But ther lay non other amende, [folio 242b]
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But [The capital B is altered from V by the same hand.] nedes most thei here lyff defende.
NOw thei mete with spere & scheld,
Bothe parties In-mydde the feld
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By-twene the hales and the toun;
Thei ride to-gedir with gret randoun,
Euery man now hath of other envy;
Ther was a carful company,
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When thei were to-gedre met:
Echon other al to-bet,
Sclow, & wounded, & thorow-bare;
Non of hem wolde other spare.
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And thus ferde thei that neuere blonne
Al that day, whil thei hadde sonne,—
That thei most part fro that fyght
For wantyng of that dayes lyght.
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¶ And thus mette thei to-gedre efft
Many a day or thei lefft,
Til thei most the feld make clene
Off men that were sclayn hem be-twene,
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And thei hem-selff so weri wore [o altered from e.]
That thei myght fyght no more.
Tho toke thei be-twene hem grithe
To be In pes a two monethe,
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To reste her bones that were weri
By assent of bothe parti.
¶ The trewes was take monethes two,
That non of hem schal other mysdo
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Lastande the trewes a nedle worth:
The relykes are y-broght forth,
And thei are sworne & made ther othe,
Thei schal hem hadde for leue or lothe.
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¶ The Gregais alle toke consayl to wende,
That thei wolde afftir Pirrus sende
