Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... brought into this country in considerable quantities in the times of the first Edwards , and , as we see from the specimens existing , it must when new have easily passed for the sterling money of the English kings . The name appears to ...
... brought into this country in considerable quantities in the times of the first Edwards , and , as we see from the specimens existing , it must when new have easily passed for the sterling money of the English kings . The name appears to ...
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... brought into the kingdom in great quantities , and the Commons petitioned that the guilty might suffer the punishment of drawing and hanging . In 1348 , it was again necessary to forbid the circulation of lussheburghs ; and in 1351 ...
... brought into the kingdom in great quantities , and the Commons petitioned that the guilty might suffer the punishment of drawing and hanging . In 1348 , it was again necessary to forbid the circulation of lussheburghs ; and in 1351 ...
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... Brought this worthy king in such a bryk . De Petro Cipre rege . O worthy Petro king of Cipres , also , reading of other MSS . , O noble a worthy Petro , glorie of Spaine . It may be observed , that the cause of Pedro , though he was no ...
... Brought this worthy king in such a bryk . De Petro Cipre rege . O worthy Petro king of Cipres , also , reading of other MSS . , O noble a worthy Petro , glorie of Spaine . It may be observed , that the cause of Pedro , though he was no ...
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... brought , The gayler schet the dores of that tour . He herd it wel , but he saugh it nought , And in his hert anoon ther fel a thought That thay for hungir wolde doon him dyen . " Alas ! " quod he , " allas ! that I was wrought ...
... brought , The gayler schet the dores of that tour . He herd it wel , but he saugh it nought , And in his hert anoon ther fel a thought That thay for hungir wolde doon him dyen . " Alas ! " quod he , " allas ! that I was wrought ...
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... brought unto wo ? I say , as fer as men may ryde or go , The world was his , what schold I more devyse ? For though I write or tolde you evermo , Of his knighthood it mighte nought suffise . Twelf yer he regned , as saith Machabé ...
... brought unto wo ? I say , as fer as men may ryde or go , The world was his , what schold I more devyse ? For though I write or tolde you evermo , Of his knighthood it mighte nought suffise . Twelf yer he regned , as saith Machabé ...
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