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A thousand men he slough eek with his 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 ...
A thousand men he slough eek with his 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 ...
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And Goddes peple had he most in hate ; Hem wold he slee in torment and in
peyne , Wenyng that God ne might his pride abate . And for that Nichanor and
Thimothé With Jewes were venquist mightily , Unto the Jewes such an hate had
he ...
And Goddes peple had he most in hate ; Hem wold he slee in torment and in
peyne , Wenyng that God ne might his pride abate . And for that Nichanor and
Thimothé With Jewes were venquist mightily , Unto the Jewes such an hate had
he ...
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... is doon ; and also it is a peyne , As ye han said , to hiere of hevynesse . Sire
monk , no more of this , so God yow blesse ; Your tale anoyeth al this compaignie
; Such talkyng is nought worth a boterflye , For therinne is noon disport ne game .
... is doon ; and also it is a peyne , As ye han said , to hiere of hevynesse . Sire
monk , no more of this , so God yow blesse ; Your tale anoyeth al this compaignie
; Such talkyng is nought worth a boterflye , For therinne is noon disport ne game .
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Than wold I schewe how that I couthe pleyne , For Chauntecleres drede , and for
his peyne . Certis such cry ne lamentacioun Was never of ladies maad , whan
Ilioun 16810 16833–0 Gaufred . Geoffrey de Vinsauf , the author of a celebrated ...
Than wold I schewe how that I couthe pleyne , For Chauntecleres drede , and for
his peyne . Certis such cry ne lamentacioun Was never of ladies maad , whan
Ilioun 16810 16833–0 Gaufred . Geoffrey de Vinsauf , the author of a celebrated ...
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17260 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 , Is to restreigne and kepe wel thy tonge ; Thus lerne clerkes ...
17260 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 , Is to restreigne and kepe wel thy tonge ; Thus lerne clerkes ...
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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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