,  a,  a  promiae,  a  pledge, 
999. 

Covert,  K.  BBcurity,  defence, 
13G53. 

Covetous,  a.  covetousneaa,  193, 
259,  1808;  Covytise,  11338. 

CovetuB,  ti.  2  ain^.  pree.  Ind.  of 
CoTet,  13820. 

Coynt,  Coyntly.  Bet  Coint, 
Cointly. 


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Ciufte,  t.  skill,  device,  125,  ]62 ; 
a  craft,  a  trade,  1583. 

Crafty,  adj.  (A.8.)  well  matclied, 
1644. 

CrftkkjBg,  part,  cracking,  snap- 
ping, shattering,  6S5S,  8720, 
13419  i  erakkyng  of  fynffuri  = 
wringing  of  hands,  6720. 

Griste,  8.  a  crest,  a  helmet,  5853. 

Cristenmeu,  t.pl.  Christiana,  4327, 

Crowne,  e.  the  head,  the  crown 
ofthehead,  10S99. 

Cmsshyng,  pari,  crashing,  clash- 
ing, 475^,  5858. 

Cumbranee,  e.     See  Combraunce. 

Cnmhre,  v.  to  trouble,  to  harass, 
to  entangle,  4314, 11769. 

Cumly,  adj.     See  Comely. 

Cundeth, «.  a  safe  conduct,  11437. 

Cuntre,  s.  a  country,  1437,  9766. 

Cure,  A  (A-N.)  duty,  office,  9161. 

Curre,  s.  a  dog,  1972,  10553, 
11175. 

Currour,  s.  (L.)  a  runner,  a  mes- 
aager,  3648. 

Curtasly,  adv.  courteously,  829. 

Cuites,  adj.  (A.N.)  courteous;  as 
a  t.  a  noble,  5306. 

Daint4,  s.  (Wei.  dant)  a  delicacy, 
pi.  loxuriea,  207 ',  Deint^,  335. 

Damp,  V.  to  sink,  to  descend, 
10713. 


Dang,  Dange,  pret.  of  Ding, 
struck,  beat,  thrashed,  struck 
down,  OTcrcame,  302,  931,  5813, 
9010. 

Dank,  v.  prel.  Dank,  Donk,  to 
vet,  to  Buffuse,  7997,  9639. 

Danke,  a^.  damp,  misty,  236S. 

Base,  V.  to  stun,  to  stupify,  7654. 

Daoly,  Dawly,    adv.    duly,   cer- 


tainly,  abicUngly,  for  ever,  723, 

870,  13822  ;  fJowly,  959S ;  lately, 

11634;  /lUl  dauly  =  freqnenlly, 

CTeryvhere,  9522. 
Dawhly,    adv.    slowly,    surely, 

6359. 
Dayre,  v.  to  vex,  to  try,  13550. 
Ded,  Dede,    adj.   (A.S.)  deadly, 

1339,  2066,  11017  i  adu.  6526, 
Dede,  t.  result,  conclusion,  577 ; 

work,  274. 
Dedly,  adj.  mortal,  deadly,  401 3. 
Dedmen,  dead  men,  7659. 


Defense,  e,  (A.N.)  prohibition, 
4715;  forthe  purpose  of  yarding, 
or  defending,  1740 ;  abihtj  to  de- 
fend, means  of  defence,  2128 ; 
offence,  deSance,  2692. 

Degh,  V.  prel.  Deghit,  part,  p, 
Segh,  to  die,  427,  921, 1523,  3212, 
10250. 

Deghit,  part.p.  o/Dig,  11363. 

Deghter,  a.  pi.     See  Doghter. 

Degrate,  v.  to  degrade,  12576. 

Deie,  v.  (A.S.)  to  die,  4723 ;  pret. 
Deid. 

Deint4,  e.    See  Daint^. 

Deintithe,  e.  liking,  desire,  463 

Deire.     See  Dere. 

Dele,  8.  a  part,  a  portion ;  ilke-a- 
deU  =  every  particular,  3656, 

Dele,  V.  (A.S.)  to  bestow,  6547  ; 
to  fight,  I.  e.  to  deal  blows,  11027 ; 
futuere,  13816 ;  pnt.  aud  fart.  p. 
Delti  pret.  Dulte,  gave  fottb, 
ottered,  6646. 

Dell,  v.  to  dally,  to  delay  ;  pari. 
Delling,  dallying,  7068. 

Dclt,  Delte.     See  Dele. 

Delve,  p.  (A.9.)  to  dig,  to  buiy, 
11179. 

Delyver,  adj.  (A.K.)  active, 
nimble,  3958. 


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Deme,   v.    (A.S.)  pret.    Derayt, 

pari.  p.  Dem,  to  jndge,  to  think, 

533,  60S,  12213;   to  adiodKc,  to 

doom,  533,  3141, 11041. 
Demyng,  a.  judgment,  2419. 
Deoe,  by  dene,  be  dene.     See 

Bcdene. 
Dent,  ».  a  blov,  a  Btab,  a  thrust, 

1042S. 
Deny,   v.    to   refuse,   to   reject, 

8009. 
Depe,  adj.  deep,  1876  ;    s.  the 

de«p,  the  sea,  17S1 ;  the  mysterious 

one,  13809. 
Depely,  Deply,  adv.  gieatly,  much, 

3982, 13809. 
Depert,  v.  (A.N.)  to  divide,  to 

dutribttte,  to  part,  1181,  30S5. 
Depnes,  t.  depth,  4441. 
Derayne,  p.  (Med-  Lat)  to  try  by 

combat,  13084. 
Dere,  Deire,  Devre,  v.  (A.S.)  to 

injure,  to  aTeoge,  803, 1135. 1260, 

1293 ;  to  felt,  to  wound,  10991. 
Dere,  Deire,  ».  harm,  Ruffering, 

injury,  146,  927,  4254;    poison, 

920 ;  hatred,  967- 
Here,  s.  pi.  (A.S.)  wild  animals, 

deer,  331;  a  deer,  S361. 
Dere,  adj.  (A.S.)  dear,  piecioua, 

385, 1G83 ;  dire,  deadly,  920 ;  adc. 

aolenmly,  assuredly,  very,  583,761, 

S391 ;  01  ft  dere  liinit  =  as  you 

■olemoly  belieTc,  or,  ts  you  think 

best,  !39l. 
Seiely,  adv.  regardless  of  expense, 

3463. 
Derfe,  Derffo,  adj.  fierce,  daring, 


t.  a  monster,  176. 

hardihood,  impud- 
ence, siio. 
Derffly,Derfiy,tt(ip.fiercely,1339. 
Derk,    Derke,   adj.  (A.S.)  dark, 
secret,  1448;    *■    darkness,    673 
1054,  1079. 1137. 


Derkon,  f.  to  sink,  to  slip,  13285. 

Derlynge,  e.  a  darluig,  3277. 

Deme,  adj.  (A.S.)  secret,  478, 
8S16,  12740;  small,  3060;  a/orm 
of  Darren,  noble,  darinB^  3G53, 
136251  taper.  Demist,  Dernjst. 
See  Derrest. 

Derrest,    Derrist,   Demyst,   adj. 

5407,  ] 

Des,  Dese,  ».  the  chief  table  in  a 
hall,  or  the  raised  part  of  the  floor 
on  which  it  stood ;  properly,  the 
canopy  orer  the  high  table,  385, 
601, 1666,  4966. 

Desteyne,  v.  (A.N.)  to  appoint,  to 
ordun,  2673. 

Destyne,  e.  (A.S.)  destiny,  2523. 

Det,  9.  debt,  duty,  534. 

Deuly.     See  Duly. 

Dever,  t.  (A.H.)  duty,  endeavour, 
234,  590. 

Devinour,  s.  a  deviner  of  dreams, 
&c,  13831. 

Deryse,  s.  (A.N.)  device,  design, 
1576,  3053  i  c.  to  obserre,  to  espy, 
1678. 

Dew,  adj.  related,  bound,  allied, 
61. 

Dewly.     See  Duly. 

Deynt6,  «.  liking,  desire,  good- 
will, 967. 

Deyre,  ».    See  Dere. 

Diche,  8.  (A.S.)  a  ditch,  a  moat, 
4776 ;  Dyche,  8155. 

J)idyii,prei.o/Do,  1413, 11960; 
Dydden,  1381. 

DifTens.     See  Defense. 

Dight,  V.  (A.S.)  to  adapt,  to  suit, 
to  put,  to  set  one's  self,  3313, 8636, 
14005  ;  to  ordain,  3495  ;  prel.  j- 
parl.  p.  mounted,  3415  ;  supplied, 
3560 ;  done, 9558 ;  hanclled,  10087. 

Dike,  Dyke,  s.  (A.S.)  a  dileh, 
1566,  11363;  an  old  wall,  1533, 
8328, 13588. 


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violentl;    dovn,    to    iaah,    2135, 

11003;  pret.  Daiifi,  Dong,  Dung; 

pari.  p.  Dongen,  Dongjn,  DaDgen. 
Dint,  Dynt,  Dynte,  Dyntte,    a. 

(A.S.)  a  blow,    93,    802,    1313, 

6547,  8S53. 
Dispende,  o.  to  expend,  to  waste, 

7015. 
Diapit,  Dispite,  s.  (A.N.)  epite, 

anger,  7945,  10684,  13700. 
Diapitiousljr,    Diapitoasly,    adv. 

very  an^ly,  puaioimtelj,  crueilr, 

4m,  7653,  13173. 
Dispitua,  adj.  excessively  angry, 

6494. 
DisFiait,     Dissayet,     s.      deceit, 

treacbery,  1185,  4291. 
Dissever,  v.  to  divide,  to  separate, 

1602. 


Diatracte, /Kirt.  distracted,  3219. 
Distrye,  v.  to  deatroy,  1155. 
Dit,  Dite,  «.  (A.B^.)  a  saying,  a 

remark,    1347;    a    shoat,    5788, 

8680, 11946. 
Diting,  Dyting,  t.    a  writing,    a 

story,  3732,  3850,  7392. 
Doble,  V.  to  spread  on  each  side  ; 

dablil  on  brede  ^  Bpread  abroad, 

'  4966. 
Doggot,    adj.    base,    unworthy, 

10379. 
Doggetly,  adv.  doggedly,  meanly, 

basely,  1398, 13071. 
Dogh,  V.  to  thrive,  to  grow,  to 

result,  5001. 
Doght^,  adj.  strong,  biave,  stal- 
wart, 5438. 
Doghtenes,    »■    bravery,   daring, 

9314. 
Dogbter,  Dogbtur,  Doughter,  8. 

pi.  (A.S.)  daughten,  1474,  6303, 

liaiO;  Degbter,  1439. 
Dol,  Dole,  Doll,  Doole,  s.  (A.N.) 


grief,  despair,  sad   fate,   sorrow, 

870,  1347,  2596,  3529,  4776, 6910^ 

11545. 
Dole,  adj.  dull,  blunt,  10548. 
Dolnes,  «.  faintrbeartedness,  de- 
spair, 9854. 
Doa,  Dome,  ».  (A,S.)  fcte,  jndg- 

ment,  decision,  743,  S419,  5646, 

7123,  11810,  12240. 
Domysday,  t.  doomsday,  3529. 
Don,  adv.  down,  1210,  6912. 
Done,  part.  p.  of  Do,  pnt,  placed 

done,  1459,  1895,  6534. 
Dong,    Dongen,  prel.   of  Ding, 

struck  down,  4745,  5763,  SS58. 
D  ongon,  Dongy n,  part.  p.  of  Ping, 

struck  down,  10559,  11027. 
Dongyn,  s.  (A.N.)  adungeon,  the 

bottom,  12647. 
Donk,  r.  (A.S.)    See  Dank. 
Doole,  e.     See  DoL 
Dorse,  s.  pi.  of  Dor,  a  door,  or  a 

coulraclioQ  of  Borsers,  hangings, 

tapestry,  4966. 
Dos,  V.  3rd  sing.  pree.  Ind.  of  Do, 

does,  2654,  11314. 
Dos,  V.  2nd  pi  Imper.  of  Do,  do 

ye,  11426. 
Dose,  V.  =  prepares,  846. 
Donbull,  adj.  full,  teeming,  15C6. 
Doughter,  Dogbter,  Dughter,  ». 

a    daugbter,    389,    12044;     pi. 

Dogbter,  1474,  Doghtor,  11310, 

Doughter,  6302. 
Dongbtili,  Dughtile,  adv.  boldly, 

braTcly,  numfuUy,  12888. 
Doughty,      Doughti,       Dogbt^ 

Doghty,    Dughti,    Daghty,    adj. 

brave,  bold,  powcrfnl,  uiluil,  84, 

1037,  S570,  6438,  10851,  1211G, 

12867. 
Doute,  ».  fear,  dread,  139,  1977, 

2793;  difficulty,  11246. 
Doute,c.todiead,t«  expect,  3495, 

12121, 12281. 


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Boutid,    adj.     dreaded,    to     be 

dreaded ;  doulid  in  Jild  =  tetrilic 

in  butle,  6350. 
D0WI7,  adv.  overcome,  in  despair, 

13937. 
Dowtya, pret.  o/Doube,  Z1686. 
Draghe,  V.  to  disv,  to  lead,  2945, 

11160. 
Droght,  s.  A  space,  a  distance, 

1221;  pi.  the  gwne  or  dnugbta, 

1623. 
Drapred,   adj.    decked,   draped, 

lOSO.    Mitlake /or  Dhpred. 
Draw,  V.  to  stretch,  to  hong  bj 

the   neck,    1970  ;    to  follow,  to 

press  on,  1448. 
Drecche,  v.  (A.S.)  to  vex,  to  op- 
press, 13801. 
Urede,    P.    (A.S.)    pret.    Dred, 

Drede,  to  fear,  1185,  10301 1  «. 

fesT,  terror,  13&9|  adj.  dreadful, 

166. 
Dregh,  a.    tlio    length,  the  fore 


'S ;     adj.    loDg,    tedl 
great,    11890        -- 


ifold, 


935,  9314  ;  o»  dregk  =  to  a  dist- 
ance, or  further  aud  further,  10043, 
11647;  why  dragkf^ouoitdr^kr 
=whj  doat  tbou  delftj  ? 

Eregli,  e.  to  endure,  3513,  3583  ; 
pni.  Dregh,  10777,  Dregliit,  ]  4034. 

DK«hly,  adB.  slowly,  2379,  9210. 

Dreight,  s.  length ;  the  dreight  = 
the  greatest  length ;  the  dag  of  ^ 
dreiaH  =  the  longest  day,  10633. 
SwHote. 

Drem,  Dieme,  B.  a  dream,  8425, 
8429. 

Drepe,  V.  (A.S.)  to  drop,  to  sink, 
to  faU,  to  DTeroomBi  to  kill,  9, 
939,  2290,  9864, 10795,  10861. 

Dresse,  Pres,  e.  (A.N.)  to  set,  to 
prepare,  to  apply,  274,  441,  1128, 
13076:  to  stretch,  to  lay  out, 
6835  ;  to  address,  7659. 

Dreve,  V.  to  drive,  to  tend,  7123. 

Dro,  pi-^.  o/Draghe,  6290. 


Drogh,  Dmghe,  pret.  of  Dragho, 
drew,  approached,  88,  2361,  3115, 
8075,  8090;  Uroghen,  10043, 
drogken  vp  dun  =  broke  open 
doora,  11936 ;  Drougb,  burst, 
5064. 

Dromoudary,  t.  a  dromedary, 
6207. 

Dropo,  p.  to  droop,  to  abate, 
921. 

Droun,  v.  to  drown,  5866. 

Dronp,  Drowp,  v.  to  droop,  to 
sink  under,  to  pine,  123,  1533, 
4393 ;  part.pm.  Drauping,  pining, 
3391  i  part.  p.  Droupjaite,  worn 
out,  sunk,  123. 

Dronp,  8.  a  drop  ;p^  perspiration, 
7997. 

Drow,  Drowe,  pret.  of  Draghe, 
drew,  approached,  797.  906 ;  fell, 
2379 ;  dragged,  6207. 

Dnighe.     See  Drogh. 

Drure,  contraction  for  Dmery, 
I.  (O.Fr.  drurW)  love,  gallantry, 
illicit  loTO,  3360. 

Du,  eontr.for  Dule,  adj.  deadly, 
poisonous,  bitter,  3299.    Or, 

Du  aopia  ^  Dew  or  water  drops. 

Du,  Due,  adj.  due,  right,  proper, 
correct,  true,  mean,  present,  cer- 
tain, 2673,  2723, 6584, 9089, 9095, 
11612,  12867;  for  due  =  for 
certain,  what  must  be. 


Duche,  I.  a  duchy,  9757. 
Dughter.     See  Doughter. 
Dughty.     See  Doughty. 
Dule,  I.  the  devil,  921,  4392, 
Dulfull,  adj.  Borrowful,  doleful, 

2170. 
Dull,  DuUe,  adj.  (A.8.)  stupid, 

foolish,  60,  7B66;  v.  to  stupify, 

11314;  to  soften,  5131. 
Dulte,  prd.  of  Dele,  5646. 
Duly,  Deuly,  Dewly,  adv.  truly, 


QLOSSARIAL  ISDE^ 


in  order,  slowly,  thorongblr,  60, 

64,  234,  771.  3732,  7068. 
Bump,  V.  to  rash  down,  to  sink, 

1996, 13289. 
Dung,  Dungen,  Dungyn,  part. p. 

o/'Dinz,  cniihed,  smashed,  beaten 

davu,  SD3G.  3230, 11633. 
Dur,Durr,a.  (A.S.)fldoor,  11890, 

1193Q. 
Dare,  v.  (A.K".)  to  endure,  2005 ; 

to  delaj,  to  linger,  BS94 ;  (.  wrong, 

harm,  offence,  1764. 
DubbH,  v.  to  dasL,  to  throw  down, 

to  M  down,  4776,  6786,  6410, 

13917. 
Dut,  V.  pret.  of  Doute,  dreaded, 

feared,  10188,  13427,  13834  i  ex- 
pected, 8347. 
Dyclie,  «.     See  Diche. 
Dydden,  v.  pret.  of  Do,  did,  put, 

1381. 
Dye,  V.  to  die,  6528. 
Dyke,  s.  (A.S.)  a  wall,  1533 ;  a 

ditch,  4755,  8328. 
Dympnll,  i.  a  dimple,  3060. 
DyB,  «.  noiae,    bustle,    clamour, 

shouting,  monndng,  waiting,  S74, 

1197,  1347,  6910,  8G7E,  8680. 
Dyn,  Dynn,  v.  to  make  a  great 

noise,  to  reaonud,  1197 ;  to  clmnonr, 

to  scold,   7659 1    pari,   Djanjng, 

noise,  waUing,  3437,  9618. 
Dyng,  V.     See  Ding. 
Dynt,    Dynte,    Dyntte,  i.      See 

Dint. 
Dysesent,  Dyssaisent,  t>.  to  refuse 

assent,  to  disapproTc,  8016,  9369. 
Dyse,  ».  (A.N.)  a  fiagment,  a  bit ; 

never  dere  kim  a  dfte  =  never 

hut  him  in  the  least,  808. 
Dyse,  8.  the  game  of  dice,  1622. 
Dyaese,  Dyssese,   s.   annoyance, 

vexation,  3326,  4206. 
Dyshoner,  e.  disbonour,  disgrace, 

1005. 
Dyting,  a.     See  Diting. 


Ease,  «.  ease,  comfort,  1656. 
Easement,  c.  ease,  relief,  7088. 
Ed,    adj.    head,    chief,    famous, 

5324,  5950;  luper.  Edist,  £ddist. 

See  Od,  snotber  Conn. 
Edder,  Eddnr,  i.  (A.S.)  a  serpent, 

or  adder,  926,  4432,  4463. 


Eft,  Efle,  adv.  (A.S.)  after,  808, 
1996,  9780 ;  again,  7624,  977S. 

Efter,at;i;.  after,  afterwards,  1439. 

Eftirsons,  adv.  immediately  after, 
74S4. 

Eftaones,  Efteaonea,  adv,  (A.S-) 
ioimediately,  2478,  6456. 

Eger,  Egor,  adj.  eager,  fond,  3753, 
5145, 10320;  v.  to  became  eager, 
to  rouse,  7389. 

Egerly,  Eguily,  adv,  eagerly,  hur- 
riedly, 864, 1390. 

Egge,  ».  an  edge,  7926. 

Egh,  s.  (A.S.)  an  eye,  1313, 
3015. 

Eght,  V.  pret.  of  Agh,  owed, 
owned,  421S,  6385. 

Eghted,  adj.  eighth,  6223. 

Eire,  «.  an  heir,  6315. 

£ke,t>.  to  add,  to  increase,  9270. 

Elde,  adj.  (A.S.)  old,  aged,  126 ; 
t.  old  age,  160. 

Elit  =  elected,  chosen,  1491. 

Ellis,  adv.  (A.S.)  else,  otherwise, 
1164, 10328,  13080. 

Elne,  for  Elne,  «.  an  ell,  170, 

Erne,  Em,  ».  an  uncle,  135,  1285, 
13101, 13519. 

Emperour,  Emperonre,  s.  a  chief, 
a  captain,  a  commander,  6021, 
8829,  8955,  9706,  12043, 12575. 

Enabit,  o,  to  dwell,  to  live,  110, 
1600]  prat.  Enabit;  part.  p. 
Enabit,  peopled,  101,  SSSSi  re- 
sorted to,  S866. 

Enarmed,    Enarmyt,    part,    p. 


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armed,  87,  1179,  1S36,  10S13, 
11173. 

Enbowet,  a4f.  (part.  p.  of  En- 
bowel  bent,  or  bowed  down, 
rounded,  3031. 

Encsline,  v>  (A.14^.)  to  bow  to,  to 
Bslute,  S305  i  to  follow,  2S45. 

Enciee,  v.  to  increase,  6432. 

'End,  Ende,  v.  to  finish,  to  com- 

flete,  4,  273 1  to  end,  to  result, 
94 ;  «.  an  end,  conoliuioD,  1438, 

1439. 
EndUnge,  along. 
Endles,  adj.  infinite,  2. 
Endaie,  v.  to  live,  to  wear  ont, 

S661. 
Ene,  8.  pi.    See  Een. 
Enerdand,  Enerdond,   part,    of 

Enerde,  dwelling,  inlu^tiDg,  4117, 

12857. 
Enfecte,  v.  to  infect,  to  cauBS  to 

repeat,  936  (tet  Note) ;  poisoned, 

3979;;™^.  Enfeete. 
Enforce,  v.  to  overcome,  to  away, 

10103 ;  jireL  Enforce. 
Enforme,  Enfoarme,  o.  to  inform, 

to  instraot,  054,  809,  3011 ;  jiarl. 

p.  Enfonnet,  Enfonrmet,  skilled, 

3833,  eiSfl,  10813. 
Enhatmse,  v.  (A.N'.]  to  raise,  to 

elBTSte,  13378, 13650. 
Etyoyne,  v.   to  enjoin,  to  woik 

out,  to  accomplish,  416. 
Enmy,  t.  an  enemy,  1638. 
Enny,  a^'.  any,  1528. 
Enon,  adv.  anon,  stTaigbt,  direct, 

1946. 
Enonmet,  pari.  p.  adorned,  set 

np,  1676. 
Enow,  OK^'.   enough,  in  plenty, 

332. 
Enpaire,  Enpare,  v.  to  impair,  to 

injare,  787,  3115,  8886,  9784. 
Ensample,    s.     (A.K.)    example, 

model ;    iH    auampU  ^  after    tbe 

model,  1610. 


EntaUe,  Entayill,  i.  (A.!!".)  sculp. 

ture,  or  carving,  1650, 1671. 
Entend,  s.  {A,N,)  understanding, 

ideas,  3634. 
Eutent,  a,  (A.N.)  intention,  pur- 
pose, imderstanding,  reason,   37, 

1716,  2709,  6724,  8647,  11244, 

11377, 11696, 
Entierment, «.  interment,  funeral, 

9106. 
Entire,  o.  to  inter,  to  bury,  9085. 
Entre,  Entnr,  t>.  to  enter,  9107, 

11878. 
Entre,  s.  (A.K.)  entrance,  1556, 

11875, 11896  i  a  bt^iming,  2248 ; 

an  enby,  or  common  pasaage  in  a 

buUding,  1600. 
Entrond,  adj.  absorbed,  entranced, 

3844. 
Enys,  adv.   once,  at  last,   873, 

7936. 
Er,  adv.  before,  1091, 1128, 1137. 
Erde,    V.    (A.S.)   to    inhabit,    to 

abide,  to  be  found,  to  be  sunk,  121, 

933,  4333 ;  Erdond,  Erdjng.  part. 

sunk,  or  bowed  down,  7128, 13132 ; 

Erdvng,  f.  a  living  being,  a  mortal, 

2217. 
Erding,  *.  biuiaL 
Ere,at{t>.  before,  previouBly,  1416. 
Eie,  s.  (A.8.)  an  ear,  pi.  Eris, 

1964,  2660. 
Erende,  Emd,  b.  ( A.S.)  an  errand, 

a  purpose,  an  end,  481,  522,  lS3ft. 
Eritage,  e.  heritage,  right,  13773. 
Eme,  e.  an  eagle,  11801. 
Emyst,  adj.  eamesl^  eerions ;  =s 

gnef,  sorrow,  2943. 
Erst,  adv.  (A.S.)  before,  4319; 

firat,  7233. 
Ert,  Erte,  v.  to  lead,  to  bring,  to 

guide,  to  direct,  204,  2735,  2943, 

4867 1  to  hearten,  to  encourage^ 

6603;  Ert  =  art,  6131. 
Ese,  s.  (A.N.)  ease,  pleasure ;  v. 

to  rest,  to  reiieah,  7133,  8381. 


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Esmint,  t.  ease,  comfort,  3338. 

Eepie,  «.  a  spy,  13425. 

Etljng,  a.  (A.S.)  intention,  pur- 
pose, desire,  1633. 

Ettle,  Ettiil,  Etill,  EUe,  Atle,  v. 
to  intend,  to  aim  at,  to  altempi,  to 
tell,  110,  394,  6399,  6456,  7424; 
Etlit  =  irent.  foUowed,  8989  i  = 
had  gone,  13519. 

Euther,  pron.  either,  each,  both, 
everj,  B7,  8018,  8357. 

Evensangtyma,  g.  the  hour  of 
even-song,  or  vespera,  6919. 

EveuTtig,  adj.  equal,  of  the  same 
rank,  8S17 ;  *.  cqualitj,  337S. 

Ever,  adv.  (A.8.)  always,  con- 
Btantl;,  143,  961 ;  Evtr  mart  = 
always,  891. 

Evyll,  adv.  eorely,  severely, 
abominably,  1865,  9665. 

Evyn, ».  evening,  night,  978. 

Evyn,  adv.  at  once,  immediately, 
aocoTdiogly,  1633,  1960;  finely, 
oorreotly,  perfectly,  43^  1635; 
All  evgn  ^  completely,  perfectly, 
11116 ;  adj.  even,  levd,  &t,  8078 ; 
just,  fair,  3387. 

Ewther,  cmij.  either,  1479. 

Ex,  V.  to  ask,  to  seek,  to  vile, 
£k.  L  title,  116S1. 

Bxi^eve,  r,  (A.K.)  to  eschew, 
4910. 

Exin,  i.  oxen,  668^  oxin,  87T, 
049. 

Experyment,  i.  charms,  13217. 

Explait,  A  furtherance,  promo- 
tion, 3661. 

Extaint,  v.  (Old  Fr.  ertaiTwire)  to 
extingiusL,  to  oahn  or  ttill,  4927. 

Face,  V.  to  soU,  to  deface,  to  dis- 
%ure,  9189,  9815 ;  part.  Facyng. 

Facinnd,  Faconnd,  s.  (A.N.)  elo- 
quence, 8748,  3798. 

Fade,  v.  to  cauu  to  fade,  to 
weaken,  to  qiuiich,  785,  9188. 


Faffure,  MS.  for  FassniB,  which 

Faght,  v.  pret.  of  Feght,  fimg^t, 
6410,  6839,  7441,  8404. 

Failyng,  a.  failure,  lack,  11162. 

Faint,  adj.  false,  12591. 

Faint,  Faintte,  c.  to  weaken, 
9567, 11163. 

Fainting,  Faiotyng,  s.  langnor, 
weakness,  116,  »3S. 

Faintis,  Faintes,  a.  (A.N.)  deceit, 
treachery,  341,  694. 

Faintly,  adv.  cowardly,  585. 

Faire,  ado,  (A.8.)  comely,  lair,  of 
hght  completion,  139,  8885 ;  glori- 
ous, 4407;  Fairer,  the  better,  the 
upper  band,  4507,  68S3 1  Fairest, 
beat,  for  tke  best,  1119;  aptw 
fain  KXie  :=  openly,  vithoat  sp- 
pearance  of  foul  play,  145. 

FaJre,  adv.  plainly,  evidently,  be- 
conungly,  83,  4337. 

Fairhed,  Fairhede,  Faiiefaede,  >, 
beauty,  splendour,  honour,  glory, 
1501,  3014,  4409,  4414.  838^, 
9144. 

Faith,  adj.  truthful,  truthlike, 
S41 ;  faith,  trust,  fealty,  promise. 
633,  548,  599 ;  n  faia  =  cer- 
tainly, assuredly,  735. 

Faithfully,  adv.  honestly,  truly, 
654 ;  assuredly,  1890. 

Faithly,  adv.  truly,  properly,  com- 
pletdy,  633, 11447, 13950. 

Faitonr,  i.  (A.N.)  a  deceiver,  a 
scoundre;  11241,  11864. 

Fall,  Falle,  v.  to  befall,  to  happen. 
to  come,  to  sprbg,  to  begin,  481, 
1485,8406,8867,  11617;  to falU 
lo=  Ui  happen,  3719 ;  to  attain 
to,  8963  ;  to  oommeace,  to  begio, 
4635 ;  to  fall  ox  =  to  attack, 
11515.  Fallus  =  befalls,  1116; 
Falljs,  ^ndpl.  impgr.  11515. 

Fall, «.  chance,  opportumty,  8117. 

Folshed,  «.  (A.S.)  falaehood, 
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Falsly,  adt>.  treacherously,  wick- 
edly, 17i3. 

F«l8yng,«.lyii^falaohood,11330, 
11352,  13368. 

Fame,  s.  a  leport,  a  etory,  tradi- 
tion, 149  i  good  name,  character, 
fame,  renown,  7G0- 

Fantasy,  Fantasi,  t.  mnaing,  lev- 
ei7.  2669,  9575. 

Fare,  V.  (A.S.)  to  go,  to  proceed, 
to  wend,  to  oome,  20,  485,  1148, 
1189  i  to  proceed,  to  act,  664,  760 ; 
to  fare,  to  suffer,  1222  j  prel.  Fer, 
149,  Fore,  Fanm,  Farjn;  par^.  p. 
Faren,  Farjn. 

Fare,  g.  entertaiimietit,  485  ;  con- 
duct, behaTioui,  appearanoe,  bear- 
ing, 446,  817,  808,  1188,  1295, 
.5883;  purpose,  plan,  ccbeme,  ad- 
venture, 1109,  1511, 2036, 11341 ; 
a  crowd  of  runners,  a  route,  11069. 

FareD,  Faryn,  pret.  ^  part.  p.  of 
Fare. 

Faae,  (.  the  fece,  1271. 

Fassuie,  a  bearing,  appearance, 
complexion,  3956. 

Faat,  adv.  (A.S.)  very  near,  close, 
326;  Mcurely,  Bolemnly,  S149, 
8420. 

Fast,  V.  {A.8.)  to  baten.  to  afGrm, 
7985  ;  jjfW.  Fesl,  jiarl.  p.  Fest, 
Featjn.    &eFest. 

Fanchon,  Fawchon,  a.  (A.X.)  a 
sword,  or  falohion,  8763,  9655. 

Fa«r^,  adj.  forty,  17fil. 

Faut,  Faute,  Fawt«,  t.  a  fault, 
want,  scarcity,  9128,  i860,  ISllB, 
12934. 

Faver,«.  iMcking,  assistance,  good- 
wiU,  1746. 

Faveret,  adj.  liked,  esteemed, 
3868. 

Fawie,  adj.  four,  12317. 

Fawte,  8.  a  crime,  &iilt,  fitiling, 
11760, 11754. 

Fay,  v.  to  delay,  linger,  pat  o^ 
6610. 


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Fay,  adj.  (A.S.  /rfffc,  loel  ft-i'jr) 
doomed,  or  fated  to  die,  dead, 
mortally  wonaded.  597,  956, 1154, 
6590 ;  many,  7967.    See  Fey. 

Fayn,  fayne,  adj.  (A.S.  fasgn) 
glad, prond,  happy,  639,  808, 1412; 
adj.  gladly,  5755. 

Fayn,  Fayne,  v.  to  feign,  to  dis- 
semble, to  conceal,  241,  353,  594, 
994;  to  adorn,  to  embellish,  34; 
part.  Faynyng ;  as  an  adj.  =  de- 
ceitful, 906.    See  Feyne. 

FaynheJ,  a.  gladness,  2446. 

Faynond,  adj.  glad,  gladsome, 
uTectionate,  12732. 

Faynte.     See  Fainte. 

Fe,  t.  a  reward,  2400. 

Febill,  Feble,  aq[?".  (A.N.)  feeble, 
weak,  ffliserable,  1356, 1433 ;  e.  to 
become  feeble,  to  wai  weak,  5060, 
6068, 13018. 

Fecclie,  v.  (A.S.)  to  fetch,  185, ' 
614,  6032  J  part.  Fecchyng,  bring- 
ing in,  welcoming,  1636. 

Fed,  part.  p.  of  Fede,  nurtured, 


Feght,  V.  to  fight,  to  battle,  1152; 

part.    Feghtynft    fighting,   9054; 

ore/.     Fsght,    Toght;     part,    f, 

Fogbtyn. 
Feghtet,  ».  a  fighter,  a  pugnacious 

person,  a  bully,  1751. 
Feghur,  adv.  comp.  ^fl^k,  fewer, 

7822. 
Feile,  o.  to  fail,  266. 
Feiie,  adj.  fair,  7990. 
Feith,  t.  Jaith,  1104. 
Fel,  adj.    See  FelL 
Feld,  Fild,  Filde,  Fyld,s.  a  field, 

a  battle-Held,  battle,  326,  11B7, 

1318,  6961,  8404 )  the  ground  of 


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532 

Feld,  pret.  of  Fde,  felt, 

10707. 
Fele,  adj.  (A.S.)  many,  29,  149, 

1438;  adv.  Terj,  iutenselr,  1834; 

the/airat  of  ^ofele  =  tbe  fureat 

of  those  beauties,  8400. 
Fele,  ff.  (A.S,)  to  feel,  to  perceive, 

6865,  7927, 11792. 
Feliahip, «.  fellowship,  2800. 
FeU,  4.  (A.8.)  the  skin,  the  hide, 

7719.  8795. 
Fell,  Felle,  Fel,  adj.  keen,  cruel, 

fierce,    fearful,  base,    129,    910, 

1304,  1990,  6595,  139Hi  huge, 

great,  S221i   eomp.  Pelicr,  more 

cruel,  more  Klentlesa,  2055. 
Fell,  FeUe,  pret,  of  FaU,  happened, 

befell,  116,500, 1323. 1343,  2345  ; 

brought,  gare,  1394. 
Fell,  FeUe,  v.  (A.S.)  to  fell,  to 

strike  down,  to  kill,  6512,  7967 ; 

pret.  Felle,  3233. 
Felly,      adv.     fiercely,     cruelly. 


Felous,  adj.  fierce,  warlike,  6063. 

Feltymes,  adv.  many  times,  often, 
3014. 

Feme,  v.  to  foam,  to  gush,  7261, 
8043, 10219. 

Femyne,  ».  wom&n-kind,  6669. 

Fend,  fende,  &  a  fiend,  the  fiend, 
or  deril,  4429,  8138, 11716. 

Fend,  v.  to  defend,  to  vard  off, 
3324, 10142, 10300. 

Fens,  «.  a  defence,  a  bulwark, 
7363. 

Fenyond,  adj.  dallying,  uncertain, 
4576. 

Fer,  pret.  of  Fare,  went,  waa  re- 
ported, 149. 

For,  adj.  far  ;  Ferre,  further,  78, 
96,  S16  i  theftr  tndt  =  the  con- 
cluaioD,  3347;  offer  eatU  =  fur 
reaching,  1447 ;  adu.  dearly,  4339 ; 
«.  the  utmost,  the  end,  S27S. 


QLOBSABIAL  INUEX. 


I  Fewsaeter,  t.  a  faivreaching,  far^ 

seeing  person,  3950. 
Ferd,  Ferdon,  pret.  of  Fare,  went, 

farad.  6142,  5409. 
Ferd,  Ferde,  part.    p.    of  Fere, 

afraid,  terrified,  222,  831,  2293. 
Fere,  «.   (A.S.}  a    companion,   a 

wife,  350,   706,   1097;    company, 

suite,  1132;  in  fere,  in  company, 

together,  759,  1349,  6940. 
Fere,  v.  (A.S.)  to  fear,  to  frighten, 

to  be  afraid,  869, 1929,  2148 ;  >. 

cause  to  be  afraid,   1977;    ade. 

downright ;  *  fere  ^  out  and  out, 

completely,  18. 
Fere,  /.  1977,  nhouU  be  Ferd.    ' 
Ferfull,  adj.  grim,  haughty,  dis- 
tant, 3868. 
Ferke,  v,  to  proceed,  to  hast«n,  to 

start  np,  1036,  11259  ;  to  put,  to 

cut,  to  strike,  146,  5260  ;  to  carrr, 

186,  614,  6033. 
Ferly,  ».  a  marvel,  a  wonder,  95, 

261 ;  adj.  strange,  wonderful,  356. 

970 ;  ado.  wonderrully,  6224. 
Ferlyf uli,  a^.  wonderful,  horrible, 

179. 13306. 
Fernet,  adj.  {a  form  of  Frenyit) 

freniied,  wild,  6S83. 
Ferre,  adv.  (A.S.)  further,   110, 

875. 1376. 
Ferrer,  «.  a  farrier,  1593. 
Ferther,  adv.  &rther,  11702. 


Fese,  V.  to  confess,  10325. 

Fest,  t>.  to  fasten,  to  hind,  to  con- 
clode,  to  seal,  to  pledge,  651, 
8390,  11796;  pret.  Fest,  10111; 
part.  p.  Pest,  7874. 

Fest,  a.  a  feast,  206,  3463 ;  v.  to 
feast,  12299. 

Festen,  Feston,  Featyn,  Festnen, 
p.  to  fix,  to  arrange,  to  fasten,  to 
bind,  to  ratify,  to  conclude,  63^ 
1437,3123,  8376,9081, 13618;  to 
rouse,  to  waken,  14S9. 


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Fet«,  A  vork,  deed,  practice,  skill, 

533, 1639,  6186, 10813, 13075. 
Fetia,  adj.  (A.N.)  neat,  elegant, 

3063,  3075. 
Fetur,    V.    to    fetter,    to    bind, 

3518. 
Fetuia,  s.  pi.  featnies,  complexion, 

189, 1018,  2953. 
Feum,   ».  ftaaa,   smell,   eteucb, 

1609. 
Feveiyere,  ».   (A-N.)    February, 

40W. 
Fey,    adj.    (A,S.)  feted   to  die, 

mortally    irounded,    dead,     8935, 

5243,  8996,  9691,  13S34;  many, 

3178.     SetYAj. 
Fe}-ne,  r>.  to  faint,  to  succomb, 

1239. 
Feyne,  o.  {A.N.)  to  dissemble,  to 

invent,  to  iitiagine,  18,   41,   119. 

See  Fajne. 
Feynit,  adj.  invented,  imaginary, 

Fiche,  Fycho,  «.  jrf.  fish,  1590, 
13326. 

Figbt,  8.  difficulty,  straggle,  228, 
11138. 

Fild,  pra.  of  Fill,  filled,  loaded, 
1617,  5384. 

Fild,  Filde,  Fyld,  e.     See  Feld. 

File,  p.  to  defile,  defkme,  to  sully, 
2669,  8130. 

Fille,  ».  to  fulfil,  602 ;  Fillyn, 
1109. 

Filsyn,  c.  t«  aid,  to  aaaist,  to  in- 
crease, 6S13, 9343, 12948  ;  to  snp- 
Sort,  to  mMutaia,  to  preaerve, 
383, 13180, 18350;  FUsoin,  4871 1 
Fjlay,  8884. 

Filth,  Filthe,  (.  baBeness,  trea- 
chery, wickedness,  732,  1609, 
8131. 

Firko,  I.  a  thief,  a  plunderer, 
6428. 

Fine,  adv.  (A.S.)  fomp.  of  Per, 
further,  onward,  torward,  47S8. 


Flagh,  Flaghe,  prd.  of  Fie,  fled, 

6C«1,  7746,  11144. 
Flamme,  v.  to  flame,  to  gleam, 

to  gutter,  156,  1958  ;  part.prei. 

Flamond,  825;    Flaumond,   168; 

Flammyog,  970. 
Flaug,  Flange,  ^e^.  o/Fling,  cast, 

thrast,  cut,  Blrnck,   1241,   5853. 

11112. 
Flapp,  V.  to  strike,  to  dash,  7674  ; 

to  flap,  to  be  blown,  11795. 
Flatt,  «.  a  hollow  in  a  field,  10004. 
Flaumoud,  pari.     See  Flamme. 
Flay,  V.  to   frighten,  4593;    to 

weaken,  13294. 
Fie, ».  pret.  Flagb,FIogh,Floghen, 

Flcddon,  to  flee,  to  fli,  1349,  4738, 

6850,  8602, 11969. 
Flecchour,  «.    (A.N.)  an    arrow- 
maker  ;  properly,  one  who  makes 

and  sets  the  feathers  ob  arrows, 

1593. 
Fleme,  v.  (A.N.)  to  flow,  10004  ; 

to   drire   away,  to   exile,    18377, 

12379, 12435,  13604, 
Flese,  s.  a  fleece,  156,  225,  970. 
Flet^,  V.  to  flow,  to  float,  278, 

1609;   to  sail,   13154;  prel.   and 

pari.  p.  Flet ;   pari,  p.  =  over- 

floweJ,  covered,  12560. 


Flogh,    Floghen,   prel.    of  Fie, 

4732,  SCOi,  11969.- 
Fiore,  «.  a  floor,  1660. 
Florence,  «.  florins,  money,  1367. 
Flote,   pref.    of  Flyte,    scolded, 

Uunted,  7324. 
Flowen,pre/.  of  ¥16,  10077. 
Flypo,  V.  to  pull  off,  as  the  skin 

is  pulled  off  a  rabbit,  954. 
Flyte,  V.  (A.S.)  to  scold,  to  taunt, 

to   uphmid;   prrt.    Flote,    7324i 

pari.  Fljtjng,  7658. 


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Fnast,  V.  (A.S.)  to  breathe  h&rd, 

to  rush,  to  ro&r,  16S,  878, 
Foale,  Fol,  Fole,  Foole,  Fowle.a. 

R  home,  1S4&,  6400,  6451,  8341, 

9469, 13560, 13E63. 
Fode,    a.    food,  Tictnala,   6170, 

7854. 
Foghle,  s.  a  fowl,  a  bird,  105S3, 

11805. 
F»^ht,  Foghtya,  pret.  of  Fegbt, 

fought,  6SS9,  7785. 
Folde,  V.  to  surround,  11263. 


Fole,  8.  a  fool,  1817,  4931, 13279. 
Folily,  adv.  fooliahly,  raahly,  574, 

5101,  7613. 
Folio,  *.  folly,  lage,  anger,  1957  j 

Foly,  1425. 
Folui,  pret.  foUowed,  6854. 
Fome,  s.  the  sea,  the  waves,  986. 
Fomen,  a.  enemies,  11263. 


Fonde,  pret.  of  Find,  found,  dia- 
covered,  1386. 

Fonge,  p.  (A.S.)  to  take,  to  seize, 
to  accost,  to  meet,  366,  956,  963, 
1367, 10017  ;  to  undertake,  to  aid, 
599  [  FoBDge,  to  batter,  to  beat, 
14023. 

Fonnet,  adj.  (A.8.)  foolish,  3473, 
4207,  7137 ;  bewildered,  helpless, 
4691. 

Fonnge,  v.     See  Fonge. 

Foole,  adj.  fooliab,  13841. 

Foole,  8.  a  horse,  1245.  3ee 
Foale. 

For,  as  a  prefix  to  Terbs,  adds  in- 
tensity to  tbe  Bigmfieation,  some- 
times  completion,  Eometimes  op- 
position, as  for-bkde,  to  bleed 
COpiousl;fi  for-faryit,  completely 
gone,  killed ;  for-sham,  to  trana- 
uirDi ;  fir-bode,  to  forbid. 

For,  Fore,  prep,  for,  1737, 1854  ; 


throngh,  because,  193, 1444,  660*, 

11847,  against,  1528;  in  spite  of. 

890,  643B. 
Forbade,  v.  to  forbid,  6681  ;  to 

prohibit,  5726,  6438 ;  fret.  For- 

We ;  imperal.  Forbade. 
For-bled,  part.  p.  covered  with 

blood,  12270. 
For-do,  V.  to  undo,  to  ruin,  to 

destroy,  2940. 
Fore,  pret.  of  Fare,  went,  fared, 

rushed,  93,  853,  887,  898,  1209, 

9564!  dealt,  wrought,  44,  1813. 

8519, 10896. 
Fore,  o^?'.  fhmt,  884 ;  prep.    See 

For. 
For-faren,     For-faiyn,    pari.     p. 

perished,  killed,  1438, 12118. 
Fot-ferd,  part.  p.  temfied,  10276, 

10699. 
Forfet,  B.  loss,  punishment,  2298 ; 

0.  to  forfeit,  4450. 
Forfonnet,  pari.  p.   of  For-fon, 

become  sUly,  senseless,  632. 
Forge,  V,  to  devise,  to  plan,  12651, 

12591. 
For-juste,  v.  to  decide,  to  settle, 

296. 
Formast,  adj.    foremost,  largest, 

278. 
Fome,     Fourme,     adv.     direct, 

straight,  right,  6784,  7769. 
Forray,  *  plunder,  6426. 
Fore,  V.  to  force,  to  urge,  1929. 


Foiset,  V.  to  beset,  to  surround, 

to  besiege,  1924,  7671. 
FoTshape,  v.  to  transform,  13221. 
FoiBlet,  a.  a  steonghohl,  11779. 
Forthe,  adv.  forwards,  onwards, 

till  now,  1628. 
Forther,  adv.  forth,  680,  11174. 
Forther,  v.  to  fiirther,  to  aid,  to 

ansist,  to  benefit,  to  honour,  6743, 

8S8i,  1 1133, 11170, 11708. 11716 


QLOSSARIAL  INDEX. 


part.    ForthcDTng,    asalsling,    of 

benofil,  aiding,  1576. 
Forthi,  eonj.  (A.S.)  becasee,  1086. 
For-thinke,  d.  (A.S.)  to  repent,  to 

rue,  9312. 
Fortune, «.  cliance,  1464. 
Fonraid,  s.  (A.S.)  a  promise,  r 

pledge,    648,    602,    2440,    3133, 

9312;  an  agreement,  a  cuTenant, 

£727)    the    front,    the    Tan,    the 

attack,  1148,  6860. 
Forwise,  a<^'.  prescient,  iai-Beeing, 

2539,  3950. 
Fo>wroglit,  part.  p.  OTer-worked, 

vom  out,  exhauBted,  6861. 
For-yete,  v.  to  forget,  869  ;  pret. 

For-jet,  883  ;  part.  p.  For-Teten, 

2291  i  For-jelon,  2068,  9959. 
Fose,  a.  pi.  o/Foe,  5169. 
Fot,    V.    to    fetoh;    pret.    Fot, 

12610. 
Fote,  s.  a  foot,  356,  1824. 
Fotyng,  s.  footing,  position,  eecu- 

rity,  2077. 
Fonchon,  i.  a  falcMon,  a  swoid, 

6360, 11110. 
Found,  V.  to  intend,  to  design, 

13818 ;    to   inTent,  to  originate, 

16SS ;  to  accomplish,  to  succeed, 

1154. 
Fonrme,  v.   to   form,  to  build, 

1540;  I.  manner,  1964. 
Fouime,  adn.    See  Forne. 
Foort,  adj.  fooith,  6446. 
Foutly,  adv.  foolishly,  6079. 
Fowle,  t.  a  horse,   13660.     See 

Foale. 
Foyne,  v.  to  push,  to  thrast,  *to 

fence  vith  a  spear,  10081, 10287. 
Fnght,  f.  freight,  cargo,  1116, 

5384,  9388, 12356  ;  a  fleet,  13301. 
FnJst,  V.  to  try,  to  prove,  261, 

6533, 6947}  to  inquire,  to  examine, 

to  seek  out,  to  conanlt,  97, 1119. 
Fnite,  v.  to  inquire,  to  seek  out, 

10714. 


Frayne,  v.  (A.8.)  to  ask,  to  in- 
quire, 97,  358, 1794,  2893,  13019. 

Fre,  at(}.  (A.8.)  Hbeial,  noble, 
358,625,  11234)*.  a  familiar  term 
in  narrative  or  cottTSrsBtion  apphed 
to  both  sexes  =  a  person,  a  man,  a 
woman,  533,  1386. 

Freeltie,  a.  (A-N.)  frailty,  ireak- 
ness,  8723. 

Frek,  adj.  (A.S.J  quick,  eager, 
hasty ;  a»ii;i.  Frekir,  9863. 

Freke,  a.  (A.S.)  s  man,  a  fellovr, 
146. 

Frele,  a^:  (A-N.)  fraU,  831. 

Frenship,  s.  fiiendship,  good-wilL 
1777. 

Freshe,  Freashe,  a^.  hrigh^  225, 
997. 

Fresshe,  e.  the  flood,  or  ototAow 
of  a  river ;  a  press  of  men,  an  on- 
set, 4730. 

Fret,  V.  (A.S.)  to  adorn,  to  deck, 
434,  3409;  part.  p.  sdonied, 
spread,  1660. 

Fieto,  V.  (A.S.)  to  consume,  to 
destroy,  9691 ;  part.  p.  Fret,  con- 
sumed, decayed,  13039;  imperat. 
Fret,  deal,  dally,  12846. 

Frickly,  adv.  eagerly,  heartily, 
8994.  S880. 

Frigie,  adj.  as  a.  Phijgian,  a 
Phrygian,  3918,  2981. 

Frike,  adj.  (A.S.)  another  form 
of  Freke  (both  forms  are  still  in 
nse  in  the  West  of  Scotiand ;  Friks 
is  generally  applied  to  qualities  and 
moods  of  Ihe  affeotiona,  and  the 
mind ;  Freke,  to  the  manner  and 
conduct,  but  they  are  often  used 
in  the  same  sense);  hearty,  glad, 
1189,  2918;  keen,  eager,  2056, 
6949 ;  /rU«  age  ■=.  courageoua 
times,  the  age  when  one  is  readj 
for  any  undertaking,  3304. 


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Frith,  8.  (A.S.)  a  wood,  a  coppice, 

13652. 
Froch,  V.  to   nub,  to  dash,  to 

push,  1278.    &«  Fnuh. 
Fiotfa^  V.  to  iroth,  or  foam  at  the 

mouth,  1957. 
Frant,  s.  the  front,  the  hreast,  the 

fore-part,  9150,  10314;    ■   mua, 

one  bod?,  10S69. 
Front,o.  to  strike,  to  wonnd,  6923, 

fi984;  to  rush,  to  drive,  to  tumble, 

to  faU,  68S7,  6890,  S327,  8551. 
Froeh,  Fnieshe,  c.  to  bruise,  to 

oruab,  to  break,  to  tear,  1193, 8335, 

13940  ;  to  posh  violeDtly,  to  dash, 

3285,  S931  i  a  nuh,  a  oraab,  an 

onset,  5830,  6098. 
Frut,  a.  fruit,  4972. 
Fryke,  adj.  hearty,  1050.     See 

ii±e. 
Firnde,  s.  a  friend,  a  relative, 

1039. 
Fueree,  Furee,  a^.  fierce,  strong, 

brare,  216,  669,  785  ;  greit,  1617 ; 

immease,  2S71 ;  as  a  (.  8S8. 
Fueraly,    Furaly,    adv.    fiercely, 

eagerly,  quicklj.  261,  1245. 
Fughtyn,  pret.  of  Feght,  fought, 

7087, 10431. 
FuUaiifl,  adj.  handsome,  3155. 
Full,  adj.  satisfied,  «S. 
Full  flwice  etuniid  be  FuUs-wice, 

Fool's  vise,  like  a  fool,  5071. 
Fulsom,  adj.  very  large,  very  full, 

S06S. 
Fulthe,    s.    abondance,    plenty, 

6414. 
Fnr,  Furre,  adv.  further,  1107, 

7103.    :&«FirTe. 
Furde,  g.  a  band,    a    company, 

4164,  7217. 
Furder,  adv.  further,  2982. 
FursnsB,    t.    fierccnees,  bravery, 

9771. 


Fui8t»  a^:  firel,  16S7,  iMO. 
Furtb,Furthe,ac!c.  forth,  onward, 

onwards,  S21S,  9744,6904,  ISlOSi 

at  once,  2984. 
Furtbe,  aij.  the  fourth,  2007. 
Fyche,  a.     8m  Fiche. 
Fjtte,  adj.  fifth,  I486,  6338. 
Fyge,  A  a  fig,  12206. 
Fyld,  Fylde,  a.     See  Feld 
Fylyng,  *.  (part,  of  Fyle)  defile- 
ment, tSSO.    See  File. 
Fylay,  Fylayn,  v.     See  Filsyn. 
Fyn,   Fyne,    adj.    good,    great, 

clever,  learned,  keen,  400.  3824, 

8376 1  adv.  completely,  7168. 
Fynde,  «.  a  fiend,   597,    4290, 

8125. 
Fyndyng,  g.    the    founding,  the 

origin,  4296. 
Fyne,  v.  to  finish,  to  cease,  to 

end,  8810. 
Fyst,  B.  the  fist;  in  /j/tt  =  in  hia 

gnsp,  a  bold  of,  10995. 
Fyt,  «.  a  measure,  a  socldon  of  a 

Btoiy,  8420. 


Gaf,  Gafe,  Gafl'e,  pret.  of  Give, 

804, 1S50,  6102,  6491. 
Gaid,  pret.  of  Ga,  went,  369. 
Galoa,  Galous,    Galowea,  *.    the 

gallows,    13885,    12890,    13033, 

13116. 
Gamen,  Gamyn,  t.   frolic,  intep- 

course,  107, 1506, 11056. 
Gau,  pret.  began. 
Gar,  Ger,  v.  (Icel.)  to  make,  to 

caose,  to  compel,  197, 1937,  2988 ; 

pret.  Gart,  9394  j  Gert,  1616, 1629, 

4347,  6657,  8399.     Both  forms 

are  still  used  in  SootUnd. 
Gat,  Gate,  pret.  of  Get,  got,  ob- 

Uined,  1529,  355S;  bwat,  107, 

1506, 13944. 


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Gate,  part.  p.  of  Geet,  gwarded, 
superintended,  &66. 

Gate,  8.  (A.S.)  a  street,  way,  road, 
351, 1331, 5946 ;  maaiier,  conduct, 
vndertakiDK,  612,  S239,  5207, 
blZ^iffirdofkugale  =fi)d  o/kU 
gate  ■=.  Qed  out  of  his  vay ;  to  gat 
=:  inthesaDie  waj.similarlj,  GS07| 
IN  mir gate /urlke  =  in  our  conduct 
from  this  day  (octli,  61 38 ;  allagreil 
to  tw  gate  ^  all  igrced  lo  the  plan, 
3649. 

Gaude,  Gawde,  s,  a  jest,  a  trick, 
a  pretence,  603,  9S7ti,  10719 ;  pt. 
Oawdjn,  11468. 

Gaume,  8.  a  game,  a  merry- 
making,  1G20.  1622,  S937. 

Gawlyng,  a.  {part,  of  Gawl,  Gowl) 
shouting,  vailing,  8677- 

Gay,  8.  a  gay  person,  a  lady,  26  79. 

Gayn,  Gayne,  ade.  near,  over 
against,  2313,  i3i6,  8001,  S039. 

Gayne-come,  g.  retum,  i.  e.  com- 
iog  baok  again,  3026. 

Gayniflt,  miper.  o/  Gayn,  fore- 
most, first,  2996. 

Gayre,  s.  905,  13360.    &eGeire. 

Gedre,  Gedir,  v.  to  gather,  to  col- 
lect. 117*,  12ZS,  10133  i  prei.  ^ 
part.  p.  Qcdrel,  Oedrit. 

Geet,  V.  (Ft.  ffuet,  a  ward)  to 
guard,  to  keep,  11746;  part.  p. 
QaU,  566. 

Geet«r,  Geter,  a.  a  keeper,  a 
guardian,  978,  11739. 

Geiie,  Gete,  Geyre,  Gayre,  s. 
goods,  weapons,  instrunieDls,dress, 
armour,  905,  1081,  6051,  6S17, 
6565,  8477,  13360. 

Gem,  a.  a  gem,  a  preciouB  thing, 
1368. 

Gematry,  a.  geometry,  6394. 

Gentill,  a.  a  noble,  a  knight,  128 ; 
a  lady,  437. 

Gentris,  a.  gentility,  manners, 
conduct,  131. 

Ger,  p.  1937.     See  Gar. 


537 

Gert,  prel.  of  Ger.     See  Gar. 
Ges,  2  «'w7.  prea.  iiid.    of  Gie, 

givest,  3089;  imperat.  giTe,13553. 
Geet,  Geste,  Gyste,  «.  (A.N.)  an 

event,  2026;  an  adventure,  620] 

a  deed,  3366 ;  a  history,  or  tale, 

286,  12773. 
Get,  V.  to  keep,  to  preserve,  21 13. 
Geter,  s.    See  Geeter. 
Getton,  Getyn,  part,  p.  gotten, 

begotten,  390, 1017. 
Gevyn,  pret.  of  Give,  gave,  in- 

flioled,  944, 1214,  B916. 
Gewell,  «.  a  jewel,  1368. 
Geynde,  pari.  p.  join,  at^oining, 

B223, 
Geyre,  e.    See  Geire. 
Giannd,  e.  a  giant,  9503. 
Gide,  Gyde,  s.  a  guide,  a  chief,  a 

Tuler.  4053,  8881. 
Gif,  Gyf,  coTy.  (A.S.)  if. 
Glide,  a4i.  golden,  yellow,  3989. 
Gile,  s.  deceit,  surprise,  stratagem, 

10719. 
Gille,  a.  a  narrow  rocky  valley,  or 

glen,  13529. 
Gilt,  s.  guilt,  crime,  1814,  11681. 
Gird,  Glide,  Gyrd,  o.  to  strike,  to 

Sierce,  to  thrust,  to  dash,  to  poll, 
77,  938,  910,  1332,  1377 1  to 
spring,  to  rush,  to  dash,  to  fall,  169, 
854,  880,  1333,  1317,  2072,2322, 
8072,  9017;  to  cut,  12143:  pre/. 
Oirdjn;  pari.  Girdand,  Girdond. 
Girditler,  a.  a  maker  of  girdles, 
1581,  The  girditleri,  or  girdUrt, 
formed  a  section  of  the  "  hamtiier- 
men."  The  girdle  is  a  rouud  iron 
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fondle,  as  in  1.  13836,  "A  grgdell 
nil  gaj  gret-full  of  Bcbe." 
QMjn,pret.  o/Gird,  4740. 
Glade,  v.  (A-S.)  to  make  glad, 


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Glaive,  Glayre,  a.  A  aword,  a 
broftd-sTord,  also,  k  we^on  com- 
posed or  ft  long  cntting  blade  at 
the  end  of  k  staff,  47 M,  138Si. 


Gleme,  b.  a.  light,  a  gleam,  30fi7, 

10971 ;  p.  to  shine,  to  gleam,  3943. 
Glentte,  r.  to  glance,  to  glitter, 

3067, 10971. 
Gloy,  Glie,  v.  to  squint,  3772, 

3943,  3996. 
Glissen,  Gliaaon,  Glyssen,  v.  to 

glitter,    to    sparkle,   3067,   G896, 

10971 ;  part  id  ond  and  Md. 
Glod,    Glode,    pret.     of    Glide, 

glided,    went,    proceeded,    S996, 

6096,  6393. 
Glogh,  e.  to  gaze,  to  stare,  2922. 
Glose,  0.  (A.S.  glesan)  to  Msifj', 

to  hide,  to  conoeal,  11468. 
Glotte,  V.  to  glut,  11777. 
Glover,  a.  a  glover,  a  maker  of 

gloves,  shirts,  breeches,  &c.,  made 

of  leather,  1S84. 
Glyssenoad,  part.     See  GliBsen. 
Goand,  Goond, ^art.  o/Go,  going, 

1676,  4978, 13463.  13557. 
Gobbott,  Gobet,  Gobett,  g.  (A.N.) 

a    piece,  a  an^et,    190,    SBSS, 

11740;    M    aobftia  =  iR  pieces, 

12143. 
Godaide,  s.  a  gutter,  a  drain,  1607. 
Goddea,   Goddis,  e.  a   goddess, 

3016,  4661. 
Gode,  Good,  Goode,  «.  a  sum  of 

monej,  mocej,  wealth,  973, 11731, 

11735  i  pi.  Godes,  Oodys,  Ooodes, 

goods,  propertf ,  hooaeaold  goods, 

1406,  1408. 
Godely,  adv.  goodly,  freely,  381. 
Goldamytb,  s.  a  goldsmith,  1584. 
Gome,  ».  (A.  8.)  a  man,  a  peraon, 

64,  1338,  8371.  10149;  fl.  folk. 

people. 
Gome,  3.  the  gam,  3057. 


Gon,  prel.   of  Go,  went,  6112; 

part.  p.  o/6i»,  pven,  11731. 
Good,  Goode,  at^'.  rich,  valuable, 

1366 ;  >.  ricbea.  wealth,  159,  S7S, 

1305,  11731. 
Goond,  part.     See  Gooud. 
Gorge,  s.  (A-N.)  the  throat,  169, 

5839. 
Gob,  5  tiiig.  pres.  ind.  of  Go,  Si03. 
Gosshe,  V.  to  gosh,  to  flow,  1 607. 
Goal,  s.  {A.S.)  spirit,  life,  8216, 

9189. 
Goter,  9.  a  gutter,  3072  ;  a  vein, 

8701. 
Goiilis,    Gonlys,     a.     gules,     in 

heraldry,  5937,  6291. 
Governance,    Govemaunce,    Go- 

Teniaase,  QoTeraaDnse,  i.  coarage, 

conduct,  guidance,   control,  rtde, 

339,  4S3,  656,  GS78, 13330. 
Grace,  «.  (A.N.)  lack,  chance,  76 ; 

fortune,  334. 
Graide,  v.   (Icel.)  to   build,  to 

erect,  6035 ;  pari.  p.  Gtaid,  1664; 

Gret,  1659. 
Graidly,    Greidly,    adv.    (Ic*L) 

carefully,  eagerly,  gladly,  at  cmce, 

64,  656,  3133, 11440. 
Graithe,  Graythe,  a^.  ready,  de- 
termined, skilled,  ateady,  339, 1706, 

3536, 10633. 
Graithe,  t>.   ficel.)  to  work,  to 

Sash  on,    1081;    to    quarrel,  to 
ght,  1444]  to  dress  or   prepare, 

13158;  prel.  Graithid,  Greithed, 

Grethit, 
Graitbly,    adv.    (IceL)    readily, 

speedily,  eagerly,  930. 
Graithnes,    «.     readiness,   skill, 

promptitude,  4509,  8943. 
Grase,  s.  grace,  favour,  826. 
GrauDser,    «.     (A.N'.)    graudsiie, 

3169, 10638,  13394,  13433. 
Graunt,  v.    (A.N.)   to  grant,    to 

agree,  860 ;  to  promise,  979 ;  part. 

p.  Graunt,  granted,  oKred,  6S1, 


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Gnunt,  t.  an  agreement,  2G3 ;  a 
promise,  44SS;  a  vote,  B91S;  & 
gnat,  slloiTBiioe,  9941. 

Grave,  V.  to  buiy,  10131 ;  part 
p.  Gnvjn,  bnii^  11562. 

Gre,  «.  (A.N.)  a  atep  of  a  stair, 
13504)  d^ree,  rank,  7197)  hon- 
our, prize,  muteiT,  1353,  4S31, 
4607,  9636. 

Gre,  V.  to  agree;  prel.  Gright, 
•gi«ed,g3I5,  9367;  wUoffrt  =  Ui 
bring  Bbont  ui  agreement,  bj  iraj 
of  treaty,  u  indemuitj,  11S95. 

GtecfuII,  cu^.  crowded,  full,  331. 
See  Gret-fuU. 

Gredy,  (W^'.  greedy,  J  370, 

Grefe,  (.  grie^  ruin,  1720 ;  anger, 
6440;  lo  are/i  =  gnevonalj,  nn- 
natnrally,  30U. 

GrMdly,  adv.     See  Graidlj. 

Greithed,  prel.  of  Graithe,  10642. 

Greme,  v.  (A.8.)  to  grind  the 
teetb,  to  be  ennged,  to  oorae, 
1006;  to  proroke,  to  rouM,  to 
ennge,  12153. 

Greme,  Gtem,  Gremy,  t.  (A.S.) 
grief,  Borrov,  anger,  rage,  603, 
1730, 1755,  2545,  3491,  4754. 

Grement,  ».  agreement,  consent^ 
9384. 

Gremy,  s.  2045.     See  Greme. 

Qiene,  s.  a  field,  a  plain,  7732, 
7814, 11440. 

Grepe,  D.  to  grope,  to  search  for, 
to  ooDsider,  3455. 

Greee,  «.  Greece,  3117. 

Greae,  a,  (A.N.)  a  step,  steps,  a 
■tair,  369,  1664,  1676,  87S2, 
13463;  pi.  Onto,  Gmia. 

Gret,  Grete,  Grett,  adj.  (A.8.) 
great,  ofaief,  107,  1178,  1455 ;  as  a 
*.  a  great  one,  a  penon  of  ruk,  a 

feraon   of    vealtb,    1858,    7018, 
173G;    t^MT.    Qrettyst,    1006; 
Qrettist,  10642. 
Gret,  i^^. o/Graide, bnilt,  1659; 
grew,  became,  cbanged,  9643. 


Grate,  t.  a  command,  an  order, 
87S7  ;  dying,  wailing,  8677. 

GreUull,  adj.  quite  filled,  fall, 
13326;  GrecfuU,  331. 

Grethit,  prei.     See  GraJthe. 

Greitenee,  a.  greatness,  3312. 

Gretyng,  s.  crying,  wailing  3491. 

Grevance,  Greranee,  g.  strife, 
relation,  1403,  1314. 

Greve,  i-,  (A.N.)  to  grieve,  to  vex, 
to  injure,  573,  1431,  2143,  853S. 

Greve,  s.  grief,  13957. 

Greves,  ».  groves,  bushes,  331, 
1060,  3738, 13972,  13457. 

Gricche,  v.  to  grudge,  to  with- 
hold, 7072. 

Grice,  *.  Greece,  40. 

Gright,  V.     See  Gre. 

Grippe,  v.  (A.S.)  to  seize,  930, 
1340,  1370, 12319 ;  to  dig,  1377  j 
to  haol,  1784.    Qt7ppe,  938. 

Grippe,  (.  a  grip,  &  foundation, 
1643. 

Grise,  i.  Greece. 

Groaond,  part,  growing,  advanc- 
ing, 11462. 

Grond,  Gronnd,  Ground,  a^, 
great,  chief,  1403, 1431. 

Grone,  «.  a  groan,  9017. 

Groo,  t).  to  grow,  to  increase,  1 403, 

Ground,  Grounde,  t.  ground,  laud, 
field,  1174, 13ES ;  a  flotH-,  a  plat- 
form, 1661;  a  foondation,  origin, 
caose,  IS  ^)plied  to  disputes  or 
quarrel,  hence,  a  dispute,  quarrel, 
or  strife,  30,  3S6. 

Gmcche,  Gnitche,  v.  (A.S.)  to 
grudge,  to  withhold,  837>,  99S6. 

GroBBhe,  t>.  to  crush,  to  gash,  to 
lay  open,  9483. 

GiTdell,  «.  a  girdle,  13826.  Sea 
Qirdiller. 

Grym,  a^j.  (A-9-)  gnm.  fierce, 
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Grymly,    Grimlt,    adi).    grimlj, 

fieroelj,  wralhfully,  104SS. 
Giynde,  v.  to  grind  com,  1S04. 
Gryppe,  v.    See  Grippe, 
Gryse,  s.  Greece,  1026. 
Guttes,  B,pl.  the  bowels,  9406. 
Gyde,  t.    See  Gide. 
Gyi;  eoti^'.     See  Gif. 
Gyle,  8.     See  Gile. 
Gyn,  a,   s  snare,  wile,   pretext, 

197. 
Gyng,  Gynge,  «.  (A.S.)  a  com- 

panj,  followera,  1225.  3882,  8924, 

13317. 
Gyrd,  V.    See  Gird. 
Gyrt,  V.  to  lash  with  words,  to 

gibe,  toUuot,  SllS. 
Gyate,  s.  a  deed,  an  odvoDture, 

680. 

Hacche,  e.  a  hatch,  a  cover  for 

the  hold  of  ■  ship,  3005. 
Hade,  would  have,  1251. 
Hade,  would   hide,  or    conceal, 

13609. 
Hagge,  V.  to  hack,  10023. 
Haile,  v.  to  haul,  to  Uft  up,  1086. 
Hailsen,'!!.  (A.S,)  to  salute,  1792, 

4557;  /wrt.  Hailsjng,  aaa.t.  367. 
Haithill,  adj.   great,  worthy,  or 

famous ;  Haitkill  ofdedu  =  famous 

for  hU  stories,  3S.     See  Hstbel. 
Hald,  V.  (A.8.)  to  hold,  to  keep, 

to  fulfil,  lllO-i  part.  p.  Haldjn, 

held,  beliBTed  to  Im!,  3951. 
Haldo,  «.  (A.S.)  a  hold,  a  strong- 
hold, a  fortress,  4786. 
Hale,  V.  (A.S.)  to  pull,  to  draw, 

to  hanl  1783,  2847,  2968,  6S47  ; 

to  tew,  to  scratch,  9137. 
Half,  Halve,  «.  a  half,  a  side,  a 

set,  1328, 1353. 
Haloghe,  adj.  holy  ;   as  a  «.  j>l., 

gods,  6G0;  Haloes, 8419;  Halowes, 

2001,  3946, 10948. 


Halp,    Halpe,    prel.     of    Help, 
helped,    assisted,     1280,     5734. 

8047. 
Hame,  s.  home,  9337. 
Han,  V.  to  have,  569,  12058. 
Hap,  Happe,  v.  to  happen,  to  be 

certain,  1102,  1438,  7653.  10195  j 

toset  on,  tofiiOQ,9ig8i  tocorer 

over,  to  conceal,  13627 ;  '-  forttme, 

chance,  1789. 
Happon,  V.  to  happen,  to  befal, 

1157;  pw/.  Happjnt,  3143. 
Hard,  adj.  deep,  intense,  3820  ; 

painful,  11298 ;  adv.  with  difficullr, 

5318  ;  fast,  quickly.  5874,  11953 ; 

Harde,  keenly,  fiercelj,  8215,. 
Hardgrem,   g.   hardship,    injury, 

4897. 
Hardlaike,  Hardlsyke,  a.  injury, 

affront,  disgrace,  3313,  3709, 3476, 

8134. 
Hardly,  Haidely,    adv.   hardly, 

scsrisely,  1866, 1934. 
Hardy,  a^'.  strong,  bold,  brave, 

475. 
Hardynee,  s.   holdaees,  conr^e^ 

23S,  257  i  strength,  2195. 
Hari,  V.  to  drag,  to  hnrl,  2968, 

5834. 


covering,    defence, 


Harme,  «.  gaile,  injury,  wrong, 

253, 1421, 1719. 
Hames, 

4605. 
Has,  imperai.  of  Have,  have,  pot, 

460G. 
Hasp,  V.  to  fix,  to  clasp,  to  lock, 

8593;    pari.    Haspyng,    as    a    j. 

clasping,  embracing,  367. 
Haspe,  ».   a  clasp,    a   fastonilig, 

1370,  5254,  11103;  ahasp,ahaitk 

of  anj  textile  material,  so  called 

from  the  maimer  in  which  it  is 

fastened,  3899. 
Hast,  Haste,  a.  haste,  1276,  3688, 

13973;  e.  to  haste,  4235. 


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Ha.stinea,    a.    impetuosity,    rash 

daring,  299. 
Eat,  V.   to  call,  to  name,  4276, 

4370  {  to  be  called,  to  be  named, 

824,    10637;    prei.    *   pari.    p. 

Heght. 
Eat,  at^:  hot,  9156. 


Eate,  t.   (IceL  haefe)  anjthing, 

the  smaUest  coooeiTable,  11934. 
Eaten,  Hatue,  v.  to  heat,  to  be- 
come hot,  9U3,  9304,  9953;  j»vf. 

Ilet,  S054. 
Eathel,   Hathell,  Hatbill,    ».  a 

prince,  a  noble,  3857,  3953,  6987, 

83»3,  9818, 10339. 
Haunte,    v.    (A.N.)  to   pTactiee, 

1638;  to  frequent,  to  keep  b;, 

8963. 
Have,  t>.  to  endure,  1719. 
Haven,  Havin,  Havyn,  s.  a  port, 

a  seaport,  1049,  107S;  m  an  adj. 

1789. 
Hawbergh,  ».    (A.N.)  a  coat   of 

mail,  5828,  6184. 
Heale,  9.  (A.8.)  welfare,  safety, 

601,  8688. 
Hede,  tf.  to  heed,  to  notice,  to 

attend,  SSS,  21SS,  3017,  10339; 

to  fear,  to  guard  against,  2080. 
Hede,  a.    heed,    thought,    1366, 

2052  i  the  head,  1270 ;  eitremilj, 

end,  167S;  a  chief,  12934. 
Hede,  adj.  chief,  of  highest  rank 

or  Toloe,  1925  ;  Hed,  1090S. 
Hedet,  adj.  headed,  300. 
Hedlynges,  ado,  headlong,  7485, 

10175. 
Hedstonpis,  adrt.  head  foremoat, 

6638,  7249,  7434. 
Hedur,  ado.     See  Hidnr. 
Hefe,  Heire,  Heve,  v.  to  rouse,  to 

ttir,  to  be  itirred.  to  tremble,  to  be 

vexed,  4603,  8962,  12815,  13436, 

13S16. 


Hegh,  adj.  high,  great,  proud, 
headlong,  33S,  255,  833, 1983. 

Heghly,arfy.  osauredly,  solemnly, 
709,  2020. 

Heght,  V.  to  name,  or  call,  106, 
1559 ;  to  promise,  761, 1007,4&44t 
pnl.  ^  part.  p.  H^t,  Higbt.    Set 

H^ht,  s.  height,  1636. 
Heldmr,  s.  11588.     See  Holdnr. 
Eele,  a.  {A.S.)  health,  safety,  844, 

1756 ;  the  whole,  2301 1  i»ieU  = 

wholly. 
HeUne,  «.  a  helmet,  1198. 
Helpe,  ».  an  aid,  an  ally,  10803. 
Helping,  a.  assistance^  the  purpose 

of  assisting,  8988. 
Helply,  ado.  helpful,  3579. 
Hend,  Hende,  adj.  (A.S.)  gentle, 

poUte,    high,  noble,   718,    3017, 

3851.  8360.    See  Uyud. 
Hendly,   ado.   politely,  kindly, 

1792.    &*Hyndly. 
Henge,  pret  of  Hing,  hung,  was 

kept  hanging,  8089. 
Hente,  Hentte,  v.  (A.S.)  to  seize, 

to  Uke  hold,  1308,  3334,  7069, 

9721,9739;  Hent,  119B3. 
Hepe,  a.  (A.S.)  a  heap,  a  mass, 

1990 ;  a  company,  991. 
Hepe,  V.  (A.8.)  to  heap  up,  3696 ; 

to  increase,  to  grow,  1460,  3548 ; 

to  become  thick,  3638. 
Herchyn,  v.     See  Herkyn, 
Herde,  part.  j7.  o/ Hear,  1866. 
Here,  a.  (A.S.)  a  man,  a  person, 

1433,  6183;   a  company,  forces, 

1163,    63S3.     Herj,    a    person, 

13673. 
Here,  Hore,  ».  hair,  3021,  3023, 

3830,  3989. 
Here,  v.  to  heai,  161,  1516;  to 

obey,  8892. 
Heri^  Horit,  at^'.  haired,  3757, 

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Hetkyn,  Hetchyn,  v.  to  Iiearken, 

5116,  7553. 
Herne-pon,  s.   (A.S.)   th«  skull, 

8776. 
Hemes,  a.  IiamesB,  armour,  108€, 

S9S5. 
Herre-hond,    Herhond,    «.    the 

upper  hand,  masterj,  1109,  7075, 

7983,  9571. 
Heise,  e.  a  frame  set  over  the 

coffin  OD  the  sepulchre,  8753. 
Hert,  Herte,  e.  a  hart,  a  deer, 

S353, 13155,  13557,  135G0. 
Herte,  s.  heart,  mind,  desire,  142, 

11431;  a3aii.toeDM)urage,45g7; 

uaiKu^'.  heart;,  10979. 
Hertely,  adv.  eagerly,  earnestly, 

1844. 
Herty,  adj.  ready,  forward,  eager, 

S303, 10053. 
Hervest,  t.  harreBt,  12465. 
Hery,  s.     See  Here. 
Heryng,  a.  hearing,  Ustening  to, 

11298. 
Heet,  Heele,  *.  (A.S.)  a  promise, 

639,  995, 1110,  7101;  aooramaiid, 

12091. 
Het,  V.     See  Hete. 
Het,  pret.  of  Haten,  heated,  in- 

fiained.  2051. 
Het,  V.  to  hit,  to  strike,  to  steal, 

2913. 
Hete,  Het,  «.  (A.S.)  to  promise, 

to  undertake,  24rO,  573,  591,  995, 

2030,  2135, 10501 ;  to  name,  to  be 

named  or  called,  1975, 4257 ;  prel. 

^ farl.p.  Het, 
Hete,  ».    heat,   509  ;    a  bont,  a 

bunt,  an  effort,  9523,  102SS. 
Heterly,  Hetturly,  Hetutly,  adv. 

eagerly,  fiercely,  furiously,  3499, 

3548, 5264, 5826, 11965 ;  Hitturlj, 

6498. 
Hethe,  i.  a  heath,  1360. 
Hething,  Hethyng,  s.  contempt, 

insult,    degradation,   1753,  1818, 

1925,  2594, 10383. 


Hethyn,  adv.  (A.S.)  hence. 

Hethyngfull,  adj.  contemptuotiSj 
3953. 

Here,  v.    See  Hefe. 

Hevenys,  «.  affliction,  disaster, 
1800. 

Hevy,  adj.  heavy,  severe,  scom- 
fni.  6567. 

Hevyn,  v.  to  bend  one's  whole 
Htrengtli  on  somethjog  (as  when 
the  sailor  cries  ^rmv.JDf  J  .^;  hence, 
to  be  absorbed  in ;  to  ieryit  on  K 
ioraw  ^  to  think  only  of  joar 
wrong,  I,  e.  to  seek  to  tie  aTenged 
for  it,  3083. 

Hew,  A  (A.S.)  hue,  appeuance, 
3296,  3409. 

Hext,  adj.  (A.S.)  highest,  13604. 

Hidlis,  g.  (jH.  o/Hidle,  a  hiding- 

EUce) ;  jml  inlo  hidlii  =s  put  into 
iding,  concealed,  IS 304. 
Hidur,    Hedur,    Hydur,    Hider, 
Eyder,  adv.  here,  627, 1103, 1103, 
1134, 1838,  1887,  3344. 


299,  991, 1163,  2027,  3245,  3581, 

4608 ;    to  hoist,  4606  ;  prft.  Hit, 

Hjt  i  HigLit. 
High,      adv.      highly,      boldlr, 

boaatfully.  1967. 
Hight,  pret.  ^part.  p.  o^Heght, 

ami  Hete,  eaUed,  was  called,  115, 

316, 1243, 1363,  146S;  promised. 

761, 1040,  9970- 
HQd,  Hilde,  paH.  p.    of  Hile, 

coTered,  clad,  2374,  S73S. 
Hir,  Her,  Hur,  pron.  her;   Hir, 

mott  frequently. 
Hit,  Hitte,  v.   (A.&)  to  hit,  to 

Btcike,  5937,  6943 ;  to  go,  to  turn 

into   (as  a  vessel  into  harbour), 

13492,  13495 ;  to  come  true,  to 

be  verified,  2071. 
Hit,  Hyt,  pret.    of  Hie,    High, 

2027.  3245;  j>r«^.  o/Hit,  4671. 
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513 


Zlittnily,  ado.    See  Heterly. 

Ho,  pron.  she, 

Hode,  s.  the  hood,  a  mail  corering 

for  the  hetd,  10297- 
Hol^  pret.  of  Hove,  heaTed  up, 

Ufled,  E8G9. 
Hofe,  p.    See  Hove;  on  io/e  =s 

hoTe  to,  12699. 
Eoge,  adj.  (A.S-)  huge,  iuunenee, 

189, 1173. 
Hoke,  V.  to  pick  one's  waj,  to 

work,  4631. 
Hold,  o.   to  hold,   to  keep;  to 

abide  b j  (u  in  a  buminX  1164S  ; 

prel.  Held  i  pari.  p.  Boldjn,  held, 

kept,  1481,  1467  ;  belieTed  to  be, 

973 1  oheruhed,  1426. 
Holdiir,    Heldur,    s.    (tontr.  for 

holerdur)  ribaldrr,  2919,  llGSa. 
Hole,  Holl,   HoUe,   adj.   (A.S.) 

whole,  entire,  138,  13S9,    3S57, 

6S52 1  Bonad,  unhurt,  68S8 ;  nude- 
faced,  8729  I  on  a  top  holU  =  in 

one  body,  or  msu,  1309. 
HoUy,  Holy,  ado.  wholly,  235, 

995. 
Holsoin,  adj.  prudent,  safe,  coro- 

forUble,  2346,  G758, 113B1. 
Holte,  I.  (A.8.)  a  wooded  knoll, 

333,  loss,  33S3, 13451, 134SG ;  at 

au  adj.  raountainoas,  1350, 
Holy,  adv.    See  HoUy. 
Horn,  pron.  them,  24,  33  ;  them- 

BelTes,1363i  him,  1374,  1S18. 
Uom,«.  home,  1618, 1854,6836, 

13976. 
Hom-selfe,  pron.  himself,  983. 
Hond,  ».  a  hand,  freq. ;  ai  hottd 

=  ready,  ripe,  396  ;  of  hu  itmd 

pati  ^  got  out  of  hie  reach,  1979. 
Hond,  adj.  short,  handy,  1157, 

1450,  1748,  3696,  7346  ;  a  itrnd 

uUU  =  I  short  time,  1157. 
Hondle,  v.  to  embrace,  to  copa- 

late,  13809. 
Honest,  Oneet,  adj.  fA-K)  trath- 


fnl,  noble,  free,  43,  1640 ;  open, 

beautiful,  3C@G. 
Honestly,  Onestly,  adv.  honestly, 

readily,  suitably,  reapectably,  281, 

1600,  1919. 
Honowre,s.  obeisance,  4659. 


Hope,   Hoope,   v.    to    hope,   to 

imagine,  8898 ;  to  be  comrorted, 

9573. 
Hoppe,  p.  {A.8.)  to  leap,  12506. 
Hor,  pron.  their,  8,  984. 
Hore,  *.  a  whore,   1402,  X861  ; 

hair,  3989.    See  Here. 
Horedam,  s.   whoredom,    1421, 

13038. 
Horit.     See  Herit. 
Horse,  9.  to  mount  on  honeliack, 

1280,  6470,  11044 ;  prel.  ^  pari. 

p.  Horset,  Horsit. 
Horse-fete,  Horafet,  the  feet  of  the 

horses,  being  trampled  on  by  horses, 

5834,  6560. 
Hote,  adj.  hot,  keen,  strong  (p. 

16, 1.  6),  8054,9377;  t.apromise, 

8067. 
Honle,  Howie,  Hoole,  s.  a  hole,  a 

cBTe,  a   duBgeon,   1363,  11991, 

13501. 
HoTe,  V.  (W.  hofio)  to  halt,  to 

hof  er,  to  linger,  to  remain,  1640, 

2847,  3127,  3531, 13705 ;  to  hie, 

to  pnah  towards,  4585, 
Howls.     See  Honle, 
Hue,  e.  to  hew,  to  hock,  7C81. 
Hnet,  Huyt,  adj.  coloured,  of  the 

same  hue,  3031,  3899. 
Hundrethe,  Hnndrith,  adj.  4055, 

4135,  4171. 
Hur,  pron.  her,  716, 1856, 10889, 

11006. 
Huid,    e.    hoaid,    oi    hoarding, 

11539. 
Hordes,    s.    (A.N.)    a   hurdle, 

brandies,  13469. 


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Huri,  V.  to  drag,  to  pull,  1254, 

1969,  6660,  10311;  to  rnsh,  lo 

dasb.to  fall.  1230,1365,  6638;  to 

craab,   to   daah,   to   drive,    1193, 

E83S,66S0,  6675,  6743. 
Gurtelvng,    s.    (A.N.)    clashing, 

jousting,  10063. 
Huyt,  adj.    See  Huet. 
Hyd,  pret.  o/Hide,  hid,  1362. 
Hyde,  s.  the  Bkin,  3909. 
H^h,  a.  haste,  7?t)3. 
Hym,  pron.  him,  himself  2632-4. 
Hym-selvon,  pron.  himself,  1236. 
Hjnd,  Hynde,  adj.  kind,  courto- 

oua,  475,  3393;  i.  a  lad?,  1396, 

1844. 
Hyndly,  adv.  kindly,  621. 
Hyndward,  adv.  backwards,  over 

the  hind  qnartera  of  the  horse, 

8553. 
Hyme,  Hjeme,  a.  a  comer,  1362, 

8390. 
nyt,prei.  o/High,  or  Hit,  hasted, 

or  turned,  4671. 


Hke-a,  pron.  every,  423 ;  Hko-a- 
dele  =  ererj  particolar,  omitting 
nothing,  3656. 

In,  prep,  in,  of,  343  ;  throngh, 
b7,  b;  meaoa  of,  4S1.  494 ;  for  the 
purpose  of,  443 ;  into,  743 ;  during. 


10740. 

Indityng,  ».  writing,  description, 
aoconn^  S433. 

Intent,  e.  purpose,  resolution, 
11364. 

Into,  prep,  within,  in  the  form 
of,  14 ;  unto,  towttrds,  990. 

Inwona,  v.  (A.8.)  to  dwell,  to  in- 
habit, 133,  13864. 

Isse,  Ysse,  Tsshe,  v.  to  go  forth, 


to  rush,  to  shoot,  6764. 6631, 6993. 
I-wLae,  ailv.  indeed,  truly,  cer- 

t*inly,  897. 

Jamne,  Jawmbe,  a.  (Fr.)  a  pro- 
jection, a  joint,  939, 11114. 
Janglyng,  a.    prating,  bandying, 

convbrsation,  671,  3873. 
Jape,  a.   (A.N.)  a  jest,  a  trick, 

mirth,  310,  416.  3873;  a  device, 

an  appliance,  890. 
Jawmbe,  s.    See  Jamna 
Jobbe,«.  a  piece,  an  article,  1 1941. 
Jocund,  oc{/.  (A.N.)  merry,  lively, 

316. 
Join,  V.   to  enjoin,  to  lequest, 

437,  612 1  to  measure,  to  reckon, 

1538. 
Jointly,  adt>.  continnously,  1538. 
Joly,  adj.  joyful,  gladsome,  210, 

249,  316;  nch,  precious,  1363. 
Jomey.  a.    (Fr.)   a  journey,   an 

undertaking,  937 ;  a  day's  march, 

1538. 
Joy,  V.   to  gladden,   to  r^oice, 

814 1  t.  joj,  success,  good  fortune, 

890, 2386 ;  llu>j<^=  desLin;,  1685. 
Joyvely,   Joifiilly,    adv.    gladly, 

BuccesBfaUj,  374,  993. 
Jnge,  Jugge,  v.  {A.N'.)  to  adjudge, 

3407 ;  to  guide,  to  regulate,  10360. 
Jnst,    Juste,    adj.    great,   noble, 

famous.  214,  291. 
Justile,  V.  futuere,  12738. 
Justis,  a.  (A.N.)  an  administmtor 

of  justice;  a  jtutit  e/jqjM  =  » 

qaeen  of  pleasure.  2335. 
Justly,  adv.    properly,  snitably, 

becomingly,  513. 

Eache,  v.     See  Cacche. 
Eaght,  Eaghten.     See  Caght 
Eaiie,  Kayre.  Caire,  d.  to  go,  to 
set  out,  to  depart,  to  wend.  380, 
363.  336,  3676,  6908,  9894;  to 
take  to,  to  set  to,  3013. 


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Kant.     See  Cant. 
Kantly.     See  Cantly. 
Karpe.     See  Carpe. 
Karve,j>re(.  o/ Carve,  9468. 
Kary,    v.    to    carry,   to    convey, 

10U69. 
Karyn, ».    See  Caren. 
KaHt.    See  Cast. 
Kaupe.     See  Caupe. 
Kele,  V.  to  cool,  to  subdue,  11464. 
Sen,  V.  (A-S.)  to  know,  to  know 

b;  sight,  to  distioguisb,  S5,  1SS3, 


known,  8746. 

KendJy,  adv.  kindly,  657. 

Kene,  adj.  (A.S.)  sharp,  keen, 
1076,  1268)  eager,  iood,  1206; 
fierce,  ravenona,  11176 1  adv. 
keen!;,  determinedly,  1467- 

Kcniy,  adv.  keenly,  eagerly,  496, 
6370. 

Kennyng,  e.  (A.S.}  an  inkling, 
knowledge,  2837. 

Kepe,  V.  (A.8.)  to  keep,  to  guard, 
191,  99i,  G045, 10837, 11173  ;  to 
care  [of,  874 ;  prtt.  Kepid,  Keppit. 

Keppe,  V.  to  stop,  to  arrest,  1230, 
6875;  pre;.  Keppit,  8354;  Kept, 
8332;  =  preserved,  saved,  736. 

Eepyng,  s.  imprisonment,  13953. 

Kerve,  r.  to  carve,  to  hew,  9832. 

Kerrond,  adj.  cutting,  sharp- 
edged,  8640. 

Xest,  V.  to  cast,  1313;  to  set 
one's  self,  to  plan,  to  prepare,  4613 ; 
frel.  Keat. 

Sever,  v.  to  reach,  269  j  to  re- 
cover, 5978. 

Kid,  aty.    See  Eyde. 

Kilt,  Kylde,  Kylt,  pari.  p.  kiUed, 
1343, 1405. 

Kith,  Kithe,  Kyth,  Kythe,  e.  a 


Kithe,  Kythe,  c.  (A.S.)  to  make 

known,  to  manifest,  656,  3784;  to 

expend,  to  test,  or  try,  3144,  7815 ; 

to  attend  to,  to  folfow  out,  4609, 

UHiparl.p.  Kjd,  5187. 
Kleane.     See  Clene. 
Klanuea     See  Cleones. 
Knagged,  adj.  fastened  by  means 

of  nails,  4973. 
Knappe,  «..(A-S.)  a  Wow,  6437. 
Knave,  s.  (A.  8.)  a  male  child, 

13854. 
Knawe,  c.  to  know,  8523, 12622. 
Knawlache,  s.  knowledge,  1083, 

11711 ;  knowlage,  1365. 
Knawyng,  s.   knowledge,   8396 ; 

knowyng,  1173,  1498. 13199. 
Know,  V.  to  obtain  knowledge,  to 

be  instructed,  354. 
Knowlage,  a.  knowledge,  1865. 
Kaowyug,  «.    knowledge,   1175, 

1498,  13199. 
Knyti  V.  to  knit,  4618. 
Kobb,  V.  to  spar,  to  fight,  11025. 
Komyn.     See  Comyn. 
Korse,  *.  a  corpse,  8729. 
Kouth,  Kowth.    Sea  Couth,  125, 

11515. 
Kouthe,    adj.     known,    famous 

3638. 
Kowehe,  v.  to  lay,  11789. 
Kowlt,  s.  a  colt,  7722. 
Knit,  s.  quiet,  peace,  5199. 
Knyt,  adj.    white,    2737,  4973. 

See  Quite. 
Kyde,   Kyd,  Kid,    adj.    (A.S.) 

dear,  famous,  well    known,  313, 

243,    1285,    1718,    1741,    1933; 

needfal,   necessary,   5386;    taper. 

Kjddist,  2134. 
Kylde,  Kylt.     See  Kilt. 
Kyn,  «.  ancestry,  lomily,  1725. 


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Kynd,  Eynde,  t.  nature,  2893, 
8725,  I07S7;  nntural  sUte,  B789j 
noe,  4300;  u  an  iu(r'.  (vailj,  70; 
n&tunl,  8797. 

Kyndlr,  adv.  natnrallr,  399  ; 
pouibly,  9412 ;  Msilj,  8601 ;  earn- 
«tl;,  heartilj,  2014. 

Kyndnll,  v.  to  kindle,  U49. 

Kynnesmea,  a.  kindred,  country- 
BMii,1734. 

Syrt,  adj.  ehort,  836. 

Kythe,  e.     See  Kithe. 

Latmr,  v.  to  vex,  to  exhaust, 
13490. 

Laljuid,  I^bnrt,  part.  p.  bur- 
dened, OTercome,  3131,  10532. 

Lacche,  v.  (A.8.)  to  take,  811, 
1024,  257* ;  to  strike,  5729  r  prtt. 
Lacchet,  6739;  Laccben,  (il9I; 
Lagbt,  Laghton,  Laghtjn,  Laugh- 

Lacke,  v.  (A.S.)  to  blame,  9941. 
Ladde,  pret.  of  I^e,  led,  899. 
Laghe,  aSj.  low;  eomp.  Lagher, 

9152. 
Laghe,  t.  (A.S.)  law,  10784. 
Laghe,  v.  tolangh,  5084,  8059. 
Laght,  _parf.  p.  o/ Lacche,  taken, 

captared,  Beized,  22S9,  31S6, 4<J00, 

1170L 
Laghton,    Laghtyn,     Langhten, 

pret.    of  Lacche,    took.    12483, 

13360,  6162. 
Laid,  prei.  of  Lay,  beat,  1274; 

pari.  p.  buried,  11569. 
I^ifiU,  adj.  allowable,  2948. 
laike.  Lake,  v.  (A.S.)  to  do,  to 

act,  7046,  13493;  to  fight,  9998  j 

to  lay,  to  exprew,  9S07. 
Laike,  I^ik,  ».  a  play;  hence  a 

fight,  daofcer,  stnig^e,  7811, 9658, 

9847, 10403. 
Laisure,  a.  leisnre,  time,  3119. 
Laite,  adj.  late,  891. 


Laite,  I^yte,  v.  to  seek,  to  aearch 

for,    7988,   9190,    9751,    12823, 

12929,13973;  to  watch,  to  follow, 

10291. 
Laite,  a.  lightning,  3690,  4630, 

12499, 12517. 
IiOitbe,  adj.  liorrible,  loathsotnc, 

1351, 1573. 
Lftithe,o.  to  terrify,  7726, 12122 ; 

to  be  disgusted,  8133. 
lAithly,  adv.  wickedly,  unjustly, 

4900. 
lAithnes, ».  wickednesa,  2949. 
Lok,  8.  (A.S.)  blame,  mischief, 

7617;  a  fault,  harm,  1S106. 
Idke,  G.  9807.     See  Laike. 


Langiir,  j.  suffering,  mourning, 
2656. 

lAngur,  c,  to  linger,  10223. 

I^ngwie,  Langwisahe,  v.  to  lan- 
guish, 9154, 9194. 

Lapp,  D.  to  wrap  up,  to  fold,  to 
enahrine,  to  hold,  836,  465,  2801, 
305S )  to  gloaa,  to  inreut,  10324, 
11302;  iaperat.  La{i,  keep,  in- 
dulge, 1424;  part.  Lapping,  fold- 
ing, 476  ;  pari.  p.  Lappit,  absorbed, 
overcome.  3375,  09S3. 

large,  adv.  carefully,  on  all  aides, 
741  i  to  lie  large  =  free,  10996. 

Laigenea,  ».  extent,  hreajith,  318. 

Larke,  g.  conflict,  battle,  7694. 

Laa,  adj.  leaa,  6961;  of  lower 
rank,  6026 ;  L&sse,  10408. 

Lasahe,  v.  to  beat,  to  clash,  6789. 

Last,  s.  the  end,  the  outmost, 
12015. 

Last,  V.  to  endure,  1416;  part. 
Lasland,  Laatoon,  bwting,  194, 
9218. 

Late,  t.  lateness,  9679,  10227, 
10913 ;  ads.  lately,  4887. 

Laughteu.    See  X^^ton. 


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Launche,  b.  to  rnab,  to  dash,  to 
throw,  to  ahoot,  1239,  HOi,  4630, 
SS41, 6811, 9510;  jMrf.Launctuuit, 
Launchond. 

Lauude,  «.  (A.!N.)  a  plain,  a  park, 
an  open  place  in  a  wood,  334. 

I^unae,  v.  to  dosli  out,  to  epring, 
to  riuh,  SSIO. 

Lause,  Lawae,  adj.  Ioobb,  free, 
10024,  10897, 10996,  12001;  p.  to 
loose.  3806,  6Ul,  78S1,  13250, 
13314. 

I*w,  «.  conduct,  walk,  12737. 

Law,  Lawe,  a^.  low,  3071, 6952 ; 
immeose,  4441. 

Layte.     Ses  Loite. 

Lftyre,  v.  (A.S.)  to  leave,  to  hide, 
13868. 

Le,  a.  the  ehore,  2806  ;  cu^'.  shel- 
tered, 467S. 

Leale.    See  Lele. 

Leche,  a.  (A.S.)  a  phyaician,  7625. 

Lecbemes,  i.  uncleannesa,  8059. 

Lecheiy,  *.  uacleanneas,  1401. 

I,echir,  Lechur,  a^.  base,  un- 
clean. 716,  13037. 

Lechyng,  t.  doctoiing,  nursing, 
102S3. 

Leddrit,  part.  p.  covered  with 
letther,  5500. 

Lede,  Led,  e.  (A.S.)  a  man,  62, 
76,  1274,  6441  [  people,  pattj, 
1336, 1930;leadenhip,  10653;  in 
Ude  =  among  the  people,  in  the 
land,  e346. 

Lede,  «.  a  lid ;  L^ys  =  eyelids, 
3759. 

Lede,  V.  to  hold,  to  lire  with, 
1401 ;  to  take,  to  cany  away,  1915. 

LeduT,  ».  leather,  1596. 

Ledyn,  s.  a  song,  13276. 

leel,  Leell,  adj.  leal,  loynl,  3332. 
&«Lele. 

Lefe,  a.  leave,  good-bye,  1823, 
1900.    ^IjCTe. 


Lefe,  adv.  lately,  already,  6857. 
Lefe,  Leve,  Leffe,  adj.  dear,  : 


Lefe-sals,  Lef-solefl,  a.  pi.  lattices, 

bowers,  337,  1167-  Chauo.  Uveiel. 
Leffe,  adj.  6676.     See  Lefe. 
Lefully,  adv.  as  adj.  lawful,  297S. 
Lege,  I.  a  king,   134;   a  lepre- 

sentatife,  1951;  a  Knbject,  3148; 

ancestor,  forefather  (of  the  blood 

royal},  11569. 
Lege,  oify.liege,  loyal,  la  wful,lil7. 
Legh,  a.  (I  lee)  ease,  leisure,  9399. 
Leghe,  v.  to  lie,  to  lean,  8243. 
Leght,  A  light,  9269. 
Leifull,  adj.  lawful,  right,  2301. 
Lele,  Lell,  Leel,  adj.  (A.N.)  leal, 

trne,    honeat,    lojsl,    339,   2359, 

3332,  13974 1  good,  9056 ;  as  an 

ode.  perfecttr,  tborouKlilT,  3039, 

13712. 
Lelly,  adv.  truly,  honestly,  420, 

510. 
Lcme,   V.    (A.S.)    to    gleam,    to 

blaie,  699,  8747,  119S4;  t.  a  raj, 

a  Saab,  a  gleam,  1139,  1684. 
Leme,  a.   a  limb,   3S05,   8771. 

Sm  Lime. 
Lemond,  Leymond,  |>ar^.  o/Leme, 

shining,  flashing,  459, 12517. 
Lenge,  v.  (A.S.)  to  dwell,  to  rest, 

to  linger,  to   delay,  1433,  1S33, 

1937.  3617, 10823. 
Lenght,  ».  length,  318,  1681. 
LengoT,  adv.  longer,  307,  1294. 
Lent,  part.  p.  of  Lende,  settled, 

abiding,  13857 ;  Lenton,;)rW.  gave, 

submitted,  4339. 
Lepyn,pw(.  (jf  Lepe,  leapt,  2017. 
Lere,  n.  {A.S.)  countenance,  fitce, 

398,  480, 10033. 13979. 


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Leike,  8.  a  -wiiiikle,  3029. 

Les,    Lease,   adj.   less,   of  lower 

nnk,  161S,  2025,  8948. 
Leso,  «.  pi.  of  Lee,  lies,  3778. 
Lest,  adj.   least,    10043;   bjj  the 

fe»(  =  to  wy  the  least,  7623. 
Leeyng,    Leejnge,    ».    {A.S.)    a 

faUeLood,    t    lie,    8134,    '"""' 

11659. 
Let,  Letts,  B.  (A.S.)  to  hinder,  to 

withhold,  to  apsTB,  to  leave  off,  to 

delftj,  712,  934,  1381,  2174,  6441, 

6*58  {  to  allow,  1433 ;   to  desire, 

7100;   la  Ka  let  to  lepe  =  M   he 

vbhed  to  be  believed;  prel.  Let, 

Lettid,  Lettyd. 
Lete,  V.    to   account,  oi  esteem, 

3E99. 
Lethur,  adj.  wicked,  12276. 
Lictt,  s.  hindrance,  11653. 
Lettyng,*. hindrance,  delay,  1937, 
Leve,  Lefe,  v.  to  leave,  987, 1220, 

1399,  3587;  to  believe,  239,  3351, 

4327,  7100 ;  to  dwell,  13385  ;  to 

live,  351S. 
Leve,  Lefe,  a.  leave,  good-bye, 

987,    1833;    adj.    right,    proper, 

suitable,  407,  1927,  7594, 11234; 

great,  immense,  13555. 
Leven,  v.  to  lighten,  to  blaze,  to 

glow,  7723, 
Levenyng,    s,    lightning,    1988, 

4431. 
Lever,  adj.  lather,  better,  687, 

8114, 12131. 
l^vt,part.p.  o/ Leve, left,  2341, 
Levys,    a.    pi.     leaves,     1140; 

iMperai.  o/Leve  =  beliere,  9847, 
Lewd,  adj.  (A.S.)  ignorant,  4424. 
Lewt^,  Leut5,  s.  (A.N.)  loyalty, 

uprightness,  4849,  7854,  12240. 
Leymond,     See  Lemond. 
Liaunse,  s.  an  alliance,  1747. 
Libard,  s.  a  leopard,  1573. 
Licherly,  adv.  basely,  12604. 


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Lichii,  adj.  Itaee,  vila,  10450. 


Lif,  «.  mode  of  life,  rani,  8939. 
Ligh,  V.  to  lie,  to  deceive,  7854. 
Ligher,  s,  a  liar,  12669  ;  Lygher, 
12590, 12643. 

Light,  Lyght,  o.  to  light  up, 
6038;  to  alight,  1373,  6990,  7*37, 
9498,  11116  ;  prel.  Light,  Ljght. 

Light,  adj.  light,  slight,  email, 
easy,  1*24,  3912,  9351;  glad, 
rejoicing,  eager,  1229, 141 1,  2025  j 
as  an  ads.  brightly,  dearly,  60*0, 
B747. 

Ijghtee,  a.jd.  the  Innga,  10705. 

Lightly,  adv.  gladly,  joyously, 
1409. 

Likandly,  adv.  according  to  one's 
hking,  3355. 

Like,  Lyke,  r.  to  pleaae,  382,  825, 
1168,  1757,  1768. 

Like,  Iiik,  adj.  like,  similiar  to, 
1613;  becoming,  10440;  Ukely. 
true,  430. 

Likkir,  cmnp.  of  Like,  more  like- 
ly, 10444. 

Likyng,  Lykyng,  a.  delight,  plea- 
sure, desire,  will,  SO,  75,  4*4,  4C6:, 
1449, 1927, 10833 ;  adj.  delightfu], 
or  yielding  delight,  71,  334,  476. 

Lime,  Lym,  Lyme,  Leme,  t.  a 
Umb,3744, 3762, 3776,  8771,  8835, 

Lip,  *.  a  sKp,  a  miss,  2081. 

Lip,  Lippe,  s.  a  lip,  the  sharp  end, 
the  head  of  ■  hmce,  10139, 10147; 
pi.  Lippns,  the  lips,  3050. 

List,  Lyst,  s.  a  boundary ;  pi.  the 
lines  of  an  army  or  of  a  camp, 
10018,  10669. 

List,  Liate,  Lyst,  u,  fA.S.)  to  like, 
'    '    ready,  to  be  willing,  to  plea  ~ 


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Lite,  Lyte,  a4j.  little,  few,  1312, 

1757,  13248. 
Lithe,  Lythe,  adj.  gentle,  calm, 

smooth,  4S86,  9706  j  c.  to  become 

supple,  11115 ;  lieth,  9345. 
Lither,  a<y.  (A.S.)  wicked,  12209. 
Litherly,  Lytherly,  adv.  wickedly, 

12590. 
LitiU,  s.  B.  email  thing,  1449. 
Litt,  V.  to  dye,  to  colour,  to  tinge, 

3988,  7374  j  pret.  fftarl.p.  Littid. 
Litterure,  a,  literature,  3940. 
Lodge,  a.    See  Loge. 
Lodly,  adv.  miserably,  wickedly, 

10533, 13737. 
Lofe,   adj.    natural,   illegitimate, 

13958. 
Lofte,  9.  theaky,  3719. 
Logs,  Lo^e,  s.  (A-N.)  a  house, 

lodfjing;  pi.  tenta,  quartera,  813, 

1309,  6036,  7637,  13464;  Lodge, 

6059. 
Loge,  Logge,  v.  (A.If.)  to  lodge, 

to  dwell,  1615  ;  to  cluster,  1140. 
Logh,  a.  a   flame,  a  blaze,   168, 

9512.    See  Low. 
Loke,  V.  (A.S.)  to   look,  to   ob- 

KTVt,  to    examine,  to   rend,  15, 

1554.  1641,  1937 ;  part.  Lokyog. 

26 ;  Lokond,  6811. 
Loke,  a.  look,  gaze,  7724. 
Lond,  Londe,  a.  (A.S.)  land,  coun- 
try, people,  63, 1043, 1077, 1129. 
Lone,  «.  shelter,  nst ;  on  lone  = 

at  rest,  1078. 
Long,  Longe,  v.  (A.S.)  to  belong 

to,  1111,  1615, 10039. 
Long,  adj.  whole,  1078;  many, 

1688. 
Longyng,*.  piwBe,flattery,  10353. 
Loodly,  adj.  loatlisome,  horrible, 

934;  M  looilf  =  tita-i  loathsome 

Lore,  B.  (A.S.)  learning,  398,  868, 
1484. 


XjOhc,  Loa,  a.  (A.K.)  praise,  fame, 
good  name,  199,  487S ;  v.  to  praise, 
to  flatter,  11329, 


Losse,  Lose,  Los,  a.  loss,  mis- 
fortune, poTcrtv,  1440, 1719,2091, 
5588,9781. 

Lote,  a.  (Icel.)  gesture,  appear- 
ance, look,  10770, 11502. 

Lothe,  adj.  (A.S.)  spiteful,  per- 
verse, set  against,  opposed  to,  3511, 
6441, 13365. 

Loue,  s.  a  flame,  9304.   See  Lowe. 

Lone,  adj.  2650.     8^  Low. 

Loap,«.aloop,arope,acable,2806. 

Lour,  V.  (A.S.)  to  lour,  to  scowl, 
1959. 

Lourekand,  adj.  vengeful,  1001  ; 
lourekand  Itat  ^  a  desire  of  venge- 

Loute,  Lowte,  o.  (A.S.)  to  bow, 
to  make  obeisance,  845,  3574, 
3125;  to  submit,  8B65,  8909. 

Louting,  Loutyng,  Lowtyng,  a. 
bowing,  obeisance,  393,  661. 

Love,  «.  (A.S.)  to  praise. 

Love,  V.  (A.S.)  to  like,  to  love, 
132,  138,  8105. 

Lovely,  adj.  beautiful,  1631. 

Lovesom,  adj.  lovely,  668. 

Lovyng,  s.  (A.S.)  praise,  £tme, 
4878. 

Low,  Loue,  adj.  low,  humble, 
wilUnj,  1778,  2650. 

Low,  s.  a  portal,  entrance,  4951. 

Lowe,  V.  to  praise,  to  thank,  7694. 

Lowrand,  adj.  shrinking,  hesitat- 
ing. 3778. 

Lowse,  adj.  loose,  free,  13190. 

Lowte,  V.    See  Loute. 

Luff,  a.  love,  1882. 

Luffftble,  adj.  lovable,  3097. 

Luffly,  adj.  lovely,  1541. 


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Lure,  t.  loss,  shame,  downftJl, 
wute,  destruction,  wrong.  6S1, 
1440, 1446, 2091,2174, 2241. 8591. 

Lark,  v.  to  slip  off,  to  steal  away, 
813,  13106 ;  to  hide,  to  Ue  hid, 
1167 1  to  abide  ia  the  heart,  hence 
to  votIl,  to  fester,  1430. 

Lumyt,  a^j.  leamad,  3940. 

Luak,  V.  to  tumble  over,  to  throw 
down,  6730. 

Lust,!,  desiie,  will,  delight,  1001, 
3317,  S852. 

Lusti,  Lostie,  adj.  pleasant,  15, 
337. 

Lut,  Lattyn,  pret.  of  Loute, 
bowed  to,  saluted,  1900,  6176, 
6313,  9353, 11033. 

I^cheraes,  s.     Ste  Lechemes. 

Lyf,  o.  toUvo,  8114. 

Lygher,  a.     See  Ligher. 

Lyko,  V.     See  Like. 

Lykyng,  i.    See  Liking. 

Lyme,  t.    See  Lime. 

Lymp,  V.  to  lack,  to  fail,  36. 

Lynage,  s.  lineage,  descent,  1647, 
4768, 10327. 

Lynda,  a.  the  loin,  the  leg,  8800. 

Lyne,  a.  a  story,  e.  book,  8401, 
S407,  9698  i  a  line  of  desoent,  de- 
scent, succession,  the  crown,  1841, 
10834, 13622, 13661. 

Lynge,  v.  to  remain,  to  continue, 
12240. 

Lyase,  e.  a  lasa,  a  yornig  woman, 
1499. 

Lyst«,  V.    See  List 

Ljte,  a^}.     See  Lite, 

Lythe,  adj.     See  Lithe. 

Lytherly,  adv.     See  Litherly. 

Lyve,  »,  on  hjve  ^  alive,  1326. 

Lyvely,  adv.  cheerfully,  at  once. 


Lyyes,  Lyrya,  adj.  alive,  13543; 

hHppj,  exultant,  rejoieiog,  3456. 
Lyvyaton,  Lyvyatan,  s.  leviathan, 

4433,  4438,  4446. 

Macche,  Mache,  v.  to  match,  to 
contend  with,  to  test  an  eneniT'l 
powers  in  battle,  6546, 7043,  S2SS, 
S997, 10021. 10217;  1.  match, coo- 
test,  struggle,  1324. 

Mad,  adj.  angry,  foolish,  736. 

Maden,  Maydon,  a,  a  maiden, 
1373, 1383. 

Mainly,  adj.  manly,  atalwart, 
13779  i  ade.     See  Miynlj. 

Maieter,  s.  (A.K.)  a  master,  a 
lord,  a  huKband,  8430. 

Maister-men,  s.  pt.  skilled  woik- 
men  who  employ  others,  cnflamen, 
1599. 

Maistre,f.  (A.\.)  an  extraordinary 
perronnance,a  wonder,  417, 3302; 
pi.  SB  an  adj.  wonderful,  mwelloiia, 
8769. 

Maistri,  Maistry,  a.  mastery, 
upper  hand,  rule,  2765, 13G63. 

Maistur,  a.  (A.N.)  chief^  1  i  ' 
master,  1599 ;  a  skiifal  artist, 
8733 ;  adj.  necessary,  impietaliTe, 
11S1S.   Maister  =  hanbond,  il430. 

Maisturlcsa,  adj.  withont  their 
leader,  11131. 

Maitles,  adj.  matchless,  no  longer 
a  match  for,  7861. 

Make,  a.  (A.S.)  a  companion,  an 
equal,  3793, 10333;  a  husbud,  a 
wife,  10811,11283,  12445. 

Make,  v.  to  make  up,  to  build,  to 
constmot,  875,  1639;  to  caase, 
618. 

Malis,  Malys,  a.  malice,  1434, 
10417. 

Mall,  p.  to  beat,  to  crash,  9620. 

Manas,  a.  (A-N.)  a  threat,  threat- 
cuing,  a  boast,  8037,  6037,  110U5. 


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Manas,  r.  to  menace,  to  threaten, 

2041,  4S94,  12260 ;  pret.  ^  part. 

p.  Manast. 
llaner,  I.  kind,  race,  103. 
Manly,  adv.  manfully,  bravely, 

7012. 
liar,  Mare,  Marr,  v.  to  spoil,  to 

disable,  to  ruin,  720,  GGG3,  7861, 

95:13,    10417;    pari.    p.    Mart, 

2940. 
Marbill,    Marbull,    Marbyll,     e. 

marble,  1532,  1513,  1572,  1645, 

1059. 
Marchand,  ».  a  mercbant,  1590. 
Marche,  I.  a  boundary,  a  district, 

13147, 13415. 
Mark,  «.  a  coin  of  tlie  value  of 

lit.  id. 
Mart,  part.  p.  of  Mar,  spoiled, 

disabled,    mined.    deSied,    1S55, 

8940,  6128, 13909. 
Marter,  t.  a  ravager,  a  mnrderer, 

3488. 
Marter,  Martnr,  p.  to  niarder,  to 

mangle,  to  kill.  5553, 12!)S5, 13050; 

part.  p.  Merlrid,  lolled,  12424. 
Mase   =    makes,    1402,    1851, 

3292. 
Mase,  V.  to  confound,  to  astonish, 

ta  Stan,  to  stupifj,  826S,  6430, 

974S,    10124;    pari.    p.    Maset, 

Masit. 
Mason,  adj.  masonic,  1645. 
Maasely,  ado.  largely,  massively, 

3923,  3075. 
Mate,  p.    (Fr.    mater)    to    over- 
whelm, to  render  uaeleaa,  9532. 
plater,  s.  subject,  discounte,  cause, 

eveot,  93,  1445, 1693,  2089. 
Maiiment,  Maumette,  a.  an  idol, 

4313,  4320,    4380;    Mowmette, 

2021,  4389. 
Maumentre,  Mavmentry,  a.  spells, 

evil  pover,  idolatry,  780,  4301, 

4456. 
Mnwhown,  Mawhownus,  ».  Ma- 
homet, 4312,  7758. 


Maydon,  t.     See  Maden. 
Maydynhed,  a.  virginity,  12136. 
Mayn,  i.  force,  strength,  682$ ; 

adj.  chief,  first,  vreat,  powerful, 

6915,  10294. 
Mayn,  v.    to    f  ftiqi,    to    ininie, 

10018. 
Maynly,    adv.    directly,    3255 ; 

Mainly,  eamestlj,  eagerly,  13860. 
ilBipron.  myself,  2485. 
Meane,  v.  to   mean,  to   signify, 

1451;    to  demean,   11313.     See 

Uene. 
Meane,  s.    a   mean,  a   medium, 

3051  i  adj.  30C9. 
Meblis,  Meblys,  t.  pi.  movables, 

goods,  furniture,  11511, 12188. 
Mecull,  adj.  10.  See  Mekil. 
Mede,  t.   (A.S.)   a  reward,  238, 

620;  t>.  to  reward,  S124. 
MediU,     Medull,    adj.     middle, 

mean,  3767,  7586. 
Medill,  V.  to   meddle,    to   have 

carnal  connection,  108  ll. 
Meite,  t.     See  Mete. 


Mekil,  Mekell,  Mekull,  Mecull, 
Myknll,  Mjkjll,  adj.  great,  much, 
10,  159,  900,  1445,  1456.  1477, 
1529;  Uykill,  i.  greatness,  siEC, 
6240;  Mekyll,  us  an  air.  much, 
greatly,  213. 

Mekyt,  should  he  mefyt,  moved, 
1952. 

Mele,  t>.  to  Bpeok,  to  talk,  to  com- 
mune, to  relate,  209,  515,  1923, 
2021,  9252. 

Melle,  Mali,  o.  (A-N.)  to  meddle 
with,  to  relat^  to  exercise,  to 
practise,  109.  3185,  3782.  9577| 
to  bear,  to  conduct,  bo  aemean, 
2532,  6571  i  to  Sght,  or  contend 
«ith,  5243,  10966;  to  beat,  to 
atrike,  10994  j  variation  of  UalL 

Mend,  v.  to  mend,  to  lecovei, 
1525;  to  reward,  840*. 


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Mens,  adj.  mean,  preaont,  637, 
\&U,  1892,  7560;  Meime,  3069. 

Mfliie,  «.  to  speak  of,  to  tell  of, 
U54,  1715  i  to  remember,  to  re- 
call, 1799  ;  to  recoant,  SSGO;  to 
refer,  to  counsel,  338i,  112*9 ;  to 
demeau,  to  conduct,  to  be  bc- 
customed,  1750,  2773.  4270;  to 
beTnoan,  to  complaio,  7612,  9:^28 
(.pari.  Menjn^,  complaining, 
grumbling,  9328);  to  menace,  to 
threaten,  7111. 

Menerly,  ado.  politely,  12431. 

Mengit,  -paii.  p.  mixed,  mingled, 
30J.9.     See  Mjnge. 

Menske,  ti.  (A.N.)  to  honour,  to 
Buit,  ISSS. 

llent,  pret.  of  Mene,  mentioned, 
450. 

Menye,  Meny,  «.  men,  company, 
band,  37,  4787,  6243,  12387, 
12434. 

Mere,  a.  a  marsh,  10924. 

Merke,  «.  darkness,  3195,  5482  ; 
adj.  dark,  40S ;  v.  to  darken,  to 
make  dark,  4236. 

Merke,  ».  a  mark,  a  point,  7696  ; 
p.  to  note,  to  wit,  1063S  i  to  aim, 
to  rush  at,  5196,  7031;  to  strike, 
to  vDund,  7323  ;  Mark,  to  de?ote, 
tobestoT,  12136. 

Merke,  v.  to  darken,  to  overspread, 
5477. 

Merkenes,  Merknes,  b.  darknese, 
19SB,  13159. 

Mertrid,par/.  p.  o/Marter,  killed, 
12434. 
.  Mervel,  o.  (A.N.)  to  marvel,  971. 

Mervell,  «.  a  wonder,  1985, 5482, 

Merretlus,  adj.  wonderful,  1572. 

Mervelously,  adv.  wonderfully, 
1156. 

Mery,  aiij.  merry,  4787. 

Mesnre,  e.  (A.N.)  caution,  skill, 
806  ;  meaaare,  thickness,  1546 ;  w 
a  meaiure  =  after  a  fixed  plan, 
regularly.  16i8. 


Mete,  ».  food,  a  repast,  a  meal, 

7843,  7856;  Meite,  C4S7;  Mejte, 

265S. 
Mete,  adj.  ripe,  fit,  1383. 
Mete,  V.    to    name  =  to    boot, 

6482. 
Metely,  Metly,  adv.  evenly,  be- 

comiogly,  3033,  3069. 
Meve,  V.  (A.N.)  to  move,  to  flow, 

to  go,  to  come,  30.  1601,   1691; 

pret.   *  part.  p.   Metjt,   Mefjt, 

1962. 
Middle,  Myddes,  Myddis,  «.  the 

middle,  the   midst,    154S,   1675, 

1601,  2242. 
Might,  Myght,  I.  power,  force, 

strength,  device,  618,  3773,  5385, 

6246,  7815. 
Mirmydon,«.  a  Myrmidon,  one  of 

the  soldiers  of  Achilles;  Mernij- 

don,  9373  ;  Mynoaidona,  8666  i  pi. 

Mirmjden.  9994. 
Mirth,,  Myrthe,  s.  mirth,  a  game, 

10G4,  6052 ;  v.  to  rejoice,  lo  enjoy 

one's  self,  7910. 
Misohefe,    Myschefe,    s.    (A.N.) 

disadvantage,   6493 ;   disaster,  in- 
jury, 9055,  11556. 
Mishap,     8.     accident,     mishap, 

2069. 
Misrewle,  t.  caieleasness,  foolish- 
ness, 7962. 
Mo,  adj.  (A.S.)  more ;  o\er  mo 

=  others,  some  more,  819 ;  Moo, 

1162. 
Mode,  ».  (A.S.)  mood,  composure, 

1526 ;    story,   515  ;    Dndertaking, 

plan,  2205. 
Mode,  adj.    See  Mody. 
Modre,  t.  (A.8.)  a  moUier,  3485. 
Mody,  Mod£,  adj.  moody,  h^h- 

minded,  3008,  7449. 
Molde,  «.  {A.S.)  ground,  earth, 

159,  1599,  4774 ;  o»  moU«  =  in 

the  land,  159, 1699. 


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Motnlyng,  *.  mumbling,  foolish 

speech,  1861. 
Momuidotea,   s.  pi.   the   sulks, 

9088.     . 
Moo,  t.  a,  man,  595. 
Hon,  V.  must,  2S35 ;  Hone,  8499. 
Mone,  a.  the  moon,  3195. 
Mone,  I.  a  montli,  1064,  10243. 
Mone,  g.  lamentation,  3562. 
Jloneth,  s.  a  month,  1625,  8403. 
Monfull,  adj.  manly,  able,  2202. 
Monger,  «.  a  seller,  a  dealer,  1590. 
Mony,  adj.  many,  251,  284. 
Monymaker,  b.  a  coiner,  a  lender, 

or  exclianger  of  money,  1S90. 
Moo,  adj.  more,  1162.     See  Mo. 
More,    adj.    (A.S.)    greater,    of 

higlier  nuk,  1849. 
More-halfe,    s.    greater    portion, 

larger  number,  13303. 
More-Tnde,  ».  India,  8631. 
Morayng,  Moumyng,«.  mourning, 

136a,  9079. 
Moron,  s.  mom,  morning,  9141. 
Most,  adj.  greateat,  largest,  275  ; 

ade.  chiefly,  1477, 1S48. 
Most,  V.  must,  1691,  12683. 
Mote,  V.  to  discuss,  to  reason,  to 

reply,  609. 
&Iote,  «.  a  command,  an  order, 

11005. 
Mowmette,  *.  2021.    See  Mau- 

Mowthe,  o,  (A.S.)  to  speak,   to 

whiaper,  686  ;  i.  speech,  bgmoKlhe 

=  orally,  1917. 
Mowthly,  adv.  by  report,  orally, 

8536. 
Mnn,  p.  must,  3477,  12720. 
Murthe,    t.    murder,    slaughter, 

5933,  600S,  8406,  9055, 13063. 
Musycke,     adj.     mosaic ;     after 

majyetf  =  in  mosaic  atyle,  1662. 


Mut,  V.  must,  mighty  4665. 

Myddelerthe,  t.  the  world,  4301. 

Myddes,  Myddis,  s.    See  Middis. 

Mydward,  adv.  towards  the  mid- 
dle, 7325. 

Myghtifull,od/'.  almighty,  12136. 

Mykill.     See  MekiL 

Mvlde,  adj.  gentle,  lady-like, 
510. 

Mylne,  a.  a  mill,  1604. 

Myn,  Mynne,  v.  to  recollect,  to 
remember,  30,  37  i  to  speak  of,  to 
meiilion,  to  recall,  431,  669,  1434, 
6l(Ji.U57iipree.S-parl.p.U3U[, 
431,  GG9. 

Mynd,  Mynde,  a.  Ibought,  memo- 
ry, recollection,  7fi9,  1134,  1477, 
3528;  mention,  notice,  9074;  in- 
teatioQ,  736  i  reaaon,  mental 
facility,  1363. 

Mynd,  v.  to  muse  on,  to  think 
upon,  9305. 

Myne  ^  my  folks,  oi  relatives, 
1721. 


Mynour,  s.  a  miner,  a  quarrier, 
1532. 

Mynt,  pret.  ^  part.  p.  of  Myn, 
431,  669. 

Mynt,  s.  an  aim,  a  blow,  8266. 

Myrtle,  Myrtil,  v.  to  crumble,  to 
be  shattered,  4301,  4312. 

Mys,  Myse,  Mysse,  s.  (Goth. 
Muta)  fault,  vrotig,  crime,  mis- 
fortune, loss,  1750,  2319,  3371, 
6707,  10593, 11815. 

Mys,  Afysse,  v.  to  miss,  to  fail, 
6916  !  to^lose,  10575.    Ste  Note. 

Myado,  v.  to  spoil,  to  hurt,  to  in- 
jure, 6088. 

Myslyke,  v.  to  dislike,  to  be  vesed 
for  bavmg  done,  to  regret,  1693. 

Myst,  Myste,  «.  mist,  1985, 
12495, 13159. 


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OLOSSARIAL   INDEX. 


Kc^^,  ».  a  iLoree,  7727. 

^ait,  Xaite,  adj.  fine,  BuperioT, 

3S78,  8312i  M/kfr.  Naitest,  moat 

noted,  1038. 
Naite,  Nait,  v.  (IceL  njota,  to  en- 
joy) to  use,  to  emploj,  776,  6031; 

to  eiert,  to  plj,  7491,  10940. 
Naitly,    adv.    quickly,    at  once, 

2427 ;  Najtely,  3746. 
Nakid,  ».  the  Bkin,  the  bare  tody, 

6403. 
Ifame,pre(.  o/Nime,  took,  792. 
Kamet,  _part.  p.  named,  104. 
Nase,  a.  the  nose,  911,  7031.  ' 
Naturell,  Naturill,  adj.    illegiti- 
mate,  foster,   G770,  6S44,  G9U3, 

7786. 
Kauther,  Nawther,  ailj.  neither, 

8337,  4336,  4923. 
Nayt«ly,  adv.    See  Naitly. 
Ne,  coiy.  (A.S.)  nor,  420,  1865  ; 

adv.  nay,  1666. 
Nede,  v.  (A.S.)  to  need;  most 

aede  =  mnst  needs,  1691. 
JJagh,  adj.  near,  929,  1553. 
Hegh,  V.  (A.S.)  to  approach,  to 

come    near,     672,     1964;     pret. 

Neghit.  13813 ;  Neght,  673  i  pari. 

Ncghjng,  835. 
Keght,  pref.  of  Xegli,  672. 
Neght,  s.  night,  3194. 
Nelue,  or  Nelne,  a.    170.     See 

Elue,  or  lints. 
If  em,  V.  to  tell,  to  relate,  to  name, 

153, 1115,  2746;  Nemme.  11497. 
Nemly,  adv.  nimbly,  1226;  ekU- 

folly,  10940. 
Nene,  adj.  nine,  2638. 
K^epe, «.  a  tumip,  3076. 
Netherward,  adv.  under,  below, 

7717. 
Kethnr,  a^'.  lower,  3076. 
Heye, «.  (IceL  neji)  the  fiat,  1 3889. 
Noren,  Nevyn,  u.  (Icel  iK^fn)  to 


name,  to  call,  5444,  6793,  6844; 

pari.  p.  Ne»enjt,  Nerynt. 
Newe,  B.  (A,S.)  to  renew,  12973. 
Xewly,  adv.  anev,  once  mora, 

1S42. 
Ifeye,  v.  to  neigh,  7727. 
X ightwacche,  «.  a  night-watch,  a 

seDtiael,7352. 
So,  adj.  no,  1365,  1367;  m  no 

=  nor  any,  1367, 1368. 
24'obill,  Noble,  adj.  noble,  grand, 

of  the  first  rank,  49,  340,  347, 

1584;  powerful,  783,  883;  Ifo6U 

=  noblemeii,  S84. 
Nobilte,«.  nobility,  1843;  hononi', 

1966. 
Noblay,  Nobley,  e.  nobility,  rank, 

splendour,  3372,  3450. 
Noblely,   adv.   nobly,  famously, 

10318. 
Koght,  s.  nothing,  8374,  9212  j 

aJs.  not,  934, 1833,  8485. 
Noie,  V.  to  trouble,  to  annoy,  to 

injure,  2653,  11297:  Koye,  1439, 

1701,  2591,  7578. 
Noie,    Noye,    Noy,     t.     (A.N.) 

trouble,  annoyance,  injury,  grief, 

1075,    1257,    1965,    3537,   3564; 

noft /or  to  hen  =  fearful  to  be 

heard,  3701. 
Noise,  V.  to  report,  1173. 
Nold,  contr.  for  ne  wolde,  would 

not,  7585;  j)«/.o/NU. 
Noipe,  V.  to  Htrike  quickly,   or 

fiercely,  7475,   13889;    to   strike 

down,  to  fell,  12S7,  6B80,  6613. 
Nolpe,  8.  a  blow,  6753,  14037. 
Nomber,  B.  number,  1147. 
Nome,  ».  a  name,  37,  291,  1097 ; 

V.  to  iamt,part.p.  Nomet,  7305. 
Nomekowthe,  adj.  (A.S.)  famons, 

2630. 
Noneat,  ».  the  occasion,  104,  284, 

6195  i  Nonyst,  1503.     The  phrase 

fir  lie  no»eit  is  a  cormplJOD  of  the 

A.8./or  tun  oara = for  tl 


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SSABIAL   INDEX. 


}foqwere,  adv.  nowhere,  12083. 

Not, ».  naught,  2594. 

Note,  0.  a  form  of  Naite,  to  help, 
to  lid,  403 ;  (.  nndertakinr,  event, 
884,  2461,  7306;  estceai,792. 

Nowther,  conj.  neither,  1930, 
6S13.    &eNauther. 

Moy,  Ifoye,     See  Noia. 

Noyes,  adj.     See  Noyous. 

Koyoufl,  Noyus,  adj.  great,  fear- 
ful, difficult,  4731,  Bin,  9026, 
13402,  13394;  Nojes,  10184. 

Nurtur,  ».  Teanng,  upbringing, 
1885. 

0,  pr^.  of,  6623,  12427  ;  on, 
2i01,  3145, 13489 ;  out  of,  1S82. 

0,  adj.  one,  2236. 

0-backe,  adv.  backward,  6796. 

Obit,  t.  ftmeral  ceremonies,  hurial, 
63S7,  9089. 

Obreade,a<fr.on  each  side,  11877. 


Occian,  e.  the  ocean ;  adj.  wide, 
great,  13254.    See  Note. 

Od,  adj.  chief,  great,  4097,  6404  ; 
famous,  renovoed,  4165,  4401 ;  aa 
an  adu.  specially,  UDCommonl;, 
7466, 10839;  eerlftinly,  9397. 

Oder,  adj.  other,  11012. 

Odir,  I.  odoor,  smell,  8732. 

Odly,  adv.  nobly,  bravely,  6859. 

Ot,prep.  by,  290,  1692  ;  out  ot, 
1254,  6913,  12727;  from,  12*5, 
1820, 12689  !  on  account  of,  5788  ; 
for,  1103S  ;  ads.  off,  938,  7066. 

O-fer,  adv.  afar,  280,  1642. 

Offence,  Offens,  e.  leBiflting,  op- 
posing, 9700,  13911. 

Offerond,  Ofirond,  «.  an  offering, 
S021,  4468, 11790. 

Oftaithe,  Oftsythes,  adv.  often, 
8144,  10797. 

Ogh,  B.  to  b©  due,  5357. 


Oghter,  adv.  in  the  least,  at  all, 

1898. 

Olofte,  adv.  aloft,  standing,  in 
existence,  349. 

On,  adj.  one,  2, 13889 ;  prq).  on, 
npon,  over,  336,  343,  1156, 1313 ; 
during,  for,  18i7. 

One,  eimilar  to  the  affix  self,  as 
in  AjFin  one  ^  binigelf ;  Air  one  =: 
herself,  685  ;  adv.  alone,  particu- 
larly, 1389,  2383 ;  one  beil  =  the 
best,  11255. 

Oneet,  adj.  honest,  trathfiU,  re- 
liable, 48,  1471;  decent,  respect- 
able, 2858. 

Oneate,  «.  respect,  2861 ;  Onesty, 
good  name,  2965. 

Oneatly,  adv.  suitably,  respect- 
ably, 281,  1800. 

Onsware,  v.  to  answer,  to  reply, 
1121. 

Oon,  adj.  one,  8590. 

Openly,  adv.  openly,  clearly, 
boldly,  1646)  Opnnly,  3657. 

Opon,  Opun,  Opyn,  adj.  open, 
1575,  3759,  4263. 

Oppon,  prep,  upon,  1679, 

OppoDon,  adv.  thereupon,  there- 
after, 9809. 

Opynond,  part,  opening,  reveal- 
bg,  653. 

Or,  prep,  before,  114;  eonj.  {ober) 
else,  1831 ;  adt>.  (<^)  ere,  before, 
1475.  8938;  or  it  vert  tnoven  = 
rather  than  it  shonld  be  reported, 
584. 

Ordand,  Ordant,  pret.  of  Ordain, 
ordered,  appointed,  281,  8139; 
ordant  alj/ue  =  brought  to  life 
again,  9831. 

Orible,  atlj.  horrible,  fearful, 
161,  8732 ;  Oribull,  165. 

Orient,  I.  (A.N.)  the  east,  151. 

Omyng,  Oomyng,  ».  shrinking, 


QLOBSABtAL  INDEX. 


4767. 12711. 
Oet,  g.  a  host,  an  army,  2056. 
Other,   Othii,  pron.  sing.  ^  pi. 

otiier,  otbera,  4787,  10749, 1124S, 

11857, 1U83. 
Ought,  jMvt.   of  Ovigh,   or  Ow, 

owned,  possessed,  lOiS.     See  Ow. 
Ourn,  V.   to  droop,  to    sink,  to 

Ehriak,  S303,  2540 ;  to  wince,  to 

cause  to  wince,  4857,  6404 ;  part. 

Ournaod,  2203  ;  Owmoud,  13399, 
Oumyng,  a.     See  Omyng. 
Oute,  adv.  out,  away,  1707;  in 

the  world,  alive,  2175. 
Outlawhe,  r.  to  ontlaw,  12373. 
Outrage,  adv.  very,  exceedingly, 

3774. 
Over,  prep,  away  from,  from  off, 

230,  1640  i    beyond,  above,  2r.S, 

2965. 
Overdrogh,      Overdroghe,    pret. 

passed,    waa    done,    ended,    673, 

4664,  7630,  9932. 
Over-hild,   pret.    of   Over-hele, 

overspread,  2374. 
Orer-loke,  v.  to  look  over,  to  ex- 
amine, 3241. 
Over-paeee,  v.  to  pass  by,  to  be 

overlooked,  1424. 
Overput,  part.  p.  glossed  over, 

subdued,  160. 
Oveiraght,  pret.  of  Overrecbe,  or 

Overnu,  overhauled,  re-examined, 
;,  13898. 


Overthwert,  adv.  in  secret,  at  the 

same  time,  8059. 
Overtym,  v.  to  overthrow,  1406. 
Overwalt,  part.  p.    overturned, 

8156.    SwWalt. 
Ow,  V.  to  poasesH,  to  own,  4914. 
Owtewardly,    adv.    contraiiwise, 

falsely,  8139. 
Owre,  «.  an  hoar,  707. 
Owther,  coiy.  or,    either,    924, 


Paire,  Payre,  v.  (A.N.)  to  impair, 

to   injure,  to  fade,  7993,  9128, 

9237;   iJflrf.    p.     Pairet,     Peirc, 

35SS. 
Pal,  Pale,  s.  a  fort,  a  fortress, 

323,  5610,  9870 ;  pi.  Pals,  Pales, 

1378. 
Palais,  Pales,  Palys,  s.  (A.N.)  a 

palace,  323,  1385, 1629, 13878. 
Pale,  s.  a  bonndaty,  a  country, 

13874. 
Pale,  adj.  white,  foaming,  2004, 

13874. 
Pale,  V.   to   pall,  to  deck  with 

hangings,  to  drape,  83S5. 
Pall,    V.    to   cut,    to   thrust,   to 

crash,  10022,  11132. 
PaU,  8.  a  kind  of  iine  cloth,  435. 
Palladi&n,  t.  palladium,  11862. 
Panya,  a.  {A.N.)  the  panache,  or 

plume  on  the  top  of  ■  helmet, 

5722. 
Pappe,  g.   the  breast,  the    tea^ 

8485. 
Pamter,  s.   (Parmentier  or  per- 

mentier,  parator)  a  decorator  or 

embroiderer.  See  Note. 
Part,  17.  to  divide,  1130. 
Part^taker,  «.  a  partaker,  a  sharer, 

3183. 
Partie,    s.    (A.N.)    a   part ;    pi. 

regions,  countries,  2162. 
Pas,  Pass,  e.  (A.N.)  a  section,  a 

division,  603,  8970;   a  step  of  a 

Stair.  M77  ;  a  pass,  13013 ;  to  tlus 

paie  =  in  step,  10647. 
Pass,  Pas,  V.  (A.N.)  to  excel,  to 

exceed,  to  surpass,  636,  3384;  to 

leave,  to  pasa  from,  1409,  1710 ; 

to  Bucceea,  8395. 
Payeme,  a.  pagandom,  2163. 
Payment,  e.  a  pavement,  a  side- 
walk, 352.    Cluuo.  pamenl. 
Payne,  a.  pain,  agony,  suffering, 

1364. 
Payne,  v.  to  bufif ,  to  urge,  10336. 


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Pene,  ».    See  Pea, 

Peire,  e.  a  pear,  3080. 

Peire,  v.     See  Paire. 

Pelow,  e.  a  piUow,-12613. 

Pdur,  a.  a  fur,  435. 

Pepull,  Peopull,  Pupull,*,  people, 

multitude,  1034, 1159, 1184,  30^5. 
Peiadis,  b.  Paradise,  the  Garden 

of  Eden,  6406. 
Pere,  s.  (A.N.)  a  peer,  a  brother, 

a  companion,  3673,  7154. 
Perel,  s.  peril,  danger,  184. 
Perfourme,    v.    to   complete,    to 

finish.  2028. 
Perisshe,  Periche,  Perysshe,  v.  to 

ferish,  to  loae,  to  deatroj,  7014, 
1278,  11300. 

Perlament,  Perlement,  a.  a  par- 
liament, a  council,  209S,  9370. 

Peril,  «.  a  pearl,  1674. 

Perlouse,  adj.  perilous,  564. 

Perrieria,  a.  pi.  (A.N.)  jeweb, 
precious  stones,  1670. 

Peraayve,  v.  to  perceive,  to  under- 
stand, 1815. 

Peise,  V.  to  pierce,  1286,  10768. 

Pert,  adj.  subtle,  cunning,  clover, 
113,  812,  977;  of  good  appear- 
wice,  lovely,  642, 1462. 

Pert,  V.  to  part,  to  aeparate, 
8156. 

Porte,  Pertifi,  ».  a  part,  a  district, 
217,  305  ;  (fe  fore  pert«  =  the 
breast,  884. 

Pertly,  adv.  (A.N.)  quickly,  1033, 
1130. 

Pertnes,  «.  neatness,  trigneag, 
9205. 

Perysehe,  v.    See  Perisshe. 

Pea,  *.  a  piece,  a  point,  a  place, 
181,  943, 1164  ;  pi.  Pesja,  pieces 
of  monej,  coins;  Feces,  points, 
1154. 

Pea,  V.  to  place,  to  seat,  1096. 


Peso,  g.  peace,  1 7 1 3  j  ti.  to  appease, 

3809. 
Petie,  s.  pity,  868S. 
Fight,  ^c^t.  placed,  fixed,  fksteued 

or  voted,  aiO,  903;  pari.  p.  set, 

fixed,    held,    1678,    1670,    2079, 

4056  ;  pioAl  en  lAepriiue  =  aimed 

at  the  pniice,  8258. 
Pike,  Pyke,  v.  to  plunder,  to  rob, 

1371,  3199,  12863. 
PUde,  pret.  of  Pill,  903. 
Pile,  a.  (Lat.)  a  javelin,  6976. 
Piler,    PyUer,    s.  a  pillar,   310, 

1578. 
PiU,  Pil,  Pyll, «.  to  pillage,  2282, 

5000 ;  to  turn  up,  to  plough,  903 ; 

prel.  Pilde. 
Pilour,  8.  a  robber,  a  plunderer, 

12862. 
Pisshea,     a.     the     sign     Pisces, 

4039. 
Plain,    Plaine,    Playn,    Playne, 

adj.   clear,  smooth,  level,    filed, 

423,  1578,  2079;  *.  play,  aatis- 

factioD,  1331. 
Plaint,  Playnt,  v.  to  complain,  to 

bewail,    3554,    8095;    i.  vaUing, 

8686. 
Plaintiose,  Plaintiouae,  PlaintiuB, 

adj.    plentiful,    abundant,     3153, 

3314,  11492;   plaiiUiat  taontf  = 

very  abundant. 
Playne,  v.  to  complain,  to  bewtul, 
.      3471,   8871.   11545;   pari.   Play- 

Playnt.    See  Plaint 

Plentins,  adj.  copious,  abundant, 

fertile,   341,    12412;    Flentious, 

12400. 
Plea,  V.  to  appease,  to  pleafiuie, 

11849,  13325. 
Pleeaund,  adj.  pleasing,  joyous, 

gladsome,  8885, 13412;  Pleasaund, 

12400. 
Ple8auns,<.(A.N.)pleasure,  2311. 
Plete,  V.  (A.N.)  to  jdead,  9596. 


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Rite,  Plit,  Ryt,  ».  position,  cod- 
dition,  Rppeannce,  state,  cimim- 
Btaace,  QDdertaking,  546,  4778, 
8019,  9714,  10363, 11301. 

Plodder,  8,  a  bully,  a  brave, 
1SS63. 

Ploghe,  g.  a  plough,  903. 

Pluccid,  adj.  pimpled,  covered 
with  pimples,  3837. 

Pluttide,  adj.  rough  like  the  akin 
of  a  plucked  fowl,  3078. 

Plyt, «.    See  PUte. 

PoiDte,  Pointte,  a.  a  deed  of  aims, 
positioD,  640,  664;  a  soeer,  a 
nicknaise,  7900. 

Poite,  s.  a  poet,  306 ;  Poyete,  31, 
47,  289. 


Porke,  ».  a  pig,  3837. 

Porknell,  e.  a  little  pig,  one  as 

fat  as  a  pig,  6368. 
Port,  8.  carriage,  heharioar,  9148; 

a  gate  of  a  town  or  a  castle,  9173, 

9300,  10858,  11373;  a  harbour, 

13146, 13338. 
Poeseaeiant,  adj.  posseesing,  poa- 

scBsed,  2627. 
Post,  t.  a  courier,  a  runner,  G371. 
¥omly,adv.  beseechingly,  11553. 
Povert,  e.  (A-If.)  poverty,  2587. 
Power,  s.  a  great  number,  a  farce, 

a  company,  1S37,  1063Si  as  a  «. 

pi.  10647,  po  poMer  =  Ihoae  forces. 
Poyete,  ».    See  Poite. 
Praty,  adj.  good-looking,  comely, 

clever,  3638, 10315  ;  Freti,  13634. 
Pray,  s.  prey,  booty,  spoil,  3166  ; 

».  to  plunder,  to  spoil,  1371,  S134, 

2643 
Piech,  V.  to  utter,  to  speak,  2207. 
Prese,  «.  (A.N.)  a  ci^.wd,  2868 ; 

the    thick   of  the   battle,  8317. 

Presse,  2167. 
Pieaent,  v.  to  represent,  2190. 


Prest,  a.  a  priest,  11700,  11737. 


Preyee,   v.    to  praise,    to    extol, 

2151. 
Price,   ».    (A-N.)   value,  worth, 

1674,  S445.    Sse  Prise. 
Prick,  V.  to  pain,  to  ating,  142  ; 

to  record,  to  relate,  889,   306 ; 

Frikkit,  pari.  p.  41S ;  to  spur,  to 

dash,  1881, 1315, 8556 ;  Frickoad, 

Prickyng,«.  remorse,  re^^ret,  2183. 

Pride,  t.  strength  &  courage,  160. 

Print,  p.  to  imprint,  195. 

Prise,  a.  note,  worth,  renown,  47, 
323,  1099,  10815;  risk,  hazard, 
hazardous    attempt,  1301,  8034, 


Prishede,  s.  valour,  renown,  2907. 
Prist,  adj.  great,  noble,  valiant, 

renowned,  33,  318,  3763,  2871. 
Piistly,  adv.  quickly,   earnestly, 

skilfully,  330,  10*3 ;  trnlj,  1015. 
Pioces,  a.   a   story,    a  relation, 

247;     Froae,    11523;     Prosses, 

13774, 
Procur,  Proker,  v.  to  procure,  to 

obUin,    115S5,    11568,     U603, 

11614. 
Prefer,  Proffer,  a. 

poMl,  360,  263. 
Professi,  a.  (probably  for  profea- 

iio»)  declaration,  statement,  2667. 
Proffer,  o.  to  set  forth,  to  offer, 

to  expose,  to  risk,  1096,  2139. 
Proker,  v.     See  Procur. 
Prokuring,  a.  procuring,  manage- 
ment, 13766. 
Propnrty,    Propurt^,     a.     value, 

worth,  propriety,  6SS,  8630. 


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Prose,  «.     See  Prooea. 
ProBses,  ».     See  Proces. 
Proudc,  Prude,  a4}.  proud,  glad, 
Btrontc,  validnt,  splendid,  powerful, 
113,  362,  333,  435,  1378,  6718, 
B38S. 
Prondfall,  t.  the  fore-locka,  the 

fiont-hair,  302S. 
Proudly,  Ptudly.adu.  teaotifully, 
apleodidlj,  to  advuitsge.S?!,  1651, 
1661.  8385. 
Ptoues,  a.  proweea,  6169. 
Provyna,  «.  a  province,  a  country, 
the    people   of   &   country,  317, 
1642. 
Pmde,  adj.     Sm  Proude. 
Pnidly,  adv.     See  Proudly. 
Pullishet,  part.  p.  poliflhed,  bright, 

4589.     Pullgike  plagie—'i'l^Z- 
PupuU,    «.    people,  band,  force, 

6877,11378;    Sm  Pepull. 
Pure,  adj.  fine,  nice,  1690 ;  full, 
3013 ;  complete,  Ihorongb,  1817. 
Purpoa,  «.  plan,  business,  -work, 

1629, 1710. 
Purpoa,  V.  to  purpose,  to  be  in- 
clined, 1690 ;  Purpas,  1868. 
PuKu,  P.  to  follow,  1150. 
PuTsuet,    s.     desire,     eagerness, 


Purvey,  v.  (A.N.)  to  provide, 
S132. 

purrianee,  ».  provision,  1043. 

Put,  V.  to  put,  to  set,  to  set  forth, 
to  send,  lo  set  out,  to  go  forth, 
83.267,  1016,  1796,  8987;  to 
think,  to  deem,  lo  award,  to  djYide, 
258,  1146,  S410,  4S74. 

Pyko,  II.     -See  Pike. 

Pyne,  Pyn,  *.  pain,  torture,  196, 
1616,  8686;  jiy«  'o  *«*''''  = 
horrible  to  be  seen,  993 ;  fgnt  for 
to  iert  =  painful  to  be  heard, 
1516. 
Pyne,  V.  to  punish,  2325 ;   to 


exert  one's  self  to  the  utmost,  to 

do  one's  best,  11568. 
Pynner,  #.  a  pin-maker,  latterly  a 

jobbing  carpenter,  1591.  'iSfeeNote. 

Pynour,  a  labonrer,  a  scavenger. 
Pyt4,  «.  pity,  1516. 

Quem,  a^'.     See  Qweme. 
Quit,  mUiakefor'Pat,  2665. 
Quite,  Qwite,  Qwyte,  Kuyt,  adj. 

white,  2737,  3023,  4973. 
Quycke,  adj.     See  Qwicke. 
Qwaint,  adj.  strange,  ingenious, 
old   fashioned,  777.  1531,  1637, 
2693,  6051  i  ».  a  oimning  plan,  or 
triek,  13215. 
Qwaintan,  s.  a  quintan,  a  game 

at  tilting,  1637. 
Qwaintly,  adv.  neatly,  skilfully, 

becomingly,  3404. 
Qwait,    Qwate,    v.   to   await,  to 

watch,  13245. 
Qwalle,  f.  a  whale,  3065. 
Qwat,pron.  what,  1794. 
Qwate,  s.  peace,  quietness,  e.  g. 
of  mind,  hence,  judgment,  1368L 
Qwat-so,  pron.  whatsoever,  6325. 
Qwe,  a.  a  fife,  ot  pipe,  6051. 
Qwele,  Qwell,  e.  a  wheel,  7126, 

13681. 
Qwelle,  n.  to  lay  low,  to   kill, 

1333, 1299*. 
Oweme,  Qwem,  adj.  fair,  bright, 
nleasant.  lovely,  633,  777,  3055; 
apt,  ready,  akilful,  true,  1531, 4203, 
5351;   Quem.   6973;   close,   sure, 
true,  1763. 
Qweme,  v.  to  conclude,  to  settle, 
to  make  friends,  1809,  11609;  to 
fit,  to  suit,  to  compare,  3028, 3404. 
Owemlv,    Quemly,    adv.    truly, 
beartUy,  completely.  4378, 11783. 
Qwen,  ado.  when,  1940,  12180. 
Qwene,«.aqueen,1627j  Qwhene, 
a  lady,  3163. 


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OLOSSARIAL  INDEX. 


Qwerfore,  adv.  wherefore,  19 
Qwert,  s.  lieolth,  apirits,  6041 ; 

in  toil  gteert  =:  in  perfect  health. 
Qwhene,  a.     See  Qwene. 
Qwhile,  Qwhyle,  Qnile,fl.  a  vhile, 

fttinie,  3109,  E003,  G430,  8381-,  a 

iond  qwhiU  =  a  short  lime,  5003. 
Qwiche,    pron.    which,    12244, 

12659. 
Qwiche,  adj.  living,  alive,  437S  ; 

Qujoke,  617. 
Qwil,   Qwill,  adv.  while,  2094, 

11886 ;  Qwjles,  3939. 
Qwistle,  e.  a  whistle,  a  fife,  a 

clarionet,  6051. 
Qwit,  V.  to  quit,  to  renoance,  to 

acquit,    1763,    13036;    part.  p. 

Qwjt,  quit,  1809. 
Qwit-claym,  Qwite-clftym,    v,    to 

renounce,  to  abjure,  1763,  13086. 
Qwite,  Qwyte,  adj.  white.      See 

Quite. 
Qwith,  r.  to  bestow,  to  deliver, 

6973. 
Qwo,  pTon.  who. 
Qwoae.jwwt.  whose,  11266. 
Qwylea,  ado.  while,  3939. 
Qwyver,  s.  a  quiver,  7730. 

Had,  adj.  quick,  hasty ;  a  rod 
hasU  =  hoi  liaate,  917 ;  full  rod 
=  fuD  quicklj,  1143, 9233, 13007. 

Eadly,  adv.  (A.S.)  readily,  quick- 
ly, 462,  772,  2698. 

Radnesa,  e.  redneas,  634. 

Safe,  prel.  of  Befe,  Kive,  tore, 
toot,  7629,  7788. 

Bagget,  adj.  rough,  ragged,  rag- 
ged, 12559, 13525. 

Raght,jjre(.  o/Work ;  ra^hf  vpon 
roKae  =^  cleared  the  ground, 
1533.    Or  it  may  be 

B^ht,  pret.  o/Eache,  Eax,  took, 
seined,  tried,  3883,  6767,  8299, 
10876j  fled,  14000;  IUught,7SG. 


Bak,  e.  mist,  1984. 

Bake,  Baike,  Bayke,  v.  to  pro- 
ceed, to  weod,  to  go,  to  gnsh,  to 
rush,  2999, 4631, 6370, 6904, 9386, 
9652;  to  tniogle,  to  blend,  3043. 

Banke,  adj.  stioug,  furiouH,  head- 
long, 1392,  1879,  13902;  steep. 
rugged,  1991 ;  abundant,  9204. 

Bape,  V.  (A.S.)  to  haste,  to  hurry, 
818, 1897,  4620,  7373. 

Bape,  g.  violence,  plunder,  4923, 
4926. 

Bape,  s.  a  rope,  a  cable,  4630;  a 
baud,  a  company,  5633. 

Bappe,  V.  (A,S.)  to  hatter,  to 
dasb,  13007. 

Bappe,  B.  a  blow,  7680. 

Raught,  prei.  handed,  gave,  786. 
S»Baght. 

Baunge,  v,  to  range,  to  arrange, 
5678. 

Bauthe.     See  Buthe. 

Baviche,  v.  to  snatch,  3722; 
Raiisshe,  to  ravish,  2926. 

Bavia,  adj.  mad,  raving,  12149. 

Bayn,  s.  rain,  1579. 

Bealme,  «.  a  realm,  243  ;  Beame, 
221;  Rem,  1906,  12195;  lte«ine, 
285. 

Bech,  V.  to  tear,  13939. 

Becounsel,  v.  to  reconcile,  12931. 

Red,  adj.  red;  red  gold  ^hnght 
gold,  1742. 

Red,  e.  to  spoil,  to  plunder, 
12002, 

Rede,  v.  to  say,  to  tell,  to  advi»<t, 
to  coansel,  1906,  5129,  12579  ;  to 
be  advised,  3308  ;  pret.  Red. 

Bede,  Bed,  «.  counsel,  advice, 
1736,  2663;  wits,  3926;  a>  ^ai 
rede  lott  =  as  they  pleased,  12266. 

Redie,  v.  to  make  ready,  5648; 
prel.  Redyn. 


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Bednr,  s.  {A,N.)  wrong,  violence, 
plundering,  1736,  1806, 1918. 

Eedyn,  pret.  of  Eedie,  6648. 

Eefe,  p.  (A-S.)  to  tear,  to  snatch, 
683S  i  prcl.  Refte,  1(XH)8. 

Befut,  ».  {A.N.)  refuge,  alieltei, 
57i3. 

Rcgne,  i>.  (A.N.)  to  leign,  13695. 

Bekon,  V.  to  recount,  2031. 


Rem,  t.     See  Realme. 

Rcme,  V.  (A.S.)  to  cry,  to  moan, 

to  lament;  /mrl.  u  «.  Bemjog, 

8611,   8C95,  9186}   OTerflowiug, 

9982. 
Bcmnond,    i.    lemainder,  7149, 

14000. 
Bemorce,  e.  remorse,  regret,  1698. 
Bender,  v.  to  give  up,  130G9. 
Bonke,  a.  (A.8.)  a  man,  a  knight, 

814 ;  Rjoke,  74S6 ;  Hfok,  10435, 

13689. 
Bennjn^   Benyng,  part.    ^  a. 

runoiiig,  3366,  7713. 
Renttes,  e.  pi.  income,  reaouices, 

ealatea,  1738, 11395. 
Boprofe,  «.  a  reproof,  2034. 
Heprove,  v.  to  cliide,  1817. 
Bepugn,  V.  to  resist,  2670. 
Beacoff,  v.  to  rescue,  10436. 
BcBort,  r,    to   return,    to   come, 

3553. 
Best,  Beate,  s.  a  struggla,  a  con- 
test, 800,  886. 
Beetore,  v.  to  le-coUect,  to  rally, 

6867. 
Beve,  V.  {A.S.)  to  rob,  to  take 

from,  1766. 
Eeveray,  «.  robbery,  7651. 
Bewaide, «.  (A.N'.)  regard,  respect, 

30S7. 


Bewie,  g.  rule,  6278. 

Bewme,  *:    a  realm,  a  country, 

386, 1414. 
Reyne,  s.  a  rein,  1231,  1258. 
Biall,  RioU,  a^'.  royal,  1630;  a. 

a  king,  a  prince,  1074,  7157. 
Bially,  Riolly,  ado.  royally,  3Sfi, 

3009 ;  RyoUe,  331. 
Ribold,    a.    a   ribald,  a   rascal, 

7651. 
Biccbe,  lUche,  v.  to  adjust,  to 

right,  to  mend,  to  improTe,  1231, 

1258,  9257,  13U9 ;  to  stretch,  to 
8370,   6693;    lo   areuge. 


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Bid,  p.  to  clear  away,  1533,  5343, 

6478,  6733. 
Bife,  EJffe,.  Eyfe,  adj.  plentiful, 

abundant,  1117,  1694,6576,8823, 

11776. 
Bight,  adj.  true,  proper,   1756 ; 

adv.  riglillj,  iast,  exactly,  1443  ; 

twAi  io-=»a  tar  as,  clear  to,  1834, 

6907  i  bj  riffil  =  correcllj,  344. 
Bight,  V.  to  correct,  to  le-arronge, 

69. 
Bightwise,  adj.    (A.S.)  upright, 

3888. 
Bigour, «.  determination,  9863. 
Binel,  Bynel,  a.  a  runnel,  a  small 

Btream,  6709,  760S. 
Bink,  Bynk,  Bynke,  «.  a  man, 

7131,  7486. 10436.    &e  Benke. 
Bioll,  adj.    See  KialL 
Biolly,  adv.    See  Rially. 
Riolt^,  a.  royalty,  grandeur,  3464. 
Bitte,  V.  to  tear,  to  lend;  pret. 

Rut.  6977, 10704. 
Bive,  V.  (A.S.)  to  rend,  to  split, 

to  tear;  pret.  Rof,   6907)   Rofe, 

10898 1  Roofe,  1234,  11094. 
Birie,  V.  (from  A.S.  rirlian)  to 

rule,  to  b^  rule,  to  oommaud,  221, 


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Hod,  Eodd,  t.  a  shaft,  a  epear, 

1234,  11094. 
Bode,  s.  a  harbour,  6586, 12689  ; 
■    rood,  journey,  undertaking,  1180  j 

Koode,  104S. 
Bogh,  Boghe,  a^.  rongh,  wild, 

104S,  S031;  Boght,  10161. 
Bc^lit,    prei.    of   Beck,    cared, 

minded,  11005. 
Boiconi,part,  mingling,  blending, 

3771.    See  Rflike,  Bake. 
Eoid,  Eoide,  Royde,  at^'.  fierce, 

angry,  1984,  4428,  7743, 10161. 
Boidly,  adv.   fiercely,  farioaaly, 

912, 10888. 
Boike,  V.   to  etieak,  to  blend, 

3987 1  pnW.  Roicond,  3771. 
Boile,  t.  a  Flemish  horse,  a  steed, 

1858,  7787,  8337.  10S16. 
Boke,  f.  common  soldiers,  vaiSa, 

7149. 
Boket,  a.  a  lochet,  an  orercoat, 

13526. 
Bom,  V.  to  go,  to  roam,  818, 

13587. 
Bomans,  b.  a  romance,  £544. 
Eon,p7Bf.  o/Bun,  9233. 
Bonk,  adj.  strong,  4783;  noted, 

E544. 
Boode,  I,     See  Bode. 
Boofe,  pret.  o/  Eive,  sbirered, 

1234. 
Bopand,    pari.     a^j.     cmahing, 

beating,  S693,  4631,  9637. 
Bore, «.  a  cry,  8518. 
Bote,  a.  (A.S.)  a  root,  11775. 
Bother,  s.    a  sailor,  a  boatman, 

2990. 
£«at,  Bonte,  Bowte,  i.  a  band, 

a    compaDT,     331,    365,     1143, 
'     6604. 


Boutond,   pari.    adj.    rushing, 

roaring,  1986. 
Bow,  g.  a  row,  order ;   rekont  by 

rme  =:  reconnted  in  order,  2031. 
Bowchet,  mistake  for  Kowchet  or 

Cowchet,  inlaid,  adorned,  8386. 
Bowte,  «.     See  Boat 
Boyde,  at^'.    See  Roid. 
Bud,  s.  red,  nddy  colour,  3048. 
Buerde,  s.     See  Bnrde. 
Bufull,  adj.  heait-piercing,  heart- 
rending, 8518. 
Bug, s. mist, rack,  9662.  SeeBak. 
Bugh,  Bnght,  adj.  rough,  fierce, 

3693,  6632, 1S6S9, 13902. 
Buly,  adj.  obedient,  3888. 
Butde,  Kaerde,  Bewerd,  t.  noise, 

sbock,  11949,  13697,  13902. 
But,  V.  jO  throw,  to  dash,  912, 

3G96.  5699,  9637. 18691. 
Bat,  pret.  of  Ritte,  rent,  pierced, 

6977, 10704. 
Buthe,  a.  pity,  compassion,  8511, 

9988  ;  nil/u  to  i«-ieUe  =  pitiable 

to  be  seen,  1986. 
Ryfe,  (Mtr.    See  Bife. 
Byfte,  a.  a  shattering,  12697. 
Bynel,  a.    See  BineL 
Byuk,  Bynke,  a.    See  Renke. 
Byre,  tf.  to  tear,  to  pnll  down ; 

pari.  p.  Bjvyn,  4783.    Sea  Rive. 

Sacnimen,  a.  an  oath,  3362. 
Sad,  a^'.  seriouB,  solemn,  intense, 

severe,  249,  380,  456, 1263 ;  great, 

deep,  skilled,  learned,  679,  1277. 

1486,  1544;  many,  1738;  as  an 

adv.  secure,  secnrelj,  2078. 
Sadly,    adv.    serioualy,   actually, 

G30i  firmly,  secnrelj.  11109. 
Saf,  a4f.  safe,  well,  10246. 
Sash,  a.  a  saying,  a  proTeib.  a 

stoTT,  3075.  2964,  10U5|  Saw, 

3191.  12214. 


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Saght,    prei.    of    Seek,    sought, 

searched  for,  7670. 
Sale.  «.  (A.N.)  a  haU,  a  palace, 

361. 
Sflliie,   f.   (A-N.)  to   salute,  to 

greet,  IdOO,  49S1. 
Salos,  e.  pi.  greetingB,  3640. 
Sam,  adj.  same,  10829. 
Samyn,  adv.  together,  752, 1176. 
Sanct,  f.  a  saint,  6279. 
Sang,  B.  a  aoqg,  3474. 
Sarre,  adj.    eomp.    (A.S.)  sorer, 

3074,  9156. 
Sairigold  =  pnie  gold,  9502. 
Saul,  Saule,  B.  the  soul,  6324, 

18137;  Sawle,  10768. 
Saut,  Saute,  Sawte,  b.  (A.N.)  an 

auaolt,     57.     85,    3633,    6869, 

11158. 
Save,  prep,  except,  1707. 
Savyng,  prep,  for  lack  of,  1126  j 

with  all  respect  (or,  75S7. 
Saw,  t.  (A.S.)  a  sajiug,  a  pro- 

pMal,3191,  13314. 
Sawen,  part.  p.  of  Saw,   sown, 

3463. 
Sawte,  t.     See  Saut 
Sawter,  e.  the  Faalter,  4435. 
Say,  V,  to  tell,  to  relate,  374; 

pni.  &■  pari.  p.  S»id,  1073,  141S; 

)wet.  Saju,  Sain,  said,  377,  6203, 

6814. 
Say,  t.   s  speech,  a  proverb,  an 

opinion,  8063. 
Sayn,  Sain,  pret.  of  Say,   said, 

877,  6303,  5314. 
Schalk,  Schalke,  t.    See  Shalk. 
Schall,  V.  shall,  6900. 
Schent,  V.    See  Shent. 
Schir,  adj.     See  Shire. 
Scho,  pron.   she,  12148,  12150, 

18163 ;  Sbo,  10774,  138SS ;  She, 

10776, 10777. 
Schope,  r.     See  Sbope, 


Schnld,  pret.   of  ShaU,    10441, 

13238,13340,13343,13659,13630. 
Scbjvei,  s.  a  shiver,  a  fragment, 

68SS. 
Sclaunder,  v.  to  slander,  to  hiame, 

834 ;  t.  blame,  slander,  disf^race, 

11756;  Sktaunder.  1810,  4933. 
Scrive,  s.  a  shriek,  a  noise,  9511. 
Se,  V.  to  see,  to  look  on,  to  be- 
hold, 1643,  1985;  ituperai.  1433 1 

pret.  Segh,  Sogh,  saw,  739,  1317. 
Se,  B.  the  sea,  1982  ;  See,  1989. 
Seche,  p.  to  seek,    531,   11702, 

13677. 
Seche,  adj.  such,  11660. 
Sedur,  B.  the  cedar ;  of  tedur  tre 

=  of  cedar  wood,  1658. 
Seek,  V.  to  agitate,  to  work  upon ; 

pnl.  Sought,  8716 ;  Sc^ht,  9137. 
Sege,«.  (A.  S.)aman,  a  noble,  9979. 
Segh,  prel.  of  Se,  saw,  beheld, 

1333, 1346. 
Seie,  Seye,  p.  (A.S.)  to  turn,  to 

tumoTcr,  to  fall  down,  3518, 3398, 

G579, 6644 ;  tmrA  Seit,  Sejit,  Sejt ; 

Bejn,  shut,  7139. 
Seigne,  t.  a  sign,  3108. 
Seke.ot^'.  (A.S.)  aick,  6057,9175. 
Seke,  o.  to  go  on  pilgrimage,  to 

worship,  3O03 ;  pret.  Soght. 
Seker,   Sekii,    Sekur,  adj.   sure, 

seonre,  198,  7991 ;  Sjker,  1644. 
Seknrly,   adv.    certainly,  surely, 

9979. 
Selfe,  adj.  (A.S.)  same,  13828. 
Selkowth,  adj.  wonderful,  13506. 
SeUy,     adj.     (A.S.)    wonderful, 

marvellons,  104S4,  107S3,  13376 ; 

adv.  wonderfully,  1644 :  i.  a  marrcl, 

a  wonder,  6163,  11668. 
Semhland,  Semblaund,  b.  (A.K.) 

appearance,     countenance,     469, 

8700. 
Semble,  v.  to  assemble,  to  collect, 

6998. 


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'  Semble,  *.  an  assembly,  a  council, 
8  battle-field,  3737;  Semelj,  7389  j 
Semlj,  4160. 

Seme,  v.  to  seem,  to  appear ;  me 
temrt  =  it  seems  to  me,  me  tlunks, 
1737. 

Seinlj,  adj.  comely,  good-looking, 
beaatiful,  137,"  1473,,  8846;  «.  a 
ladj,  a  genlleman,  EOS,  1864; 
Semelj,  390,  560. 

Semond,  pari,  seeming,  seen,  ap- 
parent, 469. 

Somple,  adj.  low,  downcast,  8247. 

Semater,  e.  one  tIio  does  the 
ornameDUl  sewing  on  gloves  and 
other  kinds  o(  leather  work ;  hence 
the;  are  classed  with  tadiert  and 
toulert;  1685. 

Send,  V.  to  send,  to  keep,  to  de- 
fend, 3510;  prtf.  Send,  sent, 
10796}  jMr/.j>.  Send,  sent,  10S«1. 

Seniour,  s.  a  chief,  13066. 

Senowe,  a.  a  ainew,  a  mnacle, 
8794. 

Sent,  V.  to  assent,  6280. 

Seond,  part,  seeing,  8094. 

Ser,  compar.  of  Sere,  snre,  5627, 

Serch,  v.  to  turn  up,  to  dig,  1 634 ; 
to  plunder,  ISOIS  j  to  test,  to 
measure,  1537. 

SeTcle,  g.  a  circle,  1668;  circuit, 
course,  1052, 1556 ;  site,  siluatiou, 
335. 

Sere,  adj.  seTcral,  many,  1413, 
2000,  7160;  all;  M  wra  halugi 
=  on  all  sides,  1353, 1702,  6070, 
13960;  M  ten  ial/i,  6054;  sure; 
eomp.  Ser,  surer,  more  secure,  6637. 

Sere,  v.  to  serve,  to  worship,  2946, 
or,  at  above,  several,  "lo"  reduod. 

Scrklyt,  a(^.  encircled,  3038  ;  set 
with,  3408. 

Sertan,  adj.  certain ;  in  tetian  ^ 
assuredly,  9566. 

Servage,  s.  (A.S.)  bondage,  1384. 

Serve,  v.  to  deserve,  560. 

Ses,  Seae,  c.  to  cease,  to  cause  to 


cease,  941,  2259;  to  seize,  1153; 
pre/.  Sesit,  13S4,  1877;  pari.  p. 
Sesit,  Sesjt,  1303,  1457 ;  to  give 
seizin  to,  ll9. 

Sesyn,  t.  a  season,  1442. 

Sesyng,  part,  snatching,  2463. 

Set,  V.  to  fix,  to  put,  to  keep,  to 
settle,  379,  1419,  1723,1828;  lo 
deal,  to  give,  1263,  9016;  to  ac- 
count, to  regard,  5002 ;  to  satisfy, 
to  suit,  £23;  pni.  Set;  pari.  p. 
Set,  situated,  seated.  1611.  1711, 
2028  )  set  up,  completed.  1689 ; 
arranged,  disposed,  3031. 

8ete,;rrf,  o/Sit,  sat,  11109. 

Seto,  a.  an  abode,  a  palace,  1630. 

Sethyn,  adv.  (A.S.)  afterwards, 
4S6.    &»  Sitheu. 

Sevyan,  Seyvyn,  a^'.  seven, 
10118, 10546. 

Sevynt,  adj.  seventh,  6215. 

Sew,  pret.  of  Sow,  sowed,  941, 

Sew,  V.  to  proceed,  to  follow,  361, 
1475, 11109  i  to  sue,  1854. 

Sewertie,  t.  surety,  certainty, 
9341. 

Sewto,  3.  a  company,  12995. 

Sestene,  a^j.  sixteenth,  10639. 

Seye,  v.  See  Soie;  pret.  Seyn, 
shut,  7129. 

Shake,  «.  (A.S.)  to  set  out,  to 
roam,  2921,  3178. 

Shalke,  s.  (A.S.)  a  man,  72,  89. 

Shame,  v.  to  be,  or  to  become 
ashamed.  7468. 

Shap,  s.  shape,  form,  1550. 

Shape,  V.  (A.S.)  to  shape,  to 
form,  1640;  to  dress,  lo  arraj, 
8573;  to  cause,  to  brin»  aliout, 
3073;  to  direct,  lo  guide,  1141 ;  lo 
hie,  to  hiiste, — prel.  Shop,  3/58. 

Share,  v.  (A.S.)  to  cut,  to  shear, 
1233.1309,11113;  /j.e/.  Sliaie. 

Sharpe,  adj.  quick,  rapid,  2758. 

Shaw,  ».  a  thicket,  a  small  wood, 
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8hed«,  t.  the  parting  of  the  hair 

of  the  he&d,  3033. 
Stieltron,  Sheltrone,  Bhaltran,  e. 

a  aqaidron  of  ships,  3239  {  a  bodj 

of  soldiers,  6319,  5804, 10047. 
Shemere,  v.  (A.S.)  to  gUttei,  to 

shiae,  4974. 
Shend,  V.  (A.S.)  to  deBtroy,  to 

sbfLller,  9544,  5S49,  C697;  pret.^ 

pari.  p.  Sbent;  to  excuse,  to  pai- 

doQ,  8119. 
Shend,  a  form'of  Send,  v.  pret. 

defended,    uuwered   in    defence, 

S144. 
Shene,  a  form  of  Bene,  part.  p. 

seen,  89,  89S0. 
Shene,  adj.  (A.S.)  bright,  splen- 
did, beautiful,  330,  1408 ;  noble, 

exalted,  600 ;  as  a  t.  fair  one,  Udj, 

8144 ;  as  an  lu^e.  well,  seemly,  1649. 
Shenahip,  a.  coafiision,  disgrace, 

ruin,  4176,  8119. 
Shent,  part.  J),  excuaed,  pardoned, 

8119 ;  ruined,  shattered,  exhausted, 

10348,  13416.    Set  Shend. 
Shentyng,  pari,  shrinking,  Bhun- 

niogtWilbdraTing,  4S1.  &e  Shone. 
Shevere,  t».  to  shiver,  1264. 
Shew,  t>.  to  appear,  to  oSer,  to 

displaj,  801, 1581  i  to  look  upon, 

1456,  1550. 
Shilde,  t.  (A.S.)  a  shield,  889, 

1194;    p.    to   shield,  to  defend, 

13310. 
Shire,  Shyre,  adj.    (A-S.)  clear, 

bright,  fresh,  sparkling,  370,  330, 

316,   1S69,  3373)   great,  solemn, 

729;  Schir,  13168. 
Shodere,  Shodure,  v.  to  ahudder, 

to  burst,  to  break,  1335,  3706. 


Shok,  Shoke,  pret.  went,  passed, 
1980,3132!  carried, 9907,11134; 
rent,  split,  6888. 

Shold.  prel.  o/ShaU,  should,  76B8; 
Shuld,  10795. 


Shone,  v.  to  shun,  to  shrink,  to 

ruah  from ;  prti.  Shont,  919, 1335, 

673S ;  Schunt,  13730. 
Shont,  pret.  of  Shone, 
Shope,   ti.    pret.    made,   ehaped, 

made  for,  prepared,  put,  fell,  hap- 
pened,   73,    1780.    2758,    3846, 

10242,  10348 ;  Bcbope,  13730. 
Shot,  jprei.   ^  part.  p.  entered, 

passed,  put,  set,  filled,  1901,  6564, 

9509;  rushed,  5933. 
Shote,  8.  a  clnmp,  a  group,  330 ; 

Sbotte,  a  flood,  a  stream,  3300. 
Shottyn,  pret.  shot,  tossed,  1408. 
Shoute,  (.  ashowerof  rain,  1577; 

a  conflict,  a  combat,  6804,  11048. 
ShowTfi,  o.  to  fly  away,  11804. 
Shrike,  s.  a  song,  a  carol,  34C ;  v. 

to  sing,  18971. 
Shuld,    pret.    of   Shall,   should, 

were  about  to,  10795. 
Shont,  V.  to  shun,  to  shrink,  to 

irithdraT,   to    retreat,  to  desist, 

600,  739,  10377,  10998 ;  to  free 

from,    to     protect     from,    2644 ; 

Schunt,  1S730. 
Shyre,  adj.     See  Shire, 
Sib,   Syb,  s.   (A.S.)  a  relation, 

6449,  6461. 
Sih,    Syh,    Sihbe,    Syhbe,  adj. 

(A.S.)  related  by  blood,  near,  2057, 

6019,  70S0,  7090. 
Sib-men,    Syb-men,  g.   relatives, 

kinsmen,  1302,  2583,  11293. 
Sibradyn,  «.  (A.S.)  relationship, 

10336. 
Siche,  adj.  such,  7085. 
Sicken,   Sykyng,  pari,  sighing, 

866, 12437.  See  Sike. 
Sighkyng,    part,    falling   down, 

hanging,  waving,  3900. 
Sight,  «.    sight-€eeing,  curiosity, 

2874. 
Siko,  V.  to  sigh,  to  sob,  1307; 

;Mrt.Sikyng,  1515,2680;  Svkvng, 

493,  866. 


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Siker,  adj.  certain,  snre,  espeit, 
8076,  3903;  ^kir,  6950;  Sjker, 
1644;  Sjclier,  138610  eo'ipar. 
safer,  better,  1752. 

Sikemes,  s.  Becurity,  11733. 

Sikyng,  Sykyng,  s.  Bighing,  Bob- 
bing, 1515,  £6S0,  8032,  8i&2. 

8Ub,  Syle,  v.  to  drop,  to  faU,  to 
flow  down,  1307,  2168,  2680;  to 
compose  one's  Bclf,  372,  9210;  to 
pass,  to  more,  36^  1973. 

Sir,  g.  a.  aire,  a  father,  7694;  a 
knig-ht,  s  noble,  9470. 

Sit,  probably  for  Set,  2730. 

Sital,  t.  a  stringed  musical  instru- 
ment, 3435.     Chano.  eiiok. 

8it6,  e.  a  city,  10409. 

Sith,  adv.  since  ;  a.  a  way ;  no 
iM  =  in  no  way,  9535. 


Sithen,  Sytheit,  adv.  (A.S.)  BiDce, 

after,  afterwards,  66,  176,  4558, 

13790 ;  Setbjn,  455. 
Sitte,  V.  to  become,  to  suit,  to 

concern,  lo  befal,  530,  2130  2281; 

8jt,  9552;  part.  Sittyiig,  becom- 
ing, suitable,  more  becommg,  1737, 

2903,  12345. 
Skaire,  v.  to  diride,  to  send  forth, 

to  aet  here  and  there,  10S9. 
Sk&nt,  adj.  deficient,  imperfect, 

4067. 
Skape,  0.  to  shape,  to  lead  to,  to 

bring,  8897;  to  escape,  834,13117, 

13130. 
Skathe,   Skather,   t<.   to  skathe, 

toharass,  2111,  G557. 
Skathe,  Skath,  ».  injury,  damage, 

danger,  834, 1810,  2725, 13130. 
Skathell,    Skathill,    adj.    fierce, 

cruel.  4067,  13130. 
Skathill,     adv.     grieTOUBly,    far 

gone,  13397. 
Skelte,  V.    to  warn,  to   report, 

10S9,  6042  !  pari.  Skeltyng. 


Skepe,  pret.  of  Skape,  eecaped, 

12700 ;  burst  forth,  13616. 
Skerre,  v.  (A.S.)  to  scare  away, 

13404. 
Sket,    Skete,   adj.    swift,  fierce, 

headlong,    cruel,    13434,    13442, 

13523, 13678. 
Skethill,  a4}.  13442.     See  Ska- 

Ibell. 
Sfeewe,  Skiew,  s.   the  sky,  the 

beavens,  9637, 9932, 10183, 1249G, 

12300. 
Skire,   Skyre,  adj.    fierce,  cruel, 

angry,  8397,  12500,  12700, 13397, 

13610. 
Skirme,   v.    to   battle,    to'  flash, 

12500,  13601. 
Sklaunder.     See  Sclaunder. 
Sknowe,  «.  snow,  10971. 
Skope,  pret.  of  Skape,  13541. 
Skome, ».  contempt,  1874. 
Skoute-wacche,  Scowte-waccbe,  a 

a  sentinel,  10S9,  6042. 
Skowre,  s.  a  score,  2638. 
Skreme,  v.  to  scream,  to  bellow, 

910;  pari.  Skremjng,  10182. 
Skrow,  «.  the  sky,  910;  Skrew, 


8kylle,<.  skill,  opportunity,  1874. 
Skyrme,  e.  battle,  struggle,  13541. 
Slade,  s.  (A.S.)  a  ravine,  a  narrow 

irsT,  a  valley,  6006,  6601,  6795, 

7005,  7693, 10673. 
Slagh,      Slaght,       Slaghte,      ». 

slaughter,    murder,    2178,    6006, 

7693,  9370, 13008, 13609. 
Slange,  Slaunge,  pret.   of  Sling, 

dashed,  1296,  13745. 
Slawthly,  adv.  skilfully,  quickly, 

10306. 
SU,  V.  (A.S.)  to  slay,  1978, 10967. 
Slecynge,    ».    rhenm    from    tha 

nostrils  of  a  beast,  908. 


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BlegU,  atij.  BkUfijl,  far-ieacMng, 

38i9i  neatly  formed,  3063. 
Sleghly,     Slely,     SligUy,    adv. 
bIiW,  cunninftlj,  skilfully,  oleTerlj, 
awiftlj,    196,    789,    1S51,   1396, 
6409. 
Slegbt,».(A.S.)ski]l,  contrivance, 
Uie  knack  of  AoiHg  anythins,  196, 
1251,    1296,    9186;     perfection, 
beauty,  3063 ;  Slight,  10673. 
Sleppii,  part.  p.  slept,  817. 
Sletyng,  verbal   g.    eleiglit,  cun- 
ning oae  of  any  tbing,  196. 
Slicche,    a.    mud,    wet,    plashy 
.rronnd.     slush,     B710,     13547; 
Bluche,  18529  ;  Sliche,  5763. 
SligUy,  adj.     ike  Sleghly. 
Slight, «.     See  Sleght 
Sling,  Slyng,  v.  to  cast,  to  caat 
down,  to  dash,  8SS1 1  prel.  Slange, 
13745;    SUonge,    1396 1     Slong, 
4315. 
Slip,  Slyp,  V.  to  glide,  to  fall,  to 
Blip,  8096  i  pret.  Slypped,  2378; 
jMrf.j,.  Slippit,84S8. 
Sliper,  adj.  slippery,  11295. 
Slit,  o.  (A.S.)  to  cleave,  to  cut 
throagh.  to  rip,  S939,  6409,  7004, 
7340. 
Slithe,  t.  for  Bliche.   See  Slicche. 
Slober,  a.  foam,  drift,  12529. 
Slogh, ».  a  slough,  13547. 
Slogh,  prei.  of  Sle,  slew,  killed, 
1218,  1296,  9038  J  Sloght,9728i 
Blough,  10306. 
Slomer,  v.  (A.S.)  to  slttmher,  6, 

8428 1  pari.  Slomeryng. 
81omuT,  ».  alumber,  13285. 
Slong,  Slongen.Slougyn,  Slungen, 
prel  of  Sling,  cast,  dashed,  3201, 
3217,4215.12529. 
eiote,  ».  the   throat,    908 ;   the 
lioUow  in  the  throat   above  the 
breast,  or,  the  pit  of  tie  stoi — *■ 
3063,  5939,  6409. 
Slough.    Sea  Slogh. 


Sluche,  ».  alnsh,  foam,  12529. 

Sljm,  Slyme,  s.  slime,  mud,  qoick- 
sand,  5710, 13E47 ;  a  snare,  a  trap, 
13381. 
Slyme,  v.    to  do  anything  care- 
lessly, to  pretend  ignorance,  6096. 
Slyng,  o.     See  Sling. 
Slyngyng,   part,    casting  down, 

slaughter,  6006.  7693. 
Slyp,  0.     See  Slip. 
Smaiagden,  s.  a  precious  stone, 

probably  sardonyi,  934. 
Smeli,    adj.    Bbining,    polished, 

bright  (as  if  melted),  1667. 
Smert,  adj.   rough,  uncut,  924  ; 

sharp,  fierce,  9513. 
Smethe,     adj.     (A-S.)     smooth, 

poUslied,  clear,  934,  1667, 11796- 
Smorther,  a,  a  suffocating  emoke 

or  smell,  smut,  911,  3511,  9312, 

11796 
Smnlt,  prei.    of  Smile,    hoUed, 

bubbled,  nished,  911. 
Soberly,  Soburly,  ado.  oamsstly, 

248,  3S0. 
Soohe,  adj.  such,  1364 ;  so  great, 

so  noble.  1726. 
Socur,  «.   (A.N.)  snccour,  help, 

1344;  allies,  9700;  c  to  succour, 

to  belp,  6447. 
Sodenly,  adv.  suddenly,  1697. 
So-gat  =  in  such  manner,  5207. 
Sogh,  pret.  of  8%  saw,  739. 
Soght,  Soghton,  Sought,  Sought- 

on,  prel.  of  Seek,  soaght,  searched, 

invented,  1623  ;  went,  pushed  on, 

rushed,  poured,  964,  1353.  6903, 

9127  i    rose,    1091  ;    fell,    4315  ; 

came,  entered.  392,  1376,  8716 1 

departed,   6644,   13209;  port.  p. 

dnTcn,  forced,  1613. 
Soioume,  v.  to  sojourn,  to  abide, 

383. 
I  Solas,    ».    (A.N.)  comfort,   good, 

1605 ;  n.  to  solace,  to  amase,  1630 ; 

to  enjoy,  1768 ;  to  entertain,  9704. 


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Solempne,   adj    (A,N.)   Bolcmn, 

1G30,  3916. 
6olempnit«,  i.  peifoinumce,  2884 ; 

Solenite,  sacred  rifea,  9094. 
Solly,  adj.  sad,  diemal,  8713. 
BoIstacioD,  8.  the  Solstice,  10637. 
Som,  Soum,  s.  a  sum  of  money, 

189,  4469  }  pi.  Sommji,  19S. 
SomeT,  BomuT,  s.  Hummer,  1626, 

1627. 
Somon,    Somyn,    v.    (A.N.)   to 

sQiDiDOD,  306, 1703,  SS79. 
Somyn,  adu.  (A. 8.)  together,  66. 
Son,    Sonne,   Sun,  t.   the  aim, 

1539,  3730. 
Bonder ;     in    tonder  ^  asunder, 

2747. 
Sone,  adv.  (A-S.)  soon,  at  once, 

940,  9668;  eomp.   Sonet,  sooner, 

8183 ;  m/MT.  Sonest,  soonest,  fore- 
most, 1877)  2184 ;  Sony  St,  1165, 
Sop,  Soppa,  9.  ft  band  of  men, 

1309.  1311,  6054,  6739,  6758 ;  a 

toppe  kotU  =  one  mass,  1S39, 9936. 
Sope,  I.  a  draught,  3299. 
Sopertyme, ».  sapper-time,  3398. 
Sot,  Sore,  t.  a  sore,  a  wound, 

9193,  9270. 
Sore,  adj.  great,  1259  ;    eeyere, 

1266 ;  adv.  sorely,  1307. 
Sore,  Sory,  adj.  sorry,  worthless, 

wicked,  4467, 10445. 
Soigrym, ».    See  Souigrem. 
Sorili,    Sorily,    adv.    miserably, 

cerbunlj,  764. 
Sorow,   t.   Borrow,  grief,    1457, 

1616. 
Sort,  t.  manner,  4326 ;  a  set,  or 
-  compan;,  5782. 
Sossyiure,  a.    fondling,    cajolery, 

whee^bg,  9933. 
Sot,  g.  (A.N.)  a  fool,  1961. 
Sot«,  pret.  of  Sit,  eat,  8266. 
Sotell,  adj.  subtle,  canning,  1576. 


Soteltie,  e.   a   device,  ingenuity, 
1633,  8396. 

Sotely,  adv.  skilfully,  3031, 

Sothe,  a^:  (A.S.)    true,   11 
tnitb,  S6, 168,  188,  877. 

Sothely,    adv.    truly,    certainly, 
Bltogether,  335  ;  Sotlilj,  1019. 

Sotbyn,  s.  gloasing,  special  plead- 
ing, 11495. 

Sotly,  adv.  in   truth,    eoothly, 
4319,  4229. 

Sondiour,  s.  a  soldier,  1136. 


Soughtj^wef.  o/Seet    SeeSoglt. 
Soume,  Sowme,  s.  a  sum,  a  nom- 

ber,  a  band,  1136,  3331,  4132. 
Sound,  Sounde,  a^.  safe,  whole, 

unhurt ;  la  lauiid  =  in  safelj,  647> 

1813;  edv.aattAj,  653. 
Sounde,    e.    a    message,    2102, 

10506, 10621. 
Soundismen,    e.    messengeiB,  en- 
vois, 6866. 
Soundly,  adv.  safely,  1826. 
Sonne,  v.   (Fr.   totn,  Jamieson, 

Sonyie)  lo  grieve,  5284 ;  Sonet,  495. 
Soune,  s.  a  sound,  1 1919. 
Souroher,  a.  choking,  ^ony,  9127. 
Sourde,     tj.     (A.N'.)     to    swell, 

5051. 
Sourdyng, ».  diaUke,  hatred,  1000. 
Souigreni,  Souigwme,   «.  venga- 

anoe,  revenge,  1000,  2053,  3505 ; 

Sorgrym,  9043. 
Soverau,  adj.    (A.N.)   excellent, 

1125. 
Sorerans,  e.  asaurance,  protection, 

3164. 
Sowme,  B.  a  number,  1291.     Sea 

Soume. 
Spand,  V.  to  bieak  up,  to  shatter, 

12693. 
Spar,  s.  a  blow,  a  throBl^  10684. 


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Spar,  Spam,  v.  to  Aim,  to  hurl, 

6494,  6S08,  6690,  6914. 
Spare,  v.  to  spare,  to  leave,  to 

omit,  1274. 13173. 
8part,s.  Sparta,  1011. 
Spase,  «.   the  open  sea,  2811 ; 

time,  12693. 
Specially,  ot/o.  particularly,  1492, 

10186. 
Specjal,  e.  a  favourite,  a  Borrant, 

4S93. 
Sped,  pret.  o/Spede,  13236. 
Spede,  Sped,  ».  haste,  progress, 

sncceu,  823,   984,    1107,    1120, 

2090, 13236. 
Spade,    V.   (A.N^.)  to  speed,   to 

hasten,    to    succeed,    233,   1776, 

1963;  prel.  Sped,  exerted,  13336. 
Spedft-fuU,  adj.  helpful,  1107. 
Speire,  Speie,  Sper,  ».  a  spear, 

3698,  68B2,  6887,  7007. 
Speke,  f.  to  speak ;  pari.  Spek- 

and,  4292. 
Spell,  a,  a  spell,  rapt  attention, 

8090 1  a  season,  an  interriew,  7917. 
Spence,  <.  expense,  233 ;  Speiue, 

13693. 
Spent,    pret.    of   Spend,   epent, 

hurled,  6503;  fastened,  10942. 
Spere,  Spire,  Spine,  v.  to  ask,  to 

inquire,  4297,  8161,  95SS,  10186, 

12093,  13136;  prel.  Spird;  part. 

Spetjng. 
Spicer,  s.  a  (grocer,  1595. 
Spie,  t.  a  spy,  13477. 
Spille,  V.   (A.8.)  to   destroy,  to 

kill,  to  wreck,  1968,  8134,  12119, 

12692,  12736 }  prtt.  ^  part.  f. 

Spilt. 
Spilte,  adj.  VBste,  bare,  '4060; 

dead,  6416, 10131. 
Spiio,  t>.  to  ask,  8161. 
Spire,  V.  (Lat.)  to  rush  up,  to  flow, 

8698. 
Spiiitnaltie, «.  doctrine,  3100. 


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Spise,  V.  to  despise,  3669. 
Spite,  fl.  Rpite,  hatred,  contempt, 

1968, 13093  ;  o.  to  hurt,  to  iniurs, 

2114. 
Spitioosly,    Spitously,    Spitusly, 

ode.  fiercely,  furiously,  3698, 6914, 

7479. 
Sporior,  «.  a  spur-maker,  1595. 
Spousaile,  s,  espousals,  maniagi 

TOWS,  12736. 
Spred,  part.  p.  BoteaA,  covered, 

1438. 
Sprent,  pret.  o/Springe,  eliivered, 

split,  7248. 
Spret,  ».  a  spirit,  13217. 
Springe,  v.  to  warp,  to  break,  to 

shiver,  1195  ;  to  dawn,  to  spread, 

295,  1128, 1137. 
Spritte,  B.  a  spirit,  4297. 
Spronge,     Sprongeu,    Sprongyn, 

SproungeD,jpr«/.  o^  Springe,  broke, 

shiTered,  1196, 6783, 9666, 11032  i 

Sprongyn,  part.  p.  6406. 
SpTott«,  a.  B  fragment,  a  shiver, 

1195,    5783,    6406,    7243,  9666, 

11022. 
Spnm,  V.  to  beat,  to  drive,  4744. 


Spynner,  a.  a  spinner,  1595. 
Stable,  adj.  sure,  sound,  1423. 
Stad,  I.  stoppage,  delay,  4654. 
Stad,  V.  to  stand,  to  stop,  11073; 

part. p.  Stad,  placed,  situated,  1319, 

9437,    12874;    oppoaed,    pitted, 

2389 ;  eaeght,  12620, 13290 ;  pret. 

Stad,  sufficed,  4681. 
Stake,   pret.     of    Steek,    Stick, 

shut  np,  closed,  393, 11147, 13844 ; 

stnok,  caught,  9435. 
Stale,  pret.  of  Steal,  stole,  968, 

6456, 12262, 12831. 
Stall,  fl.  a  booth,  1580. 
StaU,  V.  to  satisfy,  to  fill,  5186. 
St«ll6,(«^*.  prond,  obdniate,  9789. 


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Stolvorth,  a^j.    (A.S.)    etiong, 

breve,  366, 91S2. 
Stalworthly,  adv.  bravely,  secure- 
ly, 3076. 
Stanke,  ».  a  tank,  e.  leceptacle, 

1118B. 
B\xti,pret.  o/Sterve, died, perish- 
ed, 7393,  95S3,  B870. 
Staring,    Staryng,    Starond,  a^. 

shining,  glittering,    3037,    7349, 

10783, 11943. 
Statui,  g.  a  statue,  11664. 
Stele,  Stel,  a.  steel ;  as  an  adj. 

9631. 
Step,  V.  to  march,  to  go,  351. 
Stepe,  adj.  deep,  full,  3758, 7724. 
Stere,  i.  a  rudder,  1981,  1997, 

13283. 
Stere,  s.    strife,  struggle,  battle, 

7398. 
Steme,  s.  a  star,  1057,  1498. 
Stcrt,  p.  to  start,  to  burst,  5871 ; 

to  begin,  6S58  j  to  leap.  942, 1240. 
Steuyn,  Steyyn,  e.  (A.S.)  voice, 

sboat,  cry,  3865,  10898. 
Steynit,  iwei.  stoned,  12157. 
Sthoure,  «.     See  Stoure. 
Stick,  II.  to  stab,  to  pierce,  11091. 
Stid,  ».    position,    posture,  seat, 

6767.  86S7;  palace,  9713,  Slide, 

1761. 
Stiden,  pret.  of  Stie,  mounted, 

leap«d,  4948. 
Stightill,  o.  to  guide,  to  govern, 

to  work,   117,  1S97,  13389;   to 

aubdae,  3193. 
Slightly,  adv.     See  Stithly. 
Stilly,  adv.  quietly,  noiaelessly, 

13831. 
Stiie,  V.  to  Tend,  to  direct,   to 

ateer,  959,  46&4,  494S,  9171 ;  to 

peruse,  4047  i   to  rouse,  to  tosB, 

4169,  1350a;  prel.  Stird. 
Stirond,    ot^'.    unsteady,    3833, 

8057. 


OLOBBARIAL  INDEX. 


Stirryng,  a,  a  bustle,  a  gatherizig, 

a  merry-making,  8928. 
Stiryng.  g,  raging,  12067.     (Pro- 

babk    another    apeUiog    of  last 

word.) 
Stithe,  Stythe,  adj.  (A.S.)  strong, 

rank,  broad,  brave,  heroic,  nobl^ 

7,  21,  351,  727,  933,  845. 
Stithely,  Stithly,    Stythly,   ada 

stoutly,  greatiy,  1340,  6871. 
Stody,  e.  study,  reverie,   2516, 

93U3. 
Stoken,  Stokyn,  part.  p.o/Stiiik, 

patched,  compiled,  11 ;  shut,  closed, 

9307  i  stuck  out,  prominent,  3758  f 

Eied,  in  its  place.  13337. 
Stondyng,    part,    standing,   Kt, 

1580. 
Stonye,  v.  (AN.)  to  astonish,  to 

confound,  3516,  10371,  11806. 
Store,  Storre,  adj,  (Icel.)  strong 

great,  638,  1193  ;  Stoure,  943. 
Store,  V.  to  restore,  727 ;   to  fill, 

to  cboke,  8863. 
Storvon,  part,  p .  of  Sterve,  killed, 

dead,  9634. 


Stonnd,  «.   (A.S.)  a  moment,  a 

whUe.  7910,  9770. 
Stoupe,    V.    (Icel.)   to  stoop,  to 

sbnnk,  7256, 10150. 
Stoure,    8.    (IceL    efyrr)    battle, 

shock,  onset,  attack,  7,  28,  365, 

1179,  7G91 ;  oppositioD,  difficulty, 

615  ;  time,  space,  4681. 
Stoure,  adj.  See  Store. 
Stoark,  v.  to  strike,  to  beat  nt, 

138S6. 
Stoute,  adj.  great,  lovely,  8388. 
Stowmes,  Stowrenes,  s.  greatness, 

eiceu,  B015,  10345. 
Stoynye,    v.  to  stagger,  to  reel, 

7431. 
Straght.pre^  o/Streke,  stretched, 

swung,  915, 1340i  eitended,  3034. 


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Strang,  adj.  arrange,  nulmoTii, 

9758. 
Stranght,    pari.  p.    of    Stroke, 

stretched,  passed,  11. 
Straunge,  adj.  as  a  a.  a  Btranger, 

a  foreigner,  2975. 
Sttaungior,  ».  a  Btranger,  2879. 
Straw,  t>.  to  straw,  12145. 
Stray,  (.  etragi^Iing;   ttert  upon 

ttraf  =  begin  to  straggle,  or  to 

desert,  625  S. 
Streght,  o/^'.  etraiglit,  direct,  351, 

'J59,  1574,  3024;  tppo  MlreaU  = 

Upright,  3S10 ;  aiv.  straigbt,  di- 
rect, 1354. 
StKght,  pret.  of  Stceke,  struck, 

rushed,  1354. 
Streit,  adj.  close,  2815. 
Streke,  c,  to  stretcli,  to  oztend,  to 

polL  out ;  pnt.  Btraght ;  pari.  p. 

Stranght ;  to  strike,  to  fight ;  pret. 

Strekjn,  7766,  11061. 
StremsB,  StremyB,  ».  waters,  the 

sea,  233,  1503  ;  gleams,  fire,  7734. 
Straight,  t>.  (A.S.)  to  etrengthen, 

to  support,  383,  3137 ;  Slreukjth, 

7855. 
Stranght,  9.  (A.S.)  a  stronghold, 

a  fortress,  3234 ;  might,  resiaUnce, 

1035,  6373,  6376,  13182 ;  nature, 

kind,    SG7;     Strenkith,    13182; 

Strenkjght,     8376  j      Strcnkjth, 

6372. 
Strenklit,  part.  p.  sprinkled. 
Strate,  0.  (A.S.)  a  atraet,  1354, 

1574,  12145. 
Strenght,    adj.    straight,   direct, 

3758;   a  lireugU  kit  =  t.  fuU, 

bold  gaze. 
Strifie,  s.  struggle,  quarrel,  main 

force,  174,6787;  Btrjfe,  28. 
Strike,  «.  a  straight  line,  3024. 

&<!Note. 
Stronge,     a^.     great,    unusual, 

1674. 


Stneme,  adj.  etem,  strong,  538, 

4169;     f.    a    man,    an    enemj, 

667- 
Stof,    Stuff,   «.  material,  might, 

383,  6373,    0276;   v.  to  fill,  to 

replenish,   7855;    to  occnpj,    to 

take  np  one's  attention,  10264. 
Stnme,  adj.  etem,  strong  7450 ; 

Stjrn,  9611. 
Stumly,    adv.    Btemlr,    firmly, 

6853. 
Stumysl^  adj.  taper,  of  Stume, 

3960. 
Stut,  p.  to  stutter,  3825. 
Styfe,  adj.  strong,  great,  1527. 
Stjlle,  adv.  quietly,  noiselessly, 

in  secret,  9BB. 
Stynke, ».  foul  water,  11189. 
Stynt,  V.  (A.S.)  to  cease,  to  stay, 

to  hinder,  3625,  4038,  7S57,  9679, 

13893, 13967. 
Stym,  adj.    See  Stneme. 
Styrond,  adj.    See  Stirond. 
Sae,  Sew,  v.  (A.N.)  to  go,  to  pro- 
ceed, to  foUow,  6S7,  830,  U33, 

1475;   to   rush,   1343,    12:9;    to 

seek,  to  sue,  1737. 
Suerge,  s.  {O.F,  cerje)  a  wax- 

Uper,  700. 
Suet,  s.  pursuit,  6014. 
Snete,  s.     See  Sute. 
Snffis,  V.  to  suffice,  13609. 
Suffrayn,  s.  a  sovereign,  a  king, 

5055. 
Suld,  should,  5413. 
Snm,  a4j.  ^  «.  some,  277,  1896, 

9939, 11513 ;  turn  tgme  =  formerly, 

1739. 
Sun,  ».  a  SOD,  6567. 
Snndre,  v.  to  sunder,  to  break  np, 

5945. 
Suppouel,  P.  to  supply,  2788. 
Soianse,  s.  assurance,  10238. 
Sure,  adj.  secure,  safe,  687,  1689j 

adn.  surely,  377. 


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aLOSSARIAL  I^DEZ. 


Surfetiu,  adv.  nncominoiily,  in- 

ordioaleij,  4219 ;  SurlTclua,  9352. 
Surly,  adv.  securely,  1236. 
Snster,  «.  (A.S.)  a  aiater,  1284. 
Sute,  a.  a  snite,  a  company,  546, 

3S57, 114E5  i  Soete,  68S8. 
Sutelly,  adi).  cunningly,  skilfully, 

3038. 
Swage,  v.  to    assaage,  5T9 ;    to 

pledse,  13643 ;  to  hack,  to  cat  at. 

Swale,  V.  to  awell  as  in  music,  to 

sing,  1061. 
Swalgh,  s.  a  whirlpool,  13299. 
Swalpre,   t>.    to   plunge,   to  toss 

about  in  water,  13536. 
Swalt,  p^rt.  p.  of  Swell,  dead, 

6753;    fret,    died,    1200,    6503, 

7769. 
Swalton,  Swaltyn,  pret.  of  Swelt, 

died,  feU  dead,  57-^1,3319. 
Swang,  Swango,  ■prei.  of  Swing, 

hurled,    rushed,    10390,    10430} 

Btnick,  13590. 
Swap,  Swapp,  ».  a  blow,  6741, 

10906. 
Swap,     Swappe,     v.     to    strike 

Jaickl;,  as  with  a  sword,  to  cut, 
271,  nooa,  13585  iprei.Swappit, 

4687,   6936,  6699  )  jiaH.  aa  a  «. 

Swapping,  6785;  Swappjn,  9668, 

Swapping,  1889. 
Swaie,  8.  struggle,  ado,  1200. 
Sware,  a^.  square,  broad,  3967. 
Swarve,  P.  to  stretch,  2358;  to 

Bwene,  to  glance  off,  5785. 
Swat,  pr^.  of  Sweat,  perspired, 

3896,10201.  &0  Note  on  1. 3S95. 
Swayme,  «.     See  Swpn. 
Swelt,  V.  (A.S.)  to  faint,  to  swoon, 

to  die,  to  fall  dead,  1SS9,  3551, 

8705,  10905  ;  prti.   Swalt,  1200, 

6603;    Swalton,    Swaltfn,    6741, 

8il9;  part.  p.  6763. 
Sweppit,  pret.  of  Swepe,  swept 

along,  gushed,  342, 


Swete,  adj.  sweet,  pure,  1060; 

sacred,  113S1)   ai  a  i.  a  sweet, 

13683. 
Swetnea, 

342. 
Swice,  adj.   aa   an  ad«.    angry, 

6071.     See  Swike. 


eweetneas,    purity, 


Swike,  Swyke,  adj.   (A.S.)  de- 

ceitfal,  treaoheroDs,  fake,  11833 ; 

as    a   «.    deceit,   11S37 ;    Swice, 

angry,  5071. 
Swing,  Swinge,  s.  a  dash,  a  blow, 

a  cut,  1271,  6699, 13024. 
Swinge,  v.  to  beat,  to  battle  with, 

13399. 
Swinka,   Swrnke,  v.   (A.S.)   to 

work,  to  l^oor,  3604;  «.  work, 

3895. 


Swith,  Switbe,  adv.  (A.S.)  soon, 

quickly,  immediately,  1830,  1982, 

2076,  6936,  10723,  13156. 
Swogh,  «.  (A-S.)  a  swoon,  a  state 

of  insensibility,  3551,  8705. 
Swoghyng,  pari.  {A.8.)  murmui- 

ing,  sighing,  1061. 
Swolow,  V.  to  swallow,  to  sink, 

12, 13683. 
Swose,  V.  to  swoon,  13683 ;  e.  a 

swoon.  10763. 
Swongen,  part.   p.   of  Swinge, 

beaten,  3503. 
SwOBghe,  error  for  Swoughe,  a 

miirmuting,  a  purling,  342. 
Swoty,  adj.  perspiring,  2366. 
Swyke,  a.  deceit,  11837. 
Swym,  Swyme,  *.  (A.S.)  forget- 

fulDeBS,13;  a  swoon,  ancoDseions- 

ness,  3661,  6763,   8319,  106«7-, 


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573 


fear,  drekd,  terror,  3360,  3503;  u 

kn  adj.   dazed,   maddled,  deadlj, 

30Ui,  9561. 
.  Syb,  Sybbe,  adj.    See  Sib. 
8jchea,paji.  1524.     See  Sichen. 
Sycher,  adj.    See  Siker. 
Syde,  adj.  (A.S.)  long,  wide,  &r 

off,    dUtant,  1513,  1S43,    7670, 

139S9. 
Sydelyng,  adv.  Bido-ways,  7320. 
Syense,   e.    acience,   knowledgi^ 

1185. 
Syker,  adj.    See  Siker. 
Sykyng,  part.  4"  »•  sighing,  495, 

666,  8032,  8452, 10431. 
Syle,  V.    See  Silo. 
Syling,     Sylyng    part,     falling, 

iowing,  1307,  8142. 
SymylacTee,  «.  idols,  4315. 
Syn,  Syne,  adv.  eince,  seeing  that, 

1106,  1865  {    after  which,  after- 
wards, ssei. 
Synagod,  e.  a  temple,  4467. 
Syster,  s.  pi  Bisters,  10759. 
Bythe.    See  Sltbe. 
Sythen,  Sython,  tuf 0.  ^tMSithen. 

Tabernacle, ».  a  canopy,  a  throne, 

1671. 
TahiU,  t.  a  Uble,  1665. 
Tables,   e.    the    game    of   back- 

gamnion,  16  SI. 
Tache,  Tacche,  v.  (A.N.)  to  fix, 

to  fasten ;  to  lach  or  =  to  rush  on, 

to  attack,  8717,  8297. 
Taght,   pret.    of   Teche,    (A.S.) 

tsDght,  advised,  counselled,  SSI, 

6117,10279;  Toght,  9233. 
Tainted,  adj.  attainted,  8109. 
Take,  v.    (A.S.)  to  take  up,  to 

begin,   747;    to  attack,    10197; 

part.  p.  Takyn,  seized,  10197. 
Taken,  TakyU,   o.    tackle    of  a 

ship,   3704;    arms    aud   annour, 


Tale,  a.  (A.S.)  a  etory,  a  remark, 
number,  reckoning,  1941,  8619, 
2746. 

Talent,  «.  (A.X.)  desire,  inclina- 
tion, 464. 

Talioui,  I.  a  tailor,  1586. 

Tall,  adj.  fine,  solemn,  obsequi- 
ous, 3098. 

Tally,  adv.  finely,  elegantly,  com- 
pletely, S813. 

Tane,Tan,parf.p.  o/Take,  taken, 
1010,  8645,  9072, 12207, 12825. 


Tary,  p.  to  delay,  1508,  11653; 

pari.    Tarjing,    as    a    f.    delay, 

hindrance,  1034,  193S. 
Tase,  Tas,  prea.  t.  of  Take,  takes, 

661,  7067. 
Taste,  g.  smell,  the  sense  of  smell, 

1668;   nilk  tatU  for  io  to*eke  = 

tested  by  the  sense  of  smelL 
Tavemer,    a.    the    keeper   of  a 

Uveni,  1S94. 
Taward,   Tawardea,  pfep.    with, 

sgainat,  towards,  3324, 5073,  6097. 
Tea,  3  ging.  pree.  of  Te,  to  raise, 

to  elevate,  Atsee  to  esteem,  to  hold 

dear,  8313. 
Tegh,  t>.  to  go,  to  haste,  to  hie, 

1518,   1786,   2541,   12903;  pret. 

T^h,  Teght,  Tight,  1358. 
Tegh,  V.  to  tie,  to  fasten,  3523, 

10382, 12154. 
Tegh,  V.  {A.a   teiit)  to  tug,  to 

drew,  to  pnll,  7628. 
Teler,  e.    {O.F.   Telier)   a  linen 

draper,  a  cloth  merchant,  1686. 
Tellu8,3(((/y.pre».  tells,  286, 4313. 


Tcndle,  a.  a  candle,  a  splint  of 
resinous  wood  used  as  a  candle, 
6038,  7353. 

Tcndre,  v.  to  make  tender,  to 
melt,  10769. 


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Tene,  a.  (A.S.)  grief,  anger,  spite, 
ram,  iojuTT,  miKluef,  Bl,  1978, 
2718, 1(K)79. 
■Tene,  v.  (A.S.)  to  grieve,  to  in- 
JDre,  to  Mcome  angr;  or  spiteful, 
4567,  4600,  9448,  K»78. 

Tenful,     a4j.    angijr,     spiteful, 
1325S. 


TeoBiche,  adv.  ten  times,  5966. 

Tent,  adj.  tenth,  4480. 

Tent,  s.  attention,  heed,  2462  ;  v. 

to  attend  to,  to  lieed,  665,  719, 

3310,  2718, 10237. 
'I&r,pret.  o/Tere,  9501. 
Teie,«.  a  tear,  1307. 
Tere,  v.  to  t^ar,  to  stiatter,  1966 ; 

pnl.  Ter,  9501. 
Teme,  0.  a  tam,  11IS7. 
Teme,  v.  to  turn,  to  result,  2943. 
Tense,  a.   (L.)   land,  territory, 

realm,  164,1073, 12786  s  Terrage, 

13631. 
Teth,  ».  pi.  teeth,  177. 
Text,  4.  foondatioD,  cause,  ori^, 

61. 
Thai,  proa,  those,  1024. 
Thaini,j>nm.  them,  1582. 
Thaire,  prtMi,  their,  1581. 
Than,  adv.  then,  271,  2423,  2427, 

10794;  be  tkatt  =  bj  that  time, 

883. 
Thar,    impen.    vb.    it  heboTes, 

2080. 
That,  adv.  so,  934  ;  pron.  what, 

1158.  11374)    iial  =  at    that, 

1839. 
The, prwi. thee,  1938, 2388,  6427, 

8084,  10495 1  thej,  8008,  10393, 

11399, 13937. 
Thedur,  adv.  thither,  88,  13454. 
Thegh,    Theghe,   s.     {A.S.)    the 

tbigb,  8800,  9031, 9167. 
Then,  coty.  than,  1849,  1883. 


GLOSSABUL  IMDKZ. 


Therapon,  ado.  tbereupon,  8447. 

There,  ado.  where,  1355  ;  thencsk 
11818;  there,  11817. 

Therewith,  adv.  thereat,  there- 
upon, 10182. 

Thes,  Thies,  prim,  these,  1454, 
173G,  GS59,  8369,  9416,  11048. 

Thester,  Thestur,  adj.  (A.S.) 
dark,  3363,  4639,  13461. 

Thethen,  »iti.  (A.8.)  thence,  8790. 

Thewe,  s,  a  sinew,  pi.  resolution, 
pluck,  4016. 

Thi,  2974,  prob.  /or  Tiiis. 

Thicke,  adj.  as  s.  the  thick  part, 
9031 )  adv.  mneh,  orten,  greatlj, 
thoroughlY,  147,  8633,  9973;  in 
crowds,  2867;  angardlg  Ikitk  ^ia. 
great  crowds,  11831. 

Thigge,  r.  to  beg,  13549. 

Thin,j?rtm.  thine,  7931. 

Think,  v.  to  intend,  to  resolve^ 


Tho,  pron.  (A.S.)  those,  1312. 

Thocbe,  adj.  such,  3513. 

Thof,  eoT^.  though,  if,  136, 
1253;  Tbc%h,1313. 

Thc^ht,  Thoghte,  i.  mind,  144  ; 
thought,  pnrpcse,  994;  pref.  »j 
Thenke,  thought,  imagiiied,  ex- 
pected, 10339. 

Thole,  Thowle,  v.  {A.S.)  to  bear, 
to  suffer,  to  endunt,  677,  9S0, 
1253, 1520,  2283,  8499,  9674. 

Thondii,  Thoner,  s.  a  thiindea<- 
BtoriD,  7619,  13496. 

Thonke,  v.  to  thank,  955 ;  pret. 
Thonket,  Thonkit,  1024,  2152. 

Thonre,  v.  to  thunder,  1987  j 
Thunre,  3691.  4629. 

Thos,pn>n.  those,  1499. 

Thow,  pron.  thou,  2070,  2086, 
2089. 

Thowle,  ti.     See  Tholet 


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OLOBBABIAl.  [KDSZ. 


Thraldam,  t.  thraldom,  1399. 
Thrang,  pret.  of  Thring,  crowded, 

presKd,    a3S3,    9116;    crushed, 

battered,  1113S. 
Thrange,   adj.    aa    adv.   buailf, 

heutily,  3091. 
Thrappit,;)ref.  o/Thiepe,  battled, 

contended,  argued,  harried,  crowd. 

ed,  3003,  i\bi,  3691, 9611, 10098, 

10123, 1381L 
Thraat,  pret.  of  Threate,  (A.8.) 

thrust,  pat,  packed,  1399,  4139, 

11013. 
Tfant,  adj.  opened,  wide,  3015. 
Threpe,  v.  to  assert,  to  contend, 

to  battle,  12131;  pret.  Threppit, 

12236.    &i)Thrappit. 
Threpe,    Thiep,   ».    asseveTation, 

to-do,  1137,  6142  i  eontest,  attack, 

mel^,  6316,  9815,  9360,  11013, 

11143. 


Threte,  s.  threatening,  2596. 

Thtetyng,  s.  threatening,  threats, 
1S93. 

Threran,  part  p.  o/ Thrive,  pros- 
pered, grown,  13760. 

Thricche,«.aetal>,athnist,  12752. 

Thiicchet,     adj.     thick,     dense, 
pusked,  13161. 

Thriccin^  part.  q^Thriche,  press- 
ing, vrmgmg,  1628. 

Thrid,  adj.  thiid,  1182,  6II3. 

Thriod.     See  Trie. 

Thrifts,  a.  lack,  fortune,  success, 
18S3. 

nicely, 

Thrille,  e.  (A.8.)  a  hole;  pi.  the 

nostril*,  3046,  7787. 
Thring,    Thijng,    v.    (A.8.)    to 

crowd,  to  press,  to  thrust,  to  crash, 

11727 i    pni.    Thtang,    Throng; 

pari.   Thfynftjng.   9611 ;         ' 

ThrungjB,  11733. 


I  pari.  p. 


Thristi,   Thristy,    adj.    trusty, 


Thrive,    Thryve,    v.   to   prosper, 
1832  !  part.  Thriiand,  Thryvond, 
iiul,  famous,  vorthj,  1182, 


B742, 1103,  9608  j  part.  p.  Thre- 
van,  13760. 

Thro,  adj.  (A.8.)  eager,  earnest, 
bold,  cruel,  117, 470,  1399,  6446. 

Throly,  adii.  pertinaciously,  208 ; 
vehemently,  terribly,  1987- 

Throng,  Thronge,  s.  a  crowd,  a 
mel^  1311, 11013 ;  prel.  o/ThriDg, 
crowded,  pressed,  crushed,  tbrusl, 
23G2, 6116, 6516 ;  Throneht,  7010, 
adj.  strong,  earnest,  18236. 

Throtle,  t>.  to  throttle,  to  kill, 
127S3. 

Thmble,  v.  to  trouble,  to  r^e, 
7619, 13196. 

Thragh,  prep,  through,  1129; 
Thurgh,  169. 

Thragh,  s.  a  stone  coffin,  a  sar- 
cophagus, 118S0. 

Thrungyn,  part.  p.  of  Thring, 
pressed,  close,  11783. 

800. 
Thryrond,  part,  o/ Thrive,  9508. 
Thught,  pret.  of  Think,  thought, 

9957,  10377.  12254;    Thughten, 

3189. 
Thanre,  v.     See  Thome. 
Thargh,  prep,  through,  169. 
Thurght,  prep,  throughout,  6958, 

13091. 
Tbmtiimpere.a.pret.  (A.8.)need 

be,  could  be,  might  be,  12001. 

^Thar. 


Tid,  Tyd,  adv.  quickly,  promptly, 
7126.  8002. 


Thry,  for  brie  or  ])ries,  thrice 
ie  rttl  llrf  =  ere  he  rest  ti 


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QLOSSASIAL  UTDEZ. 


Tide,  IVde,  v.  (A.S.)  to  happen, 
to  beU,  to  aucceed,  SOI,  365 ; 


Tide,s.  {A.  S,)8eaaon,  opportunity, 

time,  1974,  i:tl52. 
Tid6,   adj.   ready,    apt^    skilful, 

100i9  ;  Tjdi,  1802 ;  mpw.  Tidi- 
est, 1035. 
Tidely,  adv.   cleverly,    smartly, 

6839. 
Tight,  pret.  of  T^h,  went,  hied, 

13SS. 
Tild,  {A.8.  tddti)  pret.  ^ pari.  p. 

o/Tild,  built,  1088,  1455,  1651, 

1166iiTUde,  1560. 
Tild,  ».  a  building,  2687. 
Till,   pnp.    to,    towards,     131, 

11249. 
TUt,  (IceL  mia,pret.  fylte)  tUted, 

shot,  914. 
Tirghit,  part.  p.  of  Tirr,  or  Tirgh, 

tired,  become  beartleu,  4758. 
Time,  v.  to  turn,  to  throw,  1512, 

10197. 
Tise,  Tyse,  v.  to  entice,  to  beguile, 

201,  11781. 
Tit,  aty.  dear,  loved,  7106. 
Tite,  Tyte,  adv.   soon,   quickly, 

immecGatelj,  180,  256, 1819. 
TithaundeB,     Titbynges,     Tjth- 

andes,  Tjtbondjs,  ».  pi.  tidings, 

1141, 1301,  3006,  6263. 
Titly,  Tytly,  adv.   immediately, 

quickly,  1094.  2030. 
To,  prep,  by,  128  ;  towards,  1001, 

1316  ;   tor,  1045,  1397 ;  against, 

12816. 
To,  adv.  too,  3043,  3044, 10770. 
Toght,  part.  p.  of  Teche,  taught, 

instructed,  9332. 
ToUe,  a.    the   piece    of    armouT 

bttf^ed  to  the  tasset,  and  hanging 

orer  the  cuisbes,  6420  j  struggle, 

battle,  6968,  7435. 
Hoke,  pret.  o/Take,  took,  banded, 


783  I  seised,  1S79,  7802 ;  loie  Irm 

on  )>«  keti  =  struck  him  on  tbe 

head,  8224. 
Tokyn,   pret.    qf    Take,    2013, 

4696. 
Tokyn,  t.  instraction,  direction, 

881. 
Tome,  «.  (IceL)  leisure,  43,  307, 

644. 
Tomely,   Tomly,    adv.    leisurely, 

1088,  3447,  3117;  Tombly,  11488. 
Ton,  the  one,  one,  1131,  6420, 

13206 ;  Tone,  13822. 
Ton,  part.    p.    of  Take,   taken, 

elected,  6191. 
Too,_p)-ej).  to,  312. 
Top,  a.  a  gome  of  chance  in  wbicb 

atop  is  used,  1636. 
Topsayles,  adv.    head  foremoBt, 

1219. 
Tore,   adj.  /Tcel)   difficult,   irk- 
some, tedioua,  644,  2782,  S911, 

8717 ;  sturdy,  great,  lofty,  1035, 
,  1131,  1637,  3348.  6717  j  full,  re- 
~  plete,  3348  ;  Toure,  320. 
Torette,  s.  a  turrit,  1560. 
Torfer,  Torfor,  8.  (TceL  ior-fori) 

barm,  misohiGT,  diraster,  81,  2033, 

7435  i  pi.  Tourfer,  B672. 
Torne,  part.  p.  of  Tim,  turned, 

driven  back,  1208 ;  or,  sundered. 
Torres,  *.  pZ.  towere,  mountains 

(of  waves),  1983. 
Torret,  turreted,  1637. 
Torrit,   adj.   tower-like,    crested, 

13489. 
Tote,  V.  (A.S.)  to  gaze  eagerly,  to 

observe,  8G2,  8178. 
Tother,  Tothir,  Tothyr,  adj.  ^  t. 

the  other,  63,  1672,  6335,  S015 1 

ike  lo»  fro  the  iolher  =  the  one 

horn  the  other,  3911. 
Touch,  V.  to  teat,  to  try,  1668  j 

to  open   up,  to  explain,    1716] 

Toucnet,  touched,  1337. 
Toun,  Toune,  e.  a  town,  330. 


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Tome,  adj.  lofty,  320.    See  Tore. 

ToQifer, ».    See  Torfei. 

Tow,  adj.  two,  310. 

Traie,  v.   {A.K)  to  betray,  to 

twist,  43. 
Train,  Tmyn,  Trayne,  «.  treason, 

treacher;,    gtratagem,    94,    3789, 

4449, 10330, 11303, 11709. 
Trout,  Trauitt,  g.  a  trick,  a  stiata- 

gem,  13205,  12210. 
Trase,   v.   to  amear,  to  spattOT, 

11813. 
Trauthe,  Trawth,  s.  truth,  honour, 

plidge,  1749,  7B74,  8000, 10110. 
Trawe,  c.  to  trow,  to  helieve,  298, 

3351. 
Trayn,  Trayne,  «.     See  Train. 
Tie,  t.  wood,  1658,  6499, 11675  ; 

the  sbaft  of  a  lanoe  or  spear,  9434, 

9540, 11096. 
Ti^etre,  ».  trickery,  m^o,  1624. 
Trendoll,  ».   a  hoop,  a  spindle, 

453. 
Treepas,  8.  offence,  a&ont,  13403. 
Tretable,  adj.    (A.N.)   tractable, 

leuonable,  3S3S. 
Treta,  v.  (A.N.)  to  treat,  to  bar- 
gain; part.  Tretjng,  treating,  bar- 
gaining, 7851. 
Trety,  s.  a  story,  tradition,   154, 

8383.     Jaoikerfbrm  ^Tretjs. 
Trew,  «.   (A.N.)  a  truce,   2619, 

8372.    SMTra. 
Trew,  adj.    true,  faithful,   truBt- 

worthy,  8383, 11976. 
Trewmen,   t.   pi.    tmaty    men, 

11167. 
Treyne,  e.     See  Train. 
Triet,  Tiyet,  adj.  (super.  o/Trie) 

choice,  the  best,  1665,  9106  ;  well 

known,  famons,  1840. 
Trifuls,  t.  pi.  trifles,  inventions, 

fables,  43. 


Trist,  e.  tniat,  hope,  confidence, 

88S9, 11709. 
Trist,   V.   to  trust,   424,   5838; 

jirrf.  Trist,  856, 12713. 
Tristy,  adv.  tmsty,  secure,  218, 

1487. 
Trouthe,  Trowth,  i.  troth,  pledge, 

promise,  380S,  1S303. 
Tru,  True,  s.  atruce,  7141,  7165, 

7851. 
Tnie,  a^'.  as  e.  h  trusty  person, 

10842. 
Truncheon,  Trunchen,  Tninchon, 

Trnnch  jn,  t,  a  splinter,  a  fragment, 

9434,  9448, 11096, 11104. 
Truse,  s.  a.  trace,  94. 
Tiusse,  D.  to  pack  up,  to  make 

ready,  to  arrange,    3026,    4663, 

12313  i  to  go,  to  be  gone,  1819, 

13349;  to  carry  olT,  1733. 
Trust,  part.  p.  of  Trist,  trusted, 

10110. 
Tryet,  adj.    See  Triet 
Tiyatl-y, ado.  most  choicely,  3054. 
Tuck,  a.  a  blow,  a  stroke ;  tuck 

of  trvmp  =  blast  of  a  trumpet, 

7107. 
Tug,  Tugge,  V.  to  tear,  to  pull 

out,  8043,  9560,  9603. 
Tulke,  s.  a  man,  a  knight,  63, 

13925. 
Tung,  Tunge,  ».  the  tongue,  914, 

1966,8717;  speech,  627. 
Turner,  a.  a  turner,  1686. 


Twelmond,  i.  a  twelve-month,  a 

year,  13330. 
Twye,  V.  to  turn,  to  turn  back, 

6360,  6378. 
Twyn,    adj.    twain,   two,    1181, 

3700, 10406. 
Twyn,  Twynne,  v.  to  divide,  to 

separate,  2747, 13230. 
Tyde,  Tyd,  v.    See  Tide. 


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T^lmen,  s.  hiubandmui,  2462. 
Tylnde,  part.  p.  of  Tild,  tilted, 

shot,  thram),  3704. 
Tyne,  v.  (Icel  fjma)  to  loee,  541, 

687,  7573  t  pnl.  &  port.  p.  Tjnt, 

TSutB,  1808,  68lC  EI206i  Tjnde. 

12467. 
tTynyng,  part,  as  a.  loes,  destra<>- 

tioii,76Il. 
Tyrwid,    a    (A-U.)    a    tyrant, 

1978. 
Tjn,  V.  to  attire,  to  dress,  to 

deck,  to  erect,  8778, 3GS6,  S7GI. 
TjTO,    V.   to  tain,   to  shnt,  to 

throw,  to  OTeithrow,  1387,  &SG6, 

«017. 
lyse,  tf.     Sae  Tise. 
TyiA,  adv.    Sea  lite. 
T^y,  adv.    8m  TiUy. 

Ugly,  Mil.  (A.a)Mghtfiil,  8733. 
UgBom,  UgBoine,  <u!/.  horrible, 

di^^tutg,  877, 13497. 
Umb,  Umbe,  pret.   (A.8.)  about, 

uonnd,  380,  335,  878)  u  u  adv. 

round,  1455,  6838. 
ITmbcast,  v.  to  smrotiiid,  10420. 
tTmbfold,  Umfold,  v.  to  Borrouiid, 

to  cbip,  1381,  8496. 
Umbraid,  v.  to  npbraid,  9903. 
Umbeet,  v.  to  suiroiuul,  10433, 
'Umcloeei  v.  to  endicl^  to  but- 

iDond,  4866,  9037. 

Svhile,  adv.   » 
[-by,  aftat,  9943. 
Umset,  V.  to  sniroaud,  to  encloae, 

1139,  6964, 10648. 
Vn,pr^.  011,9133. 
Unable,  ai^',  impoulble,  46. 
TTnaspied,  a<f}.  Tmobaerred,  1428. 
Unblitbe,  a^'.  sad,  wiry,  8029, 

9608. 
Undenc^  ot^'.  impnTe^  1639. 


QL08SARUL  IKDBX. 


TJndwe,  V.  to  Open,  807 ;  a^j. 

open,  M8S. 
Underfonge,  r.  to  undertake,  266. 
Undifierent,  a^f.   in  no  respect 

different,  3916. 
Undull,  a^j.  not  doll  or  blnnt, 

sharp,  keen,  13908. 
Une,  adv.  even,  quite,  completely, 

1545,  6589, 13907. 
Uniaira,    a^.     ugly,   nnsoemly, 

piteons,  fruL  weak,  8S81,  3890, 

6773,    9607,    10793;    «/«..  in   a 

fnrioiu  manner,  13891. 
TJnfayn,  a^j-  sorry,  12107. 
Unfere,  ck^'.  feeble,  frail,  1357, 

1361S. 
Unformet,  aefj.  uninformed,  760. 
TJngayn,  adj.  ugly,  dreadfdl,  1 332. 
Ungaynly,  adv.  to  little  puipoee, 

improperly,  9333. 
tTngraidly,  adv.  needlessly,  use- 

lesalj,  7615. 
Ungrate^  a.  a  scoundrel,  13944. 
tTngright,  adj.  a$  adv.  ungrudg- 
ingly, 8868. 
Unbappe,  t.  miafoitune,    1402, 

S6S6. 
ITnhaTdy,  adj.   timorous,  afinid, 

7698. 
Unbyndly,  adv.  (hende)  unconr- 

teooaly,  cnieUy,  wildly,  6084,  6739. 
Unjoyn,  v.  to  begin,  to  commence, 

834;  to  separate,  939. 
TJnkeppit,  a^.  unguarded,  1085. 
Untnoiring,      at^.      uitknown, 

11318. 
TJnbovthe,       a^.       unknown, 

>truLg^  19510  i  Uukoth,  631. 
Unkynd,  adj.  basty,  angry,  1462. 
Unkyndly,  adv.  Trith  difficnl^^ 

8G83. 
tjnkyndnes,  a  enm^,  ill-vill, 

144,  1983. 
Unkythe,  adj.  unfriend^,  bootili^ 

3326. 


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TTulaght,  adj.  niueised,  onrifled, 

SS37. 
Unlefe,  ad^.  nnlKvfiil,  2949. 
UnlefFol,  adj.  unlairfdl,  13686. 
Unl«fulne8,a.  iuilawfiilne8S,2g76, 
TTnleU,  adj.  &1m,  3803. 
Unlight,  adj.  at  adv.  freeljr,  iritli- 

oot  nstnint,  8446. 
ITiiIustf,  adj.  aiuwiinly,  8035. 
TTninetci,   adj.    unequal,   nnioir, 

1384. 
Uimeth,    adv.    (A.S.)    ecaicelf, 

loasL 

TJnpairit,  aHJ.  unhurt,  nniiyaTed, 

13138. 
Unpeiiasfait,  adj.  nntiied,  nncei- 

Uui,a460. 
XrnpoBdble,  adj.  impoaaible,  258. 
Uoqwcnne,  v.  to  unsettle,  to  stir 

up,  8603,  136S1. 
Uniigbt,  (.  wrong,  1721. 
Unaaght,    adj.    displesBed,    di»- 

ntufied,  B0e7. 
UnBokraly,  adv.  heedlessly,  reck- 

lewly,  ISOOe. 
Unsaikoiily,    adv.    fieicely,  Ttn- 

sparinglj,  S945. 
UdmU,  t.  flTil,  miBchance,  1961. 
Unsemond,  Unsemyng,  adj,  un- 

■eemlj,  3891, 1816. 
ITnsiker,  TJnsiknr,  ou^'.  nBcertdn, 

deceptive,  8063, 1S22S. 
Unuttyng,     tu^'.     unbecoming, 

8444,  SBOa,  11181. 
XFnalogh,  adj.  hoirible,  di^oet- 

ing,  908. 
Unsoberlf,  adv.  craellj,  fiercely, 

2506,  13494. 
TJnBODnde^  a^.  nnhealthy,  hurt- 
ful, unwell,  inj  a  red.  196 , 1 2  56, 9175. 
Unstathe,  adj.  unsteady,  unsafe^ 

117. 
Vnthrivand,  adj.  unworthy,  ua- 

■eemtf,  4893. 


TJnthwyrond,  adj.  lUTiaciblo, 
6360,  6378. 

TJntild,  adj.  uncorend,  9114, 

TTnto,  prep,  to,  1418. 

TTntomly,  adv.  hurriedly,  1822. 

Untraw,  adj.  false,  lOUO,  11975. 

Untristy,  a^.  iaithless,  11973. 

Untruly,  adv.  tu^ostly,  impro- 
perly, 783. 

TJnwar,  adj.  unaware,  ignonnl^ 
1145, 1183  I  nnsnapituoiu,  7380. 

TJnwamea,  i.  heedlessness,  445. 

Unwamyt,  adj.  unwarned,  ignor- 
ant, 3137. 

Unwetyng,  adj.  unknown  to,  8594. 

Unwrokyn,  adj.  oniepaid,  4195. 

Unwyly,  adv.  incsutionalT,  rashly, 
6137. 

Unyolden,  a^.  tmrepaid,  un- 
arenged,  9816. 

Up,  adv.  upwards,  1548. 

Upon,  prep,  during,  throughout, 
8684. 

Upponone,  adv.  soon,  at  once, 
unmediately,  1801. 

Upposfde,  adv.  besides,  13441. 

Urle,  A  an  earl,  4068,  9676. 


Use,  V.   to  be  wont,  to  be  ao- 

costomed,  168E. 
Utteiaunse,  Uttranse,  (.    (A.N.) 

eitninit;,  utmost  of  aur  quality 

good  or  bad,  death,  5808,  7981. 

18589, 18616, 18984. 
Utterly,      adv.     plainly,    unre- 

lerredly,  11646. 
Uttre,  V.  to  put  out  of  ^e  lists, 

to  fell,  to  ranqnish,  6819,  7076. 
Utvrith,  adv.   without,  outside, 

11763, 11763. 18801. 

Yaute,  8.  an  undsigtonnd  ebao* 
nel,  a  drain,  1607. 


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Vange,  v.  (A.N.)  to  iBTenge,  to 
ATenge,  3072,  2516. 

Yenions,  g.  vengeance,  3S02. 

Yentsile,  «.  the  rent  of  a  helmet, 
?030. 

Venture,  e.  a  chance,  1441. 

Venym,  s.  poison,  784 ;  pish,  916. 

Ver,  e.  (Lat.)  the  spring,  4037. 

Verrit,  prei.  of  Ver,  averred,  de- 
clared, 49. 

Vertue,  8,  power,  efficacy,  8388. 

Yertna,  Vertuua,  adj.  virtuoos, 
1SS4,  3433 ;  Virtuiu,  49. 

Victe,  adj.  as  e.  conquered,  a 
conquered  oae,  314S. 

Vide,  V.  to  divide,  to  cut  through, 
1249. 


Vil6,  adv.  vilely,  completely,  2145. 
Vilaus,  ac(?'.  vile,  depraved,  527. 
Virtuua,   adj.   virtuous,    manly, 

IrutUful.  49. 
Vise,  «.  vice,  4842. 
Viser,  i.  the  visor  of  a  helmet, 

1249. 
■V5taill,  I.  (A.N.)  victuals,  food, 

6386,  6395. 


Vitius,  aiy.  vicious,  depraved,  527. 

Voide,  V.  to  avoid,  to  shun,  527, 
764, 1765,  4017,  7617  i  to  diamiaa, 
to  get  rid  of,  497,  1534 ;  to  break 
up,  to  scatter,  to  open,  to  depart, 
491,  7030,  7045,  7092. 

Voider,  s.  lit.  an  avoider,  ke/ue  a 
BCrecD,  m  arbour,  339. 

Wacche,    V.     to    watch,    1138; 

Wache,  6587. 
WacDhe,«.  awatchiQBS,asentineI, 

1561. 
Wachea,  «.  pt-lh^  watered  cur- 


rents, S585.  Sff  WagliEB.  Or 
seutiuels,  spies. 

Wackon,  v.  to  waken,  to  raiae,  to 
rouse.  3046,  2374,  6273,  8435, 
13938iprrf.Wackont.  &«Wakne, 
Wskjn. 

Wag,  V.  to  go,  to  bob,  to  etroggls) 
13542. 

Waghe,  «.  (A.S.)  a  wave;  (pi, 
the  sea,)  270, 1410, 1998  j  Wache, 
5585 ;  Whaghe,  13310. 

■Waike,  adj.  weak,  undecided, 
somewhat  pale,  3994. 

"Waite,  ti.  (A.N.)  to  watch,  to  ex- 
pect, to  eiamine,  to  sorrcy.  to 
gaze  at,  to  look,  876,  2421,  2388, 
3223,  3739,  8241,  9476,  13056; 
Wajte,  6265. 

Waite,  a.  a  watchman,  a  sentinel, 
7353;  Wajt,  6270. 

Waithe,  a.  (IceL  veida)  prey, 
game,  3350. 

Waive,  «.  to  put  off,  to  give  up, 
to  alter,  4S39,  9950. 

Wako,  V.  to  watch,  to  mourn; 
pret.  Woke,  8695. 

Waker,  adj.  watchful,  ready, 
7380. 

Wakne,  Wakyn,  v.  (A.S.)  to 
waken,  to  raise,  to  rouse,  404, 681, 
13833.    &t  Wackob 

Wakonyng,  «,  awakening,  8431. 

Wale,  V.  to  choose,  to  select,  8, 
105,  127,  373,  1355,  13224;  to 
maU  =  of  various  kinds,  in  abund- 
ance, 332.  340,  373, 1530 ;  Katlotid 
teele  =  aoundant  wealth,  immense 
riches,  13120. 

Wale,  adj.  good,  dear,  strong, 
choice,  excellent,  outmost,  deadly, 
terrible,  694,  1546,  1727,  1943, 
11210.  13083. 

Wale,  s.  choice,  opportunity  for 
choice,  11953. 

Walker,  e.  a  fuller,  1587. 


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Walt,  V.  to  totter,  to  fall,  to  over- 
throw, to  throw,  to  rouse,  to  nish, 
to  wax,  1956,  3310,  4G27,  4633, 
4891,  7637.  8266,  8685;  pret. 
Walt,  Walle,  Welt  j  a>  the  >eelkg» 
tkold  vail  ^  aa  if  the  heiTcus 
were  rending,  909. 

Walt,  pret  of  Wale,  chose, 
selected,  I12S6  ;  retained,  131!i0. 

Walt,  pret.  of  Walde,  governed, 
ruled  orer,  1469. 

Wan,  pret.  of  Win,  won,  got, 
begat,  obtained,  conquered,  cap- 
tured, 315,  725.  14SS,  3153,  4S03, 
101S9 ;  ipa»  ia  kit  armgt  ■=■  seized 
hia  weapons,  10204;  »a»  iipo  fole 
=  rose  to  his  feet,  13938. 

Wan,  adj.  (A,S.}  pale,  eaij,  sor- 
rowful, 3603,  5370,  8034,  13333; 
frightful,  huge,  4633 ;  iceU  of  &U 
tean  alter  =  wet  with  his  own 
filthy  poison,  3Q3. 

Wan,  adj.  (A,S.)  deficient,  small, 
304G. 

Wandre,  v.  to  wander,  to  talk 
incoherentlj.  to  ni»e,  8SS5, 10097- 

Wandreth,  «.  (I&jI.)  difBculty, 
trouble,  11191,  11514. 


Wautouhede,  e.  wantonness,  2911. 

Wap,  «.  a  blow,  6405. 

Wap,  V.  to  beat,  to  dash,  7297 ; 
pari.  p.  Wappid. 

Wappon,  t.  a  weapon,  a  sword, 
303. 

Wappond,  part,  of  Wap,  lashing 
about,  rushing,  9513. 

War,  Ware,  adj.  aware,  conscious, 
148.  521.  876,  13429;  wary,  able, 
2269. 

Warchand,  Warchond,  adj.  pain- 
ful,  deadly,    1338,    5998,    6S37, 


Ware,  v.  to  spend,  19. 


Wares, «.  goods,  1581. 
Warlagh,  Warloghe,  s.  a  monator, 

4439,  4444, 7765  ;  as^tm  adj  6425. 
Warly,    adj.    waiy,    649 ;    adv. 

warily,  104S4. 
Wame,  v.  to  give  notice,  to  ad- 

vUe,  1093,  4499, 10507. 
Wame,  p.  to  deny,  to  forbid,  to 

stop,  to  hbder,  5251,  64G5,  6658. 
Wames.s.  watefulneas,  prudence, 

6277. 
Warp,  V.  to  cast,  to  throw,  to 
prel.     Warpet,     Warpid, 

13413. 


Wast,  g.  {A.8.)  the  side,  the 
belly,  9903. 

Waat,  V.  to  waste,  9788. 

Wat,  pron.  what,  6900. 

Water,  a.  a  river,  1601. 

Wateryng,  s.  moisture  ;  icateryjig 
oftM  =  ejea  wet  with  tears,  2167. 

Wawe,  A  (A.a.)  a  wave,  3G99. 

Wax,  p.  (A.S.)  to  grow,  to  grow 
up;  yrei.Wtti,  1206, 1414;  Wei, 
2000;  Woi,  493  ;  ^H.  p.  Wex, 
13760. 

Way,  «.  road,  lane,  passage,  room, 
1314,  5932. 

Waylyng,  pari,  of  Wayle,  gush- 
ing, flowing,  7155. 

Wayne,  r.  to  raise,  to  lift  up,  to 
wmd  up,  to  rise,  to  rash,  to  gush, 
to  strike,  676,  7621,  7655,  9783, 
11520,  13796;  to  lessen,  to  re- 
strain, 5132. 

Wayt,  Wayte.     See  Waite. 


Wayveronde,     part,     wavering, 

tottering,  8366. 
Wehater,  a,  a  weaver,  1587. 


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We.    See  Wee. 

Wed,  V.  to  wed,  610, 1491, 8359. 

Wede,  B.    (A.S.)    apparel,  cloth, 

annouT,   1S38,  7556;  a  cushion, 

373. 
Wedo, ».  a  iridow,  688. 
Wedur,  t.  weather,  1998. 
Wee,  We,  s.  a  man,  a  knight,  23, 

965,  1812,  8106;  a  lady,  3366; 

Whe,  8869. 
Wegh,  &  a  man,  a  person,  55, 

155,  360;  Wbegh,  11257. 
Weike,  adj.  weak,  frail,  13920. 
Weiltly,  adv.  weakly,  10151. 
Weile,  B.     8ee  Wele. 
Weir,  c.  to  wear,  3777. 
Weiidia,  s.   pi.    courage,   1223. 

AeWerde. 
Weire,  V.  to  defend,  10789.     See 

Were. 
Weld,  Welde,  v.  (A.S.)  to  govern, 

to   sway,  to  vield,  1685,  1881, 

3359 ;  to  bear,  to  carry,  8655 ;  to 

Dtni,  to  possess,  to  enjoy,  477, 

1888,  9767. 
Wele,   adv.    well,    333,    1569; 

WeU,  1745. 
Wele,  B.  (A.8,)wealth,  prosperity, 

1374, 1696;  Weile,  3717,  3356. 
Welke,  prei.    of  Walk,  walked, 

13533. 
Welkyn,  b.   (A.  8.)  the  sky,  the 

firmament,  676,  909,  7681,  9613. 
Well,  i;.  to  bubble  up,  to  well, 

340. 
Well,  adj.  happy,  fortunate,  477. 
Welt,  pret.  of  Walt,  orerthiaw, 

threw,  fell,  mshed,  waxed,  4413, 

4891,  7488,  7490,  10804, 10904. 
Welter,  ».  weltering,  3699, 
Wen,  adv.   when,    1079,    7125, 

13676. 
Wend,  Wende,  pret.    o/ Wene, 

thonght,  deemed,   6653,    1183S, 

13986. 


Wene,  v.  {A,S.)  to  think,  to  asp- 

pose,  to  nndentuid,  893,  S63S, 

h653;pMt.  Wend,  Wende. 
Wenge,  v.  to  avenge,  4581. 
Wmwu,      Weppon,      Weppon^ 

Wepyn,  Wappon,  S03, 1912, 1219, 

6771,  6791,  6961. 
Wer,  Werre,  «.  (A,N.)  war,  8, 

319,1038,1180.1487.  .Sm  Were. 
Werde,  Weird,  Wirde,  b.   bte, 

decrees,  end,  lock,  fortnne,  mia- 

chief,  (mutr.  wpl.)  689,  737, 8710, 

4188,  92X8, 18883 ;  conrage,  1823. 
Were  =  shonld  be,  1176. 
Were,  Wer,  b.  doubt,  uncertainty, 

7498, 8866. 13160 ;  defence,  13901. 
Were,  Weire,  Wer,  v.  to  defend, 

to  resist,  to  Ktri«,  to  protect,  44^ 

3591,  4747,  4769 ;  pret.  Were. 
Wer^  Wery,   adj.  weary,  tired, 

worn  out,  4769, 6S61, 6998, 1368S. 
Werke,  b.  (A.S.)  work,  a  deed, 

1580 ;  as  a  t>.,  1104, 1166. 
Wetkmeo,  b.  pi.  workmen,  tiadeo- 

men,  1681. 
Weme,  v.  to  deny,  to  reftaae,  9956. 
Werre,  a.    See  Wer. 
Werst,  adj.  worst,  least  worth, 

1670 ;  u  B  f.  the  dcTil.  1961. 
Wery,    adj.    weaiy,    tired    out, 

5861 ;      very   far'WrogU  =  com- 
pletely tired  ont. 
Weeshe,  v.  to  wash,  9214. 
Wete,  adj.  wet,  flowing,   1329, 

1521,  2006;  as  a  «.  wetness,  rain, 

9653. 
Wete,  V.  (A.S.)  to  wft,  to  know, 

to  think,  to  bdiete,  to  undersland, 

to  instmct,  354,  561, 1145,  2608, 

6187, 11467. 
Wete,  V.  to  wet,  to  make  wet, 

7336,    10884;  prel.   Wet,    dot/. 

Wetjng,  wetting,  1679. 
Wethir,  cor0.  whether,  12030. 
Wethenm,     *.     enemy,     rascal. 

■oonndrel,  504B. 


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TpVethor,  Whether,  a.  &  Tether, 

166, 161, 172. 
Wei,  part.  p.  o/War,  groira  up, 

13760. 
Wha^ie,  *  12310.     See  Waghe. 
Whap,  V.  to  strite  rapidly,  to 

ahoot,  i743 ;  prtl.  WUppet, 
Wharle, ».  (A.N.)  a  Bqttare-headed 
bolt  for  a  cross-bow  or  engbe, 
4743. 
Whe,  t,  a  man,  a  noble,  8269. 

&«  Wee. 
Whedur,   adv.    whither,   where, 

1838. 
Whegh,  g.    See  Wegh. 
WheUe,  v.  (iS.)  to  queU,  to  lay 

low,  474S. 
Wheme,  a4j.  dear,  adored,  2649 ; 
beautiful,  6203 1  (another  form  of 
Queme). 
While,  *,  time,  season,  space,  406, 
1167,  1460.  4623,  7669,  11703; 
Qwbile,  11030 1  a  iond  teiile  =  an 
instant,  shortlj,  immediatelj. 
Whilea,  adv.  while,  1171. 
Whipe,  V.  to  wipe,  to  diy,  5380. 
White,  Whyte,  v.    to   reqnite, 

11609, 11726. 
Who  ^=  whoever,  6943, 
Whyle,  s.     -Sea  While. 
Wbylenea,   *.    madnoaa,    fooliah- 

ness,  9327. 
Whyte,  p.     See  White. 
Wicket,  s.  a  wicket,  a  window, 

11889. 
Widre,  V.  to  wither,  to  sink,  6301. 
Wight,  a*".  (A.S.)  braTe,  cour- 
ueous,  famous,  636, 1098 ;  tt^er. 
Wightist,  1897. 
Wightly,    adv.    boldly,    fiimly, 
seourelj,  quickly,  701,  861,  876, 
2008. 
Wightnes,    t,    power,    oouiage, 

bravery,  1S198. 
Wild,  aHj.  keen,  fiirioaa,  U63. 


Wilde,  I.  wild  animals,  game, 

2347. 
Wile,  «,  a  wile,  a  anaie,  4444. 
Wilfulde,    Wilfiill,    adj.    eager, 
headstrong,  selfish,  363,  726, 2872. 
Will,  V.  to  wander,  to  be  lost,  to 

go  astray,  pnl.  WUt,  2369. 
Will,  Wyll,  a^.  wrong,  astray, 
lost,  nyll  of  mf  gale  =  lost  my  way, 
2369 1  allmU  ofiit  wiite  =  quite 
bomelesa.  12881 
Will,  V.  to  wish,  to  deuie,  to 

command,  11367. 
Wille,  ».  wish,  desire,  puipoae, 
disposition,  determination,  courage, 
377.  455,  1156,  1392, 1918,  3917, 
11018 ;  WyUe.  4S23. 
Willi,  WiUy,  adj.  (A.S.)  favouT- 

able,  hearty,  eager,  1775.  7713. 
Wilne,  V.  (A.S.)  to  wiU,  to  wish, 
to  desire,  9302,  11012;    Wyke, 
203,  482. 
Wilt,  pret.    of  Will,   was  lost, 
wandered,  2369 ;  entangled,  per- 
plexed, 13160. 
Wioly,  Wynly,  adv.  (A.S.)  freely, 

easily,  qoickly,  1166,  8665. 
Wirde,  «.   fate,  luck,  evil,  mis- 
fortune, 629,  4188,  4499,  7061. 
Wirke,  v.  to  work,  to  do,  to  nee, 
to  dispose,  178,  676. 1881;  imper. 
Wirkes. 
Wise,    B.    (A.S.)   manner,   style, 
175,  232, 1156, 1177,  8387 1  ways, 
— 0%  )ier«  bell  wita  =  ss  best  they 
could,  2018;  Q»  all  »iia  =  on  aU 
ways,  on  every  plan,  10486. 
Wise,  adj.  wise,  skilled,   1463, 

1630  J  aware,  13486. 

WiBshe,  V.  to  flow,  to  wash ;  pari, 

Wisshyng,  flowing,  1606 ;  or  from 

Wiaae,  Wiaahe,  Wysshe,  v.  (A.S.) 

to  teach,  to  advise,  to  instruct,  4, 

8861,  8146;  to  know,  to  be  aware 

of,  13289 i part.  Wisshyng,  as  ai. 

•dvioe,  warning,  8151. 

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OI«SSABI<U.  INDEX. 


"W^it,  Wyt,  "Wytte,  8.  mind,  aense, 

akin,  ingenuity,  i,  148, 1317, 1496, 

1633,  6377;    c/ tvre  toil  pa>t  = 

vent  out  of  ueir  semes,  went 

mad,  1360. 
Wite,  u.  (A.S.)  to  blame,  to  re- 

proacb,  4936,  7069. 
Wite,  ».  blamo,  12273. 
With,  prep.  (A.8.)  by,  by  meana 

of,  for,  in,  on  account  of,  132, 330, 

476,  732,  197G,  3891,  10809. 
.  With-dtogh,  Witb-droghe,  prei. 

0/ Withdraw,  1234,3008. 
Withoute,    adv.    outside,   1637, 

3433. 
Withoutea,     Withoutyo,     prep. 

without,  134,  1761,   3993;   teUh- 

outen  payne  other  ^  and  QO  doubt 

manj  more,  184. 
Witterly,   adv.    truly,    carefully, 

certuoty,  1893,  3439,  9130,  9341. 
Witty,  adj.  (A.S.)  skilful,  1463. 
Wo,  pron.  who,  172,  298. 
Wo,  a.  sorrow,  death,  destruction, 

1404,  3137,  5935. 
Woche,    t.    watch,    guard,    661, 

810. 
Woche,  e.  (A-S.)  miaohie^  evil, 

danger,  fear,  5050,  6133,  6736, 

7756. 
Wode,  adj.  {A.8.)  mad,  furiona, 

1317,  5877. 
Wode,  g.  a  wood,  330  ;  Wodde, 

1350 ;  Wod,  13538,  13699, 
Wodely,     adv.     madly,    wildly, 

3694. 
Wodeuea,  Wodnea,  s.   Diadness, 

fury,  2008,6819,1020*. 
Woghit,  part.  p.  of  Wogh,  wooed, 

courted,  483. 
Woghe,  8.  (A.S.)  a  wall,  4773. 
Woinerond,     part:     wandering, 

raviog,  13920. 
Woke,  t.  a  week,  499. 


Wold,  Wolde,  preU  would,  wish- 
ed, 1440,1794;  1  viah,  473. 

Wole,  a.  wool,  fleece,  161. 

Won,  for  Wooo,  v.  (A.S.)  to 
dwell,  1681,  8127. 

Wond,  pret.  of  Wone,  or  Wonde, 
2717, 12413. 13433 ;  Wont,  12553 ; 
uxperaf.  q/' Wonde,  refrain,  3380. 

Wond,  a.  a  wound,  10416. 

Wonde,  v.  (A.S.)  to  refrain,  to 
be  afraid,  to  desist  tbrough  fear, 
484,  S90,  3330,  6048;  prel. 
Wondjn,  484. 

Wonde,  V.  to  wound,  1297. 

Wonder,  adj.  wonderful,  1542 
ads.  wonderfully,  9557;  v.  to  sui 
prise,  to  oanae  to  wonder,  9821. 

Wonderful,  adj,  very  great,  1355. 

Wonderiy,  Wondurly,  adv.  won- 
derfully, 161,  9828. 

Wone,  V.  (A.S.)  to  dweU,  to 
abide,  pret.  Wond,  2717,  13433  j 
Wont,  12553, 

Wone,  s.  a  dwelling,  a  palace,  a 
city,  4730,  9857.  12833. 

Wonen,  p-et.  of  Wyn,  went,  got, 
reached,  1165,  4694;  /wrf.  p.  gone, 
got,  7756 ;  taken,  captured.  8607 ; 
Wonyo,  6963 ;  Wonnjn,  4773. 

Wong,  s.  (A-S.)  the  cheek,  1521. 

Wonsped,  8.  raahneaa,  daring, 
7945.     &«Wan3pede. 

Wont,  B.  want,  loss,  12085. 

Wont,  pret.  o/Wone,  12553. 

Woo,  8.  woe,  despair,  1360, 

Worche,  v.   to  work,  to  result. 


Wore,  pret.  of  'Wore,  defended, 

6750. 
Worle,  s.  the  world,  9761. 
Worm,  8.  {A.S.)  a  aerpent,  1573. 


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Worse,  adj.  tu  a  t,  tlie  worse, 
9920. 

Worship,  g.  fame,  good  name, 
character,  rank,  reDown,  success, 
reverence,  4S2,  655,  SIO,  1124, 
1397, 1488,  Saei  i  Worchip,  13708. 

Worthe,  o.  (A.S.)  to  be,  to  be- 
come, to  follow,  to  drive,  to  press, 
to  suffer.  597, 789, 956, 13S8, 1975, 
2136 ;  or  )>aiM  'orthit  =  Or  thej 
were  kiUed,  6833. 

Worthely,  adv.  becominglf ,  auit- 
ablj,  1632. 
■  Wose,  pron.  whose,  5666. 

Wo9o,  pron.  whosoever,  whoever, 
5551. 

Wot,  1  p.  «.  preg.  of  Wit,  I 
know,  deem,  advise,  S36,  629, 
21S7. 7944- 

Wothe,  «.  danger,  harm,  wrong, 
fear,  dread,  1323,  6050,  8357. 
'J928. 

Wothely,  adv.  severely,  8826. 

Wox,  prel.  of  AVax,  grew,  be- 
came, 493. 

Wrang,  s.  a  wrong,  11616. 

Wrappid,  a^.  hasty,  angry,  1426 ; 
mitprini  for  Wrafpid,  or  prob.  for 
Warppid. 

Wratbe,  u.  (A-S.)  to  anger,  to 
become  BDgry,  4206,  8443. 

Wreke,  b.  vengeance,  1436, 
12072 ;  V.  to  avenge,  to  revenge, 
1750. 1873. 

Wright,  ».  (A.S.)  a  workman,  a 
carpenter,  1530. 

"Writhe,  V.  to  turn,  to  overthrow, 
11616. 

Wriile,  Wiyile,  v.  to  overpower, 
to  overcome,  to  perplex,  to  bandy, 
446,  2061,  3120,  9327, 

Wroght,  parU  p.  of  Werke, 
wrvnght.  1436  i  built,  1542. 

Wull,  0.  wiU,  11419,  13221. 

WuU-full,  adj.  (=wUful,  hat 
toed  ai  am  adt.)  easerly,  inteiuely, 
3035  i  proi./or  well-full.  very. 


585 

Wyde,  adj.  wide,  1329. 

Wyle,  f.  a  wile,  a  scheme,  «  de- 
vice, 148. 

Wyll,  a4f.    See  Will 

Wylne,  v.    See  Wilne. 

Wyn,  B.  wine,  373 ;  Wyne,  464. 

Wyn,  «.  praise,  £ame,  display, 
13346.  13708. 

Wyn,  V.  to  get,  to  leach,  to  come 
at,  to  obtain,  to  win,  to  take,  172, 
377,  649,  953,  1138, 146S,  9318 1 
to  manage,  3146 ;  to  captnre, 
8607;  pni.  Won,  Wan,  Wooeni 
perl.  p.  Wonen,  Wonnjn,  Wonyn, 

Wynd,  f.  wind,  breath ;  fiat  watt 
]viir»  tiyd  ^=  tliey  talk  to  no  pot- 
po»e,  9788. 

Wynly,  adv.     Bee  Winly. 

Wyt,  Wytte,  «.     See  Wit. 

Wyvly,  adv.  as  a  wife,  3359. 

Yald,  Talde,  prei.  of  Yelde,  to 
yield,  to  submit,  1276, 6499,  7656. 

Yalow,  «.  yellow,  5462. 

York,  e.  to  jerk,  to  cast,  to 
cbanfrc,  to  rush,  to  pass,  414, 
5595,  10738,  13968;  to  prepare, 
bSi  i  to  pack,  to  crowd,  11365. 

Jarpe,  o.  prob.  for  Warpe,  6081. 

Yate,*.  a  gate,  299, 1556, 10738, 
11151. 

Yehe,  adj.  each,  7878,  9683. 

YchoD,  t.  (A.8.)  each  one,  5406, 
11845. 

Yelde,  v.  (A.S.)  to  yield,  to  sub- 
mit, to  render,  1177,  8660 ;  prrt. 
Yald,  Talde,  1275,  6499,  7666; 
pari.  p.  Yolden,  atoned  for,  7941. 

Yeme,  0.  (A.S. )  to  guide,  to  govern, 
to  keep,  to  guard,  136,  G62,  615,  • 
869,  1370, 10791 ;  pret.  Yemyt. 

Yener,  adj.  eager,  qniek,  3965; 
mupriut/or  Tfeuer,  (A.S.  ^er). 

Yenemea, «.  frankness,  generosity, 
eagerness,  enthusiasm,  543,  869; 
jjuemes,  1276 ;  for  Yenemess. 


586 


GL0B8ABIAL   INDEX. 


uee,    generous, 
jToeria,    1342 ; 


TeneniB,    €i3j. 

kindly,     3917; 

jjoerus,  3S7< 
Tepe,    adj.    (A.S.    geap)   smart, 

nimble,    brave,    rasb,    357,    903, 

7870 ;  Yep,  11265 ;  as  »  *.  a  clcTer 

one,  a  virago,  13331. 
Topely,   adv.   smartly,  quickly, 

eagerly,  414,  902,  6081,  10738, 

10791 ;  usoally,  13568. 
Yenie,  v.  (A.S.)to  desire  eagerly, 

11739, 11867. 
Teme,  s.  iron,  894,  9133, 10463 ; 

pi.  irons,  chains,  3523 ;  Yrae,  6018. 
Terth,  Yerthe, ».  the  earth,  the 

ground,  6S17,  8345,  10838. 
Yet,  ado.  still,  1628. 
Yett,  V.  (A.S.  ge6tan)  to  flovir,  to 

gushijMri.  Yettyng,  flowing,  8175. 
Yeverly,  adv.  quickly,  willingly, 

13331. 
Yle,  «.  Ru  isle,  an  island,  101, 

163,  368. 
Ylka,  adj.  any,  588. 
Ylke,  adj.  same,  12552. 
Ylkon,  ».  each  one,  1614. 
YU,  adv.  badly,  severely,  10976, 
Ymagty,   «.    carving,  auulptuie, 

l6S3. 
Ymur,  ».  (IceL  ttTtir)  fresh,  ■whole- 
some fragrance,  897, 1675. 
Ymyddes,  prep,  in  the  ndddle  of, 

amidst,  4957,  7843, 13795. 
Ymydwaid,  in  the  centra,  8769. 
Ynmast,  adj.  inmost,  nndermoet, 

6402. 
Ynne,  b.     See  In,  Inne. 
Yaogh,     Ynow,     Ynowe,     adj. 

enooBh,  much,  manj,  373,  1316, 
.  1414. 


Yode,  pret.  of  Go,  went,  walked, 
fell,  flowed,  384,  908,  1018, 1244, 
3000, 

Yoke,  V,  to  yoke,  902. 

Yolden,  part.  p.  of  Yelde,  ren- 
dered, atoned  for,  7941. 

Yomei,  V.  to  murmur,  to  lament, 
to  cry,  E43  ;  pari.  Yomeryng,  at  a 
I.  moartiing,  JamentatioD,  regret, 
1722,2391,  8175,9969. 

Yond,  adj.  yon,  3160. 

Yong,  Yonge,  adj.  young,  1242, 
6043. 

Yop,  adj.  eager,  courageous,  6642. 
See  Yepe. 

Yore,  adj.  old,  former,  of  yore, 
9959  i  0  ;«r  mu/uii  yore  =  a  year 
had  passrf  away,  13968. 

YouTs  =  your  family  and  rela- 
tives, 1732.  See  Note  W  IL 
1721-3. 

Yre,  8.  rage,  ir«,  1338,  1424. 

Yreful,  Yrfull,  adj.  vengeful, 
fnriouB,  1330,  5445. 

Yb,  is,  4647. 

Yase,  Ysshe,  v.  to  issue,  to  go 
forth,  to  rush,  6784,  6631. 

Yesue,  Yssew,  i.  issue,  exit,  re- 
snlt,  1556,  3708. 

Ythes,  s.  (A.S.)  waTGs,  the  sea, 
1046, 1066, 1993,  11869, 13161. 

Yver,  a.  ivory,  1665,  6202. 

jynerly,  adv.  quickly,  promptly, 
903 !  prob./or  jyuerly, 

jynemee,  e.     See  Yenemes. 

jyncTus,      jyneris,      adj.        See 


Zodins,    8.    the    Zodiac,    3723, 


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