[6-text p 278]
[6-text p 279]
So manly was this Iulyus at herte
And so weel louyd estatly honeste
That thow hise dedly woundis soore smerte
His mental ouer his hepis castyth he
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For non man schulde seen his priuyte [folio 361b]
And as he lay on deyinge in a traunce
And wiste verrayly that deed he muste bee
Of honeste ȝit hadde he remembraunce
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Lucan to this storye I recomende
And to Swetoun & to valerius also
That of the storye wrytyn word & ende
How that these greete Conquerourys two
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Fortune was fyrst freend & sithe a foo
No man ne truste vp-on hire fauour longe
But haue hire in a-wayte for euere mo
Witnesse on alle these conquerourys stronge
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[Cresus.]
¶ This ryche crysus whilom kyng of lyde [Crisus]
Of whiche Cresus / Cirus soore hym dradde
Ȝit was he caught a-mydde al his pryde
And to be brent men to the fuyr hym ladde
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But swich a reyn doun from the walkyn shadde
That slow the fuyr & made hym to escape
But to be war no grace ȝit he hadde
Til fortune on the galwis made hym gape
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Whan he escapid was 1he can nat stente1 [[1_1 corrected]]
For to begynne a newe werre a-gayn
He wende weel for that fortune hym sente
Swich hap that he escapid thour the rayn
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That of hise fois he myghte nat been slayn
And ek a sweuene vp-on a nyght he mette
Of which he was so proud & ek so fayn
That in vengeaunce he al his herte sette
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