John Lydgate

15th-cen. poet, monk & Chaucer fan: translating & tweeting The Fall of Princes. 2 stanzas & at least 1 #medieval image a day. Begun: 2014 Anticipated end: 2021

[Queen Anne Boleyn @QueenAnneBoleyn]

Walk behind Her Majesty and button your jacket, rogue! @realDonaldTrump

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

Loo, heer exaumple off parfit pacience
...
Men ageyn trouthe may weel a werre gynne,
But at the eende the palme he doth ay wynne.

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

https://t.co/adK57sh0IJ

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

Beholde the wisdom of the great Christine & read her makyng, who list the trouthe finde:

https://t.co/6ZrImZ7V2E

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

Or, as I wrote in my Fall of Princes:

off alle chaungis, that chaung is most to dreede,
And most feerful is that variaunce,
Whan that pryncis, which may the peeple leede,
Be founde vnstable in ther gouernaunce:

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

Digitized for your pleasure+moral edification: @BLMedieval Harley 1677

Pleasant stories of the sins and crimes of the corrupt, wicked, and powerful + what we may all learn from their painful, ugly ends. (Also fab miniatures)

#MoralityHasNoExpirationDate

https://t.co/5ArM86mQWW

[Bridget Whearty 🏳️‍🌈 @BridgetWhearty]

Today's #Lydgate/@Monk_of_Bury:
Some of our best stories are about slaying a seemingly unstoppable monster
@GallicaBnF Français 606 f.4v

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

See nowe thys litel kyng,
Which so ryche was
Yit fel his fortune so, & eke his cas,
Evyl counseyle ruled him, elas!
#FalofPrincesinOureDayes https://t.co/hmjE6rTSMu

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

“Come near” he said. “Come near,” she cried. But he looked & saw nothing. #FoP
@GallicaBnF Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms-5069 réserve f.33r

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

“Come near,” he said. “Come near, my joy,” she said. He looked & saw nothing.
But she spoke her pain: “My heart, let us dwell together” #FoP

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

He heard her, but saw her not. Bewildered, he asked ‘Is anyone here?’
Crying out, she spoke the same. #FoP
@GallicaBnF Français 606 f.40v

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

He heard her, but saw her not. Astonished, bewildered, he asked ‘Is anyone here?’
She spoke the same. Whatever he said belonged to Echo #FoP

[medievalpoc @medievalpoc]

If I can prevent even one person from feeling amputated from the past, or like a human anachronism, my goal is achieved.

[Christopher Howse @BeardyHowse]

@MedievalRobots @Monk_of_Bury That was the fashion-approved position for the dagger at the time.

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

@BeardyHowse @MedievalRobots yet some folks imagine that medieval folk didn't understand dirty jokes or laugh about carnal things like sex.

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

@BeardyHowse you may win the day for using the word 'transverberation' on Twitter. At the very least, you get my geekiest of votes.

[John Lydgate @Monk_of_Bury]

@BeardyHowse Love locking the Lover's heart frm the Roman de la Rose
Context seemed similar-enough to allow fr reuse
https://t.co/FKnNyK3qD3

[Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton @ZwartblesIE]

@SlCathy @Monk_of_Bury @GallicaBnF 😏cheeky sheeps

[Cathy Rosamund Stillman-Lowe @SlCathy]

That sheep on the left looks mighty SHIFTY! Don't trust him an inch myself @ZwartblesIE https://t.co/wcKSNoPd2Q