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.

                                
                                  Haue in this holde fro harmys to were;
                                
                                  Ne so derfe of oure dedis on dayes fro now,
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                                  Any port fforto pas, or to put opyn;
                                
                                  Ne ȝow sechis no socour, ne no sad helpe
                                
                                  Of no lede vppon lyue fro no lond straunge;
                                
                                  Ne no conford to cache of no kyngis once.
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                                  Syn ȝour sones ar slayn, & ȝour sure helpes,
                                
                                  And ȝour pupull all perichit vnto pale deth;
                                
                                  Syn vs cheuys this chaunse of a choise febill,
                                
                                  Þe les euyll forto laite, and leng þer-vppon;
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                                  Er we degh in this daunger, & to dol passe,
                                
                                  Let vs proffer hom pes & hor prise qwene;
                                
                                  Þat myld vnto menelay, as make to restore,
                                
                                  Þat myche dere has vs done for hir dede one,
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                                  Syn Paris, hire pure loue, is pertid of lyue,
                                
                                  Þat hir walt as his wyf, qwil wirdis hym demyt."
                                
                                  Þen Amphimacus fursly vppon fote rose,
                                
                                  A nobill sone naturyll of þe nayt brether,
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                                  Wrathit at his wordis, & wightly he sayde
                                
                                  To þe traytur full tit, all in tru wyse:—
                                
                                  "Qwat hope may we haue of þi helpe now,
                                
                                  Þat þi kyng and his cumpany castyn to dissayue;
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                                  Þi cité and þi sib-men settis by-hynd,
                                
                                  Þat þou loue schuld with lewté, and þi lyf spend?
                                
                                  Now we se þe be set on a sliper ground,
                                
                                  Of þi fotyng to faile, and þi faith breke,
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                                  And þi nome, þat was nobill, noiet for euer.
                                
                                  ffull hard is þe heryng of þi high wordis,
                                
                                  And the tale, þat þou tellis, of þi trist feble. [folio 172b] 
                                
                                  xxti M. full thro shall in threpe end,
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                                  Er hit pas to the plyt þi purpos is in.
                                
                                  ffor no luff hit is, lelly, þou lappis thies tales,
                                
                                  But for treason & trayn, trust we non other."
                                
                                  Eneas efter þis egurly said,
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                                  Refraynit Amphimacus of his frike wille:—

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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 368
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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