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Political poems and songs relating to English history
Political poems and songs relating to English history Author:Thomas Wright Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: In alle thing which is of God begonne, Ther folwith grace, if it be wele governed ; Thus tellen thei whichc olde bookes couue, Whereof, my lord, y wot wel ... more »thou art lerned. Axe of thi God, so schalt thou noght be werned Of no rcqwest, which is resonable ; Ffor God unto the goode is favorable. King Salomon, which hadde at his axinge Of God what thing him was levest to crave, He ches wisdom unto the governynge Of Goddis folk, the whiche ho wolde save, And as he dies it fel him for to have ; Ffor thurgh his wit, whil that his regno laste, He gat him pes and reste unto the laste. Bot Alisaundre, as telleth his histoiro, Unto the God besoghte in other weie, Of all the world to winne the victoire So that undir his swerd it might obeie ; In werre he hadde al that he woldc preie, The myghti God behight him that beheste, The world he wan, and had it of conqweste. Bot thogh it fel at thilke time so, That Alisandrc his axinge hath achieved, This sinful world wa.s al paiene tho, Was non which hath the hihe God believed, No wonder was thogh thilke world was grieved, Thogh a tiraunt his pourpos mihtc winne ; Al was vengauuce and infortune of sinnc. Bot now the fcith of Crist is come aplace Among the princes in this crthe hiere, It sit hem wel to do pite and grace ; Bot yit it mot be tempred in mauere ; Ffor as thei linden cause in the maticre, Uppon the point, what aftirward betide, The lawe of riht shal noght be leid aside. So mai a kyng of werre the viage Ordeigne and take, as he therto is bolde, To cleime and axe his rightful heritage In alle places wher it is withholde ; Dot other wise if God him silve wolde Afferme love and pes betwen the kynges, Pes is the beste above allo erthely thinges. Good i...« less