And with fightyng full fell with a fuerse pepull,
To set vp on yche syde vppon sere haluys.
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Þerfor, lause of our lyuys, leng we not here;
Put of all purpos, prese on our gate!
This bus duly be done, dem we non other,
Syn we wyn to our wille be no way ellis."
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All plesit the prinse with his prise wordes,
And the dom, þat he dulte, duly was kept. [folio 88a]
When the derke was done, and the day sprange,
All the renkes to row redyn hor shippes,
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Halit out of hauyn to the hegh see,
There plainly thaire purpos putto an end.
Who fare shuld be-fore, of þo felle kynges,
And wo kepit his cours for to caire after,
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Thus demyt thes dukes on the depe water:—
A hundrith of hede shippes to hale on before,
Sadly to saile on þe salt waghes,
With baners o brede bret for þe werre;
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The forcastels full of fuerse men of armys,
With shot & with shildis shalkes to noy.
Anoþer hundrith, anon, negh sone aftur,
With sailes vp set on þe same wise,
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All wroght for the werre & wight men þerin.
Þen folowet all the flete fast oponon,
Euyn kepyn hor course, as þai kend were,
Turnet euyn to þe toune, tariet no lengur,
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Till o sithen þai segh þe Cité at hond,
And the bonkes aboute to þe bare walles.
Then þai turnyt hor tacle tomly to ground,
Leton sailes doun slide, slippit into botes,
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Launchet vp to the lond lyuelé bedene,
Buernes buskit vnto bonke; bold men in hast,
Thoght þe ground for to gete, & no grem suffer.
THE HARD ARIVALL OF THE GREKES.
But the Troiens, truly, þes tourfer beheld,
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