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 17
... sche is descendid ; I say that sche had not most fairnesse , But of hir schap sche might not be amendid . Fro hir childhod I fynde that sche fledde Office of wommen , and to woode sche went , And many a wilde hertes blood sche schedde ...
... sche is descendid ; I say that sche had not most fairnesse , But of hir schap sche might not be amendid . Fro hir childhod I fynde that sche fledde Office of wommen , and to woode sche went , And many a wilde hertes blood sche schedde ...
Page 18
... sche wolde never assent By no way that he schulde by hir lye But oones , for it was hir playn entent To have a child the world to multiplie ; And also soone as sche might aspye That sche was not with childe yit in dede , Than wold sche ...
... sche wolde never assent By no way that he schulde by hir lye But oones , for it was hir playn entent To have a child the world to multiplie ; And also soone as sche might aspye That sche was not with childe yit in dede , Than wold sche ...
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... sche was last a wif , In paciens ladde a ful symple lyf . For litel was hir catel and hir rent ; For housbondry of such as God hir sent , Sche fond hirself , and eek hir doughtres tuo . Thre large sowes had sche , and no mo , Thre kyn ...
... sche was last a wif , In paciens ladde a ful symple lyf . For litel was hir catel and hir rent ; For housbondry of such as God hir sent , Sche fond hirself , and eek hir doughtres tuo . Thre large sowes had sche , and no mo , Thre kyn ...
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