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

120 ALEXANDERS PRAISE OF HOMER. [Ashmole.
j)ar sere citis of J)a sidis * to him-selfe sweren, 2104
And saudio/rs him to sewe • seuyntene thousancJ.
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On the top of a
cliff he finds
Persepolis.
)3an 3ede he ouire in-to ane lie Yssanna was *
hatton,
And fat was japely him jeuyn
•
& golden be-lyue.
pan vp he ctame to a cliffe • fat to pe cloudis semecJ,
j)e Tori of Xare to taken • fe tretis it callis, 2109
pSLve fand he tildid on fe top & • tild^ vp a cite,
)pe proud! 3 toun of Persopole
•
& to fe place he ne3es.
J5are sa3e he selcuthis sere • as fe buke sais, 2112
])e muses of musike & Jje merke how • it was made first.
He goes to
rhrygia.
and sees
Scamander.
'Happy are all,'
he says, " who :
honoured
by that odd
cleric. Homer."
In Macedonia, he
finds his mother
He returns
towards Persia.
pan aires he in-to Asie & • ai as he fonndis,
Ail |)e citis of fa sidis • he sesis fam clene,
So fares he furth* to Frigie • a-nofire faire lie, 2116
And ane far of his aid gods • he honourd in a temple.
]pan ferd he furth to a Flum was fyue *
cubet26' bracJ,
Scamandra fe slire* flode * fe scriptour it callis.
"Kow happy be jee," quod fe hathiH • "aH in hert
beris 2120
pe honouris of fat odd clerke • Homore fe grete."
" MekiH dere," qrtodl ane Doctonez^s • "of 30W I deme saH,
And he of f e takyng of Troi * tald aH: his lyue."
•'
N"ay, I wald more worth," quod f
e [wee] • " a wyse
man disc[i]ple, 2124
Jjaii f e hono