Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... wise ; Lo , this declaryng ought y - nough suffise . Now herkneth , if yow likith for to heere ; But first I yow biseche in this matiere , Though I by ordre telle not thise thinges , Be it of popes , emperours , or kynges , After her ...
... wise ; Lo , this declaryng ought y - nough suffise . Now herkneth , if yow likith for to heere ; But first I yow biseche in this matiere , Though I by ordre telle not thise thinges , Be it of popes , emperours , or kynges , After her ...
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... wise As ye han herd , and mete and drynk he hadde So smal that wel unnethe it may suffise , And therwithal it was ful pore and badde . And on a day bifel that in that hour Whan that his mete was wont to be brought , The gayler schet the ...
... wise As ye han herd , and mete and drynk he hadde So smal that wel unnethe it may suffise , And therwithal it was ful pore and badde . And on a day bifel that in that hour Whan that his mete was wont to be brought , The gayler schet the ...
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... wise , Rede the gret poet of Itaile That highte Daunt , for he can it devise , Fro poynt to poynt nought oon word wil he fayle . De Nerone . Although Nero were als vicious 15940 As any fend that lith ful lowe adoun , 15950 Yit he , as ...
... wise , Rede the gret poet of Itaile That highte Daunt , for he can it devise , Fro poynt to poynt nought oon word wil he fayle . De Nerone . Although Nero were als vicious 15940 As any fend that lith ful lowe adoun , 15950 Yit he , as ...
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... wise . But natheles this Seneca the wise Ches in a bath to deye in this manere , Rather than to have another tormentise ; And thus hath Nero slayn his maister deere . Now fel it so that fortune lust no lenger The highe pride of Nero to ...
... wise . But natheles this Seneca the wise Ches in a bath to deye in this manere , Rather than to have another tormentise ; And thus hath Nero slayn his maister deere . Now fel it so that fortune lust no lenger The highe pride of Nero to ...
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... his triumphe laurial ful hye . But on a tyme Brutus and Cassius , That ever had to his estat envye , Ful prively hath made conspiracie 16170 16180 Agains this Julius in subtil wise ; And cast the 34 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... his triumphe laurial ful hye . But on a tyme Brutus and Cassius , That ever had to his estat envye , Ful prively hath made conspiracie 16170 16180 Agains this Julius in subtil wise ; And cast the 34 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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