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

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38 ALEXANDER RETURNS HOME, [Ashmole.
[Fol. It 6.]
All submit to
Alexander.
Returning,
he finds Pliilip
has wedded
another wife.
To hent hiw fe hijere hande • of his athiH fais.
pare slike wirschip he waii ware wonde* to teH
•
Had of fat hije kyng^ • Jje hede fia ]e shuldirs. 812
J3en was hiin geuyn vp pe jerde & jolden • fe rewme,
And aH at left was^ o lyfe • lordis & othire,
Come to pat conquerowr ' & on knese^ fallis,
And in his ine-cy & meth ' mekely ))aim put. 816
Jjis renke & his rounsy • fai reche vp a croune,
As gome at has pe garland & aH • fe gre wonn.
)us vfith pe lloure in pe fild • he fangid his enmy,
And haldis on vfitk hale here • hame to his fadirc. 820
)an fyndis he Thilip oil his flett with a fest huge
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Had wed hira anoper wyfe & wayfid • his queue
Ane Cleopatras caled^ a grete kyngzs *
dorter,
And [laft] had Olympadas & openly for-saken. 824
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" Fadire," quod J)is feH knyjt • quen he fis fest entirs,
threatens
Alexander,
but loses his
life by
" ]pe palme here of my first price • I p*«y pe resayfe,
Forthe to pe weding or I winde of my wale modire,
•
Alexander And kairfi me to a-nof ire kyng* to couple hire to wyfe.
•
refuses to submit
to Philip any For pe to felsen ne to folo3e * fallis me na mare, 829
longer.
Ne here to duett with ))i douce deynes me na • lange;-,
'Now pou. mas pe slike a mangery & macchis • chang/^-',
And I to* consaile vn-caUid I can no3t par-on." 832
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With pat par carpis^ to pe kyng • a knyjt at pe table,
One Lesiag, Ane lesias, a lede & on loude speches • :
a knight,
" Cleopatras a knafe child consayue saH & • here,
\)at denied is efttV ))i deth * duly to regne." 836
)5an AlexaZ(:Zer at fis knyjt • angirs vnfaire,
"Wynnes him vp a wardrere • he wait in his handis,
So hard him hiitis on pe hede • his hemes out weltid,
And sa he lost has pe lyfe • for his lejjer wordis. 840
)3an was pe wale kyng •wrath * as wonder ware ellis,
Braydis him vp fra pe horde & * a brand clekis.
MS. repeats was. ' MS. ken knese, with ken struck out.
'
MS. he caled ;
but he is not manted.
^
Added in the niargin. * MS. crapis.