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Political Poems and Songs Relating to English History, Composed During the Period From the Accession of Edw (1); Iii. to That of Ric
Political Poems and Songs Relating to English History Composed During the Period From the Accession of Edw Iii to That of Ric - 1 Author:Thomas Wright Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1859 Original Publisher: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts Subjects: Political poetry, English Political ballads and songs, English English poetry Great Britain Political ballads and songs History / Europe / Great Britain Literary Criticism / Europ... more »ean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Francigen? plorent, qui sunfc victi1 quasi picti ; Pro nobis orent omnes saucti benedicti. Anglica gens humilis, pia, pauper, et absquo vigore, Vicit cum jubilis Francos labente cruore. Ergo Beus dives, pauper rex Anglicus esto, Est casus príesto, Christo stes,2 Anglia, vives. Nostro pnecarus3 régi fit sanctus ümarus ;4 Sanctus pr?clarus proprice genti fit5 amarus. Hex regum, Christe, placeat tibi rex probu. s iste ; Sis sibi6 spes vitte, cum dixeris, ite, venite. Ejus tutamen, moderamen, dux, meditamcn, Gloría, solamen, sit Christus in omnibus. Amen. On The Battle Of Nevile's Cross. 7 Oct. 17, 1316. Si valeos paleas, Valoyes, dimitte timorcm ; In campis mancas, pareas, ostende vigorem. Flos es, flore cares, in campis viribus ares, Mane techel fares, lepus es, lynx, non leo pares. Francia flos florum, caput olim nobiliorum, Jam contra mores leopardus tollit honores. Subpedito florera, rapio florentis honorem, Flos fueram, formido feram cum jubare veraui. In Wyndelesor natus Edwardus ad arma paratus, Rex fortunatus, probus est hucusque vocatus ; Miles magnanimus est, et fidus bene securus, Non est ambiguas, per mundi climata puras. 1 aitit victi, B. , This short piece is...« less