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 Oggigus, kyng of Thebes.]
A-nothir prynce callid Oggigus,
Kyng off Thebes, as bookis determyne,
And foundour was, thus Bochas tellith us,
Off a cite callid Eleusyne,
Which stant in Grece, whos power to declyne
Ther fill a flood in that regioun,
Which ouerflowed ful many a royal toun.
Kyng off Thebes, as bookis determyne,
And foundour was, thus Bochas tellith us,
Off a cite callid Eleusyne,
Which stant in Grece, whos power to declyne
Ther fill a flood in that regioun,
Which ouerflowed ful many a royal toun.
And in Achaia it dede most damage,
Tyme off Iacob, the patriark notable;
And this deluge with his wawes rage
Slouh lordis manye, & pryncis honurable:
For dame Fortune is so deceyuable,
That she sumwhile, whan she list disdeyne,
Can folk assaile with a flood sodeyne.
Tyme off Iacob, the patriark notable;
And this deluge with his wawes rage
Slouh lordis manye, & pryncis honurable:
For dame Fortune is so deceyuable,
That she sumwhile, whan she list disdeyne,
Can folk assaile with a flood sodeyne.
This flood also, where it dede assaile,
Wastid cornys bothe crop and roote,
Causid also scarsete off vetaile,
That many a man felte ful vnsoote;
The pore nat wiste wher to fynde boote,
For ther pryncis supprisid were with dreed,
Thoruh lak off vitaile in that grete need.
Wastid cornys bothe crop and roote,
Causid also scarsete off vetaile,
That many a man felte ful vnsoote;
The pore nat wiste wher to fynde boote,
For ther pryncis supprisid were with dreed,
Thoruh lak off vitaile in that grete need.
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