Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 29
... fuyr ful greet and reed . And to these cherles tuo he gan to praye To sleen him , and to girden of his heed , That to his body , whan that he were deed , Were no despyt y - doon for his defame . Himself he slough , he couthe no better ...
... fuyr ful greet and reed . And to these cherles tuo he gan to praye To sleen him , and to girden of his heed , That to his body , whan that he were deed , Were no despyt y - doon for his defame . Himself he slough , he couthe no better ...
Page 36
... fuyr to brenne him men him ladde . But such a rayn doun fro the heven schadde , That slough the fuyr and made him to eschape . But to be war yet grace noon he hadde , Til fortune on the galwes made him gape . Whan he was eschaped , he ...
... fuyr to brenne him men him ladde . But such a rayn doun fro the heven schadde , That slough the fuyr and made him to eschape . But to be war yet grace noon he hadde , Til fortune on the galwes made him gape . Whan he was eschaped , he ...
Page 43
... fuyr with reede beemes , Of rede bestis , that thai wil him byte , Of contek , and of whelpis greet and lite ; Right as the humour of malencolie Causeth , in sleep , ful many a man to crye , For fere of beres , or of boles blake , Or ...
... fuyr with reede beemes , Of rede bestis , that thai wil him byte , Of contek , and of whelpis greet and lite ; Right as the humour of malencolie Causeth , in sleep , ful many a man to crye , For fere of beres , or of boles blake , Or ...
Page 60
... fuyr sche stert , And brend hirselven with a stedfast hert . O woful hennes , right so cride ye , As , whan that Nero brente the cité Of Rome , criden the senatoures wyves , For that her housbondes losten alle here lyves ; Withouten ...
... fuyr sche stert , And brend hirselven with a stedfast hert . O woful hennes , right so cride ye , As , whan that Nero brente the cité Of Rome , criden the senatoures wyves , For that her housbondes losten alle here lyves ; Withouten ...
Page 87
... fuyr of helle , and yet more foule and abhominable , for ye trespassen so ofte tyme , as doth the hound that torneth to ete his spewyng ; and yet ye ben fouler for youre longe continuyng in synne , and youre synful usage , for whiche ye ...
... fuyr of helle , and yet more foule and abhominable , for ye trespassen so ofte tyme , as doth the hound that torneth to ete his spewyng ; and yet ye ben fouler for youre longe continuyng in synne , and youre synful usage , for whiche ye ...
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