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 8, 2024.

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THe vnsure gladnesse the ioye transitorie The vnstable surenesse the transmutacions The cloudy brightnes the fals eclipsid glorye Of erthely princes which haue possessions Monarchies and dominacions Their sodeyn chaunge declareth to vs all Their pompous suger is meynt with bitter gall
This blinde goddesse in hir consistorie With hir plesaunce medleth discencions After triumphes / conquest and victorye Reueth from kynges their ceptris and their crowns Troubleth the people with fals rebellions See these dukes which from their whele been fall All wordly sugre is ment with sum gall
This tragedie maketh momerie Of dukes tweyne and of their high renouns And of their loue write a greate historie And howe they conqueryd dyuers regions Gouernyd cites / cuntrees / and also touns Tyl fortune their prowesse dyd appalle To shewe their sugre was meynt with sum gall
Princis princessis see howe deceptorie Been all these worldly reuolucions And howe fortune in her reclinatorie With hir triacle temperith fals poysons So maruelous been hir confeccions Of frowardnesse she woll what so bifall E••••r with hir sugre of custum tempre gall
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