Syn Menon with myght hade marrit hym ofte,
Þat ffro þe hede to þe hele þe hote blode ran:
And he likkir be lost þen to lyue after.
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Þerfore ses of þi saghis, þou sore homer,
Þat writis of hym worchip, þat worthy is non;
Neuer kyld no kyng, ne no knight ȝet,
Þat a-countid was kene, but with cast treson:
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And if treson with trumen be told as for worchip,
Þen is þat lede worthe lose for his lichir dedis.
Menelay with myght meuyt in þen,
Diamed þe dughti, and derf Telamonius:
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þes gird in full grymli with a grete ost,
ffrusshet to þaire fos with a fell sthoure,
Greuit hom gretly, gird hom to fote.
ffull mony were marrit, & maymyt for euer!
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Þen ffled all in fere, and þe feld leuyt,
Soghtyn to the Cité, with sorow þai hade. [folio 160b]
Theire fos on hom folowet, fell hom full thicke,
Hew on with hard stele, hurt of hom þan,
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And mony kild on þe cliffe vnto cold dethe.
Þai wan in wightly, warpit to þe yates,
Barrit hom full bigly with boltes of yerne;
Braid vp the brigges in a breme hast:
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The tothir to the tenttes turnyt agayne.
Þan was sorow in the Cité, sobbyng of teres,
With Priam the prise kyng, & his pure wyfe;
Wailyng of wemen, weping of knightes,
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ffor the losse and the lure of þe lele childer,
Honerable Ector, oddist of dedis,
Deffibus the doghty, & the derf Troilus:
Now dem þai no dede but the dethe þole!
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Þan Priam, the prise kyng, prestly did send
To Agamynon the gret, for graunt of a tru:
And he assentid full sone, asurit with hond,
And affirmyt hit fast with a fyne othe.
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