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;! 196 LET EACH MAN LOOK TO HIS END. [Ashmole. Pride blinded me. If a man be cast down, he shall be exalted. Let man acknowledge his Let not pride puff thee up. Look to thine end. My life is like i cob-web, soon blown away. I, who yesterday ruled all the world, am now driven down to dust. Bury me with the princes of Persia. So grete I grew of my gods & gold • in my cofirs, 3280 pat kindly gods creatoure • I kend no3t my-selfe, Bot for his felo3e & his fere faithly me leued, * )5us prosperite & pride • so purely me blyndid, I couthe nojt se fra my sege • to fe soile vndire, 3284 pat at me failed fan to fynd • fast at myn ejen. Be J)e myrrowr now of meknes • I may a myle knawe, If any hathiU be so hard! • with vnhapp woundid, So at he hopis him no helpe • of fa he3e fadirt;, 3288 |3an liftis oure lord him on-loft • his langoi^r he breggis, In-hanses him in hand-quile & heues him to welthis • So heje, fat he for vn-hele • sejes no3t his dri3ten. Lat fan him knaAv his creatour • in kindling of ioy, 3292 pat he fat lawene has a lede may • lyft, if him thinke, And he fat bring/s him on-loft • breten aH to poudire. J5i saule, son, in-to snrquiteTj • lat seke neuire fe hi3hare, For gre fe graunf ere^ of g0(J & no3t2 • of fi grete strenthis. 329 G If all f e limp as f e list loke • to fine ende, For die f e bose, quen aH is done & ay • f i day scort/s. IT Me fink 3 my lyfe as to fe lenjth • is like to f is werk^, pat f is coppis opon keH-wyse * knytt in f e W03es, 3300 With f e lest winde of f e werd • fat f e werd touches, pe note anentis ilk ane & aH • to no3t worthis. Lo ! so f e quele of qwistsumnes my qualite has changid • I, fat was 3ustirday so 3ape & 3emed aH • f e werld, 3304 To day am dreuyii aU to dust • to dolour & paynes. Has no3t o maistri so meche • as mi3t of my-selfe. My dere son," quod Darjus " ' it drawes nere f e tyme My banes, on my benyson • bery with f i hand, 3308 With f e proued princes out of Pers * • & witli f e proude grekis, And f e maistMings of Messedoyne ' je me to mold bring. Head Added in the margin. * MS. Ferers. MS. Me ymk me.
Dublin.] all worldly glory fades. 197 So grete I grew of my gudez & gold • in my coffers, 3280 }jat kendly goddes creature • I knew nott my-seluen, Bott for hys felow & hys fere faythfully me made, • Jpus prosperite & pn'de ^ propyrly me blyndyd, • I kouth noght see fro my seyge * to fe sette vnder, 3284 j)at at me faylyd to fynd ' fast at my eeyn. Be fe myrrow[r] of mekenes * I may a myle knaw, Yff ouy hatheH be so hard • v/ith vnhappe woundzt, So fat lie hopys hym no help • of fe hye fader, 3288 j)en lyftes fe kyng hym on-loff hys langor abreggez, • Enhaunses hym in hand-while & hefys hym on-loff • So he, \>at ere^ for vnsele segh nott hys Dryghtyn. 3291 • Lete pen hym know hys creature in kyndyllyng of loy, • \)at he laghtnes may lede & • lyft when hym thynkez. And pat brynges hym abowe bryttynd • all to powder, Jji sawle, sir, into Surquydry • latt sech neuer Jje heyere, 3295 [Leaf 40 is lost.] MS. i>roridc. ' For ere, read he.
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iln{ Wnp of ^{{mnkw An Alliterative
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U\\t[ Mm\^ 4 ^l^mmhi €xitn Series
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: SIu lMm[^ of '^li^xmxk\[: AN ALLI
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AZ Sef, 2 ; Introdttction, CONTENTS
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Passus Xin. Decisive battle of the
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INTRODUCTION. § 1. Op tlie various
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THE GAP IN TDE ASHMOLE M3. XI § 4.
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NUMBERING OF THE LINKS. XUl here pr
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DESCRIPTION OP THE DUBLIN M3. XV En
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DUBLIN M3. XVU a
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DIALECTAL FORMS. XIX On a fly-leaf
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METHOD OF TRANSLATION. Xxi of the R
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PROBABLE DATE OF TOE TRANSLATION. X
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_ [Eomance of ^lexantier t!je (Grea
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& & ; Ashmole.] artaxerxes invadks
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; ; ; Aslimole.] his subjects lamen
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' ; ; Ashmole] philip leaves macedo
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& Aslmiole.] the queen consults him
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& Ashmole] the queen dreams of ammo
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; ; Aslimole.] philip's dream of th
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; Ashmole.] a dragon conquers phili
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Anec : Ashmole.] the queen's travai
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; Aslimole.] Alexander's appearance
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Ashmole.] Alexander has no peer. 21
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; ; Dublin] AND THAT HIS OWN SON WI
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fat by^ & ! Dublin.] THE QUEEN LAME
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; ; ' Dublin.] ALEXANDER TAMES BUCE
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; 38 NICHOLAS REVILES ALEXANDER. [A
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34 ALEXANDER CHALLENGES NICHOLAS. [
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36 NICHOLAS ATTACKS ALEXANDER. [Ash
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; 38 ALEXANDER RETURNS HOME, [Ashmo
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; ; 40 PHILIP ATTACKS ALEXANDER. [A
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; ; ; 42 DARIUS HERALDS COME TO PHI
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; u PHILIP INVADES ARMENIA. [Asluno
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& & & 46 ALEXANDER RETURNS. [Ashmol
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; ' ; ; : 48 [Fol. 17] Philip is gl
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' 50 THE OLD KNIGHTS WISH TO STAY A
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; 52 ALEXANDER WINS CHALCEDON. [Ash
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; : 54 ALEXANDER SHOOTS A HUGE HART
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; " 56 THE PROPHECY OF SERAPIS, [As
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; ; ; 58 ALEXANDER IN EGYPT. [Ashmo
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; 60 ALEXANDER ATTACKS TYRE. [Ashmo
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& 62 THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM REFUSE
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' ; ; 64 DEEDS OF MELEAGER AND SAMP
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& 66 SAMPSON IS SLAIN, [Ashmole. Wi
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68 BALAAN DESTROYS THE SIEGE-WORKS
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; 70 ALEXANDER COMES TO THE RESCUE.
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; 72 ALEXANDERS STRAXGE HREAM. [Ash
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; ; 74 ALEXANDER ASSAULTS TYRE. [As
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emely ; ; 76 ALEXANDER ENTERS TYRE,
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78 some with ladders, and some with
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; 80 TUB BISHOP PROCLAIMS A FAST. [
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. Sylours ; ; 82 THE BISHOP AKR-VTS
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; ; ; ; 64 THE BISHOP WEARS HIS MIT
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elics. ' Added ; ; Children bear BQ
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" ! the earth ! B8 LONG LIVK ALEXAN
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' ; 90 ALEXANDER GOES TO THE TEMPLE
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; 92 ALEXANDER REWARDS THE JEWS. [A
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; ; 9;t DARIUS SEES A PICTURE OP AL
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9^ Darius' letter to Alexander. [As
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! 98 THOU THYSELF ART BUT A DWARF.
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; ; 100 ALEXANDER LIKENS DARIUS TO
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102 ALEXANDER WRITES TO DARIUS. [As
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; 104 fortune's wheel turns swiftly
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: ; 106 WE HOPE TO TAKE FROM YOU YO
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: 108 DARIUS SAYS ALEXANDER WANTS A
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110 DARIUS AGAIN REPROVES ALEXANDER
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; ; . 112 THE TOKEN OP THE GLOVE FU
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; 114 ALEXANDER SEXDS DARIUS SOME P
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; THE BATTLE LASTS FOR THREE DATS,
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' A-vanced ' ; 118 DARIU3 FIND3 THE
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120 ALEXANDERS PRAISE OF HOMER. [As
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: ' Added : 122 HE COMES TO "THE WA
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; ; " 124 HE CONSULTS AN ORACLE. [A
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& ; G 126 THE THEBANS DEFEND THEIR
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TJiey yield. One Sicistru3 glad to
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''' my-selfe ; 130 ALEXANDER HOLDS
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: 132 CLYTOMACHUS REBUILDS THEBES.
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; 134 ^SCHTLUS SPEAKS AGAINST ALEXA
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136 DEMOSTHENES COUNSELS THE ATHENI
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; 138 THE ATHENIANS bO HOMAGE, [Ash
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; ; 140 ALEXANDER GOES TO SPARTA. [
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; ; ; 142 ALEXANDER ATTACKS SPARTA.
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: ; ; Hi PARIUS 18 FRIGHTENED. [Afl
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Page 233 and 234: Dublin.] ALL LAWS ARE TO CONTINUE I
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Page 239 and 240: Ashmole.] porus threatens Alexander
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Page 243 and 244: ; Ashmole.] the great wealth of ixd
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; ; ABhmole.] appearance of a basil
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Aahmole.] the house of the sux. 251
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; " Afllimole.] THE PATH THROUGH TH
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Aslimole.] Alexander asks his fate.
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' ; ; ; Ashmole.] he comes to the p
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; ; Ashmole.] candoil's wife is tak
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; " ; ;" Befor his pe*son apert •
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1^ Ashmole.] candace entertains Ale
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; "" " Ashmole.] Alexander and cand
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! Ashinole.] candace dismisses Alex
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Ashmole.] a great fight with griffi
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Ashmole.] Alexander ascends in the
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Ashmole.] death of Bucephalus. 273
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; ; " Sire, blissid be aH fi bachel
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the upper half of which is born dea
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; 279 [The following epitome of the
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; THE STORT OF ALEXANDER. 281 deryn
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: THE STORY OF ALEXANDER. 283 antis
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286 NOTES TO pp. 1, 2, 11. 25—27.
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