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cruel lyou{n} ? at is to seyne he slou? ? e lyou{n} {and} [[pg 148]]
rafte hy{m} hys skyn.

[Sidenote: he smote the Harpies with his arrows;]

he smot ? e brids ? at hy? te{n} 4261
arpijs [in ? e palude of lyrne] wi? certeyne arwes.

[Sidenote: he caried off the golden apples of the Hesperides, and
killed the watchful dragon;]

he rauyssed[e] applis fro ? e wakyng dragou{n}. {and}
hys hand was ? e more heuy for ? e golde[ne] 4264
metal.
[Sidenote: he bound Cerberus with a threefold chain;]

He drou? Cerberus ? e hound of helle by
hys treble cheyne.

[Sidenote: he gave the body of proud Diomede as food for the
tyrant's horses;]

he ouer-comer as it is seid ha?
put an vnmeke lorde fodre to hys cruel hors ? ? is is
to sein. ? at hercules slou? diomedes {and} made his hors 4268
to etyn hym.

[Sidenote: he slew the serpent Hydra;]

and he hercules slou? Idra ? e serpent {and}
brend[e] ? e venym.

[Sidenote: he caused Achelous to hide his blushing head within his
banks;]

and achelaus ? e flode defouled[e] in
his forhede dreint[e] his shamefast visage in his
strondes.