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 Machabeus Ioathas taken bi the kyng of Surre.] |
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[Off Machabeus Ioathas taken bi the kyng of Surre.]
In order suyng, vnto Iohn Bochas
Ther appeered an heuy man of siht,
Machabeus the worthi Ioathas,
Whiche ocupied for wisdam & for myht
Offis of prynce, [of] preesthod & of kniht;
Be title of Iuda of werris took themprise,
Be cleym of Leuy, as preest dede sacrefise.
Ther appeered an heuy man of siht,
Machabeus the worthi Ioathas,
Whiche ocupied for wisdam & for myht
Offis of prynce, [of] preesthod & of kniht;
Be title of Iuda of werris took themprise,
Be cleym of Leuy, as preest dede sacrefise.
The lawe of Iewes manli to diffende
With al the Lond[e] of Promyssioun,
This Ioathas ful knihtli dede entende
Ageyn al enmyes aboute hem enviroun.
Til of Surrye the fals[e] kyng Tryphoun
Be treynys compassed & promys falsli holde
Took Ioathas, of whom riht now I tolde.
With al the Lond[e] of Promyssioun,
This Ioathas ful knihtli dede entende
Ageyn al enmyes aboute hem enviroun.
Til of Surrye the fals[e] kyng Tryphoun
Be treynys compassed & promys falsli holde
Took Ioathas, of whom riht now I tolde.
Machabeorum is rehersid all,
Of his knihthod & his worthynesse,
With al the tresouns in especiall
Wrouht be Tryphon be many gret falsnesse:
His subtil sleyhtis and his doubilnesse,—
Them to reherse, ye gete no mor of me;
For in the Bible the stori ye may see.
Of his knihthod & his worthynesse,
With al the tresouns in especiall
Wrouht be Tryphon be many gret falsnesse:
His subtil sleyhtis and his doubilnesse,—
Them to reherse, ye gete no mor of me;
For in the Bible the stori ye may see.
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