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15980 No teer out of his eyen for that sight Ne came ; but sagde , a fair womman
was sche . Gret wonder is that he couthe or might Be domesman on hir dede
beauté . The wyn to bringen him comaundid he , And drank anoon , noon other
wo ...
15980 No teer out of his eyen for that sight Ne came ; but sagde , a fair womman
was sche . Gret wonder is that he couthe or might Be domesman on hir dede
beauté . The wyn to bringen him comaundid he , And drank anoon , noon other
wo ...
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But tak keep of that dethe of Olipherne : Amyd his ost he dronke lay on night
Withinne his tente , large as is a berne , And yit , for all his pomp and al his might ,
Judith , a womman , as he lay upright , Slepying , his heed of smot , and fro his
tent ...
But tak keep of that dethe of Olipherne : Amyd his ost he dronke lay on night
Withinne his tente , large as is a berne , And yit , for all his pomp and al his might ,
Judith , a womman , as he lay upright , Slepying , his heed of smot , and fro his
tent ...
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For certis , what so eny womman seith , We alle desiren , if it mighte be , To have
housbondes , hardy , riche , and fre , And secré , and no nygard , ne no fool , Ne
him that is agast of every tool , Ne noon avaunter , by that God above ! How dorst
...
For certis , what so eny womman seith , We alle desiren , if it mighte be , To have
housbondes , hardy , riche , and fre , And secré , and no nygard , ne no fool , Ne
him that is agast of every tool , Ne noon avaunter , by that God above ! How dorst
...
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( Madame , the sentence of this Latyn is , Womman is mannes joye and mannes
blis . ) For whan I fiele a - night your softe syde , Al be it that I may not on you ryde
, For that your perche is mad so narow , allas ! I am so ful of joye and solas , That I
...
( Madame , the sentence of this Latyn is , Womman is mannes joye and mannes
blis . ) For whan I fiele a - night your softe syde , Al be it that I may not on you ryde
, For that your perche is mad so narow , allas ! I am so ful of joye and solas , That I
...
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Now every wys man let him herkne me : This story is al so trewe , I undertake , As
the book is of Launcelot the Lake , That womman huld in ful gret reverence . Now
wol I torne agayn to my sentence . A cole - fox , ful sleigh of iniquité , That in the ...
Now every wys man let him herkne me : This story is al so trewe , I undertake , As
the book is of Launcelot the Lake , That womman huld in ful gret reverence . Now
wol I torne agayn to my sentence . A cole - fox , ful sleigh of iniquité , That in the ...
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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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