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SMITH, Esq., 43, Campbell Street West, Glasgow. PALAMEDES AND AGAMEMNON. But oft wandrit, & woke, & in my wit caste; ffor thes lordes pat I lede, and the ledis all, 8888 And my suete all somyn, sound for to kepe Out of daunger and dole, & fro dethe hold. And yf this power be putto any prise kyng, any 289 Book XXI. (fol. 137 b.) And I shall be well pleased to be Or 8892 His biddyng to obey, and his bone here; lord in oure land, hit likes me full well under the And be gouernyt by that graithe, as his degre Wele I hope in my hert, & heghly Suppose, I haue not errit in anythyng of all my tyme yet, 8896 In any cas to acount, pat comyn is before, bat hase skapet vs to skathe, ne to skyre harme. government of another. Syn me to chose as for cheftan pou no charge I was chosen two hade, Meruell the not mekell, ne in mynd haue; 8900 ffor pou apperit not in presens, ne preuyt not þi wit, Ne entrid not the ost till after two yeres. If we barly hade abiden with oure buernes hole, We hade ass [em]eld ben at Attens, all oure ost Somen, 8904 And not past out of port, ne oure purpos haldyn. werre. Ne, pi self may not say, ne for sothe telle, 8912 Without assent of all somyn, sothely till now, bat any dede has be don, or to dom past, years before you joined us. Had we waited your coming we would still have been at Athens. I shall rejoice if another commander be chosen : and you cannot point to a single Ideed which has been done without the consent of the But pou in person aprevit, & all oure prise leaders, and of kynges, yourself among the rest." Book XXI. Agamemnon calls a council of the leaders, (fol. 138 a.) and thus addresses them : "Till this day, I have acted as your commander; and, through the help of our gods, everything has prospered. It is proper that you discharge me, and elect another to be your chief." And by agrement of the gret, & pe graunt hoole." 8916 When the souerain hade said, þen he sest here; And of this mater no more was menyt at pat tyme. The same day, Sothely, sais me the lyne, At euensangtyme afterward, Agamynon hym 8920 Somond all po souerains somyn to appere, 8928 ben þe worthy pes wordes warpit hom too :"Now, fryndes & ffelowes, fayrly to pis, I haue ben chargit as cheftain, be chaunse of our goddes; And haue traueld with tene, oft turnyt my wit, All oure wayes to wale, þat worship might folow; þat the grete on this ground, & paire gomys hole, 8932 Might suerly be sauyt, & paire sute haue. Hit has happont me hiderward, thurgh help of our goddes, þat all oure fare & oure fortune hath fallyn to þe best. Syn hit is Reason & right, þat renkes so mony, 8936 Noght ay obaye to on buerne, ne his bone kepe, hat are so mony, & mighty, & more of astate; Now is tyme in this tru, or any toile rise, To discharge me as cheftain, & chaunge my lif, 8940 That have maintenede with monhode mony yere past. Let sum kyng of oure company, or sum clene prinse, PALAMEDES IS CHOSEN. By assent of all somyn, set hym þerto, And gouerne vs with graithnes & with gret wit, 8944 To be charget as cheftain by choise of vs all." ben assentid full sone souerain & other, ffor hit is couyt by a comyn, by corse of pere wit, 8948 Ay hor cheftain to chaunge, pof hit chefe wors; And ay fayne of the freike in his first tyme, pof hit worthe to be worse: wete ye for sothe. 8952 To chese hom a cheftan with charge of hom all, 291 Book XXI. The leaders are pleased, and assent to the proposal. Palamedes is and acknowledged All turnyt to pere tenttes, when the tyme asket. 8960 Then hit chaunsit þat Achilles of pe choise herd, Achilles is That Palomydon was prinse, & put doun the the choice; tother: Hit heuet hym hogely of pat hard chaunce. Hit was vnfittyng, he said, pere souerain to voide; 8964 ffor the graithnes of Agamynon, & the gret wit, Was passand Palomydon & the prinses all; And a choise shuld in chaunge be chosen for the bettur. But it comyn was be course of comyn assent, dissatisfied with 8968 And confirmit by the kynges, he keppit hit for but submits to it. goode : No more in the mater mellit hym as then, But past furth to his pale, & here a pase endis. 292 To avenge the death of Hector, Priam himself arranges the Trojan forces, and leads them to battle. (fol. 139 a.) First Deiphobus leads forth his division; then Paris, then Priam ; then Encas, Memnon, and Polydamas. (MS. has Mirion) Here Begynneth the xxij Boke: the Elleuynt Batell of the Citie. Euery Wegh, pat will wete of this werke ferr, 8972 Lengis here a litle, lysten my wordes! When tyme of this tru turnyt was to end,― Two monethes meuyt, as I ment first, Priam, the prise kyng, purpast hym-seluyn 8976 ffor to deire for the dethe of his dere son. He bounet hym to batell on his best wise, And assignet hym-self souerains aboute, Tho ledis to lede, as hym lefe thoght. 8980 xx. M. thro knightes, pryuond in armys, He assignet for hym-selfe at the same tyme, (As Dares breuyt in his boke, & barly can tell) & x. M. pro men, þristy of hond; 8984 And ffyfty M. fere, fell men of will, Turnyt out of Troy with the triet kyng. Deffibus drogh furth with his derfe pepull, 8988 pen the souerain hym-selfe, the sure kyng Priam ; ben [Menon], the mighty kyng, meuit to feld: Polidamas, the pert knight, presit on the last. 8992 When thies batels full bold were to beut comyn, Thay hurlit furth hard to the hegh laund, ffrickly pere fos found for to greue. |