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

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132 CLYTOMACHUS REBUILDS THEBES. [Ashmole.
Alexander
grants him to
rebuild Tliebea.
He goes to
Platsa.
Diana's
prophetess
welcomes
Alexander,
and tells
Strasagoras lie
will lose his
lands.
And so it
happened.
Alexander comes
to Athens.
[Fol. 40.]
Be-fore his pupiH apert *
fe powere him grauntis
To sett his cite vp agayn & • of hi;i-selfe haldeS. 2296
j)an passis he to a proude toun • Platea was hatten,
jjare was sti3til(J ane Strasageras • fat was a^ stiffe prince,
Duse hiM in with his dukis • to Dyanaas temple,
And fand a pure prophetas • aparaild in vailes. 2300
And scho, as sone as scho him sa3e • said him fir wordzs
" Welcom we, at all pe werd • sail wyn -vfith fi handz6\"
)je secund day before pe son he * at fe cite wildid,
In-to fe temple he turned • tythandes to herkeii ; 2304
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Quat ware pi wiH, ser, to wete V pe womail frayned ;
" j)ou lesis aH fi lordschip • wzt/an a lite dais."
"Quat, & has pon ossed to Alexander ' pis ayndainwirdes,
And me pm ill] vn-ably • fine abet fou weris." 2308
" 'Naj, tene ^ow nojt, for treuly
•
fus tide bose it nede."
And so it worthid, for in a wi-ath • pe wale kyng swyth
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Him of his principalete pnued & fan f e prince fondis
Onane to Athenas & on • f e athiH playntes ;
2312
And f
ai said, soure suld him sowe • bot he f e cite 3el(J.
And Alexander with his ostes aires on forthire,
•
Ateynes him to-ward fe termes & • of par tene heres.
And slike a word he f aim wayues be writ • fra him-self.
And qua so wiH has to wete how • it worthid eftzV,
Here sail I teH fam at loues ' to here forthire. 2318
©fcimus passus ^ItxandrL
A letter.
" Alexander to
tlie men of
Athens.
" T Alexander, pe aire • & eldest childe hatten
X Of kyng Thilip pe fers • fat fest am in grece,
And of fe queue Olimpades • fe oddest vnde- heuez,
To aH 30W of Athenes • f us etiH I my sa3es. 2322
Fra fat my fadere was fey & fame out lyue.
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And I was sett in his sege with • septoztr to regne,
Sethen Avent I with my werriowrs • in-to f e west endes,
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Added in the viargin.