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.
This tragedie doth pitousli compleyne,
And maketh a maner lamentacioun
Of thes riche myhti princis tweyne,
Slayn in Cartage, as maad is mencioun.
Causeles the ton, sauf bi thoccasioun,
That pestilence in his froward viage
Slouh al his peeple, that wer born in Cartage.
And maketh a maner lamentacioun
Of thes riche myhti princis tweyne,
Slayn in Cartage, as maad is mencioun.
Causeles the ton, sauf bi thoccasioun,
That pestilence in his froward viage
Slouh al his peeple, that wer born in Cartage.
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Fortune also gan frowardli disdeyne
Ageyn this riche mihti duk Haynoun,
Whan he of malis gan mortalli ordeyne
The senatours to moordren of his toun,
At his feeste bi crafft of fals poisoun,
As ye han herd rehersid his outrage.
He was ageynward dismembrid in Cartage.
Ageyn this riche mihti duk Haynoun,
Whan he of malis gan mortalli ordeyne
The senatours to moordren of his toun,
At his feeste bi crafft of fals poisoun,
As ye han herd rehersid his outrage.
He was ageynward dismembrid in Cartage.
Who doth vengaunce, vengaunce shal atteyne,
In ech estaat, withoute excepcioun,
And who of pite vengaunce doth restreyne,
He shal of merci resceyue the guerdoun:
For riht requereth, of trouthe & of resoun,
Cruel princis shal haue for ther wage
Deth, lik this duk, dismembrid in Cartage.
In ech estaat, withoute excepcioun,
And who of pite vengaunce doth restreyne,
He shal of merci resceyue the guerdoun:
For riht requereth, of trouthe & of resoun,
Cruel princis shal haue for ther wage
Deth, lik this duk, dismembrid in Cartage.
Noble Princis, doth your besi peyne
For to preserue fro rebellioun
The comoun peeple, which stant in noun certeyne,
With eueri wynd turnyng up-so-doun.
Afftir Fortune thei chaunge affeccioun,
Turnyng ther hertis with trist or glad visage,
Lik as the peeple dide whilom in Cartage.
For to preserue fro rebellioun
The comoun peeple, which stant in noun certeyne,
With eueri wynd turnyng up-so-doun.
Afftir Fortune thei chaunge affeccioun,
Turnyng ther hertis with trist or glad visage,
Lik as the peeple dide whilom in Cartage.
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