The xi Boke. how the Grekys sailet fro Attens to Troy.
EVERY wegh, þat will wete of þere werke more,
Listen a litle, & leng here a while:
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Let vs karpe of thies kynges or we cayre ferre.
When thies worthy hade worshipped all þere wale goddes,
And the day with deuocioun dryuen to þe end,
The secund day suyng somyn were þe grete
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In Agamynons gay tent; gedrit for sothe,
fforto speke of hor spede, whille þai space hade.
This Calcas in company com with Achilles
And Patroclus the pure kyng into the proude tente.
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Þai hailset þat hynde & hertely hym welcommyt,
And sithen to sit all somyn þai yode [folio 71b]
Among þo kynges in company, as þaire course felle.
When all the pepull were pesit, þe presens full still,
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Calcas to the kynges carpes thies wordes:—
"Ye noble men of nome, þat to note wendyn
In þis company clene! kynges & Dukes,
Erles & other men onest of astate,
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Þat are aioynet to þis Journey with ioynyng of wer!
