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

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Dublin.] OF the wolf and the sheep, 147-
For A[lexander] always • or ony of hys "hemes, 2517
'Nates hym-self in ony nede & • so hys name rysys."
" Sir, on my pereH," quod a prince " • lie passes all oJ>er ;
J3e wee wyrches aH with witte & worthes ay • fe better
For-J)i of fe lyon, as I lefe laght he hys byrth." 2522
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What knawez ]>ou ])at1 " quod J)e kyng & • Jien fe knyght
answers :
" Sir, I was send on a sond
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my-self on a tyrae, 2524
To philip hys fader • to feche hys trowage ;
j)ar hed I syght of Jje segge • hys sapiens I herd.
For-jji pies it yow«' p('son ^our princes assembles,
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Off niedy & of mesopothany • pe men of ytalle, 2528
The peple of appolomados • fe pe^-anthez folkez,
And mo fen hewen^ to yoiw heystez ' a hundreth & fyfty.
Let vs gedir to vs our gomez • our goddes wyll vs help ;
And Avhen he seys vs suche a sowme • sore AvyH he drede.
3a, hot jjen a wolfe, quod fe we • wyll wery mony
flokkez, 2533
And so jjc grace of fe grekez ouergose ' pe barbves."
By )jis sir philip son \ie fers • of fightand bernes
Had semblyd hym a sowme vnsene & • Jius says pe text,
Two hundreth thousand in thede aH • of thro knyghtez.
Kydez furth in aray remewys hys • tenter, 2538 [FoI. 28 6.]
And thoght to loge ])ar & rest* • & ease hym fat
nyght. 2538*
VntiH a water he wendes • as fe writt shewys,
J3at with J)e marche-meii of Mocian es haldyn * ;
2540
Clerar fen cnstall & cold as a chyH
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And faHn couett fe kyng* hys Cors • to be bathyd,
"With fat fai wan of hys wedez • & wessh hym all ouer,
"Whar-forow he h}Tit suche a harme • frtt hetterly hym
grefyd. 2544
The chele after chawfyng enchafys *
so hys harmes,
j)at he was fallen in a feu^r • or he lest wende.
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Sic ; read liouen.