Guido di Colonna: (from The Ancient Historie of The Destruction of Troy. Sixth Ed. London, 1636.)against him, or defend himselfe, but he put them all to flight; and the Troyans entred into their Tents, and pilled and robbed them, and tooke all the best that they could finde.]
Garmentes full gay all of grete furris, [ [folio 110a] Marked 109 in MS.]
Bright beidis & Brasse broght þai with-all,
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And voidet all as victors avauntage to haue;
And euyn laiked as hom list, lettid hom noght.
Þat was duly the day & desteny wold,
Þat for euer hade ben ende Angur to voide;
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And þai wonen þaire wille neuer the werre aftur,
Ne neuer greke hom haue greuyt ne to grem broght;
But wirdis, þat is wicked, waitis hir avauntage,
With ffortune so felle, þat is of fer cast.
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All þat desteny with dole has demyt to falle,
Ay puttes of þe purpos, þat it enpaire shuld,
And ay ertes to þe end ordant before.
OFF HYM ÞAT NOTES NOT HIS TYME WHEN GOD HASE GRAUNTID: BY ECTOR.
And Ector of all men euyll hit dissayuet,
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Þat his pepull, and his prouyns, & his pure hele,
Might soundly haue sauit with his sad strenght;
And all his fos in the fight felly distroyet,
Doutles þat day, withouten deire aftur,
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And all perels ouer put plainly for euer.
Hit is lelly not louable in no lede oute,
Of no wise mon to wale, when wirdes has grauntid,
ffor to tary on his tyme, when hym tydes faire,
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And put of a purpos, þat empaires after,
Or þat draghes to dethe, and deres at þe ende.
He þat tas not his tyme, when þe tyde askes,
But lettes it deuly ouerdryve with delling to noght,
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