Suche sorwe sche made, and many mo [folio 46a]
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Cassandre made among hem tho.
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But Priamus bad hir sitte stille,
For alle the toun thoght ther-of ille.
For sche nolde do his byddyng
For wele ne wo ne other thyng,
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Then putte thei here in distresse
For here crying and hir wodnesse.
ELeyne is weddid to Paris
With mochel murthe and Ioye y-wys;
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Eche man ther-of Ioye has,
Thei ledyn here lyff In gret solas.
But when the kyng Menelans
Herde telle of this chauns,
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That thei of Troye hadde lad away
Quene Eleyne vnto here pray,—
That was his owne gentil wiff,
That he loued as his lyff,—
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Suche a sorwe to him he cauȝte,
That his deth almost he lauȝte:
He lay in swone longe, or he spak ought,
So was he so ney the dethe broght;
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But whan he reuerted and ros aȝeyn,
'Alas,' he seyde, 'thow faire Eleyn!'
He made for hir gret waymentynge,
He myȝth not se for his gretynge.
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¶ Duke Nestor come and herde
How that Menelaus ferde,
And comforted him with al his myght,
When he saw him in suche a plyght.
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But he no-wise myght comfort haue,
For he ferde as he scholde raue;
He toke his hors with-oute abode
And to his lond wel faste he rode;
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