[The first eclogue] [translated from Pius II.] Barclay, Alexander, 1475?-1552. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B00187 of text R227685 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 1383.5). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B00187 STC 1383.5 Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.40.m.9.[16] 99887464 ocm99887464 182172 2240894961

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 Early English books online text creation partnership. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B00187) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182172) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A3:2[18]) [The first eclogue] [translated from Pius II.] Barclay, Alexander, 1475?-1552. [4] p. J. Siberch, [Cambridge : 1523?] Author, title, and imprint from STC. Uses virgules for commas. Cf. STC. Reproduction of original in the British Library. eng English poetry -- 16th century. eebo [The first eclogue] / [translated from Pius II.] [no entry] 1523 2 534 37 0 0 0 0 0 692.88 F The rate of 692.88 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2012-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2013-03 Sampled and proofread 2013-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2014-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
〈…〉 ●o this same is he / whiche by his bad counsell Cawseth our prince / to be to vs to fell Thys same is he / which rayseth deme and tax This same is he / whiche strayneth men on rackes This same is he / whiche cawseth all this war Thys same is he / which al our welth doth mar This is of com●ns / the veray dedly mall whiche with these charges / thus dothe oppres vs al who hym displeseth / he beteth all to dust Thys same is be / which killith whom hym lust That all the deuyls / of hell / hym hence carry That we no lenger / endure his tyranny Thys ys the honour / and al the reuerence Gyuyn vnto them / whan they be frome presence But in suche honour / who euer hathe delyte whiche is frawdfull / so faynt and vnparfyte I am nat a ferde / to call hym mad & blynde And a very fole / or els a sot of kynde Coridon Cornix my frende / thou spekest now to playne I fere lest thys gere / shall tourne vs vnto payne If any man be nere / be styll a whyle & har●e Cornix I fere nat at all / now I am set on warke Besyde thys Coridon / in court most parte doth dwel Flateres and lyers / Coriers of fauell Iuggelers and dezers and suche a schamful rable which for a dynner / lawd men no thynge laudable But men circumspect / which be dyscrete and wyse Doth suche vayne / lawdes vtterly despyse supportacyon / of right and equite ●● in defendynge the churche and cōmo●te ●other actes / common or pryuate ●hich sounde to worshyp / these 〈…〉 estate ● suche true honour / fewe p●ynces do deserue ●● nomore do they / whiche in the court them serue ● all almoste / be of mysgouernaunce ●or no good do they / except it be by chaunce Coridon ●t the leste way suche men reputed be ●en of great honour / amonge the commonte ● whyle suche walke / in court or in strete ●che man inclynyth / whiche them doth se or mete ●othe the bonet / a becke at euery worde ●●e man must nedys / gyue place vnto my lorde ●● his degre / birth / or promocyon ●uche of the commons / haue salutacion ● shortly to say / men do them more honour ●an to the fygure / of Chryste our sauyour Cornix ● as thou sayst / forsoth my Coridon ● harke what they say / at last whan men be gone ● they salute them / in the deuyls name ●d pray vnto god / that they may dye with shame ●o doth many / by tourment and dolour ● an fykyl fortune / lykyth on them to lour ● suche as dothe stoupe / to them before their face ●ueth them a mocke / whan they be out of place ●ne dothe whysper / soft in an others ere ● sayth this tyran is feller tha● 〈◊〉 .