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Having heard the ansiuers he iveeps and goes bach. 95

and whate dedd" he sulde dye. And Ipe tree of Ipe Mone shall he

jn I, u • i. ^ ^ _ . live and his

ansuerd' by }?ir twa verse^ : Mend shall

'Anno corapleto vines & mensibits octo, poison him.

4 De quo confidis tibi mortis pocula dabit.'

pat es at saye, 'A twluemonthe & aughte monethes salt Ipou. lyffe.
And J^afD he Jjat poii traiste5 oiD, satt giffe f>ee a drynke of dedd".'
pafD bi-gaiD Alexander to thynke in his hert on) J)is wyse,
8 ' Tell me now, h% trhe,

Wha he es Ipat sail slda mee.'

And fan) j^e tree of f)e sofD ansuerd' by fir twa verse^ :

' Si tibi pandatwr vir qui tua facta resoluet,
12 Ilium confrynges &sic mea carmina fallent.'

pat es at say : ' And I schew the pe manes name, fat satt vndo Did he
thi dedis, Ipou. witt slaa hyin), and so satt my prophycye fayle.' ^j^^ man^
And ban) be forsaide aid man) sayd' titt Alexander : ' Disese i^ame, he

1 . . 1 1 would try

1 6 na mare pir trees, quop he, ' w^t thyne askynges. Bot tourne to undo the
we agayne, as we come hedir.' And fan) Alexander & his twa The'okr^^
prynces wit hyni towrned* agayne wit f e aide mafD. And ay as ^^^n bids
he went, he wepea bitterly, bi-cause of his schorte tyme ; and incommode

2o his prynce5 also weped ri^te sare. Bot he commanded? fain) fat * ® *^®^^'
fay schulde no5te tette to na man) of his Oste fat that fay hadd* away^weep-
herde & sene. And when) fay ware comen) to f e forsaide Palace i^g-
f e aide [man] said" vn-titt Alexander : ' Torne bakke agayne,' mands his

2^ quoth he, 'for it es no5te leefutt to na mafD to passe forthire. telino^^^

If f e liste wende toward" f e weste, f ou satt no^te trauette futt ^a^-

lange are f ou come to f e place, whare f e liste to bee.' And man bids

when) f e aide man) had said* fir worde^, he went in-to f e palace jj^ck^and

28 and Alexander and his twa prynces went doun) by f e forsaide travel to
, 1 r\ , the "west.

gree5 ^ come to f e Uste.

^ Apon f e morne Alexam^er & his Oste remowed'f eine & went Alexander

agayneward? fyftene days. And come agayne to f e forsaid" fifJeSi"^^

33 playne & fare fay luged fain). And fare at f e entree of fa days and

twa forsaid" ways, Alexaric^er gart rayse vp twa pelers of Marble, up two

and by-twixe f am) he haude a table of golde, on f e whilke was ^u^rs^

wretyn in f e langage of grewe, hebrew, of latyne, and of Inde, between

36 one this wyse : ' I, Alexander, Phillipp) son) of Macedoyne, table of

^ Four lines with red capital A.