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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... hole , as he had nought sette therby , and , dere kynge , this knowen wel many of the bestes that now be comen hyther to your court , and yet hath he trespaced to me in many other thinges , he is not lyvynge that coude telle alle that I ...
... hole , as he had nought sette therby , and , dere kynge , this knowen wel many of the bestes that now be comen hyther to your court , and yet hath he trespaced to me in many other thinges , he is not lyvynge that coude telle alle that I ...
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... hole , for Maleperduys was fnl of hooles , hier one hool and ther an other , and yonder an other , narowe , croked and longe , wyth many weyes to goo out , whiche he opend and shette after that he had nede , whan he had ony proye ...
... hole , for Maleperduys was fnl of hooles , hier one hool and ther an other , and yonder an other , narowe , croked and longe , wyth many weyes to goo out , whiche he opend and shette after that he had nede , whan he had ony proye ...
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... come heepis , herke how they pype . agayn ; I wil tarye here after you , be fore this hole , we wil to morowe goo to gyder to the court . Tybert why tarye ye thus longe ? come of , and THYSTORYE OF REYNARD THE FOXE . 25.
... come heepis , herke how they pype . agayn ; I wil tarye here after you , be fore this hole , we wil to morowe goo to gyder to the court . Tybert why tarye ye thus longe ? come of , and THYSTORYE OF REYNARD THE FOXE . 25.
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... hole . Thise prestes ben so wyly and shrewyssh , I drede to take harme . O ho Tybert , said the fox , I sawe you never so sore afered , what eyleth yow ? The catte was ashamed and sprange in to the hoole , and anon he was caught in the ...
... hole . Thise prestes ben so wyly and shrewyssh , I drede to take harme . O ho Tybert , said the fox , I sawe you never so sore afered , what eyleth yow ? The catte was ashamed and sprange in to the hoole , and anon he was caught in the ...
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... hole yere , that the preest had not had that harme , hurte , and shame , and that it had not happed and said , In the develes name was the grynne there sette , see Mertynet lyef sone : this is a grete shame and a grete hurte , though he ...
... hole yere , that the preest had not had that harme , hurte , and shame , and that it had not happed and said , In the develes name was the grynne there sette , see Mertynet lyef sone : this is a grete shame and a grete hurte , though he ...
Common terms and phrases
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