Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... sche comth hom , sche rampeth in my face , 15390 " And crieth , false coward , wreke thy wyf ! By corpes bones ! I wil have thy knyf , And thou schalt have my distaf and go spynne . 15378 - corpus Madryan . Urry explains this as ...
... sche comth hom , sche rampeth in my face , 15390 " And crieth , false coward , wreke thy wyf ! By corpes bones ! I wil have thy knyf , And thou schalt have my distaf and go spynne . 15378 - corpus Madryan . Urry explains this as ...
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Percy Society. Fro day to night right thus sche wil bygynne ; ' Allas ! ' sche saith , that ever I was i - schape , To wedde a mylk - sop or a coward ape , That wil be over - lad with every wight ! Thou darst nought stonde by thy wyves ...
Percy Society. Fro day to night right thus sche wil bygynne ; ' Allas ! ' sche saith , that ever I was i - schape , To wedde a mylk - sop or a coward ape , That wil be over - lad with every wight ! Thou darst nought stonde by thy wyves ...
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... sche his counseile knewe , and sche untrewe Unto his foos his consel gan bewreye , And him for - soke , and toke another newe . Thre hundred foxis tok Sampson for ire , 15510 15501 - Lo Sampson . Chaucer appears to have taken the story ...
... sche his counseile knewe , and sche untrewe Unto his foos his consel gan bewreye , And him for - soke , and toke another newe . Thre hundred foxis tok Sampson for ire , 15510 15501 - Lo Sampson . Chaucer appears to have taken the story ...
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... sche him solde , And slepyng in hir barm upon a day Sche made to clippe or schere his heres away , And made his foomen al his craft espien . And whan thay fonde him in this array , They bound him fast , and put out bothe his yen . But ...
... sche him solde , And slepyng in hir barm upon a day Sche made to clippe or schere his heres away , And made his foomen al his craft espien . And whan thay fonde him in this array , They bound him fast , and put out bothe his yen . But ...
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... Sche hath him sent a schurte fresch and gay . Alas ! this schirt , allas and wailaway ! Envenymed was subtily withalle , That er he hadde wered it half a day , It made his fleisch al fro his bones falle . But natheles som clerkes hir ...
... Sche hath him sent a schurte fresch and gay . Alas ! this schirt , allas and wailaway ! Envenymed was subtily withalle , That er he hadde wered it half a day , It made his fleisch al fro his bones falle . But natheles som clerkes hir ...
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