Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... drede , Or in a fornays ful of flames rede He schulde be brent that wolde not obeye . But never wolde assente to that dede Danyel ne his felawes tweye . This king of kinges preu was and elate ; He wende God that sit in magesté Ne might ...
... drede , Or in a fornays ful of flames rede He schulde be brent that wolde not obeye . But never wolde assente to that dede Danyel ne his felawes tweye . This king of kinges preu was and elate ; He wende God that sit in magesté Ne might ...
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... drede . And if sche were with child at thilke cast , No more schuld he playe thilke game Til fully fourty dayes were y - past , Than wold sche suffre him to do the same . Al were this Odenake wilde or tame , He gat no more of hir , for ...
... drede . And if sche were with child at thilke cast , No more schuld he playe thilke game Til fully fourty dayes were y - past , Than wold sche suffre him to do the same . Al were this Odenake wilde or tame , He gat no more of hir , for ...
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... drede , For fro vices he wol him chastise Discretly as by word , and nought by dede . " Sir , " wold he sayn , 66 an emperour mot neede Be vertuous and hate tyrannye . " For which he in a bath made him to bleede 15980 15990 15976 - on ...
... drede , For fro vices he wol him chastise Discretly as by word , and nought by dede . " Sir , " wold he sayn , 66 an emperour mot neede Be vertuous and hate tyrannye . " For which he in a bath made him to bleede 15980 15990 15976 - on ...
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... drede of this him thoughte that he dyde , And ran into a gardyn him to hyde . And in this gardyn fond he cherlis twaye Sittynge by a fuyr ful greet and reed . And to these cherles tuo he gan to praye To sleen him , and to girden of his ...
... drede of this him thoughte that he dyde , And ran into a gardyn him to hyde . And in this gardyn fond he cherlis twaye Sittynge by a fuyr ful greet and reed . And to these cherles tuo he gan to praye To sleen him , and to girden of his ...
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... and noon other conquerour ; For al this world for drede of him hath quaked . He was of knyghthod and of fredam flour ; Fortune him made the heir of hir honour ; 16120 Save wyn and wymmen , no thing might aswage His 32 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... and noon other conquerour ; For al this world for drede of him hath quaked . He was of knyghthod and of fredam flour ; Fortune him made the heir of hir honour ; 16120 Save wyn and wymmen , no thing might aswage His 32 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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