Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 198
... tell his tale , As we did hither - ward , though we shuld set at sale All the shrewdnes that I can , I woll hym nothing spare , 190 That I nol touch his takerd somwhat of his care ! " They set their signys upon their hedes , and som ...
... tell his tale , As we did hither - ward , though we shuld set at sale All the shrewdnes that I can , I woll hym nothing spare , 190 That I nol touch his takerd somwhat of his care ! " They set their signys upon their hedes , and som ...
Page 199
... Telling his felowe of sportys and of chere , And of other mirthis that fellyn by the wey , As custom is of pylgryms , and hath been many a dey . The hoost leid to his ere , of Southworke as ye knowe , And thenkid al the company both ...
... Telling his felowe of sportys and of chere , And of other mirthis that fellyn by the wey , As custom is of pylgryms , and hath been many a dey . The hoost leid to his ere , of Southworke as ye knowe , And thenkid al the company both ...
Page 203
... tell yow , though I had grete hast , Ye shuld have coughed when ye com ; wher lern you curtesy ? Now trewlich I must ... tell me . " " I - wis it is grete nede to tell yowe , " quod she : " Make it nat overqueynt , though yow be a clerk ...
... tell yow , though I had grete hast , Ye shuld have coughed when ye com ; wher lern you curtesy ? Now trewlich I must ... tell me . " " I - wis it is grete nede to tell yowe , " quod she : " Make it nat overqueynt , though yow be a clerk ...
Page 209
... tell the , within this hall dorr . " " A theff ! " quod Jak , " this is a nobill chere That thou hym hast y - found ; yf wee hym myght cach . " 66 ' Yis , yis , care the nought ; with hym we shal mach Wele i - nowe , or he be go , yf so ...
... tell the , within this hall dorr . " " A theff ! " quod Jak , " this is a nobill chere That thou hym hast y - found ; yf wee hym myght cach . " 66 ' Yis , yis , care the nought ; with hym we shal mach Wele i - nowe , or he be go , yf so ...
Page 215
... tell a tale he must have good wyll therto . And eke som men fasting beth glewid , and y - bound In their tongis ; and some fastyng beth nothyng jocund ; And som in the morning their mouthis beth adoun , Tyll that they be charmyd their ...
... tell a tale he must have good wyll therto . And eke som men fasting beth glewid , and y - bound In their tongis ; and some fastyng beth nothyng jocund ; And som in the morning their mouthis beth adoun , Tyll that they be charmyd their ...
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