So it would be | So it would be, that were it not for the nobility

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Translation © by David Wyatt

S'aincy estoit

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

S'aincy estoit que ne feust la noblesce
Du bon Jehan, duc gentilz de Berry
France perdroit son pris et sa prouesce
Et le monde seroit amenuy ;
Quar de certain sa valour
S'estent per tout et luist con le cler jour
Et en tout fais son noble cuer habunde
Quar c'est celi qui est la flour du monde.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Solage (b. 14??), "S'aincy estoit" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "So it would be", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

So it would be

Language: English after the French (Français)

So it would be, that were it not for the nobility
Of the good Jehan, lordly Duke of Berry,
France would lose her value and her valour
And the world would be diminished;
For certainly his bravery
Is known everywhere and shines like the bright day
And in all deeds his noble heart abounds
For it is he who is the flower of the world.

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a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 66