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

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Dublin.] BY PHILIP THE PHYSICIAN. 149
jjen murnyd all pe massydons as mwyeU. wer '
ellez.
"When fai hym sawe so be seke • sayd ichone to ojier
** Be ])is disease to s/j* Dary & • to hys dukez knawyfi.
He sail vs sett oa a-saute & surely vs Combre."
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Yflf J)ai wer sory & so • no selly me thynke, 2551
For ay jje heylh of ]e hede • helpis att J;e membrys.
Jjen callys to bym fe Conquerour • a clerke of hys Awne,
On philipp, hys fysycyan • hys fare to byholde
Oflf all maner of medycine • man fat most kowth,
A 3ong berdles ' bern • as ])e buke tellys, 2556
Sayd :
" letes lyghtly my lord • for in a lytyH stounde
My-self with a Syrope ' shall safe you bylyfe."
)jen was \)ai' permeon fe prouud a prince of • hzs hoste,
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j)at held \>q erth of Ermony & enmyte hed 2560
Vnto Jjis Clerke of J)e kengez & be no cause • ellez
Bqt for J)e lede was lofed & • wit/i fe lord cheryst
\)en says he to si> A[]exander] anone suche a • pystyll
" Kepys you," quod he, " Conquerowr & kachez • nott hys
drynkez; 2564
For Darius after hys deth • hys doghter base hym hyght,
And you to sla by som slyght • to seyse hym hys landez."
Yitt was J)e bern not a beyne • bassyd of hys wordez,
He assuryd hym so sadly • fe syroppe he fangez, 2568
Jje licowr in hys Awne lofe • jje letter in J)e tolper,
And into philipp face • fast he byholdes. [Foi. 29.1
He bad hym drede neuer a dele • bot drynke it Swyth,
And ])en pe pistyH of fe prince • he put hym in hand.
The leche lukyd ouer J)e lynes " my lordyng," he sayd,
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" I ne am noght gylty
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of fis by • all J)e godes owte !
Als fast was he fyssh-hole & • philip he clepys,
Halsys hym fuH hertly & of hys heylle thankez, 2576
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Sayd, " wele knew J)ou my kynde • fi conscience I lofe.
First suppyd of fi syroppe syne sesyd pe my '
letter,
" My lofely Lord, be 3oyr leffe • lettes hym apere, 2579
The tulke \)at suche a trayne • has attachyd to my-seluen."
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