Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... Unto his foos his consel gan bewreye , And him for - soke , and toke another newe . Thre hundred foxis tok Sampson for ire , 15510 15501 - Lo Sampson . Chaucer appears to have taken the story of Samson directly from the book of Judges ...
... Unto his foos his consel gan bewreye , And him for - soke , and toke another newe . Thre hundred foxis tok Sampson for ire , 15510 15501 - Lo Sampson . Chaucer appears to have taken the story of Samson directly from the book of Judges ...
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... Unto his lemman Dalida he tolde That in his heres al his strengthe lay ; And falsly to his foomen sche him solde , And slepyng in hir barm upon a day Sche made to clippe or schere his heres away , And made his foomen al his craft espien ...
... Unto his lemman Dalida he tolde That in his heres al his strengthe lay ; And falsly to his foomen sche him solde , And slepyng in hir barm upon a day Sche made to clippe or schere his heres away , And made his foomen al his craft espien ...
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... unto his lordes alle Upon a tyme , he made hem blithe be ; And than his officeres gan he calle , 156 15670 15662 - hondes . The Lansd . MS . reads nayles , which is adopted by Tyrwhitt . 15665 he is afere . The Lansd . MS . , which is ...
... unto his lordes alle Upon a tyme , he made hem blithe be ; And than his officeres gan he calle , 156 15670 15662 - hondes . The Lansd . MS . reads nayles , which is adopted by Tyrwhitt . 15665 he is afere . The Lansd . MS . , which is ...
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... unto our purpos torne we ; I say , so worschipful a creature , And wys , worthy , and large with mesure , So penyble in the werre and curteys eeke , Ne more labour might in werre endure , Was nowher noon in al this world to seeke . Hir ...
... unto our purpos torne we ; I say , so worschipful a creature , And wys , worthy , and large with mesure , So penyble in the werre and curteys eeke , Ne more labour might in werre endure , Was nowher noon in al this world to seeke . Hir ...
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... unto the magesté Of Rome , and with strong hond hulden hem fast ; Ne never might her fomen doon hem fle Ay while that Odenakes dayes last . Her batails , who so lust hem for to rede , Agayn Sapor the king and other mo , And how that ...
... unto the magesté Of Rome , and with strong hond hulden hem fast ; Ne never might her fomen doon hem fle Ay while that Odenakes dayes last . Her batails , who so lust hem for to rede , Agayn Sapor the king and other mo , And how that ...
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