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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Bochas in maner compleynyth of þingis deuidid in too. |
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Bochas in maner compleynyth of þingis deuidid in too.
As he reherseth in his oppynyoun
And therupon doth a ground deuise,
Cause & rote of ther deuisioun
Took origynal of fals couetise;
And ceriousli he tellith heer the guise,
Into the cherch whan richesse brouht in pride,
Al perfeccioun anon was set aside.
And therupon doth a ground deuise,
Cause & rote of ther deuisioun
Took origynal of fals couetise;
And ceriousli he tellith heer the guise,
Into the cherch whan richesse brouht in pride,
Al perfeccioun anon was set aside.
The poore staf and potent of doctryne,
Whan it wer chaungid & list nat for tabide
In wilful pouert, but gan anon declyne,
On statli palfreyis & hih hors to ride,
Sharp heires wer[e]n also leid aside,
Tournid to copis of purpil & sangwyn,
Gownis of scarlet furrid with hermyn.
Whan it wer chaungid & list nat for tabide
In wilful pouert, but gan anon declyne,
On statli palfreyis & hih hors to ride,
Sharp heires wer[e]n also leid aside,
Tournid to copis of purpil & sangwyn,
Gownis of scarlet furrid with hermyn.
Slendre fare of wyn & water cleer,
With abstinence of bred maad of whete
Chaungid tho daies to many fat dyneer,
With confect drynk of ipocratis sueete;
And sobirnesse dide his boundis lete,
Scarsnesse of foode leffte his olde estat,
With newe excesse gan wexe delicat.
With abstinence of bred maad of whete
Chaungid tho daies to many fat dyneer,
With confect drynk of ipocratis sueete;
And sobirnesse dide his boundis lete,
Scarsnesse of foode leffte his olde estat,
With newe excesse gan wexe delicat.
Gostly lyuyng in the cherche appallid,
Caused Greekis withdrawe hem in sentence
From the pope, in Petris place stallid,
And list to hym do non obedience.
Fals auarice caused this offence,
That the Grekis dide hemsilf deuide
Fro the Romeyns for ther gret[e] pride.
Caused Greekis withdrawe hem in sentence
From the pope, in Petris place stallid,
And list to hym do non obedience.
Fals auarice caused this offence,
That the Grekis dide hemsilf deuide
Fro the Romeyns for ther gret[e] pride.
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Thus coueitise and [fals] ambicioun
Did first gret harm among the spiritual,
Brouht in discord and dyuysioun
Among princis in ther estat royal.
Who clymbeth hiest, most pereilous is his fall,
Record I take of forseid Anastase,
Be Theodosie put out of his place.
Did first gret harm among the spiritual,
Brouht in discord and dyuysioun
Among princis in ther estat royal.
Who clymbeth hiest, most pereilous is his fall,
Record I take of forseid Anastase,
Be Theodosie put out of his place.
This Theodosie dide his besi peyne
On Anastace suich werre for to make,
That maugre hym he did hym so constreyne,
That he was fayn thempire to forsake.
For feer and dreed he did upon hym take
The oordre of preest from the imperial see,
Content with litil, lyued in pouertee.
On Anastace suich werre for to make,
That maugre hym he did hym so constreyne,
That he was fayn thempire to forsake.
For feer and dreed he did upon hym take
The oordre of preest from the imperial see,
Content with litil, lyued in pouertee.
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