And, after him, my mayster Lydgate,

The monke of Bury, dyd hym wel apply

Both to contryve and eke to translate;

And of vertue ever in especyally,

For he dyd compyle than full ryally

Of our blessed lady the conversacion,

Saint Edmunde’s life martred with treson.

Of the fall of prynces, ryght wofully

He did endyte in all piteous wyse,

Folowynge his auctoure Bocas rufully;