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[1475.] WILLIAM CAXTON. 209
susteyning’ his argument. therwith was the boote seeh approchyng
moche raclely the Ryuage. And was aboute a myle nygh to the porte,
Iason toke his flees & iyfte hit vp a lityl in the ayer. ye as hygh as he
mighte And helde hit so hye, that they that were at the llyuage and on
tlie walles of the Cyte beheld hyt and appereeyued hit and shewed hit
one to an other by grete admyracion & wondre.’
* Many ther were that demened grete loye and thanked the goddes
with good herte whan they had perceyuid the noble & riche flees.
wherof the preu Tason made the mustre fro ferre, and som rah for to
gadre of the grene herbes & verdure for to caste a long on the waye
where as Iason sholde passe for to goo to the palais sayng to euery
man that they were certayn of his retournyng, & that alle honour
ought to be maad to him for one so noble & gloriouse conqueste,
Medea among all other was so right Ioyous whan she espyed the light
and shining of the flees of golde that her seemed that she shold entre
in to a paradyse terrestre. And coinanded that her ladies & Damoiselles
shold put on the fayr fronte in entencion to make feste solempne for
the honour of this right excellc-nt victoire. & for to come to a con-
elusion. trompes tabours. menestrels. hornes sarasinois & busines
began to blowe vp & sowne melodiously after that tyme vsed.’ Fol. 104.
Some apology may be due for the unusual length of these extracts ;
but it is hoped that. their intrinsic curiosity, and the extreme rarity of
the volume from which they are taken, will plead their justification.
It remains therefore only to subjoin the concluding passage, or rather
the printer’s epilogue, on tlie reverse of the 148th and last ieaf, thus :
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tf)i£ ftaue Si fouben more tljen mjm aitcror rcljcrccft) in
pi£ fiofte/ i tfjetfore 31 mafo pete an entie of t!)i£ ^totie
of SJaffon/ tofjom triuce men friame ficcau^e tfjat Ije feft
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faiti iortie ^rince taccepte tafte pt in gtec of me f)i£
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* Sic.
susteyning’ his argument. therwith was the boote seeh approchyng
moche raclely the Ryuage. And was aboute a myle nygh to the porte,
Iason toke his flees & iyfte hit vp a lityl in the ayer. ye as hygh as he
mighte And helde hit so hye, that they that were at the llyuage and on
tlie walles of the Cyte beheld hyt and appereeyued hit and shewed hit
one to an other by grete admyracion & wondre.’
* Many ther were that demened grete loye and thanked the goddes
with good herte whan they had perceyuid the noble & riche flees.
wherof the preu Tason made the mustre fro ferre, and som rah for to
gadre of the grene herbes & verdure for to caste a long on the waye
where as Iason sholde passe for to goo to the palais sayng to euery
man that they were certayn of his retournyng, & that alle honour
ought to be maad to him for one so noble & gloriouse conqueste,
Medea among all other was so right Ioyous whan she espyed the light
and shining of the flees of golde that her seemed that she shold entre
in to a paradyse terrestre. And coinanded that her ladies & Damoiselles
shold put on the fayr fronte in entencion to make feste solempne for
the honour of this right excellc-nt victoire. & for to come to a con-
elusion. trompes tabours. menestrels. hornes sarasinois & busines
began to blowe vp & sowne melodiously after that tyme vsed.’ Fol. 104.
Some apology may be due for the unusual length of these extracts ;
but it is hoped that. their intrinsic curiosity, and the extreme rarity of
the volume from which they are taken, will plead their justification.
It remains therefore only to subjoin the concluding passage, or rather
the printer’s epilogue, on tlie reverse of the 148th and last ieaf, thus :
anti mote Ijnue % not teb of ttye nofrte pteu 3[agon/ fmt
tf)i£ ftaue Si fouben more tljen mjm aitcror rcljcrccft) in
pi£ fiofte/ i tfjetfore 31 mafo pete an entie of t!)i£ ^totie
of SJaffon/ tofjom triuce men friame ficcau^e tfjat Ije feft
*i reputJieti St^etiea/ fiut in tfji^ preoent fioTfte pe map
£ee tlje euptient cattpe.0/ fnljp Ije so tipti. $rapng mp
faiti iortie ^rince taccepte tafte pt in gtec of me f)i£
intiigne petuiteiit. ingom 3i ficpecfjc goti almigljtp to
£atte % enctece in Pctttt noin in ijig tentste iongtl)* tljat
* Sic.