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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Lenvoye.
Lyk as Phebus in sum fressh morwenyng
Aftir Aurora þe day doth clarefie,
Fallith ofte that his briht shynyng
Idirkid is with sum cloudi skie:
A liknesse shewed in this tragedie,
Expert in Charlis, the stori doth weel preeue,
Youthe & age reknid ech partie,
The faire day men do preise at eue.
Aftir Aurora þe day doth clarefie,
Fallith ofte that his briht shynyng
Idirkid is with sum cloudi skie:
A liknesse shewed in this tragedie,
Expert in Charlis, the stori doth weel preeue,
Youthe & age reknid ech partie,
The faire day men do preise at eue.
The noble fame of his fressh gynnyng,—
To Seyn[t] Lowis he was nih of allie,—
Riht wis, riht manli, riht vertuous of lyuyng,
Callid of knihthod flour of cheualrie,
Til meyntenaunce of auout[e]rie
Cam into his court to hurte his name & greue,
His lyff, his deth[e] put in iupartie:
The faire day men do preise at eue.
To Seyn[t] Lowis he was nih of allie,—
Riht wis, riht manli, riht vertuous of lyuyng,
Callid of knihthod flour of cheualrie,
Til meyntenaunce of auout[e]rie
Cam into his court to hurte his name & greue,
His lyff, his deth[e] put in iupartie:
The faire day men do preise at eue.
Lik desertis men haue ther guerdonyng:
Vertuous lyff doth princis magnefie;
The contrarie to them is gret hyndryng,—
Folk expert the trouthe may nat denye.
Cerche out the reward of cursid lecherye:
Where it is vsed, the houshold may nat preue;
In this mateer to Charlis hath an iye,
The faire day to preise toward eue.
Vertuous lyff doth princis magnefie;
The contrarie to them is gret hyndryng,—
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Cerche out the reward of cursid lecherye:
Where it is vsed, the houshold may nat preue;
In this mateer to Charlis hath an iye,
The faire day to preise toward eue.
Noble Princis, all vices eschewyng,
Your hih corages lat resoun modefie;
Withdrawe your hand fro riotous wachching;
Fleeth flesshli lustis and vicious companye;
Oppressith no man; doth no tirannye;
Socoure the needi; poore folk doth releeue;
Lat men reporte the prudent policie
Of your last age whan it draweth to eue.
Your hih corages lat resoun modefie;
Withdrawe your hand fro riotous wachching;
Fleeth flesshli lustis and vicious companye;
Oppressith no man; doth no tirannye;
Socoure the needi; poore folk doth releeue;
Lat men reporte the prudent policie
Of your last age whan it draweth to eue.
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