The Laud Troy book.

                                
                                  Thei to-gedur as ffaucouns fflyes, [folio 198b] 
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                                  For-sothe that on of hem a-byes:
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                                  Diomedes brast his spere,
                                
                                  But he did Troyle no-thyng dere;
                                
                                  ¶ But Troyle smot him with al his mayn
                                
                                  That ney-hande he hadde ben sclayn,
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                                  He fel him fro his hors swonande
                                
                                  Among her hors ded neyhande.
                                
                                  When he was thus on grounde y-layd [MS. A second thus between grounde and y-layd in MS.] ,
                                
                                  Troyle ful foule him missayd
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                                  For Brixaida that was his leff,
                                
                                  He reuyled him as he were a theff.
                                
                                  But his men were for him dred:
                                
                                  Thei drow him fro her hors tred,
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                                  Thei leyd him on his scheld soffte
                                
                                  And led him hom vn-to his loffte;
                                
                                  Wel sore y-hurt, In a swone,
                                
                                  Thei bare him to his Pauylone.
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                                  ¶ When Menelaus that was him by
                                
                                  Saw Troyle that knyght so sturdy
                                
                                  For that wounde that Diomedes laught,
                                
                                  He hadde ther-fore wel mechel aught,
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                                  He wyste ful wel that he was hurt.
                                
                                  Menelaus to Troyle sturt,
                                
                                  He by-gan sir Troyle ban[n]e
                                
                                  For him & rode to him thanne
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                                  To venge the kyng Diomedes;
                                
                                  For or thei parted, he bouȝt that res:
                                
                                  ¶ Troylus spere was with-outen brekyng
                                
                                  As he felde with that other kyng;
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                                  To Menelaus Troylus whirled
                                
                                  That scheld and hauberk bothe thrilled,
                                
                                  He bare him vndir his hors fete,
                                
                                  Off his blod he was al wete.

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Title: The Laud Troy book.
Canvas: Page 396
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1902[-03]

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