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 doth naturalli compleyne
Vpon this vice callid vnkyndenesse,
Which to pun[y]she is torment non nor peine,
Rigour condigne, flagelle nor duresse,
Enprisownyng nor non erthli distresse,
That may suffise, breeffli to conclude,
Ageyn the vice of ingratitude.
Vpon this vice callid vnkyndenesse,
Which to pun[y]she is torment non nor peine,
Rigour condigne, flagelle nor duresse,
Enprisownyng nor non erthli distresse,
That may suffise, breeffli to conclude,
Ageyn the vice of ingratitude.
Alle creaturis on this vice compleyne,
Lawe, nature decrees rihtwisnesse;
This monstre in kynde doth the liht desteyne,
Of eueri vertu dirketh the brihtnesse.
Alisaundre can bern herof witnesse,
Which to his foorthris, he of techchis rude
Shewe[d] ageynward gret ingratitude.
Lawe, nature decrees rihtwisnesse;
This monstre in kynde doth the liht desteyne,
Of eueri vertu dirketh the brihtnesse.
Alisaundre can bern herof witnesse,
Which to his foorthris, he of techchis rude
Shewe[d] ageynward gret ingratitude.
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Of Herberus thynfernal treble cheyne,
Nor of Tantalus hunger nor thrustnesse,
Of Ixion or Ticius, bothe tweyne,
Rekne the[r] turment, remembre ther sharpnesse;
Al wer to litil to chastise or redresse
The hatful vice of them that can delude
Ther freendis olde bi fals ingratitude.
Nor of Tantalus hunger nor thrustnesse,
Of Ixion or Ticius, bothe tweyne,
Rekne the[r] turment, remembre ther sharpnesse;
Al wer to litil to chastise or redresse
The hatful vice of them that can delude
Ther freendis olde bi fals ingratitude.
Noble Princis, which in your demeyne
Han gouernaunce of al worldli richesse,
Geyn folk vnkynde looke that ye disdeyne,
Suffre hem nat haue non interesse
For taproche to your hih noblesse;
For ther is no vice mor hatful to conclude,
Than is the vice of ingratitude.
Han gouernaunce of al worldli richesse,
Geyn folk vnkynde looke that ye disdeyne,
Suffre hem nat haue non interesse
For taproche to your hih noblesse;
For ther is no vice mor hatful to conclude,
Than is the vice of ingratitude.
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