Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 91
... myght make fro the begynnynge of the world , nys but a litel thing , at regard of the sorwe of helle . The cause why that Job calleth helle the lond of derknes , understondith , that he clepith it lond or eorthe , for it is stable and ...
... myght make fro the begynnynge of the world , nys but a litel thing , at regard of the sorwe of helle . The cause why that Job calleth helle the lond of derknes , understondith , that he clepith it lond or eorthe , for it is stable and ...
Page 193
... myght nat lyve els , thowe wotist , and it shuld long endure . " " Now blessid be God of mendemente of hele and eke of cure ! " Quod the pardoner tho anoon , and toke hir by the chynne , And sayd to hir these wordis tho , " alas ! that ...
... myght nat lyve els , thowe wotist , and it shuld long endure . " " Now blessid be God of mendemente of hele and eke of cure ! " Quod the pardoner tho anoon , and toke hir by the chynne , And sayd to hir these wordis tho , " alas ! that ...
Page 201
... myght fall theron unward and sodenly . And thoughe the frer told a tale of a sompnour , Thow oughtist for to take it for no dishonour ; For of al craftis and of eche degré They be not al perfite , but som nyce be . " 260 " Lo what is ...
... myght fall theron unward and sodenly . And thoughe the frer told a tale of a sompnour , Thow oughtist for to take it for no dishonour ; For of al craftis and of eche degré They be not al perfite , but som nyce be . " 260 " Lo what is ...
Page 202
... myght be take Prisoner , " quod the tapstere , " being al aloon ; " And therwith breyd up in a frite , and began to groon . " Now , sith ye be my prisoner , yeld yow now , " quod he . " I must nedis , " quod she , " I may nothyng fle ...
... myght be take Prisoner , " quod the tapstere , " being al aloon ; " And therwith breyd up in a frite , and began to groon . " Now , sith ye be my prisoner , yeld yow now , " quod he . " I must nedis , " quod she , " I may nothyng fle ...
Page 208
... myght be . But this was the myschief , all so strong as he Was he that was within , and lighter man also ; As provid wele the bataile betwene them both to . The pardonere scrapid efft ageyn , for nothyng wold he blyn ; So feyn he wold ...
... myght be . But this was the myschief , all so strong as he Was he that was within , and lighter man also ; As provid wele the bataile betwene them both to . The pardonere scrapid efft ageyn , for nothyng wold he blyn ; So feyn he wold ...
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