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.

                                
                                  Þis grete god full of grace · sall glide to þi chambre,
                                
                                  In a dredfull deuys · a dragons fourme,
                                
                                  And þan þe figour of a freke · he sall take eftire,
                                  Line 360 
                                
                                  And preualy in þat part · a-pere ȝowe be-forne."
                                
                                  Þan answars him þe swete quene · & sone him it grantis,
                                
                                  "Sire, chese þe a chambre · quare þe chefe þinkis,
                                
                                  Nowþire myne awen ne na nothire · god lat þe noȝt spare, [folio 7a] 
                                
                                  Or any place at ȝow plece · my palas with-in.
                                  Line 365 
                                
                                  For may þou hald me þis hest · as þou here tellis,
                                
                                  And profe þus in my presens · as a propire sothe,
                                
                                  Þen sall I cherische þe with chere · as þou my child were,
                                
                                  Loute þe louely & loue · all my lyfe days."
                                  Line 369 
                                
                                  "Graunt mercy," quod þe grete clerke · to þe gude lady,
                                
                                  Thankis [MS. Thangis, altered to Thankis.]  hire full thraly · & þen forth wendis
                                
                                  To loke & layte him a loge · quare he lenge myȝte, [MS. myȝtes.] 
                                  Line 372 
                                
                                  And buske him a bedsted · quare him best likid.
                                
                                  Qwen it was metyn to þe merke · þat men ware to ryst,
                                
                                  And folke was on þaire firste slepe · & it was furth euyns,
                                
                                  Þan Anec on ane · his artis he fandis,
                                  Line 376 
                                
                                  And changid by enchantmentis · his chere all to-gedire.
                                
                                  Þer worthid he by his wiche-craft · in-to a wild dragon,
                                
                                  And to the ladi lere · he lendid in haste,
                                
                                  Fliȝand in his fethire-hames · & ferly fast sletis,
                                  Line 380 
                                
                                  And in a braide, or he blan · he þe bed entris.
                                
                                  Quen he was [MS. he was he was, but corrected.]  laide be-lyfe · his liknes he changis,
                                
                                  Worthis agayn to a wee · fra a worme turnys.
                                
                                  Þen kisses he kenely þe quene · & clappis in armes,
                                
                                  Langis sare to þe layke · & on-loft worthis.
                                  Line 385 
                                
                                  Quen he had wroȝt all his will · hire wame þen he touches,
                                
                                  And with a renyst reryd · þis reson he said,
                                  Line 387 
                                
                                  "Þis concepcion with kyngis · sal be callid here-efter

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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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