And profered him to his seruise [folio 52b]
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And euere to be on of hyse;
And seyde: "that god Appollo
Bad that he scholde do so."
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Achilles seyde on fair manere:
"He was to him leue and dere;"
¶ He was glad of his contenaunce
And made him gret daliaunce.
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And ȝede bothe in-fere to the see
And toke here schippis and here meyne,
And sayled faste fro the cost,
Til thei come to the Gregeys ost.
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And broght Calcas by-fore the kyng
And tolde hem alle of tho tithyng:
"What Answere that thei bothe hadde."
Then were the Gregeis wondir gladde;
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Euery lord his feste made,
For Ioye and murthe thei were glade.
¶ When thei herde these tithandis,
Then thei held vp bothe here handis
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And thanked her goddis of here wille,
That thei wold hem not spille.
Thei ȝaff Calcas many a ȝiffte,
And swor alle by ther thriffte:
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"That he scholde euere be on of thaires,
And him avaunce and alle his aires
Off riche londis, rentis, and fece,
In the londe for-sothe of Grece."
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And alle the lordes of here ost
Loued him bothe lest and most.
ON the morwe, whan it was prime,
When Sir Achilles saw his tyme,
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He and Calcas to-gedur wente
Vn-to Gamenouns tente.
