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

Dublin.] THE "FORAY OF GADIRS." 63
Jeii faim of pe'se to pay • or to please owder. 1180
Than takez pe Eisliop fe breue & to cliawmbre bownes.
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Eessaves it with reuerence & redes • it oner,
Gase hym downe be degrece ayayn to pe • sale,
Swythly to Jie swyers & ]-aim • j^e sware 3eldez : 1184
" Sirres, ayres agayn to alexa2(er
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& aU jsas hym tellys, :Epistuia.
That me was done mony day • deply to swere,
Neuer perse to pare • ne passe witJi none armez
In damagj'ng of darius • endurand hys lyue." 1188
"When fe wale kyng wist • he wex wode wroth,
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Il^ow by god," quod J)e grome
erth,
• " \iat gatt me on
I sail seche lewres on )je lewes • enys ^ or I dye,
SaR kenne whoys coTwmaundement • Jat faim to kepe
faUez. 1192
3it for no torfer fat he tyde tyre wald he noght leue,
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Bot chesez hym owt a chiftane & chargez hym belyuc,
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A mody man, sir meliage-, a maister of hys • oste,
To founde forth vfith a flete of fyfe himdreth knyghtez • ;
And iniones hym to losaphatt hys lomay to make, 1197
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And aH \>e pastowrs & fe playnes prestly to • - dryve,
Bot bring in all pes bestes • bareu & other,
])at he might see in ony syde • pe cite of Gaders. 1200
Than mefes on sire Meliager • J)is mightfuH prince
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"VVyth a soume of syker men & Sampson jjaim ledes,
A renke fat in fa regions had rydyn "
oft sythez,
And knew fe costez & fe kythez clene • aH-to-gede*. 1204
)3us hyed fai forth ege-ly & entird • fe wale.
And suche a pray f aim p'eved als pyne wer to reken,
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Bringez forth, als says fe buk * bestes owt of nowmbre, [Foi. lo.j
And trottes on toward tyre • -with ioy at fair hertt-s. 1208
Bot or fai metyn hed a myle
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f e mers with-ouf,'^
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read enioine. ^ MS. Je.
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MIS. were out.