The Laud Troy book.

                                  
                                    Him thoght In-sonder his hert gnowe, [folio 66a] 
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                                    That he dede Troyens so doun drowe;
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                                    He thoght to him for to ride,
                                  
                                    To se if he him wolde abyde
                                  
                                    And made him of his dedis sese.
                                  
                                    Philomene rode to Vlixes
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                                    And ȝaff him certes suche a poppe,
                                  
                                    That he fel ouer his hors croppe.
                                  
                                    ¶ But Vlixes anon vp ros,
                                  
                                    And to the kyng a-ȝeyn he gos
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                                    Off that strok to take vengaunce;
                                  
                                    He smot Philomene with his launce
                                  
                                    Ryght euen In-myddis his scheld,
                                  
                                    That it flow out In the feld;
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                                    He brast his Pisan and his coloret
                                  
                                    And claff his vayn In his goriet:
                                  
                                    Vlixes ȝaff him suche a wounde,
                                  
                                    That he fel dede almost to grounde;
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                                    Alle the Troyens that ther wore
                                  
                                    Wende, he scholde haue dyed thore.
                                  
                                    ¶ A gret wayment and hidous cry
                                  
                                    Might men here then witterly,
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                                    That the Troyens made y-wys
                                  
                                    For the wounde of Philomenys.
                                  
                                    Thei drow him fro his hors fete
                                  
                                    And leyde him sofftly and swete
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                                    Opon his scheld with gret wepyng,
                                  
                                    As he hadde ben sclepyng,
                                  
                                    And bare him faire of that stede,
                                  
                                    That men ne hors scholde on him trede.
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                                    ¶ That fel faire for men of Grece,
                                  
                                    Thei hadde elles dyed euery pece;
                                  
                                    For certes ne hadde ben that combraunce,
                                  
                                    That ne hadde fallen that myschaunce,

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Title: The Laud Troy book.
Canvas: Page 131
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1902[-03]

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