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The silent castle.

And as they went along this shore, about the eighth hour
of the day

of ]>e day, fiay come titt a castett J>at stode in a littitt He in J^is ways his

forsaid' ryuere ; And this castett was made of f»e forsaid' redej. to^q^J^nch"^

4 pe brede of tliis ryuer was foure furlange lentlfi. And in J^at *heir

castett J^ay sawe a few raefD. And j^afi) AAenander bad his men) Going

spirre ]?aifD j^at ware in \>e castett in f»e langage of Inde whare ^l^nlfs tlT

J^ay myghte fynde any swete watir able for to drynke. And come to a

8 also son) als J^ay spake to ]^am) f'ay with-drewe ]:)am) & hiddl with a

And AXe-Kander gerte schotte arowes in-to \>e castett and J)an) c^s*l®»

J^ay hidd" ]?am) wele J>e mare. And when AlexancZer saw *that * Leaf 28.

)?ay walde one na wyse speke w^t hym, he liadd' a certane of his wherein are

1 2 knyghtes nakne )?am & swyme ouer J)e wat(?r to ]:e castett. And ^f^ '^J^'^

J?an) xxxvii balde l^nyghtis & hardy of Macedoyne nakned' l^am), them no

and tuke ilkan) of J>ani) a swerde in his hande & went in-to ]:>e Alexander

wat^r & swame it to f>ay were passede J)e ferthe parte J'ar^-offe. ^^^^ .

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16 And sodeynly thare rase oute of J^e water a grete multitude his knights

of beste5, Ipat ere called? ypotaynes, grettere of body than) ari) gt^eTm. ^

olyphant, and deuored" thir knyghtis eu6r-ilkan92e. And J?an) They swim

was Alexander ri^te sare greuede, and be-lyfe garte take ]:'e but are d'e-

20 forsaid' guyde3 cl & caste fam) in-to J»e water. And onane ^ippopo-*^

Ipe ypotaynes deuoredT J?am. *^"^i-

And Alexander thoghte it was nojte spedfutt langare to stryffe throws the

wit thase monstres, and garte tromppe vp and remowed"" his f^^ river ^

24 Oste fra beine, and went so att hat day wondere wery for thriste. and they

And also )?ay hadd" grete disese & nuye of wilde ^ Beste J>at come voured

apon) ]?am), ]:)at es to say, of lyones, beres, vnycornes, tygres, ^^^' ^^^^ j

and parde^, wit Ipe whilke ]:»ay faughte & grete t?'auett hade. onwards

28 ^And as J^ay went on) ]:»is wyse wit grete angere & disese worried by

aboute ])e elleued? houre psij saw a littitt bate in Ipe riuere made ^f th ^^^^^

of rede and men) rowande pare-in. And Alexa?ic?er gert spirre eleventh

J^ain) in J^e langage of Inde, whare ]:>ay my3te fynde any fresche meet a

32 water. And bay talde whare & schewed" bain) a place a littitt ^^^^^ ^^at
' "^ r r whose crew

J?eine whare-in J?ay saide f>ay scholde fynde a grete staunke of directthem
swete water and gude. And ]?afD Alexanc^er & hys Oste went pond of
att aboute )?at ryuere, & come titt f)is forsaid" stanke and luged' j^^shwater.
36 J?am) aboute it. And Alexa^icZer comandedT Ipat J^ay sulde fette round the

' Four lines with miniature A and small ' Four lines with red capital A and

a written in MS. margin beside. small a in the MS. margin beside.

' of deleted by the scribe before Beste.