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[How Manymettus and Argones died at mischef.]
Manymettus, of Perce lord and kyng,
Cam next in pres, distressid with gret peyne,
Vpon Fortune pitousli pleynyng,
His aduersite did hym so constreyne;
For ther was oon which did at hym disdeyne
Callid Argoones, void of title or lyne,
Geyn Manymet[tus] proudli gan maligne.
Cam next in pres, distressid with gret peyne,
Vpon Fortune pitousli pleynyng,
His aduersite did hym so constreyne;
For ther was oon which did at hym disdeyne
Callid Argoones, void of title or lyne,
Geyn Manymet[tus] proudli gan maligne.
Which Argones for his presumpcioun
Take at mischeef be sodeyn violence,
His doom was youe to deien in prisoun,
Of noun poweer to make resistence;
But Fortune, that can no difference
In hir chaunges atwixen freend & foo,
Caused hem to deie at myscheef bothe two.
Take at mischeef be sodeyn violence,
His doom was youe to deien in prisoun,
Of noun poweer to make resistence;
But Fortune, that can no difference
In hir chaunges atwixen freend & foo,
Caused hem to deie at myscheef bothe two.
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