Lydgate's Fall of Princes Edited by Dr. Henry Bergen ... presented to The Early English Text Society by The Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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[How Amonyus a prince of Antioche delityng in
pillage and robbery, with other vicious lyuyng,
fledde in womannes wede aftir taken and slayn.] |
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[How Amonyus a prince of Antioche delityng in pillage and robbery, with other vicious lyuyng, fledde in womannes wede aftir taken and slayn.]
Next in ordre, compleynyng his distresse,
Cam Amonyus, a notable werreiour,
To Iohn Bochas to shewe his heuynesse,
In Antioche prince & gouernour.
Of which contre whil he was pocessour,
Hadde in custum, & this was his trauaile,
To robbe the riche & spoille the poraile.
Cam Amonyus, a notable werreiour,
To Iohn Bochas to shewe his heuynesse,
In Antioche prince & gouernour.
Of which contre whil he was pocessour,
Hadde in custum, & this was his trauaile,
To robbe the riche & spoille the poraile.
Spared nouther old nor yong off age,
Took fro marchauntes tresour & richesse,
And in delites of lecherous outrage
Was al his lust, with wach & dronkenesse.
Will in his court of resoun was maistresse,
Causyng the peeple thoruh al the regioun
To rise ageyn hym bi rebellioun.
Took fro marchauntes tresour & richesse,
And in delites of lecherous outrage
Was al his lust, with wach & dronkenesse.
Will in his court of resoun was maistresse,
Causyng the peeple thoruh al the regioun
To rise ageyn hym bi rebellioun.
Contrarie he was to al good disciplyne;
The peeple aros ageyn hym on a day,
And he for feer, in habite femynyne,
Lik a wrechch fledde cowardli away.
Take at myscheeff, was made no delay,
Falsli confessed, heeryng many a man,
Ageyn nature that he was a woman.
The peeple aros ageyn hym on a day,
And he for feer, in habite femynyne,
Lik a wrechch fledde cowardli away.
Take at myscheeff, was made no delay,
Falsli confessed, heeryng many a man,
Ageyn nature that he was a woman.
The trouthe knowe and the sclaundre riff,
Alle of assent the peeple Antiocheene
Ros attonys; and so he loste his lyff,
Thei wer so woode ageyn hym in ther teene.
Thus of Fortune the chaunge is alwey seene,
Fro bet to wers she can so weel transmue
Thestat of them that wil no vertu sue.
Alle of assent the peeple Antiocheene
Ros attonys; and so he loste his lyff,
Thei wer so woode ageyn hym in ther teene.
Thus of Fortune the chaunge is alwey seene,
Fro bet to wers she can so weel transmue
Thestat of them that wil no vertu sue.
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