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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. _ Tragedie is to seyne a dite of a p{ro}sp{er}ite for
a tyme ? at endi? in wrechednesse.

[Sidenote: Did you not learn whilst a youth, that at the gates of
Jove's palace stand two vessels, one full of blessings, the other
of woes? ]

Lernedest nat ? ou 888
in grek whan ? ou were ? onge ? at in ? e entre or in ? e
seler of Iuppiter ? er ben couched two tunnes.