107 The strange beasts. The death of Bucephalus

The strange beasts. The death of Bucephalus. 107

bitwex f)e reeLV See and Araby, whare grete multitude of Pepir pepper
growed"; And )?are ware many grete nedders wit hornwes on hoTned^
l^aire hedes lyke tuppe homes, wit Ipe wliilke f>ay smate Alex- adders.
4 ander knygbtis rijt felly. Off {?ase nedderes slew ]>e Macedoynes
a grete party.

^ peine |:»ay remowed* and luged" in a place whare many They meet
Rynosephales ware, pe whilke hade beuedes & manes lyke to fight
8 horsey. And bay hade grete bodys, and wonder grete teethe Eiimoceri
and lange, and oute of J>aire mouthes fay schotte flawme^ forth fire,
of fyre. And when) J:ay saw f»e Oste luge f)are |3ay come
& assaylled* pami. And Alexander ran) hyder and thedir They fight

12 amange^ pe oste and comforthed? his knyghtes and bad ]pam) fiercely,
feghte manly wit f)ase monstres. And so f>ay didd'. Neuer-J'e-
lesse pare ware a grete multitude of his knygbtis slayne of Jjase
beste^. Bot of pe Eynocephales pare was slayne an hugge

1 6 mitltitude.

^ pan) f>ay remowed? fra )?eine and come in-titt a champayne Alex-
cuntree and luged" f)am) J^are, And lay J^are a certane days, steed Buce-
Bi-cause of his horse Buktyphalas ]?at felt seke J)are ; of pe ^^lusdies.

2o whilke sekenesse he dyed?. And when) Alexander saw hyw dedd? a rich tomb
he made grete dole for hyw and weped" for hym ri5t sare. For ^ city
he hadd* borne hym in many a Batetle, and broghte [hym] oute of ^^^^^ ^"^'
many peretts. And J^are-fore when) he was dede Alexander

24 gart doo aboute hym grete exequyes and gart make hym a full
riche toumbe & a bye and did* hym pare-in and made a grete
citee J)are, pe whilke in mynde of his horse he gart call Bukty-
phalas.

28 3 Fra ]:)eine psij remowed and come titt a ryuere ■* pat was called" They come
Cytan or Deciracy whare men) of pe cuntree broghte hym) palace of
V Olyphantes and v cartes of werre. And fra J^eine pB,j Xerxes.
remowed? & come tilt kynge 3erses palace. And in )?at Palace

32 J^ay fande bedde5 of clene golde many a thowsande. pare ware The birds
also grete fewles white als doufes, pe whilke had knawyng teSthTlife

be-fore of a seke man) wheder he schulde lyffe or dye. For or death of

. Till -I * man.

if pSLj by-helde J^e seke man) m pe vesage, he schulde mende &

36 fare wele. And if ]?ay towrned? f>am awaywarde wztowtten)

* Three lines. * The scribe first wrote rever, then

2 Three lines. altered it to ryver, then scratched it all out

' MS. has a small / written in margin, and wrote ryvere after it.
but no space for the large capital to be put.