This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... "The glittering mace, the pompe of swarming traine, "The mightie halles heapt full of flattering frendes, " The chambers huge, the goodly gorgeous beddes, "The gilted roofes embowde with curious worke, "The faces sweete of fine disdayning dames, " The vaine suppose of wanton raigne at luste: " But ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... "The glittering mace, the pompe of swarming traine, "The mightie halles heapt full of flattering frendes, " The chambers huge, the goodly gorgeous beddes, "The gilted roofes embowde with curious worke, "The faces sweete of fine disdayning dames, " The vaine suppose of wanton raigne at luste: " But never viewes with eye of inward thought, " The painefull toile, the great and grevous cares, " The troubles still, the newe increasing feares, " That princes nourish in their jealous brestes: " He wayeth not the charge that Jove hath laid " On princes, how for themselves they raigne not: " He weenes, the law must stoope to princely will, " But princes frame their noble wills to lawe: " He knoweth not, that as the boystrous winde " Doth shake the toppes of highest reared towres, " So doth the force of frowarde fortune strike " The wight that highest sits in haughtie state. Lo Oedipus, that sometime raigned king Of Thebane soyle, that wonted to suppresse The mightest Prince, and kepe him under checke, That fearefull was unto his forraine foes, Now like a poore afRicted prisoner, In dungeon darke, shut up from cheerefull light, In every part so plagued with annoy, As he abhorrs to leade a longer life, By meanes wherof, the one against the other His wrathfull sonnes have planted all their force, And Thebes here, this auncient worthy towne, With threatning siege girt in on everie side, In daunger lyes to be subverted quite, If helpe of hevenly Jove upholde it not, But as darke night succedes the shining day, So lowring griefe comes after pleasant joy. Well now the charge hir highnesse did commaund I must fulfill, though haply all in vaine....
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