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90 IX. WILLIAM CAXTON.THoant <strong>the</strong> preest resisted longe <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> wordes <strong>of</strong> An<strong>the</strong>--5 nor / but in <strong>the</strong> ende for couetyse <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> grete some <strong>of</strong> goldthat an<strong>the</strong>nor gaf <strong>to</strong> hym. He consentyd that he shold take<strong>the</strong> palladyum and here hyt away. Than An<strong>the</strong>nor <strong>to</strong>ke hyt.^oanone and sente hyt vn<strong>to</strong> vhxes / <strong>the</strong> same nyght / Andafter <strong>the</strong> voys ranne amonge <strong>the</strong> peple that vhxes by hissubtiHte had taken and born awaye <strong>the</strong> palladyum out <strong>of</strong> troyeO what trayson was thys <strong>of</strong> a preest / that louyd better forcovetyse <strong>to</strong> betraye his cyte / than <strong>to</strong> leue <strong>the</strong> gold that wasgyuen hym. Certes hyt is a foule vyce in a preest <strong>the</strong> synne<strong>of</strong> couetyse / But fewe haue ben <strong>to</strong> fore thys tyme / and.^5 fewe ben yet but yf <strong>the</strong>y ben attaynte <strong>the</strong>rwyth / wher<strong>of</strong> hytis grete pyte / syn hyt is so that auaryce is moder <strong>of</strong> ailvyces / Whilis that <strong>the</strong> troians gadryd <strong>to</strong> gyder <strong>the</strong>ir goldand syluer and put hyt in <strong>the</strong> temple <strong>of</strong> mynerve <strong>to</strong> kepevn<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> tyme that hyt was alle assemblid.Hit playsid <strong>the</strong>m40 <strong>to</strong> <strong>of</strong>fre & make sacrefyse <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>yr goa Appolyn / And whan<strong>the</strong>y hadd slayn many bestes for <strong>the</strong>ir sacrefyce<strong>the</strong>m vpon <strong>the</strong> Awter / And hadd setteand had putfyre on <strong>the</strong>m for <strong>to</strong>brenne <strong>the</strong>m / Hit happend that <strong>the</strong>r cam <strong>the</strong>re two meruayllis/ <strong>the</strong> fyrste was that <strong>the</strong> fyre wold not alyghte ne45 brenne / for <strong>the</strong>y began <strong>to</strong> make <strong>the</strong> fyre more than tentymes / And alway hyt quenchid and myght neuer brenne<strong>the</strong> sacrefyce. The seconde myracle or meruaylle was whan<strong>the</strong>y had appoynted <strong>the</strong> entraylles <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bestes for <strong>the</strong>yrsacrefyce / A grete Eygle descended fro <strong>the</strong> ayer cryyng50 grctly and <strong>to</strong>ke wyth his feet <strong>the</strong> said entraylles and barehem in <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> shyppes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> grekes.Of <strong>the</strong>se two thinges were <strong>the</strong> troians sore abasshid &esmayed / And said that <strong>the</strong> goddes were wroth wyth hem.And than <strong>the</strong>y demanded <strong>of</strong> cassandra / what <strong>the</strong>se thinges55 signefied / and she sayd <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>m / that <strong>the</strong> god appolyn waswroth with hem for <strong>the</strong>ffusion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> blood <strong>of</strong> Achylles that

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