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I hadde lever than a barel ale That gode leef my wyf had herd this tale . For sche
is no thing of such pacience As was this Melibeus wyf dame Prudence . By
Goddes boones ! whan I bete my knaves , Sche bringeth me forth the grete
clobbet ...
I hadde lever than a barel ale That gode leef my wyf had herd this tale . For sche
is no thing of such pacience As was this Melibeus wyf dame Prudence . By
Goddes boones ! whan I bete my knaves , Sche bringeth me forth the grete
clobbet ...
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But beth nought wroth , my lorde , though I play , For oft in game a soth I have
herd say . ” This worthy monk took al in pacience , And saide , " I wol doon al my
diligence , Als fer as souneth into honesté , To telle yow a tale , or tuo or thre ;
And if ...
But beth nought wroth , my lorde , though I play , For oft in game a soth I have
herd say . ” This worthy monk took al in pacience , And saide , " I wol doon al my
diligence , Als fer as souneth into honesté , To telle yow a tale , or tuo or thre ;
And if ...
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Dampnyd he was to deye in that prisoun , For Roger , which that bisschop was of
Pise , Had on him maad a fals suggestioun ; Thurgh which the peple gan on him
arise , And putte him in prisoun in such wise As ye han herd , and mete and ...
Dampnyd he was to deye in that prisoun , For Roger , which that bisschop was of
Pise , Had on him maad a fals suggestioun ; Thurgh which the peple gan on him
arise , And putte him in prisoun in such wise As ye han herd , and mete and ...
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I have substituted this reading from Tyrwhitt , in place of that of the Harl . MS . ,
tyrannie . The Lansd . MS . has tormentrie . 16009 - sad . The Lansd . MS . reads
ful filled , which is the reading adopted by Tyrwhitt . 1 16030 That with his eris
herd ...
I have substituted this reading from Tyrwhitt , in place of that of the Harl . MS . ,
tyrannie . The Lansd . MS . has tormentrie . 16009 - sad . The Lansd . MS . reads
ful filled , which is the reading adopted by Tyrwhitt . 1 16030 That with his eris
herd ...
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16030 That with his eris herd he how thay sayde , “ Her is this fals traitour , this
Neroun ! ” For fere almost out of his witte he brayde , And to his goddes pitously
he prayde For socour , but it mighte nought betyde ; For drede of this him
thoughte ...
16030 That with his eris herd he how thay sayde , “ Her is this fals traitour , this
Neroun ! ” For fere almost out of his witte he brayde , And to his goddes pitously
he prayde For socour , but it mighte nought betyde ; For drede of this him
thoughte ...
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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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