Hym was shewed a paleys,
So fayre was neuer noun, hyt seys;
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For alle hyt was of betyn golde,
Alle þat euer stode on molde.
Myȝte no man aymë þe largenesse, [largesse.]
Ne tungë tellë þe feyrnesse.
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Þer-yn was so noble atyre,
Shynyng as golde, flammyng as fyre.
Aboute [aboue.] þe ȝatë wrytyn was
Þat Troyle beheldë a long space, [spas.]
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And ofte he reddë þat wrytyng,
And haddë þeryn grete lykyng;
Þys was þere wryte,—as seynt Ihōn telles,
And as men of þys story spellys,—
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"Reste and hous with-outyn ende,
Þe bysshope Troylë shal to wende."
Þus þoght Troylë yn hys bedde,
As he ofte on þe lettyr [lettre.] redde.
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Þan wende Troylë sykyrly weyl,
Þe kyng hadde ȝyue hyt hym [hym hyt.] eche deyl;
Þarefore syre Troylë was ful gladde
Þat he swyche a paleys hadde.
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Vnneþë þenne hys yȝe [ye.] was glent,
Þat one fro God þydyr was sent,
And commaunded alle yn rape [haste] [folio 47a:2]
A-wey þat wrytyng for to skrape.
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Alle þat spakë of syre Troyle
was skraped [shrapede.] a-wey, as who sey oyle.
Sone aftyrward, with-yn a lytyl,
was þere wryte anoþer [a nouþer.] tytyl;
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Þys tytyl þat was latter wryte,
Þus moche hyt ys for to wyte,
"Rest, and hous, and wonyng,
Graunteþ, and ȝyueþ, [ȝyfth.] heuene kyng,
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To Ihōn þe patryark so fre,
