Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... hond , And hadde no wepen but an asses cheeke . Whan thay were slayn , so thursted him that he Was wel ner lorn , for which he gan to preye That God wolde of his peyne have som pité , And send him drynk , and elles most he deye . And ...
... hond , And hadde no wepen but an asses cheeke . Whan thay were slayn , so thursted him that he Was wel ner lorn , for which he gan to preye That God wolde of his peyne have som pité , And send him drynk , and elles most he deye . And ...
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... hond armles , that wroot fast ; For fere of which he quook and siked sore . This hond , that Balthazar made so sore agast , Wrot , Mane , techel , phares , and no more . In al the lond magicien was noon That couthe expounde what this ...
... hond armles , that wroot fast ; For fere of which he quook and siked sore . This hond , that Balthazar made so sore agast , Wrot , Mane , techel , phares , and no more . In al the lond magicien was noon That couthe expounde what this ...
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... hond was send fro God , that on the wal Wrot , Mane , techel , phares , truste me . Thy regne is doon , thou weyist nought at al ; Divided is thy regne , and it schal be To Meedes and to Perses geven , " quod he . And thilke same night ...
... hond was send fro God , that on the wal Wrot , Mane , techel , phares , truste me . Thy regne is doon , thou weyist nought at al ; Divided is thy regne , and it schal be To Meedes and to Perses geven , " quod he . And thilke same night ...
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... hond hulden hem fast ; Ne never might her fomen doon hem fle Ay while that Odenakes dayes last . Her batails , who so lust hem for to rede , Agayn Sapor the king and other mo , And how that this processe fel in dede , Why sche conquered ...
... hond hulden hem fast ; Ne never might her fomen doon hem fle Ay while that Odenakes dayes last . Her batails , who so lust hem for to rede , Agayn Sapor the king and other mo , And how that this processe fel in dede , Why sche conquered ...
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... hond slough the , Succedyng in thy lond and in thy rent . The feld of snow , with thegle of blak ther - inne , Caught with the leoun , reed coloured as is the gleede , 15870 He brewede the cursednesse and synne , The wikked nest werker ...
... hond slough the , Succedyng in thy lond and in thy rent . The feld of snow , with thegle of blak ther - inne , Caught with the leoun , reed coloured as is the gleede , 15870 He brewede the cursednesse and synne , The wikked nest werker ...
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