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 li
... their sovereign , he trod down their hillocks , killing thousands of this tiny race , and wounding as many . The lord of the ants was absent when this outrage was committed , but on his return vowed to take bitter vengeance for the li.
... their sovereign , he trod down their hillocks , killing thousands of this tiny race , and wounding as many . The lord of the ants was absent when this outrage was committed , but on his return vowed to take bitter vengeance for the li.
Page liii
... thousand castles . Meanwhile , the king having re- covered , Reynard , who has already been revenged of his enemies , knavishly seeks to reward his friends , the e elephant and the camel , with gifts which carry with liii.
... thousand castles . Meanwhile , the king having re- covered , Reynard , who has already been revenged of his enemies , knavishly seeks to reward his friends , the e elephant and the camel , with gifts which carry with liii.
Page lxii
... thousand verses , and of which a fragment comprising one thousand and thirty - eight lines was first printed by Grimm ) was subsequently added by some writer whose name is entirely unknown . The effect of this addition , which relates a ...
... thousand verses , and of which a fragment comprising one thousand and thirty - eight lines was first printed by Grimm ) was subsequently added by some writer whose name is entirely unknown . The effect of this addition , which relates a ...
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... thousand marke have goon with hym , but cosyn I wil to morow erly goo with yow . Tybert saide , it is beste that we now goo , for the mone shyneth al so light as it were daye , I never sawe fayrer weder . Nay dere cosyn , suche myght ...
... thousand marke have goon with hym , but cosyn I wil to morow erly goo with yow . Tybert saide , it is beste that we now goo , for the mone shyneth al so light as it were daye , I never sawe fayrer weder . Nay dere cosyn , suche myght ...
Page 54
... thousand marke . My lorde , the kynge , whan ye now haue all this good , how ofte shal ye saye in your herte and thynke , O how true art thou Reynart , the foxe , that with thy subtyl wytte , daluyst and hyddest here this grete tresour ...
... thousand marke . My lorde , the kynge , whan ye now haue all this good , how ofte shal ye saye in your herte and thynke , O how true art thou Reynart , the foxe , that with thy subtyl wytte , daluyst and hyddest here this grete tresour ...
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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