Alas Troye! what is thi grace? [folio 217a]
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To the fel neuere gode trace,
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To the fel neuere gode chaunce,
Ne non of alle thi retenaunce!
Thoow thow be gay & glorious,
Thow were euere [Some letters erased between were and euere.] on-gracious!
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Off thow hede of Cites were,
Blysful hap to the fel neuere!
For better men were neuere lyuand,
Than were that tyme to the longand;
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And ȝit was it here alther schap,
That thei died alle by myshap.
¶ Ther-fore I trowe In my thoght:
Aȝens godis wille so were thei [MS. we.] wroght.
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Hadde destyne ben Ector frende,
Or doghti Troylus that was so hende,
The Gregeis nad not hem sclayn;
But destene turned hem aȝeyn,
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Destyne was here enemy
And sclow hem bothe vnhappily.
And also died alle that other kynde
Off gode men that were In mynde.
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THe Gregeis saw the Troiens come
Out of Troye alle on a throme,
Armed wel In her maneres,
With faire penseles & brode baneres.
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The wannward than to hem thei sende,
The Middelward [MS. Mildelward.] come afterhende [MS. asterhende.] ,
The rerwarde dwelled lange.
But when Achilles scholde out gange,
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¶ He gart his men vnto him calle;
And when thei stode aboute him alle,
He sayde to hem with glad chere:
'Ȝe ar my frendes leue & dere,
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