At on Iornay lye and deye. [folio 99b]
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Some were smeten thorow the eye,
Some to the brayn vn-to the crawe,
Some In-to the body, and some In-to the mawe,
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Some the schuldres, & som the mylte,
Off bothe the parties were many on spilte.
Eche man on other schetis,
As thikke as heryng fletis;
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¶ Many a legge lay on that sond,
Many on loste bothe arme & hond,
Many an hed was smeten of thore;
Thei cried and ȝelled as boles rore,
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Men myght here the cry a myle
Off hem that dyed ther that while.
The brethe thei blew stode lyke a smoke,
Hit ros ouer hem as the roke [MS. reke.] ,
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Hit ferd a-boute hem as a myst.
Many man to grounde ther dist
With mouthe and nase, al her vnthonkes;
Ector hewes of legges and schankes,
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Many a man doth he to dethe,
He seses neuere, whil he hath brethe.
Off alle the men that euere god wroght
I haue most meruayle In my thoght
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Off Ector certis and of his dedes,
And so haue alle that of him redes:
Ther dar non stonde of him a box,
Thei fle fro him, as hen doth fro the fox.
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¶ I trowe, god made neuere suche a knyȝt,
Ne ȝaf neuere man suche a myȝt,
That euere was borne In toun or port,
But it were only to Sampsoun fort,
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For he [was] seker with-oute pere
Off alle the men that euere were.
