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 Antipas exilid bi Octavian and of Achelaus son
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[Off Antipas exilid bi Octavian and of Achelaus son of herodes the secounde.]
Compendiousli as ye haue herd þe fall
Of Herodes remembrid be Bochas,
How bi his testament set in especiall
To succeede was Herode Antipas;
In hast exilid, of hym this was the caas,
Bi Octovian to Vyenne, as I reede,
Archelaus ordeyned to succeede,
Of Herodes remembrid be Bochas,
How bi his testament set in especiall
To succeede was Herode Antipas;
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Bi Octovian to Vyenne, as I reede,
Archelaus ordeyned to succeede,
Sone of Herodes callid the secounde,
Which in effect took pocessioun,
In Iherusalem regned, as it is founde,
Of whom myn auctour, for short conclusioun,
Maketh in his book but smal mencioun:
Hym and his brothir set sodenli aside;—
Of them to write no lenger list abide.
Which in effect took pocessioun,
In Iherusalem regned, as it is founde,
Of whom myn auctour, for short conclusioun,
Maketh in his book but smal mencioun:
Hym and his brothir set sodenli aside;—
Of them to write no lenger list abide.
Sauff that he writ how forseid Antipas
At Vyenne, a myhti gret cite,
In [his] exil soone aftir slay[e]n was.
Archelaus, succeedyng in Iudee,
With Herodias, the stori who list see,
Bi Agrippa to Tiberie accusid,
Of certeyn crymes koude nat been excusid.
At Vyenne, a myhti gret cite,
In [his] exil soone aftir slay[e]n was.
Archelaus, succeedyng in Iudee,
With Herodias, the stori who list see,
Bi Agrippa to Tiberie accusid,
Of certeyn crymes koude nat been excusid.
A certeyn tyme comaundid to prisoun,
Of themperour koude neuer gete grace;
Ban[y]shed hym [ferr] from his regeoun
Into Spayne for a certeyn space.
And his worshepe breeffli to difface,
Fortune causid to his fynal repreff,
He deide ther in pouert & myscheeff.
Of themperour koude neuer gete grace;
Ban[y]shed hym [ferr] from his regeoun
Into Spayne for a certeyn space.
And his worshepe breeffli to difface,
Fortune causid to his fynal repreff,
He deide ther in pouert & myscheeff.
The fatal eende rehersid of thes tweyne,
In what distresse that thei dide fyne,
Myn auctour aftir gan his penne ordeyne
To write the caas be many a woful lyne,
Vpon the striff atween[e] Messalyne
And othir tweyne stondyng bi hir side,
Tofor Iohn Bochas how thei dide chide.
In what distresse that thei dide fyne,
Myn auctour aftir gan his penne ordeyne
To write the caas be many a woful lyne,
Vpon the striff atween[e] Messalyne
And othir tweyne stondyng bi hir side,
Tofor Iohn Bochas how thei dide chide.
Tofor Bochas thei cam al thre to pleyne,
Messalyne, wiff onto Claudius,
Ageyn[e]s whom ther wer othir tweyne,
Calligula and Tiberius,
In whos tyme was slay[e]n Crist Ihesus.
Touchyng debat that was among thes thre,
Suende the processe, heer folwyng ye shal see.
Messalyne, wiff onto Claudius,
Ageyn[e]s whom ther wer othir tweyne,
Calligula and Tiberius,
In whos tyme was slay[e]n Crist Ihesus.
Touchyng debat that was among thes thre,
Suende the processe, heer folwyng ye shal see.
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