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I vow to God thou hast a fulfair skyn ! It is a gentil pasture ther thou gost ; Thow art
not lik a penaunt or a goost . Upon my faith , thou art an officer , Som worthy
sexteyn , or some celerer ; For , by my fader soule , as to my doome , 15420 ter ...
I vow to God thou hast a fulfair skyn ! It is a gentil pasture ther thou gost ; Thow art
not lik a penaunt or a goost . Upon my faith , thou art an officer , Som worthy
sexteyn , or some celerer ; For , by my fader soule , as to my doome , 15420 ter ...
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Thow woldist han be a trede - foul aright ; Haddist thou as gret a leve as thou hast
might To performe al thi wil in engendrure , Thow haddist bigeten many a
creature . Allas ! why werest thou so wyd a cope ? God gif me sorwe ! and I were
a ...
Thow woldist han be a trede - foul aright ; Haddist thou as gret a leve as thou hast
might To performe al thi wil in engendrure , Thow haddist bigeten many a
creature . Allas ! why werest thou so wyd a cope ? God gif me sorwe ! and I were
a ...
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O mighty Cesar , that in Thessalie Agains Pompeus , fader thin in lawe , That of
the orient had al the chivalrie , Als fer as that the day bigynnes to dawe , Thorugh
thi knighthod thou hast him take and slawe , Save fewe folk that with Pompeus ...
O mighty Cesar , that in Thessalie Agains Pompeus , fader thin in lawe , That of
the orient had al the chivalrie , Als fer as that the day bigynnes to dawe , Thorugh
thi knighthod thou hast him take and slawe , Save fewe folk that with Pompeus ...
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But by my trouthe , if thou were seculere , Thou woldest ben a tredefoule aright :
For if thou had corage as thou hast might , Thee were nede of hennes , as I wene
, Ye mo than seven times seventene . Se , whiche braunes hath this gentil preest
...
But by my trouthe , if thou were seculere , Thou woldest ben a tredefoule aright :
For if thou had corage as thou hast might , Thee were nede of hennes , as I wene
, Ye mo than seven times seventene . Se , whiche braunes hath this gentil preest
...
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Hast thou had fleen al night or artow dronke ? Or hastow with som quen al night i
- swonke , So that thou maist not holden up thyn heed ? ” This cook , that was ful
pale and nothing reed , Sayd to our host , “ So God my soule blesse , As ther is ...
Hast thou had fleen al night or artow dronke ? Or hastow with som quen al night i
- swonke , So that thou maist not holden up thyn heed ? ” This cook , that was ful
pale and nothing reed , Sayd to our host , “ So God my soule blesse , As ther is ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 26 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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