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 makith a comendacion of trewe love a-tween kynrede. |
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Bochas makith a comendacion of trewe love a-tween kynrede.
Next in ordre myn auctour did his cure
To make a special comendacio[u]n
Of swich as been disposid be nature
An[d] bi ther kyndli inclynacioun,
As blood requereth and generacioun,
Taquite hymsilff in thouht, in will, in deede,
Withoute feynyng onto ther kynreede.
To make a special comendacio[u]n
Of swich as been disposid be nature
An[d] bi ther kyndli inclynacioun,
As blood requereth and generacioun,
Taquite hymsilff in thouht, in will, in deede,
Withoute feynyng onto ther kynreede.
Specialli that non vnkynd[e]nesse
Be founde in them for non aduersite;
To considre, of naturel gentilesse
To them approprid is merci & pite;
And tauoide the fals duplicite
That was in Frederik, which so vnkynd[e]li
Leet slen his sone that callid was Herry.
Be founde in them for non aduersite;
To considre, of naturel gentilesse
To them approprid is merci & pite;
And tauoide the fals duplicite
That was in Frederik, which so vnkynd[e]li
Leet slen his sone that callid was Herry.
Pite is approprid to kynreede,
Fader and mooder be disposicioun
To cherisshe ther childre & [eke] feede
Til seuene yeer passe, lawe maketh mencioun,
As thei are bounde of nature and resoun.
That tyme passid, ther tendirnesse tenclyne
Vnto fourtene to vertuous disciplyne.
Fader and mooder be disposicioun
To cherisshe ther childre & [eke] feede
Til seuene yeer passe, lawe maketh mencioun,
As thei are bounde of nature and resoun.
That tyme passid, ther tendirnesse tenclyne
Vnto fourtene to vertuous disciplyne.
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Than afftirward in ther adolescence,
Vertuousli to teche hem & chastise,
Norissh hem in doctryne & science,
Fostre in vertu vices to despise,
To be curteis, sad, prudent & wise;
For whan thei gynne with vertu in that age,
Gladli aftir, thei do non outrage.
Vertuousli to teche hem & chastise,
Norissh hem in doctryne & science,
Fostre in vertu vices to despise,
To be curteis, sad, prudent & wise;
For whan thei gynne with vertu in that age,
Gladli aftir, thei do non outrage.
As it longeth to euery gentil lyne,
And blood roial, be kyndli influence,
To fader, mooder shewe hymsilf benigne,
Of humble herte don hem reuerence,
Ay to remembre in ther aduertence
On sexe princis wrouhte the contrarie,
For which Fortune was ther aduersarie.
And blood roial, be kyndli influence,
To fader, mooder shewe hymsilf benigne,
Of humble herte don hem reuerence,
Ay to remembre in ther aduertence
On sexe princis wrouhte the contrarie,
For which Fortune was ther aduersarie.
Euerich to other founde was vnkynde;
In cursid blood may be no kyndenesse;
Of oon tarage sauoureth tre & rynde,
The frut also bert[h] of the tre witnesse;
And semblabli the fadris cursidnesse,
With mortal suerd, in nature repreuable,
Ageyn the child is ofte seyn vengable.
In cursid blood may be no kyndenesse;
Of oon tarage sauoureth tre & rynde,
The frut also bert[h] of the tre witnesse;
And semblabli the fadris cursidnesse,
With mortal suerd, in nature repreuable,
Ageyn the child is ofte seyn vengable.
Among[es] which Brutus is reknid oon,
Next in ordre folweth Manlius,
Slouh ther childre be record euerichon;
Phelipp Manlius & also Cassius,
And cruel Heroude, fell and malicious;
Frederik also most vengabli
Slouh his sone that callid was Herry.
Next in ordre folweth Manlius,
Slouh ther childre be record euerichon;
Phelipp Manlius & also Cassius,
And cruel Heroude, fell and malicious;
Frederik also most vengabli
Slouh his sone that callid was Herry.
This Frederik beyng ay contrarye
Toward his sone, nat gracious nor benigne,
From hooli cherche vngoodli he gan varie
And therageyn[es] frowardli maligne;
And lik a man obstynat & vndigne
Deied a-cursid thoruh mysgouernaunce,
Withoute confessioun outher repentaunce.
Toward his sone, nat gracious nor benigne,
From hooli cherche vngoodli he gan varie
And therageyn[es] frowardli maligne;
And lik a man obstynat & vndigne
Deied a-cursid thoruh mysgouernaunce,
Withoute confessioun outher repentaunce.
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