[6-text p 260]
Was neuere whihite sen þe werlde be-gan
That slouhe so mony monstres as did he
þoruhe-oute þis wide werlde his name ranne
What for his streynkeþ & his bounte
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And euerye . Realme went he for to see
He was so stronge þat noman miht him lette
A-boue þe werldes ende seiþe trophe
In stede of bondes he a piler sette
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¶ A lemman hadd þis noble champion
þat hiht Dianier frische as maie
And as þe clerkes maade mencione
Sche haþ him sent a schert frische & gaie
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Alas þis scherte & walawaie
envenymed was subtily wiþ all
Or þat he had werde it hafe a daie
It maad his flesche fro þe bone fall
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¶ Bo naþelesse sōme clerkes hir excusen
Be one þat hiht nescius þat it Maked
Be as be maye .I. wil hir nouht accusen
Bon on his bake þis schert he weres al naked
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Til þat his flesche was for þe venym blakede
And whan he sauhe none oþer remedye
In hote coles he haþ him self rakede
For wiþ no venym deynede he to deye
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¶ Thus starfe þis worþe myhte ercules [folio 209b]
Lo who maie trust on fortune any þrowe
For him þat foloweþ al þis werlde of pres
Er he bewarre is oft y-laide ful lowe
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Ful wyse es he þat him self knowe
Be war for whan þat fortune lust to glose
Than weyteþ sche hir man downe to þroue
Bu suche a weie as he wolde lest suppose
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