Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... thay may not wel engender . This maketh that oure wyfes wol assaye Religious folk , for thay may bettre paye Of Venus payementes than may we . 15430 15440 15424 - a maister . The Harl . MS . reads an officer , which probably slipped in ...
... thay may not wel engender . This maketh that oure wyfes wol assaye Religious folk , for thay may bettre paye Of Venus payementes than may we . 15430 15440 15424 - a maister . The Harl . MS . reads an officer , which probably slipped in ...
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... thay ben versifyed comunly prose Of six feet , which men clepe exametron . In ben eek endited many oon ; In metre eek , in many a sondry wise ; Lo , this declaryng ought y - nough suffise . Now herkneth , if yow likith for to heere ...
... thay ben versifyed comunly prose Of six feet , which men clepe exametron . In ben eek endited many oon ; In metre eek , in many a sondry wise ; Lo , this declaryng ought y - nough suffise . Now herkneth , if yow likith for to heere ...
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... thay brent alle the cornes of that lond , And alle her olyvers and vynes eeke . A thousand men he slough eek with his hond , And hadde no wepen but an asses cheeke . Whan thay were slayn , so thursted him that he Was wel ner lorn , for ...
... thay brent alle the cornes of that lond , And alle her olyvers and vynes eeke . A thousand men he slough eek with his hond , And hadde no wepen but an asses cheeke . Whan thay were slayn , so thursted him that he Was wel ner lorn , for ...
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... thay fonde him in this array , They bound him fast , and put out bothe his yen . But er his heer clipped was or i - schave , Ther was no bond with which men might him bynde ; But now is he in prisoun in a cave , Ther as thay made him at ...
... thay fonde him in this array , They bound him fast , and put out bothe his yen . But er his heer clipped was or i - schave , Ther was no bond with which men might him bynde ; But now is he in prisoun in a cave , Ther as thay made him at ...
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... thay were knyt in fere , Thay lyved in joye and in felicité ; 15780 For ech of hem had other leef and deere . THE MONKES TALE . 17.
... thay were knyt in fere , Thay lyved in joye and in felicité ; 15780 For ech of hem had other leef and deere . THE MONKES TALE . 17.
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