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

ne
Ashmole] the dauk deseut and hot river. 225
" Sire, neuire to dee," quod bai ban
• " bot euire dure They nsk for
o lyue,
Jjat we desire 30W bedeiie & • Jjan do vs na mare."
imiiioitality,
" Be drijtin, sirs, I am a duke * dedelike my-selfe, which he cannot
ForJ»i vnde[d]lyues to dele ' I dowe be na ways." 4058
" Now sen it worthis," qiuxl fa wees • " wriche, for to
die,
Quarto liijis j^ou fra half to lialfe & • all fis harme
wivk/s ] "
4060
" Sire, be uiy crouiie," quod fie kyng " fe cause at I [Foi. 70.]
haue
Is purly gods proujdens • predestayned it is before.
Je se, wele seldom is fe see with * liim-selfe turbild Ai»xanderiay8,
*
Bot wit/i \)u- walowand windis ; my wiH Avare to rifte, by winds;
Bot a-noJjahn to pe"se • to proue f
am with-in,
Quethire f
ai ware hologhe or hale & hale he '
fain fyndis,
Saje fai//i thike f urje-out & • aithire thriH stoppis.
And fillis fam florentw
•
a fyftene hundreth. 4074
)3an drafe he fine with his dukis • in a deyne entris, Hecomeito*
ddrk desert.
wondirly colde, 4076
A wilsoin wast & Avild & •
As mirke as any mydni3t quefi • fe mone failes,
\)at vnnethes ken may a kni^t • to se to his fere.
Fifty days be desert • he foundis with his folke, 4079
Till lie come blesenand oii a bryni • was welland hate, He next find* n
And oii f
e ferre halfe of f
e bozfrne • was wemen oii hors,
\)at frely faire ware of face • bot foule ware clethid.
SuHi bevis all of brent gold • brandis in faire handis, and finds there
anned women.
. .11 iii-i- •,
Sum bataiH-axes & with bowes • ail of bn^t siluzr.
•
For brase is nane wiih fa bonds no bige Ireii
Ne neuire na l)erne fam ebland • as fe buke tellis. 4086
ALEXANDER.
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