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[How Nabyn hauyng no title but bi tirannye took
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[How Nabyn hauyng no title but bi tirannye took on him to be kyng of Macedoyne was slayne.]
Next cam Nabyn, ful pitousli weepyng,
Tofor Iohn Bochas, which be tirannye
Off Macedoyne took on hym to be kyng,
Hauyng no title sauff title of robberie,
Onli bi force hymsilf to magnefie;
Which with strong hand took fals pocessioun
For to be crownyd in thilke regioun.
Tofor Iohn Bochas, which be tirannye
Off Macedoyne took on hym to be kyng,
Hauyng no title sauff title of robberie,
Onli bi force hymsilf to magnefie;
Which with strong hand took fals pocessioun
For to be crownyd in thilke regioun.
This Macedoyne, as be old writyngis,
Whilom was had in ful gret reuerence,
Because onli it floured in too thynges,
Bothe in knihthod & souereyn sapience;
Mars ther bi manhod, Pallas be prudence:
And whil thes tweyne hadde gouernaunce,
Of al weelfare thei hadde suffisaunce.
Whilom was had in ful gret reuerence,
Because onli it floured in too thynges,
Bothe in knihthod & souereyn sapience;
Mars ther bi manhod, Pallas be prudence:
And whil thes tweyne hadde gouernaunce,
Of al weelfare thei hadde suffisaunce.
And whil the noblesse of thes thynges tweyne,
That is to seyne, the flour of hih clergie,
The hih renoun most famous & souereyne
Of marcial prowesse & of cheualrie,
Gouerned that lond bi prudent policie,
Than stood that kyngdam, auctours reherse konne,
Among the Greekis lik an heuenli sonne.
That is to seyne, the flour of hih clergie,
The hih renoun most famous & souereyne
Of marcial prowesse & of cheualrie,
Gouerned that lond bi prudent policie,
Than stood that kyngdam, auctours reherse konne,
Among the Greekis lik an heuenli sonne.
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But at the laste eclipsed was the liht
Bothe of knihthod and philosophie,
Whan couetise gan entren ageyn riht
For to vsurpe upon the regalie,
By intrusioun of fals[e] tirannye,
And bextort force made ther entrynges,
Hauyng no title ther to regne as kynges.
Bothe of knihthod and philosophie,
Whan couetise gan entren ageyn riht
For to vsurpe upon the regalie,
By intrusioun of fals[e] tirannye,
And bextort force made ther entrynges,
Hauyng no title ther to regne as kynges.
This was cheef cause, for short conclusioun,
That the noblesse of Grece was brouht[e] bas,
And Macedoyne brouht to confusioun
Be couetise, that set hem in such caas,
Wherby ther knihthod fulli translatid was
And ther policie, in cronicle ye may see,
Out of Grece to Rome the cite.
That the noblesse of Grece was brouht[e] bas,
And Macedoyne brouht to confusioun
Be couetise, that set hem in such caas,
Wherby ther knihthod fulli translatid was
And ther policie, in cronicle ye may see,
Out of Grece to Rome the cite.
And among other, bi cleer remembra[u]nce,
Of such tirauntis bi ordre rehersyng,
Nabyn was oon, that hadde gouernaunce
In Macedoyne, & was ther crownyd kyng,
Withoute title falsli ther regnyng.
And for his froward contagious cruelte
He was behatid of Rome the cite.
Of such tirauntis bi ordre rehersyng,
Nabyn was oon, that hadde gouernaunce
In Macedoyne, & was ther crownyd kyng,
Withoute title falsli ther regnyng.
And for his froward contagious cruelte
He was behatid of Rome the cite.
The Romeyns sente a myhti consuleer,
Titus Flaminius, of ther werris guide;
To Macedoyne he gan approche neer,
Toward Argos wher Nabyn dede abide,
Of entent[e] for tabate his pride.
But whil Nabyn stood hiest in estat,
Of Grece his lieges wer with hym at debat.
Titus Flaminius, of ther werris guide;
To Macedoyne he gan approche neer,
Toward Argos wher Nabyn dede abide,
Of entent[e] for tabate his pride.
But whil Nabyn stood hiest in estat,
Of Grece his lieges wer with hym at debat.
A duk Icallid P[h]ilopomones,
With the peeple that duellid in Grece-lond,
To stryue with Nabyn put hymsilf in pres,
Disconfited hym, fihtyng hond of hond;
And at gret myscheeff, ye shal vndirstond,
Alexamenes, a kniht of that contre,
Slouh this Nabyn, the cronicle ye may see.
With the peeple that duellid in Grece-lond,
To stryue with Nabyn put hymsilf in pres,
Disconfited hym, fihtyng hond of hond;
And at gret myscheeff, ye shal vndirstond,
Alexamenes, a kniht of that contre,
Slouh this Nabyn, the cronicle ye may see.
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