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 9, 2024.

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Howe the wyf of hastruball brente hir silf and hir children.

HEre Iohn bochas lyst in especyall o remēbre howe cartage newe ageyne Destroyed was and howe has••••uball Cam to mischeef the trouth was well seyn 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to reherce of newe it were but veyne ith here tofore is made clere mencion Loth of their brennynge and their destruction
Sae here he tellth howe hastrubals wyf ••••ly teschewe to lyue in seruage Chae with hir children for to lese hir lif And wylfully of furious corage She and hir sonnys tendre and yonge of age Amonge the flamys and the colys reed Consumed was into asshes dede
Nido the firste that bylte that cyte And made toures and the stronge wall Which was betrasshed also of Enee Afore remembred the fyres funerall And after longe the wyf of hastruball Chafe rather dye with hir children tweyne Than amonge romayns for to lyue in peyne
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