Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... litil out of Pise stant a tour , In whiche tour in prisoun put was he ; And with him been his litil children thre , at the beginning of the Canterbury Tales ( 1. 51 ) . assassinated in 1639 . 15880 15890 This prince was 15885 - Of ...
... litil out of Pise stant a tour , In whiche tour in prisoun put was he ; And with him been his litil children thre , at the beginning of the Canterbury Tales ( 1. 51 ) . assassinated in 1639 . 15880 15890 This prince was 15885 - Of ...
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... litil or he was mordred upon a day , His mordre in his avysioun he say . His norice him expouned every del His sweven , and bad him for to kepe him wel For traisoun ; but he nas but seven yer old , And therfore litel tale hath he told ...
... litil or he was mordred upon a day , His mordre in his avysioun he say . His norice him expouned every del His sweven , and bad him for to kepe him wel For traisoun ; but he nas but seven yer old , And therfore litel tale hath he told ...
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... litil reputacioun , Nought worth to Phebus in comparisoun ; Mor harm it is ; it happeth ofte so ; Of which ther cometh bothe harm and woo . And so bifel , whan Phebus was absent , His wif anoon hath for hir lemman sent . Hir lemman ...
... litil reputacioun , Nought worth to Phebus in comparisoun ; Mor harm it is ; it happeth ofte so ; Of which ther cometh bothe harm and woo . And so bifel , whan Phebus was absent , His wif anoon hath for hir lemman sent . Hir lemman ...
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... litil speche avisily Is no man schent , to speke generally . My sone , thy tonge scholdest thou restreigne At alle tyme , but whan thou dost thy peyne To speke of God in honour and prayere . The firste vertue , sone , if thou wilt lere ...
... litil speche avisily Is no man schent , to speke generally . My sone , thy tonge scholdest thou restreigne At alle tyme , but whan thou dost thy peyne To speke of God in honour and prayere . The firste vertue , sone , if thou wilt lere ...
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... litil more or lesse , My schadow was at thilk tyme of the yere , Of which feet as my lengthe parted were In sixe feet equal of proporcioun . Therwith the mones exaltacioun , In mena Libra , alway gan ascende , As we were entryng at a ...
... litil more or lesse , My schadow was at thilk tyme of the yere , Of which feet as my lengthe parted were In sixe feet equal of proporcioun . Therwith the mones exaltacioun , In mena Libra , alway gan ascende , As we were entryng at a ...
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