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God gif me sorwe ! and I were a pope , Nought only thou , but every mighty man ,
Though he were schore brode upon his pan , Schuld han a wif ; for al this world is
lorn , Religioun hath take up al the corn Of tredyng , and we burel men ben ...
God gif me sorwe ! and I were a pope , Nought only thou , but every mighty man ,
Though he were schore brode upon his pan , Schuld han a wif ; for al this world is
lorn , Religioun hath take up al the corn Of tredyng , and we burel men ben ...
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Percy Society. 15520 Out of a woung 15530 And alle her tayles he togider bond ;
And sette the foxes tailes alle on fuyre , For he in every tail hath knyt a brond ;
And thay brent alle the cornes of that lond , And alle her olyvers and vynes eeke .
Percy Society. 15520 Out of a woung 15530 And alle her tayles he togider bond ;
And sette the foxes tailes alle on fuyre , For he in every tail hath knyt a brond ;
And thay brent alle the cornes of that lond , And alle her olyvers and vynes eeke .
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A lemman hadde this noble campioun , That highte Dejanire , freissh as May ;
And as these clerkes maken mencioun , Sche hath him sent a schurte fresch and
gay . Alas ! this schirt , allas and wailaway ! Envenymed was subtily withalle ,
That ...
A lemman hadde this noble campioun , That highte Dejanire , freissh as May ;
And as these clerkes maken mencioun , Sche hath him sent a schurte fresch and
gay . Alas ! this schirt , allas and wailaway ! Envenymed was subtily withalle ,
That ...
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But ay 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 ...
But ay 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 ...
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15850 Hath with him lad , for that men schulde se . Bifore this triumphe walkith
sche , And gilte cheynes in hir necke hongynge ; Corouned sche was , as aftir bir
degré , And ful of perré chargid hir clothyng . Allas ! fortune ! sche that whilom
was ...
15850 Hath with him lad , for that men schulde se . Bifore this triumphe walkith
sche , And gilte cheynes in hir necke hongynge ; Corouned sche was , as aftir bir
degré , And ful of perré chargid hir clothyng . Allas ! fortune ! sche that whilom
was ...
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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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