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OF ENEADOS. 651
And Palmus eik, accuftumat to fle :
Bot with a ftane Latagus brytnyt be
Quliilk of a montane femyt a gret nuke,
Witli quliam hyni on the viflTage he ourtuke ;
5 And Pahnus howgh lennonys fmait in tway
Maid hym fa flaw he mycht nocht fle away ;
Thar armour fyne to Lawfus gevyn hes he
To weir on hys fchuldris, and crovn on hie
Thar creiftis fet, the quhilk fa rychly fchane.
iO He flew alfo Evantes a Troiane,
And Mynas fyne he kyllys in the feihl,
Quhilum to Parys compangeoun and evin eikl :
Quham on a nycht Theana, gude and fair,
To hys fader Amycus in Troy bair,
15 Quhen Heccuba, douchter of Cifleus,
Dremyt fcho was gret, the ftory tellis tluis,
With a fyre broynd, and the felf faniyn nycht
Was delyver of Parys, the fey knycht,
Quhilk in hys natyve cite maid hys end :
•20 Bot thir feildis Lawrentan ombekend
Withhaldis now the body of Mynas :
So brym in fl^owr that fl;ond Mezentyus was.
Lyke to the fl;renthy fangler, or the bore,
Quham hundis queft; with mony quhryne and rore
25 Down dryvyng from the hightis maid difcend,
Quhilk mony wyntyr tofor had hym defend
In Vefulus, the cauld montane hie.
That is ourheldyt with mony fyr tre ;
Or than the buftuus fwyne weil fed, that bredis
30 Amang the bufliis rank of ryfpe and redis,