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OF ENEADOS. 627
Towart quliam Pallas bownyt has ful lone,
And in hys renk on tbis wys maid hys boyn :
Now grant, thou God and fader Tyberyne,
Gude chance and fortoun to this hod of myne
5 The quhilk I tays apon this caftyng fpeir,
That it may throw Alefus body fcheir ;
And gon harnes, cote armour, and fpulge brycht,
Quhilk now fa weirly fchynys on gon knycht,
Sail hyng apon ane ayk faft by thi bra.
10 The God hys afkyn hard, as he dyd pray:
For quhil Aletus oiiaviiytly
Cled with hys fcheild Imaonus, liyui by.
That was to hym hys frend and fallow deir,
Hys breift ftud nakyt, but armour or geir,
15 Quharin he Pallas dedly fchaft reflauyt.
Bot La^-fus, wilfuU hys fyde to haue favyt,
As he that Avas a gret part of the oft,
And lyft not fuffir, with fik feir na boft,
Or flauclitir maid be Pallas and deray,
20 At his cumpan^eis luld caucht mair aifray,
Rul'chit in the nielle ; and firft in hys teyn
Slew Abas, that gret bargane dyd fuftene.
The thikaft fop or rowt of all the pres,
Thar as maift tary was, or he wald ces,
25 Thys Lafus al to fparpillyt and invadys :
Down bettyn war the barnage of Archadys;
Down bettyn eik war the Hethruryanys ;
And ghe alio, fell bodeis of Troianys,
That war not put by Grekis to vtyrrans.
30 Than all the oftis femlyt with fpeir and lans,