Lydgate's Siege of Thebes

;;;PT. I.]£Idi2Jpus is ado]ptcd hy King Polihon of Arcady.And gan sercH / and sekii wonder soreAmong^ the liilles / and the holtes"^ hore. 440And as they Keenge / the trenchis by and by,They herde a noyse / and a pitoiis cryOf thys cliyld / hangyng* on the tre ;And aH at^ onys / drowe forto se, 444And lefte not< til* they han hy??i founde; 'And toke hym doune / and his fete vnbounde,And bare hym horn / vnto Polyboiui,Kyng' of Archadye / the famous Kegioiu?.. 448And whan that* lie / first* ])e chyld' gan See,Of his woimdes / he hadde grete pyte,To beholde / his tender fete / so bledeAnd called \\jm j Edippus / as I rede,which is to seyn /,platly this no phage,Bored the feete / as in thaf langage.And first* the kyng* in his Eoyal halle*Made his men / an norys for-to calle.This 3onge chykle to foster and to kepeWith her Milk / that* he nat* ne wepeAnd his leches / he charged ek also.Til he were Hool / Her deuer forto do :Fully in purpoos"^ / for the child was fair,After his day / to maken hy??i his hayrFor cause only /, who so taketli hede,Sone hadde he noon / be lyne to succede464hear the boy'scry,•f How the huntysof kyng Polibou/'fonde thechyld in |>cforest and presentedhym to^e kynge.take him downand carry himto King Polibonof Arcady,452 wlio calls him'Edipitiis '= with boredfeet,456 has him mirstand doctord,460 and means tomake hira hisheir.440. the hilles] hilles P. holtes] haltes Ar. G. 441. they] the Ar. rengeAdp rengen Bo. M. 444. drowe] drowe hem Bo. Tp Du. L^. Lb. M. Di. IVP. Eo. Ap. drewe Ro. drow it Adj. E^. S. drowe thedyr Ra. Ba. Ado. I. 445.til] to Ar. alone. 447. bare hym horn] hym bare home Du. 449. that hefirst J)e chyld] J)at he ]?e childe first Tp Du. Lb. M. Di. Adj. Ad.^. L Eo. Bo (owi.that). >at \(t childe he first L^. that] om. Ap. gan] can Ra. Ba. E.,. 450. Of]On Ba. Of his woundes] Off his sore woundes forsothe P. he hadde] had he M.Di. 451. so] om. Ro. 453. this] }jis is Bo. Tj. Du. L^. Lb. M. Ado. I. Ra. Ba.T.,. P. Eg. L.3. Ap. phage] fage Lb. To. P. face Ro. 455. halle] alle Ar.456. an Ar. "a Bo. Tj. M. Ra. 458. he] hyt Adj {scenis to he altered from he),it Ad.3. L ne] om. L^. Lb, Adj. Ado. L Ra. Ba. E^ S. P. L. Ko. nat ne] ne nattAp. 460. deuer G. T^. Adp Ra. devoire Bo. Du. deuoir M. deueir T.j.461. purpoos] propoos Ar. alone, the] J)is Bo. Tj. Du. Lb. M. T.,. fair] so faireLi. 462. hayr luith h above the line Ar.whos so Di.463. who so] whos Bo. Tj. Lj. Lb. IV.