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Was never such another as was he , To speke of strength , and therto hardynesse
; But to his wyfes tolde he his secré , Thurgh which he slough himselfe for
wrecchidnesse . Sampson , this noble and myhty champioun , Withouten wepen
save ...
Was never such another as was he , To speke of strength , and therto hardynesse
; But to his wyfes tolde he his secré , Thurgh which he slough himselfe for
wrecchidnesse . Sampson , this noble and myhty champioun , Withouten wepen
save ...
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... 16360 lith : 16359 — seven night . I adopt this reading from the Lansd . MS . ;
the reading of the Harl . MS . seven yer , is certainly wrong . T 16370 16380
Bestis and briddes cowde speke and synge THE NONNE PREST HIS TALE . 41.
... 16360 lith : 16359 — seven night . I adopt this reading from the Lansd . MS . ;
the reading of the Harl . MS . seven yer , is certainly wrong . T 16370 16380
Bestis and briddes cowde speke and synge THE NONNE PREST HIS TALE . 41.
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T 16370 16380 Bestis and briddes cowde speke and synge . And so byfel , that in
a dawenynge , As Chaunteclere among his wyves alle Sat on his perche , that
was in his halle , And next him sat this faire Pertelote , This Chauntecler gan ...
T 16370 16380 Bestis and briddes cowde speke and synge . And so byfel , that in
a dawenynge , As Chaunteclere among his wyves alle Sat on his perche , that
was in his halle , And next him sat this faire Pertelote , This Chauntecler gan ...
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... speke of mirthe , and lete al this ; Madame Pertilot , so have I blis , 16640
16627 — Lo hir Andromachia . Andromache's dream is related in the twenty -
fourth chapter of Dares Phrygius : the authority for the history of the Trojan war ,
most ...
... speke of mirthe , and lete al this ; Madame Pertilot , so have I blis , 16640
16627 — Lo hir Andromachia . Andromache's dream is related in the twenty -
fourth chapter of Dares Phrygius : the authority for the history of the Trojan war ,
most ...
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But for men speke of syngyng , I wol say , So mot I brouke wel myn yen tway ,
Save ye , I herde never man so synge , As dede your fadir in the morwenynge .
Certes it was of hert al that he song . And for to make his vois the more strong ,
He ...
But for men speke of syngyng , I wol say , So mot I brouke wel myn yen tway ,
Save ye , I herde never man so synge , As dede your fadir in the morwenynge .
Certes it was of hert al that he song . And for to make his vois the more strong ,
He ...
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