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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Title: 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 ...
Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Publication: [London :: Printed by Richard Pynson,; 1494 (27 Jan.)]
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Subject terms: Kings and rulers -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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A processe of Narcisus. Bible. Mirra. and of other their infortunes to bochas compleynynge

nArcisus / biblis / and mirra all th••••
Tofore bochas pitously dyd appere
Their infortunes their infelicite
To him compleynynge with a dedly chere
And of theyr comynge to tell the manere
Narasus first with sorowe and dooll atteynt
Bygan first all declare his compleynt

He was the sone of Cephisus the flode
And his moder callyd ••rope
And by distent borne of gentyll blode
Of creatures fairest on to se
And as I fynde at his natiuite
Tiresias by sprit of prophesie
Touchinge his fate thus gan specifie