That him is don, vengaunce to take [folio 47a]
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And not to wepe ne sorwe make.
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¶ Leue brother! wostow euery dele,
That alle the kynges wele
Ben oure ffelawes and oure ffrende
And wol with vs In oure help wende,
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Off this Mescheff and this myschaunce
Off hem of Troye to take vengaunce?
Ther nys no kyng, and we him pray
To wende with vs, wol not say 'nay';
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To alle the kynges of that land
And we schal do hem to vndirstand,
How thei the lond haue robbed and brend,
And sclayn thi men and foule hem schend,
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And led away Eleyn, thi wyff,
And lefft thi-selff in wo and striff,
In dispite and In gret Ire
Off alle the kynges of Grece empire,
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For the schame that thei dede hem,
Thei haue on vs venged hem.
And when thei heere of this tythandes,
Ther is no kyng of Grece landes,
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That thei wol come with grete meyne
And wende with vs ouer the see,
And venge vs of the vylony
That we haue for dame Oxony,
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And wynne aȝeyn thi wiff Eleyne,
Maugre ther tethe, be thow certeyne!'
MEnelaus held his pees,
Off his sorwe he gan to sees;
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At his biddyng and his counsayle
Thenne by-gan this clerkes to tayle
Parchemyn and lettres dite,
And many another affter to write.
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