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And of this lord descended [Tydeus]
By ligne, or elles olde bokes lye;
But how this Meleagre gan to dye
Thorugh his [moder], wol I yow not telle,
For al to long it were for to dwelle.'
[Argument of the 12 Books of Statius' Thebais.]
Associat profugum Tideo primus Polimitem;
Tidea legatum docet insidiasque secundus;
Tercius Hemoniden canit et vates latitantes;