De Rege Nabugodonosor
¶ The myhty trone þe precious tresoure
þe glorious septre & Roial Maieste
þat hadde þe kinge Nabugodonosore
Wiþ tunge vnneþ maie descriued be
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He twyes name iherusalem þe Cite
The vessel of þe temple he wiþ him ladde
Att Babiloyne was his souereigne see
In whiche his glorie & his delyte he had
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¶ þe fairest childern of þe blode Roial
Of iherusalem he dide do gelde anone
And maade eche of hem to bu his clerke
Amonge al oþere Danyel was one
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þat was þe wisest childe of euerychone
For he þe dremes of þe kenge expounded
Where as in Caldeie clerk was þere none
þat wist to what fyne his dremes sounded
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¶ This proude kinge lete make a stature of golde
Sexty Cubetes longe & .vij. in brede
To whiche ymage boþe ȝonge & olde
Commanded he to loute & haue in drede
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Or in a forneys ful of flammes rede
He scholde be bernt þat wold not obeie
Bot neuer wolde assent to þat dede
Danyel ne his ȝonge felawes tweye
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¶ This kenge of kinges proude & elate
He wende god þat sitteþ in Mageste
Ne myht him nouht be-reue of þat estate
Bot sodanly he lost his dignite
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And like a beste him semed for to be
And ete haye as an oxe & leye þere oute.
In reyne wiþ wilde bestes walked he [folio 210a]
Til certein time was comme aboute
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