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by Eustache Deschamps (1346 - 1406)

O flour des flours de toute melodie
Language: Old French (Ancien français) 
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O flour des flours de toute melodie,
Tres doulz maistres qui tant fuestes adrois,
O Guillaume, mondains diex d’armonnie,
Après vos fais, qui obtiendra le choys
Sur tous fayseurs ? Certes, ne le congnoys.
Vo nom sera precieuse relique,
Car l’en plourra en France, et en Artois,
La mort Machaut, le noble retorique.
 
Le fons Cirée et la fontayne Helie,
Dont vous estés le ruissel et le dois,
Où poëtes mirent leur estudie,
Convient taire, dont je suy molt destrois.
Las ! c’est pour vous, qui mort gisiés tous frois,
Qu’ay un dolent depit, faillant replique,
Plourés, arpes et cors saracynois,
La mort Machaut, le noble retorique.
 
Rubebe, leuths, viële et ciphonie,
Psalterion, tous instrumens courtois,
Rothes, guisternes, fleustes, chelemie,
Traversaynes et vous, nimphes de bois,
Timpane ossy, metés en euvre doys,
Tous instrumens qui estes tout antiques,
Faites devoir, plourés, gentil Galoys,
La mort Machaut, le noble retorique.

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  • by Eustache Deschamps (1346 - 1406) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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  • by F. Andrieu (flourished 14th century), no title, Double ballade consisting of two texts performed simultaneously
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