The "Gest hystoriale" of the destruction of Troy: an alliterative romance tr. from Guido de Colonna's "Hystoria troiana." Now first ed. from the unique ms. in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, with introduction, notes, and a glossary, by ... Geo. A. Panton, and David Donaldson, esq.

                                    
                                      With the fere and the fare of his fell chere;
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                                      And all þe manas of þo men he with mowthe tolde, [folio 34a] 
                                    
                                      As it was said to hym selfe, euyn with sad wordes.
                                    
                                      When the kyng hade consayuit all his clere tale,
                                    
                                      And þe Authwart answeres, hym angert full sore,
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                                      That his messager was manast & þo men all,
                                    
                                      And reproued with prise in þere proude yre;
                                    
                                      And of his suster sorili set out of hope,
                                    
                                      Neuer to haue hir at home, þen his hert chaunget,
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                                      And put hym in purpas no pease for to make.
                                    
                                      Now wackons vp werre as ye shall note after.

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Title: The "Gest hystoriale" of the destruction of Troy: an alliterative romance tr. from Guido de Colonna's "Hystoria troiana." Now first ed. from the unique ms. in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, with introduction, notes, and a glossary, by ... Geo. A. Panton, and David Donaldson, esq.
Author: Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent.
Canvas: Page 67
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co.,; 1869-1874.
Subject terms: Troy (Extinct city) -- Legends

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