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[Off Charles of Loreyn confounded with hunger.]
This duk of Loreyne, as ye shal conceyue,
Hadde werre with the kyng of Fraunce
Callid Hewe Capet; and, as I apparceyue,
An archebishop, the kyng to do plesaunce,
Of hatreede made his ordenaunce
[A]geyn this duk, await upon hym kepte,
That he hym took abedde whil he slepte.
Hadde werre with the kyng of Fraunce
Callid Hewe Capet; and, as I apparceyue,
An archebishop, the kyng to do plesaunce,
Of hatreede made his ordenaunce
[A]geyn this duk, await upon hym kepte,
That he hym took abedde whil he slepte.
The said bisshop gan falsli vndermyne
This worthi duk, bi ful fals tresoun,
Which, as I fynde, was callid Ancelyne;
And he was bisshop that tyme of Leoun.
Which be fraude & fals collusioun
Took this prince that was duk of Loreyne,
And to the kyng he brouht hym bi a treyne.
This worthi duk, bi ful fals tresoun,
Which, as I fynde, was callid Ancelyne;
And he was bisshop that tyme of Leoun.
Which be fraude & fals collusioun
Took this prince that was duk of Loreyne,
And to the kyng he brouht hym bi a treyne.
Bi whom he was delyuered to prisoun,
To Orlyanes, and with cheynis bounde.
What was his eende is maad no mencioun;
But in a pet horrible & profounde,
Mischeeff with hunger did hym so confounde,
That, I suppose, this duk of Loreyne
Consumyd was for constreynt of his peyne.
To Orlyanes, and with cheynis bounde.
What was his eende is maad no mencioun;
But in a pet horrible & profounde,
Mischeeff with hunger did hym so confounde,
That, I suppose, this duk of Loreyne
Consumyd was for constreynt of his peyne.
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