Ne foule with his mury song,
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As Ector hath his gloue to fong.
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But that thyng myȝt not be hid:
Among the Gregeis it was kyd,
That Achilles hadde take on hande,
The next day afftir ffolwande
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¶ To ffight with Ector man for man.
This thing wel swithe a-boute ran
Fro kyng to kyng, fro halle to boure:
So it was seyde to the Emperoure
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And alle that other kynges be-dene,
How ffight was taken hem be-twene,
¶ And no man myȝt here ire a-swage
And thei hadde ȝeuen to-gedur wage:
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And if it schape be-twene hem thore
That Ector discomfit wore,
Catel, godes, and the land [folio 135a]
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Schal be-leue In Gregeis hand;
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And if it happe with Ector so
That Achilles he myȝt sclo,
That he and his schul dwelle in pees,
And alle the Gregeis on a res
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Out of that lond thei schul wende,
And ther no lenger schold thei lende.
THes thinges were y-told and brouȝt,
The Gregeis wondred In here thouȝt,
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Hem wondred of Achilles,
That he on that wyse graunted pes,
To ffight with Ector al alone;
Ther-fore thei maked moche mone,
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Off that couenaund that hem was told;
The kynges seyde: "thei wolde not hold";
¶ Kynges and dukes and lordes alle [folio 126a] [For the disorder of the MS. at this place cf. Introduction.]
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Seide: "thei wolde aȝeyn that calle,
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