[6-text p 279]
[6-text p 280]
[6-text p 268]
Vp-on a tre he was as that hym thouȝte
Where Iubiter hym wesch bothe bak & syde
And phebus ek a fayr towayle hym broughte
To dreye hym with & therfore wex his pryde
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And to his doughtyr which that stod hym besyde
Which that he knew in high science habounde
He bad hire telle hym [[m corrected]] what it signefye [folio 362a]
And sche his dreem bygan ryght thus expoungne
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The tre quod sche the galwis is to meene.
And Iubiter bitokenyth snow & reyn.
And Phebus with his towayle so cleene.
Tho been the sunnys stremys for to seyn.
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Thow schat an hangede been fadyr certayn.
Reyn schal the wasche & sounne schal the dreye.
Thus warnede hym ful plat & ful pleyn.
His doughtyr which that callede was Phanye.
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An hangede was Cresus the proude kyng
His royal trone myghte hym not a-vayle
Tragedy is noon othir manere thyng
Ne can in syngynge crye ne bewayle
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But for that fortune al day wele assayle
With vn-war strok the regnys that been proude
For whan men trustyth hire thanne wele sche fayle
And couere hire brighte face with a cloude [[These 4 modern instances should follow 'Zenobia,' p. 486 (6-T. 268).]]
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[Peter the Cruel, of Spain.]
.O. noble .O. worthy Petro glorie of Spayne [Petro]
Whom fortune heeld [[d late]] so highe in mageste
Weel oughtyn men thyn petous deth to compleyne
Out of thyn land thyn brothir made the fle
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And aftyr at a sege by subtyletee
Thow were betraysed & lad vn-to his tente
Wheere as he with his owene hand slow the
Succedynge in thy regne & in thyn rente
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