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

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AshmoleJ they sacrifice to idols. 237
In bigging* of burgis & bilding • of toures
And quen je sitt in joure sale with • syris & dukw, Vt like to hnve
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many BervaiiW.
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pan haue ^ee seggis 30W to serue sowmes enogn.
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Jjan as a Mare at a moghe * ^oure mawis je fiH, 4434
'With bakin mete & with briddis • bolnes joure paunches,
Stuffis so ^our storaake 'with stullis & of wynes,
J3at vnetbis haldis, be 36 boo • fe hide of 30W hale !
Quat dewis 30W fan phe disitis & aU • Jjis dere fode,
Joure sowping ia vnseson' 30ure surfete of drinkw,
Bot settis 30W in-to sekenes • of sere-lepy kyndtV, 4440 [FoI. 77.]
And gers 30W die or 30ur6' day • many dre3e wynti'r 1
jJan 3e couett & craue ' castels & rewmes,
And thristjs eftiV aH thingis 'at in 30ure tho3t rynnes,
laspre, luwels, & gemies & lettand • perle : 4444
And all sail leue 30W at pe laste & • in-to laire worth
And maydese 3it, for aH yo/r molle pat modire ws^ • cried, Ye are but
\)at fowrmed J)e flode & \)e flynt & • J)e faire lyndis.
And, as I brefe it in J)is biiH po brtigmeyns takens • ^ve surpass you
in all tilings.
Surmonti« att 3our sapient*' & oure assemy thewis.^
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And oj)i)' werkis of wast • is wro3t in 301116 landis, 4450 Alex, and Bind.,
As, graffis garnyscht of gold & gilten tombis, • Yebuiianne
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Thurghis to thrawyn in quen • 36 fraa worthe,
Sum of silujr, sum of sipirs sum of sere gemmes.
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)5us make 36 vessels in vayne
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to 30ure foule corses,
To crom in 30ure cariouns • J^at kind 30W defendis,
jiat ilk slymand slugh • quen 36 ere slide hyne, 4456
And win no3t suffire )e erth • to haue at hi7i fallis.
For iolite of lupit/r • 3e ioyen vp templis. Ye make temple*
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and idols,
With Imagis of 30ure ydolatry aH within payntid ;
Symolacris vp sett * of Seropis & othir, 4400
And slees in-to Jie sacrifis many • sere bestis.
Quen 3e haue tildid vp-on [top] ^onr trouthles gods,
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Sam of gold, sum of glas • sui of gray marbiH,
Sum of latoun & of lede & su7n of • ii3t silutr, 44G4
And sum ere tiffid aH of tree & sum of tyn pured,
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Read ^ow. ' MS. twethewi, alt. to thewis.