 | A transcript of Edward Taylor's Metrical History of Christianity by Donald E. Stanford |  |
Under the Emperours West as Charles the Bald. 2. 878/ Charles the Fat-12. 800 East as Basilius/Leo
In Europe.
Things Still go ill in Europe. SaracensFrom Africk rush, the Roman Iles Smart then.
In Italy great trouble. Hugo Duke
Of Lombardy East Empires right off Shooke.
Justice in France fines Charles the bald who did
His Son calld Charloman of Eysight rid,
And Boso made King of the Longbards so
That Charles, and Charloman in arms do show.
He smelling this, to France highs, but's down brought
By's Jewish Doctor Zedekiah's draught,
And now he's paid for Swallowing down the share
Of which his Cousin German was the heir.
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He on their Kingdom right or not right runs
France still lyes reeking. Normans Scourg it feels
And quarrells for the Crown do give them Steel.
Normans and Dane with Fire and Sword run ore
France, Lotharing, Ambian yea and more
All to the Sheld, and elswhere they annoy
The following yeare all to the Mose they stroy.
Leodium, Traject, Colen-Agrippine
Ban, Tylpiak, Vilipiak, Nuem shine
And many more with flames to ashes thick
And persons butcherd, and like beast they Stick[.]
They ravagd thus the following yeare also
And forces Charles sent out do little do:
And Hugo Lothair's Son by Waldrada
Who 'gainst Charles strove to take his Crown away,
And pact with Godfride th'Norman for his aide,
And made a Monk with's eyes out, and his Friends
Are all Suppresst. Mark justice how she ends.
The Normans to Lavan run: Paris Siege.
Duke Henry's on their backs even for his Leige
But viewing of them in their ditches falls
They dug and filld with Straw he's slain withall.
The Emperour compounds with them they take
The tract beyond Sequane, calld Neustra make,
It their glade which left th'Emperiall mace.
And now the Name of Normandy's the place.
The Emperour grown jealous of his wife
Rejects her as a Whore. And after strife
His pears did make did Strip him of his Crown,
And Arnulph Son to Charloman's renown
Brings him the Empire, the Emperour then bread
Begd of him and to him's Son tendered.
Hasting from England drove wast makes in France.
The Danes do up and down poor England prance[.]
In Asia
Out of Mesembria th'Arabians runPhenice and Syria vex the Coasts along.
A base Magician Leo did perswade
To ware a knife in's Shooe poison to vade,
Which done he told the Emperour his Dad
Leo his Son treachery gainst him had
Conspir'd, and wore a Dagger in his Shooe.
Which Basil searcht, found so, in prison threw
Leo his Son wherein he long did ly.
Till th'Senate did prevaile with treaties high.
| A transcript of Edward Taylor's Metrical History of Christianity by Donald E. Stanford | |