Off certayn thynges to entrete; [folio 171b]
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And that thei scholde on no wise lete,
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For thei most nede hit alle I-here—
Kyng, duk, & bachelere,
And that were of that ost
Bothe the leste & the most."
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THe day is comen, the nyght is gon;
The lordes arysen euerychon,
To Agamenoun Ar thei went,
To wete whi he afftir hem sent.
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When thei were comen & set doun alle
By Agamenoun In his halle,
¶ Agamenoun to hem sayde
"Off Palamydes and his vpbrayde,
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That be-gan so vpon him playne
That he was made her souerayne,"—
'And is ful wroth with my persone
And for my rial eleccione,
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And says "that I can not ȝow lede."
That dignite ther-fore I bede
To him or other, whan ȝe wol chese,
For I wol fayn this honour lese.
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¶ And not-for-thi, my bretheren [Altered from brotheren.] dere,
Kynges & dukes that now be here,—
Sithen we come fro Athenes,
That ȝe ȝoure souerayne ther me ches,
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And come thenne hidur In bote & barge,
Haue I among ȝow born charge
Off alle oure ost & oure meygne
In mechel thoght—and that wot ȝe.
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¶ Gret besynes of ȝoure kepyng
Hath refft me many nyȝt slepyng,
To saue this ost fro perelle,
That scathe ne harm to ȝow non felle.
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