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castle , had bound the porter , and was now preparing to ascend the tower of
virtue and honour , Fortune and Death appeared and interrupted his progress .
The eclogue ends with another instance of the heartlessness of Codrus .
castle , had bound the porter , and was now preparing to ascend the tower of
virtue and honour , Fortune and Death appeared and interrupted his progress .
The eclogue ends with another instance of the heartlessness of Codrus .
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What is vayne fortune but thynge vytuperable , An unhappy madnesse , unworthy
and unstable . FAUSTUS . No doubte , Amyntas , let me be fortunate , And than
shall I soone become a grete estate ; My coyne shall encrease , than shortly shall
...
What is vayne fortune but thynge vytuperable , An unhappy madnesse , unworthy
and unstable . FAUSTUS . No doubte , Amyntas , let me be fortunate , And than
shall I soone become a grete estate ; My coyne shall encrease , than shortly shall
...
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Where be the frendes of mercy and pyte , Somtyme well rulynge , not spoylynge
of the cyte . Where be chast rulers , just , meke , and lyberall ; Chaunged is
fortune , dethe hath devoured all . The worste remayneth , gon ben the meke and
just .
Where be the frendes of mercy and pyte , Somtyme well rulynge , not spoylynge
of the cyte . Where be chast rulers , just , meke , and lyberall ; Chaunged is
fortune , dethe hath devoured all . The worste remayneth , gon ben the meke and
just .
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 22 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 22 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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