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Caxton 1, folio299v image
 And Darius occupied his degre  
Though he therto hadde neythir right ne lawe  
 Lordingis her by ensaumpil mowe ye take  
 How that in lordship is no sikyrnesse  
 For whenne that fortune wyl a man forsake  
 He berith awey his regne and his riches  
And eke his frendis bothe more and les  
 And what man hath frendis thorough fortune  
 Mys hap wol make hym enemyes I gesse  
 This Prouerbe is ful soth & ful comune  
 CEnobia of Belmarie quene  
As writith Perceus of her nobles  
 So worthy was in armys and so kene  
 That no wight passid her in hardynes  
 Ne in lynage ne in non other gentilnes  
 Of kyngis blood of Perce is she descendid  
I say that she had not most fiersnes  
 But of her shappe she myght not be amendid  
 From her childhoode I fynde that she fled  
 Office of womman and to wode she went  
 And many a wilde hertis blood she shed  
With arowis brood that she to hem sent  
 She was so swift that she anon hem hent  
 And whanne that she was elder she wold kylle  
 Liouns liberdis and hem alto rent  
 And in her armys welde hem at her wille  
She durste wilde bestis dennys seke  
 And renne in the mounteyn al the nyght  
 And slepe vnder abussh and she coude eke  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 240
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3428
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2238

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 245
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3433
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2243

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 250
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3438
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2248

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 255
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3443
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2253

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 260
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3448
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2258

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MO, 265
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group B2, 3453
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VII, 2263