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.

Title

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.

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.

Publication

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 May 19, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• The copy of the quenes Maiesties letters Patentes.
• ¶ Here foloweth the Table of thys presente Booke, called the fall of Princes, and Princesses. &c. Whiche boke is deuyded in to nyne bookes, and euerye booke contayneth dyuers chapters, as here after foloweth: And fyrst of the fyrste boke, whiche contayneth xxiiii. Chapiters
  • book - 1
  • book - 2
  • book - 3
  • The Table of the fourth boke.
  • ¶ The table of the fyfth boke.
  • book - 6
  • book - 7
  • The table of the eyght boke.
  • ¶ The table of the nynth boke.
• book - 1
  • The Prologue of John Lydgate monke of Burye, translatoure of this worke.
  • ¶ The fyrste Chapiter.
    • Lenuoye.
  • Che .ii. Chapiter.
  • The .iii. Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .iiii. Chapter.
    • Of Ogiges kyng of Thebes.
    • Of a great floude in Tessaly.
  • The .v. Chapter.
  • The .vi. Chapter.
    • ☞ Lenuoye.
  • The .vii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .viii. Chapter.
    • Lenuoye.
  • The .ix. Chapter.
    • ☞ Lenuoy.
    • ☞Omne regnum in se diuisum desolabitur.
  • The .x. Chapter.
  • The .xi. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .xii. Chapter.
    • ☞ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .xiii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .xv. Chapter.
    • ☞ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .xvi. Chapter.
  • The .xvii. Chapter.
  • The .xviii. Chapiter.
    • Lenuoye.
  • ¶ The .xix. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • ☞ The .xx. Chapiter.
  • ¶ The .xxi. Chapter.
  • The .xxii. Chapter.
  • The .xxiii. Chapiter.
  • ☞ The .xxv. Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
• book - 2
  • prologue
  • ¶ The firste Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
    • ¶ Acommendation of Obe∣dience.
  • The .ii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .iii. Chapter.
  • The .iiii. Chapiter.
  • ☞ The .v. Chapiter.
  • The .vi. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .vii. Chapiter.
  • ¶ The .viii. Chapter.
  • The .ix. Chapiter.
  • The .x. Chapiter.
  • ☞ The .xi. Chapiter.
  • ☞ The .xii. Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .xiii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
    • ¶ Lenuoy, dyrect to wydowes of the translatoure.
  • ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.
  • The .xv. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .xvi. Chapter.
  • The .xvii. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xviii. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xix. Chapter.
  • The .xx. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xxi. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .xxii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .xxiii. Chapter.
  • The .xxiii. Chapiter.
  • ¶ The .xxv. Chapter.
  • The .xxvi. Chapter.
  • The .xxvii. Chapter.
    • Lenuoye.
  • The .xv. Chapiter.
  • ¶ The .xxix. Chapter.
  • The .xxx. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xxxi. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
• book - 3
  • prologue
  • ¶ The first Chapter.
    • ☞ A disputation betwene Fortune and glad pouerte.
  • The firste Chapiter.
  • ¶ The second Chapiter.
  • The .iii. Chapiter.
    • Lenuoye.
  • The .iiii. Chapiter.
  • The .v. Chapiter.
    • ☞ The complaynt of Bochas vpon the lux∣ury of princes, as by examples of many dyuers myschaunces.
    • Lenuoye.
  • ¶ The .vi. Chapter.
  • The .vii. Chapiter.
  • ¶ The .viii. Chapter.
  • ☞ The .ix. Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .x. Chapiter.
    • ☞ Lenuoye.
  • The .xi. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xii. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
    • ¶ Bochas agaynst the vntruth of iudges.
  • The .xv. chapter.
  • The .xvi. Chapiter.
  • The .xvii. chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye
  • The .xviii. Chapter.
  • The .xix. Chapiter.
  • The .xx. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • ¶ The .xxi. Chapter.
  • The .xxii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
    • ❧ The autour agayne couetous people.
  • The .xxiii. Chapter.
  • The .xxiiii. Chapter.
  • The .xxv. Chapiter.
  • The .xxvi. Chapter.
  • The .xxvii. chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
• book - 4
  • prologue
  • ¶ The fyrst Chapter.
  • The .ii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye
  • The .iii. Chapter.
  • The .iiii. Chapiter.
  • ☞ The .v. chapter.
  • The .vi. Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • The .vii. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .viii. Chapter.
  • ☞ The .ix. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • ☞ The .x. chapter.
  • The .xi. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye
  • The .xii. Chapter.
  • The .xiii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .xiiii. Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .xv. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .xvi. Chapiter.
  • ☞ The .xvii. chapter.
  • ¶ The .xviii. Chapter.
  • The .xix. Chapiter.
  • The .xx. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • The .xxi. chapiter.
  • The .xxii. Chapiter
  • ☞ The .xxiii. chapter.
    • ❧ Lenuoye.
  • The .xxiiii. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xxv. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter.
• book - 5
  • The first Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .ii. Chapter.
  • The .iii. Chapter.
  • The .iiii. Chapter.
  • The .v. Chapter.
  • The .vi. Chapter.
  • The .vii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .viii. Chapter.
  • The .ix. Chapter.
  • ¶ The .x. Chapter.
  • ☞ The .xi. chapter.
  • The .xii. Chapiter
  • ☞ The .xiii. Chap.
  • The .xiiii. chapiter.
  • The .xv. Chapiter
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • ☞ The .xvi. Chap.
  • ¶ The .xvii. Chapter.
  • ☞ The .xviii. chapter.
  • The .xix. chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .xx. Chapiter
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .xxi. Chapter.
  • The .xxii. Chapter.
  • The .xxiii. Chapter.
  • The .xxiiii. chapter.
  • The .xxv. Chapter.
    • Lenuoye.
  • The .xxvi Chapter.
  • The .xxvii. chapter.
  • The .xxviii. chapter.
  • The .xxix. Chapter.
  • ❧ The .xxx. Chapter.
  • The .xxxi. Chapter.
  • ☞ The .xxxii. Chap.
  • ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
• book - 6
  • ¶ The Fyrst Chapter.
  • The fyrst Chapiter.
  • The .ii. Chapter.
  • ❧ The .iii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • ☞ The .iiii. chapter.
  • The .v. Chapter.
  • The .vi Chapiter.
  • The .vii. chapter.
  • The .viii. chapter.
  • The .ix. chapter.
  • The .x. Chapter.
  • The .xi Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • The .xii. chapter.
  • The .xiii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • ❧ The .xiiii. Chapter.
  • ☞ The .xv. Chapter.
  • ❧ The .xvi. Chapter
  • ☞ The .xvii. Chapiter.
• book - 7
  • ¶ The Fyrst Chapter.
  • The .ii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • The .iii Chapiter.
  • The .iiii. chapter.
  • The .v. Chapter.
    • In stede of a Lenuoye.
  • The .vi. Chapter.
  • The .vii. Chapter.
  • The .viii. Chapter.
  • The .ix. chapter.
  • The .x. Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
  • The .xi. Chapter.
• book - 8
  • ¶ The Prologue of the eyght Booke.
  • ¶ The firste Chapter.
  • The .ii. Chapter.
  • The .iii. Chapiter.
  • The .iiii. Chapiter.
  • The .v. Chapter.
  • The .vi. Chapter.
  • The vii. Chapter.
  • The .viii. Chapter.
  • The .ix. Chapiter.
  • The .x. Chapiter.
  • The .xi. Chapter.
  • The .xii. chapter.
  • The .xiii. chapter.
  • The .xiiii. Chapter.
  • The xv. chapter
  • The .xvi. Chapter.
  • The .xvii. Chapter.
  • The .xviii. Chapter.
  • The .xix. Chapter.
  • The .xx Chapter.
  • ❧ The .xxi. Chapter.
  • The .xxii. Chapter.
  • The .xxiii. Chapiter.
  • The .xxiiii. Chapiter.
  • The .xxv. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
    • ☞ An exclamacion of Bochas agayne kynredes vn∣kynde.
  • The .xxvi. Chapter.
  • The .xxvii. Chapter
• book - 9
  • ¶ The Fyrst Chapter.
  • The .ii. Chapter
  • The .iii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy.
    • ¶ Bochas marueyling of the malice and cruelte of Brounchylde writeth thus.
  • The .iiii. Chapiter.
  • The .v. Chapiter.
  • The .vi. Chapter.
  • The .vii. Chapiter.
  • The .viii. Chapter.
  • ❧ The .ix. Chapter.
  • The .x. Chapiter.
  • The .xi. Chapter.
  • The xii. Chapiter.
  • The xiii. Chapter.
  • The .xiiii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Here Bochas counsayleth princes to remembre on Arnolde.
  • ❧ The .xv. Chapter.
  • The xvi. Chapiter.
  • The .xvii. Chapter.
  • The .xviii. Chapter
  • The .xix. Chapiter.
  • The .xx. Chapiter.
  • The .xxi. Chapiter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • The .xxii. Chapter.
  • The .xxiii. Chapter.
    • ☞ A commendacion of Bochas of suche as be kynde to their kynred.
  • The .xxiiii. chapter.
  • The .xxv. Chapiter.
  • The .xxvi. chapter.
  • The .xxvii. Chapter.
  • ❧ The .xxviii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoye.
  • ❧ The .xxix. Chapter.
  • The .xxx. chapter.
  • The .xxxi. Chapiter.
  • The .xxxii. Chapter.
    • ¶ Bochas here commen∣deth humilite.
  • The .xxxiii. Chapter.
  • The .xxxiiii. Chapter.
  • The .xxxv. Chapter.
    • ¶ Lenuoy▪
  • The .xxxvi. Chapter.
  • The .xxxvii. chapter.
  • The .xxxviii. Chapter.
    • ❧ Lenuoye.
    • ¶ Here Bochas maketh a rehearsayl how Fortune hath made highe estates vn∣warely to discende.
    • ☞The wordes of the translatour.