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28 HI. JOHN LYDGATE.(B) The Siorie of Thebes ; Pars Secunda.How manly Tydeus departed from )?eking.Whan Tydeus hadde his massage saide, 1065Lik to the charge that was on \\ym laide,As he that Hst no longer ther soioz^rne,Fro the kyng he gan his face tourne,Nat astonned, nor in his hert afferde,But ful proudly leyde hond on his swerde, 1070And in despit, who that was lief or loth.A Sterne pas thorgh the halle he goth,Thorgh-out the courte, and manly took his stede,And oute of Thebes fast gan hy;7z spede,Enhastyng \\yi?i til he was at large, 1075And sped hym forth touard the londe of arge.Thus leue I \\y??i ride forth awhile,Whilys that I retourne ageyn my styleVnto the kyng, which in the halle stood.Among his lordes furious and wood, 1080In his herte wroth and euel apaydOf the wordes that Tydeus had ^Specialy hauyng remembrancesaid,(Jn the proude dispitous -diffiance,Whilys that he sat in his Royal See, 1085Vpon which he wil auenged beFul cruelly, what euae that befalle.And in his Ire he gan to hyw calleChief constable of his Chyualrye,rharchyng hym fast for to hye. 1090' So in Trin. O. 5, 2 ; Ar. ' hath.' 2 jvjs.'dispititous.'