Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... whan I bete my knaves , Sche bringeth me forth the grete clobbet staves , And crieth , ' slee the dogges everychon ! And breke of hem bothe bak and bon ! ' And if that eny neghebour of myne Wol nought to my wyf in chirche enclyne , Or ...
... whan I bete my knaves , Sche bringeth me forth the grete clobbet staves , And crieth , ' slee the dogges everychon ! And breke of hem bothe bak and bon ! ' And if that eny neghebour of myne Wol nought to my wyf in chirche enclyne , Or ...
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... Thow art not lik a penaunt or a goost . Upon my faith , thou art an officer , Som worthy sexteyn , or some celerer ; For , by my fader soule , as to my doome , 15420 Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom , 2 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... Thow art not lik a penaunt or a goost . Upon my faith , thou art an officer , Som worthy sexteyn , or some celerer ; For , by my fader soule , as to my doome , 15420 Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom , 2 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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Percy Society. Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom , No pover cloysterer , ne non novys , But a governour bothe wily and wys ; And therwithal of brawne and of bones A wel faryng persone for the noones . I praye God give him ...
Percy Society. Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom , No pover cloysterer , ne non novys , But a governour bothe wily and wys ; And therwithal of brawne and of bones A wel faryng persone for the noones . I praye God give him ...
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... Whan thay were slayn , so thursted him that he Was wel ner lorn , for which he gan to preye That God wolde of his peyne have som pité , And send him drynk , and elles most he deye . And out of this asses cheke , that was so dreye , Out ...
... Whan thay were slayn , so thursted him that he Was wel ner lorn , for which he gan to preye That God wolde of his peyne have som pité , And send him drynk , and elles most he deye . And out of this asses cheke , that was so dreye , Out ...
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... whan 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 ...
... whan 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 ...
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