[Linenotes: 4236 _seyne_--seyn 4237 _wrouȝt[e]_--wrowhte _continued[e]_--continuede _ȝere_--ȝer 4238 _purged[e]_--purgede 4240 [_he_]--from C. _wan_--MS. wanne, C. wan 4242 _desired[e]_--desirede 4243 _bouȝt[e]_--bowhte _blode_--blod 4244 _vncloþed[e]_--vnclothede _as_--of 4245 _kuyttyng_--MS. knyttyng, C. kuttynge 4246 _lete_--let _kuytten_--MS. knytte{n}, C. kuttyn 4248 _haue_--han 4249 _myȝt[e] wende_--myhte wenden 4250 _bywept[e]_--by-wepte _ylorn_--MS. ylorne, C. y-lorn 4251 _fiers[e]_--feerse _had[de]_--hadde 4253 _ȝeld_--yald 4254 _sorowful_--sorwful _smot_--MS. smote, C. smot 4255 _oute_--owt _stod_--MS. stode, C. stood _forhede_--forehed] [Headnote: THE LABOURS OF HERCULES.] for whiche vlixes hadde ioie whan he saw poliphem{us} 4256 wepyng {and} blynde. [Sidenote: Hercules is renowned for his many labours, so successfully overcome.] ¶ Hercules is celebrable for hys hard[e] trauaile [Sidenote: He overthrew the proud Centaurs;] he dawntede þe proude Centauris half hors half man. [Sidenote: he slew the Nemean lion and wore his skin as a trophy of his victory;] {and} he rafte þe despoylynge fro þe cruel lyou{n} þat is to seyne he slouȝ þe lyou{n} {and} [[pg 148]] rafte hy{m} hys skyn. [Sidenote: he smote the Harpies with his arrows;] he smot þe brids þat hyȝte{n} 4261 arpijs [in þe palude of lyrne] wiþ certeyne arwes. [Sidenote: he caried off the golden apples of the Hesperides, and killed the watchful dragon;] he rauyssed[e] applis fro þe wakyng dragou{n}. {and} hys hand was þe more heuy for þe golde[ne] 4264 metal. [Sidenote: he bound Cerberus with a threefold chain;] He drouȝ Cerberus þe 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 haþ put an vnmeke lorde fodre to hys cruel hors ¶ þis is to sein. þat hercules slouȝ diomedes {and} made his hors 4268 to etyn hym. [Sidenote: he slew the serpent Hydra;] and he hercules slouȝ Idra þe serpent {and} brend[e] þe venym. [Sidenote: he caused Achelous to hide his blushing head within his banks;] and achelaus þe flode defouled[e] in his forhede dreint[e] his shamefast visage in his strondes. þis is to sein þat achelaus couþe transfigure 4272 hym self in to dyuerse lykenesse. {and} as he fauȝt wiþ orcules at þe laste he t{ur}nid[e] hym in to a bole and hercules brak of oon of hys hornes. {and} achelaus for shame hidde hym in hys ryuer. [Sidenote: he left Antæus dead upon the Lybian shore;] [Sidenote: [* fol. 33 _b_.]]