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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THis tragedye shewyth a figure A maner of ymage and also lykenesse Howe contrarye it is vnto nature Blode vnto blode to shewe vnkyndnesse This wofull storie can bere full well witnesse All such debatis been as ye shall fynde Hatefull to god and contrarye vnto kynde
For there is no more dredefull auenture Than in kynrede to fynde frowardnesse Neither no damage more {per}ilous to endure Than in frenship whan there is straungenesse A maner {per}tye by example I dare expresse To se the tre debate ayen the rynde To god were hatefull and contrarye vnto kynde
Euery beest and euery creature Loueth his semblable of kyndly right I gesse And whan one truth tweyn hertys assure Vndepartyd of verrey {per}fightnesse It were a visious froward cursydnesse Their loue to knyt to louse or vnbynde Hatefull to god and contrarye vnto kynde
Princes princessis doo your besy cure From you to auoyde strif / fraude / and doublenesse Remembre you vpon the vnhappy cure Of these two bretherne and their wretchydnesse And of their both malicious wilfulnesse And howe their stryues / haue this well in mynde To god was hatefull and contrarye vnto kynde
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