¶ Hic Greci pecierunt pacem.
And not-for-thi hit liked him ille, [folio 121a]
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That thei schuld ligge so longe stille,
And for he was not al wel payd,
To hem thus mechel Ector sayd:
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¶ 'The Gregeis haue the trewes craue,
For thei wolde her ded men graue;
I dar wel say: hit is not so.
But I wol not the trewes vndo,
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Sethen ȝe alle the trewes wol holde;
I wole it be as ȝe haue tolde;
But I dar say that thei thenke falsnesse [MS. salsnesse distinctly.] ,
Thei are purvayd of gret queyntenesse.
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¶ I wot ful wel, her mete hem fayles,
Thei haue defaut of here vitayles;
Thei may not fyght, for strengthe hem fayles.
Thei schal the whiles puruay vitayles,
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Off corn, wyne, and other store,
And be better thanne thei were ore.
And we that while oure good schal waste,
Hit wol vs faile now In haste;
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Thei wol mis-lede [MS. vs lede.] vs with a trayn.
What good be-houes vs to sustayn
¶ The folk that is with vs her-In?
Where schul we the godis wyn,
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To mayntene vs and holde oure lyues?
I trowe that roste schal oure knyues,
When we haue no bred for to kerue;
I not wher-of thei schal vs serue,
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We may be serued with-outen brede.
But now ȝe haue graunted to take hede
THis trewes to holde, I say for me:
I wole right wel thei holden be;
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For I schal neuere aȝeyn calle
That thyng that ȝe assenten alle.
