Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 26Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... cometh feble ympes . This makith that oure heires ben so sclender And feble , that thay may not wel engender . This maketh that oure wyfes wol assaye Religious folk , for thay may bettre paye Of Venus payementes than may we . 15430 ...
... cometh feble ympes . This makith that oure heires ben so sclender And feble , that thay may not wel engender . This maketh that oure wyfes wol assaye Religious folk , for thay may bettre paye Of Venus payementes than may we . 15430 ...
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... cometh now to my remembraunce , Haveth me excused of myn ignoraunce . 15460 15470 less ; by which means the importers , and they who took them at a low price to utter again , were suddenly , wrongfully , and beyond measure en- riched ...
... cometh now to my remembraunce , Haveth me excused of myn ignoraunce . 15460 15470 less ; by which means the importers , and they who took them at a low price to utter again , were suddenly , wrongfully , and beyond measure en- riched ...
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... Cometh of the grete superfluité Of youre reede colera , pardé , Which causeth folk to dremen in here dremes Of arwes , and of fuyr with reede beemes , Of rede bestis , that thai wil him byte , Of contek , and of whelpis greet and lite ...
... Cometh of the grete superfluité Of youre reede colera , pardé , Which causeth folk to dremen in here dremes Of arwes , and of fuyr with reede beemes , Of rede bestis , that thai wil him byte , Of contek , and of whelpis greet and lite ...
Page 72
... cometh bothe harm and woo . And so bifel , whan Phebus was absent , His wif anoon hath for hir lemman sent . Hir lemman ? certes , this is a knavisch speche . Forgiveth it me , and that I yow biseche . The wise Plato saith , as ye may ...
... cometh bothe harm and woo . And so bifel , whan Phebus was absent , His wif anoon hath for hir lemman sent . Hir lemman ? certes , this is a knavisch speche . Forgiveth it me , and that I yow biseche . The wise Plato saith , as ye may ...
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... Cometh mochil harm ; thus was me told and taught ; In mochel speche synne wantith nought . Wost thou wherof a racle tonge serveth ? Right as a swerd for - kutteth and for - kerveth An arm atuo , my dere sone , right so A tonge cutteth ...
... Cometh mochil harm ; thus was me told and taught ; In mochel speche synne wantith nought . Wost thou wherof a racle tonge serveth ? Right as a swerd for - kutteth and for - kerveth An arm atuo , my dere sone , right so A tonge cutteth ...
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