¶ He bad his men thenk on his spellis [folio 219a]
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And attende to [no] man ellis;
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And thei bad him be not abayst,—
"But on him he scholde trayst."
He passed forth with his meyne
And socoured hem that he saw fle,
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Thei mette the Troyens In her wyse
Thei bare hem doun at the burdise.
¶ Achilles and his Murimdones
Socoured alle her Gryffones;
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For by her help and her comyng
Thei were tho lettid In her chasyng,
And Gregis keuered a-ȝeyn the feld
And made good visage with spere & scheld
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To her enemys ful boldely
And fauȝt with hem apertly [t very indistinctly inserted over line.] .
GRegais turned and gete the place,
For Troyens were let of here chace.
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The Murimdones for-ȝete no-thyng
What was her lordes faire praying:
Among Troyens bothe ner & fer
Thei loked aboute In euery corner
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Off that batayle afftir sir Troyle,
Iff thei saw owqher that knyȝt royle.
So were Thei war where he stode
Scleande Gregeis as he were wode:
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¶ He was that tyme hi[m]-selff alone,
Off hyse that tyme with him were none;
Him faste ffyghtand alone thei founde
Opon the Gregais In that stounde.
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Thanne wente aboute him alle that frape,
That he myȝt no-wayes skape,
And made a scheltrone him aboute
And spered him fro alle his route.
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