Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... sayde , " As I am faithful man , And by the precious corpus Madryan ! I hadde lever than a barel ale That gode leef my wyf had herd this tale . For sche is no thing of such pacience As was this Melibeus wyf dame Prudence . By Goddes ...
... sayde , " As I am faithful man , And by the precious corpus Madryan ! I hadde lever than a barel ale That gode leef my wyf had herd this tale . For sche is no thing of such pacience As was this Melibeus wyf dame Prudence . By Goddes ...
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... sayde , " King , God to thy fader sent Glori and honour , regne , tresor , and rent ; And he was proud , and nothing God ne dredde , And therfor God gret wreche upon him sent , And him biraft the regne that he hadde . " He was out cast ...
... sayde , " King , God to thy fader sent Glori and honour , regne , tresor , and rent ; And he was proud , and nothing God ne dredde , And therfor God gret wreche upon him sent , And him biraft the regne that he hadde . " He was out cast ...
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... sayde , Hit nas but wyves lecchery and schame , In other caas if that men with hem playde . Tuo sones by this Odenak had sche , The which sche kept in vertu and lettrure . But now unto our purpos torne we ; I say , so worschipful a ...
... sayde , Hit nas but wyves lecchery and schame , In other caas if that men with hem playde . Tuo sones by this Odenak had sche , The which sche kept in vertu and lettrure . But now unto our purpos torne we ; I say , so worschipful a ...
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... sayde , " Fader , why do ye wepe ? Whan wil the gayler bringen oure potage ? Is ther no morsel bred that ye doon kepe ? I am so hongry that I may not sleepe . Now wolde God that I might slepe ever ! Than schuld not hunger in my wombe ...
... sayde , " Fader , why do ye wepe ? Whan wil the gayler bringen oure potage ? Is ther no morsel bred that ye doon kepe ? I am so hongry that I may not sleepe . Now wolde God that I might slepe ever ! Than schuld not hunger in my wombe ...
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... sayde , " Fortune , alas and waylaway ! Thin false querel al my woo I wyte . " His childer wende that it for hongir was , That he his armes gnew , and nought for wo , And sayden , " Fader , do nought so , allas ! But rather et the ...
... sayde , " Fortune , alas and waylaway ! Thin false querel al my woo I wyte . " His childer wende that it for hongir was , That he his armes gnew , and nought for wo , And sayden , " Fader , do nought so , allas ! But rather et the ...
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