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Lydgate's Siege of Thebes

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:i':;;;No Jlhcsc ivas at Edippuss unhappy Wedding, [pt. i.was unhappy.None <strong>of</strong> theNine Museswas at it,as they were atPhilology's marriagein Heavento Mercurysee Martianus deCapella.[leaf 14, back]Of whom the weddyng*, lik as ^e may fynde,Ynhappy was / and passing^ odious,Infortuned / and vngracious.I am wery mor ther<strong>of</strong> to write.The hatful processe / also to endyteI passe ouer, fully <strong>of</strong> ententeFor ymeneus / was not* ther present*,Xor lucyna / list* not* ther to shyne,Ne ther was none / <strong>of</strong> the musys nyneBy on accord / to make melodyeFor ther song* not* be heuenly ArmonyeNeither Clyo / nor Calyope,On <strong>of</strong> the sustren / in nombre thries thre,As they dyde* whan philolegyeAscendid vp hegh aboue the skyeTo be weddid / this lady v^?"tuousVnto hir lord /})e god mercuriusAs Marcian ynamed / de Capelle,In his book <strong>of</strong> weddyng can 30U telle,Ther concludyng* in this mariageThe poete, that* whilom was so sage.That* this lady, called sapience,820824828832836840I-wedded was vnto eloquence ;As it* sat wel, by heuenly p?

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