Of herry the eldest sonne of Fredryk the seconde mischeuyd by his fadre.
nExt to bochas crokyd halt and seke
One callyd herry cam for to pleyne
The eldest sonne vnto fredryk
Which by sekenesse had felt great peyne
M••gre and pale contract in euery veyne
Of whoos langoure the cheef accasion
Was that he lay so longe tyme in prison
All his disese at great aduersyte
I caused was for short conclusion
By his faders frowarde cruelte
As bochas after maketh mencion
And this herry by generacion
Sonne vnto fredryk like as it is founde
I mene fredryk called the seconde
This herry by dissent of lyne
Of Cecile first was crowned kynge
And of Ierusalem whos renoun dyd shyne
Thrugh many a londe at his begynnynge
And fortune also in hir werkinge
Was to this herry passyngly notable
In all his werkes Iuly fauorable
Of his persone he had this auauntage
To all the peple he was right acceptable
Well cōmendyd in his flouringe age
Of chere and face and loke right ameable
And of his porte very demure and stable
Callyd in his gynnynge such fauoure he hath wōne
Of princys all very light and sonne
But oft it falleth that a glad mornynge
Whan phebus sheweth hir bemys fayre and bright
The day sūtyme therupon folowynge
With some derke skye is clipsyd of his light
And semblably thrugh fortunes might
This sayde prince by hir fals variaunce
Fonde in hir whele full noyous fell greuaunce
Who may the furyes of fortune appese
Hir troubly wawes to make them calme and pleyn
Where men most truste they fynde moost disease
Where double corages stonde in no certeyn
A shynynge day is oft meynt with reyne
Thus of fredryk the great vnstablenesse
Hath brought his sonne in mischeef and distresse
This Frederyk set vp in a greate fauoure
By the popys diligent besynesse
Vnto the state lift vp of emperoure
But thrugh his fatall frowarde vnkyndnesse
Of couetise fyll in such excesse
Toke vpon him patrymony to guye
Of cristys church that parte to occupye
Fyll in the popes indignacion
Counseyle nor trety might none auayle
But of malyce and presumpcion
Caste with the pope to haue a great batayle
The sayde herry his fadre gan counsayle
Ageyn the church to do no violence
But him submytte with humble obedience
This stryf endurynge atwene these great estates
Fredryk made his sonne to be accused
To him of crymelese magestatys
Wolde nat suffre he shulde be accused
But lyke a man maliciously refused
By his fadres cursed fals treson
He was cōmaundyd to dye in pryson