With-oute karole, with-oute daunce, [folio 176b]
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In gode Ector remembraunce."
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¶ In his remembraunce & his mynde
Ther was that heuynesse—as I fynde—
Off Priamus and of riche kynges
And of other grete lordynges;—
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"And whan the ffyfftene dayes of wo
Were fulfilled and a-go,
Thei scholde make rialte,
Mechel daunce & mechel gle."
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THe while the festes thus endured,
And eueryche were to other ensured,
Thei of Troye hadde here comyng
To hem of Grece & here spekyng;
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And Gregeis come In-to the toun
And where thei wolde vp & doun,
Saue & sound where so hem liked;
Thei fond no man that hem be-swiked.
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¶ Achilles wolde that tyme gange
To se her festes and here sange,
He thoght algates he wolde se
In Troye gret solennite.
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Here contenaunce & here porture,
Here myght, here sorwe, & here voysure,
Here doyng of there chere deuout,
And how thei did Ector about.
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¶ Achilles made him redi swithe,
In-to the toun wente he blyue,
And to the temple Apolynys
Ȝede he to se, what Ioye & blis
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Aboute Ector Troyens made:
He fond ther non that was glade,
But makyng dele & gret wepyng;
Be-fore Ector saw he sittyng
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