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O noble Sampson , strengest of al mankynde ! O whilom jugge in glory and in
richesse ! Now maystow wepe with thine eyghen blynde , Sith thou fro wele art
falle to wrecchednesse ? Thend of this caytif was , as I schal say , His foomen
made a ...
O noble Sampson , strengest of al mankynde ! O whilom jugge in glory and in
richesse ! Now maystow wepe with thine eyghen blynde , Sith thou fro wele art
falle to wrecchednesse ? Thend of this caytif was , as I schal say , His foomen
made a ...
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After pride now wol I speke of the foule synne of envye , which that is , as by the
word of the philosophre , sorwe of other mennes prosperité ; and after the word of
seint Austyn , is it sorwe of other mennes wele , and joye of other mennes harm .
After pride now wol I speke of the foule synne of envye , which that is , as by the
word of the philosophre , sorwe of other mennes prosperité ; and after the word of
seint Austyn , is it sorwe of other mennes wele , and joye of other mennes harm .
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For had ye countid streytly , and nothing left behind , I might have wele y - demed
that yee be unkind , And eke untrewe of hert , and sooner me forgete ; But ye list
be my tresorer , for we shall offter mete . ” “ Now , certen , " quod the tapster , “ ye
...
For had ye countid streytly , and nothing left behind , I might have wele y - demed
that yee be unkind , And eke untrewe of hert , and sooner me forgete ; But ye list
be my tresorer , for we shall offter mete . ” “ Now , certen , " quod the tapster , “ ye
...
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And me ! but yf I pay him wele and quyte wele his mede , Yf it hap hom - ward that
ech man tell his tale , As we did hither - ward , though we shuld set at sale All the
shrewdnes that I can , I woll hym nothing spare , 190 That I nol touch his takerd ...
And me ! but yf I pay him wele and quyte wele his mede , Yf it hap hom - ward that
ech man tell his tale , As we did hither - ward , though we shuld set at sale All the
shrewdnes that I can , I woll hym nothing spare , 190 That I nol touch his takerd ...
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For evir more ye clerkis con so much in book , Yee wol wynn a woman at first look
. ” Thought the pardonere , this goith wele ; and made his better chere , And axid
of bir , softly , “ Love , who shall ligg here This nyght that is to comyng ?
For evir more ye clerkis con so much in book , Yee wol wynn a woman at first look
. ” Thought the pardonere , this goith wele ; and made his better chere , And axid
of bir , softly , “ Love , who shall ligg here This nyght that is to comyng ?
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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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