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[Lenvoy.]
The onseur gladnesse, the ioie transitorie,
Thunstable seurnesse, the transmutaciouns,
The cloudi brihtnesse, the fals eclipsid glorie
Off erthly pryncis which han possessiouns,
Monarchies and dominaciouns—
Ther sodeyn chaung declareth to vs all,
Ther pompous sugre is meynt with bittir gall.
Thunstable seurnesse, the transmutaciouns,
The cloudi brihtnesse, the fals eclipsid glorie
Off erthly pryncis which han possessiouns,
Monarchies and dominaciouns—
Ther sodeyn chaung declareth to vs all,
Ther pompous sugre is meynt with bittir gall.
This blynde goddesse in hir consistorie,
With hir plesaunce medlith discenciouns,
Afftir tryumphes, conquest and victorie,
Reueth fro pryncis ther sceptres & ther crouns,
Troubleth the peeple with fals rebelliouns:
Seeth bi these dukis, which from her wheel be fall,
Al worldli sugre is meynt with bittir gall.
With hir plesaunce medlith discenciouns,
Afftir tryumphes, conquest and victorie,
Reueth fro pryncis ther sceptres & ther crouns,
Troubleth the peeple with fals rebelliouns:
Seeth bi these dukis, which from her wheel be fall,
Al worldli sugre is meynt with bittir gall.
This tragedie maketh a memorie
Off dukis tweyne, & off ther hih renouns;
And off ther loue writ a gret historie,
And how thei conquered dyuers regiouns,
Gouerned cites, contres and eek touns,
Til Fortune ther prowesse dede appall,
To shewe ther sugre was meynt with bittir gall.
Off dukis tweyne, & off ther hih renouns;
And off ther loue writ a gret historie,
And how thei conquered dyuers regiouns,
Gouerned cites, contres and eek touns,
Til Fortune ther prowesse dede appall,
To shewe ther sugre was meynt with bittir gall.
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Pryncis, Pryncessis, seeth how deceptorie
Been alle these worldli reuoluciouns,
And how Fortune in hir reclynatorie,
With hir triacle tempreth fals poisouns:
So merueilous been hir confecciouns,
Off frowardnesse she will, what-so be-fall,
Ay with hir sugre off custum tempre gall.
Been alle these worldli reuoluciouns,
And how Fortune in hir reclynatorie,
With hir triacle tempreth fals poisouns:
So merueilous been hir confecciouns,
Off frowardnesse she will, what-so be-fall,
Ay with hir sugre off custum tempre gall.
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