The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly ...

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Dublin.] THE JEWS receive Alexander with honour. 83
)3at it be bonest aH ou^r & opyn vp • J)e 3atc'S. 1496
Lett J)en ))i peple euerilke polle • aparaeld ^ be clene,
And aH maner of men • in niilke-wbitte clatbez.
Bott passe, ))6»n & J
i pristez • &
prelatez of |)e temple,
Reuest aH on raAve • as your rewle askez. 1500
And wben Jjis conquero^ir coniez • carez bym agayns
For be must ryJe & reyiie • oner aH pe brede of pe werldn,
And be LonV of ilke lede • vnto hys last dayes,
And fen be digbt AMito [edetli • of drigbtenez ayre." 1504
Sone \)e dyrke ouer-drafe & * jje day springez,
Oure Bisbop bownes bym of bede & buskes hys wedes,
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And fen fat lew of all lewes in generaH be clepys,
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Says jjaim bys vision & as • fe voyce biddes 1508
Than councellys hym fe Clerge • clene aH-to-geder,
And all fe cety be assent sariauntez & • other,
To bowne bym forth with aH fe burgh & buske hym
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beliue.
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As hym was sayd in hys slepe • fis souerand to njete.
Than rynnes forth in a rese • arayes aH fe cyte, 1513
Spredes oner with bawilkens aH • fe brode strete^,
"With riche clotbez of taffata qwer he trede suld,
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For fe erth to siclie ane emperour • wer aH to feble. 1516
He plyes oner fe payment • paUen webbes,
Makez on bight ouer f e heued • for bet ^ of fe son,
Silours of sendale • to syle ouer fe gatez, 1519
And sampnez faime on a\>er [side] • with sylkyn rapez.
And fan he cachez vp on cordez • als curtaynez it were,
Euen als f
e esyng^s 3ode ouer be • f e costez,
AH fe wallez wi't/iowte * in webbez of Inde,
Of bright blysnand blew browden wt^ • sternes. 1524-
Thus attyred he f is tonne & • titely far-after
Of ilke way wide hopyn warpyd he • f
e ^atez
Att who so Avates fro \v/t7iowte & within hedes,
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It semyd as to se to • on of fe seuen heuens. 1528
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MS. aparaerld ;
see I. 1552.
* The t u icritten aboce the line.