¶ Hic Ector ordinat prelium suum.
¶ Ector bad his men ilkon, [folio 70b]
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That his meyne schold [brynge] echon
In-myddes Troie in a playn
Be-fore the temple in a champayn.
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His batayles ther Ector arayed,
With many gode knyȝtes wel assayed;
He ordeyned them [MS. then.] in batayles nyne
With gode knyghtes & eke fyne,
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And set aboue hem gouernoures,
Hardy knyȝtes and gode gyoures.
THe furst ost lad sir Glauntoun,
A kyng sone of gret renoun;
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And Theseus, kyng of Tras [MS. Tars.] ;
And Archilogo, that his sone was;
Two thousand knyȝtes gode and lele
Lad thei in that eschele.
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'I ȝeue ȝow leue,' saide Ector, 'with this,
To go & come with mochel blis:
To ȝoure Enemys now ȝe hye,
And come a-ȝeyn with victorye!'
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The ȝate was open on a rees,
Thei passed forth out of that prees.
The secunde batayle lede Alkan,
The kyng Antipe, that doughti man,
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A douȝti knyȝt, a noble kyng;
The[i] hadde with hem in here ledyng
Thre thousand knyghtes gode & strong;
Thei rode alle forth In that throng,
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With many doughti man hem myd.
He ordeyned then the batayle thrid,
Thre thousand of douȝti knyȝtes,
That were hardy at alle ryȝtes,
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And called gode Troyle, and to him spak
And seyde: 'brother, I the be-tak
