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De bello inter Brutum & Regem Grecorum.

Þe kynges broþer Antygonus, He sey þe chaunce fel on þem þus; Line 1000 His folk he relyed [relied þam.] hym to, ffor to assay eft what þey might do; [& seid fraist ȝitt what we may do.] " Schamely," he sais, "ar we desconfit! " Lat hem nought passe fro vs so quit." Line 1004 Whan þey were to-gyder y-comen, Ageyn þe Trogens boldely þey nomen; [MS. nonen.] Þanne bigan a scharp bataille; Egrely þe parties gonne assaille Line 1008 Wiþ bowe & spere, & [with lance with.] swerdes dynt; Bot atte þe laste [so scharpe þei com.] þe Gregeys tynt. At þat metyng (among ylkon) Taken was sire Antygon, Line 1012

Line 1012 & an oþer, [& a lord.] sire Anacletoun. & best of hem [& þe most of þam.] were born doun: Þyse two prisons, [þe to preson. Wace has Cals (ceux) anmena Brutus a soi, p. 16, l. 305.] Brutus þem led; Of þeym of Grece, fewe [fo.] þer fledde. Line 1016

Pandras þe kyng had sorw in sight [& site.] Þat he was so al desconfit, & þat his brother taken was; He com ageyn into þat pas, Line 1020 & wende haue founde Brutus þore,— Help he hadde, & purueyed more,— Bot Brutus was til his castles [to his castell.] gon [

Si mist le siège à Parantin.Ce quida que Brutus i fustEt ses prisons mis i éust;Mais il fu el boscage entrésEt ses prisons i a menées.

Wace, p. 16, l. 310-15.

For Parantin the MS. de Ste-Genev. reads Paladin, which may be "Pa|"lantenus, a little town of which "Pausanias and Xenophon have "spoken." Le Roux de Lincy, ib.

] Wiþ Antygo & Anacleton; [Anacletun & Antigone.] Line 1024 He warnysched hem wiþ men of armes, ffor he dredde deseite & harmes. Whon þe kyng fond hym þer nought, To bisege þe castel he þought; Line 1028 Vnto þe sege he hym hastede His purueaunce he wold were wastede; Berfreys dide make to gyue assaut Þat Brutus mought falle y þe [with.] faut; Line 1032 To mangeneles [magnels.] he dide make stones, Wiþ þer assaut to casten alle at ones. Þey wyþynne stode in karneles, Wyþ arblastes [alblastes.] schotten ageyn quarels, Line 1036 & [þe.] grete tres ful vnryde

Þey caste agein on ylk a side; Enginours þey hadde wyþynne [had þei with þam.] ynowe, ²At þeym wyþouten ageyn to þrowe,² Line 1040 Þat non dyrste comen [MS. comem.] þe wal ney, Bot for drede hel[d] þeym a drey² [^2-2 þat þei without agayn þam throwe.] [Petyt folio 7a:2] ; Þey casten [kast.] wyldfyr wiþ [? MS. wiy.] engynes. Brent þer bretaxkes, ropes, & lynes, Line 1044 Cables, cordes, tymber þer was. [Tot l'ont mis em poldre et en cendre. Wace, p. 17, l. 335.] Who was þen wo bot [was wo bot þe.] kyng Pandras? Bot he [The kyng.] saw hit myghte nought vaille, Þeyr assaut ne þeyr trauaylle; Line 1048 He drow hym þeþen, & gaf hym [þien & gaf þam.] place, [Lambeth folio 4b:2] & bygan faste to manace; He dyde make for fens a dyk Aboute þe castel a gret stryk, Line 1052 & closed yn al Brutes host, Þat non myght skape by no [ascape at.] cost. Þe kyng dide ȝyt pale hit [did it palace ȝitt.] efte; Bot þre entres, non [nouht.] was left. Line 1056 Þe kyng dide so wel loke þo, Þat non of hem myghte passe hem [hym.] fro To do Brutus no suwaute, [suate.] So wel was loked ylkan [ilk.] entre. Line 1060