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I wot wel sche wol do me sle som day Som neighebor , and 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 , faith ! That schal he fynde that hire mysdoth or saith . But let
us ...
I wot wel sche wol do me sle som day Som neighebor , and 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 , faith ! That schal he fynde that hire mysdoth or saith . But let
us ...
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And lik an eglis fetheres were his heres , His hondes like a briddes clowes were ,
Til God relessed him a certeyn yeres , And gaf him witte , and thanne with many a
tere He thanked God , and ever he is afere To doon amys or more to trespace .
And lik an eglis fetheres were his heres , His hondes like a briddes clowes were ,
Til God relessed him a certeyn yeres , And gaf him witte , and thanne with many a
tere He thanked God , and ever he is afere To doon amys or more to trespace .
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By nature knew he ech ascencioun Of equinoxial in thilke toun ; For whan
degrees fyftene were ascendid , 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 ...
By nature knew he ech ascencioun Of equinoxial in thilke toun ; For whan
degrees fyftene were ascendid , 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 ...
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No thing ne list him 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 .
No thing ne list him 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 .
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And to the Maunciple 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
...
And to the Maunciple 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
...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 26 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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