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Apollonius of Tyre
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444[De recessu Appollini ab Antiochia.]
Of the departure of Appolinus from Antioch.
445 And thus with leve and time assised
446This yonge Prince forth he wente,
447And understod wel what it mente,
448Withinne his herte as he was lered,
449That forto maken him afered
450The king his time hath so deslaied.
451Wherof he dradde and was esmaied,
452Of treson that he deie scholde,
453For he the king his sothe tolde;
454And sodeinly the nyhtes tyde,
455That more wolde he noght abide,
456Al prively his barge he hente
457And hom ayein to Tyr he wente:
458And in his oghne wit he seide
459For drede, if he the king bewreide,
460He knew so wel the kinges herte,
461That deth ne scholde he noght asterte,
462The king him wolde so poursuie.
463Bot he, that wolde his deth eschuie,
464And knew al this tofor the hond,
465Forsake he thoghte his oghne lond,
466That there wolde he noght abyde;
467For wel he knew that on som syde
468This tirant of his felonie
469Be som manere of tricherie
470To grieve his bodi wol noght leve.