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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... saye trouthe , hit were good that right and justyse were don , for them that wolde fayne lyve in peas . HOW GRYMBART THE DASSE , THE FOXES SUSTERS SONE , SPACK FOR REYNART , AND ANSWERD TOFORE THE KYNGE . CAPITULO IIIJ . THо spack ...
... saye trouthe , hit were good that right and justyse were don , for them that wolde fayne lyve in peas . HOW GRYMBART THE DASSE , THE FOXES SUSTERS SONE , SPACK FOR REYNART , AND ANSWERD TOFORE THE KYNGE . CAPITULO IIIJ . THо spack ...
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... saye yow , syth that my lorde the kynge hath do proclamed his pees , he never thoughte to hurte ony man , for he eteth no more than ones a day , he lyveth as a recluse , he chastiseth his body and wereth a sherte of heer ; hit is more ...
... saye yow , syth that my lorde the kynge hath do proclamed his pees , he never thoughte to hurte ony man , for he eteth no more than ones a day , he lyveth as a recluse , he chastiseth his body and wereth a sherte of heer ; hit is more ...
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... remembre my sowle ; I will now go forth , for I have yete to saye my sexte , none , and my evensonge , to God I bytake yow . Tho wente Reynart thens sayeng his Credo , and leyde hym under an hawthorn . THYSTORYE OF REYNARD THE FOXE . 9.
... remembre my sowle ; I will now go forth , for I have yete to saye my sexte , none , and my evensonge , to God I bytake yow . Tho wente Reynart thens sayeng his Credo , and leyde hym under an hawthorn . THYSTORYE OF REYNARD THE FOXE . 9.
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... saye , were me to longe . Whan this vigilye was don , and the commendacion , she was leyde in the pytte , and ther upon was leyde a marble stone polyshed as clere as ony glas and theron was hewen in grete lettres in this wyse : Coppe ...
... saye , were me to longe . Whan this vigilye was don , and the commendacion , she was leyde in the pytte , and ther upon was leyde a marble stone polyshed as clere as ony glas and theron was hewen in grete lettres in this wyse : Coppe ...
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... saye ye ? sette ye so lytyl by hony ? me ought to preyse and love it above all mete , lief Reynart helpe me that I myght gete a deel of this hony , and as longe as I lyve I shal be to you a tryew friende , and abyde by yow as ferre as ...
... saye ye ? sette ye so lytyl by hony ? me ought to preyse and love it above all mete , lief Reynart helpe me that I myght gete a deel of this hony , and as longe as I lyve I shal be to you a tryew friende , and abyde by yow as ferre as ...
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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