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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... hath ouer - nome ; Wy bestes beth i - storve And why corne is so dere , 3e that wyl abyde , Lystyn and 3e mow here . Thus And similarly in stanza 78 ; both which passages furnish proof that the country was then , or had been very ...
... hath ouer - nome ; Wy bestes beth i - storve And why corne is so dere , 3e that wyl abyde , Lystyn and 3e mow here . Thus And similarly in stanza 78 ; both which passages furnish proof that the country was then , or had been very ...
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... hath over - nome ; * Wy bestes beth i - storvet And why corne is so dere , ze that wyl abyde , Lystyn and ze mow here , With skyl ; Certes without lesyng , Herken hit ho so wyl . 2 . In hevene y - blessyd mut he be That herkeneth here a ...
... hath over - nome ; * Wy bestes beth i - storvet And why corne is so dere , ze that wyl abyde , Lystyn and ze mow here , With skyl ; Certes without lesyng , Herken hit ho so wyl . 2 . In hevene y - blessyd mut he be That herkeneth here a ...
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... hath gadred to - geder Markys and powndes , He pricket ‡ out on hys contré With haukes and houndes Into a strange contré , And halt a wenche in cracche.§ A wel is her that first may Such a personn cacche In londe . Thus thei serveth the ...
... hath gadred to - geder Markys and powndes , He pricket ‡ out on hys contré With haukes and houndes Into a strange contré , And halt a wenche in cracche.§ A wel is her that first may Such a personn cacche In londe . Thus thei serveth the ...
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... hath that sylver Of wolle and eke of lomb , He putteth in hys pawtener ‡ A kerchyf and a comb , A shewer , and a coyf To bynd with hys loks , And ratyl on the rowbyble || And in non other boks Ne moo ; Mawgrey¶ have the bysshop That lat ...
... hath that sylver Of wolle and eke of lomb , He putteth in hys pawtener ‡ A kerchyf and a comb , A shewer , and a coyf To bynd with hys loks , And ratyl on the rowbyble || And in non other boks Ne moo ; Mawgrey¶ have the bysshop That lat ...
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... hath beshrewed : * Gode Englysh be speketh But he not † never what . No more wot a lewed prest * Bribes . || Be destroyed . † Drown . + Confessor . § Less . ¶ Unlearned . * Cursed . † Knows not . Hys gospel wat he rat * By day ; Than ...
... hath beshrewed : * Gode Englysh be speketh But he not † never what . No more wot a lewed prest * Bribes . || Be destroyed . † Drown . + Confessor . § Less . ¶ Unlearned . * Cursed . † Knows not . Hys gospel wat he rat * By day ; Than ...
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