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The siege of Tyre. 17

lord of the city, [seeand] this, was greatly stirred and issued out of the city & with xxx fighting men and set up a shout upon the Macedonians all at once, that all the earth trembled withal. And when the Macedonians saw a great multitude of folk come upon them, they were right feared. And then Meleager would have sent a Messenger to their lord Alexander, for to come and succor them, but he might find no man that would undertake the Message. Then their [twa batalles] met [Sampson?] & fought together, and there was Sampson slain, and Bertyne. And the Macedonians with the great multitude of their enemies were driven back, and lyke for to be driven back & discomfites. And one of the Greeks, that highte Arttes, seeing the mischief they stood In, [wann] him out of the Battle & went in all the haste, that he might, till Alexander & told him that the Greeks & the Macedonians were in [poynte] to be [mescheuede], but if he [suppoellde them the tittere]. And then Alexander left the siege of Tyre, and went with his Oste to the vale of Josaphat, and found his men right hardy [by-stadde] with their enemies. And he and his Oste enveloped all their enemies, and [dug?] them down & slew them like a mother's son. And when he had so done he turned again unto Tyre, and found the [Bastelle], that he had made in the See, [dug?] down to the ground. For also as Alexander was gone from Tyre to the valley of Josaphat, Balan that was lord of Tyre escaped out of the city with the folk thereof, & assailled the [bastell] manfully, and took it & [dug?] it down. And when Alexander saw that, he was greatly angered, and his heart wonder [heuy], as so were all the Macedonians and the Greeks.
Insomuch that were nearly in despair for to win the city, and were in [pynte] to have risen up the siege. And on the night next [Sunday?], Alexander, as he lay & slept, dreamed that he had in his hand a grape, the which him thought he cast down under his feet, and trade thereon, & also there ran out of it a great deal of wine. And when Alexander wakened, he called to him a Philosopher & told him his dream. And the Philosopher answered, 'be bold,' quoth he, '& live to ensiege Tyre, for the grape that thou

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