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

264: CANDACE SHOWS HER PORTRAIT OF HIM. [AsIUBOle.
[Fol. 91 6.]
This room turned
round by concealed
machinery.
It begins to move.
Candace calls him
by his true name.
Alexander turns
pale.
Candace shews
her portrait of
him.
; ; "
for any duke oute !
Was ])ar na leuyand lede • ne lyfe hot fam ane.
And Jjan scho laches him be-lyfe • & ledia him forthir«9,
In-to a clochere 'with a kay • pe clennest of fe werde,
Was sawmed ali of sipris • & seder-tables. 5290
% Ficesimus quintus passus ^Uxandru
l^is selere was be sorsry • selcuthely foundidf,
- Made for a mervaH • to meeue -with engine
Twenti tamed Olifants • twj-ned it a-boute,
Quirland aH on queles • que« J)e quene entres. 6294
Quen jjai ware sett \)ar in samen on • silkin webbis,
Sone begynnes it to gaa & gretly he wondres.
•
" Ware slike a wondire in oure marche of Messedone,"
•
he said,
" It ware a daynte to deme
•
))an answars him fis athiH quene & Alexander him
caUid, 5299
" Mekni grettiV it ware to 30W of grece & • to ^ gomes
here."
J3an stemes he v^ith pe stoute kyng & • stiggis wi'tA his
name;
•
His chere out of chere hew it changis in-to pale,
)5an has fat hende him by fe hand & hent vp a • lajtzr.
In to A preue pa-loMr • fai passe bathe to-gedire, 5304
And par in perchement depayntid • his person scho
schewid.
Said, "se Jji-selfe a sampiH • pat I pe sothe neuyn !"
When he sees this,
he trembles.
As fast as he on ])i3 figowr • festid his si^t,
AH falowis his face • & his flesche trimblis
** Qui fadis so )ji faire hew 1 " • said pe faire lady
5308
** pe werreowr of att Jje werd & wastoMre • of ynde,
Sh« tella him he
\)on pat has brettend on pe bent • pe barbrins folke,^
J5e pepiH out of Panty ' pe Persens & pe Medis. 5312
Loo, now, pe here vfithonten hi3t • in-to my handis sesed,
*
In the viargin, *
MS. fokke.