And made of the Greces resistens [folio 241a]
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A-ȝeyn the quene & hir defens,
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And mayntened the fight tho
Aȝeyn Troyens with mochel wo,
Til it was nyght & day gone.
Thei departed sone anone,
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For hadde thei had day at wille,
Many a Grew hadde thei don spille.
¶ Thei of Troye rode to the toun,
And Gregais to here Pauyloun;
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And set hem doun In tent and hale,
Wel sore & dreri, wan & pale
For werinesse of that Iornay,
That it myght no better be that day.
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To dight here mete her men thei bad,
To comforte hem for nede thei had,
And ete & drank as thei myght,
And sone to reste thei hem dight;
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For werinesse off that Iornee
Nede to reste tho haued hee.
THat worthi wyght, that fair lady,
That doghti quene, Pantasaly,
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With hir Maydenes is comen to Troye
With mochel murthe & mochel Ioye,
For gret worschepe & los sche wan
Off many knyȝt & many man
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For dedis that day that sche hadde done.
The tydandes come to Priamus sone,
At hure Innes that sche was lyght
With hir Maydenes stalworthe & wyght.
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¶ When Priamus, the kyng, herde say
That the worthi gentil may
Was I-comen to hir Inne,—
Til he come ther wolde he not blynne,
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