bat Nausica had, þat noble nam vnto wife, Doghter of the du kyng, doghty Antenor, 13668 He gate on pat gay vne a gode sone, bat Dephebus duly was demyt to nome. Now I pas will to Pirrus by proses agayne, Of his dedis to deme, & his dethe after. 13672 Ascatus pe skete, for skath of his sones, Miche water he weppit of his wan chekis, Gert bryng hom to burgh, birit hom faire In a precius plase, so Pirrus comaundit. Book XXXV. Telemachus and THE POETE: OF FORTUNE. 13676 Wen a mon is at myght, & most of astate, All þe world at his will, weghis to serue, 13680 pen fortune his fall felli aspies, Vnqwemys his qwate, & pe qwele turnys; 13684 So Pirrus was prise, pruddest of kyngis, Had welth at his will, be worthiest of grice. bat Orestes pe rynke richeli had weddit, Pyrrhus becomes enamoured of Hermione, wife of Orestes. 13692 So he sped hym by spies, & spense of his gode, He causes her to pat pe lady fro hir lord lyuely he stale, Orestes pe riche, that regnyt hir with. 13696 Pirrus with that proude presit to pe temple, Weddit þat worthi, & as wif held. pen Orestes full ryfe had myche rank sorow, elope with him to Thessaly, and there weds her. Book XXXV. Orestes in grief and shame vows vengeance on Pyrrhus. (fol. 209 b.) Pyrrhus goes to Delphos to give thanks to Apollo for enabling him to revenge his father's death. Andromache, then with child to Pyrrhus, and her son Laomedon are left behind in the palace. Hermione requests her father Menelaus to put Andromache to death. Menelaus attempts to slay Andromache: Schamyt with pe schalke, that schent of his wife, 13700 And so dernely hym did dere & dispit. He had playnly no power Pirrus to harme, To his reme forto ride & reue hym þe qwene; But he cast hym by course, if a case fell, 13704 To venge of his vilany & his vile schame. pen Pirrus by purpos prestly con wend Into delphon a day, as þe dule bad, In honour of apolyn, þat abill to seche, 13708 And worchip with wyn, as a wale god, With sacrifice solemne & othir sere halows, 13712 In aparell of prise, on a proud wyse, He dight hym to delphon with dukis & othir. In his palais of prise prudly he leuyt Worthi Ectors wif, þat pe whe had, 13716 Andromoca, in drede, and her dere son Lamydon pe litill, þat ho left neuer, And ho boundyn with barne with pe bold Pirrus: 13720 þat he had weddit to wyue, & in wrong held. A mon vnto Menelay myghtily sende, 13724 Andromaca to dere, & to deth put ; ffor Pirrus of pat pert was pristly enamurt, be whe, at þe wordis of his wale doghter, He wold haue britnet pe burd with a bare sword, 13732 Lamydon hir litill sun laght in hir armes, Made an ugsom noyse, pat noyet pe pepull, With wepyng and waile wo to beholde. 13736 be folk, for pe fray, fel to paire armur, Cayrit after pe kyng in a cant hast. ben fled he for fere, fell to his schip; Past to his prouyns, of purpos he sailet. THE DETHE OF PIRRUS, BY ORESTES SLAYNE. 13740 Orestes full radly of the Renke herd, hat Pirrus by purpos was past into delphon : He assemblit of soudiors mony sad hundrith, And met hym with mayn in the mekill Ile: 13744 There Pirrus with payne he put vnto dethe, Slogh hym full sleghly, & slange hym to ground, And led furth the lady to his lond hom. 13752 Hir litill sonne Lamydon leddon hir with. Was a Cité full sure, pere soiornet þai long, 13760 Wex & wele threvan in winturs a few, The corone & the kyngdome kyndly he gaffe Book XXXV. the people rise in arms and drive him away. (fol. 210 a.) Orestes with an armed band goes to Delphos and slays Pyrrhus. He then goes to Thessaly for his wife, Hermione. Peleus and Thetis take Andromache to Molossis, where she gives birth to Achillides. To Lamydon the lord, þat was his leue brother, Laomedon be- comes king of Thessaly. 13764 And in Thessaile he was takyn for a tru kyng. Thus Achillis achevit his awne choyse frendes, Thurgh his prokuryng prestly all the pure of the captive Achillides procures the freedom Trojans. Troiens, Book XXXV. (fol. 210 b.) Of Troilus, How the sister of bat the grekes hade getton at the great toune, 13768 Were deliuert yche lede, & lause at hor willne. And thus hit turnyt, as I tell, in a tyme short, Now is Lamydon lord, & the laund hase, Bothe the corone & the kyth, and a kyng noble 13772 Of Tessaile truly, pere the toyle rose, hat by Eritage of Auncetry ayre vnto troy. Here the prosses of Pyrrus I putto an end, Of other maters to mene, pat in mynd falles. HERE YE A MERUAYLE OF A LADY BY NYGRAMANSY. 13776 When Troylus, the tru knight, was turnyt to ground By Achilles, as chaunset of þat choise kyng, 13780 Gird to pe ground with a grym hurt, hat the Myrmydons paire maistur masit þai And bare to his bastell on a brode shelde, 13784 pan hit happont in a hond qwile this hed kyng By the myrmydons vnmonly murtherit to dethe, Whose body, as the boke sais, was beriet in the toune By Troiellus truly in a toumbe riche. 13788 This Menon the mighty hade a mayn suster, The fairest on fold þat any folke knew ; Ho soght to be Cité sythen hur one, To the toumbe of pat tried truly ho yode, 13792 Toke the bones of hir brother, as the boke sais, All glyssonond of gold & of gay stonys; 13796 Waynyt vp to the welkyn, as a wan clowde, |