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 kyng Sausys was slayn by his Cosyn whiche
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[How kyng Sausys was slayn by his Cosyn whiche was brothir to the kyng of Arrogon.]
The tyme kam that of his [gret] trauaile
Bochas dempte, holdyng for þe beste,
This noble poete of Florence & Itaile,
To make his penne a while for to reste,
Closed his book & shette it in his cheste;
But or he mihte spere it with the keie,
Kam thre princis and meekli gan hym preye,
Bochas dempte, holdyng for þe beste,
This noble poete of Florence & Itaile,
To make his penne a while for to reste,
Closed his book & shette it in his cheste;
But or he mihte spere it with the keie,
Kam thre princis and meekli gan hym preye,
Amongis othre remembrid in his book
Ther greuaunces breeffli to declare.
Wherwith Bochas gan cast up his look,
And of compassioun beheeld her pitous fare,
Thouhte he wolde for no slouthe spare
To ther requestis goodli condescende,
And of his book so to make an eende.
Ther greuaunces breeffli to declare.
Wherwith Bochas gan cast up his look,
And of compassioun beheeld her pitous fare,
Thouhte he wolde for no slouthe spare
To ther requestis goodli condescende,
And of his book so to make an eende.
And he gan first reherse be writyng,
And his compleynt ful pitousli he made,
Touchyng the fall[e] of the grete kyng
Icallid Sause, which his soiour hade,
The place namyd was Astrosiade;
And, as he writ, a litil ther beside
Was a smal isle callid Gemaside.
And his compleynt ful pitousli he made,
Touchyng the fall[e] of the grete kyng
Icallid Sause, which his soiour hade,
The place namyd was Astrosiade;
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Was a smal isle callid Gemaside.
Bothe thes isles togidre knet in oon,
Wher Sausis hadde his domynacioun,
Lyuyng in pes; enmy hadde he non;
In long quiete heeld pocessioun.
Whos kyngdam hool, as maad is mencioun,
In that vulgar, myn auctour writ þe same,
Of Malliogres pleynli bar þe name.
Wher Sausis hadde his domynacioun,
Lyuyng in pes; enmy hadde he non;
In long quiete heeld pocessioun.
Whos kyngdam hool, as maad is mencioun,
In that vulgar, myn auctour writ þe same,
Of Malliogres pleynli bar þe name.
Ther is also another smaller isle
Callid Maillorge; & of bothe tweyne
The seid[e] kyng was lord a gret[e] while,
Keeping his stat notable and souereyne.
Hauyng a cosyn, gan at hym disdeyne,
Which brother was, as maad is mencioun,
Vnto the kyng that tyme of Arragoun.
Callid Maillorge; & of bothe tweyne
The seid[e] kyng was lord a gret[e] while,
Keeping his stat notable and souereyne.
Hauyng a cosyn, gan at hym disdeyne,
Which brother was, as maad is mencioun,
Vnto the kyng that tyme of Arragoun.
In thes isles, remembrid be writyngis,
Whan the peeple went into bataile,
Was the vsage founde up first of slyngis,
With cast of stoon ther enmyes to assaile;
Thei hadde of shot non othir apparaile
In that tyme; arblast nouther bowe
Parauenture was tho but litil knowe.
Whan the peeple went into bataile,
Was the vsage founde up first of slyngis,
With cast of stoon ther enmyes to assaile;
Thei hadde of shot non othir apparaile
In that tyme; arblast nouther bowe
Parauenture was tho but litil knowe.
Alle thes contres wer callid but o lond,
Wher that Sausis heeld pocessioun,
Til his cosyn with strong & myhti hond
[And] with gret poweer sodenli cam doun;
Brouhte peeple out of Arragoun,
Fill on kyng Sausis, feeble in his diffence,
Gat that kyndam be knihtli violence.
Wher that Sausis heeld pocessioun,
Til his cosyn with strong & myhti hond
[And] with gret poweer sodenli cam doun;
Brouhte peeple out of Arragoun,
Fill on kyng Sausis, feeble in his diffence,
Gat that kyndam be knihtli violence.
The ballaunce was nat of euene peis
Atween thes cosyns, who that list take heed;
For in his conquest this Arogoneis
Of cruelte bad smyten of the hed
Of kyng Sausis, quakyng in his dreed.
Thouh it stood so thei wer nih of allie,
Ther was that day shewed no curteisie.
Atween thes cosyns, who that list take heed;
For in his conquest this Arogoneis
Of cruelte bad smyten of the hed
Of kyng Sausis, quakyng in his dreed.
Thouh it stood so thei wer nih of allie,
Ther was that day shewed no curteisie.
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