¶ Incipit bellum In die septimo.
He Armed him as other did, [folio 223a]
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To go & fyght the Gregeis myd.
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¶ Then were the Gregeis bold & glad;
Alle his men tho faire he bad [Some letters erased after bad.] ,
That when thei come to that batayle,
That thei scholde alle Mennon assayle
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And close him alle envyroun,
That him myght helpe no man;
And ȝiff to no man elles entent,
But that he were amonges hem hent,
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That he myght do hem wreche,
And sle him for his [s on erasure.] last speche,
And for he woundid him so sore—
He swore: "he scholde do so na more [MS. namore.] ."
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¶ And therfore he bad his men not fayle
To helpe him wele In that batayle;
Thei bad him holde him stille,
Hit scholde be done at his wille.
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HIT was opon the day seuend,
Achilles thoght he wolde be euend
Vpon the doghti kyng Mennoun.
He bad her kynges & Agamenoun:
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"That he scholde the Gregeis aray,
To se that day qwat thei do may?"—
'For I my-selff that day schal lede
The formast warde, so god me spede!'
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¶ Agamenoun tho hem arayed,—
With baneres brode alle displayed,—
And bad echon thei scholde hem hye
Forward with her companye,
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For thei of Troye were comen alle
And with-outen her Cite walle
In-to the feld, to take her stale,
With many riche amerale.
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