¶ Consilium inter Regem Troianum et Filios suos.
He is anoyed and al agrised, [folio 34b]
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That thay of Grece him so dispised;
The water brast out at his eyne,
So hadde his herte mochel pyne.
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He saw his children that were him by,
And spak to hem thus al an hy;
He sais: 'lordynges, be ȝe ought,
What schame these Grues haue vs wrought!
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How thei sclow ȝoure gode aȝel!
And ȝet ben thei of herte so fel,
That thai ȝoure aunte foule fro ȝow holde
In hordam certes, as vs is tolde,
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In schame of ȝoures and gret dispite.
Me thynketh ther-of, that with alle ȝoure myȝte,
Whil ȝe are ȝonge at ȝoure begynnyng,
That ȝe sette ther-on alle ȝoure konnyng:
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Off hem, that were my [fader] bane
And haue my suster fro me tane,
To venge ȝow, ȝif that ȝe mowe;
For litel prise sette thai be ȝowe.
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ANd thow, Ector, myn eldest sone,
On my blessyng and on my benysone,
Take this charge holly on the,
I praye the for the loue of me!
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For I am fer passed in elde,
That I may not my-selff welde,
And thow art hardi, strong, & bolde
Be-fore alle men, and most of tolde;
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Thow passes alle men of strengthe & myght,
Men knowen nowher so hardy a knyght,
That arn vnbuxom, sterne, and stought,
Thow makest hem fayn to the to lought [2303-4. MS. stought for 'stout' and lought for 'lout.' These forms show that, to the scribe, gh was not guttural.] ;
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Thi bretheren alle In hardinesse
Thow passes hem In doughtinesse.
