¶ Lenuoy.
HAue mind of Saule which to estate ryal
Frō low degre was called for mekenes,
But presūption made hym haue a fall,
Of God abiect for his frowardnes,
Lost his ••rowne the bible beareth wytnes,
The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time wherin may be seen what vices bring menne to destruccion, wyth notable warninges howe the like may be auoyded. Translated into Englysh by Iohn Lidgate, monke of Burye.
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- The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time wherin may be seen what vices bring menne to destruccion, wyth notable warninges howe the like may be auoyded. Translated into Englysh by Iohn Lidgate, monke of Burye.
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- Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
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- Imprinted at London :: By Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium,
- [1554?]
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- Kings and rulers -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800.
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"The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time wherin may be seen what vices bring menne to destruccion, wyth notable warninges howe the like may be auoyded. Translated into Englysh by Iohn Lidgate, monke of Burye." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A71316.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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Page xli
And cause was for his disobeysaunce,
To gods biddyng he yaue none attendaunce.
God not asketh no more of man at all
But whole hart without doublenes,
For all the gyftes whiche in especiall,
He yaue to man of his goodnes:
But he chastiseth all vnkindnes,
Suche as ben rebell for to do pleasaunce,
And to his biddyng yeue none attendaunce.
Noble prynces vertue most pryncipall
You to conserue in your high noblesse,
Is to imprynt in your memoriall,
Fayth, and equitie, all wronges to redresse:
To sustayne trouth and ryghtwysnesse,
And tofore God holde euenly the balaunce,
And to his biddyng yeue al your attendaūce.