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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¶Of Oggigus kynge of Thebes

ANother Prince callyd Oggygus
Kynge of Thebes as bokes determyne
And founder was thus Bochas tellith vs
Of a cite callyd Eleusyne
Which stant in grece whoos power to declyne
There fyll a flode in that region
Which ouer flowyd many a ryall towne

And in athia that dyde moost dammage
Tyme of Iacob patriarke notable
And this deluge with his wawes rage
Slewe lordes many and princes honorable
For dame fortune is so disceyuable
That she sumtyme whan she list disdeyne
Can folke assayle with a flode sodeyne

This flode also where it dyd assayle
Wastyd cornys both crop and rote
Causyd also scarcete of vitaile
That many a man felt full vnsote
The pore nat wist where to fynde boote
For their princes supprised were with drede
Thurgh lacke of vitayle in that greate nede