The "Gest hystoriale" of the destruction of Troy: an alliterative romance tr. from Guido de Colonna's "Hystoria troiana." Now first ed. from the unique ms. in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, with introduction, notes, and a glossary, by ... Geo. A. Panton, and David Donaldson, esq.

                                
                                  I am not purpast plainly his prayer to here,
                                  Line 1868 
                                
                                  Ne his wille for to wirke wete þou for sothe.
                                
                                  Knowen be it to þi kyng of þat case wele,
                                
                                  That I with Ercules entrid his rewme,
                                
                                  When Lamydon was o lyue & the lond aght,
                                  Line 1872 
                                
                                  ffor to wreke vs of wrathe, & the wegh harme
                                
                                  Bothe of skathe & of skorne, as we skylle hade.
                                
                                  Ther with batell at the burgh I my blode shed,
                                
                                  Depe woundes to the dethe, & mony derfe strokes,
                                  Line 1876 
                                
                                  And the Cite I sesit sonest of other;
                                
                                  Was cause of the conquest with my clene strenght;
                                
                                  And for a riche reward of my ranke wille,
                                
                                  All the soueranis by assent assignet me hir,
                                  Line 1880 
                                
                                  ffor to wirke with my wille, & weld as myn owne;
                                
                                  And for lesse hir to leue þen I hir luff boght,
                                
                                  I think not, by my thrifte, for no þro wordys.
                                
                                  Syn þe fre is so faire, & so fele vertus,
                                  Line 1884 
                                
                                  So corius, so conyng, & of so clene nurtur,
                                
                                  Me is not lefe hir to leue and to lyue after.
                                
                                  Therfore, say to thy souerain þat ye sent hydur,
                                
                                  He weldis not that worthy but with wale strokes,
                                  Line 1888 
                                
                                  And with swappyng of swerdys, þof he swelt wolde,
                                
                                  And þou faithfully a fole, & a freike mad,
                                
                                  May be countid in this case for þi come hider,
                                
                                  Soche a message to make at this mene tyme.
                                  Line 1892 
                                
                                  Wete þou full witterly in warnyng of other,
                                
                                  Saue I let for my lose, þou shuld þi lyffe tyne;
                                
                                  And be done to the dethe for þi derfe speche.
                                
                                  Pas fro my presens on payne of þi lyffe,
                                  Line 1896 
                                
                                  And rape of my rewme in a rad haste,
                                
                                  Or þou shall lelly be lost and þou leng oghter."
                                
                                  Antenor for anger auntert no ferre,
                                
                                  Lut not þe lede, ne no lefe toke,—
                                  Line 1900 
                                
                                  Shot euyn into ship o þe shire waghis,— [folio 32a] 
                                
                                  Hade bir at his bake, and þe bankes leuyt;
                                
                                  Sailet furth soundly & þe see past,—

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Title: The "Gest hystoriale" of the destruction of Troy: an alliterative romance tr. from Guido de Colonna's "Hystoria troiana." Now first ed. from the unique ms. in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, with introduction, notes, and a glossary, by ... Geo. A. Panton, and David Donaldson, esq.
Author: Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent.
Canvas: Page 62
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co.,; 1869-1874.
Subject terms: Troy (Extinct city) -- Legends

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