And this [is] al the skyl whi [folio 195b]
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That I for ȝow sende witterly,
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To here ȝoure alther a-visement,
Of [MS. To.] euer[y]che a man his Iugement.
Telles here now ȝoure best consayl:
What schal we do of this batayl?'
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MEnelaus rose vp now anon
And seyde: "he held him no wyse man
Vn-to that pes that wolde assent;
For the batayle was as good as ent,
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Sithen thei hadde sclayn the knyght vigorous,
Sir Ector, and Dephebus";
'Thes other are ether to ouercome,
Thei schal alle dye on a throme.
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And thoow it be that Achilles
Help vs not, but holde his pees,—
With-oute his help & his vertu
We schal these other sone vencu.'
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¶ But then ros vp Duk Nestor
That I spak of right now be-for [After this last word n is erased.] ,
And the wise knyȝt sir Vlixes
That sat to-gedir on the des;
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Thei seyde: 'it is no wonder, sir,
Thoow thow batayle more desir.
Al ffor the & for thi wiff
These gode lordes haue lost her lyff,
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And so may we lyghtly do,
But we wil not that it [MS. is.] be so.
¶ For thi wyff this werre be-gan,
We ȝeue it vp here euery a man;
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For hir haue we done here gret perel,
But we forsake here oure querel; [¶ Hic nolunt pug|nare vlterius [In the left margin in MS.] .]
We wol haue the pes euerychon,
Ther-aȝeyn of vs is non;
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