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So manly / was this Iulius of herte
And so wel louede / estaatly honestee
That though hise deedly woundes soore smerte
His Mantel / ouer hise hypes caste he
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ffor no man / sholde seen his priuetee
And as he lay / of diyng in a traunce
And wiste verraily / that deed was hee
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 and ende
How þat / to thise grete Conquerours two
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ffortune was first freend / and sitthe foo
No man ne truste / vp-on hire fauour longe
But haue hire / in awayt for euere moo
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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Whanne he escaped was / he kan nat stente
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 hise 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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