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.

                                
                                  Ordant hym Emperour by opon assent,
                                
                                  And Agamynon degrated of his degre þan,
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                                  Þat charget was for cheftan of þo chere all.
                                
                                  Þan Palomydon with Paris put was to dethe
                                
                                  With the birre of his bow, as I aboue rede,
                                
                                  (But ay ledis with lesyng louys to noy,
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                                  In baret to bring, & buernis to hyndur:
                                
                                  So happit hit here), þat harmyt the grekes,
                                
                                  And mony doghty with dole vnto dethe broght.
                                
                                  To this noble kyng Naule naitly was told
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                                  Þat Palomydon, his prise son, put was to dethe
                                
                                  Vntruly by treason of his trist fryndes,
                                
                                  And noght in batell on bent as a buerne noble.
                                
                                  Thai said Diamede the Duke hade don hym of lyue,
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                                  By ordinaunse of Vlixes, to vtterauns for euer.
                                
                                  Thus lytherly þo lyghers lappit þere tales, [folio 192b] 
                                
                                  And forget a faint tale vnder fals colour.
                                
                                  Thai said Agamynon with gawdes, & þe gay Dyamede,
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                                  Menelay with malis, & mighty Vlixes,
                                
                                  Thies ffoure in hor falshode had forget a lie,
                                
                                  And writen hit in wordes by þere will all.
                                
                                  The tenure to telle truly was þis;—
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                                  'Þat Palomydon the pure had purpost an end,
                                
                                  ffor to treite with the troiens in trayn of þe grekes,
                                
                                  Þat no whe shuld hit wete till hom wo happit;
                                
                                  ffor a gobet of gold, to gripe of þe Cité,
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                                  All the Grekes to be-gyle, & to ground bring.
                                
                                  Thies letturs þo ledis lete forto bynd
                                
                                  To a buerne on the bent, in batell was slayne.
                                
                                  Þan Vlixes the lord,' licherly þai saide,
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                                  'Preset to a pure mon of Palamydon the kyng,
                                
                                  And of gold he hym gaf a full grete soume,
                                
                                  ffor to wirke o this wise, as the wegh bad:

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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 411
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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