The Laud Troy book.

                                  
                                    ERly on morwe whan it was tyme— [folio 258b] 
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                                    I trowe a litel afftir the Prime—
                                  
                                    Priamus kyng sent his message
                                  
                                    To alle the lordes of his vilage,
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                                    To Antenor & Eueas,
                                  
                                    And bad hem come an hasti pas
                                  
                                    To Ylion vn-to that kyng,
                                  
                                    That thei ne made no dwellyng;
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                                    ¶ And thei bad hem aȝeyn gone,
                                  
                                    For thei wolde come a-none.
                                  
                                    Thei armed hem at alle rightes
                                  
                                    And toke with hem noble knyghtes,
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                                    And come for-sothe to the palais,
                                  
                                    Armed wel In her harneis.
                                  
                                    The kyng of hem was sore affrayed,
                                  
                                    For he saw thanne he was be-wrayed;
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                                    The kyng thanne to his sone gos
                                  
                                    And biddis him lette of his purpos,
                                  
                                    He seyde: 'sone, leue this thyng!
                                  
                                    We ben be-wreyed—by heuene kyng!'
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                                    ¶ When these lordes were comen alle,
                                  
                                    Thei sette hem doun In that halle,
                                  
                                    And thei be-gan to-geder trete.
                                  
                                    Eueas wolde his wil not lete,
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                                    He stode vp thanne & boldely spak
                                  
                                    To hem of Troye, & bad hem mak
                                  
                                    Be-twene hem of Grece—iff thei moste [e inserted later, but by the same hand.] —
                                  
                                    A fynal pes, what-so it coste;—
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                                    ¶ 'But ȝe done, ȝe bene alle lorn
                                  
                                    For defaute of wyn & corn;
                                  
                                    Ȝoure vitayles may not longe laste
                                  
                                    That ne som-tyme thei wil be paste,
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                                    Then schal ȝe be wel euel at ayse [MS. atayse.] 
                                  
                                    And dye afftir that gret myssayse.

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Title: The Laud Troy book.
Canvas: Page 516
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1902[-03]

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