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 the substaunce of the host of himilcho duke
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[How the substaunce of the host of himilcho duke of Cartage goyng to conquere Cicile died of pestilens & aftir himsilf slayn.]
Afftir these noble myhti princis tweyne,
Next in ordre, with pale & ded visage,
Toforn Iohn Bochas Himilcho gan compleyne
Thunhappi fall of his fatal passage,
Whan he was sent bauctorite of Cartage
To conquere, thoruh his myhti puissaunce,
The lond of Cecile vnto ther obeissance.
Next in ordre, with pale & ded visage,
Toforn Iohn Bochas Himilcho gan compleyne
Thunhappi fall of his fatal passage,
Whan he was sent bauctorite of Cartage
To conquere, thoruh his myhti puissaunce,
The lond of Cecile vnto ther obeissance.
Thei of Cartage hadde an oppynyoun,
That it was leeful, aftir ther entente,
Withoute title of riht or of resoun,
Ther teritories & boundis to aumente.
And for that cause Hymylco thei sent,
The mihti duk, ther noblesse to auaunce,
Which off Cartage hadde hool the gouernaunce.
That it was leeful, aftir ther entente,
Withoute title of riht or of resoun,
Ther teritories & boundis to aumente.
And for that cause Hymylco thei sent,
The mihti duk, ther noblesse to auaunce,
Which off Cartage hadde hool the gouernaunce.
And for he muste passen bi the se
Toward Cecile, this noble worthi kniht,
With hym he lad[d]e a ful gret enarme
Chose out of Cartage, in steel armyd briht,
Ther foon to conquere of verray force & myht.
But Fortune gan at hym so disdeyne,
That to his purpos he neuer myht atteyne.
Toward Cecile, this noble worthi kniht,
With hym he lad[d]e a ful gret enarme
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Ther foon to conquere of verray force & myht.
But Fortune gan at hym so disdeyne,
That to his purpos he neuer myht atteyne.
Ground & gynnyng of his destruccioun,
To be remembrid shortli in sentence,—
Ther fil of thair a gret corupcioun,
Which that caused a ful gret pestilence
Among his meyne, be vnwar violence,
And sodeyn myscheef that is upon hym fall,—
He loste almost his worthi knihtis all.
To be remembrid shortli in sentence,—
Ther fil of thair a gret corupcioun,
Which that caused a ful gret pestilence
Among his meyne, be vnwar violence,
And sodeyn myscheef that is upon hym fall,—
He loste almost his worthi knihtis all.
Nih al his peeple was slayn in that moreyn,
That with a fewe beleft of his meyne,
Infortunat he turnede is ageyn
Hom to Cartage; and thei of the cite,
Al causeles, of hasti cruelte,
Hath slayn ther duk, as Bochas doth compile.
Loo, who may truste Fortune any while!
That with a fewe beleft of his meyne,
Infortunat he turnede is ageyn
Hom to Cartage; and thei of the cite,
Al causeles, of hasti cruelte,
Hath slayn ther duk, as Bochas doth compile.
Loo, who may truste Fortune any while!
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