Off Marbil gray and grete stones, [folio 95a]
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And yren and stele were alle his bones,
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He wolde hem al to-cleue [MS. alto cleue.] —
By him that made Adam and Eue!'
¶ Agamenon with care was cold,
He wiste neuere, how Gregeis to hold,
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That thei a-ȝeyn to Grece ne ferde;
Whan he that playnt a-monges hem herde,
In his herte he then kest,
To sle Ector, how myght he best.
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A-non he sende his sonde
To alle the kynges vpon that stronde,
As thei loued here lyues dere,
And prayed him in alle manere,
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That thei wolde come for his loue alle
With-oute dwellyng In-to his halle.
¶ These lordes qwyk with-oute dwellyng
Come to him In that euenyng,
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Thei come to his pauyloun,
Duk, prince and kynges with croun;
Thei set hem doun vpon the des,
Thei hoped wel with-oute les,
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Whi that thei were afftir send;
Hit was for-sothe right, as thei wend.
AGamenon seide: 'lordyngis,
This man Ector to schame vs brynges,
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Ther is of him gret noyse and cry,
Ȝe here it wel, and so do I;
Iff he lyue longe and goth forth thus,
He wol scle oure men and alle vs,
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He schal not leue with-Inne two ȝere
Off vs lyuande that now is here;
Ȝe se wel alle, how he fares,
He chases vs as hound doth hares;
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