Wyþ sext þowsand þer gan [gan he.] wone,
& ȝyt mo lordynges ynowe,
Þat [þe] [þe.] Gregeys to seruage drowe,
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Þat Pyrrus held in his truage.
Achilles sone was þenne of age.
Brutus was þer bot a þrowe,
þat many his name gon wel [his name manyon gan.] knowe.
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ffor his grete [mykell.] hardynesse,
ffor curtesye & for largesse,
Mykel louede hym his owen kynde,
& oþer til hym were ful mynde.
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Grete gyftes þey gon hym [gyftes forto.] gyue,
& seyde, "ȝyf we myght frely lyue,
" Ouer vs alle we wolde [all will.] þe make [Lambeth folio 4a:1]
" Kynge, [duc, Wace, p. 10, l. 182.] ȝyf þou wost [wild.] vndertake.
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" Oure folk ys waxen for þe maystri,
" & stalworthe are, & right [full.] hardy:
" ȝyf we had on þat we dredde,
" Þat vs in-til [vnto.] bataille ledde,
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" & mayntened vs, & lered al so
" What in bataille we scholden do,
" Syker scholde he haue [I trowe he suld.] al oure seruage
" To ffredom brynge, [bringe. Lamb MS. kyng.] or a-suwage.
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" Seuen [See "sext," l. 870, above. (six, Wace, p. 10, l. 177.)] þousand now we are
" Of knyghtes [knyghtes redy.] to bataille ȝare,
" Wyþoute seriauntz & oþer pytaille [sergeantes & oþer pedale.]
" Þat ar nought for to sette in taille.
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" ȝyf þou wilt vnder-take þys þynge,
" We wyl þe make our alder kyng, [duc. Wace, p. 10, l. 182.]
