There the noble Duke Nestor naitly hom toke,
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And welcomyt tho worthy on a wise faire, [folio 196a]
With all hor company clene, as þere kyd ffrynd.
There purpost þo prise men, with a prowde oste,
Thaire owne londes to lacche, & the ledes qwell:
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But the noble Duke Nestor onon to hom said:—
"Ames you of malice but a mene qwile;
Sendis fro youre-seluyn to your syde londis;
Tretis hom truly all with tried wordes;
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Hetis hom hertely to haue all hor hert wille,
Of ffredom, & ffranches; fret with hom so,
And all your will shall ye wyn, & no wegh harme."
So hit happit þo hynd in a hond qwile,
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To com to hor kyngdomes & hor kyth home,
With fauour and frendship of freikes with-in,
And were welcome, I-wis, to wyues & other.
Eneas, þat afterward auntred to leng
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In Troy for a tyme, as I told haue,
His gold & his godis to gedur into ship,
And his fraght on the flode fully to make,—
Ofte faght þat freike & folke of the Cité,
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With Enmys enerdande in ylis aboute.
When the toun was takon & turnyt to ground,
The kyng & his knightes kild to the dethe,
There come out of castels & of cloise townes
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ffro the bowerdurs aboute, þat hom bale wroght,
Pilours and plodders, piked þere goodes,
Kyld of þe comyns, & myche care did.
Eneas þan afturwarde egurly counseld,
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Syn he was banysshed fro the burgh, & bode þere no lengur,
Þat þe pepull by purpos prestly shuld send
ffor Dyamed the dughty, with his du helpe,
