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Page 24
And on a day bifel that in that hour Whan that his mete was wont to be brought ,
The gayler schet the dores of that tour . He herd it wel , but he saugh it nought ,
And in his hert anoon ther fel a thought That thay for hungir wolde doon him dyen
.
And on a day bifel that in that hour Whan that his mete was wont to be brought ,
The gayler schet the dores of that tour . He herd it wel , but he saugh it nought ,
And in his hert anoon ther fel a thought That thay for hungir wolde doon him dyen
.
Page 28
This Nero hadde eek a custumance In youthe agein his maister for to ryse ,
Which after - ward him thought a gret grevaunce ; Therfore he made him deye in
this wise . 16000 But natheles this Seneca the wise Ches in a bath to deye in this
...
This Nero hadde eek a custumance In youthe agein his maister for to ryse ,
Which after - ward him thought a gret grevaunce ; Therfore he made him deye in
this wise . 16000 But natheles this Seneca the wise Ches in a bath to deye in this
...
Page 33
... the ne wepte sche never a teere Who schal me give teeres to compleigne The
deth of gentiles and of fraunchise , That al the worlde had in his demeigne ; And
yit him thought it mighte nought suffice , So ful was his corage of high emprise .
... the ne wepte sche never a teere Who schal me give teeres to compleigne The
deth of gentiles and of fraunchise , That al the worlde had in his demeigne ; And
yit him thought it mighte nought suffice , So ful was his corage of high emprise .
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Upon a tree he was set , as him thought , Wher Jubiter him wissch bothe bak and
side , And Phebus eek a fair towail him brought To drye him with , and therfore
wax his pride ; And to his doughter that stood him biside , Which that he knew in ...
Upon a tree he was set , as him thought , Wher Jubiter him wissch bothe bak and
side , And Phebus eek a fair towail him brought To drye him with , and therfore
wax his pride ; And to his doughter that stood him biside , Which that he knew in ...
Page 46
Now help me , deere brother , or I dye ; In alle haste cum to me , ' he sayde . This
man out of his slep for fer abrayde ; But whan that he was waked out of his sleep ,
He torned him , and took of this no keep ; Him thought his dreem nas but a ...
Now help me , deere brother , or I dye ; In alle haste cum to me , ' he sayde . This
man out of his slep for fer abrayde ; But whan that he was waked out of his sleep ,
He torned him , and took of this no keep ; Him thought his dreem nas but a ...
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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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