That al þe poeple of grece scholde speke
how Creon was of Theseus y-serued
As he þat haþ his deth right wel deserued
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And right anoon wiþoute eny abood
his baner he desplayeþ and forþ rood
To Thebes-ward. and al his oost bysyde
No ner athenes wolde he go ne ryde
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Ne take his eese fully half a day
But onward on his way þat nyght he lay
And sente anoon ypolita þe queene
And Emelye hir ȝonge suster schene
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vnto the toun of athenes to dwelle
And forth he ryt þer is no more to telle
The reede statue of mars with spere and targe
So schyneþ in his white baner large
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That alle þe feeldes gliteren vp and doun
And by his baner was born his pynoun
Of gold ful riche in which þer was I-bete
The Minatour which þat he slough in Crete
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Thus ryt þis Duk þus ryt þis Conquerour
And in his oost of Cheualrie þe flour
Til þat he cam to Thebes and alighte
Faire in a feeld wher as he þoughte to fighte /
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But schortly for to speken of þis þing
with Creon which þat was of Thebes kyng
He faught and slough him manly as a knight / [folio 14a]
In pleyn bataille and putte his folk to flight/
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And by assaut he wan þe Cite aftur
And rente doun boþe wal and sparre and raftur
And to þe ladies he restored agayn
The bones of here housbondes þat were slayn
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To do exequies as was þo þe gyse
But it were al to long for to deuyse
The grete clamour and þe waymentynge
which þat þe ladies made at þe brennynge
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Of þe bodyes and þe grete honour
