The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis. Re-edited from ms. Ashmole 44, in the Bodleian library, Oxford, and ms. D.4.12, in the library of Trinity college, Dublin: by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat.

                                
                                  Withowte blode of body, says þe buke · beys it neuer persyd,
                                
                                  Or þe nature of a-noþer thyng · þat nedes noght to rekyn.
                                
                                  The same kynd shuld a kyng · of hys craft vse,
                                  Line 3380 
                                
                                  So stabyll & so stedfast · to stond in hys werkez,
                                
                                  Þat for no prayer ne preese · ne plesaunce [MS. plesaaunce.]  on erth,
                                
                                  Oute of þe rakke of rightwyssnes · rynne shuld he neuer.
                                
                                  The sext degree was of gold · graciously hewyn,
                                  Line 3384 
                                
                                  Off all þe metallys of mold · þe maister & þe syre;
                                
                                  The same cure is a kyng · be kend of hys leigez,
                                
                                  To gye & goueryne hys gomes · þe grettest is he grathyd.
                                
                                  The Seuente vp to þe sege · was of þe self erth,
                                  Line 3388 
                                
                                  Þat is no more for to mene · as me þe writte tellys,
                                
                                  Bot euerilke kyng shuld hym knawe · create of þe soyle,
                                
                                  And to þe same substance · sodanly to worth.
                                  Line 3391 
                                
                                  Þus sett our Syre in hys sete · with septour in hand, [folio 41b] 
                                
                                  In pelour & in palle · & prouude men hym vmbe.
                                
                                  Þen lete he letterys belyfe · with ledes oute to send,
                                
                                  Þorow all þe prouynce of pers · pronounsand þees wordez:
                                
                                  "The kyng withowtyn compere · of kyngez all oþer,
                                
                                  Of all lordes nowe lord · þat lefyn vppon erth,
                                  Line 3397 
                                
                                  Sir A[lexander], athyll son · of amon hys drightyn,
                                
                                  And also of Olympades · only consaved,
                                
                                  To þe souerayns & senescallez, · þe syrez & þe maisterys,
                                
                                  And all þe peres oute of pers · princez & dukez,
                                  Line 3401 
                                
                                  Þe iustice & þe gentyles · þe iuggez of þe lawe,
                                
                                  Both cyteȝeyns & sergeantez · salutes of grace.
                                
                                  Seth lukkyd hath þe largenes · of þe lord of heuen,
                                  Line 3404 
                                
                                  Þat me þis Diademe of Dary · demyd is & grauntyd,
                                
                                  And to be here þus inhaunsyd · in hys hye trone,
                                
                                  Ȝe shall be glad of my degree · & gretly reiossed,
                                
                                  And ordayns ouer all & ay · honorable princez,
                                  Line 3408 
                                
                                  Gouernours & gardens · of all my grete burghez,
                                
                                  As was in Darius days · to deme men þe right,

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Title: The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de preliis. Re-edited from ms. Ashmole 44, in the Bodleian library, Oxford, and ms. D.4.12, in the library of Trinity college, Dublin: by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat.
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1886.
Subject terms: Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356-323 B.C. -- Romances.

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