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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[Trusimond kyng of Gepedois.]
In ordre nexte Bochas doth [so] write,
Of Gepidois how king Trusimounde
Requered hym that he wolde endite
The grete aduersites in which he did habounde,
And of his douhtir callid Rosymounde
The vnhappi chaunce to marken & descryue,
To whom Fortune was contrarye al hir lyue.
Of Gepidois how king Trusimounde
Requered hym that he wolde endite
The grete aduersites in which he did habounde,
And of his douhtir callid Rosymounde
The vnhappi chaunce to marken & descryue,
To whom Fortune was contrarye al hir lyue.
Alboinvs kyng of Lumbardie,
Which many lond heeld in subieccioun,
Conquered Beeme, Pragve & Hungrie,
The lond of Gepidois, with many regioun,
Fauht with ther kyng, as maad is mencioun,
Slouh in bataille the said[e] Trusimounde,
Weddid aftir his douhtir Rosamounde.
Which many lond heeld in subieccioun,
Conquered Beeme, Pragve & Hungrie,
The lond of Gepidois, with many regioun,
Fauht with ther kyng, as maad is mencioun,
Slouh in bataille the said[e] Trusimounde,
Weddid aftir his douhtir Rosamounde.
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Myn auctour gretli comendeth hir beute
And writ also she was but yong of age,
Whos stori first, whan I dide see
How vngracious was also hir mariage,
I gan wexe pale in my visage,
Gretli astoned, confus of verray shame
To write this stori in hyndryng of hir name.
And writ also she was but yong of age,
Whos stori first, whan I dide see
How vngracious was also hir mariage,
I gan wexe pale in my visage,
Gretli astoned, confus of verray shame
To write this stori in hyndryng of hir name.
I wil forbern and breefli passen heere,
The surplusage lihtli ouerpasse;
For bi and bi to telle al the maneere
Of fellonies that did hir herte enbrace,
It sholde blotte this book & eek difface.
For which I caste treuli & nat faille
Touching hir stori to make rehersaille.
The surplusage lihtli ouerpasse;
For bi and bi to telle al the maneere
Of fellonies that did hir herte enbrace,
It sholde blotte this book & eek difface.
For which I caste treuli & nat faille
Touching hir stori to make rehersaille.
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