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

Aahmole.] the house of the sux. 251
Twa tliousand be tale & fyue trew • hundretlie. 4879 it has 2500 steps
... . !/./•,> ou its face.
And )3ai ware sett so 111 soute ' of safers fyne,
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•Jjat of fe noblay to neue« • it neyd any cristen.
\)a.ve logis jje leue kyng late on an • eiien,
Yndire pis ma3te mou/^tayne & on • fe morue ehir,
bare setts he furth of sere gods a • selle nouubre, 4884 Alexander offeri.
° to the gods.
Jjat he honozo's & his ost & • offirs ilk ane.
Syne tas he with liim titly • his twelue tried prince[s],
Gas him vp be degreces • to be grete lawe, He then ascends
the steps.
Trenes to J)e topward • fat touched to pe cloudis, 4888
Ipat he mijt lend par o-loft & waite • eftir wondirs.
Vp-on Jje cop of pe cliffs a * closure he fyndis, On the top is a
A palais, ane of ^ pe pj-ecioussest & proudest in erth,
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A bnd, as pe buke sais with twa brade • ^atis, 4892
And seuenty wyndows beside of serelep/s werkes.
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Jpe 3at/s ware of 3eten gold • 3arkid of platis, with gates ofgold;
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)5e windows on pe selfe wyse as pe writ schews'; [Foi. 84 6.]
And pBLi ware corue/e fuH clene & clustrid with genmes,
•
Sti3t staffuH of stanes • stagis & othire. 4897
3it was a mynstiV on be niou^te of metall as benobiH, • also a temple,
and a garden of
Vmbe-gUdid with a garden of golden vynes, goideu • vines.
Was chatrid fuH of chefe frute of charbocle stanes,
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Wit/i-outen mesure emaunge • of margrite grete.* 4901
)3is hame at houes on fis hiH
was in pe hi3e est,
Forthi 2it hedirto it hat be hous of the son. This • is the iiouse
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of the sun.
It was so precious a place & proudly • a-tired,
]3are was na place it a pere • bot paradyse selfe. 4905
% Ftcesimus tertius passus ^Uxandri
P en aires furth ser Alexander in-to • bis athiH temple, Alexander enters
the temple,
Wzt/i Caulus & with cleopas & othire kidd princes,
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And fand a berne in a bedd bawnand • alane, and finds a man
Ane of pe graciousest gomes fat euire god fowrmed.
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All lemed of his letere • Jje loge as of heuen, 4910
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Or sonte. * In the margin. ' Substituted fur schis.
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* Substituted for stanes ; see line above.