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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[Lenvoye.]
This tragedie afforn declareth heere
The grete outrage of vnkyndenesse,
Atween too brethre regnyng bothe ifeere
In Perse-lond, as ye han herd expresse,
Til dyuisioun, of al myscheef maistresse,
Gan entren in thoruh fraternal hatreede,
Which ageyn kynde destroied ther kynreede.
The grete outrage of vnkyndenesse,
Atween too brethre regnyng bothe ifeere
In Perse-lond, as ye han herd expresse,
Til dyuisioun, of al myscheef maistresse,
Gan entren in thoruh fraternal hatreede,
Which ageyn kynde destroied ther kynreede.
The werre aroos, contagious for to lere,
Thoruhout al Perse of mortal frowardnesse,
Of Cirus deth rehersyng the maneere,
How help[e]les he deied in distresse,
And how the noumbre of brethre dide hem dresse
To slen ther fader—the story ye may reede,—
Causyng an eende of al ther hool kynreede.
Thoruhout al Perse of mortal frowardnesse,
Of Cirus deth rehersyng the maneere,
How help[e]les he deied in distresse,
And how the noumbre of brethre dide hem dresse
To slen ther fader—the story ye may reede,—
Causyng an eende of al ther hool kynreede.
Kyng Artaxerses, with a froward cheere,
His iniuries & wronges to redresse,
Slouh his childre, ther moodres eek ifeere,
Spared nat oon, of cruel hastynesse.
Bi which occasioun took a gret siknesse,
Aftir deied in myscheef & in dreede,
Causyng an eende of al his hool kynreede.
His iniuries & wronges to redresse,
Slouh his childre, ther moodres eek ifeere,
Spared nat oon, of cruel hastynesse.
Bi which occasioun took a gret siknesse,
Aftir deied in myscheef & in dreede,
Causyng an eende of al his hool kynreede.
Loo, heer a sorwe nat particuleer;
For thoruh al Perse ran the cursidnesse,
The crokid fame sprad bothe ferr & neer
Of this vengable, hasti, fel woodnesse,
The hair infectyng with sclaundrous foul blaknesse,
To shewe be vengaunce the contrarious meede
Of blood vnkynde boorn of oon kynreede.
For thoruh al Perse ran the cursidnesse,
The crokid fame sprad bothe ferr & neer
Of this vengable, hasti, fel woodnesse,
The hair infectyng with sclaundrous foul blaknesse,
To shewe be vengaunce the contrarious meede
Of blood vnkynde boorn of oon kynreede.
Noble Princis, left up your eyen cleere
And considreth, bi gret auisynesse,
The woful stryues, the odious fel daungeere
Sowe in kynreedis of wilful straungenesse.
Of al rancour your corages doth represse,
Peisyng the myscheeuys folwyng on in deede
Of blood vnkynde born of o kynreede.
And considreth, bi gret auisynesse,
The woful stryues, the odious fel daungeere
Sowe in kynreedis of wilful straungenesse.
Of al rancour your corages doth represse,
Peisyng the myscheeuys folwyng on in deede
Of blood vnkynde born of o kynreede.
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