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Page xxxvi
... No drop thou gettest for to eslake thy lust ; And though good wines sometime to
thee be brought , The taste of better shall cause it to be nought . Oft wouldest thou
drinke yet darest thou not sup , Till time thy better have tasted of the cup .
... No drop thou gettest for to eslake thy lust ; And though good wines sometime to
thee be brought , The taste of better shall cause it to be nought . Oft wouldest thou
drinke yet darest thou not sup , Till time thy better have tasted of the cup .
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Such a bedfelowe men shall to thee assigne , That it were better to slepe among
the swine , So foule and scabbed , of harde pimples so thin , That a man might
grate harde crustes on his skin , And all the night longe shall he his sides grate ...
Such a bedfelowe men shall to thee assigne , That it were better to slepe among
the swine , So foule and scabbed , of harde pimples so thin , That a man might
grate harde crustes on his skin , And all the night longe shall he his sides grate ...
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Better is in ragges pure lyvynge innocent , Than a soule defyled in sumptuous
garment . Trust me , Amyntas , my selfe with these same eyen , Have in the cyte
suche oftentymes seen , Jet in theyr sylkes , and bragge in the market , As they
were ...
Better is in ragges pure lyvynge innocent , Than a soule defyled in sumptuous
garment . Trust me , Amyntas , my selfe with these same eyen , Have in the cyte
suche oftentymes seen , Jet in theyr sylkes , and bragge in the market , As they
were ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 22 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 22 of 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, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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