The noble kyng of Athenes, Pandion,
Twoo doghters begat, Progne & Philomene;
Which bothe were vnder the proteccion
Of kyng Tereus, of Trace where he þe scheen
Lady Progne hath wedded, and made hir queene.
Bot þat other sister loued he myche more;
Wykked lyfe maath a man tabye ful sore.
Of foole delyte, contrarie to reson,
This Tereus kyng, by falshede ther foresene,
The virginite rauysht be treson
Of Philomene, þat no falshede couthe wene;
And brak his wedlok, for whiche son was seene
That fro wele was turned all his lore.
Wykked lyfe maath a man tabye ful sore.
Over cruele was vengeance þerof doon,
For his yhonge son his wyfe there slewe for tene,
And put his flesshe to sere decoccion,
And gafe þe fader to eete all bedeene,—
Therfore anone was he forschapen cleene
To a lapwynk, lo þe vengeance þerfore!
Wykked lyfe maath a man tabye ful sore.
Twoo doghters begat, Progne & Philomene;
Which bothe were vnder the proteccion
Of kyng Tereus, of Trace where he þe scheen
Lady Progne hath wedded, and made hir queene.
Bot þat other sister loued he myche more;
Wykked lyfe maath a man tabye ful sore.
Of foole delyte, contrarie to reson,
This Tereus kyng, by falshede ther foresene,
The virginite rauysht be treson
Of Philomene, þat no falshede couthe wene;
And brak his wedlok, for whiche son was seene
That fro wele was turned all his lore.
Wykked lyfe maath a man tabye ful sore.
Over cruele was vengeance þerof doon,
For his yhonge son his wyfe there slewe for tene,
And put his flesshe to sere decoccion,
And gafe þe fader to eete all bedeene,—
Therfore anone was he forschapen cleene
To a lapwynk, lo þe vengeance þerfore!
Wykked lyfe maath a man tabye ful sore.
