Poems Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol by Thomas Rowley and Others in the Fifteenth Century

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ECLOGUE THE SECOND,
Ne dethe of thofandes can the warre assuage,
Botte falleynge nombers fable 7l all the feelde. 60
Sprytes of the bleste, and everych Seyncte ydedde,
Poure owte youre pleafaunce on mie fadres hedde,
The foemen fal arounde ; the cross reles 7s hye ;
Steyned ynne goere, the harte of warre ys seen ;
Kyng By charde, thorough everyche trope dothe flie,6^
And beereth meynte 74 of Turkes onto the greene ;
Bie hymra the floure of Asies menn ys fleene 7s ;
The waylynge 76 mone doth fade before hys fonne ;
Bie hym hys knyghtes bee formed to adtions deene 77,
Doeynge fyke marvels 78, strongers be aston 7». 70,
Sprytes of the bleste, and everych Seyncte ydedde,
Poure owte your pleafaunce onn mie fadres hedde.
The fyghte ys wonne ; Kynge Rycharde master is \
The Englonde bannerr kisseth the hie ayre ;
Full of pure joie the armie is iwys 8o, 75
And everych one haveth it onne his bayre 81 j
71 blacken. 71 waves. 74 many, great numbers. 75 flain. 76 de*
creasing. 77 glorious, worthy. 7S. wonders. 19 astonifhed. 80 cer
tainly. Sl brow,
Agayna