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Under the Reign of Nicephorus 8/Stauratius 1/Michael 2/Leo 1/Charles the Great. 13.
In Asia great Scourges shine forth do.
Nicephorus in Phrygia out doth go
To rout th'Arabians, or the Saracens
At Gasson's routed scarce get clear of them
In Persia Stirs arise th'Arabian Prince
Is busi'd them to Still; Nicephorus since
His foile gets up, doth fortify Andrase
Ancyram Galatia, and The base
Sends out his armies t'harrass now his Foes
Which routed are. Aaron now angry grows
Three hundred thousand Strong out leaps, Surprize
Strong Heracly, The base, Andrase likewise
Sydrople, Malatop, Ancyra rounds
Yet from the Same after a While rebounds.
Necephorus Constrain'd makes peace and brake
The Same, wherefore the foes to Cyprus make.
Th'Arabian Captain dead in Persia,
Mahamet, and Habdallas, brethren play
Their Swords then for a Crown, after a while
They by agreement do divide the Spoile
Habdallas reigns ore Gobda. Mahamet
Egypt, and Africa his part doth get.
Nicephorus in Phrygia out doth go
To rout th'Arabians, or the Saracens
At Gasson's routed scarce get clear of them
In Persia Stirs arise th'Arabian Prince
Is busi'd them to Still; Nicephorus since
His foile gets up, doth fortify Andrase
Ancyram Galatia, and The base
Sends out his armies t'harrass now his Foes
Which routed are. Aaron now angry grows
Three hundred thousand Strong out leaps, Surprize
Strong Heracly, The base, Andrase likewise
Sydrople, Malatop, Ancyra rounds
Yet from the Same after a While rebounds.
Necephorus Constrain'd makes peace and brake
The Same, wherefore the foes to Cyprus make.
Th'Arabian Captain dead in Persia,
Mahamet, and Habdallas, brethren play
Their Swords then for a Crown, after a while
They by agreement do divide the Spoile
Habdallas reigns ore Gobda. Mahamet
Egypt, and Africa his part doth get.
In Europe things do Clash. Bulgaria
Doth scourge Niceporus. Seditions play.
They Choose the Questor a Patrician
Arsabire Emperour, a pious man.
Who quickly is pluckt down do what he can.
While at the River Strymo pay was made
Unto the Army, Bulgars them invade
At unawars, Pretor, Pears, Souldiers slain
Eleven hundred pound of gold is ta'ne
And Sardica is took by treachery.
His people Sturdy he grew ------
The Sixteen talents thirteen hunderd pound
Sent Leo the Armenian Pretor, round
For's Souldiers pay the Saracens did make
A booty to themselves, who did them take.
The Emperour against Bulgaria
Goes out, reduceth Crunnus, and in way
Most cruell slayes their infants: no peace will plight
With them, they therefore are Constraind to fight
And falling on him unawares, him beate,
His head Cut off, Of all his brains the Seate
And of his Brain Pan, they a Beere bowle make
For Crunnus: Sir how like you Leagues to breake?
Doth scourge Niceporus. Seditions play.
They Choose the Questor a Patrician
Arsabire Emperour, a pious man.
Who quickly is pluckt down do what he can.
While at the River Strymo pay was made
Unto the Army, Bulgars them invade
At unawars, Pretor, Pears, Souldiers slain
Eleven hundred pound of gold is ta'ne
And Sardica is took by treachery.
His people Sturdy he grew ------
The Sixteen talents thirteen hunderd pound
Sent Leo the Armenian Pretor, round
For's Souldiers pay the Saracens did make
A booty to themselves, who did them take.
The Emperour against Bulgaria
Goes out, reduceth Crunnus, and in way
Most cruell slayes their infants: no peace will plight
With them, they therefore are Constraind to fight
And falling on him unawares, him beate,
His head Cut off, Of all his brains the Seate
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For Crunnus: Sir how like you Leagues to breake?
Staurace the Emperour by Wicked Arte
The Empire to his mother strives to impart
And sets the Bulgars on the Christians: blindes
His Sisters husband Mich'el, quickly findes
The Empire giving him a tanck: and so
To Mich'el Rangabis it soon doth goe.
Whom Crunnus greets with tendering peace, but hee
Consulting of't his Nobles don't agree.
Crunnus Mesembria takes and also wins
Brave Adrianople, many Forts do[w]ne flings.
Mike to Constantinople flies and there
Charg'd is of Sloath, became a Monke for feare.
And Leo who him Charg'd when Crownd in town:
Crunnus was ready soon to Crack his Crown.
The Empire to his mother strives to impart
And sets the Bulgars on the Christians: blindes
His Sisters husband Mich'el, quickly findes
The Empire giving him a tanck: and so
To Mich'el Rangabis it soon doth goe.
Whom Crunnus greets with tendering peace, but hee
Consulting of't his Nobles don't agree.
Crunnus Mesembria takes and also wins
Brave Adrianople, many Forts do[w]ne flings.
Mike to Constantinople flies and there
Charg'd is of Sloath, became a Monke for feare.
And Leo who him Charg'd when Crownd in town:
Crunnus was ready soon to Crack his Crown.
But all this While the Western Empires Stirs
We came not to. The Saracens vile Sirs
Now wast Sardinia, but are tooke down
By Pipin Whom when dead Great Charles did Crown
Pipins Son Bernhard King of Italy.
The Maurs do Centumcell, and Nicy Stroy.
In Spain the Franks do Barcinona wast.
And Lewis Siegeth Dertose. Maurs in hast
Rush out of Spain on Corsica do fall.
Avars, and Huns tam'd by the French men tall.
The Saxon's 'yond the Able removd to France
The Abrodites into their towns did prance.
Remmingus King of Danes drops in his grave
Two brethren then fight for the Crown to have.
And in the battal slain upon the patch
Eleven thousand Danes, a match! a match!
The Normans with two hundred Sails do Stem
For Frisland and a Tribute lay on them.
In England Egbert lifteth up his head
And Breaks the Heptarchy, and doth it wed
Into his Crown, making himselfe Sole King.
And in these dayes they feel the Danish Sting.
The Normans Ireland invade, but are
Trounc'd for the Same, away they do repair[.]
We came not to. The Saracens vile Sirs
Now wast Sardinia, but are tooke down
By Pipin Whom when dead Great Charles did Crown
Pipins Son Bernhard King of Italy.
The Maurs do Centumcell, and Nicy Stroy.
In Spain the Franks do Barcinona wast.
And Lewis Siegeth Dertose. Maurs in hast
Rush out of Spain on Corsica do fall.
Avars, and Huns tam'd by the French men tall.
The Saxon's 'yond the Able removd to France
The Abrodites into their towns did prance.
Remmingus King of Danes drops in his grave
Two brethren then fight for the Crown to have.
And in the battal slain upon the patch
Eleven thousand Danes, a match! a match!
The Normans with two hundred Sails do Stem
For Frisland and a Tribute lay on them.
In England Egbert lifteth up his head
And Breaks the Heptarchy, and doth it wed
Into his Crown, making himselfe Sole King.
And in these dayes they feel the Danish Sting.
The Normans Ireland invade, but are
Trounc'd for the Same, away they do repair[.]
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