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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Lenuoye of the Translatoure. |
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Lenuoye of the Translatoure.
O ye my lordes & maisters all in fere,
Of auenture that shal this daunce reade,
Lowely I pray with all myne heart entere
To correct[e] where-as ye se nede;
For nought elles I aske for my mede
But goodly support of this translacion,
And with fauour to suppowaile drede,
Bening[e]lye in your correccioun.
Of auenture that shal this daunce reade,
Lowely I pray with all myne heart entere
To correct[e] where-as ye se nede;
For nought elles I aske for my mede
But goodly support of this translacion,
And with fauour to suppowaile drede,
Bening[e]lye in your correccioun.
Out of the French I drough it of entent,
Not word by word but folowing in substaunce,
And from Paris to Eng[e]land it sent,
Only of purpose you to do plesaunce.
Rude of langage, I was not borne in France,—
Haue me excused, my name is Iohn Lidgate;
Of ther tong I haue no suffisance,
Her curious miters in Englishe to translate.
Not word by word but folowing in substaunce,
And from Paris to Eng[e]land it sent,
Only of purpose you to do plesaunce.
Rude of langage, I was not borne in France,—
Haue me excused, my name is Iohn Lidgate;
Of ther tong I haue no suffisance,
Her curious miters in Englishe to translate.
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