That neuere was goten suche another, [folio 28b]
Line 1868
And Elenus, that was the fourthe,
The wisest knyȝth a-boue erthe:
Off alle science of Clergye,
Retorike, and astronomye,
Line 1872
He was forsothe a wis man [MS. wisman.] ,
Off alle science that any clerk can.
¶ Off Hectuba also gete he
Gentyl ladyes doughtres thre:
Line 1876
The eldest, Clusa, weddid was [¶ Clusa [On the left side in MS.] .]
Vnto that traytour Eueas [The MS. has Eueas throughout, cf. also ll. 5521, 7647, 7650, &c.] ,
That afftirward trayed Troye;
God ȝeue him sorwe and neuere Ioye!
Line 1880
¶ The secunde was of mechel pris,
A witti womman and a wys;
Sche couthe alle the seuene science,
Men dede here gret reuerence
Line 1884
For here wit and here konnyng;
Cassandre thei called that may ȝyng. [¶ Cassandre [On the left side in MS.] .]
The thrydde was comely on to sene;
Men clepid here dame Pollexene; [¶ Pollexene [On the left side in MS.] .]
Line 1888
Ther lyued non so fair a wyght
In al this world to mannes syght;
Ther fayled no vertu In here body,
Saue that god made here dedly.
Line 1892
And ȝit gat he on other wymmen
Thritti other doughti men,
That were euere gode knyghtes and sekir,
Bold and strong in eche bekir.
Line 1896
Consilium inter Troyanos ad pugnandum [This line in red paint.] .
WHen Troye was wroght to the ende,
Priamus thoght In his a-tende,
That he wolde make a gret feste
With alle burgeis moste and leste:
Line 1900
