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 the hede of Alexyus was smet of by Compertoun.]
Aftir this eende rehersed of Lupus,
For to declare his mortal heuynesse,
Next in ordre ther cam Alexius,
A Lombard kyng famous of richesse,
Which took on hym of surquedous prowesse
For to compasse the destruccioun
Of a prince Icallid Compertoun,
For to declare his mortal heuynesse,
Next in ordre ther cam Alexius,
A Lombard kyng famous of richesse,
Which took on hym of surquedous prowesse
For to compasse the destruccioun
Of a prince Icallid Compertoun,
Which wered also a crowne in Lumbardie.
Atwixe bothe was werre & gret distaunce,
But al the peeple and lordis of Pauye
With myhti hond and marcial gouernaunce
The saide Alex brouhte to myschaunce;
And Compertoun, escapid from al dreed,
Of mortal vengaunce leet smyten of his hed.
Atwixe bothe was werre & gret distaunce,
But al the peeple and lordis of Pauye
With myhti hond and marcial gouernaunce
The saide Alex brouhte to myschaunce;
And Compertoun, escapid from al dreed,
Of mortal vengaunce leet smyten of his hed.
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