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 a grete Flood in Tessalie.] |
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[Off a grete Flood in Tessalie.]
Anothir flood there was in Thessalie,
In the tyme whan kyng Amphioun
Heeld the sceptre and the regalie
Vpon Thebes the myhti stronge toun,
Beside the kyngdam off Semalioun,
This same tyme, this flood, ful dout[e]les,
Whan Goddis peeple was lad be Moises.
In the tyme whan kyng Amphioun
Heeld the sceptre and the regalie
Vpon Thebes the myhti stronge toun,
Beside the kyngdam off Semalioun,
This same tyme, this flood, ful dout[e]les,
Whan Goddis peeple was lad be Moises.
With this flood the land hadde be deuourid
Off Thessalie, and al that regioun,
But on Pernaso the peeple was socourid,
And on the rochis that stoden enviroun
Fond ther refut, to ther sauacioun,
And gret socour, til the flodis rage
Gan disencrece, withdrawen & asswage.
Off Thessalie, and al that regioun,
But on Pernaso the peeple was socourid,
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Fond ther refut, to ther sauacioun,
And gret socour, til the flodis rage
Gan disencrece, withdrawen & asswage.
In olde stories ye may also see,
Whan Cicraps hadde first possessioun
Off Athenes the myhti strong cite,
An heete ther fill in that regeoun,
Be influence that descendid doun
From all the bodies aboue celestiall,
Which likli was for to deuouren all.
Whan Cicraps hadde first possessioun
Off Athenes the myhti strong cite,
An heete ther fill in that regeoun,
Be influence that descendid doun
From all the bodies aboue celestiall,
Which likli was for to deuouren all.
And this hete engendrid off the sunne,
In dyuers cuntrees, bothe in lengthe & breede,
Hath his cours so myhtili begunne
That many folkis fillyn in gret dreede—
Ryuers, wellis, who that list taken heede,
Consumed were and dreied up echon,
The hete callid then bracyng off Pheton.
In dyuers cuntrees, bothe in lengthe & breede,
Hath his cours so myhtili begunne
That many folkis fillyn in gret dreede—
Ryuers, wellis, who that list taken heede,
Consumed were and dreied up echon,
The hete callid then bracyng off Pheton.
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