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

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Dublin.] DEMOSTHENES GIVES HIS ADVICE. 135
And fai waim tyjt • fe touii to defende,
That I )air pompe & J)air pride • to powder haue declined.
And now writte I on J)is wise • fat, wold 30 rae send
Teni fyne .philosophirs • to fond vriih my wittez, 2336
Your burghes ne jour bryght bees bidde I none • o]ier,
Bot fat 36 knaw me for your kyng* & • calle me yowr Lord. [FoI. 25 6.]
For nyk yhe to myne empyre • joirr nekkys for to bowe,
J)an bus you bigger to be • fan ali my bald Princes, 2340
Ofer lates ane ofer lodesman alosed more of strenth
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Then I niy-self & my seges be • f
e seuynt* dele."
j3oes athels of athens • f
es awgerd Clerkez
J3en reuerensf f ai •
f
e riche seale & red ouer f
e pisteH,
Syne kestyn vp a clene voyce & cried aH at onys, 2345
•
Some in Coumendyng of hys carpyng & som in dyspysyng.
•
Than A philisofre ^ on f e frisf before • fat folke ryses,
Ane Esculus in fat erde & * egirly spekes, 2348
Jje^ Doughty & aH DyuynoM-s • be-dene he Coimandez,
j)at f
ai suld acord be no case ' to f
e kyngez heste.
"With fat al sampnes in a sopp assempbles "
f e peple,
A Doctowr, ane Domestyn * fai derly besekyn 2352
To CounseH faim in fat cause & ken * faim f e best*.
And he fan rakenly rose & rekens • fees wordes :
" I Beseke you now, my citesyns • if fat 3e saue woche,
Bot soberly a seta qwyle • my sawys for to herkyn." 2356
And sayd, " if 30 feyle you so ferce
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hys force to wit/istond,
Ayres ayayns hym with armes • admitted noght hys sawes.
And if yhe fynd 30 faynf • fulfyH fan hys wylle,
Then. ' MS. phUipofre. ^ MS. 36.
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