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

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Dublin.] THAT ALEXANDER WILL PIE BY POISON. 5<
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" May yon oght, lede, yond[e]r low • lift on ]>[ sliulder,
And stere it owt of one stede & stablet in ane otlier ] •
" Kay, wlia my3t pat," quod pe mail, " * for mede vnder
1092
" Sir, as yonder hye hille
*
saH hald ay hys place,
So saH fi name owt of nowmbre be nomyn • in-to mynde, [FoI. 8 a.]
And vnto ]e day of dome • jji dedes be remenbryd."
Than alexazcZer als belyue hym askys * a demande, 1096
" I beseke J)e, sir serapys yf • jjou me say wald^
Jje p-ophecy or pon passe of ' att my playne warden, 1099
How me is destanet to dye & when my day • fallez ]
heueii "
"Sir, certanly," quod seraphys
• "als to my-seluen
thynkez, 1101
To ony atheH vnder heuen • I hald it for Jje bette-,
With-owtyn wa no3t to witte • Je wothe of hys ende
•
Ne knaw pe cause or it come ay in care lenge. 1104
Bot neuer-fe-lesse I saH pe neveii • sen pou me prayes,
Thu saH be drenchett ^\^ith a drinke • a draught of vnclene,
And aH pe yherez par • in fi youth fynyshytt,
Lange or po\i metyn haue pe merke • of jji medyH age,
Bott when ne in what age or tyme • saH falle ))is aweniur,
Inquire me noght J; is question • I queth it pe neuer. 1110
For other owt of pe orient saH openly "
hereafter
Vnto 2 pe dro3t of fi days & • fi deth to^ teUe." 1112
)3an vanyshit J)is wayn god & woydez from pe
•
chawmbre.
The mody kyng on pe morne aH murnaud he • risez,
pe moste party of hys princez & of hys proude • ostez
Bound to ascolon • and par hym abydez. 1116
Than callyd he to hys carpenters ' comand faim
swythe
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Line 1098 is omitted in the numbering ; see note on p. 56.
* So ; for Vndo. ' Better omitted.