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 16, 2024.
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Howe zereas kinge of Ethiope was slayne in bataile
AFter him to Bochas dyd appereNext in ordre pleynly as I findeOne zareas with a sorowfull chereAnd he was kynge of Ethiope and yndeWhoos yien were almost with wepynge blyndePraynge myn auctour his vnhappy chaunceWith other wofull to put in remembraunce
And that he wolde recorde by scriptureHis sodeyn fall and dolorous distresseAnd his diffamous hatefull disconfitureWith the dispoilynge of his greate richesseAnd howe kinge asaph through his high noblesseAnd his people as he dyd theym assayleHath him venquesshyd and slayne in bataile
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