Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... ancient faires ) , which occasioning very great confluence of people thither from far and near , was no small benefit thereto ; which pa- geants being acted with mighty state and reverence by the friers of this house , had theaters for ...
... ancient faires ) , which occasioning very great confluence of people thither from far and near , was no small benefit thereto ; which pa- geants being acted with mighty state and reverence by the friers of this house , had theaters for ...
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... ancient tradition of Noah having on that day entered the ark ? " when the foundations of the great deep were broken up , and the windows of heaven were opened , and it rained for xl days and Till St. James's day * be come and gone , 53.
... ancient tradition of Noah having on that day entered the ark ? " when the foundations of the great deep were broken up , and the windows of heaven were opened , and it rained for xl days and Till St. James's day * be come and gone , 53.
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... Ancient Times in England . According to one of Mr. Douce's manuscript notes , he thinks the practice of bleeding horses on this day is extremely ancient , and that it was brought into this country by the Danes . See Olai Wormii Fasti ...
... Ancient Times in England . According to one of Mr. Douce's manuscript notes , he thinks the practice of bleeding horses on this day is extremely ancient , and that it was brought into this country by the Danes . See Olai Wormii Fasti ...
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