¶ Lamedon occisus est.
Lamedon sey he fyghtande, [folio 25b]
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That many a Greu hath sclayn that day;
He rod to him—so weylaway!—
And smot [MS. smot.] in-two bothe nekke and bon,
And kest the hed fro him anon;
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Among the horses ther thei ran.
The Troyens then no counsel can,
When thei sey here lord so dede;
Off hem-self kan thei no rede,
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Alle ȝede to dethe that hem abode;
Ther were ffewe that thennes rode,
For thei myȝt no ferthere fle
To toure ne toun ne to cite.
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NOw Lamedon is ded & sclayn,
And alle the knyȝtes on the playn
With-oute the toun on the wolde,
Ther ne was leefft nother ȝong ne olde.
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And thei of Grece ben went to Troye
With mery herte and mechel Ioye:
Alle that thei mette ther-In,
Thei dede to dethe, er thei wolde blyn.
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Thei dwelled ther a ful [MS. aful.] monithe [The MS. first had month, a later hand [?] made i out of t, put an e behind the h, and altered this e to t; so the MS. now reads moniht.]
In gode pees and in grithe,
Til thei hadde sought the toun aboute
And robbed hit with-oute doute
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Off al the good ther-Inne was,
Er thay wolde thennes pas.
And alle the Maydenes that thei myght fynde,
That comen were of gentil kynde,
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That louely were, ȝong, and free,
Thei ledde with hem ouer the see;
And helde hem there in gret seruage,
That were come of gret parage.
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As thei of Grece the toun sought
