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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;