Ne thei schal neuere amendes make, [folio 179b]
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Harme ne schame ne sclaunder take,
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For alle the harme & vylony,
Slauȝt of men, ne robry [Some indistinct scribblings under br.]
To hem of Grece that thei haue done—
By him that made sonne & mone!—
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Ne for the quene dame Eleyne rape—
If my couenaunt wille skape,—
But Paris schal hir stille holde
Vnto his wyff, be he right bolde.'
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¶ This man was trewe as any stele,
He vndirstode his erand wele,
He wiste wel what he scholde say:
He hyed him faste vpon his way,
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As faste as he myȝt gone;
To Hectuba he come anone,
He tolde hir al his mayster thoght,
Word by word for-ȝate he noght.
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HEctuba, the quene of pris,
Was ful witti & ful wis,
Sche seyde to him as lufly hende:
'Abyde me here, my louely frende!
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This thyng may not be ent
With-outen my lord kyng assent.
I schal ther-fore vn-til him gange,
Sicurly I dwelle not lange.
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What he wol say, I wol the telle;
Ful longe schal I not fro the dwelle.'
¶ Vnto the kyng the quene hir hyed,
To him this consayl sche discryed:
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"What Achilles to him bed,
For-whi his doughter he most wed;
How he scholde alle the Gregeis gare
In-to ther contre for to fare,
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