Imayexpectfromearth, butthatsomuch
Graceshinesintheeoreverthouartdead.
Iwastherootofthatmalignantplant
WhichovershadowsalltheChristianworld,
Sothatgoodfruitisseldomgatheredfromit;
ButifDouayandGhent, andLilleandBruges
HadPower, soonvengeancewouldbetakenonit;
AndthisIprayofHimwhojudgesall.
HughCapetwasIcalledupontheearth;
FrommewereborntheLouisesandPhilips,
BywhominlaterdayshasFrancebeengoverned.
IwasthesonofaParisianbutcher,
Whattimetheancientkingshadperishedall,
Exceptingone, contriteinclothofgray.
Ifoundmegraspinginmyhandstherein
Oftherealm'sgovernment, andsogreatpower
Ofnewacquest, andsowithfriendsabounding,
Thattothewidoweddiadempromoted
Theheadofmineownoffspringwas, fromwhom
Theconsecratedbonesofthesebegan.
SolongasthegreatdowryofProvence
Outofmybloodtooknotthesenseofshame,
'Twaslittleworth, butstillitdidnoharm.
Thenitbeganwithfalsehoodandwithforce
Itsrapine; andthereafter, foramends,
TookPonthieu, Normandy, andGascony.
CharlescametoItaly, andforamends
AvictimmadeofConradin, andthen
ThrustThomasbacktoheaven, foramends.
AtimeIsee, notverydistantnow,
AmongtheAvariciousandProdigal
WhichdrawethforthanotherCharlesfromFrance,
Thebettertomakeknownbothhimandhis.
Unarmedhegoes, andonlywiththelance
ThatJudasjoustedwith; andthathethrusts
SothathemakesthepaunchofFlorenceburst.
Hethencenotland, butsinandinfamy,
Shallgain, somuchmoregrievoustohimself
Asthemorelightsuchdamageheaccounts.
Theother, nowgoneforth, ta'eninhisship,
