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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[How Probus disconfited Romayns and aftir was slayn.]
Probus aftir regned ful seuene yeer
And foure moneth, which thoruh his hih renoun
Geyn Saturnynvs, with a [ful] knihtli cheer,
And brouht hym proudli to subieccioun;
Natwithstondyng that he in Roome toun
Took upon hym of wilful tirannye
Hooli thempire he for to reule & guie.
And foure moneth, which thoruh his hih renoun
Geyn Saturnynvs, with a [ful] knihtli cheer,
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Natwithstondyng that he in Roome toun
Took upon hym of wilful tirannye
Hooli thempire he for to reule & guie.
Beside the cite callid Agripyne
This seid[e] Probus geyn many proud Romeyn
A bataille hadde, list[e] nat declyne,
Mette Proculus, a myhti strong capteyn,
With oon Bonosus; & bothe ther wer slayn,
And al ther meyne of verray force & myht
Slayn in the feeld; the remnaunt put to fliht.
This seid[e] Probus geyn many proud Romeyn
A bataille hadde, list[e] nat declyne,
Mette Proculus, a myhti strong capteyn,
With oon Bonosus; & bothe ther wer slayn,
And al ther meyne of verray force & myht
Slayn in the feeld; the remnaunt put to fliht.
Aftir this bataille & this disconfiture
Probus was loggid in Smyrme, a gret cite,
And ther vnwarli of sodeyn auenture
Slayn in a tour that callid was Ferre.
But a smal sesoun last his prosperite:
Swich is Fortune; lat no man in hir truste;
Al wordli thynges she chaungeth as she liste!
Probus was loggid in Smyrme, a gret cite,
And ther vnwarli of sodeyn auenture
Slayn in a tour that callid was Ferre.
But a smal sesoun last his prosperite:
Swich is Fortune; lat no man in hir truste;
Al wordli thynges she chaungeth as she liste!
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