Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... fortune lust to flee , Ther may no man the cours of hir whiel holde ; Let no man truste in blynd prosperité , Beth war by these ensamples trewe and olde . Lucifer . At Lucifer , though he an aungil were , And nought a man , at him wil I ...
... fortune lust to flee , Ther may no man the cours of hir whiel holde ; Let no man truste in blynd prosperité , Beth war by these ensamples trewe and olde . Lucifer . At Lucifer , though he an aungil were , And nought a man , at him wil I ...
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... fortune eny throwe ? For him that folweth al this world of pres , Er he be war , is oft y - layd ful lowe . Ful wys is he that can himselven knowe ! Be war , for whan that fortune lust to glose , Than waytith sche hir man to overthrowe ...
... fortune eny throwe ? For him that folweth al this world of pres , Er he be war , is oft y - layd ful lowe . Ful wys is he that can himselven knowe ! Be war , for whan that fortune lust to glose , Than waytith sche hir man to overthrowe ...
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... fortune cast him doun , and ther he lay , And sodeynly his regne gan divide . A fest he made unto his lordes alle Upon a tyme , he made hem blithe be ; And than his officeres gan he calle , 156 15670 15662 - hondes . The Lansd . MS ...
... fortune cast him doun , and ther he lay , And sodeynly his regne gan divide . A fest he made unto his lordes alle Upon a tyme , he made hem blithe be ; And than his officeres gan he calle , 156 15670 15662 - hondes . The Lansd . MS ...
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... fortune wil a man for - sake , Sche bereth away his regne and his richesse , And eek his frendes bothe more and lesse . And what man hath of frendes the fortune , Mishap wil make hem enemyes , I gesse ; This proverbe is ful sothe and ...
... fortune wil a man for - sake , Sche bereth away his regne and his richesse , And eek his frendes bothe more and lesse . And what man hath of frendes the fortune , Mishap wil make hem enemyes , I gesse ; This proverbe is ful sothe and ...
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... fortune hath in hir hony galle ; This mighty queene may no while endure , Fortune out of hir regne made hir falle To wrecchednesse and to mysadventure . Aurilian , whan that the governaunce Of Rome cam into his hondes tway , He schop ...
... fortune hath in hir hony galle ; This mighty queene may no while endure , Fortune out of hir regne made hir falle To wrecchednesse and to mysadventure . Aurilian , whan that the governaunce Of Rome cam into his hondes tway , He schop ...
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