And cheris hym choisly for chaunse vpon vrthe. 13960 Thre dais, in his dole, pe dughti con lyue,

Book XXXVI.

Within three days he is dead.

And then lefte he þe lif, & þe lond bothe. In the cuntre of acaya, þer he kyng was, Ys he birit in a burgh, & a bright toumbe, 13964 And Telamoce his tor son takyn for kyng, ffull sesit of pe soile, with septur in hond; And Telagon, his tru brothir, tri[e]dly honourit, at his court. With myche worchip & wele, in his wale court,

13968 Til a 3er was full yore, yarkit to end,
And a halfe, er þat end happit to fare,

He made hym knyght in his court, & couet to
leng

All his lyf in his lond, with lordchip to haue. 13972 pen letteris had pe lede fro his lefe modur, fforto high hym in hast, & his home laite:

So lefte he be lond of his lele brothir,
Soght hom to Cerces with solas ynogh.

Telemachus is made king; and Telegonus is greatly honoured

His mother,
Circe, desires him

to return home.

13976 Miche worchip had pe whe of his wale frendis, Having received Gay giftys and grete, qwen he go wold.

At þe partyng was pité of po pure knyghtis,
Miche wepyng & wail, wetyng of lere.

13980 And so pe bold fro his brothir into bote 3ode:
Into Aulida afterword abli he come,

To his modir full myld þat hym mykill louyt.
Als fayne of the freike, as pe fre might,

13984 Myche solast hir the sight of hir sone pan,

To se the lede vppon lyue, þat ho louet most:
Wende the wegh hade bene walt in the wale

stremes,

Euyn drownet in the depe, hir dole was the more, 13988 Or ellis fallyn in fight with po felle buernes, At the slaght of his Syre in the syde londes.*

many rich presents, he parts from Telemachus

and returns to Eea.

(fol. 213 b.)

A few lines awanting.

Book XXXVI.

(fol. 214 a.)

Of the Greeks and

Trojans slain

during the siege.

Of the Trojans
that followed
Eneas and
Antenor.

Arcesilaus.
Protesilaus.
Meriones.

Patroclus.

Prothenor.
Ormenias.

Polyxenus.
Peneleus.
Poly poetes.

Diores.

Phidippus.

Palamedes.

Antiphus.

There were fey in the fight, of the felle grekes, Eght hundrith thowsaund pro throngyn to dethe, 13992 And sex thowsaund besyde all of sad pepull.

The Sowme of the sure men, þat þe Cité keppit, Sex hundreth thowsaund, seuyn hundreth & sex, on the last.

Whan Eneas was exiled, euyn were his shippes

13996 Two hundreth full hole, all of hede vessell.

The troiens fro the toune, fat turnet with
Antenor,

Were two thowsaund full thro, thristy men all, And fyue hundreth fere, pat folowet hym after. 14000 All the Remnond of Renkes, pat raght fro pe

toune,

With Eneas afterward etlid to see.

The worthiest to wete, pat in wer deghit,

I shall nem you the nomes vponone here,— 14004 Bothe of grekes, er I go, and of gret Troy, And who dight hom to dethe with dynttes of

hond.

THIES ECTOR SLOGH WITH HOND, OF KYNGES.

Thies, honerable Ector auntrid to Sle,
Er the doghty was ded, all of du kynges.
14008 Achilagon, a choise kyng, he choppit to dethe.
Protheselon, in prese, he put out of lyue.

Myrion the mighty, he martrid with hond.
Protroculun, Prothenor, the prise knight slaght;

14012 Othemen, also, abill of person:

Polexenun, Paralanun, Polibeton, also:
Kyng Philip, þat bold britnet with strokes.
Tedynur, in the toile he tyrnit to ground.

14016 Durion of his dynttes drepit was there.
Phephun, palamydon, the fuerse in the feld slogh.
Xansipun the souerain, with a Sore dynt.

Leenton the Lord, on the laund fellit.

14020 Humeriun the herty, hew to the dethe, And Famen the fuerse, fey with his hond.

Book XXXVI.

Leonteus.

Eumelus.

Firmeus.

THEZ PARIS SLOGH IN THE FFELD.

Paris, palamydon put out of lyue,

And Frygie, the fell kyng, fonnget to dethe:

14024 Antilagon also, after forsothe.

Achilles the choise kyng, hym chaunsit to sle,
And Aiax, afterward, abill of dede.

(fol. 214b.)

Palamedes.

Antilochus.

Achilles.

Ajax.

THIES ACHILLES SLOGH IN THE FFELD.

Achilles, with his choppes, chaunsit to sle

14028 Emphemun the fuerse, & the prise Emphorbiun: Euphemus and Austeron the stith, out of state broght:

Lygonun the lege kyng, launchet thurgh dint:
Ector the honerable, oddist of knightes,

14032 Troiell, with treason, & the true kyng Menon :
Neptolomon, with noy, of pat noble was ded:
Thies brettonit pat bold or he bale dreghit.

THIES ENEAS SLOGH.

Eneas also auntrid to sle

14036 Amphymak the fuerse, with a fyne speire;

And Neron the noble with a nolpe alse.

Euphorbus.
Asteropæus.

Lycaon.

Hector.

Troilus and
Memnon.
Neoptolemus.

Amphimachus.

Nireus.

THIES PIRRUS SLOGH.

Pyrrus, the pert kyng, put vnto dethe

Pantasilia the prise qwene, pertest of ladies;

Penthesilea.

14040 Kyng Priam, with pyne, Polexena his doghter: Polyxena.

Thies worthy to wale, as werdes hom demyt,

Were martrid in maner, as I mynt haue.

Now the proses is plainly put to an end :

14044 He bryng vs to the blisse, pat bled for our Syn.

AMEN.

NOTES.

1. 1. Maistur in magesté, King of Kings, or Almighty King. That maister had the meaning of chief, principal, greatest, there are many proofs, as maister-street, the chief or principal street, maister-man, the Lord or chief of a band; and the names given to the chief officers of the crown, as Master of the Household, Master of the Ceremonies, &c., &c. But the word in that meaning was much more common in Scotland than in England, and is still so used. Even as late as the close of the 16th century the Provost of Edinburgh was called the maister Mair, or chief of all the Provosts or Mayors of Scotland. In an account of the rejoicings in Edinburgh in 1590, we find,

"The nomber of thame that wer thair,

I sall descriue thame as I can ;

My Lord, I mene the maister Mair,
The Provost ane maist prudent man:
With the haill counsall of the toun,
Ilkane cled in a velvet goun."

Burel's Entry Q. 1590, Watson's Coll. II. 14.

1. 2. Endles and on, euer to last, the One God, Infinite, and Everlasting.

1. 4. wysshe me with wyt, endow me with the needed gifts, or, instruct and guide me. Observe the s becomes sh in wisse, as also in slepe in 1. 6, and in a few other words throughout the work.

1. 6. slydyn vppon shlepe, fallen into forgetfulness: by slomeryng of Age, through the negligence of the past, as in the expression, the sleep of ages.'

to wale in hor

11. 7-8. Compare with Morte Arthure, 11. 16-22. tyme, to be found in their age. To Wale is to choose, to select, as in II. 373, 1355, 13224; also, in plenty, as in 11. 340, 373; of all kinds, as in l. 332. Wale is an adj. in 694, 1329, 1727, 1943, meaning, choice, good, dear, strong, deadly; and in 1546 it means utmost, extreme: in 11952 it is a s. and means choice. In all its forms and uses there is the idea of choice, selection, excellence, superiority: it is a very common word in Scotland, and still has all those meanings. Thus Burns, in 'The Cotter's Saturday Night,' has,