¶ Hic venit Pirrus ad Grecos.
Vnto the lordis & kynges alle. [folio 244a]
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I pray to god, that fair mot ȝow falle.'
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MEnelaus when he herde that,
He was Ioyful ther he sat;
Him thoght his herte wel hesed,
Whan he of him was feffed & sesed.
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He thoght no lenger ther to dwelle,
He hadde no tale lenger to telle;
He toke his leue at him to go
To hem of Grece that he come fro.
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¶ He bad god that made sonne & mone,
Brynge hem thedir sound & sone;
And thei to-gedir verament
Vn-to the see thei ben y-went.
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When thei were comen to her schippis,
Eche man afftir other In hippis;
And drow vp Anker & her ropes,
And caste on hem cloke & copes
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To saue hem fro the salt water,
That it be-sprenged not her hater.
¶ Thei sayled bothe day & nyght
With spede & haste that thei myght
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Ouer strem & ouer wawe,
Vn-til thei stonde before hem sawe
Off trusti Troye the hye walles,
Here gaye toures, & her halles;
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On hem schon the sonne bem.
Thei sayled forth ouer that strem,
Til thei were come to here flote;
Thei wente to londe tho by her bote,
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¶ Thei leue her schippis & gon to londe
And riden to-gedir hond In honde,
Til thei come to here Pauylons
Among the Grues and the Gryffons.
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