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BOOKS PRINTED BY [Bochas; 1494.
The 7th cut describes a battle, with few figures, in which the bow
and sword are the chief implements of destruction. The 8th cut shews
us, in the foreground, a figure, with a tiara on its head, kneeling and
hand-cuffed: a warrior is stepping on his back, to mount his horse,
which latter is held by a page without his hat. A group of armed
horsemen is in the back-ground. The 9th and last cut represents a
woman, drawn in quarters by the hair of her head, her left hand, and
right foot — by three horses. A crowned leader, with horse-men,
attends the execution of this barbarous punishment.
On the recto of H iii (second set of signatures) the colophon is thus :
C Ijlere entiitlj a compenfcioug ttetifc, anti Opaiogue
of 9[ofjn 23oct)a.O: fmctuou.olp tretinge iipon tfje fali
of IDrincpy/ JprinccDsrps?/ anti otfjcr noWc0. JinpftSeti
tije rtiiii tian of 3[anttpcrc. %\\ tfjc pere of oure iorti
gou €€€€ tattiiii ♦ oBmprentpti iip iticijarti
gDpnson: tiineiipnge tnitijoute tije Cempie fiarre of
Montion, lau.o SDeo.
On the reverse are four stanzas of poetry, by an author, from whom
no other poetical effusion is at present known : see Ritson' s Bibliogra-
phica Poetica; p. 56.
Greneacres a Lenuoye vpon
Iohn Bochos.
Lak be thy hondes and thy wede also
B Thou sorowfull boke of mater disespeyred
In tokne of thyn inwarde mortall wo
Which is so bad it may nat be enpeyred
Thou owest nat outwarde to be feired
That inwarde haste so many a rufull clause
Such be thyn habyte of coloure as thy cause
No cloth of Tyssewe ne ueluet cremesyne
But lyke thy monke mournynge vndre his hode
Go weyle and wepe with wofull proserpyne
And late thy terys multiplye the flode
Of blak Lythey vnder the bareyn wode
Where as goddesse hath hir hermytage
Helpe hir to wepe and she wyll gyue the wage.
BOOKS PRINTED BY [Bochas; 1494.
The 7th cut describes a battle, with few figures, in which the bow
and sword are the chief implements of destruction. The 8th cut shews
us, in the foreground, a figure, with a tiara on its head, kneeling and
hand-cuffed: a warrior is stepping on his back, to mount his horse,
which latter is held by a page without his hat. A group of armed
horsemen is in the back-ground. The 9th and last cut represents a
woman, drawn in quarters by the hair of her head, her left hand, and
right foot — by three horses. A crowned leader, with horse-men,
attends the execution of this barbarous punishment.
On the recto of H iii (second set of signatures) the colophon is thus :
C Ijlere entiitlj a compenfcioug ttetifc, anti Opaiogue
of 9[ofjn 23oct)a.O: fmctuou.olp tretinge iipon tfje fali
of IDrincpy/ JprinccDsrps?/ anti otfjcr noWc0. JinpftSeti
tije rtiiii tian of 3[anttpcrc. %\\ tfjc pere of oure iorti
gou €€€€ tattiiii ♦ oBmprentpti iip iticijarti
gDpnson: tiineiipnge tnitijoute tije Cempie fiarre of
Montion, lau.o SDeo.
On the reverse are four stanzas of poetry, by an author, from whom
no other poetical effusion is at present known : see Ritson' s Bibliogra-
phica Poetica; p. 56.
Greneacres a Lenuoye vpon
Iohn Bochos.
Lak be thy hondes and thy wede also
B Thou sorowfull boke of mater disespeyred
In tokne of thyn inwarde mortall wo
Which is so bad it may nat be enpeyred
Thou owest nat outwarde to be feired
That inwarde haste so many a rufull clause
Such be thyn habyte of coloure as thy cause
No cloth of Tyssewe ne ueluet cremesyne
But lyke thy monke mournynge vndre his hode
Go weyle and wepe with wofull proserpyne
And late thy terys multiplye the flode
Of blak Lythey vnder the bareyn wode
Where as goddesse hath hir hermytage
Helpe hir to wepe and she wyll gyue the wage.