Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... wold have secré fayn , If that it touche his lymes or his lif . De Ercule . Of Ercules , the sovereyn conquerour , Singen his werkes laude and heigh renoun ; 15570 15580 15581 - Of Ercules . The account of the labours of Hercules is ...
... wold have secré fayn , If that it touche his lymes or his lif . De Ercule . Of Ercules , the sovereyn conquerour , Singen his werkes laude and heigh renoun ; 15570 15580 15581 - Of Ercules . The account of the labours of Hercules is ...
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... wold sche suffre him doon his fantasie Eftsones , and nought but oones , out of drede . And if sche were with child at thilke cast , No more schuld he playe thilke game Til fully fourty dayes were y - past , Than wold sche suffre him to ...
... wold sche suffre him doon his fantasie Eftsones , and nought but oones , out of drede . And if sche were with child at thilke cast , No more schuld he playe thilke game Til fully fourty dayes were y - past , Than wold sche suffre him to ...
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... wold upon his lond werraye . With hir thay made alliaunce by bond , 15800 15810 15810 - beseged . This reading is adopted from the Lansd . MS . , as best suited to the context . The Harl . MS . has deceyved . 15815 - trewely . The MSS ...
... wold upon his lond werraye . With hir thay made alliaunce by bond , 15800 15810 15810 - beseged . This reading is adopted from the Lansd . MS . , as best suited to the context . The Harl . MS . has deceyved . 15815 - trewely . The MSS ...
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... wold hem with her hondes sleen , Or with hir meyné putten hem to flight . In kinges abyt went hir sones tuo , As heires of her fadres regnes alle ; And Hermanno and Themaleo Here names were , and Parciens men hem calle . But ay fortune ...
... wold hem with her hondes sleen , Or with hir meyné putten hem to flight . In kinges abyt went hir sones tuo , As heires of her fadres regnes alle ; And Hermanno and Themaleo Here names were , and Parciens men hem calle . But ay fortune ...
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... wold him obeye . He Rome brent for his delicacie ; The senatours he slough upon a day , To here how men wolde wepe and crye ; And slough his brother , and by his suster lay . His modir made he in pitous array , For hire wombe slyt he ...
... wold him obeye . He Rome brent for his delicacie ; The senatours he slough upon a day , To here how men wolde wepe and crye ; And slough his brother , and by his suster lay . His modir made he in pitous array , For hire wombe slyt he ...
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