Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 8Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page xvii
... ounder the splen ; Thou nestes nevere daies ten ; For thine lif - dayes beth al a - go , Bote thou bi mine rede do ; I do the lete blod ounder the brest , Other sone axe after the prest . " b " Go wei , " quod the kok , " xvii.
... ounder the splen ; Thou nestes nevere daies ten ; For thine lif - dayes beth al a - go , Bote thou bi mine rede do ; I do the lete blod ounder the brest , Other sone axe after the prest . " b " Go wei , " quod the kok , " xvii.
Page xxiv
... rede ! And nou go doun , with thi meel , Thi bizete worth wel smal . Ac ich am therof glad and blithe , That thou art nomen in clene live . Thi soule - cnul ich wile do ringe , And masse for thine soule singe . " The wrecche binethe ...
... rede ! And nou go doun , with thi meel , Thi bizete worth wel smal . Ac ich am therof glad and blithe , That thou art nomen in clene live . Thi soule - cnul ich wile do ringe , And masse for thine soule singe . " The wrecche binethe ...
Page 249
... rede mon he is a quet ; for he wole the thin uvil red ; he is cocker , thef , and horeling , scolde , of wrechedome he is king . " This fable is not found in the other collec- tions . It is probably taken from some branch of the Roman ...
... rede mon he is a quet ; for he wole the thin uvil red ; he is cocker , thef , and horeling , scolde , of wrechedome he is king . " This fable is not found in the other collec- tions . It is probably taken from some branch of the Roman ...
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