With-oute murthe and eke Ioye, [folio 205b]
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Til thei of Grece & thei of Troye
Scholde assemble to-gedur efft,
For that wolde thei for no thyng were lefft.
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Til that on part Maystres were,
Wold thei not leue her werre there.
¶ But it were ouer-gret takyng,
And wel gret the makyng,—
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To telle the fightis that thei fauȝt
And alle her dedis at alle her sauȝt,
To telle here dedis and here fyght
Be-twene Troy & Grece—by goddis myght!
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Alle her dedis may I not telle,
For ther-vpon I wol not dwelle.
THe day is comen thei schul mete;
That foule baret wolde thei not lete,
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Thei hadde to-geder so gret envy
That thei wold not leue her foly.
Bothe [Bothe over But inserted by another hand.] parties were redi dight,
Thei wente to-geder with al her myght:
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And whan thei were to-geder met,
Echon of hem on other schet—
As thei hadde ben wode & mad.
Ther died many a lord & lad,
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Many knyght & eke baroun,
And many other proude Gryffoun.
¶ Many a lord & gentil man
Was ded ther, er thei be-lan,
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Many a kynges sone of kynde—
I may not make of alle mynde.
But seuen dayes with-oute les
Fauȝt thei to-geder with outen pes,
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Day be day with-oute trewes,
Til thei hadde lorn many of the Grwes.
