POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND LOVE POEMS.
Hodson MS. 39, on leaf 3 (A.D. 1483).
Kyng Edward the iiijth.
(10 stanzas of 7 lines each, ababbcc.) [There is a Religious Poem of 6 stanzas next it in the MS., but as this would make a break in the Political Poems if put after Edward IV. here, it is printed on p. 289, below.]
(1)
¶ Wher is this Prynce that conquered his right
Line 1
Within Ingland / master of all his foon,
And after Fraunce, be very force & myght
Without stroke / and afterward cam hoom,
Line 4
Made Scotlond to yelde / and Berwyk wan he from,
Rydyng a hontyng / hym silff to sporte & playe:
All men of Englond ar bounde for hym to praye.
(2)
¶ This most dred prince / that was vnder the son,
Line 8
Through all this wordle renewed was his name,
The dowthiest, the worthiest, withouten comparison,
Ther was noon siche / but ye reken the same
Compassed the wordle / so spronge his name;
Line 12
And as in batell, the ffresshest I shall say:
All men of Englond ar bounde for hym to pray.
