Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ...Percy society, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 241
... myght he go For to fynd a sikir frend , that he myght trust to ? So when these fyve shippis wer rayid and dight ; Fawnus and his sone to the emperour ful right They went , and many a grete man for the same case , To see both in ...
... myght he go For to fynd a sikir frend , that he myght trust to ? So when these fyve shippis wer rayid and dight ; Fawnus and his sone to the emperour ful right They went , and many a grete man for the same case , To see both in ...
Page 242
... myght se othir ; wherfor , ful oft , " alas ! " They seyd , and to the high God they made their preyere , That he wold of his grace them govern and stere , So that their lyvis myght y - savid be ; purpose . 1571 For they were cleen in ...
... myght se othir ; wherfor , ful oft , " alas ! " They seyd , and to the high God they made their preyere , That he wold of his grace them govern and stere , So that their lyvis myght y - savid be ; purpose . 1571 For they were cleen in ...
Page 271
... myght I dryve dure ; For drede of wors , thus thought I myself to disfigure ; 2502 And have among them twelve yere go right in this plighte , And evir have had in memory how I myght them quyte ; And so I hope now , as sotill as they be ...
... myght I dryve dure ; For drede of wors , thus thought I myself to disfigure ; 2502 And have among them twelve yere go right in this plighte , And evir have had in memory how I myght them quyte ; And so I hope now , as sotill as they be ...
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