de casibus virorum illustrium meaning in French

de casibus virorum illustrium

The Monk's Tale, a brief catalog of the vicissitudes of Fortune, gives a hint of what is to come in Lydgate's massive Fall of Princes (36,365 lines), which is also derived, though not directly, from Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium.
The Monk's Tale, un court étalage des vicissitudes de la Fortune, donne un avant-goût de ce que prépare Lydgate : son Fall of Princes (36 365 vers) est une longue œuvre adaptée du De casibus virorum illustrium de Boccace.