Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... soth I have herd say . " This worthy monk took al in pacience , And saide , " I wol doon al my diligence , Als fer as souneth into honesté , To telle yow a tale , or tuo or thre ; And if yow lust to herken hider - ward , I will yow say ...
... soth I have herd say . " This worthy monk took al in pacience , And saide , " I wol doon al my diligence , Als fer as souneth into honesté , To telle yow a tale , or tuo or thre ; And if yow lust to herken hider - ward , I will yow say ...
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... soth to sayn . Thow schalt enhangid ben , fader , certayn ; Rayn shal the wasch , and sonne schal the drye . " Thus warned sche him ful plat and ek ful playn , His doughter , which that called was Phanie . And hanged was Cresus this ...
... soth to sayn . Thow schalt enhangid ben , fader , certayn ; Rayn shal the wasch , and sonne schal the drye . " Thus warned sche him ful plat and ek ful playn , His doughter , which that called was Phanie . And hanged was Cresus this ...
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... soth ; this monk hath clappid lowde ; He spak , how fortune was clipped with a clowde I not never what , and als of tregedie Right now ye herd ; and pardy ! no remedye It is for to bywayle or compleyne That that is doon ; and also it is ...
... soth ; this monk hath clappid lowde ; He spak , how fortune was clipped with a clowde I not never what , and als of tregedie Right now ye herd ; and pardy ! no remedye It is for to bywayle or compleyne That that is doon ; and also it is ...
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... , And at the west gate of the toun , ' quod he , ' A cart of donge there schalt thou see , In which my body is hyd prively . Do thilke cart arresten boldely . My gold caused my mourdre , soth to sayn . 46 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... , And at the west gate of the toun , ' quod he , ' A cart of donge there schalt thou see , In which my body is hyd prively . Do thilke cart arresten boldely . My gold caused my mourdre , soth to sayn . 46 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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Percy Society. My gold caused my mourdre , soth to sayn . ' And told him every poynt how he was slayn , With a ful pitous face , pale of hewe . And truste wel , his dreem he fond ful trewe . For on the morwe , as sone as it was day , To ...
Percy Society. My gold caused my mourdre , soth to sayn . ' And told him every poynt how he was slayn , With a ful pitous face , pale of hewe . And truste wel , his dreem he fond ful trewe . For on the morwe , as sone as it was day , To ...
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