The Laud Troy book.

                                
                                  Thow scholde be saffe at devys, [folio 96a] 
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                                  Iff that thow wolde be war and wys
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                                  And kepe the fro alle her gyn,
                                
                                  Thow woldest be war to come ther-In.
                                
                                  ¶ Thes lordes ben alle In gret stody,
                                
                                  Some are pale, and some rody,
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                                  And some sittes in a dwale,
                                
                                  For pure angur thei wax al pale;
                                
                                  Alle haue at Ector dispyte,
                                
                                  That he were ded with-oute refyte.
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                                  ¶ Thei prayed Achilles for her sake:
                                
                                  "That he wolde that charge take,
                                
                                  For ther was non so wele couthe
                                
                                  In al the world by northe ne southe,
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                                  Ne non that myght stonde strokes thre
                                
                                  In al this world of him but he;"
                                
                                  ¶ 'For-thi we pray the with herte large,
                                
                                  On the thow woldest take that charge,
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                                  And the owe best this nedis to do;
                                
                                  For if he leue and come the to
                                
                                  And dele with at his layser,
                                
                                  Ther saues the nother kyng ne kayser,
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                                  That thow ne schalt thy lyff for-go,
                                
                                  For he the hatis and thenkes slo.
                                
                                  ¶ Fro him ful wel war the ought,
                                
                                  Opon thi strengthe truste thow nought,
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                                  But on thi wit and on thi scleyght,
                                
                                  And holde the euere fro him on heyght;
                                
                                  Whan thow him sees in a myscheef,
                                
                                  Than schaltow him dedly greef
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                                  By thi strengthe and thi wit;
                                
                                  So schal we of him be qwit,
                                
                                  And alle these other schal we kylle,
                                
                                  Scle and take at oure wille.'

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Title: The Laud Troy book.
Canvas: Page 191
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1902[-03]

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