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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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94JX. WILLIAM CAXTON.brasse.And <strong>the</strong> thousand knyghtes yssued out / and where155 <strong>the</strong>y fonde )>e troians <strong>the</strong>y slewe hem in <strong>the</strong>ir howsis /where<strong>the</strong>y slepte as <strong>the</strong>y that thought on no thinge.Thus entrid <strong>the</strong> grekes in <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> cyte And slewe men andwomen and chyldren wyth oute sparyng <strong>of</strong> ony and <strong>to</strong>ke aiithat <strong>the</strong>v fonde in <strong>the</strong>ir howses / And slewe so many that er1 60 hyt was daye <strong>the</strong>y had slayn moo than twenty thousand /<strong>the</strong>y pylled and robbed <strong>the</strong> temples / <strong>the</strong> crye aroose mochehorr}'ble <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m that <strong>the</strong>y slewe / Whan <strong>the</strong> kynge pr}^an<strong>the</strong>rde <strong>the</strong> crye / he knewe anone that eneas and an<strong>the</strong>norhad betrayed hym he aroose anone hastely and wente hym1 65 in <strong>to</strong> hys temple <strong>of</strong> Appolyn that was wythin hys palays / ashe that had no more esperance ne hope <strong>of</strong> hys lyf / Andknelid <strong>to</strong> fore <strong>the</strong> hyghe awter. Cassandra fledde on tha<strong>to</strong><strong>the</strong>r syde as one that had ben oute <strong>of</strong> her witte in <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>temple <strong>of</strong> mynerue / wepyng and demenyng grete sorowe.170 And <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r noble women abood styii in <strong>the</strong> palays inwepynges and in teeris.Whan hyt cam on <strong>the</strong> morn <strong>the</strong> grekes by <strong>the</strong> conduyte<strong>of</strong> Eneas and <strong>of</strong> An<strong>the</strong>nor that were open tray<strong>to</strong>urs vn<strong>to</strong><strong>the</strong>yr Cyte and also <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>yr kynge and lord, cam and175 entrid in <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> palays <strong>of</strong> ylyon where <strong>the</strong>y fonde no deifenceand put <strong>to</strong> deth aii <strong>the</strong>m that <strong>the</strong>y fonde. Than pyrrusentryd in <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> temple <strong>of</strong> Appolyne and fonde <strong>the</strong>re <strong>the</strong>kynge prj^ant abidyng his deth / Than he ran v'pon hymwith a nakyd swerd seeyng Eneas and An<strong>the</strong>nor that guyded180 hym He slewe <strong>the</strong>re <strong>the</strong> kynge pryant t<strong>of</strong>ore <strong>the</strong> hygheawter / whiche was aii bebledd <strong>of</strong> his blood. The queuehecuba and polixene fledde and wyste neuer whyder <strong>to</strong> goo /and happend that she mette with Eneas. And than saydhecuba <strong>to</strong> hym in a grete fureur Ha A felon trayttre / fro185 whens is comen <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> so grete cruelte / that thou hastbrought with <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>m that haue slayn <strong>the</strong> kynge pryant /

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