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

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Befor his pe*son apert • ilk poynt as he touchid.
Be nojt a-baist quen I bow ne bede me^ no3t • to ryse,
Bot lat Jii semblance be sadd quen fou • pi saje jildis
* Latt se jji
•
witt La J)is werke ' & wysely me rede."
)5an2 trines furth ser Telomew & • tyris Imn belyue
Quen he was* callid, with a kni^t he corns in a stounde. • Amiucims,
Jjan tellis to him ser Telomew pe • tale aH-to-gedire,
Be-fore ser Candale fe kene • liis consaUe hii askis.
Wtt/iouten bade to ]is bri3t his brid to restore " ; 5204
And say pat sire, on pi^ be-half bot he • hire sone 3eld,
We saH his cite & him-selfe synge * in-to poudire !
'WitJi pat inclynes pe kni3t & *
•
Said, "antiok, of ail men ay be pon loyed 5208
It semes pe, for fi sapience to • sit in a trone,
And to be cled as a kyng with croune & • w/t7i septM* !
Ashmole.] Alexander pretends to be antiochus. 261
And sai J)an, ' Antioc, myn athiH' ' quen fou has aH tald, and leave the rest
In emperoims apareH * his' person he clethis. 5196
And Alexander as belyue • in antioks name, AieNandei- pre-
" "Ware 5 it ^our will," quod pe wee • " wale emperoure, and mTeis his
)pan wald I fare with fis freke • his fere to reskowe,
And bid fe Bebrike • on bathe twa his e3en, [FoI. 9o.j
kyndly him loues, Candoii is pleased.
jjan aires hiw furth ser Alexa«cer • as Antiok it ware, Alexander, sup-
Cairis on with candoile & ca3t him his • leue,''' 5212 Autiochus,
Sojt furth pe same ni^t & * to fe cite wan,
Quare be Bebrik kyng with pe bird • lengis. e^es against kin
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Sone pe wacchis on pe wallis • J)am wi3tly ascryes,
Bebrik,
Qua fai ware, & of quethera & quat was par • errande.
"It is ser CandoUe," quod pe kyng< • "is corny* for and says he is
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,-^,„ come for Candull's
his spouse;
5217 wife.
And I am messangere made pat mild *
to delyuire.
)3e maisttr out of Messedone • 30W maynly enjoynes,
If 36 30ure cite will saue • to sese hii his brid." 5220
)an was pe burgaige a-baiste & • brest vp Jje 3atz6-,
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ne bede me in the margin. * MS. La {^an ; corrected.
* MS. his his corrected. ^
MS. had was corrected.
* MS. WitA ; altered to Ware. * In the margin.
MS. wyfe, altered to leue.
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