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 Whenne might is ioyned vnto cruelte  
 Allas to depe wol the venym wade  
 In yonthe a maistir had this Emperour  
To teche hym lettrure and curtesye  
 For of moralite he was the flour  
 And in his tyme but yf his bokis lye  
 And whilis his maister hadde of hym maistrie  
 He made hym so konnynge and so souple  
That longe tyme it was or tirannye  
 Or ony vice durste in hym vncouple  
 Seneca his maistir was of which I deuyse  
 Be cause Nero had of hym such drede  
 For he for his vicis wolde hym chastise  
Discretly as by worde and not be dede  
 Syre he wolde say an Emperour moot nede  
 Be vertuous and hate Tyrannye  
 For whiche he made hym in a bath to blede  
 On bothe his armys til he must dye  
This Nero hadde eek of a custumaunce  
 In yongthe ayens his maistir to ryse  
 Whiche aftirward him thoughte a gret greuance  
 Be cause he ofte wolde hym chastyse  
 Therfore he made hym dye in this wyse  
To chese in abath to dye in this manere  
 Rathir thanne to haue another turmentyse  
 And thus hath Nero slayn his maistir dere  
 Now fyl it so that fortune liste no lenger  
 The high pryde of Nero to cherisshe  
For though he were strong yet was she strenger  

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