Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... thanne renne away . For I am perilous with knyf in honde , Al be it that I dar not hir withstonde . For sche is big in armes , by my faith ! That schal he fynde that hire mysdoth or saith . But let us passe away fro this matiere . 15400 ...
... thanne renne away . For I am perilous with knyf in honde , Al be it that I dar not hir withstonde . For sche is big in armes , by my faith ! That schal he fynde that hire mysdoth or saith . But let us passe away fro this matiere . 15400 ...
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... thanne with many a tere He thanked God , and ever he is afere To doon amys or more to trespace . And er that tyme he layd was on bere , He knew wel God was ful of might and grace . Balthazar . His sone , which that highte Balthazar ...
... thanne with many a tere He thanked God , and ever he is afere To doon amys or more to trespace . And er that tyme he layd was on bere , He knew wel God was ful of might and grace . Balthazar . His sone , which that highte Balthazar ...
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... Thanne crewe he , it might not ben amendid . His comb was redder than the fyn coral , And batayld , as it were a castel wal . His bile was blak , and as the geet it schon ; Lik asur were his legges and his ton ; His nayles whitter than ...
... Thanne crewe he , it might not ben amendid . His comb was redder than the fyn coral , And batayld , as it were a castel wal . His bile was blak , and as the geet it schon ; Lik asur were his legges and his ton ; His nayles whitter than ...
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... thanne for to crowe , But cryde anon , “ cok , cok , " and up he stert , As man that was affrayed in his hert . For naturelly a beest desireth flee Fro his contrarie , if he may it see , Though he never er had sayn it with his ye . This ...
... thanne for to crowe , But cryde anon , “ cok , cok , " and up he stert , As man that was affrayed in his hert . For naturelly a beest desireth flee Fro his contrarie , if he may it see , Though he never er had sayn it with his ye . This ...
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... thanne spak oure host : " Bycause drink hath dominacioun Upon this man , by my savacioun I trow he lewedly tel wol his tale . For were it wyn , or old moysty ale , That he hath dronk , he spekith in his nose , And snesith fast , and eek ...
... thanne spak oure host : " Bycause drink hath dominacioun Upon this man , by my savacioun I trow he lewedly tel wol his tale . For were it wyn , or old moysty ale , That he hath dronk , he spekith in his nose , And snesith fast , and eek ...
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