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 Lucynyus enmy to cristes feith was slayn.] |
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[How Lucynyus enmy to cristes feith was slayn.]
Next tofor Bochas cam Lycynyvs,
A kniht of Denmark, born of riht good lyne,
Which had an enmy, the book reherseth þus,
An hardi kniht callyd Maxymyne,
Chose a capteyn with themperour Constantyne;
To Cristes feith he bar gret enmyte,
Slayn anon aftir in Tarce the cite.
A kniht of Denmark, born of riht good lyne,
Which had an enmy, the book reherseth þus,
An hardi kniht callyd Maxymyne,
Chose a capteyn with themperour Constantyne;
To Cristes feith he bar gret enmyte,
Slayn anon aftir in Tarce the cite.
Of whos deth Lycynyvs was glad,
Gan ageyn Cristene gret persecucioun,
In his proceedyng sodenli wex mad.
Which comaundid of fals presumpcioun
Whan he began doon execucioun,
That no Cristene nowher hym beside
Bi no condicioun sholde in his hous abide.
Gan ageyn Cristene gret persecucioun,
In his proceedyng sodenli wex mad.
Which comaundid of fals presumpcioun
Whan he began doon execucioun,
That no Cristene nowher hym beside
Bi no condicioun sholde in his hous abide.
This Licynyvs, which falsli dide erre
Ageyn our feith Cristen men tassaille,
Geyn Constantyn of newe he gan a werre;
But of his purpos in sooth he dede faille:
For he was twies discounfited in bataille
Be Constantyn; onys in Hungrye,
Next in Grece, beside Ebalie.
Ageyn our feith Cristen men tassaille,
Geyn Constantyn of newe he gan a werre;
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For he was twies discounfited in bataille
Be Constantyn; onys in Hungrye,
Next in Grece, beside Ebalie.
Thus Constantyn thoruh his hih renoun
Gat nih al Grece & eueri gret cite,
Al-be Lycynyvs stood in rebellioun
Geyn Constantyn, both on lond & se.
But whan he sauh it wolde non oþer be,
He myht[e] nat escapen in no place,
Put hool hymsilff in Constantynes grace.
Gat nih al Grece & eueri gret cite,
Al-be Lycynyvs stood in rebellioun
Geyn Constantyn, both on lond & se.
But whan he sauh it wolde non oþer be,
He myht[e] nat escapen in no place,
Put hool hymsilff in Constantynes grace.
But Constantyn, for his rebellioun,
Gaff iugement in haste that he be ded,
Lest in the cite wer maad dyuisioun
Be Lycinyvs, wherof he stood in dreed.
This same while, as Bochas took [good] heed,
Ther cam toforn hym, with cheeris ful pitous,
Brethre tweyne, Constantyn & Crispus.
Gaff iugement in haste that he be ded,
Lest in the cite wer maad dyuisioun
Be Lycinyvs, wherof he stood in dreed.
This same while, as Bochas took [good] heed,
Ther cam toforn hym, with cheeris ful pitous,
Brethre tweyne, Constantyn & Crispus.
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