Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 194
... woll have his cours , though men the contrary swere . " And therewith he stert up smertly , and cast down a grote , “ What shal this do , gentil sir ? nay sir , for my cote , 78 Brennyd cat dredith feir . A very old proverb , the more ...
... woll have his cours , though men the contrary swere . " And therewith he stert up smertly , and cast down a grote , “ What shal this do , gentil sir ? nay sir , for my cote , 78 Brennyd cat dredith feir . A very old proverb , the more ...
Page 195
... woll putt it in my purse , lest yee it take in ill To refuse your curtesy ; " and therewith she gan to bowe . " Now trewly , " quod the pardoner , " your maners been to lowe . For had ye countid streytly , and nothing left behind , I ...
... woll putt it in my purse , lest yee it take in ill To refuse your curtesy ; " and therewith she gan to bowe . " Now trewly , " quod the pardoner , " your maners been to lowe . For had ye countid streytly , and nothing left behind , I ...
Page 196
... woll , And ye shull her how the tapster made the pardoner pull Garlik all the long nyghte til it was ner end day ; For the more chere she made of love , the falser was her lay But litil charge gaff she theroff , tho she aquit his while ...
... woll , And ye shull her how the tapster made the pardoner pull Garlik all the long nyghte til it was ner end day ; For the more chere she made of love , the falser was her lay But litil charge gaff she theroff , tho she aquit his while ...
Page 198
... woll hym nothing spare , 190 That I nol touch his takerd somwhat of his care ! " They set their signys upon their hedes , and som oppon their capp , And sith to the dyner - ward they gan for to stapp ; Every man in his degré wissh and ...
... woll hym nothing spare , 190 That I nol touch his takerd somwhat of his care ! " They set their signys upon their hedes , and som oppon their capp , And sith to the dyner - ward they gan for to stapp ; Every man in his degré wissh and ...
Page 199
... woll hold covenaunt , I woll hold myne . " " Now trewly , hoost , " quod the knyght , " ye have right wel y - seyd ; And as towching my persone , I holde me payde ; And so I trowe that al doith ; sirs , what seye ye ? ” The monk and eke ...
... woll hold covenaunt , I woll hold myne . " " Now trewly , hoost , " quod the knyght , " ye have right wel y - seyd ; And as towching my persone , I holde me payde ; And so I trowe that al doith ; sirs , what seye ye ? ” The monk and eke ...
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