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THE PROLOGE OF THE MAUNCIPLES TALE . Wot ye not wher ther stont a litel
toun , Which that cleped is Bob - up - and - doun , 16931 - As saith my Lord . “
Opposite to this verse , in the margin of MS . c . 1 , is written Kauntuar , which
means ...
THE PROLOGE OF THE MAUNCIPLES TALE . Wot ye not wher ther stont a litel
toun , Which that cleped is Bob - up - and - doun , 16931 - As saith my Lord . “
Opposite to this verse , in the margin of MS . c . 1 , is written Kauntuar , which
means ...
Page 64
Do him come forth , he knoweth his penaunce ; For he schal telle a tale , by my
fay , 16940 which by its situation on a hill , and the ups and downs on the road ,
merits well such an appellation . It stands on the edge of the Ble , or Blean Forest
...
Do him come forth , he knoweth his penaunce ; For he schal telle a tale , by my
fay , 16940 which by its situation on a hill , and the ups and downs on the road ,
merits well such an appellation . It stands on the edge of the Ble , or Blean Forest
...
Page 78
Thing that is sayd is sayd , and forth it goth , Though him repent , or be him never
so loth , He is his thral , to whom that he hath sayd A tale , of which he is now yvel
apayd . My sone , be war , and be noon auctour newe Of tydyngs , whether thay ...
Thing that is sayd is sayd , and forth it goth , Though him repent , or be him never
so loth , He is his thral , to whom that he hath sayd A tale , of which he is now yvel
apayd . My sone , be war , and be noon auctour newe Of tydyngs , whether thay ...
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