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¶ So manly / was this Iulius of herte
And so wel / louede estatly honestee
And thogh hise deedly woundes / so sore smerte
His mantel ouer his hipes / caste he
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ffor no man / sholde seen his pryuetee
And as he lay / of dyyng in a traunce
And wiste verraily that deed was he
Of honestee / yet hadde he remembraunce
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¶ Lucan. / to thee this storie I recomende
And to Sweton / and to Valerius also
That of this storie / writen word & ende
How that to thise grete Conquerours two
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ffortune / was first freend / and siththe a foo
No man ne triste / vp-on hire fauour longe
But haue hire / in awayt for euere mo
Witnesse / on alle thise Conquerours stronge
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[Cresus.]
This riche Cresus / whilom kyng of Lyde [[Cresus]]
Of which Cresus / Cirus soore hym dradde
Yet was he caught amyddes al his pryde
And to be brent/ men to the fyr hym ladde
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But swich a reyn / doun fro the welkne shadde
That slow the fyr / and made hym to escape
But to be war / no grace yet he hadde
Til ffortune / on the galwes made hym gape
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[ [Rats.] Wh]anne he escaped was / he kan nat stente [folio 97b]
ffor to bigynne / a newe werre agayn
He wende wel / for þat ffortune hym sente
Swich hape / that he escaped thurgh the rayn
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That of his foos / he myghte nat be slayn
And eek a sweuene / vp-on a nyght he mette
Of which / he was so proud / and eek so fayn
That in vengeance / he al his herte sette
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