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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[How Tholome kyng of Egipt callid Philopater slouh fader & moder & his wif in lechery spende his lif & mischeuesly ended.]
Next to Bochas in ordre compleynyng,
Vicious of lyff, ther cam Tholome
Cald Philopater, & was of Egipt kyng.
In tendre age borrible cruelte
Slouh fader, mooder & suster, ye may see,
He to be crownid, it is maad mencioun,
To regne allone in that regeoun.
Vicious of lyff, ther cam Tholome
Cald Philopater, & was of Egipt kyng.
In tendre age borrible cruelte
Slouh fader, mooder & suster, ye may see,
He to be crownid, it is maad mencioun,
To regne allone in that regeoun.
He was disposed onto eueri vice,
Froward to vertu & to al doctryne,
Slouh his wiff callid Erudice,
Lefft his spouse, took a concubyne,
Wasted his lyff, gan hymsilf enclyne
To al riot, surfet & outrage;
And in this wise he spent his yonge age.
Froward to vertu & to al doctryne,
Slouh his wiff callid Erudice,
Lefft his spouse, took a concubyne,
Wasted his lyff, gan hymsilf enclyne
To al riot, surfet & outrage;
And in this wise he spent his yonge age.
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Thus was disclaundred his roial mageste,
In lecherous lustis wachched al [the] niht,
A-bedde til noon, ageyn al honeste,
Of fals excesse shoop hym anon riht,
Whan he aroos, to drynke ageyn[e]s myht
Gorge upon gorge tafforce his lecherie.
The longe day he spente in glotonye.
In lecherous lustis wachched al [the] niht,
A-bedde til noon, ageyn al honeste,
Of fals excesse shoop hym anon riht,
Whan he aroos, to drynke ageyn[e]s myht
Gorge upon gorge tafforce his lecherie.
The longe day he spente in glotonye.
I wexe weri the processe for to write
Of this tiraunt, vicious and wood.
It is contagious the processe to endite,
Because thexaumple doth harm & no good.
And of vengaunce thus with hym it stood:
Of sodeyn myscheeff I reede he dide fyne,
Enbracid in armys of his concubyne.
Of this tiraunt, vicious and wood.
It is contagious the processe to endite,
Because thexaumple doth harm & no good.
And of vengaunce thus with hym it stood:
Of sodeyn myscheeff I reede he dide fyne,
Enbracid in armys of his concubyne.
Agothodia pleynli was hir name,
And hadde a sone callid Agathodes,
Vicious bothe & sclaundrid bi diffame,
Noised by report, thei wer so rek[e]les.
Bothe attonis take in a sodeyn pres,
With ther allies alle attonis fett,
And bi iust doom lad to the gibett.
And hadde a sone callid Agathodes,
Vicious bothe & sclaundrid bi diffame,
Noised by report, thei wer so rek[e]les.
Bothe attonis take in a sodeyn pres,
With ther allies alle attonis fett,
And bi iust doom lad to the gibett.
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