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descendith
_wel_--welle]


RUPIS ACHEMENIE.

[Sidenote: [The fyrste Met{ur}. ]]

[Sidenote: Where the flying Parthian doth pierce his pursuers with
his shafts, there from the Achemenian heights flow the Tigris and
Euphrates, but soon their streams divide and flow into separate
channels. ]

++TIgris [{and}] eufrates resoluen {and} spryngen of a welle in
? e kragges of ? e roche of ? e contre of achemenye ? er{e}
as ? e fleenge [batayle] ficchi? hire dartes reto{ur}nid in
? e brestes of hem ? at folwen hem. ? And sone aftre 4372
? e same ryueres tigris {and} eufrates vnioygne{n} {and} dep{ar}ten
hir{e} watres.
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[Sidenote: But should they unite again, in the impetuous stream,
boats, ships, and trees would be all intermingled, whirled about;
and blind Chance seems to direct the current's course. ]

and yif ? ei comen to-gidre {and} ben
assembled {and} clepid to-gidre in to o cours. ? an moten
? ilke ? inges fletyn to-gidre whiche ? at ? e water of ? e 4376
entrechau{n}gyng flode bry{n}ge? ? e shippes {and} ? e stokkes
araced wi? ? e flood moten assemble. {and} ?