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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¶Lenuoye
THis tragedye berith to you witnesseHowe saturnus by disposicionMaliciously of his frowardnesseCauseth in Iuno full greate infectionShe of nature conueyeth the nature dounThe eyre infecte which no man may socoureCometh deth anone and all thinge doth deuoure
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Tyme from adam myn auctour doth expresseDowne to nembroth by computacionHis stile conueyed by greate auysenesseFrom zorastres to kynge pharaonOf two deluges he makyth mencionIn thessalye the vengeaunce gan laboureAnd in achaia thebes to deuoure
Ye haue of heetis herde the excesseOf princes princesses full greate distructionOf egistus the greate wretchidnesseThe furye of therens the wo of pandyonOf the two susters the confusionAnd howe their fate gan vpon theym loureTheir felicite vnwarly to deuour
Princes princesses your iyen do vp dresseI mene the iyen of your discrecionSe of this worlde the chaunge the doublenesseThe greate vnsurenesse the variacionAnd aduertith for all your greate renounFortunes dewes whan they moost swetly shoureThan is she falsest your glorie to deuoure
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