Glad was he that ther ascaped. [folio 118b]
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The better side the Gregeis schaped
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As for that day—as I herde telle.
With hem of Troye so it be-felle:
Ne hadde douȝti Ector ben,
Thei hadde not lefft a cyteseyn
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With him In the feld, that thei nad fled;
So were the Troiens sore adred,
For thei of Grece were so strongful,
That thei vnnethe stode hem a pul [MS. apul.] .
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BVt Ector mayntened his syde
For al here strengthe and here pride,
He brekes her hedes, her helmes & scheldes,
Ful nobly his men he ledes.
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And thus he heldis with gret labour
Aȝeyn Gregeis al day that stour,
Til nyȝt was comen and day gon,
And thei departid euerychon
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On bothe parties more and les,
For it was so gret derknes.
¶ Thei ȝede euen home to her hous,
Thei fond ther many a sori spous,
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That sori were for here husbondis;
Some lay dede on the sondes:
¶ The wyues of Troye made gret mornyng;
Amonges the Gregeis was gret roryng,
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Thei blew and cried—as wilde bere brayes—
For her frendes that died tho dayes;
Thei wende neuere that day abyde,
That thei scholde hom with her lyff ride,
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To passe ouer the Grekissh wawes.
Thei hadde In honde wel carful sawes
A-mong the grete and the smale,
Al nyȝt ther-of thei hadde here tale.
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