Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page xxxviii
... wyse a woman as any may be ; I know it well ; I have had the charge Of her soule , and serchyd her conscyens at large ; I never knew her but honest and wyse , Without any yvyll , or any vyce , Save one faut , I know in her no more , And ...
... wyse a woman as any may be ; I know it well ; I have had the charge Of her soule , and serchyd her conscyens at large ; I never knew her but honest and wyse , Without any yvyll , or any vyce , Save one faut , I know in her no more , And ...
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... wyse man sewr ! JEROME . Not so ! althowgh yowr fancy do so surmyse ; Not better for man to be wytles then wyse ; Nor so good to be wyttles as wytty nother , 16 A DIALOGUE ON.
... wyse man sewr ! JEROME . Not so ! althowgh yowr fancy do so surmyse ; Not better for man to be wytles then wyse ; Nor so good to be wyttles as wytty nother , 16 A DIALOGUE ON.
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... wyse and wytty ? JEROME . As muche sometyme as betwene wysdom and folly . JOHN . Man can in no wyse be wyse withowte wytt . JEROME . No ! and man may havegret wytt and wysdom nowght ! Wytt ys the wurker of all perseyvyng , And ...
... wyse and wytty ? JEROME . As muche sometyme as betwene wysdom and folly . JOHN . Man can in no wyse be wyse withowte wytt . JEROME . No ! and man may havegret wytt and wysdom nowght ! Wytt ys the wurker of all perseyvyng , And ...
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