Off that prese drow thei him out, [folio 203a]
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And drow him forth fro alle his rout.
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¶ But that saw thenne the Murmydones,
How he was lad ffro his Gryffones;
But thei wolde him not so lete passe,
Thei gadered alle a-boute Thoas:
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Thei tere for him many a ribbe
Off many lord & many sibbe,
And many an hed thei al to-schyuered,
And fro her hand thei him delyuered.
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THo was Troyle ful sore tened:
That he was so dyght sore he mened,
He swor by god & by his swyre:
"Thei scholde abye that dyntes dere."
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He strok his stede amonges hem alle,
Some he sclow & some mad falle,
He brak her hedes vnder her hode.
But thei manly a-ȝeyn him stode,
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¶ Thei sclow vndir him his stede
That Troylus doun to grounde ȝede—
As he most nede—when his hors fayled.
But he lepe vp & hem assayled,
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Gret defence gan he make;
But thei were besy him to take,
But he was closed him-self alone
Amonges hem on fote echone.
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¶ But Paris thanne—whan he it wiste—
Amonges the Gregeis In he thriste;
His halff-brother with-al him with,
And many another of that kyth:
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Thei brak with force her scheltroun,
And sclow ther many a Murmidoun.
Another hors to Troyle was broght,
And he lepe vp—as he neuere roght
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