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Lydgate's Siege of Thebes

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Iij:ToI AndI;For\ Euerich;;PT. II.] Folyneices challenges Tideus. They fight. ot1 AndMe to deuoyde / but rather vileynye,2if 36 take hede / that^ seme a gentil knyght".And I suppose / ^e ban / no title <strong>of</strong> right*this loggyng* / be way <strong>of</strong> heritage,More than haue I, for alle ^oure felle rage.pard6 / ^iV iP shal be no desese,Til to niorowe thogli 30 do me ese,Of gentillesse / only with 30ure leveTo suffre me / it* shal litil greue.'H But* ay the more Tydeus spak faire,Polymy te was fro ward / and contrayre,shortly seide / it* geyneth not* to stryveThat* <strong>of</strong> force he shal devoide blyve,Or vttrely / a-twen hem bothe twoThis thyng* to Trie / he most haue ado.H And Tydeus, seyng / no bettre mene,Ful lik a knyght* / in steel y-armed"^ clene,AVith-out* abood / faste gan hym spedeAVonder lyvely / forto take his stede,And thus thies knyghtes /pompous and ellat*,litil cause / fiUen at* debat*.And as they ranne to-gider on* horsbak,Ion other / first* his spere brak.And after that* / ful surquedous <strong>of</strong> pride,Withisharpe swerdes / they to-gyder rydeFul yrouslyj/ thise myghty champiou^s,i In her fury / lilc* Tygres or lyou?iS.133213361340UU134813521356has no moreriglit to thejxjrch than liehas,and asks leaveto stop.But Folyneicessays they mustfl^ht.They chargeone another,break theirspears,^ How Tydeusan

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