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ou descende
dou{n} whanne resou{n} of my pleye axe? it.

[Sidenote: Know you not the history of Croesus and of Paulus
AEmilius? ]

Wost ? ou 876
not how Cresus kyng of lyndens of whiche kyng Cir{us}
was ful sore agast a litel byforne ? at ? is rewlyche
Cresus was cau? t of Cirus {and} lad to ? e fijr to be
brent. but ? at a reyne desce{n}ded[e] dou{n} from heuene 880
? at rescowed[e] hym ? And is it out of ? i mynde how
? at Paulus consul of Rome whan he hadde take ?
e
kyng of p{er}ciens weep pitou[s]ly for ? e captiuitee of ? e
self[e] kyng.

[Sidenote: What else does the weeping muse of Tragedy deplore but
the overthrow of kingdoms by the indiscriminate strokes of
Fortune? ]

What o? er ? inges bywaylen ? e criinges of 884
Tragedies. but only ? e dedes of fortune. ? at wi? an
vnwar stroke ouert{ur}ne? ? e realmes of grete nobley
? _Glose.