Nawther comyn was þat kyde mon of no kyng riche,
Ne duke þat was doghty, ne no derfe erle;
Yet ho heght hym to haue, holé at his wille,
All the Rioll rewme with renttes ynow.
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This Clunestra vnclene cast with hir loue,
By assent of hom-selfe, sone at þe night,
The bold kyng in his bed britton to dethe:
All Slepond to Sle with sleght of hom bothe.
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And so fell hit by falshode, fer in the night,
When the bold in his bed was broght vppon slepe,
Þan entrid this Engist, euyn as hym list,
And, with a thricche in the throte, throtlet the kyng.
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When this Duke was dede, & done unto graue,
Clunestra at kirke couplit onone
This Engest, with Jolite to hir iuste spouse:
Of Mechenas she made hym maistur & syre.
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This Agamynon the gret hade a gay sone,
Consayuit of Clunestra, þat cald was Oresties:
He was yong & yepe, of yeris but lyte.
Kyng Taltill hym toke for trist of his lyue,
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And send hym full sone to a sure frynd,
Ydimius, for doute lest the derfe qwene
Mortheret hym with malice in the meane tyme.
He was keppit full close, & with cleane hert,
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And worshippit on all wise as þere wale son, [folio 195a]
Ayre to þere herytage aftur hom-seluyn.
This Othe, I ere said, od son of Naule,
To Egea, afturward egurly send,
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The dere wife of Dyamede, dernly a lettur:
Gert the lady beleue on a laithe wise,
He hade puruait a prowde wife of Priames doghter.
