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Dublin
Sone aftir in a seson · als says me þe writtes,
Come dryvand from sir darius · þe digne Emperour,
Harraldes on hye horsez · hendly arayede,
To sir philopp þe fers · to fett þair truage.
Line 884
Kengez þar come · als þe clause tellez,
Lightyd doun at þe loge · laftyn þar blonkes,
Cairen fourth in-to þe courte · to crauen þair dett,
Tochett titely þare tale · & tribute hym asked.
Line 888
"Ȝa, ayres hame," quod alexander · "agayn to your kythez,
And says your maister, to me · he make no moo sondez;
For seth philop had a fressh sonn · þat fast now en|cresse[s], [The lines 890 and 891 are written after line 892 in MS.]
Line 891
That beys not sufferd, I suppose · no suche to hym ȝeld.
And says your lord, þe leyue henne · þat lade hir frist Egge,
Hir body now with baraynte · is barely consumed,
And so is darius of hys dette · dewly depriued;
And be þis tale, hym telle · no tribute hym falles."
Line 896
Than mervalett þes messyngers · mykyll of hys speche,
Hys witt & hys wisdom · þai wonderly prasen.
Faire at philip þe fers · þair leue þai fangen,
And syne clene from þe courte · caires to þair landez.
Line 900
To þe palass of þe prouude [king] · to perse þai wenden,
And dyd þaim to sir darius · þare he on dese syttes,
And tald hym howe is truage · is tyntt all-togedre,
