Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 12Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page xxxii
... always wearing his gay red dress at court , instead of the old grey skin in which he was accustomed to appear ; and when the poor beast stretches forth his paws , and bows his head that his implacable antagonist may tear away the skin ...
... always wearing his gay red dress at court , instead of the old grey skin in which he was accustomed to appear ; and when the poor beast stretches forth his paws , and bows his head that his implacable antagonist may tear away the skin ...
Page lvi
... always appears , and that very justly , as the chief actor ; although there is frequently not only no connexion between the several histories , but oftentimes positive contradictions . The object of the more recent writers , again ...
... always appears , and that very justly , as the chief actor ; although there is frequently not only no connexion between the several histories , but oftentimes positive contradictions . The object of the more recent writers , again ...
Page 36
... alway loked after the polaylle , he coude not refrayne hym self , that whiche cleuid by the bone , myght not out of the flesshe ; though he shold be hanged , he coude not lete the lokyng after the polayll as fer as he myght see them ...
... alway loked after the polaylle , he coude not refrayne hym self , that whiche cleuid by the bone , myght not out of the flesshe ; though he shold be hanged , he coude not lete the lokyng after the polayll as fer as he myght see them ...
Page 48
... alway to hem vnmercyful . Tho complayned they theyr hurte , but thene it was to late ; they that were to fore free , and were aferde of no body , ben now bonde and muste obeye to strengthe theyr kynge ; hyerfore , ye riche and poure , I ...
... alway to hem vnmercyful . Tho complayned they theyr hurte , but thene it was to late ; they that were to fore free , and were aferde of no body , ben now bonde and muste obeye to strengthe theyr kynge ; hyerfore , ye riche and poure , I ...
Page 49
... alway , how I myght breke and fordoo my faders fals counseyl , which of a chorle and traytour , and worse than a theef , wolde make a lorde , and a kynge . Alway I prayd God , that he wolde kepe our kyng in worship , and good helthe ...
... alway , how I myght breke and fordoo my faders fals counseyl , which of a chorle and traytour , and worse than a theef , wolde make a lorde , and a kynge . Alway I prayd God , that he wolde kepe our kyng in worship , and good helthe ...
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aferd agayn Anglo-Saxon ayenst beestis Bellyn Bruyn the bere brynge CAPITULO catte Caxton chyldren comen complayned cosyn coude counseyl court dame dayes deth drede dyde edition euyl eyen fable fatte fayn fayr felde Flemish fore frendes fynde grete Grimm Grymbert gydre gyue hath haue heed herde herte Ibid Isengrim kynge Kywart laye lignage lord the kyng Low German lyke Maleperduys maye moche myght neuer neuew nyght ouer Piers Ploughman poem praye preest quene rede Reinaert Reineke Reynard the Fox Reynardine Reynart sawe sayde saye sette shold shold haue sore sorowe spack stode subtyl suffre theef thenne ther therfore therin therof theyr thise thou thyng thynke tresour trespaced trouthe Tybert tyme vpon wente whan wold haue wolf wordes worship wulf wylle wyse wyste wyth wythout ye haue ye shal yf ye Ysegrym Zwentibold