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

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Dublin.] HE IS agatn victorious. 143
Gone faira into galays & grathen pairn Jiarforne. 2456
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Bowyn bernes into bargez with Basynettes on heued,^
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Sparthys spitous to spend & speres in handes,
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)5ai crossyn oue' toward \>e kyng^ • als kene men shulden,
'With als fele on \>e flode as foughten wtt/iin. 2460
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J3e lord hym lokez on fe lede^f & a • lityll Smylez,
And Send faim vnder hys sealle • J)is saughez in a pistyH,
" Myself, pliilipp pe feH: kyngez [son] • as I first sayd, «pt«^o/a.
& als of olimphades • I only you rede, 2464
J3at pe ende of your elders enterly *
^q holden,
And rooues' noght at fe ra}Tie-bowe • \iat reche je ne
may,
And J)e power of pe-syens so purely • 36 trasten.
Letter" se, ne»2mys yow a name & naytes your strenthe
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Bot bowes first fra yoz