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.

                                
                                  Ayres toward alexander · & aymes [MS. aynes.]  hym to smyte.
                                
                                  Bot he fayled þe fote · or he first wenes,
                                  Line 844 
                                
                                  He stakez, he stombles · þat stand he ne might,
                                
                                  Bott ay he fonders & falles · as he ferd wer.
                                
                                  The ferer forthward [he fares] · þe faster [he] snappers;
                                
                                  What was þe cause of þis case · þat knawys our Lord.
                                  Line 848 
                                
                                  "What now," quod alexander · "qwatt ayles þe to fale?
                                
                                  Hase þou no forse ne no fete · ne fele to þi seluen?
                                
                                  For on freke to be so ferd · or afrayd oþer,
                                
                                  And þou þe gubernare of grece · þat is a grete wondre!"
                                  Line 852 
                                
                                  Then tittis he doun in þat tene · þe tables ilkon,
                                
                                  Owt of þe halle by þe hare · hales he þe birde,
                                
                                  And so þe wye in his wrath · wrekes hys modre,
                                
                                  And philip fallyn was seke · & all þe fest stroblet.
                                  Line 856 
                                
                                  So als byliue als alexander · on angre aslakes,
                                
                                  He lendes on-lofte to þe lord · a lityll dayes aftir,
                                
                                  Cares hym with comforth · þe kyng for to visitt,
                                
                                  Comes hym to þe cortyns · & carpez þees wordez:
                                  Line 860 
                                
                                  "Philip," quod þis fele freke · & for-with hym standez,
                                
                                  "Þof [MS. Of.]  it vnsemely me sitt · þe so for to calle,
                                
                                  Noght als a sogett ne þi sonne · my saw I þe yeld,
                                
                                  Bot als a felow or a frend · falles to an-other.
                                  Line 864 
                                
                                  Sir, lat þi wrethes all wende · & with þi wyfe saghtyll,
                                
                                  And þe losse of sir lysyas · lityll þou charge.
                                
                                  I dyd bot my deuer · to drepe hym, me thynke,
                                  Line 867 
                                
                                  For it awght hym noȝt so opynly · sike ossynges to make.
                                
                                  And vnworthly þou wroght · & þat þou wele knawys,
                                
                                  When þou was bowne with a brande · my body to shende."
                                
                                  Then rewys hym þe riche kyng · of hys vnrode werkez,
                                
                                  Blisshes vpp to þe berne · & bristes owt to wepe.
                                  Line 872 
                                
                                  Than ayres hym on sir alexander · to hys awne modre;

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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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