Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 65
... devel of helle sette his foot therinne ! Thy cursed breth effecte wil us alle . 16960 16970 16967 --- ganith , i.e. , yawns . This is certainly a better reading than Tyrwhitt's galpeth . The Lausd . MS . reads goth . 16971 - effecte ...
... devel of helle sette his foot therinne ! Thy cursed breth effecte wil us alle . 16960 16970 16967 --- ganith , i.e. , yawns . This is certainly a better reading than Tyrwhitt's galpeth . The Lausd . MS . reads goth . 16971 - effecte ...
Page 76
... devel , which I him bytake ; And for this cause ben alle crowes blake . Lordyngs , by this ensample , I yow pray , Beth war , and taketh kepe what ye say ; Ne tellith never man in al youre lif , How that another man hath dight his wyf ...
... devel , which I him bytake ; And for this cause ben alle crowes blake . Lordyngs , by this ensample , I yow pray , Beth war , and taketh kepe what ye say ; Ne tellith never man in al youre lif , How that another man hath dight his wyf ...
Page 87
... devel , and fro the peynes of helle . The causes that oughten to moeve a man to contri- cioun ben vj . First , a man schal remembre him of his synnes . But loke that thilke remembraunce be to no delyt of him by no way , but gret schame ...
... devel , and fro the peynes of helle . The causes that oughten to moeve a man to contri- cioun ben vj . First , a man schal remembre him of his synnes . But loke that thilke remembraunce be to no delyt of him by no way , but gret schame ...
Page 100
... devel , by coveitise of temporal prosperite ; and scorned by disceyt , whan he cheseth fleischly delytes ; and yit is it tormentid by impacience of adversité , and byspit by servage and subjeccioun of synne ; and atte last it is slayn ...
... devel , by coveitise of temporal prosperite ; and scorned by disceyt , whan he cheseth fleischly delytes ; and yit is it tormentid by impacience of adversité , and byspit by servage and subjeccioun of synne ; and atte last it is slayn ...
Page 104
... devel , and fro the servage of synne , and restorith it to alle goodes espiritueles , into the companye and communioun of holy chirche . And fortherover , it makith him that somtyme was sone of ire , to be the sone of grace ; and alle ...
... devel , and fro the servage of synne , and restorith it to alle goodes espiritueles , into the companye and communioun of holy chirche . And fortherover , it makith him that somtyme was sone of ire , to be the sone of grace ; and alle ...
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