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¶ But now a litel while I wol bewayle /
þis Pompeus þis noble gouernour
Of Rome which þat fleigh at þis batayle
I say on of his men a fals traytour
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His heed of smoot/ to wynne him fauour
Of Iulius and him þe heed broughte
Allas Pompeye of þe Orient conquerour
That fortune vnto such a finye broughte [folio 246a]
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¶ To Rome aȝein repayreþ Iulius
Wiþ his triumphe laureate ful heyȝe
But on a tyme Brutus Cassius
That euer had of his heigh estaat enuye
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fful priuily had maad conspiracie
Aȝeins þis Iulius in subtil wise
And caste þe place in which he schulde deye
Wiþ boydekynnes as I schal ȝou deuyse
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¶ Þis Iulius to þe Capithole went
vppon a day as he was wont to goon
And in þe Capitolye anon him hent
This false brutus on his foule foon
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And stiked him wiþ boydekynnes anon
Wiþ many a wounde and þus þey leet/ him lye
But neuer gronte he at no stroke but oon
Or elles at tuo but if his story lye
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¶ So manly was þis Iulius of herte
And so wel loued estaatly honeste
That þough his dedly woundes so sore smerte
His mantel ouer his hepes caste he
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ffor noman schulde seen his priuyte
And as he lay as deyinge in a traunce
And wiste verrily þat deed was he
Of honeste ȝet hadde he remembrance
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