But happy were þat hede kyng, & he haue might
This acord in the case with-outen care more.
ffor all the deth and the dere of his dere sons,
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Ȝet the lord in his lond might lyue in his age,
With his worthy wiff, & his wale doghtur,
And his noble sonnes naturell, þat hym next were,
With souerains of the Cité & other sad pepull!
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This accord might the kyng haue cacchit before,
When the grekes, hym to grefe, were on his ground euyn,
And tenydon hade takon, as I told haue!
Hit is said oft-sithes, and for sothe holdyn,
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He is happy, þat a harme hastely amendes,
Or any perties haue pyne, or put vnto dethe,
Or be trauailed with tene, or tyne of þere goodes.
Who hertely might hope, or hold in his mynd,
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Þat the grekes wold agre, or graunt to þis end,
ffor the losse and the lure of hor lege kynges;
And the harmys full hoge of hor hed knightes?
And namly now, when noght may hom let,
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All the worship to wyn, & hor will haue;
The toune for to take, & tirne to þe ground;
All the bildynges to bren, & the buernes qwell.
Therfore cast is hit cointly by thies kene tray|tours,
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Vnder proffer of pes, pryam to lose;
Hor Cité to dissaiue in sauyng hor lyuis,
And all Troy to be-tray, and the triet londis. [folio 171b]
Than the kyng into counsell þay cacchyn onone,
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And his son was besyde at the same tyme,
Amphimake, a freike of the fre brether,
And other bold of the burgh, þat aboute were.
Þan the traytours vntrew told to þe kyng,
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How the best was fro bale his burgh for to kepe,
