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 pope Boneface the viijthe. was take by the
Lynage de Columpnys / ete his hondes & died in prisoun.] |
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[How pope Boneface the viijthe. was take by the Lynage de Columpnys / ete his hondes & died in prisoun.]
Among thes woful froward princis thre
Which shewed hem so ougli of þer chere,
Pope Boneface be gret aduersite,
Eihte of that name, gan taproche neer.
A thousand thre hundred acountid was þe yeer
Fro Cristes berthe be computacioun,
Whan that he made his lamentacioun.
Which shewed hem so ougli of þer chere,
Pope Boneface be gret aduersite,
Eihte of that name, gan taproche neer.
A thousand thre hundred acountid was þe yeer
Fro Cristes berthe be computacioun,
Whan that he made his lamentacioun.
This same pope kauhte occasioun,
Which vndir Petir kepte gouernaunce,
To interdicte al the regioun,
Tyme of kyng Phelipp regnyng þer in France;
Directe bollis doun into Constaunce
To Nicholas, maad[e] be Boneface,
Archidekne of the same place.
Which vndir Petir kepte gouernaunce,
To interdicte al the regioun,
Tyme of kyng Phelipp regnyng þer in France;
Directe bollis doun into Constaunce
To Nicholas, maad[e] be Boneface,
Archidekne of the same place.
Off hooli cherche the prelatis nih echon,
Bisshoppis of Fraunce felli haue declarid,
Preuyng be poyntis many mo than oon
In a gret seen[e] pleynli & nat spared,
Be hym the cherche was hurt & nat reparid;
Put on hym crymes of gret misgouernaunce,
Denouncid hym enmy to al the lond of France.
Bisshoppis of Fraunce felli haue declarid,
Preuyng be poyntis many mo than oon
In a gret seen[e] pleynli & nat spared,
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Put on hym crymes of gret misgouernaunce,
Denouncid hym enmy to al the lond of France.
Put [up]on hym many gret outrage,
Wrongli how he hadde doon offence
To a cardynal born of the lynage
De Columpnis, a kynreede of reuerence;
For which[e] cause he kept hym in absence
Out of the court, drouh wher he was born;
Be which occasioun the pope his lif hath lorn.
Wrongli how he hadde doon offence
To a cardynal born of the lynage
De Columpnis, a kynreede of reuerence;
For which[e] cause he kept hym in absence
Out of the court, drouh wher he was born;
Be which occasioun the pope his lif hath lorn.
De Columpnis the lynage hath so wrouht:
Took Boniface for his old cruelte;
With gret poweer & force thei haue hym brouht
Into a castel which stood in the cite,
Callid Sancti Angeli; gaf auctorite
To a cardynal, & be commyssioun
Poweer to doon ful execusioun.
Took Boniface for his old cruelte;
With gret poweer & force thei haue hym brouht
Into a castel which stood in the cite,
Callid Sancti Angeli; gaf auctorite
To a cardynal, & be commyssioun
Poweer to doon ful execusioun.
Of thes mateeris hangyng in ballaunce
Atween parties, wer it riht or wrong,
Bothe of Romeyns, prelatis eek of France,
The pope ay kept withynne the castel strong,
Of auenture, nat bidyng ther riht long,
Fill in a flux, and aftirward for neede,
For hunger eet his hondis, as I reede.
Atween parties, wer it riht or wrong,
Bothe of Romeyns, prelatis eek of France,
The pope ay kept withynne the castel strong,
Of auenture, nat bidyng ther riht long,
Fill in a flux, and aftirward for neede,
For hunger eet his hondis, as I reede.
Hour of his deyng, it is maad mencioun,
Aboute the castel was merueillous lihtnyng,
Wher the pope lay fetrid in prisoun,—
Non such afforn was seyn in ther lyuyng.
And whil Bochas was besi in writyng,
To write the fall[e] of this Boniface,
The Ordre of Templeris cam toforn his face.
Aboute the castel was merueillous lihtnyng,
Wher the pope lay fetrid in prisoun,—
Non such afforn was seyn in ther lyuyng.
And whil Bochas was besi in writyng,
To write the fall[e] of this Boniface,
The Ordre of Templeris cam toforn his face.
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