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IX. RECUYELL OF THE HISTORYES OF TROYE. 89\_From the ' Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye.'']How the trayttre Antlienor bought of the preest the palladyum/ and gaf hyt to Vlixes and of the horse ofbrasse that w^as by the grekes brought to the templeof Pallas beyng fullof men of armes / And how thecyte of Troye was taken and brente And the kyngepryant slayn &c.Wnan Dyomedes and vlixes were retorned in to their oost.Athenor wente hym vnto the kynge pryant and said to hymthat he shold assemble ail his folk to counceyll. And whanthey were alle comen. Anthenor sayd to hem that for tocome to ])e peas of the grekes they muste nedes paye twenty 5thousand marc of gold and of good poys / and as moche ofsyiuer / And also an nonderd thousand quarters of whete.And this muste be maad redy with in certayn terme. Andthan whan they haue this / they shaH sette sewrte to holdethe peas wyth out ony frawde or malengyne. There it was 10ordeyned how this some shold be leueyed and whylis theywere besy ther abowtes. Anthenor wente to the preest ]>atkepte the palladyum / the whiche preest had to nameThoant / and bare to hym a grete quantite of gold. Andthere were they two at counceili Anthenor sayd to hym that 15he shold take this some of gold, wherof he shold be rycheail hys lyf / and that he shold gyue to hym the palladyum /and that noman shold knowe therof / ffor I haue. sayd he.grete fere and as moche drede as thou, that ony man sholdknowe therof. And I shaii sende hit to vlixes / and he 20shall bere the blame vpon hym.and euery man shaH sayethat vlixes shaH haue stolen hyt / and we shaH be quytetherof bothe two &c.