punissheth.
Pr. VII. 1. A. Sest thou; C. Sestow. 5, 6. A. om. alle ... aspre. 7. Ed. guerdonyng; C. A. gerdonynge. // C. excersisinge. 16. A. ywened. 20. A. proche. 24. A. Demest thou; Ed. Wenest thou. A. al; C. alle. 26. C. excersiseth. C. corigit; A. corigith; Ed. corrygeth. 34. A. seist thou. 35. Ed. guerdon; C. A. gerdoun. C. Ed. demeth; A. deuinith; decernit. A. poeples; uulgus. 38. A. seist thou. 41. C. Ed. is; A. be. 49. A. om. or in ... vertu. 55. C. the stronge; A. no strong. 56. Ed. abasshen; A. abassen. 66. A. welken; Ed. walken; C. wellen; emarcescere. 69. A. Ed. corrumpe. C. Ocupye; A. Occupy. C. stydefast. 75. C. excersyse. 76. C. punysseth; A. punisseth.
Metre VII.
Bella bis quinis operatus annis.
The [wreker] Attrides, that is to seyn, Agamenon, that wroughte
and continuede the batailes by ten yeer, [recovered] and purgede
in wrekinge, by the destruccioun of Troye, the loste chaumbres of
mariage of his brother; this is to seyn, that he, Agamenon, wan
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ayein Eleyne, that was [Menelaus wyf his brother]. In the mene