Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... deth complayne ; Thy bastard brother made the to fle , And after at a sege by subtilté Thow were bytrayed , and lad to his tent , Wher as he with his oughne hond slough the , Succedyng in thy lond and in thy rent . The feld of snow ...
... deth complayne ; Thy bastard brother made the to fle , And after at a sege by subtilté Thow were bytrayed , and lad to his tent , Wher as he with his oughne hond slough the , Succedyng in thy lond and in thy rent . The feld of snow ...
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... deth of gentiles and of fraunchise , That al the worlde had in his demeigne ; And yit him thought it mighte nought suffice , So ful was his corage of high emprise . Allas ! who schal helpe me to endite Fals infortune , and poysoun to ...
... deth of gentiles and of fraunchise , That al the worlde had in his demeigne ; And yit him thought it mighte nought suffice , So ful was his corage of high emprise . Allas ! who schal helpe me to endite Fals infortune , and poysoun to ...
Page 59
... deth so sore , Why ne had I nought thy sentence and thy lore , The Friday for to chiden , as dede ye ? ( For on a Fryday sothly slayn was he ) . Than wold I schewe how that I couthe pleyne , For Chauntecleres drede , and for his peyne ...
... deth so sore , Why ne had I nought thy sentence and thy lore , The Friday for to chiden , as dede ye ? ( For on a Fryday sothly slayn was he ) . Than wold I schewe how that I couthe pleyne , For Chauntecleres drede , and for his peyne ...
Page 68
... deth he wol nought say me nay . " And certeinly , to tellen as it was , Of this vessel the cook dronk fast , ( allas ! What needid it ? he drank y - nough biforn ) ; And whan he hadde pouped in his horn , To the Maunciple he took the ...
... deth he wol nought say me nay . " And certeinly , to tellen as it was , Of this vessel the cook dronk fast , ( allas ! What needid it ? he drank y - nough biforn ) ; And whan he hadde pouped in his horn , To the Maunciple he took the ...
Page 89
... deth with his herte blood , that thay so unkindely ageinst his gentilesce quyten him so vileynsly , to slaughter of her oughne soules . O goode God ! ye wommen that ben of so gret beauté , remembreth yow of the proverbe of Salomon ...
... deth with his herte blood , that thay so unkindely ageinst his gentilesce quyten him so vileynsly , to slaughter of her oughne soules . O goode God ! ye wommen that ben of so gret beauté , remembreth yow of the proverbe of Salomon ...
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