Lydgate's Siege of Thebes

Ii1004.;r. I.] Hoio Ecli^ppus died mad, & his corpse was cast into a Pit. 43And as myn aucto?«* liketh to devise,s his sones rebuke hym and dispise, 1004;'pon a day / in a certeyn placeI'uf of his hede / his eyen he gan race,Lnd Cast* af hem /,he can non other "bote,j.nd of malice / they trad hem vnder fote, 1008I'ully devoide / both of loue and drede.And whan Edippus / for meschief was thus dede,jdth-Inne a pytte / made in the erthe"^ lowe,bf cruelte / his sones / han hy??i throwe, 1012IVers '^ than serpent* / or eny tigre wood^)f Cursid stok / cometh vnkynde blood',\.sin story / ^e may rede her to-forfiiU be the Roose"^ /grow / out* of a thorn. 1016?hus of Edippus /, whan he was blynd' and olcJ,ihe wrecched ende / I haue* 30U pleynly toldl.For which shortly / to man and child I redeand tore liis eyesout;and how hiscorpse wasthrown into a pitby his sons.From cursedstock comes unnaturalchild.•INota.•j How euc-yCo be wel war / and to taken hede 1020 man oght ofdieute to doOf kyndely ri^t* / and of consciencereuerence toFader andITICo do honui'** // and due* reuerencemodere.y Or ellis therwil foloweiFo fader and* moder / of what estat thei be,vengeau/icebr certeyn / ellis / they shul neuere the. 1024[leaf 17, back]As] and as M. {from 1003). That Di. his] om. M. sonnes Bo. soones;Lb. hym] om. Ap. 1007. can] cowde Ado. I. 1009. devoide Bo. Lb. M.levoyd Adj. Ra. 1010. was thus] thus was M. Di. Ra.^^Ba. P. thus] om. Adj.:Vdo. I. 1011. made] om. Lb. the] om. Di. erthe Tj. Lb. M. Adj. erth Ar.Bo. Du. "Within ])e erthe a pitte made full lowe L^. 1013. Wers Adj. Ra, L.,.Ap. Wors Lj, Lb. M. Di. S. C. T.^. P. E.^. Wars Du. Ba. Werre Ar. G. Ej.IVVere Bo. Wer T^. Wer wors Ado. 1. than] than a Lb. P. than any Ba. oriny] or Ba. S. 1014. vnkynde Bo. M. Adp 1015. her] om. Adj. Ado. I.1016. rose M. Adj. Roos Ar. Bo. Roose G. a] the G. 1017—1142 gap in C.1017. of]o//?.Li. blynd and] om. Di. S. whanold] ])at was so bolde Adj.Ado. I. 1018. haue Bo. Tj. Lb. M. Adj. ha Ar.30U] om. Bo. Di. pleynly]taken Bo. M. Adj. In Ra.mi. Adj. Ado, I. Ap. 1020. wel] om. Adj. Ado. I%nd Ba. II. 1017—1020 are very much altered, thus:Thus I haue rehersid al the caas 1017Off Edippus whens that he was 1018And the wrechid end wherfore that I rede 1019Every (eny Ba.) man and child be war and take hede Ra. 102011021. and of] and Ad.,. I. 1022. honur] nur {misicritten) Ar. due M. Adj.;dewe Bo. diwe Lb. dieu Ar. dew G. om. Ra. Ba. 1023. and] om. Ar. G.|Ap. of] om. Ra. Ba. estat] of state G. 1024. certeyn] certenly Lb. E,. G.;elHs] om. Ba. certeyn ellis] elles certeia Adj. Ado. I. Ra. S. shul Ar. Bo. Du.:Lb. M. Di. Adj. Ra. shulen Tj. shall Lj. Ad.,. S. P. L,. sliuld G. sholde Ej.the] I-the Lb. Ad^. Ba. S.