111 The agony of Alexander

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' I pray yow sitt ye still & etegh & drynkes & bees mery.' Bot
thay ware gretly troubbled and rase up fra the burdes and stode
witowtten for to see the ende. And Alexander went in-till
4 his chambir gretly tourmentid, and soghte a fethir for to putt
in his throtte for to garre hym hafe a vomet of the puyson
that he hadd resayffed. And Iobas, that was cheffe of all this
hye tresoon, gatt a fethir & enoynt it wit the same puyson
8 & broghte it till Alexander ; and he tuk it & putt it in his
throtte, and belyfe * the puyson vexed hym ay mare & mare.
And than Alexander bade ane gange & open the palace gates
that ware on Eufrates banke. And alle that nyghte he woke
12 in grete payne & tourment. And aboute mydnyghthte he rase
oute of the bedde that he lay in and putt oute the lyghte that brynt
by-fore hym, and for he myghte noghte ga uprighte, he creped
one hende & one fete doune to-warde Eufrate for till hafe
16 drownned hym selfe, that the strenth of the water myghth hafe
borne hym away whare neuer man solde hafe fun hym.

And Rosan his wyfe folowed as faste as scho myghte. And
when scho come to hym scho felle upon hym & enbraced hym
20 in hir armes & said un-till hym : ' Allas, my lorde Alexander,'
quoth scho, ' will thou now leue me & gaa slaa thi-selfe.' And
scho wepe that it was dole to see ; and Alexander ansuerde
& sayde : ' I beseke the Rosan,' quoth he, ' that ert so dere to me
24 & so swete, late nane wit of myn Endynge, if all it be that we
may na langare hafe ioy togedir.' And than Kosan ledd
Alexander agayne to his bedd, and layde her armes aboute his
nekke and kyssede hym many a tyme, and sare wepand said
28 un-till hym): 'A, A, my swete lorde,' quoth scho, ' if thine ende be
nowe commen, ordayne firste for us or ye passe hethine.' And
onane he callede un-till hym lobas & bade hym feche un-till
hym Semyon his notary. And when he was comen he garte
32 bere hym down in-to the haulle, and he garte come by-fore hym
all his prynces & bade his notary wryte his testament bi-fore
tham all on ths wyse.

¹ ' ARestotle oure dere Maister, we comande the & prayse the.
36 that of oure awen tresour thou sende to the preste of Egipt that
ministres in the temple, whare-in oure body sall be beryed tog^veto

^ Three lines with red capital A , and small a in the margin beside,
small capital R following.

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