Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 27
... unto no man : White is the white of body , blacke of minde , Vertue we seldome in white habit finde . Oh , then be not so proud because th ' art fayre , Vertue is onely the ritch gift of God : Let not selfe - pride thy vertues name ...
... unto no man : White is the white of body , blacke of minde , Vertue we seldome in white habit finde . Oh , then be not so proud because th ' art fayre , Vertue is onely the ritch gift of God : Let not selfe - pride thy vertues name ...
Page 30
... unto usurie . Restraine thy steps from too much libertie , Fulfill not th ' envious mans malitious minde ; Embrace thy wife , live not in lecherie ; Content thyselfe with what fates have assignde : Be rul'd by reason , warning dangers ...
... unto usurie . Restraine thy steps from too much libertie , Fulfill not th ' envious mans malitious minde ; Embrace thy wife , live not in lecherie ; Content thyselfe with what fates have assignde : Be rul'd by reason , warning dangers ...
Page lxxv
... unto us there come no mo . To do my beste I promysed by othe ; Which I have kepte , for as the fayth goth At thys day , to heven I do procure Ten women to one man , be sure . Then of Lucyfer my leve I toke , And streyght unto the ...
... unto us there come no mo . To do my beste I promysed by othe ; Which I have kepte , for as the fayth goth At thys day , to heven I do procure Ten women to one man , be sure . Then of Lucyfer my leve I toke , And streyght unto the ...
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