[Alcathoe] he bisegeth harde and longe.
But natheles the walles be so stronge,
And [Nisus], that was king of that citee,
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So chivalrous, that litel dredeth he;
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Of Minos or his ost took he no cure,
Til on a day befel an aventure,
That [Nisus doghter] stood upon the wal,
And of the sege saw the maner al.