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Page 269
... and peyn that I may , Sith he is of Room , for that is my contray . ” This cripill
was an hundrit yere ful of age ; With a long thik berd , and a trew visage He had ;
and manly and july was he ; And Geffrey was his name , y - know in that contré .
... and peyn that I may , Sith he is of Room , for that is my contray . ” This cripill
was an hundrit yere ful of age ; With a long thik berd , and a trew visage He had ;
and manly and july was he ; And Geffrey was his name , y - know in that contré .
Page 270
And when that Beryn had y - herd his tale to the end , And how goodly as Geffrey
spak , as he were his frende ; None obstant his drede , yet part of sapience
Stremyd into his hert , for his eloquence ; And seyd , “ God me counsaill , for his
high ...
And when that Beryn had y - herd his tale to the end , And how goodly as Geffrey
spak , as he were his frende ; None obstant his drede , yet part of sapience
Stremyd into his hert , for his eloquence ; And seyd , “ God me counsaill , for his
high ...
Page 271
Geffrey was right myghty , and wele his age did bere ; For natur was more
substantiall , when tho dayis wer , Then now in our tyme ; for all thing doith waste
, Saff vile and cursid lyving , that growith all to faste . What shuld I tell more ? but ...
Geffrey was right myghty , and wele his age did bere ; For natur was more
substantiall , when tho dayis wer , Then now in our tyme ; for all thing doith waste
, Saff vile and cursid lyving , that growith all to faste . What shuld I tell more ? but ...
Page 275
Reherce me then , " quod Geffrey , “ the causis of thy soon , Fro poynt to poynt , al
in fere , on the is surmysid , Wherthorough I myght to morowe the betir be avisid .
” 2630 “ Now , in soth , ” quod Beryn , “ thoughe I shuld dy , I cannat tell the ...
Reherce me then , " quod Geffrey , “ the causis of thy soon , Fro poynt to poynt , al
in fere , on the is surmysid , Wherthorough I myght to morowe the betir be avisid .
” 2630 “ Now , in soth , ” quod Beryn , “ thoughe I shuld dy , I cannat tell the ...
Page 280
Then , sir , for your sake I woll myself , ” quoth Geffrey ; " sith I am ensuryd To help
the with my power , thow shalt be amyrid , As ferforth as I may , that I wol do my
peyn To bryng yow plesaunt tyding , and retourn ageyn , Yit or the cok crow ; and
...
Then , sir , for your sake I woll myself , ” quoth Geffrey ; " sith I am ensuryd To help
the with my power , thow shalt be amyrid , As ferforth as I may , that I wol do my
peyn To bryng yow plesaunt tyding , and retourn ageyn , Yit or the cok crow ; and
...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 26 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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