Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 28Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1851 - English literature |
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... better liketh To forfeit at once This temporal honour , And the glorious God's Empire to follow In pureness of living . " Then quoth Datianus , " Thou art astray , O Georius , Therefore come first And offer thy gift To unconquered ...
... better liketh To forfeit at once This temporal honour , And the glorious God's Empire to follow In pureness of living . " Then quoth Datianus , " Thou art astray , O Georius , Therefore come first And offer thy gift To unconquered ...
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... better threepence , and the best fourpence . " 99 Another allusion , of a character more specific , will place our Poem about the same period , i.e. , between 1311 and 1320. In stanza 35 , the fol- lowing lecture is read to the order of ...
... better threepence , and the best fourpence . " 99 Another allusion , of a character more specific , will place our Poem about the same period , i.e. , between 1311 and 1320. In stanza 35 , the fol- lowing lecture is read to the order of ...
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... better than a jay . 20. Eche man may wel wyte , By the gode rode ! † Ther bethe many prestes , But not alle gode . That maketh gode men ofte To be in mych blame , For these nyset prestes That playeth her nyse game By nyzt ; Thei goth ...
... better than a jay . 20. Eche man may wel wyte , By the gode rode ! † Ther bethe many prestes , But not alle gode . That maketh gode men ofte To be in mych blame , For these nyset prestes That playeth her nyse game By nyzt ; Thei goth ...
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... above . Bot lat a boye com fro a lord , And bryng hym a letter , And do hys erand to the porter , And he schal spede the better : * Same . † Is not . Mingled ; adulterated . 25 . 3if he is with any man That may TIMES OF EDWARD II . 11.
... above . Bot lat a boye com fro a lord , And bryng hym a letter , And do hys erand to the porter , And he schal spede the better : * Same . † Is not . Mingled ; adulterated . 25 . 3if he is with any man That may TIMES OF EDWARD II . 11.
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Percy Society. Bred and ale is the derrer , And never the better schepe For al that : Trechery is i - meyntend And trewth is al - to - sqwat . * 73. Somtyme wer marchants That trewly bout and sold , Now is thilk assiset i - broke And ...
Percy Society. Bred and ale is the derrer , And never the better schepe For al that : Trechery is i - meyntend And trewth is al - to - sqwat . * 73. Somtyme wer marchants That trewly bout and sold , Now is thilk assiset i - broke And ...
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