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Lydgate's Siege of Thebes

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:FT. III.] Jocasta tries to appease the Greeks. A Tiycr appears. 157And 3it to hym / Amphiorax contraryeFul pleynly saide, in conclusiou?^This fyn slial canse a destruccion?iOf hem eclion /3if it forth procedoTo be p'^(rfo?^?*med / and execute in dede.But^ tliilke tyme for al his elloquenceHe had in soth / but^ lytyl audience.For wherso euer / he nient^ /good or illc,Amphioraxsays war 'U bodeath to evury3808 one;381but few listenUi him.[U-af.UikynpH Adrastiis / bad liym to be stillc.H And tho locasta / as wisdom did hyr tecli,humble <strong>of</strong> her port* / with ful s<strong>of</strong>te spech,Gan seke menys / in hyr fantasye^if she myght* the Ire modefyeOf the Grekes / to make hom to enclyneIn eny wise / hyr rancour forto fyne.She dyd hyr dever / and hir bysy cure.But* tho byfel a wonder aventure,Cause and ground / <strong>of</strong> gret^ confusion;?.,Grekys perturbyng* / and also ek the town,And it* to telle / may me not asterte.For which a whil /my styeii I mot* dyuerte,And shortly telle /, by descripciou7i,381638203824Jocasta triesto m<strong>of</strong>lify theGreeks' anger.But a wonderfulevent happens.Of a Tigre dwellyng in the tou/i,which fro a kyngdam /besyden adiacent*,3828 AtiKf^rwassent from Egvptto <strong>Thebes</strong>.Out* <strong>of</strong> Egipte / was to <strong>Thebes</strong> sent*the* whiche* beest* by record' <strong>of</strong> scripture3806. Amphiorax] Ampkorax Bo. 3807. Ar. has a jtaicsc-bar after pleynly,^08. cause Bo. M. Ad^. Ar. lias a pausc-har between fyn and shal. 3810,pavfounnetl Bo. paiformed Ad^For] om. L^ wherso] whe|)er so L^M. Di. Adi. Ad.,. I. Ra. Ba. E^. S.(: style). 3815. did hyr] ovi. Ra.s<strong>of</strong>to Bo. s<strong>of</strong>t M. Adj. 3821.turbyiig Bo. Ad^. perturbling M.Bo. and the rest. 3825. it] yit Ado. IRa, Ba. S. Ro. I may E.,. L.,. me] om.me M. Di. Ad^ Ba. E^. S. may not ho Ra. 3826.Bo. M. Adj. 3829. besyden Ar, Bo. Tj. Adj. Ad.,bosident E.,. by syen G. beside Lj. M. Di. Ra. Ba.whiche Bo. M. which Ar. Ad^. {see Notes).3811. thilke Bo. Adj. thilk M. 3813.Lb. E.^. what .so ^I. he] it lio. Ti. Du. L,.menf] menc Ad,. Ad.^. I. or illc] evcle Rocan her Ba. 3816. her] om. Aclj. Ad.j. I.deuoir Bo. M. devour Adj. 3824. parpertourl)ingE.j. also Ar. G. S. L.,. Ro. om.to] oju.'Ej. may] it may Adj. Ad.^. I.Ad.,. I. E.,. L-,. may mc not] may notwhile Bo. M. Ad,, .stihI. E,. S. Ro. besidvn L..besides Lb. V. '3831.

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