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.

                                
                                  Of kynges in a company, & of kyde Dukes,
                                
                                  Erles and other men all of assent;
                                
                                  Ne of one purpas in a place pepull so fele;
                                
                                  So mony yong men & ȝepe, ȝenerus of wille;
                                  Line 4164 
                                
                                  So od men in armys, & egur to fight,
                                
                                  To fare in a furde our fos to distroy.
                                
                                  Þai are blyndit with baret & with bare sorow,
                                
                                  Þat wackons vp werre, & wrathus vs in hert,
                                  Line 4168 
                                
                                  Or stiris vs with strenght vpon stuerne wise.
                                
                                  ffor in this semly for sothe, soche men I know
                                
                                  A hundrith, þat with hondes our harmys might wreike,
                                
                                  Perfourme our purpos, and put it to end, [folio 65b] 
                                  Line 4172 
                                
                                  Þat we so mony and so mighty are meuyt to do.
                                
                                  Ye weton all full wele þe worthy ben here,
                                
                                  Of daunger & desese is don to our londis;
                                
                                  Of shame & of shenship shapyn vs alate;
                                  Line 4176 
                                
                                  Our fryndys defelet, and fonget our godys.
                                
                                  Þe harmes we haue, & hethyng with all,
                                
                                  Hit sittes vs full sore to suffer on lyue.
                                
                                  Hit menys vs with monhede þat malis to venge,
                                  Line 4180 
                                
                                  And Aunter vs in armys our Enmyes to greue;
                                
                                  With strenght for to stryve & strokes to dele,
                                
                                  The Troiens to tene þat trespas haue done.
                                
                                  All somyn by Assent, with a sad wille
                                  Line 4184 
                                
                                  To venge of our velany & our vile greme.
                                
                                  And þat is rightwise & reasonable to riche vs þerto;
                                
                                  ffirst, to Refrayne the fame þat men speikes,
                                
                                  And wipe of our wranges, & wirdis vs done;
                                  Line 4188 
                                
                                  So þat Troiens fro þis tyme take not on honde
                                
                                  To aspye vs with spite in no spede efte.
                                
                                  Þat all þe weghes of þe world be warnit by hom,
                                
                                  And þat no tale may be told in tyme for to come,
                                  Line 4192 
                                
                                  Ne witnes in writyng by weghes herafter,
                                
                                  Þat any lord of our londe shuld lacche soche a skorne

Pages

Index

About this Item

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 136
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co.,; 1869-1874.
Subject terms: Troy (Extinct city) -- Legends

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ape7380.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/ape7380.0001.001/212:15

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:ape7380.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "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." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ape7380.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 21, 2025.

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.

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item