And fader to the quene of ynde certayn,
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The whiche forsoke hir husbond be a trayn:
This prince hadde in his rewle and gouernaunce
The iijde batell with all the ordenaunce.
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The iiijte batell to rule and to ordeyne
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Madane [MS. Madame.] hadde it, whiche was kyng of Trace;
And as myn Auctour specifieth certayn
Right yong And fressh a lest man he was.
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And in the vte ther came Barachias,
Kyng of Europe, and suche a companye
As euery ward was poynted by and by.
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Nexst after hym came Ermones the kyng,
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The vjte Batell to gouerne as he wold,
ffull boustous folk and ill faryng,
With visages fowle, full gresely to beholde,
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All of on sorte they were both yong and old,
Ther bakkes and ther belly were soo large,
Ther was noo hors of them wold bere the charge;
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Wherefore they rode on camelys euerychon,
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Think wele it was a vounderfull array,
ffor as for spere or swerd they handelid non,
Ther wepons were more stronger, I yow say,
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lyke as mattokez Shapyn so were they,
Ther helvys long, that whanne they shuld fight
Ther strokes shuld come with grete wight.
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Two kyngez moo were in his company,
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Of suche makyng and of on maner kynd.
The vijte ward the kyng of Assirye,
Galad he hight in story, as I fynde,
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A prince worthy for to [be] had in mynd;
The viijte Batell therin was manassen,
And vnder hym was his sone ruben.
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