Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 92
... othir , but of harm and torment . Honour eek is cleped gret dignité and heighnes ; but in helle schulle thay be al fortrode of develes . And God saith , thorrible develes schuln goon and comen upon the heedes of dampned folk ; and this ...
... othir , but of harm and torment . Honour eek is cleped gret dignité and heighnes ; but in helle schulle thay be al fortrode of develes . And God saith , thorrible develes schuln goon and comen upon the heedes of dampned folk ; and this ...
Page 185
... othir frendes . Thanne schalt thou understonde whiche thinges des- tourben penaunce , and this is in foure thinges ; that is drede , schame , hope , and wanhope , that is , desperacioun . And for to speke first of drede , for which he ...
... othir frendes . Thanne schalt thou understonde whiche thinges des- tourben penaunce , and this is in foure thinges ; that is drede , schame , hope , and wanhope , that is , desperacioun . And for to speke first of drede , for which he ...
Page 191
... othir mirthis , for them that hold no store Of wisdom , ne of holynes , ne of chivalry , Nethir of vertuouse matere , but to foly Leyd wit and lustis all to such japis As Hurlewaynes meyné in every hegg that rapes , Thorough unstabill ...
... othir mirthis , for them that hold no store Of wisdom , ne of holynes , ne of chivalry , Nethir of vertuouse matere , but to foly Leyd wit and lustis all to such japis As Hurlewaynes meyné in every hegg that rapes , Thorough unstabill ...
Page 192
... othir sent . The pardonere behelde the besynes , how statis wer i - servid , Diskennyng hym al prively , and asyde swervid ; 20 The hostelere was so halowid fro o plase to another , Hetoke his staffe to the tapstere ; " welcom myne own ...
... othir sent . The pardonere behelde the besynes , how statis wer i - servid , Diskennyng hym al prively , and asyde swervid ; 20 The hostelere was so halowid fro o plase to another , Hetoke his staffe to the tapstere ; " welcom myne own ...
Page 196
... othir to begile ; And ye shul here hereaftir , when tyme comith and spase To meve such matere ; but now a litil spase I wol return me ageyn to the company , The knyghte and al the feleship ; and nothing for to ly , 130 Whan they wer al ...
... othir to begile ; And ye shul here hereaftir , when tyme comith and spase To meve such matere ; but now a litil spase I wol return me ageyn to the company , The knyghte and al the feleship ; and nothing for to ly , 130 Whan they wer al ...
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