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

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Dnblin.J that can bark, but cannot bite. 101
It wald hym lett, as I leue • \>g light of ]>e Son
For-]3i bid I J>e badly vppon payn of • fi eghen,'
And on fe plight & payn & • pe/ie fat folows,
AH fi vanyte to voyde & • fi vayn pryde, 1784
And mefe ayayn to masydori or ony mare • falle.
For, be pe sawle of my sire • bot yf fou sone tume,
I saH send fe suche a sume • of segges enarmed, 1787
\)at noght as philip faunf • pan saH fare -wz't/t jji-seluen,
Bot as a prince reproued ' sail be pynyd to dede."
Als sone as euer hys sondesmeii to • Jiis syre co)jmyn,
Thai present^ hym playnly & • J)«t pistiH hym rechys,
And alexander als byliue before hys ateH^ princez, 1792
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And to fe host euen ouer • it opynly declares. [FoI. is.]
And when Tpe knyghtez • of fis clause vnd(-stonde.
Than wer fai felly ^ affrayed • of hys feU sawes;
And als sone as hym-selfe se • hys seges ameyved, 1796
In beldyng of hys bachelers ' he breues |)ees Avordes :
" What now ] my worthy weryours • so wight & so noble,
My bernes & my barotours • fe best vnder heuen
Lett neuei- it be broght on brade
• for vmbrayd of
shame, 1800
Yhe dout^ for fe dityng^ • of darius pisteH.
I sett you an ensaumple *
ye se it eu'ilk;e day,
In thorpus & in mony thede • fare ye Jjorow ryden,^
For yf he bremely bays he bitez neuer helder.
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1804
Bot in some way, I suppose wele • fat soght is hys le^^re,
Jjair as he tellez which tunne ^ of • treso2fr he base.
For-J»i vs [bus] to be big & • batele hym ^elde, 1808
pe grete garison of gold • saH geder vp owr hertes."
Wi't/t fat commandez f e kyng< • hys knyghtez belyfe,
Ja/-e Domesmen fat from darius come
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with f e derfe le^^rez,
)jat fai suld titely faim take • & be to3e nekez, 1812
For fair souerend sake * faim send to f e galouse.
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MS. eughen. » So in MS.
' MS. fellyd.
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MS. dyden. * MS. tyxae.