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 Arypertoun was drowned with his rychesse.]
Aftir whos deth pitousli pleynyng,
Tofor Iohn Bochas cam Aripertoun,
Of Lumbardie whilom lord & kyng,
Which, lik a fool, of hih presumpcioun
Al causeles took occasioun
Of volunte, ther is no mor to seye,
Ageyn the duk off Bagorois to werreye.
Tofor Iohn Bochas cam Aripertoun,
Of Lumbardie whilom lord & kyng,
Which, lik a fool, of hih presumpcioun
Al causeles took occasioun
Of volunte, ther is no mor to seye,
Ageyn the duk off Bagorois to werreye.
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Thes princis tweyne taken haue the feeld,
Of Ariperton the parti gan appeire;
His aduersaire anon as he beheeld,
His coward herte gan to disespeire.
Into Pauye for feer he gan repeire,
Took his tresour in purpos anon riht,
For verray dreed to take hym to the fliht.
Of Ariperton the parti gan appeire;
His aduersaire anon as he beheeld,
His coward herte gan to disespeire.
Into Pauye for feer he gan repeire,
Took his tresour in purpos anon riht,
For verray dreed to take hym to the fliht.
Took a vessel and entrid is the se,
With sodeyn tempest assailed & dirknesse,
His barge pershid bi gret aduersite
And he was drownid with al his gret richesse.
Loo, heer the fyn of worldli wrechidnesse,
Namli of them, to gete gret tresours
That gyne werre ageyn ther neih[e]bours.
With sodeyn tempest assailed & dirknesse,
His barge pershid bi gret aduersite
And he was drownid with al his gret richesse.
Loo, heer the fyn of worldli wrechidnesse,
Namli of them, to gete gret tresours
That gyne werre ageyn ther neih[e]bours.
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