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Alexander ascends into the air and descends into the sea.
a chair
whereby
he is borne
by griffons
up into the
air.
He comes
down about
ten days'
march
from his
army.
Then he
lusteth to
know the
depths of
the sea.
The master
glaziers
make him
a glazen
cage with
iron bars
and it is
lowered
down
into the
sea, and
there he
beholds
many won-
ders and
strange
beasts until
he is drawn
up again
by his
knights.
They
march on
and have
to fight
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bk.
strange
horned
beasts.
They come
to the wil-
derness of
mete for )?e grippes. And f)afD he weiite and sett hym) in
]3e chayere. And onane f>e grippes bare hym vp in \>e ayer so
hye J)at Alexanc/^r thoghte att j^e erthe na mare Jjan) a flure
\>are men) thressche^ corne, and \>q See lyke a dragon) abowte 4
]>Q erthe. pan) sodaynly a speeyatt vertu of godd" vmbilapped
f>e grippes f)at gart )?am) discende doune to f>e erthe in a felde :
ten .X. day iowrnee fra f>e Oste, and he hadd" na hurt ne na
schathe in ^pe chayere. Bot wtt grete disesse at ]:>e laste he 8
come tilt his Oste.
^ Aft^T* Jjis AXeyiander ymagened in his hert ]?at he walde knaw
]?e preuates )?at are in J?e see. And onane he gart come bifore
hym) att ]?e Maister glasyers J'at ware in J)e Oste, And comandede 1 2
Jjain) to make hym a grete tounne of passandly clere glasse j^at
he myghte thurgh it clerely see aR man^r of thynge J?at ware wit-
owtten) it. And when) it was made he gart trelesse it al abowte
w^towtten) wet barres of yrei^ and feste 'pare-to lang cheynes of 16
yren), and gart a certane of Ipe strangeste & maste tristy knyghtes
]?at langedVn-titt hym halde J)ir cheynes. And J^an) he went in-to
pe toiinwe & gart pykke wele pe entree whare he went in, and
J^an) late it doun) into pe See. And ]?are he sawe djuerse 20
schappes of fisches of dyuerse colours ; and sum) he sawe hafe
pe schappe of dyu^rse beste^ here one pe lande, gangande on
fete as beste^ dose here & etande fruyte of treesse pat growe^ on
pe See grunde. pir beste^ come till hym. Bot onane as paj 24
saw hym thorow J^e glasse }?ay fledde fra hym. He sawe pare
also many oper meruaylous thynge^, pe whilke he walde tett na
man) bi-cause mefD walde noghte hafe trowed" Jjam) if he had
talde pain}, and at a certayne houre pase ]:>at he hadd? assyngned 2 8
be-fore, his knyghtes drewe hym vp oute of pe See.
" Fra ]?eine J^ay Remowed' Folowande pe bankes of pe Rede
See, and luged J)am) in a place, whare f)are ware wylde Beste)
that hade on) Jjaire heuedis homes lyke vn-to * sawes, and psij 32
ware als scharpe als swerde^. And with thire homes J?ay slewe
& hurte many knyghtis of Alexanders & clone ]?aire cheldes in
sonder. Neuer-]?e-lesse Alexander knyghtis slew of f>am) ccccli.
^ And fra ]?eine Jjay remowedT and come in-till wilderness 36
' Four lines with red capital A and
small a in the margin beside.
'^ Three lines with red capital F and
small y in margin besides.
3 Three lines with red capital A and
small a in the margin beside.
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