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in_o these_o prayer_n and_o lamentation_n you_o will_v abode_n until_o the_o dead_a of_o the_o night_n curse_v hercules_n say_v that_o she_o have_v rather_o die_v then_o to_o love_n or_o like_v he_o thus_o disdain_v the_o love_n of_o hercules_n without_o meat_n or_o drink_v she_o pass_v the_o whole_a night_n the_o day_n next_o follow_v hercules_n return_v unto_o she_o and_o on_o a_o new_a pray_v she_o that_o she_o will_v be_v his_o wife_n say_v without_o respite_n that_o sheâ—_n must_v needs_o agree_v thereto_o she_o be_v right_n sore_o displeasant_a of_o this_o request_n and_o excuse_v herself_o in_o many_o fashion_n that_o be_v too_o long_o to_o rehearse_v at_o this_o time_n but_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o prayer_n and_o request_n of_o hercules_n love_v inspire_v in_o such_o wise_a the_o gentlewoman_n that_o she_o understand_v well_o that_o hercules_n be_v of_o the_o root_n of_o noble_a father_n and_o mother_n wherefore_o she_o accord_v to_o do_v his_o pleasure_n what_o shall_v i_o more_o say_v you_o will_v company_v then_o with_o hercules_n as_o his_o wife_n and_o they_o lie_v together_o and_o they_o grow_v acquaint_v each_o with_o other_o love_n then_o inroot_v in_o their_o heart_n so_o that_o their_o two_o will_n be_v lock_v and_o put_v in_o one_o will_n hercules_n forget_v deianira_n and_o you_o will_v forget_v the_o death_n of_o her_o father_n and_o be_v so_o much_o enamour_v on_o hercules_n that_o she_o may_v rest_v in_o no_o place_n but_o that_o she_o must_v be_v always_o with_o he_o o_o marvelous_a thing_n the_o rancour_n and_o the_o hate_n that_o you_o will_v have_v yesterday_o unto_o hercules_n be_v now_o sudden_o turn_v into_o love_n infallible_a for_o to_o speed_v the_o matter_n during_o yet_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o love_n of_o hercules_n and_o you_o will_v at_o the_o prayer_n of_o you_o will_v hercules_n give_v her_o sister_n in_o marriage_n to_o certain_a knight_n of_o the_o greek_n and_o leave_v they_o there_o to_o govern_v the_o country_n 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world_n name_v diomedes_n that_o hold_v under_o he_o ten_o thousand_o thief_n and_o he_o make_v war_n against_o all_o they_o that_o he_o may_v find_v and_o have_v a_o custom_n that_o he_o put_v man_n to_o ransom_n such_o as_o it_o please_v he_o and_o if_o they_o that_o he_o put_v to_o such_o misery_n pay_v their_o ransom_n he_o let_v they_o go_v quiet_a and_o with_o that_o money_n and_o substance_n he_o nourish_v his_o thief_n and_o his_o horse_n and_o if_o they_o can_v furnish_v their_o ransom_n he_o himself_o smite_v they_o to_o morsel_n and_o give_v they_o to_o his_o horse_n for_o to_o eat_v and_o devour_v but_o there_o be_v one_o thing_n good_a for_o you_o for_o this_o morning_n he_o be_v go_v to_o the_o chase_n for_o to_o hunt_v in_o a_o forest_n which_o be_v a_o four_o mile_n from_o thrace_n and_o with_o he_o there_o be_v a_o hundred_o of_o the_o strong_a thief_n that_o he_o have_v and_o this_o know_v i_o of_o a_o truth_n for_o i_o have_v see_v they_o depart_v not_o pass_v three_o hour_n ago_o etc._n etc._n chap._n xxix_o ¶_o how_o hercules_n fight_v against_o diomedes_n in_o the_o forest_n of_o thrace_n and_o how_o he_o make_v his_o horse_n to_o eat_v he_o hercules_n hear_v these_o word_n that_o the_o master_n of_o the_o galley_n say_v to_o he_o and_o rehearse_v the_o life_n of_o diomedes_n be_v pass_v joyous_a in_o his_o heart_n more_o than_o he_o have_v be_v since_o the_o death_n of_o the_o thief_n cacus_n he_o have_v in_o he_o that_o valour_n that_o where_o he_o may_v know_v a_o monster_n or_o tyrant_n to_o be_v or_o any_o man_n molest_v the_o weal_n thither_o he_o go_v and_o such_o tyrant_n he_o destroy_v and_o to_o the_o end_n that_o man_n shall_v not_o say_v that_o he_o do_v such_o work_n for_o covetise_n he_o will_v never_o hold_v nor_o retain_v to_o his_o proper_a use_n nothing_o of_o their_o good_n but_o all_o that_o he_o conquer_v in_o such_o wise_a he_o geve_v it_o unto_o noble_a man_n and_o praise_v nor_o seek_v nothing_o but_o virtue_n he_o 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