Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 26 |
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Of Sampson now wil I no more sayn ; Be war by these ensamples , olde and
playn , That no man telle his counseil to his wyf , Of such thing as he wold have
secré fayn , If that it touche his lymes or his lif . De Ercule . Of Ercules , the
sovereyn ...
Of Sampson now wil I no more sayn ; Be war by these ensamples , olde and
playn , That no man telle his counseil to his wyf , Of such thing as he wold have
secré fayn , If that it touche his lymes or his lif . De Ercule . Of Ercules , the
sovereyn ...
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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 do the same . Al
were this Odenake wilde or tame , He gat no more of hir , for thus sche sayde , Hit
...
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 do the same . Al
were this Odenake wilde or tame , He gat no more of hir , for thus sche sayde , Hit
...
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... was deed , sche mightily The regnes huld , and with hir propre hond Ageins hir
foos sche faught ful trewely , That ther nas king ne prince in al that lond That he
nas glad if he that grace fond That sche ne wold upon his lond werraye . With hir
...
... was deed , sche mightily The regnes huld , and with hir propre hond Ageins hir
foos sche faught ful trewely , That ther nas king ne prince in al that lond That he
nas glad if he that grace fond That sche ne wold upon his lond werraye . With hir
...
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The emperour of Rome , Claudius , Ne him biforn the Romayn Galiene , Ne
dorste never be so corrageous , Ne noon Ermine , ne Egipciene , No Surrien , ne
noon Arrabiene , Withinne the feld that durste with hir fight , Lest that sche wold
hem ...
The emperour of Rome , Claudius , Ne him biforn the Romayn Galiene , Ne
dorste never be so corrageous , Ne noon Ermine , ne Egipciene , No Surrien , ne
noon Arrabiene , Withinne the feld that durste with hir fight , Lest that sche wold
hem ...
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His willes were as lawe in his degré , For fortune as his frend 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 willes were as lawe in his degré , For fortune as his frend 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 .
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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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