Lydgate's Fall of Princes, Issue 262, Volume 2Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1923 |
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afforn Affrik aftir Agathodes ageyn Alcibiades Alisaundre anon bataille Bochas brouht callid Cartage Cassander chaunge cite cleer comoun contre corage cruel Darie dede Demetrius deth dide doon doth doun dreed enmyes entent eueri fals fauour fliht Fortune froward ful gret fynde Geyn goddis gouernaunce Grece gret grete ha[ue hath haue heer herte hymsilff kniht kyng leaf Lysimachus maad is mencioun Macedoyne maner marcial Masinissa Mede moordre mortal myht myhti myn auctour myscheeff neuer noble noblesse nothyng ordeyne othir peeple peyne pleynli Pouert poweer prince prisoun purpos regioun reherse resoun richesse riht roial Rome Romeyns said[e Scipioun seyn shal shewe sholde shyne siht slayn slouh sodeyn sone stood stori ther thoruh thre thyng tiraunt toforn toun tresour trouthe tweyne tyme vengable vengaunce vertu vnder vnto Vpon weel werre whan Wher Withynne wolde worldli writyng Xerses yiff
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Page 636 - Which sheweth ful clere & is neuir aftir seyn, Or lik a sonne for a moment briht, Vnwarli shroudid with a cloude of reyn, Riht so the wyndi fauour bloweth in veyne, May resemble for a mutabilite Of them that doon for any comounte. stt. 142-143. Cf. Valerius Maximus, op. cit., Lib. V, capt. 3, "De Ingratis.
Page 476 - And thus be writyng he gat hymsilff a name Perpetuelli to been in remembraunce, Set and registred in the Hous of Fame...
Page 442 - Ther poynaunt poisoun is so penetrable. To folk absent it is myscheuable So deepe fretith ther serpentyn langage.
Page 436 - ... wynnyng ha[ue] souereyn aqueyntaunce : But [poor] poetis (God sheeld hem fro myschaunce!) May now-adaies for ther impotence, 3856 For lakke of support go begge ther dispence. Daunt in Itaille, Virgile in Rome toun, Petrak in Florence hadde al his plesaunce, And prudent Chaucer in Brutis Albioun 386O Lik his desir fond vertuous suffisance, Fredam of lordshepe weied in ther ballaunce. Because thei flourede in wisdam and science, Support of princis fond hem ther dispence. 3864 0 welle of fredam,...
Page 477 - And thus in cheef thes causes affor told Meued the herte of Bochas to writyng, And to remembre be many story old Thestat of pryncis, in chaieres hih sittyng, And for vices ther vnwar fallyng, Yiuyng exaumple, as I afferme dar, Of fals Fortune how thei shal be war.
Page 392 - For the writers of the past he cherishes a profound respect: as to me, it is a thyng odible, Thynges tenpugne, awtentik and olde, Which notable clerkis in ther daies tolde.
Page 390 - ... constaunce, In this tragedie men may beholde & see, Now vp, now doun, as Fortune cast hir chaunce. For thei off custom haue ioie & most plesaunce, In ther desirs onstedfast and ontrewe, To seen ech day a chaung of pryncis newe Noble Pryncis, in your prosperite, On sodeyn chaungis set your remembraunce, Fresshnesse off floures, off braunchis the beute Haue ai on chaung a tremblyng attendaunce. In trust off comouns is no perseurance: As wynter & somer be dyuers off ther hewe, So be thei dyuers...
Page 475 - In rethorik be sovereynte of stile. He drank swich plente, this poete, as men tell, Of the stremys that ran doun fro the well Wrouhte bi tho sustres that be in noumbre nyne, Prowesse of knihthod most cleerli to termyne. For in...
Page 367 - For it is said and hath be said ful yore, The emeraud greene off parfit chastite, Stole onys away may nat recurid be. And hard it is to rauysshe a tresour Which off nature is nat recuperable...