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 16, 2024.
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O Folkes all that this tragedies redeHaueth to mekenes amonge your aduertenceOf proude Nembroth also taketh hedeHowe that he fyll from his magnificenceOnly for he by sturdy violenceLyst of malyce the mighty lorde assayleBut in such case what might his pryde aueyle
Noble princes which this worlde do possedeYe that be famous of wisdome and scienceAnd haue so many subiettis that you dredeIn gouernaunce vndre your excellenceLet your power with mekenes so dispenceThat false pryde oppres nat the poreyleWhich to your nobles so moch may auayel
Pryde of Nembroth dyd the brydel ledeWhich him cōuayed with great insolencePryde aperteyneth nothynge to manhode
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Saue in armys to shewe his presenceWherfore honoure laude and reuerenceBe to mekenes that hath the gouernaileOf all vertues which man may moost auayle
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