Here begynnethe the boke calledde Iohn bochas descriuinge the falle of princis princessis [and] other nobles tra[n]slated i[n]to englissh by Iohn ludgate mo[n]ke of the monastery of seint edmu[n]des Bury ...
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Here begynnethe the boke calledde Iohn bochas descriuinge the falle of princis princessis [and] other nobles tra[n]slated i[n]to englissh by Iohn ludgate mo[n]ke of the monastery of seint edmu[n]des Bury ...
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
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[London :: Printed by Richard Pynson,
1494 (27 Jan.)]
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Kings and rulers -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here begynnethe the boke calledde Iohn bochas descriuinge the falle of princis princessis [and] other nobles tra[n]slated i[n]to englissh by Iohn ludgate mo[n]ke of the monastery of seint edmu[n]des Bury ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16251.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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Of Hugolyne Erle of Pyse / slayne in pryson.
AFter charles storye rad the wofull fyneAs ye haue herde the manere and the gyseTo Iohn Bochas apperyd HugolyneCallyd whilom the Erle of pyseTyll they gan ageyn him aryseMoost vengeable cruell and vnkyndeSlough him in pr••son nomore of him I finde
Saue his children of hatrede and enuyeWere murdred eke in a depe prisonNext wth his compleynt the kynge of armonyeCam tofore Bochas that callyd was athonA cristen prince full famous of renounFor oure feith from which he list nat erreGeyn tertarius longe tyme he helde great werre
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This manly kinge in knighthode full famousIt was shewyd his story who list seHad a brother fell and despytousCalled Sabath desyrous to succedeStede of his brother the kingdom to possedeBy fals treson reuyd of his rightKept him in holde and put out of his sight
This sabath loste both happe and graceHis other brother as made is mencionBy stronge hande put him from his placeChaced him out of that regionTake by force and fetryd in prisonDyed there noman list him visiteLo howe god can treson and murdre quyte
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