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;PT. I.] King Layus is huried. EdiiJpus goes on to <strong>Thebes</strong>. 27Be no signc / ven-ely espyeBy whos bond / that* the kyiig^ was slaweFor Edyppus in hast^ /gan hym witli-draweAnd kept* hym Coy / <strong>of</strong> enteneiou?^.Gret* was the noyse / and the pitous soiifiIn the Castel / for slaughter <strong>of</strong> the kyng^,Dooel and compleynt / sorowe and wepyng^.IT But* for they segh / hevynesse and thoght^Ageynes deth vayleth • lit or noght*,They ordeyne with Eyytys ful EoyalFor the feste / called / Funeral.And lik the custom / <strong>of</strong> the dayes olde,Tlie corps they brent* / into asshes colde,And in a vessel / rounde, mad as a bal,They closed hem in gold and in metal.And after that did her bysy CureIn <strong>Thebes</strong> to make a sepulture,And richely, hem list no longer lette,Tlie asslien dide"^ they enclose and sbette.Of this matere / ther ys"^ no mor to seyn.But to Edippus / I wil retoz/rne ageyn,Which hym enhaste]) / ay fro day to dayTowardes <strong>Thebes</strong> / in al that* euere he may,Brennyng in herte / hoot* as eny fire,The fyn to knowe / <strong>of</strong> his fatal desire.% But, for that he failed / <strong>of</strong> a Guyde,Out* <strong>of</strong> his way / he wente fer be-side,58458859259G600604608Ecliiti>ii3 withdrawsin liaste.[leaf 10, back]King L
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