Sydlyng, or he hadde weten, [folio 23b]
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That wold he for non awȝt:
Be-twene hem the strok he cawȝt
And brast on kyng Castor his spere;
But he myȝt not him doun bere,
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Castor spere was tow and strong,—
Ther was non strenger in al that throng;—
He smot Secundam in the syde
A gret wounde and a wyde [MS. awyde.] .
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WHen Cedar saw his Cosyn woundid,
He was for del al confounded:
With drawen sword—as a wode man—
Cedar thanne to Castor ran;
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Cedar than in that wode brayd
On Castor so wonderly layd,
That his helm al to-roffe,
And his basenet to his hed droffe.
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He wounded him in his visage
For his ffoly and his outrage,
That hit in alle his lyff was sene,—
And feld him doun vpon the grene;
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And his stede from him cauȝt
And his sqwyer him by-tauȝt.
¶ Now Castor is from his hors born,
His stede was taken and fro him lorn;
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Opon his fete he stode and fauȝt,
Many a strok [MS. astrok.] Cedar him rauȝt,
And other mo that ther dede stande.
But kyng Pollus was ner-hande
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And saw, how Cedar & many other
Ferd with kyng Castor, his [MS. Castoris.] brother;
Kyng Pollus then come him ney
Thedur with al his company,
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He hadde with him In his eschele
