liray uostre plaisir, madame.

AN EPITAPHE MADE UPON THE DETH OF FRENCHE, WHICHE
WAS FAYNED FOR TO TECHE HER GRACE, HER MAISTRE
BEYNGE SYKE OF THE GOWTE.

Here lyeth the frenche ouerthrowen
Cy gist le francois renuerse

as ye se and cast downe
come uous uoiez et abatu

the whiche is more than a yere a gone
lequel plus dung an a passe

that he came among us;
quauec nous sest embatu;

wold to God that he had lyved
pleust ore a Dieu quil eust uescu

reignyng alwayes as he was wont
regnant tousjours come il soulloit

sith that no man he wolde none yvell
ueu qua nulluy mal ne uoulloit

Alas, at his begynnyng
Helas, a son commencement

he was so right well accepted
il fust sy tresbien accepte

of his lady and of her people,
de sa dame et de sa gent,

but at the ende dere it hath coste
mais en la fin chiere a couste

for he hath ben slayne
car il a este assomme

and cast downe by stronge warre
et rues jus par forte guerre

and now lyeth deed in the grounde
et maintenant gist mort en terre

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In dyeng made his complainte
En se mourant fist sa complainte

against thre man of this house
contre trois hommes de ceans

wherof one of them hath deceived many
dont lung diceulz a diceu maintes

as ben customed all phisiciens
come seulent tous phisiciens

for I have herde say to the ancientes
car jay ouy dire aux anciens

that with our peril they lerne,
qua nos perilz font discipline,

that which may be proved by Plyny.
ce qui se peult prouuer par Pline.

The other whiche was his enemy
Laultre qui fust son ennemy

is called maistre amener,
sapelle monsieur laumosnier,

whiche at the fyrst to him was lovyng
qui au premier luy fust amy

cherisshyng him as a frynde dere,
le festoiant come amy chier,

but at the ende of a hert of stele
mais en la fin dung coeur dacier

him renouncynge put him in oblivion,
le renoncant mist en oubly,

wherof he died for great thought.
dont il mourust par grant soucy.

The thirde that best him dyd mainten
Le tiers qui mieulz le maintenoit

had it nat ben for his absence
se neust este pour son absence

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one him dyd name
Jehan ap Morgan on le nonmoit

the whiche hath him put in forgetyng,
lequel la mis en non chalance,

for howbeit that great knowyng