Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 22Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... 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 cup is filled till diner halfe be done , And some ministers it counteth then to sone ; But if thou ...
... 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 cup is filled till diner halfe be done , And some ministers it counteth then to sone ; But if thou ...
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... 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 , Better lye on grounde then lye with such a mate ...
... 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 , Better lye on grounde then lye with such a mate ...
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... better lyfe , or wyselyer than we ; All yf their clothynge be doubled for the colde , And though they glyster so gayly in bryght golde , Shynynge in sylkes , in purpure , or velvet , In furryd robys , or clokes of scarlet , And we poore ...
... better lyfe , or wyselyer than we ; All yf their clothynge be doubled for the colde , And though they glyster so gayly in bryght golde , Shynynge in sylkes , in purpure , or velvet , In furryd robys , or clokes of scarlet , And we poore ...
Contents
CONTENTS OF VOL | xxii |
AN INTERLUDE OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS | 1 |
INTERLUDE OF THE DISOBEDIENT CHILD | |
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