The Laud Troy book.

                                
                                  "How he hadde sped," he tolde hem alle, [folio 61b] 
                                  Line 4109 
                                
                                  "And of Thelaphus how it was falle,
                                
                                  And dwelled ther stille and be lord and kyng
                                
                                  And puruay hem vitayles of alle thyng;"
                                  Line 4112 
                                
                                  He schewed the vitayles that thei hadde brought
                                
                                  With him to londe, he heled it noght.
                                
                                  Then were the Gregeis Proude and fayn,
                                
                                  That thei herde the certayn,
                                  Line 4116 
                                
                                  That he was lord of that kyndome
                                
                                  Fro whethen alle that riches is come.
                                
                                  Thei bad god ȝeue him blis,
                                
                                  That so wisly him dud I-wys;
                                  Line 4120 
                                
                                  For now drede thei no-thyng,
                                
                                  Nother of mete ne of drynk,
                                
                                  ¶ Now hath Achilles hem vitayles brought.
                                
                                  Agamenon is In moche thoght,
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                                  How thei schul Troye be-sege best;
                                
                                  Many a wyle and wit the[i] kest,
                                
                                  Whether thei wente by day or by nyght
                                
                                  And take the land with-oute syght,
                                  Line 4128 
                                
                                  Whil thei of Troye were alle on sclepe
                                
                                  And to hem wolde take no kepe;
                                
                                  But thei were ferd, if that thei went
                                
                                  By nyghtes tyme, lest thei were yschent
                                  Line 4132 
                                
                                  And breke her schippus on cragges and stones,
                                
                                  And lost hem selff al at ones.
                                
                                  And so dwelled the Gregeys thore
                                
                                  A ful twelue monthe and more,
                                  Line 4136 
                                
                                  That thei to Troye toke non hede;
                                
                                  So hadde thei alle of hem suche drede.
                                
                                  But Stace telles vs and says,
                                
                                  That thei lye so long in pays
                                  Line 4140 
                                
                                  For drede thei hadde of Ector knyght,
                                
                                  So mochel thei dredde of his myght.

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Title: The Laud Troy book.
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1902[-03]

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