¶ Hic Andromeda narrauit Regi & Regine.
That he come not at that assaut; [folio 149b]
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Sche hadde for him ful mychel aut,
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Gret sorwe then made the quene;
And so hadde als dame Pollexene.
¶ 'Go we,' sche sayde, 'to the kyng
And telle we him of this tythyng!
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For ther is non that so wel may
Make him to be at home to-day.'
These ladyes thenne fair and fre
To Priamus ȝede then alle thre
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And grete the kyng—as thei wel couthe—
With louely wordes of thaire mouthe:
'HErkene, sir,' seyde Andromede,
'Mi louely lord, my dreme thow rede!
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As I to-nyȝt by my lord lay,
A litel be-fore the spryng of the day
A wonder drem gan I mete,
That doth me thus to me to wete,—
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I se qwat it sygnifie [th erased after the last word of this line.] ,—
And do ther-to som remedie,
To make my lord that he go noght
To that stede that he hath thoght.
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¶ For sikur! if that he go,
He is lorne, and we also!
Thow schalt [him] neuere with eyen se
Come a-ȝeyn on lyue to the,
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For my drem—that is hidous—
Openly be-menes thus:
That if he to-day to batayle ride,
He schal be ded by euen-tyde.'
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¶ When Priamus that drem hadde herd,
As he schulde dye, for-sothe he ferd;
The water brast out at his eyen,
Him thoght he myȝt for sorwe dyen,
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