The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis. Re-edited from ms. Ashmole 44, in the Bodleian library, Oxford, and ms. D.4.12, in the library of Trinity college, Dublin: by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat.

                                
                                  With þat scho flisch noþer fayle [MS. flay fayle; but flay is struck out.]  · fyue score aunkirs.
                                
                                  Quen he had tiȝt vp þis tram · & þis tild rerid,
                                
                                  Hit had of bradnes abofe · to breue out of mesure;
                                
                                  And to hede be a huge thing · hiȝere it semed
                                
                                  Þan was þe wallis, sais þe writt · of þe wale touris.
                                  Line 1376 
                                
                                  Þan Alexander all his ane · an-ane he ascendis,
                                
                                  Closid all in clere stele · & in clene plates,
                                
                                  And monestis ilk modire son · maynly & swyth, [folio 24a] 
                                
                                  Þat all be bowne at a brayd · þe burȝe to assaile.
                                  Line 1380 
                                
                                  And all þe ost euyn ouir · he openly comandis
                                
                                  To be [Added in the margin.]  radly all arayd · & redy to fiȝt;
                                
                                  And quen þai saȝe þat him-selfe [selfe added in the margin.]  · þe cite was entrid,
                                
                                  Wan vp wiȝtly on þe wallis · ilk wee him eftir.
                                  Line 1384 
                                
                                  Now tenelis vp taburs · and all þe toūn rengis,
                                
                                  Steryn steuyn vp strake · strakid þar trumpis,
                                
                                  Blewe bemys of bras · bernes assemblis,
                                
                                  Seȝes to on ilk syde · & a saute ȝeldis.
                                  Line 1388 
                                
                                  Þare presis to with paues · peple withouten;
                                
                                  Archars with arows · of atter envemonde [Sic.] 
                                
                                  Schotis vp scharply · at shalkis on þe wallis,
                                
                                  Lasch at þam of loft · many lede floȝen,
                                  Line 1392 
                                
                                  And þai ȝapely a-ȝayne · & ȝildis þam swythe,
                                
                                  Bekire out of þe burȝe · bald men many,
                                
                                  Kenely þai kast of · with kastis of stanys,
                                
                                  Driues dartis at oure dukis · dedly þam woundid.
                                  Line 1396 
                                
                                  Þan passe vp oure princes · prestly [MS. inserts er, but it is struck out.]  enarmed,
                                
                                  In-to þe baistell a-bofe · bremely ascendid,
                                
                                  Sum with lances on-loft · & with lange swerdis,
                                
                                  With ax & with alblaster · & alkens wapen.
                                  Line 1400 
                                
                                  Alexander ai elike · augrily feȝtis,
                                
                                  Now a schaft, now a schild · nowe a scheue hentis,
                                
                                  Now a sparth, now a spere · & sped so his miȝtis,
                                
                                  Þat it ware tere any tonge · to of his turnes rekyn.

                                  Line 1404

Pages

Index

About this Item

Title: The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis. Re-edited from ms. Ashmole 44, in the Bodleian library, Oxford, and ms. D.4.12, in the library of Trinity college, Dublin: by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat.
Canvas: Page 74
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1886.
Subject terms: Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356-323 B.C. -- Romances.

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/apa1967.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/apa1967.0001.001/92:7

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:apa1967.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis. Re-edited from ms. Ashmole 44, in the Bodleian library, Oxford, and ms. D.4.12, in the library of Trinity college, Dublin: by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/apa1967.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2025.

The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis. Re-edited from ms. Ashmole 44, in the Bodleian library, Oxford, and ms. D.4.12, in the library of Trinity college, Dublin: by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat.

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item