The xxvj Boke: of the (xx) Batell of the Cite.
[MS. has xviij.] When paste was the pes, parties were gedirt [folio 156a] ffro the tenttes & the toun, takyn the feld:Assemblit were sadly soudiouris full noble,And in a stoure, þat was stith, stuernly þai foghtyn.Line 10136 Menelay met vpon mayn Paris,That bothe were þai backeward borne of þere horses,With the lippe of þere launsis so launchet þai somyn.Polydamas the pert preset to Vlixes,Line 10140 With the caupe of a kene swerd kerue on his helme.The freike with a fauchon fendit hym well,And faght with the fuerse knight felly agayne.Menestaus the mighty with a mayn dynt,Line 10144 Antenour in angur angardly stroke,Unhorset the here, hade hym to ground,With the lip of a launse, þof hym lothe were.Philmen the fuerse kyng with a fyne speire,Line 10148 Gird to Agamynon, & the gome hit;Greuit hym full gretly, gert hym to stoupe,Þat he wauerit þerwith, & weikly he sete.Telamon come tyte, & the tother met,Line 10152 Bare hym ouer backeward with a big dynt,
