¶ Hic pecierunt pacem ad inuicem per magnum tempus.
In his londis that kynges schal be [folio 176a]
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Afftir him In gret pouste."
NIght is comen, & day is gon,
The[i] gon to bedde & slepen euerychon.
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On morwe when it was day lyght,
The sonne was resen & schon bryght,
Kyng Priamus sente doun his sonde
To alle the Gregeis liggand on the stronde,
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To Aske the trues—as Dares sais—
A certeyn tyme to ben In pais.
But it is In his bokes wane
How longe the trues were tane;
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How long that thei schold holde,
Dites ne Dares non ther tolde.
But thei haue graunt & surte founden [This line on erasure, but by the same hand.] ,
Many a rop was thanne vn-wounden,
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Many a cope & many an hode
That were praysed worthe mechel gode,
Off gold, of silk, and som of say,
For then was Ector put a-way,
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That thei scholde holde riche festis—
As I fynde In here gestes.
NOw Ector Menyng-day schal be holden:
In Troye bene robis riche vnfolden
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That were layd vp be-fore the dayes,
With silke y-filed and riche arais,
And other newe lordis did make
For honour of that festis sake.
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Thorow the toun was hit done cry:
"That riche & poure, lowe & hy,
That euere longed In-to Troye,
Off ffyftene dayes schuld make no ioye,
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But lyue In wepyng & gret sorwe
The .xv. dayes euen & morwe,
