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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Lenvoye.
Noble Princis, of prudence takith heed
This litil chapitle breefli to comprehende:
The goldene world is turnid into led;
Praieth to God his grace doun to sende
Of his hih mercy, that it may soone amende,
And that this princesse callid attemperaunce
May of your housholdis han the gouernaunce.
This litil chapitle breefli to comprehende:
The goldene world is turnid into led;
Praieth to God his grace doun to sende
Of his hih mercy, that it may soone amende,
And that this princesse callid attemperaunce
May of your housholdis han the gouernaunce.
Cheefli for loue, parcel eek for dreed,
In your estat whan ye be most shynende,
For your encres & your most gracious speed,
To his preseptis doth dilligentli attende,
Of olde emperour[e]s reedeth the legende:
Whil thei wer reuled be attemperaunce
In long prosperite stood ther gouernaunce.
In your estat whan ye be most shynende,
For your encres & your most gracious speed,
To his preseptis doth dilligentli attende,
Of olde emperour[e]s reedeth the legende:
Whil thei wer reuled be attemperaunce
In long prosperite stood ther gouernaunce.
Of worldli kyngdames Roome is callid hed,
Whos roial boundis ferthest out extende
In marcial actis, bothe in lengthe & breed,
Rem Publicam bi prowesse to diffende,
No foreyn enmy hardi to offende
Ther hih noblesse, whil attemp[e]raunce
With hir thre sustren hadde ther gouernaunce.
Whos roial boundis ferthest out extende
In marcial actis, bothe in lengthe & breed,
Rem Publicam bi prowesse to diffende,
No foreyn enmy hardi to offende
Ther hih noblesse, whil attemp[e]raunce
With hir thre sustren hadde ther gouernaunce.
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