650
Zupitz a.
spared nat
3 In this brennyng
to Denmark pryncis
lyk woode lyouns
did no favour
5 alias, this lond
froward Fortune
Mars and Mercuric
that bothe j)e kyng
4 By froward force
thes danyssli pryncis
on hih hilles
(fortune of werre
5 the peple robbed
for verray dreed
wlian the stremys
lyk a gret ryvei'
5 Paraventure
as is remembrid
of o persone
myhte be withdrawe:
ö reed, how ]>c myhty
was put a bak
the theffte of Nachor
out of the ffeld
6 Thus by the pryde
and cruel ffurie
this rewm almost
(the swerd of Bellona
5 lordis wer pensiff,
oon of thes tirauntys
and, as myn auctour
the tother was
7 This myscheff wers,
god with his punsshyng
suerd of a tyraunt
with ffurious hand
2, 8 Cäsur hinter wo men Hs.
6, 8 Cäsur nach named Hs.
women greet with chylde.
and ffurious cruelte
pompous and elat
void of alle pite
to louh nor hih estaat.
stood so dysconsolaat!
hath at hem so dysdeyned,
wer with hem at debaat,
and pryncis wer distreyned
to take hem to the fflyght.
ageyn hem wer so wood:
ther ffyres gaff suych lyg'ht
in suych disjoynt tho stood),
and spoiled of ther good
of colour ded and pale,
ran doun of red blood
fro mounteyns to ]>e vale,
for sum olde trespace,
of antyquyte,
hap, ffortune and grace
in cronycles ye may see,
ffamous Josue
thre dayes in bataylle;
made Israelle to ffle
and in ther conquest faile.
and veyn ambycioun
of thes pryncis tweyne
brouht to destruccyoun
gan at hem so disdeyne)
]>e porail gan compleyne.
callid Anelaphus
remembreth in serteyn,
named Genaplielus.
than strok of pestilence —
is ffounde mercyable:
punssheth with vyolence,
mortalle and vengable.
3, 1 and fehlt, vgl. 12, 7.