Hic confequenter fcribit, qualiter huius feculi regna va And faid, that it is goddes might And that is of this world the laste, From whiche a man fhal never twinne That world shal lafte endeles. Lo, thus expoundeth Daniel The kinges fweven faire and wel riis mutacionibus, In Babiloine the citee, prout in dicta statua figurabatur, fecun- Wher that the wifeft of Caldee dum temporum diftinctiones fenfi- Ne couthen wite what it mente, biliter hactenus diminuuntur. De feculo aureo, quod in capite fta tue defignatum eft a tempore ipfius Nabugodonofor regis Caldee ufque in regnum Cyri regis Perfarum. There whiles that the monarchie And helde him still in suche a plight, And that was, whan the kinge of Perse, Of Babiloine all that empire, Right as they wolde hem felf defire, And toke it in poffeffion, And flain was Baltazar the king, And than it fell to Perfe thus. There Alifaundre put hem under, Which wroght of armes many a wonder, With Grecs and here eftate up lefte, So fuffre they, that nedes mote. This king, whan that his day was come, He shope his regne to devide De feculo argenteo, quod in pectore defignatum eft a tempore ipfius regis Cyri ufque in regnum Alexandri regis Macedonie. De feculo eneo, quod in ventre defignatum eft a tempore ipfius Alexandri ufque in regnum Julii Romanorum imperatoris. De feculo ferreo, quod in tibiis de Which tho was kinge of Rome-londe, But al the marche of thoccident As he that was hole lord and fire Where Rome thanne wolde affaile, pore Julii ufque in corum. And comen is the worlde of steel And sigh the mischef of this cas, The popes lufte and yaf him more, And thus whan he his god hath served, He toke as he hath well deserved The diademe and was coroned Of Rome, and thus was abandoned De feculo noviffimis jam temporibus ad Whiche Karle Calvus cleped was, But than upon diffenfion fimilitudinem pedum They felle and in divifion in difcordiam lapfo et divifo, quod poft de- Among hem self that were grete, ceffum ipfius Caroli, So that they lofte the beyete cum imperium Ro manorum in manus of worship and of worldes pees. Longobardorum per venerat, tempore Al- But in proverbe netheles berti et Berengarii incepit. Nam ob Men fain: ful felden is that welthe eorum divifionem contingit,ut Alemani Can fuffre his owne eftate in helthe, imperatoriam adepti And that was in the Lumbardes fene, fint majeftatem, in cuius folium quen- Suche comun ftrife was hem betwene dam principem Theu tonicum nomine fublimari pri Othonem Through covetife and through envie, mitus conftituerunt. That every man drough his partie, Et ab illo regno inci piente divifio per uni- Which mighte leden any route verfum orbem in pof- Withinne bourgh and eke withoute. teros concrevit, unde vifi huius feculi con nos ad alterutrum di- The comun right hath no felawe, fummacionem ultimi So that the governaunce of lawe jam expectamus. Was loft and for neceffite Of that they ftode in fuche degre Hem nedeth in conclufion Of ftraunge londes helpe befide, |