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The siege of Tyre. 17

lorcle of J)e citee, seancT this, was gretely stirrede and ischewede the Mace-

owte of 'pe citee & wit xxx feghtyng meii) and sett vp a schowte ^^e driven

apon) the * Macedoynes alte at anes, that aite pe erthe trembled? ^^°^-

4 wit-aite. And" when) pe Macedoyns saw that grete multytude ^* ^
of folke com) appon) ]?ain), fay were re^te ferde. And pan
Melagere walde hafe sent a Messang^re to J^aire lorde Alexander,
for to come & socoure J>am), hot he mygte fynd' na man) j^at

8 walde vndertake J^e Message. Than thir twa batalles met

Samen) & faughte to-gedir, and thare was Sampson slaen,

and Bertyne. And pe Macedoyns wit pe* grete multitude of

J)aire enemys ware dreuefD abakke, and lyke for to be dreuen)

1 2 abakke & discomfites. And ane of pe grekkes, J)at highte One of the

Arttes, seynge pe meschefe p&,j stode In, wann) hym owte of the ^J^l^ for

Bataile & went in alle be haste, bat he myghte, till Alexander help to

. Alexander,

& talde hym pat pe Grekkes & pe Macedoyn^s ware in poynte who, leav-

i6 to be mescheuede, bot if he suppoellde }?am) pe tittere. And g^£.* ^^

than Alexander lefte be segge of Tyre, and went wit his Tyre, out-

Oste to pe vale of losaphat, and fand' his men) ri^te harde enemy of

by-stadde wit ]?aire enemys. And he and his Oste vmbylapped? f^Jgia^g

20 alle Jjaire enemys, and daunge j?am) doun) & slewe pa.m) ilke them all.
a moder sofD. And when) he had so done he turned? agayne
vn-to Tyre, and fande the Bastelle, ]:'at he hade made in J^e See,

dongefD doune to pe grounde. For alson) als Alexandere was Alexander,

24 gane fra Tire to J^e vale of losaphat, Balan) pat was lorde of to^^Te"^

Tyre ischewid? oute of J^e citee wzt thee folke pare-of, & assailled" finds his

the bastett manfully, and tuk it & dange it doune. And when) thrown

Alexander sawe that, he was gretly angerde, and his hert g^Taii had

28 wonder heuy, and so ware atte J^e Macedoynes and the Grekes. sortied

In so mekitt thay ware nerehand" in dispeire for to wyn) pe people. So

citee, and ware in poynte to hafe riffen ^ up pe segge. And ^re^thT^^

one pe nyghte nexte suande, Alexander, als he laye & slept, Greeks

32 dremyd? Jjat he hadd? in his hand' a grape, pe whilke hym almost give

thoghte he keste downe vnder his fete, and trade pare-one, ^P *^®

& alsone pare ran) oute of it a grete dele of wyne. And when) The next

Alexander wakned', he called' titt hym) a Philosophre & talde and^*/^^"""

36 hym his dreme. And pe Philosophre ansuerde, ' be balde,' dreams a

m/»i 111 dream and,

quop he, ' & lefe nojte to ensegge iyre, tor pe grape pat pou when his

* MS. riffen, perhaps for ^iffen, but the same idiom is found elsewhere.

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