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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[Off Gesevye kyng of venandre and of iij. othre
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[Off Gesevye kyng of venandre and of iij. othre kynges / and how they were destroyed.]
Afftir al these vnkouth straunge thingis,
Tofor Iohn Bochas, as made is mencioun,
Ther cam toforn hym fyue myhti kinges
For to compleyne ther desolacioun.
First Giseli[n]e, kyng off the regioun
Callid Venandre, in werris ful contraire
Vnto a prince callid Balisaire.
Tofor Iohn Bochas, as made is mencioun,
Ther cam toforn hym fyue myhti kinges
For to compleyne ther desolacioun.
First Giseli[n]e, kyng off the regioun
Callid Venandre, in werris ful contraire
Vnto a prince callid Balisaire.
And to this saide noble Balisaire,
Ful rennomed that tyme in cheualrie,
The kyng of Gothes was also aduersaire;
And bothe attonis of hatrede & envie
Assentid fulli to hoolde chaumpartie
Geyn Balisair, which thoruh his hih renoun
Took hem bothe and cast hem in prisoun.
Ful rennomed that tyme in cheualrie,
The kyng of Gothes was also aduersaire;
And bothe attonis of hatrede & envie
Assentid fulli to hoolde chaumpartie
Geyn Balisair, which thoruh his hih renoun
Took hem bothe and cast hem in prisoun.
Ther is no mor of them in Bochas founde.
But aftir them, in ordre be writyng,
Cam Amarales, with many bloodi wounde,
Which in his tyme was of Maures kyng.
Withoute cause or title of any thyng
Vpon Ian Sangwyn gan werreye ageyn riht,
Which thoruh al Affrik was oon the best[e] kniht.
But aftir them, in ordre be writyng,
Cam Amarales, with many bloodi wounde,
Which in his tyme was of Maures kyng.
Withoute cause or title of any thyng
Vpon Ian Sangwyn gan werreye ageyn riht,
Which thoruh al Affrik was oon the best[e] kniht.
The saide Ian, armyd in plate and maile,
Mette Amarales in Affrik on a sond,
And heeld with hym a myhti strong bataile,
And lik a kniht slouh hym with his hond,
Droof al his peeple proudli fro þat lond.
And in my book ther is non othir mynde
To be remembrid of hym that I can fynde.
Mette Amarales in Affrik on a sond,
And heeld with hym a myhti strong bataile,
And lik a kniht slouh hym with his hond,
Droof al his peeple proudli fro þat lond.
And in my book ther is non othir mynde
To be remembrid of hym that I can fynde.
Than Syndual, of Brentois lord & kyng,
Tofor Bochas put hymsilf in pres,
Gan shewe his myscheef, pitousli pleynyng,
Whan he heeld werre, wilful & rek[e]les,
Ageyn a prince callid Narsates,
A Romeyn kniht, fers, hardi & riht strong
In his diffence whan men wold doon hym wrong.
Tofor Bochas put hymsilf in pres,
Gan shewe his myscheef, pitousli pleynyng,
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Ageyn a prince callid Narsates,
A Romeyn kniht, fers, hardi & riht strong
In his diffence whan men wold doon hym wrong.
This Narsates, of cas or auenture,
Thouh he in deede was a manli kniht,
He failled membres in soth of engendrure.
His aduersaires he put echon to fliht,
Took ther kyng, & foortwith anon riht,
As the cronicle pleynli doth recorde,
On hih[e] galwes he heng hym with a corde.
Thouh he in deede was a manli kniht,
He failled membres in soth of engendrure.
His aduersaires he put echon to fliht,
Took ther kyng, & foortwith anon riht,
As the cronicle pleynli doth recorde,
On hih[e] galwes he heng hym with a corde.
Of Narsetis aftir this victorie,
Kyng Totila hadde ful gret disdeyn;
With a gret host, most pompous in his glorie,
Kam upon hym & mette hym on a pleyn.
With multitude thow he wer ouerleyn,
Kyng Totila, which many man beheeld,
Of Narsates was slay[e]n in the feeld.
Kyng Totila hadde ful gret disdeyn;
With a gret host, most pompous in his glorie,
Kam upon hym & mette hym on a pleyn.
With multitude thow he wer ouerleyn,
Kyng Totila, which many man beheeld,
Of Narsates was slay[e]n in the feeld.
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