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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Here Bochas in maner excusith the vorrching of Brunnechild. |
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Here Bochas in maner excusith the vorrching of Brunnechild.
Bochas astonid, gan inwardli meruaile,
Fill in a maner of ambiguite
Of Brunnechildis merueilous rehersaile,—
How any woman of resoun sholde be
So ful of malis & froward cruelte,
To slen hir kyn & setten at distaunce
Be dyuysioun al the rewm of France.
Fill in a maner of ambiguite
Of Brunnechildis merueilous rehersaile,—
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So ful of malis & froward cruelte,
To slen hir kyn & setten at distaunce
Be dyuysioun al the rewm of France.
Bochas dempte it was nat credible
That a woman sholde be so vengable,
In hir malis so venymous or terrible
Of slauhtre or moordre [for] to be coupable.
The stori suspect, heeld it but a fable,
Onli except that she did hym excite
With gret instaunce hir story for to write.
That a woman sholde be so vengable,
In hir malis so venymous or terrible
Of slauhtre or moordre [for] to be coupable.
The stori suspect, heeld it but a fable,
Onli except that she did hym excite
With gret instaunce hir story for to write.
Hir cry on Bochas was verray importune,
To sette in ordre hir felicites
With hir vnhappi chaunges of fortune,
Hir disclaundres and gret aduersites,
With hir diffame reportid in contres;
No verray grounde founde in bookes olde,
But of confessioun that she hirsiluen tolde,
To sette in ordre hir felicites
With hir vnhappi chaunges of fortune,
Hir disclaundres and gret aduersites,
With hir diffame reportid in contres;
No verray grounde founde in bookes olde,
But of confessioun that she hirsiluen tolde,
That myn auctour with solempne stile
Reherse sholde hir deedis disclaundrous,
Hir flouryng yeeris also to compile,
Medlid with hir daies that wer contrarious,
Hir fatal eende froward & furious,—
Wherof encoumbred of verray weerynesse,
Toward Eraclyus he gan his penne dresse.
Reherse sholde hir deedis disclaundrous,
Hir flouryng yeeris also to compile,
Medlid with hir daies that wer contrarious,
Hir fatal eende froward & furious,—
Wherof encoumbred of verray weerynesse,
Toward Eraclyus he gan his penne dresse.
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