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Page xxxii
Isengrim , upon hearing this , seeks to escape , but being prevented , pleads that
he is an old wolf , and not a young one . Reynard does not admit this excuse , but
proves , from his being just two years and a half old when a certain event took ...
Isengrim , upon hearing this , seeks to escape , but being prevented , pleads that
he is an old wolf , and not a young one . Reynard does not admit this excuse , but
proves , from his being just two years and a half old when a certain event took ...
Page xlv
Reynard advises him to escape , and leaves him to the tender mercies of the
priest and his companions . They fall upon him , tooth and nail , with the sacred
weapons which they had seized . Amongst the most active is Andrada , the
priest's ...
Reynard advises him to escape , and leaves him to the tender mercies of the
priest and his companions . They fall upon him , tooth and nail , with the sacred
weapons which they had seized . Amongst the most active is Andrada , the
priest's ...
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He belyketh me so wel I hope he shal folowe my stappes , and ther is Rosel a
passyng fayr theef . I love hem as wel as any may love his chyldren . Yf God gyve
me grace that I may escape , I shal whan I come agayn thank yow wyth fair
wordes ...
He belyketh me so wel I hope he shal folowe my stappes , and ther is Rosel a
passyng fayr theef . I love hem as wel as any may love his chyldren . Yf God gyve
me grace that I may escape , I shal whan I come agayn thank yow wyth fair
wordes ...
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... ye may siede me , or roste , hange or make me blynde , I may not escape you ;
we stonde alle vnder your correccion . Ye be myghty and stronge , I am feble ,
and my helpe is but smal . Yf ye put me to the deth , hit were a smal vengeance .
... ye may siede me , or roste , hange or make me blynde , I may not escape you ;
we stonde alle vnder your correccion . Ye be myghty and stronge , I am feble ,
and my helpe is but smal . Yf ye put me to the deth , hit were a smal vengeance .
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... he euyl or good , me thynketh for your worship , that ye sholde not procede
ayenst hym ouer hastely , that were not good ne honeste ; for he may not escape
fro you . Ye maye prysone hym , or slee hym , he muste obeye your jugement .
... he euyl or good , me thynketh for your worship , that ye sholde not procede
ayenst hym ouer hastely , that were not good ne honeste ; for he may not escape
fro you . Ye maye prysone hym , or slee hym , he muste obeye your jugement .
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 12 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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