At their metinge anone or they were ware
Dioclisian made him to abide
To his confusion syttynge in his chare
To walke on fote by the charys syde
With many a rebuke batyd was his pryde
Galerius for the greate shame
Gan seke a mene ageyn to gete his name
Cam for tassemble his olde soudyours
Made his ordenaunce by diligent werkinge
Chase oute the best prouyd werreours
With a great hoste to perce he cam rydynge
And oft there faught with the kynge
That the perciens maugre all their might
Were of Galerius that day put to flight
The felde was his gate their richesse
Robbyd their tentys wan there great pyllage
In this resort receyued in sothenesse
In greate noblesse bycause of that viage
Thus can fortune chaunge hir visage
Of dioclisian where he stode in disdeyne
With newe tryumphe resortyd is ageyn
This cloudy quene standeth euer in no certeyne
Whoos double whele quauerith euer in doute
Of whos fauoure noman hath be certeyne
Though one haue grace another is put out
Late euery man as it cometh aboute
Take his tourne and neuer in hir assure
Faylynge in armys is but auenture
Thus galerius after his batayle
On perciens gan wex glorious
Gouerned affryk and lordshyp of Itayle
Thrughout the oriente he was victorious
Tyll he for age gan wex tedious
His last dayes malygned as men seith
Of fals hatrede ageyn cristen feith
And him to helpe in these fals maters
It is remembryd to his confusion
In his empire he set two vikers
Gaue them power in euery region
The lawe of criste to oppresse and put doun
To punyssh martirs and put theym to the deth
And in this while full many one he sleth
By this seid cruell galerius
Which of thempyre had all the gouernaunce
Of cursyd herte and corage despytous
By his vsurpyd Imperiall puissaunce
Gaue auctoryte for to do vengeaunce
Vnto tweyne Seuerus and maxence
On all cristen by mortall violence
A certeyne space both of one accorde
Thestate of Emperour chose was maxence
Tyll Seuerus and he fyll at discorde
And after by vengeable pestilence
Within a cyte of noble premynence
Called Rauenne Seuerus there was slayne
Of which galerius god wote was nothinge fayne
For which in haste this galerius
Him to supporte and stonde in his diffence
Chase oute of Denmark a knight lueynyus
To be emperour thrugh knightly excellence
For to withstonde and fight ageyn maxence
But maxence of romayn knightys all
Was chosyn emperour and set vp in his stall
With which eleccion galerius wex wode
Fyll in a manere frowarde frensie
His entrayle brente corrupte was his blode
And of his frowarde vengeable maledye
In euery membre gan rote and putryfie
Tyll all the ayer about him enuyron
To all that felt it was v••nym and poyson
L••ke a la••ar corbed ••ak and 〈◊〉〈◊〉
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