An Alliterative Romance Translated from Guido de Colonna's "Hystoria Troiana" The Gest Hystoriale of the destruction of Troy |
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 | An Alliterative Romance Translated from Guido de Colonna's "Hystoria Troiana" |  |
PELLEUS
Pelleus of the proffer was proude at his hert,
And glad of þe graunt before the grete lordys;
He ertid to an end egurly fast,
Þat no tarying shuld tyde ouer a tyme set;
And þet ffortune vnderfonges þat he feile shall,
And will put hym fro purpos þat he presys after.
He consydret þat Calcos was closet in an yle,
Þat no creature might keuer for course of the see,
But with ship þat shapon were for þe shyre waghes.
Þan he comaundet to come of þe crafte noble,
A wright þat was wise þis werke for to ende;
And Argus þat after was abill of his crafte,
Sone he dressit to his dede & no dyn made,
And made vp a mekyll ship, þe most vpon erthe,
Þat after hym awne selfe Argon was cald.
Sum sayn full sure & for sothe holdyn,
Hit was þe formast on flete þat on flode past,
Þat euer saile was on set vpon salt water,
Or euer kairet ouer cost to cuntris O fer.
And glad of þe graunt before the grete lordys;
He ertid to an end egurly fast,
Þat no tarying shuld tyde ouer a tyme set;
And þet ffortune vnderfonges þat he feile shall,
And will put hym fro purpos þat he presys after.
He consydret þat Calcos was closet in an yle,
Þat no creature might keuer for course of the see,
But with ship þat shapon were for þe shyre waghes.
Þan he comaundet to come of þe crafte noble,
A wright þat was wise þis werke for to ende;
And Argus þat after was abill of his crafte,
Sone he dressit to his dede & no dyn made,
And made vp a mekyll ship, þe most vpon erthe,
Þat after hym awne selfe Argon was cald.
Sum sayn full sure & for sothe holdyn,
Hit was þe formast on flete þat on flode past,
Þat euer saile was on set vpon salt water,
Or euer kairet ouer cost to cuntris O fer.
Now ordant was althing onestly þere,
And abundantly broght þat hom bild might,
With all stuff for þe stremes, þat hom strenght shuld.
Mony noble for þe nonest to þe note yode,
Tryed men þat were taken of tessayle rewme,
To this Journey with Jason, as the gest tellus:
All entred into Argon after anon.
And abundantly broght þat hom bild might,
With all stuff for þe stremes, þat hom strenght shuld.
Mony noble for þe nonest to þe note yode,
Tryed men þat were taken of tessayle rewme,
To this Journey with Jason, as the gest tellus:
All entred into Argon after anon.
| An Alliterative Romance Translated from Guido de Colonna's "Hystoria Troiana" | |